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MHS swimmers at home at OCCC
Brendan Hoover
OKLAHOMA CITY--The Mustang High School swim team arrived at the Putnam City Triangular meet Jan. 9 at the Oklahoma City Community College swim facility as the visiting school competing against the three host PC squads.
But since the entire Mustang team practices at OCCC almost every day and has competed there twice already this season, the Broncos felt right at home in the familiar 25-yard pool.
All four Mustang swimmers placed in the top three in events at the meet and the team netted four total first-place finishes.
At the same time, three Bronco swimmers have qualified in five different events for the OSSAA state swimming championships, which will be held Feb 16-17, also at OCCC.
Head coach Rocky Maynard said it is a big deal for his swimmers to qualify for state.
“We think our individual swimmers have a shot at placing at state,” Maynard said.
Junior Ryan Lindsey won two events he entered at the PC meet. Lindsey touched the wall first in the 50-meter boys freestyle at 24.66 seconds, .09 seconds faster than the state qualifying time in that event. He also finished first in the 100-meter boys breaststroke with a time 1:07.90. The state qualifying time for that event is 1:11.
“Ryan had just an unbelievable meet,” Maynard said.
Freshman Carli Wentworth, who already qualified for state in the 100-meter girls breaststroke earlier in the season, took first in the 200-meter girls individual medley and second in the 100-meter girls freestyle at the PC meet.
Wentworth’s time in the girls 200 IM, 2:31.50, beat the state qualifying time by 2.5 seconds. Her 1:02.33 time in the girls 100 freestyle just missed the state qualifying time of 1:01.
“She had a great race,” Maynard said of Wentworth’s girls 200 IM finish. “She was doing so good in the Kerr McGee meets so I knew she’d qualify for sure.”
All of the Bronco swimmers also are members of the privately sponsored Kerr McGee team in order to secure practice time at OCCC’s pool facilities.
Incidentally, sponsorship of the club team switched from Kerr-McGee to Chesapeake on Thursday.
Junior Katharine Maynard finished third in the girls 50-meter freestyle at the PC meet with a time of 27.73 seconds. The time was .23 seconds shy of the state qualifying time for that event. She already qualified for state in the girls 100-meter backstroke earlier in the season with a time of 1:09.80.
“It’s killing her to be so close and not get it,” Maynard said of her girls 50 freestyle time.
Sophomore Justin Logan, who joined the team after the season had started, finished third in two events at the PC meet, touching the wall in the boys 50 freestyle in 25.53 seconds and finishing the boys 100-meter freestyle in 57.50 seconds.
Maynard said that although Logan has not qualified for state yet, his times are coming down and he has a good chance to make it.
MHS swimmers at home at OCCC
Brendan Hoover
OKLAHOMA CITY--The Mustang High School swim team arrived at the Putnam City Triangular meet Jan. 9 at the Oklahoma City Community College swim facility as the visiting school competing against the three host PC squads.
But since the entire Mustang team practices at OCCC almost every day and has competed there twice already this season, the Broncos felt right at home in the familiar 25-yard pool.
All four Mustang swimmers placed in the top three in events at the meet and the team netted four total first-place finishes.
At the same time, three Bronco swimmers have qualified in five different events for the OSSAA state swimming championships, which will be held Feb 16-17, also at OCCC.
Head coach Rocky Maynard said it is a big deal for his swimmers to qualify for state.
“We think our individual swimmers have a shot at placing at state,” Maynard said.
Junior Ryan Lindsey won two events he entered at the PC meet. Lindsey touched the wall first in the 50-meter boys freestyle at 24.66 seconds, .09 seconds faster than the state qualifying time in that event. He also finished first in the 100-meter boys breaststroke with a time 1:07.90. The state qualifying time for that event is 1:11.
“Ryan had just an unbelievable meet,” Maynard said.
Freshman Carli Wentworth, who already qualified for state in the 100-meter girls breaststroke earlier in the season, took first in the 200-meter girls individual medley and second in the 100-meter girls freestyle at the PC meet.
Wentworth’s time in the girls 200 IM, 2:31.50, beat the state qualifying time by 2.5 seconds. Her 1:02.33 time in the girls 100 freestyle just missed the state qualifying time of 1:01.
“She had a great race,” Maynard said of Wentworth’s girls 200 IM finish. “She was doing so good in the Kerr McGee meets so I knew she’d qualify for sure.”
All of the Bronco swimmers also are members of the privately sponsored Kerr McGee team in order to secure practice time at OCCC’s pool facilities.
Incidentally, sponsorship of the club team switched from Kerr-McGee to Chesapeake on Thursday.
Junior Katharine Maynard finished third in the girls 50-meter freestyle at the PC meet with a time of 27.73 seconds. The time was .23 seconds shy of the state qualifying time for that event. She already qualified for state in the girls 100-meter backstroke earlier in the season with a time of 1:09.80.
“It’s killing her to be so close and not get it,” Maynard said of her girls 50 freestyle time.
Sophomore Justin Logan, who joined the team after the season had started, finished third in two events at the PC meet, touching the wall in the boys 50 freestyle in 25.53 seconds and finishing the boys 100-meter freestyle in 57.50 seconds.
Maynard said that although Logan has not qualified for state yet, his times are coming down and he has a good chance to make it.
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