PI swimmers prep for PVCs
with wins over Caribou, WA
By Kevin Sjoberg
Sports Reporter
PRESQUE ISLE — The Wildcats and Vikings met in the pool for a head-to-head competition for the final time this season last Wednesday, with the meet also serving as both teams’ final tuneup before the championships.
DEAD HEAT — Presque Isle Wildcat swimmer Matt Burtt looks over at Caribou’s Tom McLean while swimming the 500-yard freestyle during last Wednesday’s meet held at the Presque Isle Indoor Pool.It was the team’s final competition prior to this weekend’s Penobscot Valley Conference championship.
JAQUELINE LAMBERT of the Presque Isle swim team competes in 100-yard breaststroke event last Wednesday at the Presque Isle Indoor Pool. The Wildcats took on Caribou in a dual meet.
Both Presque Isle and Caribou will next compete in this weekend’s Penobscot Valley Conference championship. The boys’ meet is Friday and the girls’ meet is Saturday, with both taking place at Husson University in Bangor.
In the recent meet at the Presque Isle Indoor Pool, the Wildcat teams came away with victories. The girls’ score was 48-34 and the boys’ score was 65-20.
Nathaniel Dewitt qualified for the state meet in the 200 I.M., while Dustin Drabek did so in the 200 free.
Results were as follows:
Girls’ 200-yard medley relay: first, Presque Isle (Olivia Goulet, Jacqueline Lambert, Emma Michalowski and Sara Gilson), 2:33.21; second, Caribou (Katie Pelletier, Krsna Johnson, Rachel Wasson and Laksmis Johnson), 2:49.11; and third, Caribou (Courtney Cote, Olivia Engstrom, Jensen Jones and Brenan Page), 3:05.46.
Boys’ 200-yard medley relay: first, Presque Isle ( Drabek, Alex Hemphill, Dewitt and Keegan Ennis), 2:02.66.
Girls’ 200 freestyle: first, Wasson, Caribou, 2:48.18; second, Engstrom, Caribou, 3:12.96; and third, Laura Watson, PI, 3:28.66.
Boys’ 200 free: first, Drabek, PI, 2:11.41; second, Austin Scott, Caribou, 2:24.88; and third, David Cyr, PI, 2:27.91.
Girls’ 200 individual medley: first, Alexis Coiley, Fort Fairfield, 2:40.
Boys’ 200 I.M: first, Hemphill, PI, 2:29.03; and second, Dewitt, PI, 2:29.33.
Girls’ 50 free: first, Michalowski, PI, 33.76; second, Heather Nadeau, PI, 34:36; third, L. Johnson, Caribou, 34.7; and fourth, Page, Caribou, 40.28.
Boys’ 50 free: first, Ennis, PI, 26.59; second, Joshua Jones, PI, 27.62; third, Grant Bennett, Caribou, 28.15; and fourth, Darren Newbegin, Caribou, 28.28.
Girls’ 100 butterfly: first, Michalowski, PI, 1:32.01; and second, Jones, Caribou, 1:57.9.
Boys’ 100 fly: first, Dewitt, PI, 1:02.95; and second, Scott, Caribou, 1:09.77.
Girls’ 100 free: first, Gilson, PI, 1:12.88; second, Lambert, PI, 1:14.02; third, L. Johnson, Caribou, 1:21.52; and fourth, K. Johnson, Caribou, 1:28.56.
Boys’ 100 free: first, Jones, Pi, 1:04.58; second, Cyr, PI, 1:04.54; third, Bennett, Caribou, 1:04.66; and fourth, Hemphill, PI, 1:12.16.
Girls’ 500 free: first, Wasson, Caribou, 7:26.67; second, Goulet, 8:02.72; and third, Engstrom, Caribou, 8:55.63.
Boys’ 500 free: first, Matt Burtt, PI, 6:31.94; second, Tom McLean, Caribou, 7:18.72; and third, Lewis Amero, PI, 8:13.03.
Girls’ 200 free relay: first, Presque Isle (Lambert, Michalowski, Nadeau and Gilson), 2:20.06; and second, Caribou (Pelletier, Cote, Jones and Page), 2:46.15.
Boys’ 200 free relay: first, Presque Isle (Hemphill, Ennis, Jones and Dewitt), 1:48.8; second, Presque Isle (Drabek, Cyr, Burtt and Brenden Goulet), 1:57; and third, Caribou (Bennett, Scott, McLean and Newbegin), 1:57.37.
Girls’ 100 backstroke: first, Cote, Caribou, 1:37.1; second, Goulet, PI, 1:38.8; third, Watson, PI, 1:39.77; and fourth, Pelletier, Caribou, 1:40.67.
Boys’ 100 back: first, Drabek, PI, 1:09.4; and second, Newbegin, Caribou, 1:13.62.
Girls’ 100 breastroke: first, Lambert, PI, 1:26.77; second, Naomi McEachern, PI, 1:31.59; and third, K. Johnson, Caribou, 1:44.79.
Boys’ 100 breast: first, Burtt, PI, 1:20.25; and second, Ennis, PI, 1:22.78.
Girls’ 400 free relay: first, Presque Isle (Nadeau, Watson, Gilson and Goulet), 5:33.7; and second, Caribou (Wasson, Engstrom, K. Johnson and L. Johnson), 5:44.97.
Boys’ 400 free relay: first, Presque Isle (Cyr, Amero, Burtt and Jones), 4:18.09; and second, Caribou (Bennett, Scott, McLean and Newbegin), 4:26.64.
Presque Isle made the trip to Washington County to take on the Washington Academy swim team of East Machias Jan. 26. The girl won by a 54-36 margin, while the boys prevailed, 98-30. Jones qualified for the state meet in the 50 free, while Ennis pulled a qualifying time in the 100 free.
