Union boys, Edmond North girls win 6A swim championships
BY JOHN RITTENOURE World Correspondent
Sunday, February 19, 2012
2/19/12 at 8:27 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY - Union has been chasing the 6A state swimming team championships for a long time.
Much of that time was spent chasing rival Jenks.
But Saturday the tide turned as Union was the team to beat scoring 267 points to win the boys state swimming championship at the Oklahoma City Community College Aquatic Center over favored Bartlesville, which tallied 243. Edmond North was third at 238 and Jenks hung on for fourth with 230.
Edmond North topped the girls 6A for the second straight year beating Jenks 347-262. Union finished third with 207 points.
Union coach David Lynn knew the boys race was going to be close to the finish.
"It was pins and needles to the very last second," said Lynn, who has been coaching Union for 15 years. "This is an elusive thing to do, but it is ever so satisfying."
It was a team effort for Union.
"We had 19 swim for the boys, and 15 of them scored points for us. Of our 12 girls, 10 scored. Everybody contributed," Lynn said.
The biggest piece of the puzzle was senior Eastman Holloway, who won in two events and set two state records. Chase Davis also won the 200-IM for Union.
"(Holloway) is a great swimmer, but if we have any pieces missing, the wheels fall off," Lynn said. "We scored in every event except one. Josh Hill got sick last night, or we would have been scoring in every event."
Holloway completed a perfect four-year run with Union going 8-of-8 at state.
Holloway reset his 200-free record of 1:39.99 with a 1:39.66 then came back and blew away the 500-free record of 4:31.91 set in 2000 by Sean Smith of Westmoore with a time of 4:30.30. The clocking beat the unofficial time of 4:31.61 at the Jenks Invitational two weeks ago.
"That was my goal," Holloway said of the 500 record. "This has been the hardest season of my life. Everybody gets knocked down, but the question is how quick are you going to get up. That is what I did this year."
Holloway set three state records over his four years at Union.
"I am an eight-time state champion and made my All-American in six events," said Holloway, who will be going to SMU. "Next year I am going to go to the NCAAs."
Erin Beu left a lasting impression at Owasso by winning two events.
"Finally after four years I got first place," Beu said. "Now I have two this year. I am the first ever Owasso female to be a state champion, so that is pretty exciting."
Beu turned in her best time in the 100-fly.
Beu is now weighing her college options.
"I am debating between Henderson State and Arkansas, SMU and Missouri," she said.
Union's Erika McGovern (100 breaststroke), Jenks' Montana Gaffney (500 freestyle) and Broken Arrow's Breonna Barker (100 freestyle) also win individual state titles in 6A girls.
Class 6A girls
Team scoring: 1. Edmond North 347; 2. Jenks 262; 3. Union 207; 4. Enid 196; 5. Edmond Memorial 172; 6. Norman North 163; 7. Bartlesville 153; 8. Broken Arrow 113; 9. Owasso 82; 10. Putnam City North 76; 11. Westmoore 72; 12. Moore 58; 13. Heritage Hall 57; 14. Edmond Santa Fe 56; 15. Norman 44; 16. Mustang 39; 17. Ponca City 28; 18. Southmoore 19; 19. Yukon 9; 20. Lawton 6; 21. Bishop McGuinness 4; 22. Putnam City 4.
200 Medley Relay: 1. Edmond North 1:51.66; 2. Union 1:55.17; 3. Bartlesville 1:55.59; 4. Jerks 1:56.17; 5. Edmond Memorial 1:57.14; 6. Norman North 1:58.82; 7. Westmoore 2:04.12; 8. Owasso 2:06.26.
200 Freestyle: 1. Avery Niemann (Heritage Hall) 1:53.51; 2. Breonna Barker (Broken Arrow) 1:53.59; 3. Montana Gaffney (Jenks) 1:57.51; 4. Ann-Marie Stowe (Edmond North) 2:00.05; 5. Katie Greenback (Moore) 2:00.57; 6. Rebekah Pauly (Enid) 2:00.63; 7. Veronica Threadgill (Jenks) 2:02.80; 8. Shelby Brown (Norman) 2:03.54.
200 IM: 1. Ally Robertson (Edmond North) 2:06.55; 2. Sara Nazario (Enid) 2:09.22; 3. Annah Baykal (Edmond Memorial) 2:10.73; 4. Erika McGovern (Union) 2:12.59; 5. Hailey Jensen (Jenks) 2:14.93; 6. Kathy Bliss (Jenks) 2:16.69; 7. Amanda Greenlee (Edmond North) 2:17.45; 8. Sarah Helton (Edmond North) 2:19.18.
50 Freestyle: 1. Erin Beu (Owasso) 24.45; 2. Huter Mceachern (Enid) 24.64; 3. Kimmie Reneau (Westmoore) 25.07; 4. Dani Wilson (Broken Arrow) 25.38; 5. Dovie Rayburn (Norman North) 25.89; 6. Megan Snelling (Edmond North) 26.01; 7. Elizabeth Le (Southmoore) 26.11; 8. Hailey Atkinson (Putnam City North) 26.18.
100 Butterfly: 1. Erin Beu (Owasso) 57.82; 2. Abbie mIes (Edmond North) 1:00.71; 3. Ann-Marie Stowe (Edmond North) 1:00.93; 4. Dovie Rayburn (Norman North) 1:01.64; 5. Morgan Meyers (Union) 1:01.82; 6. Hannah Steward (Bartlesville) 1:02.26; 7. Kelsey Landreth (Jenks) 1:02.30; 8. Shelby McCoy (Edmond North) 1:02.78.
100 Freestyle: 1. Breonna Barker (Broken Arrow) 52.22; 2. Avery Niemann (Heritage Hall) 53.42; 3. Grace Fodor (Bartlesville) 54.62; 4. Alex Ballard (Moore) 54.83; 5. Hunter Mceachern (Enid) 55.15; 6. Dani Wilson (Broken Arrow) 55.36; 7. Rebekah Pauly (Enid) 55.53; 8. Megan Snelling (Edmond North) 56.23.
500 Freestyle: 1. Montana Gaffney (Jenks) 5:10.38; 2. Sara Nazario (Enid) 5:16.06; 3. Lisa Freeman (Bartlesville) 5:17.91; 4. Abbie mIes (Edmond North) 5:21.93; 5. Katie Greenback (Moore) 5:23.51. 6. Jessie Pinneo (Union) 5:28.21; 7. Veronica Threadgill (Jenks) 5:30.58; 8. Shelby Brown (Norman) 5:30.84.
200 Free Relay: 1. Edmond North 1:40.86; 2. Enid 1:42.79; 3. Jenks 1:43.52; 4. Union 1:44.27; 5. Norman North 1:46.14; 6. Edmond Memorial 1:48.18; 7. Broken Arrow 1:48.38; 8. Putnam City North 1:51.38.
100 Backstroke: 1. Kimmie Reneau (Westmoore) 59.55; 2. Ally Robertson (Edmond North) 59.94; 3. Grace Fodor (Bartlesville) 1:00.90; 4. Alex Ballard (Moore) 1:01.33; 5. Hannah Steward (Bartlesville) 1:01.89; 6. Amanda Greenlee (Edmond North) 1:02.56; 7. Hailey Jensen (Jenks) 1:02.66; 8. Carlie Pearson (Edmond Memorial) 1:03.93.
100 Breaststroke: 1. Erika McGovern (Union) 1:06.54; 2. Annah Baykal (Edmond Memorial) 1:06.65; 3. Kathy Bliss (Jenks) 1:07.61; 4. Jess Graro (Edmond North) 1:11.60; 5. Lisa Freeman (Bartlesville) 1:11.62. 6. Sarah Helton (Edmond North) 1:13.15; 76. 7. A Rodriguez-Sanchez (Norman North) 1:13.18; 8. Kelsey Landreth (Jenks) 1:13.39.
400 Free Relay: 1. Enid 3:42.31; 2. Jenks 3:42.61; 3. Edmond North 3:46.52; 4. Union 3:52.39; 5. Edmond Memorial 3:53.27; 6. Bartlesville 3:54.14; 7. Broken Arrow 3:58.01; 8. Norman North 4:03.27.
Class 6A boys
Team scoring: 1. Union 267; 2. Bartlesville 243; 3. Edmond North 238; 4. Jenks 230; 5. Norman North 180; 6. Norman 168; 7. Edmond Memorial 164; 8. Broken Arrow 131; 9. Ponca City 100; 10. Stillwater 75; 11. Edmond Santa Fe 73; 12. Putnam City North 71; 13. Eisenhower 62; 14. Enid 51; 15. Southmoore 43; 16. Lawton 32; 17. Westmoore 22; 18. Mustang 10; 19. Moore 6; 20. Putnam City West 4.
200 Medley Relay: 1. Norman North 1:38.03; 2. Edmond North 1:39.67; 3. Union 1:41.59; 4. Broken Arrow 1:44.22; 5. Bartlesville 1:46.01; 6. Ponca City 1:47.06; 7. Norman 1:47.34; 8. Jenks 1:47.88.
200 Freestyle: 1. Eastman Holloway (Union) 1:39.66 (SR); 2. Brad Quay (Norman) 1:44.51; 3. Jake Burris (Jenks) 1:45.46; 4. Joey Roberts (Union) 1:46.87; 5. Zac Cook (Edmond Memorial) 1:47.58; 6. Mason McCauley (Bartlesville) 1:48.18; 7. Reid Hibbs (Southmoore) 1:50.02; 8. Clark Hattey (Stillwater) 1:51.33.
200 IM: 1. Chase Davis (Union) 1:52.26; 2. Colton Krause (Bartlesville) 1:52.72; 3. Naresh Naik (Edmond Memorial) 1:54.22; 4. Justin Wu (Norman North) 1:55.96; 5. Dylan Anderson (Edmond North) 1:57.51; 6. Ian Meehleder (Jenks) 1:58.05; 7. Colton Posey (Union) 1:58.06; 8. Garrett Duncan (Edmond North) 1:59.40.
50 Freestyle: 1. Trevor Rietfors (Bartlesville) 21.23; 2. Tomas Elder (Norman North) 21.30. 3. Kyle Thomas (Bartlesville) 21.50; 4. Sean Simpson (Edmond North) 22.15; 5. Austin Bryant (Bartlesville) 22.17; 6. Colby Deweese (Jenks) 22.24; 7. Kyle Barrick (Ponca City) 22.92; 8. Nate Anderson (Edmond Memorial) 22.97.
100 Butterfly: 1. Colton Krause (Bartlesville) 50.34; 2. Chase Davis (Union) 50.85; 3. Sean Simpson (Edmond North) 51.30; 4. Brandon Le (Edmond Santa Fe) 53.43; 5. Raymond Lefebvre (Eisenhower) 54.56; 6. Dane Wind (Edmond North) 54.72; 7. Tom Sievers (Norman) 55.44; 8. David Assaleh (Putnam City North) 55.52.
100 Freestyle: 1. Naresh Naik (Edmond Memorial) 46.83; 2. Tomas Elder (Norman North) 47.60; 3. Kyle Thomas (Bartlesville) 47.81; 4. Colby Deweese (Jenks) 48.78; 5. Ian Meehleder (Jenks) 48.83; 6. Paden Scribner (Jenks) 49.42; 7. Asa Thomas (Union) 49.76; 8. Mason McCauley (Bartlesville) 50.08.
500 Freestyle: 1. Eastman Holloway (Union) 4:30.30 (SR); 2. Zac Cook (Edmond Memorial) 4:47.40; 3. Shea Bielby (Broken Arrow) 4:47.69; 4. Dylan Anderson (Edmond North) 4:48.13; 5. Joey Roberts (Union) 4:52.40; 6. Reid Hibbs (Southmoore) 4:55.09; 7. Colton Laramie (Edmond Santa Fe) 4:56.52; 8. Clark Hattey (Stillwater) 5:00.58.
200 Free Relay: 1. Jenks 1:28.09; 2. Union 1:28.30; 3. Norman North 1:29.36; 4. Edmond Memorial 1:30.37; 5. Edmond North 1:31.80; 6. Norman 1:32.14; 7. Ponca City 1:33.36; 8. Putnam City North 1:34.99.
100 Backstroke: 1. Justin Wu (Norman North) 51:13. 2. Brad Quay (Norman) 51.23; 3. Jake Burris (Jenks) 52.72; 4. Shea Bielby (Broken Arrow) 54.64; 5. Riley Fant (Edmond North) 56.03; 6. Marty Ramseyer (Enid) 58.07; 7. Cole Patrick (Lawton) 58.21; 8. Jackson Storm (Norman) 58.35.
100 Breaststroke: 1. Trevor Rietfors (Bartlesville) 57.01; 2. Austin Bryant (Bartlesville) 58.88; 3. Andrew Lawrence (Ponca City) 59.50; 4. Garrett Duncan (Edmond North) 1:00; 5. Colton Posey (Union) 1:00.47; 6. Alex hZu (Norman North) 1:01.74; 7. Daniel Pham (Westmoore) 1:02.43; 8. Paden Scribner (Jenks) 1:03.06.
400 Free Relay: 1. Bartlesville 3:10.48; 2. Jenks 3:13.46; 3. Union 3:18.92; 4. Edmond Memorial 3:19.69; 5. Edmond North 3:22.09; 6. Norman 3:24.11; 7. Stillwater 3:27.27; 8. Broken Arrow 3:28.88.
(DQ): Disqualified (SR): State Record
Original Print Headline: Senior caps stellar career, Union wins state
Associated Images:
Union swimmers celebrate after being announced 6A swim champions at Oklahoma City Community College on Saturday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World
Union's Eastman Holloway races to a state record in the 200-yard freestyle of the 6A swim championships on Saturday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World
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