Yorktown women swim and dive workforce wins district, goals for state crown

With two of three postseason swimming-and-diving championship meets now full, the perennial energy Yorktown Patriots women workforce has one title and a runner-up end to its credit score.

Yorktown received the Liberty District meet for the ninth straight season. Per week later, the four-time defending champions positioned second within the 6D North Region tournament.

The one meet remaining is the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state championships, through which the Patriots have received three straight crowns. That competitors is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21 on the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center in Stafford.

At the area meet, Yorktown completed second with 353 factors to a deeper Oakton Cougars workforce (403 factors). The Patriots received extra races than Oakton, however the Cougars scored extra factors as a result of that they had extra swimmers in races all through the meet.

Yorktown completed nicely forward of the third-place Madison Warhawks (239 factors).

“Our top swimmers had great times, swam well, won races and did what they were supposed to do,” first-year Yorktown coach Callie Hyder informed ARLnow. “Oakton has really good depth. With more swimmers, those extra points added up for them.”

Depth isn’t all the time as a lot of an element on the state meet, since solely the highest swimmers qualify. The format may work to Yorktown’s benefit and Oakton’s drawback.

“If we swim well again, we have a chance to do well in the state,” Hyder mentioned.

Leading Yorktown individually within the area meet had been standout swimmers and double winners Lila Sherman, a junior, and senior Sophie Fredericks.

Sherman received the 200 and 500 freestyle races in instances of 1:49.9 and 4:51.07. Fredericks, who will swim on the University of Delaware, was first within the 50 free (23.55) and 100 butterfly (53.73).

Sherman’s time within the 500 free was a brand new faculty document, breaking the mark of Olympic champion Torri Huske.

Other prime finishers for Yorktown had been McKenzie Cory with a win within the 100 backstroke (53.98) and a second within the 50 free. Jackie Furches was second within the 200 and 500 free races, and Mary Hecmanczuk, who will swim at Lehigh University, was second within the fly and fourth within the 50 free.

All of these swimmers, together with Emory Haynes and Alex Bristow, had been on successful relays: the medley (1:44.89), 200 free (1:34.78) and 400 free (3:30.96).

In addition for Yorktown, Haynes was sixth within the 100 breaststroke, Elizabeth Pilot was 14th within the fly and again and divers Cecilia Yen, Cate Lawler and Jenna Sheetz completed third, fourth and seventeenth, respectively.

“We have had a lot of great times. Overall, our season has gone as expected,” Hyder mentioned.

Hyder took over as Yorktown’s head coach from Torey Ortmayer, and has embraced the chance to proceed the squad’s successful methods.

“We want to build on what previously has been done here,” Hyder mentioned.

In previous seasons, Hyder coached at Justice High School in Northern Virginia, Wilson High in D.C. and through the summer season within the Northern Virginia Swimming League.

At the district meet, the identical Yorktown swimmers led the best way to victory, successful eight particular person races and all three relays. They additionally had a primary in diving.

Sherman received the 200 and 500 free. Fredericks received the breast and fly. Cory was first within the 200 particular person medley and again, Furches received the 100 free and was second within the 200 free, and Hecmanczuk received the 50 free and was second within the 100 free. Yen received the diving with Lawler second and Sheetz fifth.

Other point-scoring swimmers at districts for Yorktown had been Haynes, McKenna Fredericks, Nicole Nyamgarav, Mary Hardwick, Katie Hardwick, Pax Christensen, Hanna Endo, Evie Wang and Sabrina O’Dea.

For the Eleventh-place Washington-Liberty women on the area meet, Sasha Taylor was fourth within the breast and fifth within the IM.

Yorktown boys fifth, W-L seventh in area: In boys swimming and diving, Yorktown completed fifth within the area meet. The Patriots had been led by freshman Manu Maher with a victory within the 500 free (4:33.12) and a second within the 200 free.

Also for the Yorktown boys, Mitchell Robinson was third within the fly and fourth within the breast, and Zane Rogers was fifth within the 100 free. The 400 relay of Maher, Robinson, Jacob Owen and Sean Kohno was fourth.

For the seventh-place Washington-Liberty boys on the area, Kedar Kambhampaty was sixth within the IM and seventh within the breast.