Scott qualifies for state swim meet

The Presque Isle and Caribou swim teams had their first head-to-head meeting last Wednesday at the Presque Isle Indoor Pool, with the Wildcats winning the girls’ meet, 51-36, and the boys’ meet, 49-8.
Three swimmers qualified for the state meet in different events — Caribou’s Austin Scott in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 butterfly; Presque Isle’s Nate Dewitt in the 500 freestyle and 100 backstroke; and PI’s Joshua Jones in the 50 freestyle.    Results from the recent meet are as follows:
Girls’ 200-yard medley relay: first, Presque Isle (Olivia Goulet, Naomi McEachern, Jacqueline Lambert and Sara Gilson), 2:35.01; second, Caribou (Courtney Cote, Olivia Engstrom, Kristyn Maley and Andromida Grondin), 2:45.14. Boys: first, Presque Isle (Dustin Drabek, Alex Hemphill, Dewitt and Jones), 1:59.25.
Girls’ 200 freestyle: first, Heather Nadeau, PI, 2:48.95; second, Grondin, Caribou, 3:11.99; and third, Conner Spencer, Caribou, 3:14.27. Boys: first, Drabek, PI, 2:18.57.
Girls’ 200 IM: first, Maley, Caribou, 2:58.36; second, Lambert, PI, 2:00.08. Boys: Hemphill, PI, 2:35.32.
Girls’ 50 freestyle: first, Gilson, PI, 32.73; second, McEachern, PI, 37.77; third, Cote, Caribou, 38.35; and fourth, Madison Yakel, Caribou, 40.44)
Boys: first, Scott, Caribou, 26.9; second, Jones, PI, 27.05; and third, Brenden Goulet, PI, 32.44.
Girls’ 100 butterfly: first, Nadeau, PI, 1:39.35. Boys: first, Scott, Caribou, 1:05.9.
Girls’ 100 freestyle: first, Gilson, PI, 1:15.51; second, Yakel, Caribou, 1:32.32; third, Laura Watson, PI, 1:36.82; and fourth, Megan Duplessie, Caribou, 1:38.04. Boys: first, Drabek, PI, 1:02.58; and second, Leigh Buck, PI, 1:04.93.
Girls’ 500 freestyle: first, Goulet, PI, 7:51.18; second, Engstrom, Caribou, 7:54.07; and third, Grondin, Caribou, 8:45.01. Boys: first, Dewitt, PI, 5:59.52.
Girls’ 200 freestyle relay: first, Presque Isle (Nadeau, McEachern, Lambert and Gilson), 2:19.86; second, Caribou (Yakel, Cote, Spencer and Duplessie), 2:37.21, Boys: first, Presque Isle (Jones, Hemphill, Drabek and Dewitt), 1:49.17.
Girls’ 100 backstroke: first, Goulet, 1:34.19; second, Cote, Caribou, 1:37.05; third, Watson, PI, 1:37.54; and fourth, Spencer, Caribou, 1:44.84. Boys: first, Dewitt, PI, 1:12.85; and second, Goulet, PI, 1:38.47.
Girls’ 100 breaststroke: first, Lambert, PI, 1:25.02; second, Maley, 1:37.31; and third, Engstrom, Caribou, 1:46.91. Boys: first, Hemphill, 1:19.71; and second, Kyle Kilcollins, PI, 1:36.24.
Girls’ 400 freestyle relay: first, Caribou (Maley, Yakel, Grondin and Engstrom), 5:4.73; second, Presque Isle (Goulet, Watson, McEachern and Nadeau), 5:46.36; and third, Caribou (Spencer, Duplessie, Alexis McLean and Laura Doucette), 6:50.4. Boys: first, Presque Isle (Goulet, Buck, Kilcollins and Jones), 4:56.81.
Fort Fairfield’s Alexis Coiley recorded the fastest times in both the girls’ 200 IM (2:39.24) and the 100 breaststroke (1:24.38).