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La Grande swimmers open summer season

BAKER CITY — The La Grande swim club competed at the Baker City Invitational on the opening weekend of May. 

Twenty-nine swimmers attended the meet, with 5-year-old Callum Ebel, 8-year-old Caitlyn Conrad and 9-year-old Hannah Roberts competing for the first time.

Swimming coach Susie Evans said many swimmers showed substantial improvement.

Victor McIntosh topped the list by taking 42.09 seconds off his 500-yard freestyle time in less than one year.

Other improvements included Shelby Baker (-27.54 in the 100 breaststroke), Bryce Ebel

(-25.03 in the 100 IM), Jack Burnell (-24.5 in the 200 free), Aaron Burnell (-22.89 in the 50 breast) and Josh Ebel (-21.15 in the 100 back). 

The next La Grande swimming club meet will be today through Sunday in Boise.

 

Girls top-five

7-and-under

50-yard free — 1. Dhara-Chai McDermott, 51.01. 25-yard breaststroke — 1. McDermott, 30.17. 100-yard IM — 2. McDermott, 2:05.80. 100-yard free — 2. McDermott, 1:47.10. 25-yard fly — 4. McDermott, 30.99. 50-yard breststroke — 1. McDermott, 1:00.94. 

8-year-old

50-yard free — 2. Miranda Beeson, 1:06.41; 3. Caitlyn Conrad, 1:18.32. 50-yard backstroke — 2. Conrad, 1:06.41; 4. Beeson, 1:07.02. 25-yard fly — 1. Beeson, 35.21. 50-yard breaststroke — 1. Beeson, 1:27.23. 25-yard backtroke — 3. Conrad, 24.26; 4. Rachael Hugulet, 32.16. 25-yard breaststroke — 1. Conrad, 26.46; 2.Beeson, 27.89; 4. Hugulet, 32.21.

9-year-old

100-yard free — 1. Alesha McIntosh, 1:52.04; 50-yard breaststroke — 2. McIntosh, 1:00.10. 100-yard backstroke — 2. McIntosh, 2:01.87. 100-yard IM — 3. McIntosh, 1:54.64. 50-yard backstroke — 1. Hannah Roberts, 52.04; 2. McIntosh, 54.61. 50-yard free — 3. McIntosh, 46.71; 4. Roberts, 51.76. 100-yard breaststroke — 3. McIntosh, 2:05.77.

10-and-under

100-yard free relay — 3. (Hannah Roberts, Rachael Hugulet, Caitlyn Conrad, Alesha McIntosh), 1:55.43.

11-year-old

100-yard free — 1. Shelby Baker, 1:06.16; 4. Brittany McNeil, 1:24.24; 5. Maggie Smith, 1:33.72. 50-yard breaststroke — 1. Miller, 44.79l 3. McNeil, 53.00; 4. Maegan Lindsey, 1:01.29; 5. Smith, 1:10.41. 100-yard backstroke — 1. Baker, 1:21.25; 3. Lindsey, 1:55.87. 500-yard free — 1. Baker, 6:42.99. 200-yard IM — 1. Baker, 2:52.96; 3. McNeil, 3:27.85. 50-yard backstroke — 3. McNeil, 42.55; 4. Smith, 47.49; 5. Lindsey, 49.08. 200-yard free — 1. Baker, 2:27.69; 2. Smith, 3:29.04. 50-yard fly — 1. Baker, 35.17; 3. McNeil, 52.88. 50-yard freestyle — 2. McNeil, 37.60; 3. Smith, 38.77; 4. Lindsey, 41.96. 100-yard breast stroke — 1. Baker, 1:35.76; 2. McNeil, 1:56.57.

12-and-under

200-yard medley relay — 1. (Maggie Smith, Meagan Lindsey, Brittan McNeil, Lian Neeley), 3:11.44. 200-yard free relay — 2. (Smith, Lindsey, McNeil, Neeley), 2:41.23.

12-year-old

50-yard breaststroke — 3. Lian Neeley, 49.45; 100-yard fly — 4. Neeley, 1:44.51. 50-yard fly — 4. Neeley, 46.96.

13-year-old

100-yard free — 2. Logan Gomez, 1:03.12; 4. Sadie McIver, 1:15.09. 100-yard breaststroke — 3. Gomez, 1:27.11; 4. McIver, 1:15.09. 200-yard backstroke — 1. Gomez, 2:35.96. 500-yard free — 1. Gomez, 6:02.36. 200-yard IM — 2. Gomez, 2:38.07; 3. McIver, 3:18.14. 100-yard backstroke — 3. McIver, 1:27.38. 200-yard free — 1. Gomez, 2:14.41. 50-yard free — 1. Gomez, 2:14.41. 50-yard free — 3. Gomez, 29.51; 4. McIver, 33.47. 200-yard breaststroke — 2. Gomez, 3:09.11.

14-and-under

200-yard free relay — 2. (Shelby Baker, Sadie McIver, Lian Neeley, Logan Gomez), 2:14.39.

 

Boys top-five

8-and-under

100-yard free relay — 1. (Michael Ebel, James Thurman, Callum Ebel, Justice Tovar), 1:46.55.  25-yard free — 2. Thurman, 30.36; 4. C. Ebel, 44.08.

 8-year-old

50-yard free — 2. Justice Tovar, 42.69; 3. Michael Ebel, 50.29. 25-yard breaststroke — 2. Tovar, 28.27. 50-yard backstroke — 2. Tovar, 54.23; 3. Ebel, 54.69. 25-yard fly — 1. Tovar, 53.95; 2. Ebel, 1:16.18. 100-yard IM — 1. Tovar, 1:41.16; 2. Ebel, 1:50.98. 50-yard breaststroke — 1. Tovar, 1:04.15; 2. Ebel, 1:04.77.

 9-year-old

100-yard freestyle — 1. Aaron Burnell, 1:29.82; 3. Williamson, 2:01.10. 50-yard breaststroke — 2. Burnell, 1:13.48. 50-yard fly — 1. Burnell, 1:06.01. 100-yard IM — 1. Burnell, 1:58.81. 200-yard free — 1. Burnell, 3:23.60. 50-yard free — 1. Burnell, 38.30; 3. Miller Thurman, 1:00.03.

10-and-under

100-yard freestyle relay — 1. (Bryce Ebel, Aaron Burnell, Miller Thurman, Josh Ebel), 1:17.34. 100-yard medley relay — 1. (A. Burnell, B. Ebel, J. Ebel, Dylan Williamson), 1:45.51; 2. (Bern Andres, Michael Ebel, Justice Tovar, Callum Ebel), 2:08.17.

10-year-old

100-yard freestyle — 1. Bryce Ebel, 1:20.99. 50-yard breaststroke — 1. Jack Burnell, 50.64; 2. Bryce Ebel, 53.14; 4. Josh Ebel, 59.51.100-yard fly — 1. J. Burnell, 1:43.99; 2. B. Ebel, 1:47.89; 3. J. Ebel, 2:04.11. 500-yard free — 1. J. Burnell, 7:14.29. 50-yard fly — 1. B. Ebel, 45.73; 2. J. Burnell, 45.87; J. Ebel, 1:51.74. 200-yard free — 1. Burnell, 2:44.86; 2. B. Ebel, 3:03.42; 3. J. Ebel, 3:32.81. 100-yard breaststroke — 1. J. Burnell, 1. 1:53.50; 2. B. Ebel, 1:56.50.

11-years-old

100-yard free — 1. Dale Tovar, 1:15.75. 50-yard breaststroke — 1. Tovar, 49.53. 100-yard fly — Tovar, 1:37.18. 500-yard free — 1. Tovar, 7:55.13. 200-yard IM — 1. Tovar, 3:14.38. 50-yard backstroke — 1. Tovar, 38.44. 50-yard fly — 1. Tovar, 41.79. 50-yard free — Beck Thurman, 1:02.51. 100-yard breaststroke — 1. Tovar, 1:48.63.

12-and-under

200-yard free relay — 1. (Dale Tovar, Beck Thurman, Victor McIntosh, Jack Burnell), 2:41.23

12-year-old

100-yard free — 1. Victor McIntosh, 1:15.80. 50-yard breaststroke — 1. McIntosh, 46.90. 100-yard backstroke — 2. McIntosh, 1:36.94. 500-yard free — 1. McIntosh, 7:16.07. 50-yard backstroke — 2. McIntosh, 47.16; 3. Ron Smith, 1:04.53; 4. Beck Thurman, 1:07.53. 50-yard free — 1. McIntosh, 35.04; 4. Smith, 1:00.71.

13-year-old

100-yard backstroke — 1. Travis Smith, 1:26.94. 100-yard free — 1. Smith, 1:10.51. 100-yard backstoke — 1. Smith, 1:30.48. 200-yard free — 1. Smith, 2:38.33. 50-yard free — 1. Smith, 32.31. 200-yard breaststroke — 1. Smith, 3:13.91       

14-and-under

200-yard medley relay — 1. (Victor McIntosh, Travis Smith, Jack Burnell, Ron Smith), 3:05.10

 
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