The Jesuit swim team out-swam McKinney Boyd last Tuesday, October 18, 2011, winning the meet 113-70. This meet was a “dual meet,” a meet where two schools face off solely against each other. The swim season lasts roughly from September until regional and state competitions in February, so this meet was one of the first few that the team has swum this year. Led by Coach BJ Antes and Assistant Coach Seth Waits, the swimmers have set high goals for themselves as well as their team. After interviewing Nick Wageman ’13, I was able to uncover more about the fascinating sport that so many lack knowledge of.
After coming close to winning regionals last year, the swim team hopes to win regionals and advance some swimmers to state this year. Aside from the team goals, Wageman, swimming backstroke and freestyle, also aspires to be successful in other aspects of the sport, commenting, “I want to make it to the second day of regionals, drop 4 seconds in my 100 yard freestyle, and do all I can do to make my teammates as well as myself better.”
In the most recent meet, Wageman did well in his two backstroke events, one being a relay. Other notable performances came from Eric Futscher ’13, Matthew Bedard ’14, Peter Steffek ’13, Garrett Toledo ’12, and Alex Knitch ’12. These five swimmers all improved their times in their events at McKinney Boyd. Futscher was more than satisfied with his performance last meet, stating, “I think I did a great job winning both my individual races in the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle.” Ultimately though, Futscher hopes to break a record set by Matt Thompson in the 500 freestyle by the end of the year. The results of the meet are as follows:
200 Yard Medley Relay (Each swimmer swims a different stroke)
1st—Hoffman ’12, Rivera ’14, Knitch, Taylor ’12
2nd—Toledo, Maczka ’12, Bedard ’14, Ward ’12
200 Yard Freestyle
1st—Futscher
3rd—Robuck ‘14
200 Yard Individual Medley (one swimmer swims each stroke for 50 yards)
1st—Hoffman
3rd—Daniels ’15
50 Yard Freestyle
1st—Knitch
2nd—Taylor
100 Yard Butterfly
1st—Toledo
2nd—Bedard ’14
3rd—Tompkins ’13
100 Yard Freestyle
2nd—Daniels
3rd—Ward ’12
500 Yard Freestyle
1st—Futscher
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st—Knitch, Ward, Taylor, Daniels
2nd—Rivera, Robuck, O’Brien ’12, Steffek
100 Yard Backstroke
1st—Toledo
3rd—Wageman
100 Yard Breaststroke
2nd—Maczka
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st—Futscher, Toledo, Knitch, Daniels
2nd—Robuck, Ward, Tompkins, Steffek
4th—Foerster ’13, Bedard ’12, Wageman, Maczka
The upcoming meets and results of previous meets for the Jesuit Swimming and Diving team can be found on the Jesuit website under the Athletics tab.
