Decatur Swimmers Solid In State Meet

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity swim teams turned in solid performances last week at the state 3A-2A-1A championship meet last weekend including a handful of top 10 individual finishes.

After a strong finish in the state regional meet a week earlier with the boys’ team coming in second and the girls’ team finishing third, the Seahawks found the level of competition had ramped up at the state championship meet last weekend, but the teams acquitted themselves well. The Decatur boys finished seventh overall among the 28 teams in the state meet. The Decatur girls finished 14^th overall among the 26 teams in the state meet.

In the boys’ 500-yard freestyle, Caleb Vaxmonsky finished fourth and Wyatt Sperry was 22^nd.  Vaxmonsky also finished fourth in the boys’ 100-yard backstroke, while Richard Poist was 17^th.

Chase Deickman finished sixth in the boys’ 100-yard freestyle. In the boys’ 50-yard freestyle, Deickman finished 10^th. Richard Poist finished 11^th in the boys’ 100-yard butterfly.

In the boys’ 200-yard individual medley, Jack Slaysman finished 18^th. Slaysman also finished 19^th in the boys’ 100-yard breaststroke. In the boy’s 400-yard freestyle relay, the Decatur team of Vaxmonsky, Poist, Slaysman and Deickman finished eighth. In the boys’ 200-yard medley relay, the Decatur boys’ team of Caleb Vaxmonsky, Jack Slaysman, Richard Poist and Chase Deickman finished seventh. In the boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay, the Decatur team of Jack Bahlman, Patrick O’Halloran, Nicholas Cardamone and Luke Crisanti finished 10^th.

On the girls’ side, Kirsten Graham finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly. Graham also finished sixth in the girls’ 100-yard backstroke, while Davina Graybill was 23^rd.

Allison Hunter came in 12^th in the girls’ 500-yard freestyle. Abby Crisanti finished 16^th in the girls’ 100-yard freestyle. Mikayla Denault finished 17^th in the girls’ 100-yard breaststroke, while Hunter was 19^th. In the girls’ 200-yard freestyle, Abby Crisanti finished 21^st.

In the girls’ 200-yard individual medley, Mikayla Denault finished 20^th and Kiley Hamby finished 22^nd. In the girls’ 200-yard medley relay, the Decatur team of Davina Graybill, Allison Hunter, Kirsten Graham and Kiley Hamby finished 12^th. In the girls’ 200-yard freestyle relay, the Decatur team of Graybill, Crisanti, Graham and Kiley Hamby finished 12^th. In the girls’ 400-yard freestyle relay, the Decatur team of Graybill, Denault, Hunter and Crisanti finished 14^th.