The Owensboro girls won every one of their races, while the Owensboro Catholic boys nearly did the same as they each laid claim to their respective city-county swim titles Tuesday at the Owensboro Health Healthpark.
Catholic took first place in the combined scores (girls and boys) with a 297 — marking the sixth year in a row they’ve won the overall trophy. OHS finished second (247) in combined scoring, with Daviess County placing third (199) and Apollo a close fourth (195).
Owensboro’s girls earned 198 points, beating out Daviess County (97), Catholic (92) and Apollo (79).
The Catholic boys’ earned 205 points, beating out Apollo (116), Daviess County (102) and Owensboro (49).
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See below for a list of winners from each event. For full individual results, click here.
Catholic co-head coach Erica Crabtree said while they have several top performers, having so many swimmers on the team also played a big role in winning the title.
“Coming into today there was a lot of pressure, but we have a lot of swimmers — 35 are on our roster,” she said. “Numbers matter in a meet like this. Every point counts. We knew coming in our boys were going to be strong. We had several who got a couple first-place finishes and all the boys’ relays won.”
The only events the Catholic boys didn’t take first place in were the 200 IM and 500 Free, both of which were won by Daviess County’s Trevor Church.
Co-head coach Abby Hampton said the season is still young, but they’ve already seen growth in their swimmers.
“They’ve done a lot of work on their technique,” she said. “We saw a lot of improvements this weekend (at the Candy Cane Classic) and today.”
On the girls’ side, OHS did more than just finish first in every event. They swept the podium in the 200 Free and 50 Free races, and they took the top two spots in the 200 IM and 100 Free.
“These girls are amazing,” said Owensboro head coach Brad Schmeid. “We had a couple specific goals this year — to win every event on the girls side, get first and second in several, and then sweep a couple. We did all that.”
Schmeid said several swimmers competed in events they aren’t used to in order to help earn more points in the meet, and he was happy with their performances.
“We have a lot of new swimmers this year,” he said. “To maximize our points, we put them in events they’ve never done before. The times looked solid today.”
Eight girls and 10 boys were named to the All-City-County team based on their performances in the meet.
Named to the girls’ team were Samantha Phillips (OHS), Julia Smith (OHS), Paige Neal (OHS), Addison Callis (OHS), Abby Warren (OHS), Kara Bane Luckett (OHS), Ella Johnson (DCHS) and Kayedon Mattingly (DCHS).
Named to the boys’ team were Jack Raymer (OCHS), Trevor Church (DCHS), Jude Neal (OCHS), Cort Hobelmann (OCHS), Jan Cihlar (AHS), Luke Mallot (AHS), Sam Smith (DCHS), Connor Satterly (AHS), Landon Reffitt (OCHS) and Nolan Ingleheart (OCHS).
EVENT WINNERS — GIRLS
200 Medley Relay
OHS – Julia Smith, Addison Callis, Paige Neal, Kara Bane Luckett
200 Free
Samantha Phillips – OHS
200 IM
Julia Smith – OHS
50 Free
Paige Neal – OHS
Diving
Georgia Warren – OHS
100 Fly
Samantha Phillips – OHS
100 Free
Paige Neal – OHS
500 Free
Abby Warren – OHS
200 Free Relay
OHS – Paige Neal, Abby Warren, Addison Callis, Samantha Phillips
100 Back
Julia Smith – OHS
100 Breast
Addison Callis – OHS
400 Free Relay
OHS – Samantha Phillips, Kara Bane Luckett, Abby Warren, Julia Smith
EVENT WINNERS — BOYS
200 Medley Relay
OCHS – Cort Hobelmann, Nolan Ingleheart, Jack Raymer, Warren Goetz
200 Free
Jack Raymer – OCHS
200 IM
Trevor Church – DCHS
50 Free
Jude Neal – OCHS
Diving
Matthew Murphy – OCHS
100 Fly
Jack Raymer – OCHS
100 Free
Jude Neal – OCHS
500 Free
Trevor Church – DCHS
200 Free Relay
OCHS – Jude Neal, Nolan Inglheart, Landon Reffitt, Jack Raymer
100 Back
Cort Hobelmann – OCHS
100 Breast
Evan Goetz – OCHS
400 Free Relay
OCHS- Jude Neal, Landon Reffitt, Warren Goetz, Cort Hobelmann
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