Boys’ swimming relay wins state championship
Monday, March 20, 2006
A record 10 boys and nine girls went to the State Championship Meet for swimming in February 2006, including relays for the boys and girls in all three relay events -- 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay.
The 200 freestyle relay team of Tyler Caldwell ‘07, Tyler Gehrs, Joe Appleyard and David Agia ’06 (and Byron Cooper ’07, who anchored in the preliminaries) held onto first place, swimming a time of 1:30.85. They won the state championship in this event for the second year in a row. In the 400 freestyle relay, the team of Tyler Gehrs, Tyler Caldwell, Dave Fowler ’06 and Greg Beard ’08 finished fifth with a time of 3:27.46. The team of Tyler Gehrs, Lee Whitney ’09, Wills Cooper ’09, and Joe Appleyard finished in sixth place with a time of 1:44.94 in the 200 medley relay. St. Andrew’s was only one of three schools where all three relays made it into the finals.
Overall, the boys enjoyed a record of eight wins and one loss, and ended the season first in the Delaware Independent School Conference (dual meets). They also won the DISC Championship Meet for the boys on Feb. 4. During the season, new school records were set by Pierce Lopez ’06 in the 1M diving (185.62), Tyler Gehrs ’09 in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.24) and 100 backstroke (56.96); and Joe Appleyard ’06 in the 50 freestyle (22.45).
The boys finished up the 2005-06 season ranked as seventh in the State. First team, All Conference selections included Tyler Gehrs, Tyler Caldwell and Pierce Lopez. Making second team, All Conference, Lee Whitney and David Agia, with Honorable Mention going to Joe Appleyard. Named to second team, All State, were Joe Appleyard and Tyler Caldwell, and Tyler Gehrs received Honorable Mention recognition.
Photo by Don Blake.
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