West points Wiscasset in right direction
Another week, another set of wins for the Wiscasset High School swimming team.
The swim team competed Friday, Jan. 24 at home against two Brunswick schools and Hyde Academy, and although the Wolverines finished third behind both Brunswick teams, there were a number of strong individual performances.
Wiscasset's Julia West won two individual races and was the anchor for two relays for Wiscasset.
West won the girls 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2 minutes and 31.38 seconds and the 100 yard breaststroke, as her time of one minute 14.24 seconds was just in before Brunswick's Caitlin Tycz (1:14.56).
It wasn't just West getting in on the first-place finishes, either: The 200-yard freestyle relay team took home first-place honors with a time of two minutes and 4.6 seconds.
Wiscasset placed third in the girls 200 yard medley relay, with a time of 2:26.48. Brunswick took the top two spots, with either team coming within a second of another: the Dragons' A team finished at 2:05.68 while the B tam finished at 2:06.03.
In the girls 50 yard freestyle race, Wiscasset's Maeve Carlson finished in third place (32.79 seconds) and Amanda Marcus was right behind her (37.81 seconds) in fourth place.
Carlson was second (one minute and 12.36 seconds) and Marcus was fourth (1:23.60) in the 100-yard freestyle.
Sarah Hanley was second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of one minute and 18.54 seconds. Hanley would finish third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of one minute and 22.02 seconds.
Colin Viele, who was coming off a school record-setting showing January 17, was second in the boys 100-yard butterfly with a time of one minute and 5.96 seconds and was the top finisher (one minute and 4.27 seconds) in the 100-yard backstroke.
During the January 17 meeting Viele broke Tim George's eight-year-old record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of five minutes and 39.63 seconds. George's 2006 record clocked in at 5:42.83.
Sam Storer (26.02 seconds) was second and Kyle Viele (37.54 seconds) was sixth in the 50 yard freestyle.
Kyle Viele was also fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, with a time of one minute, 29.97 seconds.
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