The Elizabethtown High School swim team met its lofty expectations on Friday and Saturday during the 3rd Region Championships at the new pool at Russell County High School in Russell Springs.
Sophomore M.C. Pepper won all four of her events to help the Lady Panthers repeat as girls’ team champions, while junior Chase Simmons won the boys’ 200-yard individual medley to lead the Panthers to a fifth-place team finish. Both swimmers’ performances helped Elizabethtown take the combined title, too, after Elizabethtown came within 10 points of pulling off the feat last year in Versailles.
Pepper was the meet’s high-point winner after winning the girls’ 200 freestyle and setting a meet record in the girls’ 500 free in 5 minutes, 11 seconds. She was also a part of the championship girls’ 200 free relay with freshman Madeline Rich, freshman Mariana Sampaio and senior Natalie Miller and the title-winning girls’ 400 relay with Rich, sophomore Manuela Sampaio and junior Hannah Godfrey.
The Lady Panthers went 3-for-3 in the girls’ relays with a girls’ 200 medley win by the Sampaio sisters, Hannah Godfrey and freshman Marianna Godfrey.
Mariana Sampaio added an individual win in the girls’ 100 butterfly, while Rich also won the girls’ 50 free.
Eight Elizabethtown swimmers – Thomas Deaton, Hannah Godfrey, Isaac Lewis, Pepper, Rich, Manuela Sampaio, Mariana Sampaio and Simmons – earned All-Region honors.
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3RD REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
RUSSELLSPRINGS — Results from Friday’s and Saturday’s 3rd Region Championships at Russell County High School:
TEAM RESULTS
Combined (23 Scoring Teams)
Rank-Team Points
1. Elizabethtown 629
4. Meade County 388
10. Fort Knox 172
11. Central Hardin 168
18. North Hardin 74
19. John Hardin 72
Boys (22 Scoring Teams)
Rank-Team Points
2. Meade County 276
5. Elizabethtown 173
7. Central Hardin 125
12. North Hardin 70
19. Fort Knox 26
21. John Hardin 16
Girls (21 Scoring Teams)
Rank-Team Points
1. Elizabethtown 456
5. Fort Knox 146
8. Meade County 112
11. John Hardin 56
14. Central Hardin 43
21. North Hardin 4
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Girls’ 200-Yard Medley Relay
1. Elizabethtown 1:52.66
Marianna Godfrey Manuela Sampaio
Mariana Sampaio Hannah Godfrey
4. Fort Knox 2:03.61
Katie Peterson Emily Kiphuth
Monica Smith Miriam Smith
5. Meade County 2:05.95
Cassie Bock Hannah Fackler
Darby Stull Sydnee Haught
10. John Hardin 2:13.32
Alexis Legaspi Nichole Webster
Katherine Bellware Rhiannon Duvall
13. Central Hardin 2:21.14
Leah Draland Abbie Chandler
Kaitlyn Heuser Sammie Summers
18. North Hardin 2:36.61
Katrina Curtis Kaitlyn Florek
Loren Winge Sara McLane
Boys’ 200-Yard Medley Relay
2. Meade County 1:49.89
Cody Jobe Mac Montgomery
Andrew Popham Kip Caro
4. Central Hardin 1:53.43
Christian Wright Mason Riggs
Grayson Riggs Tim Whitehouse
7. North Hardin 2:03.31
Joshua Yates Derek Sparkling
Roderick Harris Dalton Mitchell
12. Fort Knox 2:29.09
Logan Franklin Kristopher Normand
Ethan Dawber Darren Tobey
XX. Elizabethtown DQ
Thomas Deaton Chase Simmons
Phillip Hayes Isaac Lewis
Girls’ 200-Yard Freestyle
1. M.C. Pepper, E 1:56.76
3. Savannah Kingery, E 2:05.05
6. Marianna Godfrey, E 2:06.27
8. Shelby Joy, E 2:09.65
9. Katherine Bellware, JH 2:11.46
10. Aviva Buckey, MC 2:16.40
12. Shannon Brown, FK 2:20.13
15. Katey Kilgore, FK 2:22.95
27. Lindsey Shelton, MC 2:41.58
29. Sammie Summers, CH 2:47.51
33. Taryn Plamann, CH 2:52.59
34. Andrea Ruiz, MC 2:53.30
39. Micaela Ray, MC 3:03.74
Boys’ 200-Yard Freestyle
5. Phillip Hayes, E 1:57.84
7. Mac Montgomery, MC 2:04.60
9. Kristopher Normand, FK 2:08.86
15. Carter Hewitt, CH 2:20.74
16. Jacob Holt, NH 2:21.12
17. Conner Kindred, E 2:22.88
20. Eric Martinez, NH 2:25.68
22. Seth Anderson, E 2:28.23
24. Tyson Brown, E 2:30.40
26. Shaye Eden, MC 2:31.22
28. Logan Ennis, MC 2:36.96
29. Wyatt Carroll, MC 2:38.61
Girls’ 200-Yard IM
2. Manuela Sampaio, E 2:10.23
4. Jesse Giles, E 2:27.60
8. Ashley Hartlage, E 2:33.87
11. Nichole Webster, JH 2:37.12
12. Emily Kiphuth, FK 2:38.18
16. Maria Rogers, FK 2:42.25
17. Anna Hayes, E 2:42.04
20. Lauren Cushing, FK 2:47.13
21. Ruthie Bauer, MC 2:47.24
26. Hannah Fackler, MC 2:52.15
36. Cara Caro, MC 3:13.21
39. Jenny Wood, MC 3:18.95
Boys’ 200-Yard IM
1. Chase Simmons, E 2:03.30
7. Kip Caro, MC 2:29.92
Girls’ 50-Yard Freestyle
1. Madeline Rich, E 24.74
3. Miriam Smith, FK 26.40
4. Mariana Sampaio, E 26.43
5. Hannah King, MC 26.88
7. Natalie Miller, E 27.08
14. Sydnee Haught, MC 28.16
18. Bettelee Lambeth, MC 28.98
21. Brittany Stokan, E 29.30
24. Kristen Bewley, MC 29.60
27. Sabrina Wicker, FK 29.99
40. Kaitlyn Heuser, CH 31.66
45. Natalie Rogers, FK 31.97
49. Madison Pils, JH 32.62
50. Katrina Curtis, NH 32.91
51. Kaitlyn Florek, NH 33.01
54. Abbie Chandler, CH 33.48
57. Rhiannon Duvall, JH 34.39
Boys’ 50-Yard Freestyle
1. T.J. Osborne, MC 22.12
2. Thomas Deaton, E 23.15
3. Aaron Bauer, MC 23.49
6. Nicholas Thoma, MC 23.74
11. Christian Wright, CH 24.67
12. Andrew Popham, MC 24.75
21. Tim Whitehouse, CH 26.85
22. Dalton Mitchell, NH 27.01
25. Roderick Harris, NH 27.23
31. Darren Tobey, FK 28.62
35. Logan Franklin, FK 29.07
68. Ethan Dawber, FK 39.41
XX. Tristan McKie, E DQ
Girls’ 100-Yard Butterfly
1. Mariana Sampaio, E 1:00.36
3. Monica Smith, FK 1:03.05
5. Jesse Giles, E 1:07.51
7. Shelby Joy, E 1:07.94
12. Ashley Hartlage, E 1:10.38
14. Katie Peterson, FK 1:13.16
16. Nichole Webster, JH 1:15.87
23. Shannon Brown, FK 1:17.09
24. Darby Stull, MC 1:17.51
28. Katey Kilgore, FK 1:19.68
35. Jenny Wood, MC 1:26.92
40. Taryn Plamann, CH 1:33.30
41. Cara Caro, MC 1:34.55
Boys’ 100-Yard Butterfly
3. Grayson Riggs, CH 57.94
6. Andrew Popham, MC 59.99
9. Mason Riggs, CH 59.74
11. Phillip Hayes, E 1:01.70
14. Kip Caro, MC 1:07.83
20. Michael Thoma, MC 1:17.29
XX. Tyson Brown, E DQ
Girls’ 100-Yard Freestyle
2. Madeline Rich, E 53.92
5. Natalie Miller, E 59.41
9. Hannah King, MC 59.70
18. Alexis Legaspi, JH 1:04.80
19. Bettelee Lambeth, MC 1:04.98
24. Sarahbeth Cox, MC 1:06.86
27. Loren Winge, NH 1:08.05
29. Madelyn Givans, MC 1:09.54
34. Erikka Gaines, E 1:10.38
36. Kaitlyn Heuser, CH 1:10.56
37. Brittany Hope, E 1:10.57
40. Kaitlyn Florek, NH 1:11.66
44. Madison Pils, JH 1:12.75
60. Bridgett Chlebowski, CH 1:25.00
Boys’ 100-Yard Freestyle
1. T.J. Osborne, MC 49.27
2. Thomas Deaton, E 50.12
4. Nicholas Thoma, MC 53.13
7. Christian Wright, CH 57.65
11. Jeremy Chambers, MC 59.61
13. Tim Whitehouse, CH 1:00.65
14. Derek Sparkling, NH 1:01.08
19. Dakota Goodman, E 1:01.72
26. Shaye Eden, MC 1:04.29
27. Dalton Mitchell, NH 1:04.63
30. Tristan McKie, E 1:05.30
33. Hunter Deno, JH 1:06.22
Girls’ 500-Yard Freestyle
1. M.C. Pepper, E 5:11.00
3. Hannah Godfrey, E 5:25.41
4. Savannah Kingery, E 5:34.47
5. Leah Draland, CH 5:37.45
8. Katherine Bellware, JH 6:06.29
14. Katie Peterson, FK 6:16.03
15. Anna Hayes, E 6:20.92
16. Aviva Buckey, MC 6:20.96
18. Maria Rogers, FK 6:25.07
24. Ruthie Bauer, MC 6:52.52
31. Lindsey Shelton, MC 7:12.46
Boys’ 500-Yard Freestyle
2. Isaac Lewis, E 5:07.61
6. James Bellware, JH 5:37.49
8. Mac Montgomery, MC 5:40.79
12. Logan Franklin, FK 6:04.19
15. Carter Hewitt, CH 6:21.15
Girls’ 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Elizabethtown 1:43.62
Madeline Rich Mariana Sampaio
Natalie Miller M.C. Pepper
3. Meade County 1:50.47
Bettelee Lambeth Cassie Bock
Sydnee Haught Hannah King
7. Fort Knox 1:53.37
Monica Smith Emily Kiphuth
Miriam Smith Shannon Brown
11. John Hardin 1:57.72
Katherine Bellware Madison Pils
Nichole Webster Alexis Legaspi
13. Central Hardin 2:02.63
Kaitlyn Heuser Abbie Chandler
Sammie Summers Leah Draland
16. North Hardin 2:08.26
Kaitlyn Florek Allissa Avramis
Katrina Curtis Loren Winge
Boys’ 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
2. Meade County 1:33.08
T.J. Osborne Cody Jobe
Nicholas Thoma Aaron Bauer
8. North Hardin 1:48.05
Dalton Mitchell Cody Mitchell
Derek Sparkling Roderick Harris
10. Elizabethtown 1:51.05
Dakota Goodman Conner Kindred
Tristan McKie Tyson Brown
18. Fort Knox 2:05.05
Kristopher Normand Darren Tobey
Logan Franklin Ethan Dawber
Girls’ 100-Yard Backstroke
5. Marianna Godfrey, E 1:04.37
6. Leah Draland, CH 1:04.43
10. Cassie Bock, MC 1:08.42
14. Alexis Legaspi, JH 1:11.73
15. Loren Winge, NH 1:11.78
17. Erikka Gaines, E 1:16.15
24. Katrina Curtis, NH 1:19.89
27. Brittany Hope, E 1:20.42
29. Kristen Bewley, MC 1:22.64
32. Veronica Dvorjak, E 1:23.48
34. Sammie Summers, CH 1:25.95
39. Tara Beck, MC 1:29.69
42. Isabella Lundy, JH 1:31.05
45. Lillian Ruiz, MC 1:34.58
Boys’ 100-Yard Backstroke
2. Aaron Bauer, MC 1:00.46
3. Isaac Lewis, E 1:00.74
6. Cody Jobe, MC 1:02.20
12. Roderick Harris, NH 1:08.05
16. Dakota Goodman, E 1:11.79
18. Joshua Yates, NH 1:13.28
24. Michael Thoma, MC 1:16.74
26. Conner Kindred, E 1:18.11
30. Seth Anderson, E 1:21.50
40. Ethan Dawber, FK 1:50.79
XX. Logan Ennis, MC DQ
Girls’ 100-Yard Breaststroke
2. Manuela Sampaio, E 1:07.10
3. Hannah Godfrey, E 1:09.31
6. Emily Kiphuth, FK 1:18.27
11. Hannah Fackler, MC 1:21.03
12. Darby Stull, MC 1:21.60
13. Brittany Stokan, E 1:22.18
21. Sabrina Wicker, FK 1:26.07
27. Lauren Cushing, FK 1:28.06
29. Danielle Lee, E 1:29.92
32. Danielle Thompson, MC 1:30.21
33. Kelly McTaggart, JH 1:30.54
36. Natalie Rogers, FK 1:32.12
40. Abbie Chandler, CH 1:33.12
41. Kaylin Logsdon, MC 1:33.60
Boys’ 100-Yard Breaststroke
2. Chase Simmons, E 1:02.88
7. Grayson Riggs, CH 1:07.15
11. Mason Riggs, CH 1:08.76
14. James Bellware, JH 1:13.36
15. Kristopher Normand, FK 1:15.09
16. Derek Sparkling, NH 1:19.21
17. Jeremy Chambers, MC 1:18.84
25. Cody Mitchell, NH 1:24.11
30. Hunter Deno, JH 1:27.72
XX. Nathaniel Brissette, FK NS
Girls’ 400-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Elizabethtown 3:41.54
Madeline Rich Manuela Sampaio
M.C. Pepper Hannah Godfrey
5. Fort Knox 4:09.89
Katie Peterson Monica Smith
Shannon Brown Miriam Smith
XX. Meade County DQ
Bettelee Lambeth Cassie Bock
Sydnee Haught Hannah King
Boys’ 400-Yard Freestyle Relay
2. Elizabethtown 3:26.64
Chase Simmons Isaac Lewis
Phillip Hayes Thomas Deaton
3. Meade County 3:29.67
T.J. Osborne Cody Jobe
Nicholas Thoma Aaron Bauer
6. Central Hardin 3:49.67
Christian Wright Tim Whitehouse
Mason Riggs Grayson Riggs
10. North Hardin 4:14.00
Zachary Carr Cody Mitchell
Jacob Holt Eric Martinez
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