WINNEMUCCA - It may be nearing the end of April, but if you look at the schedule it seems the Lowry High School swim team just started its season over this past Saturday in Truckee.
The Buckaroos had meets in the first two weeks of the year in March but had been off since competing in the Zephyr Aqua 5 in Reno. In its return to the pool Truckee defeated Lowry 156-75 on the boys side and 111-109 in the girls dual.
The Lady Bucks had three individual champions on the day, with senior Jillian Pfarr winning the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 29.16 seconds. Pfarr went on to add a third-place outing in the 100-yard freestyle at 1 minute, 9.53 seconds.
Patricia Bates took home the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:22.60, while teammate Olivia Snow was second with a time of 1:26.88. In addition, Bates placed second in the 100-yard freestyle at 1:07.97 and Snow was fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 30.56. Johanna Christiansen easily won the 100-yard backstroke by nearly nine seconds over Annie Kruck at 1:06.19. However, Christiansen was disqualified in the 50-yard freestyle for moving early on the start. She was allowed to race and won but was later disqualified.
"That one was tough to take," said LHS head coach Mike Owens. "That decision changed the outcome of the dual. She took it a lot better than I did."
Karen Esparza and Christie Kloeppel finished second and fourth, respectively, in the 200-yard freestyle with times of 2:45.38 and 2:59.39. Becky Barber finished second in the 500-yard freestyle at 7:33.78, Sabrina Jensen was third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:24.89 and teammate Emma Kracaw was fourth in the backstroke at 1:29.88. Jessica Jensen placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 1:12.76 and Xana Childs was sixth at 1:14.53, nearly 27 seconds better than her previous time in the event. Cecily Snow and Rachel French finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 50-yard freestyle with times of 32.05 and 32.33.
The 200-yard freestyle relay of Olivia Snow, Pfarr, Bates and Christiansen won the event by 15 seconds, with a time of 1:57.15. The 200-yard medley relay of Christiansen, Bates, Eva Mercado and Cecily Snow were second at 2:15.56, as was the 400-yard relay of French, Sabrina Jensen, Eva Mercado and Kloeppel.
For the boys, Jessie Pate finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:10.13 and third in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:16.37. Jiovanni Madrid was second in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:33.57 and 10th in the 50-yard freestyle at 32.28.
AJ Jackson placed third in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:53.47 and fourth in the 100-yard freestyle at 1:08.72. Dain Maher turned in a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 7:40.44, which was 18 seconds better than his previous best time. Maher was fifth in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:46.25, while Leo Avila placed third in the 50-yard freestyle at 27.77.
Joe Schmidt was third in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 1:05.51 and placed fifth in the 50-yard freestyle at 28.52. Jeremiah Maestrejuan finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:39.30 and was seventh in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 31.06.
The 200-yard medley relay of Maher, Pate, Jackson and Schmidt were second with a time of 2:10.03, along with the 200-yard freestyle relay of Maestrejuan, Maher, Schmidt and Pate in a time of 1:56.00. Jackson, Wyatt Lester, Trystan Blouir and Maestrejuan were second in the 400-yard freestyle at 4:48.90.
Lowry travels to South Tahoe Saturday for a double dual with South Tahoe and Wooster at 10 a.m.
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