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Csu Invitational

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Lakewood Trio Competes In CSU Invitational

Rangers' Sarah Neff places 14th in 200 freestyle

The Lakewood swim team brought a trio of swimmers to the CSU Viking Invitational at the Robert Busbey Natatorium on Dec. 18 and had one of the three reach the top 20. Sarah Neff was the top Ranger, placing 14th in the 200 free with a time of 2:04.57 where Morgan Cohara of Hawken was the champ with a time of 1:53.90. Neff reached the consolation finals with a 2:04.99 in the prelims.  She also swam in the 100 free, just missing the consolation finals with a 57.93 to take 24th. It took a 57.64 to make it into the top 20 for a spot in the evening consolation swim. The Rangers also had Maddie Mahoney in two events. The sophomore was 30th in the 50 free with a 26.77 and took 28th in the 100 fly with a 1:05.18. "This time of the year, I am really…

Friday, December 24, 2010

St. Ed's Makes Finals At CSU Invitational

Both 200 medley relay team, Junior Samonte in 50 free place ninth.

St. Edward had a swimmer and a relay reach the finals of their event at the 36th annual Viking Invitational at Cleveland State's Busbey Natatorium with both taking ninth in the 10-lane pool. Junior Samonte was clocked in 23.05 seconds in the 50 free for the Eagles' best individual finish where meet MVP Andrew Malone of University School was champ in 20.96. Also placing ninth for the Eagles was their 200 medley relay using Brennan Mitchell, Miguel Poblete, Danny Herold and Samonte in 1:42.90 where University School won in 1:35.09. A better finish for the Eagles came in the 200 free relay where Mitchell, Herold, Samonte and Jeff McManis tied Worthington with a 1:31.77 as University School again took honors with a meet record time of 1:25.38…

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