PVC swim meet approaching

15 years ago
By Joseph Cyr
Sports Editor

    PRESQUE ISLE — The regular season is rapidly coming to a close for the Presque Isle swim team, and as such, the Wildcats have been busy in their efforts to see more individuals qualify for the upcoming state meet. 

    The Penobscot Valley Championships will be held Friday, Feb. 5 for boys and Saturday, Feb. 6 for girls at Husson University in Bangor. The state competition will be Saturday Feb. 13 (boys) and Monday, Feb. 15 (girls) at the University of Maine at Orono.
    For the Wildcats, four swimmers have qualified for states. Those swimmers are: Kyle Gilson (50 freestyle, 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 100 butterfly, and 100 backstroke); Stephen Goulet (100 fly); Erica Hemphill (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 100 fly and 100 back); and Grace Short (100 breaststroke).
    The Wildcats journeyed to Ellsworth Jan. 15 for a swim meet.     The individual Wildcats girls results were:
    200 medley relay — 2, Presque Isle (Shae Adler, Short, Hemphill and Dara Raymond, 2:18.23.
    200 free —2, Alecia Palmer, 2:55.21; and 3, Sarah McEachern, 3:02.10.
    50 free — 2, Short, 31.41; 5, Rilee Elliott Currie, 31.95; 6, Raymond, 32.20; 9, Jesse Lucas, 35.65; and Ashley Burlock, 47.67.
    100 free — 1, Adler, 1:08.56; 5, Raymond, 1:15.98; and 6, Divya Bisht, 1:23.22.
    500 free — 3, Elliott-Currie, 7:35.22; and 4, Burlock, 10:06.24.
    200 free relay — 1, PI (Short, Adler, Hemphill and Raymond), 2:03.27; and 3, PI (Palmer, Bisht, McEachern and Elliott-Currie), 2:20.98.
    100 back — 2, Alder, 1:19.25.
    100 breast — 1, Short, 1:23.51; 2, Palmer, 1:28.01; and 3, Bisht, 1:42.64.
    400 free relay — 2, PI (Lucas, Elliott-Currie, Palmer and McEachern), 5:25.11.
    The individual Wildcat boys result were:
    200 medley relay – 3, PI (Locke Robbins, Jacob Brawn, Goulet, and Gilson 2:13.27.
    200 free — 3, Tristan Russell, 3:06.31.
    200 individual medley — 2, Gilson, 2:33.92.
    50 free — 4, Robbins, 28.68; and 5, Brawn, 29.80.
    100 fly— 3, Goulet, 1:18.26.
    100 free — 4, Brock Cassidy, 1:13.65; and 5, Russell, 1:29.59.
    200 free relay — 3, PI (Gilson, Goulet, Cassidy, and Brawn), 1:56.57.
    100 back — 2, Gilson, 1:10.35.
    100 breast — 3, Goulet, 1:22.86; and 4, Cassidy, 1:27.02.
    400 free relay — 3, PI (Brawn, Russell, Robbins and Cassidy), 5:07.83.
    The Wildcats also hosted Caribou on Jan. 14 with the Presque Isle boys winning 84-22 and the Wildcat girls victorious 86-34.
    The individual girls results were:
    200 medley relay — 1, PI (Adler, Short, Hemphill and Raymond), 2:16.62; 2, PI (Bisht, Palmer, Elliott-Currie and McEachern), 2:36.12; 3, Car (Sierra Theriault, Emilie Patton, Rachel Wasson and Tulsi Johnston), 2:52.58.
    200 IM — 1, Hemphill, PI, 2:16.50; 2, Emily Franklin, Car, 3:16.68 (exh)
    50 free — 1, Adler, PI, 30.28; 2, Short, PI, 32.31; 3, Lucas, 36.45; 4, Patton, Car, 36.76; 5, Janelle McGee, Car, 41.79; 6, Mellissa Russ, Car, 42.03.  
    100 fly — 1, Wasson, Car, 1:42.38.
    100 free — 1, Raymond, PI, 1:11.69; 2, Johnson, Car, 1:13.96; 3, Russ, Car, 1:34.71; 4, Janelle McGee, Car, 1:37.12; and Parker, L-MSSM, 1:08.77 (exh).
    500 free — 1, Palmer, PI, 7:41.41; 2, Wasson, Car, 8:29.34; 3, Theriault, Car, 9:59.51; and 4, Burlock, PI, 10:16.13.
    200 free relay — 1, PI (Adler, Short, Elliott-Currie and Raymond), 2:12.07; 2, Car (Johnson, Patten, two additional swimmers’ names omited), 2:16.57; 3, PI (Bisht, McEachern, Lucas and Burlock), 2:36.02; and 4, Car (McGee, Theriault, Wasson and Russ), 2:55.09.
    100 back — 1, Hemphill, PI, 1:16.49; and 2, Adler, PI, 1:17.06.
    100 breast — 1, Short, PI, 1:24.91; 2, Palmer, PI, 1:26.28; 3, Patton, Car, 1:32.85; 4, Bisht, PI, 1:40.55; 5, McEachern, PI, 1:46.73; and Franklin, L-MSSM, 1:41.87 (exh).
    400 free relay — 1, PI (McEachern, Palmer, Bisht and Hemphill), 5:57.37.
    Individual boys results were:
    200 medley relay — 1, PI (Robbins, Brawn, Goulet and Gilson), 2:13.54; and Car (Ian Connolly, Darren Newbegin and Devin Cote), 2:19.82.
    200 free —Gilson, PI, 2:16.50; 2, Cassidy, 2:46.72; and Cote, Car, 2:49.81.
    50 free — 1, Brawn, 29.17; 2, Robbins, PI, 29.23; 3, Newbegin, Car, 32.25; 4, Cote, Car, 33.45; and 5, York, PI, 33.91.
    100 fly — 1, Goulet, PI, 1:14.81; and 2, Newbegin, Car, 1:22.17.
    100 free — 1, Connolly, Car, 1:08.52; 2, Russell, PI, 1:24.90; and Maguire, L-MSSM, 1:00.97 (exh).
    500 free — 1, Robbins, PI, 7:49.63; and 2, York, PI, 8:39.37.
    200 free relay — 1, PI (Cassidy, Russell, York and Brawn), 2:17.27; and Caribou (Connolly, Newbegin and Cote), 2:03.51 (exh).
    100 back — 1, Gilson, PI, 1:10.94; 2, Connolly, PI, 1:26.39; and Maguire, 1:13.94 (exh).
    100 breast — 1, Goulet, PI, 1:21.91; 2, Cassidy, PI, 1:27.34; 3, Russell, PI, 1:31.43.
    400 free relay — 1, PI (Gilson, Cassidy, Robbins and Goulet), 6:16.95.