Christmas Invitational at Canton 12/17/11

WHS swim team had a very busy weekend at Canton with two very competitive meets. The second, on Sat was the Christmas Invitational and featured 600 swimmers from both D1 and D2 schools. Some of the strongest programs in the state were in the competition. Prelims were held in the AM with Championship/Consolation/Bonus heats in the evening. For the girls, Rachel Theiler in the 100 breast and the 200 free relay team of Ellie Lebuhn, Sarah Gibbons, Caroline Duke, and Rachel Theiler returned in the finals. Rachel placing 11th and the relay 6th place. The boys had a strong showing as detailed below. Eric Lethander and Jonathan Rutter had exceptional meets. Jonathan finished 5th in the 500 free (1.62 seconds off of the WHS record) and 2nd in the 100 breast. Eric finished 1st in the 200 IM and 2nd in the 100 fly. The 400 free relay team of Lethander, Dierker, S Rominger, Rutter finished 5th. A summary of the results of those swimming in the finals follows.

Name Event Prelims Finals
    time Place Time place
Rachel Theiler 100 Breast 01:11.78 10th 01:10.60 11th
Lebuhn,S Gibbons, Duke, Theiler 200 free relay 01:45.38 6th 01:44.46 6th
Pat Dierker 50 free 00:23.09 16th 00:23.03 12th
Pat Dierker 100 free 00:50.66 19th 00:50.66 20th
Jonathan Rutter 500 free 04:50.68 5th 04:50.86 5th
Jonathan Rutter 100 breast 01:01.30 1st 01:00.67 2nd
Brennan Burt 100 fly 01:07.33 14th 01:06.18 22nd
Eric Lethander 100 fly 00:52.92 2nd 00:51.60 2nd
Max Chou 100 fly 00:57.04 15th 00:56.56 13th
John Dreyer 100 fly 00:58.79 24th 00:58.05 20th
Eric Lethander 200 IM 02:00.21 2nd 01:56.55 1st
Breenan Burt 200 IM 02:10.38 20th 02:10.04 21st
Lethander, Dierker, Romminger, Rutter 400 free relay 03:22.49 6th 03:19.63 5th
Dreyer, Rutter, Lethander, Dierker 200 medley relay 01:43.56 6th   DQ