Fairport shows depth against Greece

     

January 8, 2002

Fairport, NY - Fairport opened against the visiting Greece team by showing its depth with a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 yard medley relay. Roberts, Keith Schanck, Jeff Melvin, and Jeff Wood swam a 1:51.05, Doug Potvin, Kurt Schwarz, Jim Wood, and TJ Obenauf swam a 1:54.75, and Cyrus Salehi, Matt McGraw, Tim Stockton, and Jeff Kaemmerlen swam a 1:55.92.

Next P. Kaemmerlen in 1:52.81 and Andy Amyot in 1:53.73 went 1-2 in the 200 free, with Vijay Parthasarathy fourth in 2:08.09. In a very close 200 individual medley, Potvin in 2:14.21 was touched out by .02 seconds, with Salehi third in 2:20.33 and Carl Adair fourth in 2:27.39. Jeff Wood won the 50 free in 23.14, followed by McGraw second in 24.49 and Nick Reisch fifth in 26.64.

Crane and Ryan McLaughlin went 1-2 in the diving with 265.70 and 186.65 points, respectively. Fairport finished 2-3-4 in the 100 fly, Chris Hamlin swimming in 1:02.38, J. Kaemmerlen in 1:04.63, and Joe Lakin in 1:06.98. The 100 free was won by Keith Schanck in 53.78 seconds, followed by Potvin in third in 56.33 and Ian Phillips fourth in 57.40.

Fairport again went 1-2-3 in the 500 free, led by Schwarz in 5:26.95, Melvin in 5:36.52, and Obenauf in 5:58.08. The 200 free relay was a very close and exciting race, with the top three teams finishing within a half second of each other. Hamlin, Amyot, Phillips, and Potvin were second in 1:37.55, followed by P. Kaemmerlen, Schanck, Jeff Wood, and Melvin in 1:37.91, and Reisch, J. Kaemmerlen, Salehi, and Jim Wood in 1:39.76.

Roberts won the 100 back in a fast 56.65, followed by Stockton in 1:05.54 and Parthasarathy in 1:06.57. In the 100 breast, Jim Wood was second in 1:09.13, Adair third in 1:15.27, and Lakin fourth in 1:20.82. The 400 free relay closed out the meet, with the quartet of McGraw, Reisch, Schwarz, and Stockton the winners in 3:39.56, Melvin, Roberts, Amyot, and Adair second in 3:46.98, and P. Kaemmerlen, Obenauf, Parthasarathy, and Lakin in 3:50.83.

 

Originally published in the Perinton-Fairport Post

2002