By Nick Brockman
Messenger Sports Reporter, nbrockman@the-messenger.com
The Hopkins County Central swim team entered the pool for the final time of the season in Saturday's Region 1 meet at Owensboro Health Park and the Lady Storm led the charge.
Central's female swimmers, paced by junior Ellen French, accounted for 26 points for the school en route to a 13th place finish.
"Overall, the kids improved their times," coach Cheryl Vaughn said. "They go out everyday and practice hard for us and raced hard for us throughout the whole season. We're just really proud of them."
French turned in the highest finish of the meet for Central and broke her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke (seventh, 1:05.81).
For a moment, Vaughn said French thought she had placed even higher.
French finished sixth in her heat, but a swimmer from the previous heat had a time slightly higher than the Lady Storm swimmer.
The Hopkins County Central swim team entered the pool for the final time of the season in Saturday's Region 1 meet at Owensboro Health Park and the Lady Storm led the charge.
Central's female swimmers, paced by junior Ellen French, accounted for 26 points for the school en route to a 13th place finish.
"Overall, the kids improved their times," coach Cheryl Vaughn said. "They go out everyday and practice hard for us and raced hard for us throughout the whole season. We're just really proud of them."
French turned in the highest finish of the meet for Central and broke her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke (seventh, 1:05.81).
For a moment, Vaughn said French thought she had placed even higher.
French finished sixth in her heat, but a swimmer from the previous heat had a time slightly higher than the Lady Storm swimmer.
Later, French collected another seventh-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (:26.60), 1.44 seconds behind the event's winner.
In the 400-yard freestyle relay, French anchored her squad as the Lady Storm claimed seventh. Ellen Cox, Lindsey Hooper and Rebecca Spraggs joined French on the top-10 finish.
Cox nearly cracked the top-10 in the 100 back when she took 15th with a time of 1:11.10.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Cox, French, Hooper and Spraggs captured 14th overall in 2:14.64.
Individually, Hooper shaved six seconds off her personal record in the 500-yard freestyle (21st, 6:43.75).
"She's just worked so hard at that event all season and had to get under seven minutes to qualify," Vaughn said.
On the boys side, senior Wesley Ipock turned in a great effort in his final high school meet. Ipock snagged 15th place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.45) and finished 30th in the 50 free (:26.98) in a field of nearly 80 swimmers.
Vaughn said Ipock will be missed for more things than just his swimming talents.
"He just does so much for the team," she said. "He's not only athletic, but he's a great leader. He's got such a great sense of humor. He's just everybody's friend."
Central's youth may have prevented the team from earning more points in this year's regional, but Vaughn said her squad can learn from the experience.
"It just gives them a chance to see how competitive this sport is and how hard it is to break into the top six," she said.
Other Central swimmers who participated in Saturday's regional meet included the following:
Boys
50-yard freestyle: Tanner Patterson, 69th (:33.60), Clay Cunningham, 70th (:34.51)
100-yard backstroke: Chase Durrance, 31st (1:20.05), Kain Bean, 32nd (1:20.32), Cody Patterson, 36th (1:26.07), Tanner Patterson, 38th (1:28.65)
100-yard butterfly: Cody Patterson, 26th (1:22.06)
100-yard freestyle: Bean, 47th (1:08.78), Durrance, 57th (1:12.32), Cunningham, 64th (1:22.50)
200-yard freestyle relay: Cody Patterson, Bean, Durrance and Wesley Ipock, 17th (2:03.21)
Girls
50-yard freestyle: Hooper, 54th (:33.35), Kailyn Brown, 58th (:34.33)
100-yard backstroke: Kathyrn Cartwright, 40th (1:27.22), Nicole Denova, 44th (1:30.87)
100-yard breaststroke: Spraggs, 22nd (1:25.47), Brown, 45th (1:43.55)
100-yard freestyle: Spraggs, 33rd (1:08.81), Denova, 63rd (1:20.34), Courtney Kolb, 63th (1:20.42), Sara Fleischman, 72nd (1:34.58)
200-yard freestyle: Kathyrn Cartwright, 38th (2:46.24), Tailer Cartwright, 45th (2:59.22), Kolb, 46th (2:59.96), Tanner Cartwright, 52nd (3:23.43)
200-yard freestyle relay: Kathyrn Cartwright, Tailer Cartwright, Denova, Brown, 18th (2:21.84)
200-yard individual medley: Kyllie Bean, 30th (4:13.79)
In the 400-yard freestyle relay, French anchored her squad as the Lady Storm claimed seventh. Ellen Cox, Lindsey Hooper and Rebecca Spraggs joined French on the top-10 finish.
Cox nearly cracked the top-10 in the 100 back when she took 15th with a time of 1:11.10.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Cox, French, Hooper and Spraggs captured 14th overall in 2:14.64.
Individually, Hooper shaved six seconds off her personal record in the 500-yard freestyle (21st, 6:43.75).
"She's just worked so hard at that event all season and had to get under seven minutes to qualify," Vaughn said.
On the boys side, senior Wesley Ipock turned in a great effort in his final high school meet. Ipock snagged 15th place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.45) and finished 30th in the 50 free (:26.98) in a field of nearly 80 swimmers.
Vaughn said Ipock will be missed for more things than just his swimming talents.
"He just does so much for the team," she said. "He's not only athletic, but he's a great leader. He's got such a great sense of humor. He's just everybody's friend."
Central's youth may have prevented the team from earning more points in this year's regional, but Vaughn said her squad can learn from the experience.
"It just gives them a chance to see how competitive this sport is and how hard it is to break into the top six," she said.
Other Central swimmers who participated in Saturday's regional meet included the following:
Boys
50-yard freestyle: Tanner Patterson, 69th (:33.60), Clay Cunningham, 70th (:34.51)
100-yard backstroke: Chase Durrance, 31st (1:20.05), Kain Bean, 32nd (1:20.32), Cody Patterson, 36th (1:26.07), Tanner Patterson, 38th (1:28.65)
100-yard butterfly: Cody Patterson, 26th (1:22.06)
100-yard freestyle: Bean, 47th (1:08.78), Durrance, 57th (1:12.32), Cunningham, 64th (1:22.50)
200-yard freestyle relay: Cody Patterson, Bean, Durrance and Wesley Ipock, 17th (2:03.21)
Girls
50-yard freestyle: Hooper, 54th (:33.35), Kailyn Brown, 58th (:34.33)
100-yard backstroke: Kathyrn Cartwright, 40th (1:27.22), Nicole Denova, 44th (1:30.87)
100-yard breaststroke: Spraggs, 22nd (1:25.47), Brown, 45th (1:43.55)
100-yard freestyle: Spraggs, 33rd (1:08.81), Denova, 63rd (1:20.34), Courtney Kolb, 63th (1:20.42), Sara Fleischman, 72nd (1:34.58)
200-yard freestyle: Kathyrn Cartwright, 38th (2:46.24), Tailer Cartwright, 45th (2:59.22), Kolb, 46th (2:59.96), Tanner Cartwright, 52nd (3:23.43)
200-yard freestyle relay: Kathyrn Cartwright, Tailer Cartwright, Denova, Brown, 18th (2:21.84)
200-yard individual medley: Kyllie Bean, 30th (4:13.79)
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