Metros swim meet: Same as it ever was

Good Counsel, Georgetown Prep win titles ... again

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Click here to enlarge this photo Charlie shoemaker⁄the gazette Georgetown Prep’s Brady Fox begins his quest for first place in the 500-yard freestyle at Saturday’s Metros meet in Germantown. The freshman won the event, helping the Hoyas win their third straight (fourth in five years) boys title.

‘‘We never doubted [we’d be able to defend our title],” said Prep junior Josh Hafkin, who set meet records en route to winning the 50-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke. ‘‘We knew the entire year this was our meet. We’ve been waiting since [we beat DeMatha by 0.5 points] last year. We wanted to make sure everyone knew we’re the best.”

Junior Robert Grimmett-Norris, sophomore Andrew Relihan and freshman Brady Fox were other big scorers for the Little Hoyas. Grimmett-Norris won the 200 freestyle and placed second in the 500 freestyle. Relihan took fifth in the 200 individual medley and Fox won the 500 freestyle and finished second behind Hafkin in the 100 backstroke. Seniors Adam Meyer and Josh Klotz, sophomore Mark Meyer and junior Matthew Cooper racked up big points for Whitman. Adam Meyer won the 200 individual medley and placed second in the 100 breaststroke. Mark Meyer picked up second in the 100 butterfly, Klotz tallied second-place finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyle and Cooper won the diving competition.

‘‘That was just phenomenal,” Whitman coach Geoff Schaeffer said. ‘‘It was the finishing touches on a good season that became great by the end. I can’t be more proud.”

Freshmen Zack Wepasnick and Kevin Vallario helped Good Counsel into fifth place. Wepasnick picked up 10 points in the 200 individual medley and Vallario racked up top-five finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyle. Walter Johnson junior Joe Knecht won the 100 butterfly. Junior Haywood Miller placed fourth in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke for BCC. Sophomore Brock Park won the 100 freestyle to help Landon into 18th place.

Liz Kemp, Megan Waters, Kelli Kyle and Colleen Haase were big winners for the Falcons. The four teamed together to set a meet record in the 200 medley relay. Kemp also set a record in the 50 freestyle and won the 100 butterfly, Waters placed second in the 50 freestyle and won the 100 freestyle, Kyle set a meet record in the 100 backstroke and Haase set a Metros record in the 100 breaststroke. Richard Montgomery nabbed third place behind solid performances from Katura Harvey, Susan Kim, Eileen Shi and Caitrin O’Brien. Harvey finished second in the 200 and 500 freestyle events, O’Brien placed third in the 200 individual medley, Kim came in second in the 100 breaststroke and Shi picked up top 10 finishes in the 100 and 200 freestyles. Dana McCreary helped Holton into fourth with top 10 finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyles and Emily Kelly picked up sixth place in the 100 butterfly. Elena Spak and Samantha Hatfield each picked up a top 10 finish for Walter Johnson and Sherwood’s Heather Denman finished third in the 100 butterfly and set a meet record en route to a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke. BCC star Delghi Urubshurow finished third in the 100 backstroke, receiving automatic All-American honors.

‘‘Pretty much we went into this meet really confident,” Good Counsel’s Morgan Webb said. ‘‘We knew O’Connell would be close. But everyone just swam their butts of and really did amazing. It’s really, really exciting. [Eleven straight wins] is just insane.”

Metros meet

Results

Boys (top 10)

School Pts.1. Georgetown Prep 3902. Gonzaga 3223. DeMatha 2924. Whitman 2565. Good Counsel 2296. Blair 1767. B-CC 1688. Walter Johnson 1659. Wootton 15710. Paul VI 132

Girls (top 10)

School Pts.1. Good Counsel 4252. O’Connell 3273. Richard Montgomery 3104. Holton-Arms 2645. Walter Johnson 2356. Madeira 1987. Holy Cross 1768. Sherwood 1759. B-CC 14110. Damascus 134