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Valley Swimming: Viking Ship On Course

Written on December 15, 2016 by Staff Reporter

Categories: Sports Archive 2016

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Tippecanoe Valley’s Blake McBrier takes the lead in an eventual win in the 200 freestyle Wednesday night against Manchester. (Photos by Mike Deak)

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley earned a pair of dual wins Wednesday night, defeating Manchester in boys and girls swimming at the Viking pool.

The Valley boys had no trouble in taking down Manchester, 111-44, winning all 12 events in the process. The Valley girls won nine of the 12 events with Manchester, posting a 91-67 victory.

Jacob Wagner of Tippecanoe Valley swims a winning performance in the 200 freestyle.

Chase Brower and Jacob Wagner each won two individual events and helped two respective relays claim wins. Brower won the 100 free (52.77) and the backstroke (1:03.84) while Wagner claimed the 200 free (2:11.36) and 500 free (6:14.92). The two teamed with Dakota Prater and Daniel Alexander to win the 400 free relay (4:04.80).

Brower, Prater, Alexander and Mason Stephens won the medley relay (1:58.68) and Wagner, Stephens, Cam Tucker and Jacob McDonald took the 200 free relay (1:56.47). Stephens was the winner of the breaststroke (1:20.00), Alexander in the butterfly (1:07.74), Prater in the medley relay (2:28.77) and Tucker in the 50 free (27.83). Travis Shull opened the night with a 142.70 to win diving, only opposed by teammate Zack Hodge’s 100.60.

Olivia Livengood was a double winner for the Valley girls, taking the butterfly (1:08.80) and was the only competitor in the medley relay (2:29.30). Blake McBrier won the 200 free (2:34.83), Kinzie Prater the 100 free (1:03.77), Mayde Fear the backstroke (1:17.21) and Grace Revere the breaststroke (1:32.61).

Kinzie Prater, McBrier, Livengood and Fear took the 400 free relay (4:28.42) as well as the medley relay (2:15.69). Tiphanie Hodge narrowly topped teammate Alivia Taylor in diving, 95.05-94.05, as the only two competitors.

Manchester had three event wins in the girls competition, with Skye Fierstos first in the 50 free (29.03), Tahnee Fuentes tops in the 500 free (6:53.89) and the grouping of Halie Wampler, Lydia Greer, Morgyn Jimenez and Lillian Myers in the 200 free at 2:23.62.

Tippecanoe Valley will have a long break before returning to action Jan. 4 at Warsaw with a quad against the Tigers, Huntington North and Rochester.

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