- By Jamie Ferris
- Sports
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 Watkins Glen – Lansing Ladycats affirmed their IAC undefeated dual meet season record of 12-0 with a convincing win at the IAC Championships on Saturday. Lansing finished with 410 points and a 41 point margin of victory to 2nd place Waverly at 369 points. Dryden and Watkins Glen tied for 3rd with 331 points each. Rounding out the 7 team competition was Southern Cayuga in 5th with 199 points, Odessa-Montour in 6th with 159 points and Whitney Point in 7th with 11. |
Individual event results for Lansing Swimmers were as follows:
200 Medley Relay
Lansing’s A Relay Team of Backstroke/Rory Allen(S), Breaststroke/Grace Ferris(So), Butterfly/Adele Ferris (Sr, Capt) & Freestyle/Lizzy Drake(Jr) set the tone early with a 40 point winning time of 1:58.94.
200 Freestyle
Ladycat swimmers put 51 points on the board in this event. Freshman Caroline Dennis was the top finisher for Lansing with a 2nd Place time of 2:07.36, good for 17 points. She was joined in scoring by teammates Lizzy Drake in 3rd/16pts Jackie Brown(Fr) in 4th/15pts and Krista Taylor(So) 14th/3pts.
200 Individual Medley
Senior Captain Adele Ferris added 20 points to Lansing column with a 1st Place winning time of 2:15.46. Other scorers for Lansing included Freshman Marin Allen in 9th/9pts, Junior Tori Swanson in 11th/3pts and 8th Grader Laura Ferris in 16th/1pt.
50 Freestyle:
Caroline Dennis provided another 2nd place/17pt scoring performance in this event with a time of 26.30, a season best time and just behind Senior Erin Daley of Dryden who had a winning time of 25.79. Freshman Meghan Matheny (12th) and sister Senior Captain Carlyn Matheny (14th) added 8 more points.
Diving
Meghan Matheny scored 341.70 for 11 Dives and finished 2nd.
100 Butterfly
Senior Rory Allen’s personal best time of 1:04.68 garnered her a 3rd place/16pts top spot for Lansing. She was joined by fellow LadyCats Tori Swanson in 11th/6pts, Alyssa Sanito(Sr) in 12th/5pts and Laura Ferris in 13th/4pts.
100 Freestyle
In one of the more exciting races of the day where the top 3 finishers were separated by less then ½ a second; Captain Adele Ferris was called upon to fill a gap in this event due to an injury to another teammate. She put in gutsy 3rd place/16pts finish with a time of 56.41, just missing 2nd by 1/100th of second to Dryden Senior Erin Daley’s 56.40 and they were just behind Waverly Senior Daylen Smith who went 55.95. Also adding points for Lansing in this event was Junior Paige Kieper who finished 5th and scoring 14 points.
500 Freestyle
Lansing swimmers combined for 49 points in this event. They were led by Sophomore Grace Ferris, who took 1st place and 20 with a season best winning time of 5:36.05. Other LadyCats scoring were Freshman Jackie Brown with a solid 4th/15 point effort; Lizzy Drake 7th/12pts and Sophomore Lexi Ryan 15th/2pts.
200 Freestyle Relay
The 200 Free Relay was another very exciting race on the day; the LadyCat team of Kieper, Brown, G. Ferris, and Dennis put up a strong challenge in this event with a time of 1:48.01. They were less than a second behind 1st place Waverly who went a 1:47.33 and just a ½ second faster than 3rd place Southern Cayuga. The result was 34 more points for Lansing.
100 Backstroke
The 100 Back is typically a very competitive event and this year’s final proved to be a nail biter. Watkins Senior Victoria Wixson had to pull out her best performance of the year to hold off strong challenges from Lansing’s own Paige Kieper and Rory Allen. Wixson’s 1:03.21 was just good enough to out touch a surging Kieper who took a surprise 2nd place/17pts with a personal best time of 1:03.95; Allen was 3rd/16pts. Marin Allen(Fr) placed 6th/13pts and Lexi Ryan(So) place 13th/4pts as well.
100 Breaststroke
This event proved to be the closest finish of the day and showcased a great race between Lansing’s Grace Ferris and Freshman Claire Rejman of Southern Cayuga. Rejman and Ferris had tied each other earlier in the season during a dual meet, a rare event indeed, and both were eager for the opportunity to swim against each other again. The 2 left the rest of the field behind in a start to finish battle and in the end Ferris prevailed with a 1st place/20 pts career best 1:10.58 to Rejman’s 1:10.97; also a career best. Together they outpaced the field by 4 seconds. Seniors Carlyn Matheny and Haley Wigsten scored in 14th/3pts and 15th/2pts.
400 Freestyle Relay
Lansing had a strong 35 point lead heading into the final event of the day, but still needed a solid performance to ensure the victory. The team of Paige Kieper, Rory Allen, Caroline Dennis and Adele Ferris delivered. The LadyCat relay offered up a 1st place finish and 40 more points to the total with a winning time of 3:54.26.
IAC ALL STARS
Qualifying for the IAC All Stars with either a 1st Place Relay Finish or 1st thru 3rd showing in Individual Competition for Lansing were:
Adele Ferris - 200 IM(1s), 100 Free(3rd), 200 Medley Relay & 400 Free Relay;
Rory Allen – 100 Fly(3rd), 100 Back(3rd), 200 Medley Relay & 400 Free Relay;
Paige Kieper – 100 Back(2nd) & 400 Free Relay;
Lizzy Drake – 200 Free(3rd) & 200 Medley Relay;
Grace Ferris – 500 Free(1st), 100 Breast(1st) & 200 Medley Relay;
Meghan Matheny – Diving(2nd)
Caroline Dennis – 200 Free(2nd), 50 Free(2nd) & 400 Free Relay.
Lansing LadyCats move on to Sectionals with Preliminaries on Wednesday 11/5 @ 4:30pm (Lansing) and the Finals on Saturday 11/8 @ 12:30 (Owego).
Wednesday, November 5, 2014- LadyCats Hosted Section IV Class C Preliminaries
Lansing – The LadyCats hosted the 2014 Section IV Class C Preliminaries on Wednesday. 140 swimmer from all 8 Class C schools competed for spots in the Championship at Owego Free Academy on Saturday and Lansing faired very well.
In individual swimming events the top 16 swimmer plus 2 alternates compete in the finals. 9 thru 16 swim in the bonus final and the top 8 compete in the championship final; based on final placing swimmers score points for the overall team score. There is only one heat for relays with all 8 schools also scoring points based on final place. Here are the qualifiers by event for the LadyCats:
200 Medley Relay
Lansing’s A Relay Team is the Top Seed in this event
200 Freestyle
Grace Ferris(So) seeded 3rd
Lizzy Drake(Jr) seeded 4th
Jackie Brown(Fr) seeded 6th
Krista Taylor(So) is 2nd Alternate.
200 Individual Medley
Adele Ferris(Sr, Capt) seeded 1st
Marin Allen(Fr) seeded 11th
50 Freestyle:
Paige Kieper(Jr) seeded 1st (Tied)
Caroline Dennis(Fr) seeded 3rd
Megan Methany(Fr) seeded 15th
Diving
Meghan Matheny(Fr) Competes Friday in Diving Finals
100 Butterfly
Rory Allen(Sr) seeded 4th
Tori Swanson(Jr) seeded 14th
Alyssa Sanito(Sr) seeded 15th
Laura Ferris(8th) is 2nd Alternate
100 Freestyle
Caroline Dennis(Fr) seeded 3rd
Hayley Wigsten(Sr) is 2nd Alternate
500 Freestyle
Adele Ferris(Sr) seeded 1st
Jackie Brown(Fr) seeded 3rd
Lizzie Drake(Jr) seeded 9th
200 Freestyle Relay
Lansing’s A Relay is seeded 5th
100 Backstroke
Paige Kieper(Jr) seeded 3rd
Rory Allen(Sr) seeded 4th
Marin Allen(Fr) seeded 8th
Lexi Ryan(So) seeded 16th
100 Breaststroke
Grace Ferris(So) seeded 1st
Carlyn Matheny(Sr Capt.) seeded 13th
400 Freestyle Relay
Lansings A Relay is seeded 4th
Class C Finals are at 1pm on Saturday November 8th at Owego Free Academy.
Photos by Robert Romano
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