WINNEMUCCA - The Lowry High School swim team returned to action last Saturday to take on Bishop Manogue in a Zephyr League meet in Carson City.
The Miners jumped out to a quick lead in the boys team standings and held on to beat the Buckaroos 103-91. The Bishop Manogue girls completed the sweep, beating the Lady Bucks 150-99.
The Lowry boys fell behind 17-0 after the first event due to a disqualification in the 200-yard medley relay but rallied to keep the dual close. The Buckaroo boys came back to lead 81-70 but could not hold the advantage in the final three races.
"I knew Manogue was going to be tough going into the meet," said LHS head coach Mike Owens. "We made some mental mistakes right off the bat and we got behind the eight ball pretty quick. The biggest thing is you can not get disqualified when swimming against a good team. We just have to be able to finish and get points. We just have to stay focused in what we are doing."
Wyatt Lester picked up a victory in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 3 minutes, 4.28 seconds and Jiovanni Madrid won the 500-yard freestyle at 7:02.19.
Leo Avila collected a pair of second-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle at 26.13 and the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 1:0.45. Madrid led a 2-3-4-5 finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:31.67. Trystan Blouir was third at 2:35.05 and Nathan Hales (2:10.76) and Chris Franco (3:14.31) were fourth and fifth, respectively. Ian Maher turned in a third-place performance in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:52.16.
Jacob Hales (1:18.84), Chase Johnson (1:19.91) and Bradley Schmidt (1:26.05) were third, fourth and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle and Blouir and Johnson were fourth and fifth in the 50-yard freestyle with times of 30.75 and 31.76, respectively.
The 200-yard freestyle relay teams swept the top two spots, with Lester, Madrid, J.R. Perkinson and Avila winning in a time of 1:54.16. Nathan Hales, Franco, Blouir and Jacob Hales were second at 2:14.77. The 400-yard freestyle team of Perkinson, Jacob Hales, Blouir and Lester were second with a time of 5:00.94.
The Lady Bucks were led by freshman Kelsea Perkinson, who finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:24.66. The California transplant added a fourth-place outing in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 29.84.
"Kelsea is going to be rock solid for the next three years," Owens said. "Everything I ask of her, she does. She will try anything."
Senior Tori Echeverria turned in another strong performance, placing second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:13.22, to go with a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle at 28.53.
"I may sound like a broken record, but Tori just goes out and performs every week," said the coach. "She is in the top 10 in Division I in every event she competes in. We pretty much know where she is going to swim in the regionals and has a chance to go to the state championships."
Sophomore Emma Kracaw notched a second-place outing in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:36.79 and she was third in the 100-yard freestyle at 1:08.50.
Fellow sophomore Sabrina Jensen placed third in the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 3:05.81 and she was fourth in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:23.21, taking nine seconds off her previous best time. Her sister Jessica Jensen finished third in the 200-yard freestyle at 2:45.50 and the junior added a fifth-place performance in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 1:14.53.
Senior Eva Mercado posted a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:33.46 and she also timed in at 1:18.75 to place sixth in the 100-yard freestyle.
Kenzie Maddox finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (1:11.19) and the junior was fifth in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 30.94.
"Kenzie is starting to get healthy and we have her for another year," added the coach. "She is swimming the best she has all season and I am impressed with her."
Rachel French was fourth in the 500-yard freestyle at 8:33.49 and the senior was fifth in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:53.63.
Abbie Whitaker was fifth in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:51.20, Cheyanna Furnare (2:57.11) placed sixth in the 200-yard freestyle and Kailynn Yetter was sixth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 2:04.07. Katlyn Barnes was seventh in the 100-yard freestyle and eighth in the 50-yard style with times of 1:21.42 and 32.77, respectively.
The Lady Bucks took three of the top four spots in the 200-yard freestyle relay, with Kelsea Perkinson, Kracaw, Maddox and Echeverria winning at 2:00.84. The B squad of Mercado, Barnes, Cherice Armstrong and Sabrina Jensen were third at 2:20.08. Whitaker, Rebekah Goldblatt, Melissa Cervantes and Abby Flores were third with a time of 2:37.46.
The 200-yard medley relay of Echeverria, Kelsea Perkinson, Mercado and Kracaw were second with a time of 2:18.86.
Lowry travels to Reno on Saturday to face Reed at Northwest Pool at 3:30 p.m. The Buckaroos close out their Zephyr League schedule on Friday, April 26, with a trip to Truckee. The meet will start at 2 p.m.
The Division I-A Regional Championships will take place on Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11. in Carson City.
"Despite the disqualifications we had some nice performances," Owens said. "We just need to think about what we are doing in the pool. This is the time of the year where you start putting kids in their best events to get qualifying times for the regional."
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