SV5B swimmers busted off the board and launched into the 2009 season at the Igloo Pentathlon at the Twin Falls YMCA on Saturday, Jan. 24. The meet attracted roughly 200 athletes from southern Idaho and northern Nevada.
Leading the local charge was 17-year-old Megan Hayes with gold medals in the 100 fly, 100 back, 100 free and 200 IM, and Kaedi Fry, 12, with firsts in the 50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast, and 100 IM. Forrest Davis, 14, touched the wall first in the 100 fly, 100 breast, and 200 IM. Lena Friesen, 14, grabbed gold in the 100 breast, 100 free, and 200 IM.
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Other individual results are as follows:
Elizabeth Fry, 14 -- 3rd 200 IM & 100 fly, 4th 100 breast, 6th 100 back, 7th 100 free
Tayler Bates, 13 -- 9th 100 fly, 13th 200 IM, 15th 100 free and 100 Back, 16th 100 breast
Taylor Coiner, 16 -- 3rd, 200 IM, 5th 100 free, 7th 100 fly
Tori Emerick, 15 -- 9th 100 fly, 1tth 100 back, 13th 100 free & 200 IM
Lena Friesen, 14 -- 2nd 100 back
Colby Werley, 14 -- 6th 100 free, 7th 100 back, 8th 200 IM, 9th 100 breast
Kelsey Syms, 13 -- 12th 200 IM, 13th 100 back, 14th 100 breast, 19th 100 free
Lauren Lichtenberg, 13 -- 25th 100 breast, 26th 100 back
Forrest Davis, 14 -- 2nd 100 back
Michael Coiner, 16 -- 3rd 100 back, 4th 100 free
Esther Williams, 17 -- 6th 100 breast, 9th 100 back, 10th 100 free
Kaedi Fry, 12 -- 2nd 50 free
Chrystal Tullis, 13 -- 23rd 100 free
SV5B and Wood River High School swimming standout Racheal McGinnis, 18, is enjoying a stellar senior season. Last week, McGinnis competed in the 2009 Washington Open against national- and Olympic-caliber racers. With most events boasting more than 200 racers each, McGinnis made the finals in three of her qualifying events, the 200 IM, 50 free and 100 back. In December, she raced in the 2008 Oregon Senior Open, placing sixth in the 50 and 100 free.
McGinnis, an Idaho state champion many times over, has committed to swim for the University of Denver next season.
