Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 129, Number 8, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 23 February 2006 — Page 8

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• Advance News • Thursday. February'23. 2006

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By Anthony Godson Editor The North Wood bovs sxnrnming program showed its eon-, firming improvement during last week's sectional tournament, with sophomore Todd Byrket also qualifying for the -tote meet. Following the Feb. 16 preliminaries at Concord High School, NiorthWood sent its three relax 1 loams into the sectional finals on Feb. 18, while Byrket, junior i iron I incoln and sophomore 1 uniel Mendrv also competed in

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North Wood’s Seth Emerick competes in the 200 Individual Medley during the Concord Preliminaries on Feb. 16.

North Wood swimming coach Scott Whetstone said about Byrket's performance. Byrket will be North Wood's first swimmer to compete at the state level since Andrew Whitehead did it in 2000. "It's been a while," Whetstone said. For Byrket, qualifying for the state meet is something he's been working towards all season long. "It's more of a relief, because it's something I've been working towards," Byrket said. The sophomore has been to state swimming competitions as part of an age group program, but this will be his first trip competing for his high school. "I'm going to take it more as a learning experience, and just try to lower my times," he said. Byrket will have an opportunity to improve his times, as he'll be competing against some of the best in the state, which also means he'll be competing against some of the best in the nation. The competition may be stiffer at the state level, but if trends continue, he'll also continue to drop times against faster competition. For the meet, the sophomore is seeded 14th in the 50 gnd 17th in the 100, and at the state meet, anything can happen. "They're all so close," Whetstone said about the times when it comes to the 50 and 100 freestyle events. Though he is the only swimmer to qualify for state, Byrket

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isn't the only Panther to perform well at sectionals. V~ Hendry entered the sectional finals as an alternate in the SOO freestyle, he ended up placing ninth out of 12 swimmers. "Daniel Hendry dropped four seconds off his lifetime best," Whetstone said. "He mcved up three spots to ninth, and that's good for him." Hendry swam the 500 freestyle in 5:40.53 at the finals, after having finished the event in 5:52.48 during prelims two days earlier. In 100 breaststroke, Lincoln placed ninth with a time of 1:10.54, after finishing in 1:10.59 during the prelims. v With three relay teams also qualifying for the sectional finals, each fared well. The 200 medley relay team placed fourth (1:51.23), 200 freestyle team took fifth (1:43.13) and the 400 freestyle relay placed sixth. (3:40.31). In the 400 freestyle, of Hendry, freshman Zach Slabaugh, senior Kyle Hochstetler and Byrket, Whetstone was most impressed with Slabaugh's performance. "Zach Slabaugh began the season by swimming his split in 1:09, but he swarmit in 55.64 at the finals," Whetstone said. "That's 15 seconds in a year, and it's really been his first year in swimming." In the 1-meter dive, junior James Woolley finished in sixth place with a score of 287.40, while senior Brent Hollar earned

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Sophomore Todd Byrket gets mentally ready for a freestyle competition earlier this season. Byrket will compete at the state swimming meet this Friday.

a 277.60 score. "Brent Hollar was a little bit disappointed, but he got a late start to the season," Whetstone said about the senior diver. "He got a late start because of the football season, and lie also suffered a broken arm." Many of the North Wood swimmers may have felt disappointment with their season coming to an end, hut they are still happy for Byrket. "Everyone was pretty fired up for Todd," Whetstone said.Bvrket will now swim in the 50 freestyle at state at 6:50 p.m. on Friday, while his 100 competition is set to begin at 7:26 p.m. at the IUPUI Natatorium. Finals and consolations will then begin at l p.m. on Saturdav.

• SECTIONAL FINALS At Dunlap 200 Medley Relay: l. Northridge 1:38.84; 2. Concord 1:39.43; 3. Elkhart Central 1:48.40; 4. North Wood (Kyle Hochstetler, Jarron Lincoln. Todd Byrket. Nate Yoder) 1:51.23; 5. East Noble 1:52.27; 6. Goshen 1:54.10. 200 Free: I. Alex Burtch (C) 1:46.79; 2. Philipe Kurz (EC) 1:47.38: 3. Michael Grubaugh (Nr) 1:48.64. 200 1M: I. Bobby Durkin (C) 1:58.29; 2. Logan Elliott (Nr) 2:01.24:3. Trace Hanson (Nr) 2:0.64. 50 Free: 1. Ben Battjes (EM) 2L40; 2. Byrket (NW) 21.86; 3. Mark Rushlow (Nr) 22.07. Meter Dive: I. Ryan Williams (EM) 466.95: 2. Joe Moore (EM) 408.90; 3. Chris Wells (C) 326.15; 6. James Woolley (NW) 287.40; 9. Brent Hollar (NW) 277.60; 11. Jordan Osbourne 100 Flv: I. Rushlow (Nr) 51.52; 2. Bill Griffin (Nr) 52.72; 3. Kurz (EC) 53.61. KM) Free: Battjes (EM) 48.05; 2. Byrket (NW) 48.39; 3. Williamson (Nr 149.64. 500 Free: 1. Kevin Troyer (Nr) 4:42.23: 2. Alex Burtch (C) 4:47.24; 3. Travis Hembree (Nr) 4:52.68; 9. Daniel Hendry (NW) 5:40.53. 200 Free, Relav: 1. Northridge 1:27.90: 2. Concord 1:35.86; 3. Goshen 1:38.77; 4. Elkhart Central 1:40.53: 5. North Wood (Kenny Beachv. Zach Slabaugh. Hendry, Y0der)1:43.13. 100 Back: 1. Elliott (Nr) 55.44; 2. David Rose (C) 56.59; 3. lan Baker (ENi 58.38. 1(H) Breast: 1. Bobby Durkin (C) 59.95; 2. Hanson (Nr) 1:02.64; 3. Kevin Lipp (C) 1:04.18; 9. Lincoln (NW) 1:10.54. 400 Free Relay: 1. Northridge 3:15.35; 2. Concord 3:23.55; 3. Elkhart Memorial 3:30.09; 4. Elkhart Central 3:32.91; 5. East Noble 3:37.91; 6. North Wood (Hendry, Slabaugh, Hochstetler, Byrket) 3:4o3jf^