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Science Hill Region Swimming Dominance Reaches 14th Year

Science Hill Region Swimming Dominance Reaches 14th Year
Science Hill swimmers recorded a 14th consecutive win at the Region 1 Swimming & Diving Championships at the Kingsport Aquatic Center. TriCitiesSports.com photo by Allen Greene.
by STEVE WILMOTH
TriCitiesSports.com
January 19, 2019

KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- Often during the past 14 years, Science Hill’s claim to another Region 1 Swimming and Diving Championship was largely a foregone conclusion.

Last year, Dobyns-Bennett was able to narrow the gap and after the Indians narrowly lost a head-to-head meet earlier this season, perhaps this was the year the ‘Topper reign would sink.

Even the pre-meet heat sheets favored the Indians.

Instead, Science Hill answered the challenge and outpointed the Indians 1146½ - 1029 to win a 14th consecutive combined title.

“This is the closest one we’ve had,” said Science Hill coach Chris Coraggio. “There was no guarantee coming in. We weren’t supposed to win. But the kids saw that and came through.”

The Lady ‘Toppers also won a 14th straight title. After being defeated in that earlier meet by the Lady Indians, Science Hill was pushed again, but prevailed 573-524.

The Tribe push might have been enough had a few star swimmers not opted for a school function Saturday night instead of participating in the meet.

The Science Hill boys a little more breathing room, outpointing D-B 573½ - 505 for a 13th championship in the last 14 years.

“Every win is special,” added Coraggio. “Every one is unique. But this one is a little more special because it wasn’t a given.”

To extend its streaks, Science Hill certainly required and received strong performances from its top swimmers, who bettered five school-records in the meet.

Haley Altman broke her own school mark in winning the 100 breast in 1:04.85. Morgan Misenar bettered the 200 freestyle record with a 1:54.01 and tied the school standard in the 100 freestyle at 52.51.

Misenar and Altman teamed with Lexi Gay and Molly Bowman to set a new record in 200 medley relay of 1:51.10 and with Gay and Barnes to for a new mark of 3:40.63 in the 400 freestyle relay. Altman also touched first in the 50 free at 24.46.

Newcomers were key on the boys’ side for Science Hill. Freshman Dustin Niebauer won the 200 individual medley (2:04.06) and the 100 back (55.49) while senior transfer Landon Potter touched first in the 500 free (4:50.21) and the 200 free (1:46.66).

“Landon gets uprooted from his home because of his dad’s job,” noted Coraggio. “He not only was a talented swimmer but he bought into our program and befriended the kids and became a true part of the team.”

Potter, Niebauer, Jayden Anderson and Jonah Cathelyn teamed to win the 400 freestyle relay (3:23.27) while Potter, Niebauer, Luke Barnes and Nour Shams combined to place first in the 200 medley relay (1:43.05). Barnes, Shams, Anderson and Michael Miranda swam to a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle relay (1:32.07), just three seconds behind D-B.

Shams, a senior, also stepped up to grab third in the 50 free (22.97) and the 100 free (51.47).

“Nour Shams has had a tough go some years,” added Coraggio, “but he came on and swam great his senior year.”

Science Hill’s win also came courtesy of the unexpected, like freshman Emily Beaird’s eight-place points in the 500 freestyle.

“Emily is a freshman who never saw the 500 before,” explained Coraggio. “But we put her in there and she placed.”

Beaird’s story was one of many echoed by Science Hill’s swimmers on the night.

“Each and every one I could tell you a story about why they are important and why i value them,” added Coraggio.

Even without a few of its top swimmers, by all accounts the Lady Indians had a solid night.

Grace Allen touched first in the 200 IM (2:10.80) and the 100 back (1:00.26) while, Kassidy McGuire was first in the 100 fly (58.95) and second in the 500 free (5:35.79). Dobyns-Bennett’s winning 200-freestyle relay team of McGure, Allen, Libby Russum and Ellie Hall clocked in at 1:42.89. 

Hall also placed third in the 200 free (2:06.65) and the 500 free (5:56.71) while Russum came home second in the 100 free (54.03) and the 50 free (24.65).

The Dobyns-Bennett boys got a first-place from Shane Estes in the 50 free (22.23) and 100 free (48.90) as well as a first from Marcus Taylor in the 100 fly (53.84).

Dobyns-Bennett and Science Hill split the 1-meter diving portion of the meet Friday night at Viking Hall with the Hilltoppers’ Nick Van Eaton racking up 336.80 points to win the boys’ portion and Lady indian Kyndai Lane compiled 342.10 points to earn the girls’ victory.

Tennessee High was third across the board higlighted by the 1-2 finish in the boys’ breastroke from Tucker Couch (1:04.74) and Sam Bender (1:05.56).

2019 Northeast Tennessee Swimming & Diving Championships
Diving - Friday, January 18 at Viking Hall, Bristol
Swimming - Saturday, January 19 at Kingsport Aquatic Center

TEAM RESULTS

COMBINED -- 1. Science Hill 1,146½ , 2. Dobyns-Bennett 1,029, 3. Tennessee High 469½ , 4. Volunteer 334, 5. Sullivan Central 234, 6. Morristown East 158, 7. Morristown West 95, 8. Elizabethton 69, 9. Sullivan South 68, 10. Chuckey-Doak 58, 11. Trailblazer Swimming 37, 12. Sullivan East 25, 13. Cherokee 11.

GIRLS -- 1. Science Hill 573, 2. Dobyns-Bennett 524, 3. Tennessee High 205, 4. Volunteer 194, 5, Sullivan Central 118, 6. Elizabethton 64, 7. Morristown East 55, 8. Sullivan South 43, 9. Trailblazer Swimming 37, 10. Chuckey-Doak 25, 11. Sullivan East 9, 12. Morristown West 5.

BOYS -- 1. Science Hill 573½, 2. Dobyns-Bennett 505, 3. Tennessee High 264½, 4. Volunteer 140, 5. Sullivan Central 116, 6. Morristown East 103, 7. Morristown West 90, 8. Chuckey-Doak 33, 9. Sullivan South 25, 10. Sullivan East 16, 11. Cherokee 11, 12. Elizabethton 5.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

GIRLS

1-METER DIVING -- 1. Kyndai Lane, Dobyns-Bennett, 342.10; 2. Madelin Morawski, Dobyns-Bennett, 305.05; 3. Lily Hamilton, Science Hill, 272.35; 4. Raven Scott, Science Hill, 236.15; 5. Madison Peltier, Tennessee High, 227.30; 6. Logan Cordell, Dobyns-Bennett, 204.00.

200 MEDLEY RELAY -- 1. Science Hill 1:51.10 (Molly Bowman, Haley Altman, Lexi Gay, Morgan Misenar); 2. Dobyns-Bennett (Ava Sherer, Morgan Lounds, Madalyn Thayer, Alex Ponasik) 1:59.74; 3. Volunteer (Tieran Whalen, Ellie McLain, Amelia Henriott, Tinsley Whalen) 2:07.36; 4. Sullivan Central (Josie Millican, Sam Sinkes, McKenzie Dawson, Haven Corey) 2:26.79; 5. Elizabethton (Tehya Laws, Emma Honeycutt, Madison Attney, Susanna Digsby) 2:31.37; Tennessee High DQ; Morristown East DQ.

200 FREE -- 1. Morgan Misenar, Science Hill, 1:54.01; 2. Cassie Lowe, Trailblazer, 2:01.20; 3. Ellie Hall, Dobyns-Bennett, 2:06.64; 4. Megan Barnes, Science Hill, 2:08.68; 5. Alex Ponasik, Dobyns-Bennett, 2:08.75; 6. Mariam Shams, Science Hill, 2:11.88; 7. Saanvi Goenka, Science Hill, 2:13.40; 8. Melody Ottinger, Chuckey-Doak, 2:13.88.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY -- 1. Grace Allen, Dobyns-Bennett, 2:10.80; 2. Lexi Gay, Science Hill, 2:13.34; 3. Molly Bowman, Science Hill, 2:17.82; 4. Emma Hall, Science Hill, 2:26.92; 5. Ellie McLain, Volunteer, 2:27.60; 6. Sofia van der Biest, Dobyns-Bennett, 2:32.05; 7. Olivia Johnson, Sullivan South, 2:36.56; 8. Emily Beaird, Science Hill, 2:40.81.

50 FREE -- 1. Haley Altman, Science Hill, 24.46; 2. Libby Russum, Dobyns-Bennett, 24.65; 3. Tinsley Whalen, Volunteer, 26.13; 4. Ava Sherer, Dobyns-Bennett, 26.40; 5. Isabella Tran, Science Hill, 27.61; 6. Tieran Whalen, Volunteer, 27.81; 7. Hailey Nicholson, Morristown East, 27.82; 8. Isabelle Garcia, Science Hill, 28.70.

100 FLY -- 1. Kassidy McGuire, Dobyns-Bennett, 58.95; 2. Lexi Gay, Science Hill, 59.56; 3. Molly Bowman, Science Hill, 1:02.57; 4. Madalyn Thayer, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:06.40; 5. Melody Ottinger, Chuckey-Doak, 1:06.70; 6. Madison Park, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:13.62; 7. Nicole Liu, Science Hill, 1:14.36; 8. Kenzie Starling, Tennessee High, 1:16.20.

100 FREE -- 1. Morgan Misenar, Science Hill, 52.51; 2. Libby Russum, Dobyns-Bennett, 54.03; 3. Kayleigh Berg, Science Hill, 59.25; 4. Cameron Shelly, Tennessee High, 1:00.47; 5. Saanvi Goenka, Science Hill, 1:01.06; 6. Tinsley Whalen, Volunteer 1:01.20; 7. Bailey Johnson, Sullivan South, 1:01.96; 8. Hailey Nicholson, Morristown East, 1:02.19.

500 FREE -- 1. Cassie Lowe, Trailblazer, 5:23.54; 2. Kassidy Mcguire, Dobyns-Bennett, 5:35.79; 3. Ellie Hall, Dobyns-Bennett, 5:56.71; 4. Morgan Lounds, Dobyns-Bennett, 6:01.16; 5. Bailey Johnson, Sullivan South, 6:07.53; 6. Isabella Tran, Science Hill, 6:08.32; 7. McKenzie Dawson, Sullivan Central, 6:11.18; 8. Emily Beaird, Science Hill, 6:23.41.

200 FREE RELAY -- 1. Dobyns-Bennett (Kassidy Mcguire, Libby Russum, Ellie Hall, Grace Allen) 1:42.89; 2. Science Hill (Molly Bowman, Megan Barnes, Isabella Tran, Kayleigh Berg) 1:46.77; 3. Volunteer (Ellie McLain, Tieran Whalen, Amelia Henriott, Tinsley Whalen) 1:51.79; 4. Morristown East (Hailey, Brooklyn Seals, Emmalynn Hamer, Trinity Ely) 2:07.70; 5. Elizabethton (Tehya Laws, Madison Arney, Susanna Digsby) 2:08.01; 6. Sullivan Central (Haven Corey, Brooklyn Daniel, Madelyne Morrell, McKenzie Dawson) 2:13.3. Tennessee High DQ.

100 BACK -- 1. Grace Allen, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:00.26; 2. Megan Barnes, Science Hill, 1:04.15; 3. Kayleigh Berg, Science Hill, 1:05.49; 4. Ava Sherer, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:06.22; 5. Alex Ponasik, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:07.46; 6. Abigail Caveness, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:07.74; 7. Mariam Shams, Science Hill, 1:08.16; 8. Sophie Arnold, Tennessee High, 1:13.39.

100 BREAST -- 1. Haley Altman, Science Hill, 1:04.85; 2. Morgan Lounds, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:12.76; 3. Ema Hall, Science Hill, 1:13.41; 4. Ellie McLain, Volunteer, 1:13.41; 5. Catie Love, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:14.92; 6. Allie Bassett, Tennessee High, 1:17.40; 7. Nicole Liu, Science Hill, 1:22.54; 8. Isabelle Garcia, Science Hill, 1:24.89.

400 FREE RELAY: 1. Science Hill (Megan Barnes, Lexi Gay, Haley Altman, Morgan Misenar) 3:40.63; 2. Dobyns-Bennett (Kassidy McGuire, Libby Russum, Ellie Hall, Grace Allen) 3:34.51; 3. Tennessee High (Cameron Shelley, Evie Cozart, Grace Johnson, Hannah Powers) 4:24.39; 4. Sullivan Central (Josie Millican, Brooklyn Daniel, Hannah Baker, Sam Sinkes) 5:19.05; 5. Volunteer (Grace Bice, Abbey Gilliam, Leah Hostetler, Emily Rath) 5:21.63; Elizabethton DNS.

BOYS 

1-METER DIVING -- 1. Nick Van Eaton, Science Hill, 336.80; 2. Nicholas Dorr, Science Hill, 316.30; 3. Gavin Clouse, Tennessee High, 224.80; 4. Harrison Himelwright, Dobyns-Bennett, 189.15.

200 MEDLEY RELAY -- 1. Science Hill (Luke Barnes, Dustin Niebauer, Landon Potter, Nour Shams) 1:43.05; 2. Dobyns-Bennett (Gregory Allen, Jack Allen, Marcus Taylor, Jed Ratliff) 1:46.59; 3. Volunteer (Ely Yonts, Aedyn Mullins, Ian Yonts, Jonathan Newland) 2:02.23; 4. Morristown East (Ethan Silivan, Noah Wilson, Aaron Hull, Gunnar Johnson) 2:04.82; 5. Tennessee High (Colby Bland, Matthew Manno, Ben Fernandez, Gabe Cope) 2:05.59; 6. Sullivan Central (Austin Woodlief, Luke Johnson, Michael Ogden, Cameron Lambert) 2:13.34; 7. Morristown West (Patrick Liposky, Andrew Fish, Lance Davenport, William Castle) 2:16.63.

200 FREE -- 1. Landon Potter, Science Hill, 1:46.66; 2. Jacob Clemons, Science Hill, 1:55.92, 3. Peyton Hammond, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:57.85; 4. Johnathan Lai, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:58.24; 5. Logan Dillow, Tennessee High, 2:02.77; 6. Tarek Atyia, Science Hill, 2:05.84; 7. Finn Kidner, Science Hill, 2:06.01; 8. Michael Ogden, Sullivan Central, 2:07.02.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY -- 1. Dustin Niebauer, Science Hill, 2:04.06; 2. Jonah Cathelyn, Science Hill, 2:10.30; 3. Zachary Anguish, Chuckey-Doak, 2:10.59; 4. Anthony Walker, Dobyns-Bennett, 2:11.44; 5. Gregory Allen, Dobyns-Bennett, 2:14.29; 6. Jack Allen, Dobyns-Bennett, 2:17.45; 7. Atkins Hodshon, Science Hill, 2:17.58, 8. Isaac Johnson, Sullivan South, 2:19.40.

50 FREE -- 1. Shane Estes, Dobyns-Bennett, 22.23; 2. R.J. Brumit, Dobyns-Bennett, 22.77; 3. Nour Shams, Science Hill, 22.97; 4. Jayden Anderson Science Hill, 23.05; 5. Jed Ratliff, Dobyns-Bennett, 23.70; 6. Marcus Taylor, Dobyns-Bennett, 23.83; 7. Tucker Couch, Tennessee High, 23.97; 8. Patrick Liposky, Morristown West, 24.01.

100 FLY -- 1. Marcus Taylor, Dobyns-Bennett, 53.84; 2. Luke Barnes, Science Hill, 54.89; 3. R.J. Brumit, Dobyns-Bennett 56.15; 4. Johnathan Lai, Dobyns-Bennett, 56.53; 5. Matthew Pohland, Science Hill, 59.40; 6. Patrick Liposky, Morristown West, 1:00.31; 7. Atkins Hodshon, Science Hill, 1:00.70; 8. Michael Ogden, Sullivan Central, 1:02.11.

100 FREE -- 1. Shane Estes, Dobyns-Bennett, 48.90; 2. Jayden Anderson, Science Hill, 50.26; 3. Nour Shams, Science Hill, 51.47; 4. Aaron Hull, Morristown East, 52.59; 5. Cole Craddock, Dobyns-Bennett, 53.99; 6. Jonathan Newland, Volunteer 54.33; 7. Michael Miranda, Science Hill, 56.08; 8. Jed Ratliff, Dobyns-Bennett, 56.24.

500 FREE -- 1. Landon Potter, Science Hill, 4:50.21; 2. Zachary Anguish, Chuckey-Doak, 5:03.36; 3. Anthony Walker, Dobyns-Bennett, 5:11.15; 4. Peyton Hammond, Dobyns-Bennett, 5:15.91; 5. Jacob Clemons, Science Hill, 5:18.70; 6. Matthew Pohland, Science Hill, 5:32.11; 7. Tarek Atyia, Science Hill, 5:40.99; 8. Matthew Manno, Tennessee High, 5:54.36.

200 FREE RELAY -- 1. D-B (Marcus Taylor, R.J. Brumit, Jonathan Lai, Shane Estes) 1:32.04; 2. Science Hill (Nour Shams, Michael Miranda, Jayden Anderson, Luke Barnes) 1:32.07; 3. Tennessee High (Sam Bender, Tyler Johnson, Logan Dillow, Tucker Couch) 1:43.51; 4. Volunteer (Jonathan Newland, Zachary Taylor, Aedyn Mullins, Ian Younts) 1:44.87; 5. Morristown East (Aaron Hull, Gunnar Johnson, Ethan Silivan, Noah Wilson) 1:50.20; 6. Sullivan Central (Michael Ogden, Austin Woodlief, Luke Gillenwater, Cameron Lambert) 1:51.10; 7. Morristown West (Patrick Liposky, Andrew Fish, Lance Davenport, William Castle) 1:15.69.

100 BACK -- 1. Dustin Niebauer, Science Hill, 55.49; 2. Luke Barnes, Science Hill, 55.62; 3. Gregory Allen, Dobyns-Bennett, 59.79; 4. Cole Craddock, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:02.10; 5. Colby Bland, Tennessee High, 1:05.35; 6. Tyler Overbay, Science Hill, 1:06.29; 7. Finn Kidner, Science Hill, 1:06.75; 8. Duncan Harker, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:08.86.

100 BREAST -- 1. Tucker Couch, Tennessee High, 1:04.74; 2. Sam Bender, Tennessee High, 1:05.56; 3. Jack Allen, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:08.36; 4. Noah Wilson, Morristown East, 1:08.92; 5. Isaac Johnson, Sullivan South 1:09.25; 6. Jackson Breeding, Science Hill, 1:11.32; 7. Jonah Cathelyn, Science Hill, 1:12.30; 8. Graham Chandler, Dobyns-Bennett, 1:14.74.

400 FREE RELAY -- 1. Science Hill (Jayden Anderson, Dustin Niebauer, Jonah Cathelyn, Landon Potter) 3:23.27; 2. Dobyns-Bennett (Cole Craddock, RJ Brumit, Johnathan Lai, Shane Estes) 3:30.77; 2. Tennessee High (Tucker Couch, Tyler Johnson, Sam Bender, Logan Dillow) 3:54.67; 4. Volunteer (Ely Younts, Zachary Taylor, Elijah Carter, Jacob Stewart), 4:50.98; 5. Sullivan Central (Brayden Templeton, Luke Johnson, Skylar Boystov, Luke Gillenwater), 4:53.32.
 
 
 

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