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Team's balance shows as 8 swimmers earn victories
By John Kaemmerlen
December 10, 2004 - The Fairport High School varsity swimming and
diving team opened its 2004-05 season with an away meet at Brighton High
School. The team is coached by Mike Kennedy, Mike Fortner, Dave Salmon, and
Steve Hawkins-Rusch. Co-captains this year are seniors Tim Jacobs, Jeff
Wood, and Jeff Kaemmerlen. The team has a nice balance of experience and
newcomers with 4 seniors, 5 juniors, 3 sophomores, and 4 freshmen.
Coach Kennedy opened with two evenly matched Fairport foursomes for the 200
yard medley relay. Chris Razavi, Jake Fisher, Hans Feng, and Aram Salehi
edged Jerry Woytash, Jacobs, Wood, and George Wasickanin. Kaemmerlen won the
200 yard freestyle in 1:50.77, followed by Jim Beaudry in 3rd and Connor
Harrington 5th. Feng's 2:12.42 swim won the 200 yard individual medley.
Razavi finished 2nd and Peter Koenig 4th. The 50 freestyle was taken by Wood
in 22.45 seconds. Dylan Scheemaker and Nate Morales also swam the sprint
event for Fairport.
In the 1 meter diving, Pat Dineen opened his season with a win. Eric
Hallimen finished 2nd.
The 100 yard butterfly was a very close race with the top 4 swimmers
separated by only 0.29 seconds. Fisher took the win in 1:03.03, with Salehi
4th and Woytash 5th. Wood completed the sprint double, taking the 100 yard
freestyle in 48.43 seconds. Wasickanin was 4th and Scheemaker 5th.
In the 500 yard freestyle, Beaudry won, Fisher was 3rd, and Koenig placed
5th. The Red Raider quartet of Kaemmerlen, Jacobs, Beaudry, and Feng tied
Brighton for first in the 200 yard freestyle relay. Razavi, Wasickanin,
Scheemaker, and Fisher placed 3rd.
Kaemmerlen earned his 2nd win in the 100 backstroke in 57.09 seconds.
Woytash and Salehi made it a sweep for the Red Raiders. In the 100 yard
breaststroke, Jacobs won, Harrington was 2nd, and Wasickanin was 6th. In the
meet's final event, the 400 yard freestyle relay, Fairport's teams swam
"exhibition". Final score was Fairport 101, Brighton 81.
Two days later the Red Raiders traveled again to Irondequoit High School for
what the team knew would be a tough meet against a very strong Irondequoit
team. The Red Raiders started fast with a 1-3 finish in the opening medley
relay. Wood, Fisher, Feng, and Salehi took the win in a solid 1:43.13, and
Woytash, Razavi, Harrington, and Wasickanin added key points with their
1:55.33 swim. Wood came right back in the next event to smash the pool
record by 5 seconds with a 1:44.90 victory in the 200 freestyle. Jacobs was
4th in 2:00.90.
Fisher and Razavi held Fairport's 4 point lead in the 200 yard individual
medley with their 2-3 finish, both personal best times of 2:08.69, and
2:13.66, respectively. Kaemmerlen was narrowly edged out in the 50 yard
freestyle, getting 2nd in 22.69 seconds, with Beaudry 3rd in 24.05 and
Harrington 5th in 27.12.
In the next event, the divers stepped up and produced a 1-3 finish, adding 2
points to Fairport's narrow margin. Hallimen dove very consistently and won
with a personal best 168.05 points. Dineen was 3rd with 128.8.
In the 100 yard butterfly, Feng was 2nd in 58.33 seconds, and Salehi
finished 4th in 1:02.89. Kaemmerlen and Beaudry produced their second 2-3
finish in the 100 yard freestyle, each earning best times of 49.58 and 52.41
seconds, respectively.
In the distance event, the 500 yard freestyle, Fairport held its 4 point
lead with yet another 2-3 placing. Woytash finished in 5:26.14, and Jacobs
5:41.54. The 200 yard freestyle relay was the most exciting event of the
meet. Kaemmerlen, Beaudry, Salehi, and Wood won by only 0.25 seconds in a
pool record time of 1:31.07. Scheemaker, Wasickanin, Woytash, and Jacobs
were narrowly edged out of 3rd in 1:40.02.
The 100 yard backstroke was the second Red Raider 1-3 finish, extending the
lead to 46-38. Wood won in a pool record 54.16 seconds, and Woytash,
swimming his 3rd consecutive event, overtook his opponent on the last leg to
get 3rd in a personal best 1:01.76. In the 100 yard breaststroke, Fisher and
Feng earned the first 1-2 sweep of the meet, resulting in enough total
points for the win and easing the tension for the Fairport fans. Fisher's
time was a personal best 1:01.89, Feng swam in 1:05.67, and Harrington in
1:17.72.
In the 400 freestyle relay, Kaemmerlen, Beaudry, Salehi, and Feng placed
2nd, and Wasickanin, Scheemaker, Jacobs, and Fisher were 3rd. Fairport's
winning total was 57 points to Irondequoit's 45.
Pertinent Links
2005 Team
Brighton Meet
Irondequoit Meet
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