Congratulations WHS Girls and Boys Swim and Dive teams. Both are 2009 Cincinnati Hills League Champions. The Girls had a real battle and the winner was uncertain until the last event. After a second place finish by the 400 free relay team, WHS Girls emerged as winners over Mariemont by 3 points, 371 to 368. Interestingly the Mariemont Girls beat WHS by 3 points in 2007, 357 to 354. The WHS girls had an easy win last year 438 to 248 over Mariemont , so this is a repeat Championship. Bryn Dunbar was named Female Athlete of the Year after a splendid performance which included a thrilling come from behind race in the 200 free relay where she brought home the win by out-touching her Mariemont competitor by .04 seconds.This was a 12 point swing in the score.
The Boys completed a threepeat with a convincing 440 to 343 victory over second place Mariemont. This win included three new League records. The 200 Medley relay team of Zach Fischer, Jonathan Proffitt, Michael Murphy, and Owen Dunbar broke the 2003 record held by the WHS team of Henkel, Schrider, Roebuck and Byrnes. The second was By Jonathan Proffitt who tied the record for the 100 Breast. He holds it jointly with Dan Schrider of WHS set in 03. Congratulations Jonathan. Finally, Michael Murphy broke the 200 free league record (held by 2003 WHS swimmer Jonathan Henkel who was in the stands to watch his sister Laura). This was something of a surprise since Michael usually focuses on the shorter 50 and 100 free races. Great performance!!! This accomplishment coupled with wins in the 100 fly and 400 free relay gave him a sweep in his 4 events, and earned him Male Athlete of the Year honors. Dave Elliot was named Boys Coach of the Year again this year.
A sobering thought for the girls; Seniors accounted for 37% of their final score. Next year may be a rebuilding year. The Boys on the other hand obtained 87.5% of their scoring from underclassmen. That predicts a very strong year again next year.
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BOYS |
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Girls |
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1 |
Wyoming |
440 |
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1 |
Wyoming |
371 |
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2 |
Mariemont |
343 |
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2 |
Mariemont |
368 |
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3 |
Indian Hill |
153 |
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3 |
Indian Hill |
148 |
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4 |
Madiera |
117 |
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4 |
Madiera |
113 |
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5 |
Taylor |
88 |
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5 |
Taylor |
111 |
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6 |
Reading |
3 |
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6 |
Finneytown |
51 |
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7 |
Finneytown |
2 |
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7 |
Reading |
46 |
| Girls | |||
| Points | |||
| Bryn Dunbar | Champion in 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free relay, 2nd in 400 free relay | 46.5 | |
| Celia Oberholzer | Champion 100 back, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 2nd 200 free | 45 | |
| Jane Tsivitse | Champion 200 medley relay, 2nd in 100 back and 400 free relay, 3rd in 100 fly | 39.5 | |
| Laura Henkel | Champion 200 Free Relay, 2nd in 500 free and 400 free relay, 3rd in 200 IM | 39.5 | |
| Monica Fischer | Champion 200Free relay, 200 medley relay, 3rd 50 free, and 100 free | 38 | |
| Rachel Theiler | Champion 100 breast, 2nd 400 free relay, 4th 100 fly | 33.5 | |
| Mariah Akinbi | Champion 200 medley relay, 2nd 100 breast, 8th 200 IM | 26 | |
| Abby Gibbons | 5th 50 free, 7th 100 free | 17 | |
| Sarah Gibbons | 5th 200 free, 7th 500 free | 17 | |
| Abby Markowitz | Champion 1 meter diving | 16 | |
| Erin Kamm | 7th 200 free, 8th 500 free | 12 | |
| Molly Holthus | 4th 100 free, 12th 200IM | 12 | |
| Ellie Lebuhn | 8th 100 free, 9th in 50 free | 9 | |
| Sam Golden | 7th 100 breast, 12th 200IM | 8 | |
| Megan Ward | 10th 200 free, 10th 500 free | 6 | |
| Paige Weinstein | 9th 100 breast | 4 | |
| Audrey Turner | 11th 500 free | 2 | |
| 371 | |||
| Boys | |||
| Points | |||
| Michael Murphy | Champion 200 free, 100 fly, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay | 48 | |
| Zach Fischer | Champion 50 free, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay, 2nd 100 back, | 45 | |
| Pat Dierker | Champion, 100 free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free relay, 2nd 50 free | 45 | |
| A J Burt | Champion 200IM, 200 FR, 400 FR, 3rd 100 breast, | 44 | |
| Jonathan Proffitt | Champion 100 breast, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 5th 200 IM | 42 | |
| Owen Dunbar | Champion 200 medley relay, 200 free relay,2nd 100 free, 3rd 50 free | 41 | |
| Eric Lethander | 3rd 200 IM, 4th 100 back | 23 | |
| Andrew Kraner | 4th 200 free, 5th 100 back | 21 | |
| Paul Hoffman | 5th 100 fly, 6th 100 back | 19 | |
| Sam Rominger | 3rd 500 free, 7th 200 free | 19 | |
| Cameron Shafer | 6th 50 free, 7th 100 free | 16 | |
| Cameron Merton 2nd 1 meter diving | 13 | ||
| John Lippert | 7th 100 fly, 9th 50 free | 11 | |
| Evan Handler | 8th 100 breast, 9th 200 IM | 9 | |
| John Dreyer | 8th 100 back, 9th 100 fly | 9 | |
| Matt Carr | 7th 500 free, 12th 100 breast | 8 | |
| Patrick Lippert | 8th 100 fly, 11th 50 free | 7 | |
| Andrew Tamenko | 7th 1 meter diving | 7 | |
| Neil Menon | 8th 500 free | 5 | |
| Karl Ebling | 11th 200 free, 11th 100 back | 4 | |
| Eliot Borack | 11th 100 breast, 12th 50 free | 3 | |
| Randy Turner | 12th 100 back | 1 | |
| 440 | |||