Results from Oak Hill for Saturday, February 21st
The boys were outstanding during Prelims on Thursday and the Finals on Saturday. The boys placed third overall and scored a program record 303.5 points and sent 2 relays and 5 individual events on to the State Championships next Friday and Saturday. The last time Oak Hill had a Sectional Champion was back in 2004.
Today we had 4. The 200 Medley Relay of McCann, Bledsoe, McQuiston and Carey… Cooper McQuiston (100 free), Cael McCann (100 Fly) and Evan Bledsoe (100 Breast) all were crowned Sectional Champions and punched a state ticket. Cooper McQuiston (200 Free), Cael McCann (50 Free) and the 200 Free Relay of McCann, Carey, Bledsoe and McQuiston all made it to state via a state qualifying time. To make things better, every single swimmer had at least 1 lifetime best during sectionals. The boys put together the best meet I have seen from a team I have coached (in the 16 years I have been a coach). Max McQuiston, Braylon Carey, Cooper McQuiston, Cael McCann, Evan Bledsoe, Eli Gardner and Konner Bullick can now say they all rank in the program’s top ten in at least 1 event. I could not be more proud of this team. We went up against some of the best swimmers in the state. Not only did we not flinch, we competed and put forth an effort that should make every Golden Eagle proud. The boys earned a lot of respect at this meet. I believe that every coach at that meet came up to me at some point to tell me how impressive the boys were swimming.
The boys came out very sluggish 24 hrs after a big emotional victory at Marion, and had a 10-8 lead after the first quarter. The next quarter they won 20-0, taking the game under control, ultimately getting a running clock in the 3rd quarter winning 55-19.
Seven different players got into the scoring column: Will Tonagel had 11 points and 4 rebounds. Beckham Lamb had a big game off the bench scoring 10 points with 3 rebounds. Landon Cruzan had 10 points and 2 rebounds off the bench as well. Jace Tonagel finished with 9 points and 2 assists. Luke Elzinga finished with 8 points and 3 rebounds. RJ Shugart had 4 points and 2 rebounds. Jayden Younce had 3 points and 4 rebounds. The Golden Eagles finished the CIC 7-0, and are now 19-1 on the year.
