2008 Woodie Awards
Kephart and Turner qualify for nationals
Sara Morehouse
Issue date: 12/5/06
Last Updated: 12/29/07
The swim team split their squad this past weekend, sending part of the team to the Northwest Invite, hosted by Pacific Lutheran University. Also, they sent those on the team who qualified to the Division I Husky Invitational hosted at the University of Washington.
In the Northwest Invite last Friday and Saturday, both the men's and women's teams placed in the middle of the pack: men at fifth out of nine teams with 133 points and women at sixth out of ten teams with 214 points. Though the team scores weren't that high, several swimmers got their season best times, said assistant coach Gary Kessie.
"Across the board, there were quite a few best times," Kessie said. "It was a decent meet."
Junior Bekah List won the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 19:00.27, which was just off her last best time, said assistant coach Kevin Wang. Sophomore Ashley Scroggy took second in the 200-yard freestyle with 2:06.06 and freshman Yasi Kheshgi took third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:28.98.
On the men's side, freshman On Leung achieved second place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.51. The men's 400-yard medley relay took third with a time of 3:56.44.
Despite this relay performance, three other Whitworth relays were disqualified due to bad starts. Head coach Steve Schadt said that they are going to be working more on their relay starts in practice.
The Husky Invitational had a different story for the Whitworth relays. The women's 200-yard freestyle relay team broke the school record that hasn't been touched in ten years with a time of 1:39.3. Schadt said that the men's 800-yard free relay also dropped a lot of time as well.
A member of the relay, junior David Dolphay, personally shaved two seconds off of his best time from last year.
"Every season builds on the last one," Dolphay said. "This is an extension of the past year's training."
The women's side sported two national provisional qualifying marks. Junior Sam Kephart made the cut in the 100-yard butterfly and freshman Natalie Turner made it in the 200-yard freestyle. Kephart was happy to take the pressure off and have a secure spot at nationals. She attributes her season-best swim to more competition, recovery from a back injury and a good team.
In the Northwest Invite last Friday and Saturday, both the men's and women's teams placed in the middle of the pack: men at fifth out of nine teams with 133 points and women at sixth out of ten teams with 214 points. Though the team scores weren't that high, several swimmers got their season best times, said assistant coach Gary Kessie.
"Across the board, there were quite a few best times," Kessie said. "It was a decent meet."
Junior Bekah List won the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 19:00.27, which was just off her last best time, said assistant coach Kevin Wang. Sophomore Ashley Scroggy took second in the 200-yard freestyle with 2:06.06 and freshman Yasi Kheshgi took third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:28.98.
On the men's side, freshman On Leung achieved second place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.51. The men's 400-yard medley relay took third with a time of 3:56.44.
Despite this relay performance, three other Whitworth relays were disqualified due to bad starts. Head coach Steve Schadt said that they are going to be working more on their relay starts in practice.
The Husky Invitational had a different story for the Whitworth relays. The women's 200-yard freestyle relay team broke the school record that hasn't been touched in ten years with a time of 1:39.3. Schadt said that the men's 800-yard free relay also dropped a lot of time as well.
A member of the relay, junior David Dolphay, personally shaved two seconds off of his best time from last year.
"Every season builds on the last one," Dolphay said. "This is an extension of the past year's training."
The women's side sported two national provisional qualifying marks. Junior Sam Kephart made the cut in the 100-yard butterfly and freshman Natalie Turner made it in the 200-yard freestyle. Kephart was happy to take the pressure off and have a secure spot at nationals. She attributes her season-best swim to more competition, recovery from a back injury and a good team.
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