South Meck boys repeat as swim regional champs; Hough girls run away from field
It took South Meck’s boys swim team 26 years to win a N.C. 4A swim championship last season.
But the Sabres, who won the N.C. 4A Western Regional at the Huntersville Aquatic Center Saturday, appear to not want to wait that long again to get fitted for championship rings.
South Meck repeated as N.C. regional champions. Last year, the Sabres won the regional title for the first time since 1991. South Meck was dominant with 479 points, well ahead of Hough (387) and Providence (310).
Hough’s girls dominated their regional event, too. The Huskies totaled 546 points, well ahead of 14-time state champ Charlotte Catholic (354) and South Meck (235).
Hough’s girls won titles in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Erika Brown won the 200 freestyle and the 50 free; Jessica Merritt won the 200 IM and the 100 free;and Jocelyn Porter won the girls 1-meter diving;
South Meck captured boys titles in the 50 free (Graham Weaver), 100 free (Weaver), 100 butterfly (Noah Cahan), the 200 free relay and 100 backstroke (Nathan Murray),
4A Regional Results
Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
1, Hough, W.A. '' (Lowe, Heidi SO, Dupay, Meghan SR, Higgs, Margaret JR,
Merritt, Jessica SR), 1:47.92. 2, Charlotte Catholic '' (McCullagh, Erin JR,
Miller, Katy JR, Menkhaus, Julia SO, Bartis, Olwyn FR), 1:48.31. 3, South
Mecklenburg '' (Martelle, Madelyn JR, Johnson, Reagan FR, Larson, Sinclair SO,
Greiner, Caroline JR), 1:48.78. 4, Lake Norman '' (Doherty, Hattie JR, Fetter,
Kalyn SR, Watson, Olivia SO, Gillman, Maddy SR), 1:49.76. 5, Roberson, T. C.
'' (Long, Camille JR, Costa, Celeste FR, Newnam, Anna SO, Widmann, Maddy SO),
1:51.29. 6, Ardrey Kell '' (Handlin, Lexie FR, Milia, Anna SO, Kammeyer,
Carolyn SR, Pilcher, Faith JR), 1:51.38. 7, Providence '' (Felsberg, Mandy JR,
MacPhail, Madeline JR, Topp, Dakota FR, Davis, Katherine JR), 1:52.78. 8,
Myers Park '' (Cane, Amelia JR, Childs, Catie JR, Young, Rachael SR, Hylinski,
Grace SR), 1:54.69.
Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
1, Hough, W.A. '' (Gonzales, Hernan JR, Chan, Will SO, Manchester, Coleman JR,
McCourt, Connor JR), 1:35.10. 2, South Mecklenburg '' (Murray, Nathan SR,
Rauch, Jacob SO, Cooper, Graham SR, Weaver, Graham SR), 1:35.40. 3, Ardrey
Kell '' (Murchison, Grant SR, Lee, Jason FR, Eudy, Alex FR, Spina, Nick SR),
1:40.11. 4, Providence '' (Perelli, Teddy SO, Li, Daniel SR, Lyons, Scott FR,
Fold, Nathan SR), 1:40.20. 5, Roberson, T. C. '' (Arwood, Reid SO, Skigen,
Jake SR, Ortiz, Erwin SR, Stanek, Mitchell JR), 1:40.86. 6, Lake Norman ''
(Marttila, Sam SO, Nitz, Zach SR, Obrecht, Wolfgang JR, Al-Hussaini, Jimmy
JR), 1:43.43. 7, Charlotte Catholic '' (McCree, Dante SO, Mahoney, Kieran JR,
Sullivan, James SO, Joyner, Will SO), 1:44.86. 8, Butler '' (Graham, Payton
SO, Spaeth, Austin JR, Rose, Nicholas SO, Schoen, Michael JR), 1:45.72.
Women 200 Yard Freestyle
1, Brown, Erika, Hough, W.A., 1:52.54. 2, Darmody, Kristie, Providence,
1:54.93. 3, Long, Camille, Roberson, T. C., 1:55.82. 4, Hylinski, Charlotte,
Myers Park, 1:56.54. 5, Bartis, Olwyn, Char. Catholic, 1:57.64. 6, Brotherton,
Madelyn, Hough, W.A., 1:57.88. 7, Cane, Amelia, Myers Park, 1:58.23. 8, Mahn,
Lindsey, Char. Catholic, 1:58.78.
Men 200 Yard Freestyle
1, Manchester, Coleman, Hough, W.A., 1:43.79. 2, Gambill, Avery, N
Mecklenburg, 1:44.50. 3, Pfuhl, Christopher, S Mecklenburg, 1:44.71. 4,
Edelson, Jack, Providence, 1:44.80. 5, Youngblood, Weston, S Mecklenburg,
1:44.99. 6, Stillman, Kellen, S Mecklenburg, 1:45.84. 7, Ortiz, Erwin,
Roberson, T. C., 1:46.54. 8, Eudy, Alex, Ardrey Kell, 1:46.62.
Women 200 Yard IM
1, Merritt, Jessica, Hough, W.A., 2:05.04. 2, Higgs, Lillian, Hough, W.A.,
2:06.76. 3, Larson, Sinclair, S Mecklenburg, 2:06.95. 4, Applegate, Meredith,
Char. Catholic, 2:10.26. 5, Higgs, Margaret, Hough, W.A., 2:10.43. 6, Miller,
Katy, Char. Catholic, 2:10.77. 7, MacPhail, Madeline, Providence, 2:11.54. 8,
Fetter, Kalyn, Lake Norman, 2:12.37.
Men 200 Yard IM
1, Chan, Will, Hough, W.A., 1:53.28. 2, Perelli, Teddy, Providence, 1:56.44.
3, Johnson, Luke, S Mecklenburg, 1:57.38. 4, Stanek, Mitchell, Roberson, T.
C., 1:57.70. 5, Rauch, Jacob, S Mecklenburg, 1:58.03. 6, Cahan, Noah, S
Mecklenburg, 1:58.95. 7, Li, Daniel, Providence, 1:59.53. 8, Rzepecki,
Jameison, Olympic, 2:02.22.
Women 50 Yard Freestyle
1, Brown, Erika, Hough, W.A., 23.79. 2, Brosnan, Abby, Char. Catholic, 24.59.
3, Gillman, Maddy, Lake Norman, 24.61. 4, Ritger, Elizabeth, Providence,
24.64. 5, Topp, Dakota, Providence, 24.69. 6, Lowe, Heidi, Hough, W.A., 24.76.
7, Wennborg, Emma, Hopewell, 24.85. 8, Pilcher, Faith, Ardrey Kell, 24.88.
Men 50 Yard Freestyle
1, Weaver, Graham, S Mecklenburg, 21.12. 2, Spina, Nick, Ardrey Kell, 21.72.
3, McMurry, Alexander, Hough, W.A., 22.11. 4, Snyder, Harrison, Hough, W.A.,
22.47. 5, Murchison, Grant, Ardrey Kell, 22.53. 6, Graham, Payton, Butler,
22.78. 7, Kent, Austin, Providence, 22.87. 8, Pease, Coert, Ardrey Kell,
22.98.
Women 1 mtr Diving
1, Porter, Jocelyn, Hough, W.A., 469.85. 2, Giacalone, Jennifer, Hough, W.A.,
422.90. 3, Abernathy, Katelyn, Hough, W.A., 400.90. 4, Guice, Caroline, Hough,
W.A., 374.95. 5, Brown, Natalie, S Mecklenburg, 365.75. 6, Byrum, Hope,
Providence, 361.80. 7, Andsanger, Emily, Char. Catholic, 310.80. 8, Ford,
Madison, N Mecklenburg, 308.60.
Men 1 mtr Diving
1, Andrews, Logan, Hough, W.A., 527.55. 2, Campbell, Austin, Hough, W.A.,
359.50. 3, Foster, Ethan, S Mecklenburg, 329.30. 4, Beecher, Seamus, Ardrey
Kell, 316.75. 5, White, Gordon, Providence, 316.55. 6, Foster, Luke, S
Mecklenburg, 301.55. 7, Spence, Rod, Myers Park, 243.90. 8, Womack, Braden,
Hopewell, 233.90.
Women 100 Yard Butterfly
1, Menkhaus, Julia, Char. Catholic, 56.34. 2, Hylinski, Charlotte, Myers Park,
56.57. 3, Newnam, Anna, Roberson, T. C., 57.42. 4, Kammeyer, Carolyn, Ardrey
Kell, 57.76. 5, Qualls, Katelyn, Hough, W.A., 58.13. 6, Schriefer, Hannah,
Hough, W.A., 59.21. 7, Boone, Savannah, S Mecklenburg, 1:01.31. 8, Bryson,
Anne Marie, Char. Catholic, 1:02.09.
Men 100 Yard Butterfly
1, Cahan, Noah, S Mecklenburg, 52.23. 2, Frith, John, Myers Park, 52.33. 3,
Cooper, Graham, S Mecklenburg, 52.43. 4, Edelson, Jack, Providence, 52.55. 5,
Manchester, Coleman, Hough, W.A., 52.85. 6, Lyons, Scott, Providence, 53.75.
7, Eudy, Alex, Ardrey Kell, 54.27. 8, Collins, James, Hough, W.A., 54.31.
Women 100 Yard Freestyle
1, Merritt, Jessica, Hough, W.A., 51.27. 2, Dupay, Meghan, Hough, W.A., 52.56.
3, Brosnan, Abby, Char. Catholic, 53.31. 4, Rowe, Sirena, East Mecklenburg,
53.60. 5, Ritger, Elizabeth, Providence, 53.89. 6, Westaway, Mackenzie, Hough,
W.A., 54.52. 7, Mahn, Lindsey, Char. Catholic, 54.54. 8, Lessell, Marissa,
Hough, W.A., 54.89.
Men 100 Yard Freestyle
1, Weaver, Graham, S Mecklenburg, 47.02. 2, Walker, Jack, Myers Park, 48.21.
3, Stillman, Kellen, S Mecklenburg, 48.63. 4, Miller, Cameron, Myers Park,
48.64. 5, Gonzales, Hernan, Hough, W.A., 48.70. 6, Fold, Nathan, Providence,
48.93. 7, Graham, Payton, Butler, 49.46. 8, Snyder, Harrison, Hough, W.A.,
49.53.
Women 500 Yard Freestyle
1, Larson, Sinclair, S Mecklenburg, 5:00.94. 2, Qualls, Katelyn, Hough, W.A.,
5:03.25. 3, Long, Camille, Roberson, T. C., 5:06.65. 4, McCullagh, Erin, Char.
Catholic, 5:06.93. 5, Darmody, Kristie, Providence, 5:12.73. 6, Bartis, Olwyn,
Char. Catholic, 5:15.58. 7, Hermanson, Hannah, Hough, W.A., 5:15.78. 8,
Jobson, Cameron, Hough, W.A., 5:16.57.
Men 500 Yard Freestyle
1, Gambill, Avery, N Mecklenburg, 4:40.24. 2, Li, Daniel, Providence, 4:40.36.
3, Youngblood, Weston, S Mecklenburg, 4:41.68. 4, Murray, Nathan, S
Mecklenburg, 4:42.83. 5, Frith, John, Myers Park, 4:43.17. 6, Ortiz, Erwin,
Roberson, T. C., 4:43.43. 7, Pfuhl, Christopher, S Mecklenburg, 4:45.43. 8,
Cooper, Graham, S Mecklenburg, 4:47.65.
Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, Hough, W.A. '' (Lowe, Heidi SO, Higgs, Lillian SO, Westaway, Mackenzie SR,
Brown, Erika SR), 1:38.62. 2, Charlotte Catholic '' (Menkhaus, Julia SO,
Sheridan, Julia JR, Mahn, Lindsey JR, Brosnan, Abby JR), 1:40.37. 3, Ardrey
Kell '' (Kammeyer, Carolyn SR, Foreman, Shelby JR, Benson, Emily JR, Pilcher,
Faith JR), 1:40.78. 4, Myers Park '' (Hylinski, Charlotte JR, Bobbitt, Turner
SO, Walker, Emma SO, Hylinski, Grace SR), 1:41.93. 5, Providence '' (Ritger,
Elizabeth SR, Thomas, Caroline FR, Siemasko, Lily FR, Darmody, Kristie SR),
1:42.45. 6, South Mecklenburg '' (Greiner, Caroline JR, Boone, Savannah SO,
Barnett, Claudia SO, Johnson, Reagan FR), 1:42.72. 7, Lake Norman '' (Spencer,
Madison SR, Steelhammer, Gracie FR, Doherty, Hattie JR, Baswell, Bailey JR),
1:45.02. 8, Watauga '' (Campbell, Ella FR, Temple, Grace SO, Silver, Julianna
SR, Forsyth, Caroline SO), 1:45.39.
Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, South Mecklenburg '' (Cahan, Noah SR, Rauch, Jacob SO, Johnson, Luke JR,
Weaver, Graham SR), 1:27.11. 2, Myers Park '' (Walker, Jack FR, Miller,
Cameron SO, Warlick, David Andrew SO, Frith, John JR), 1:29.18. 3, Ardrey Kell
'' (Murchison, Grant SR, Cummings, Austin FR, Eudy, Alex FR, Spina, Nick SR),
1:30.03. 4, Providence '' (Harding, Mason FR, Siemasko, Cole JR, Lyons, Scott
FR, Edelson, Jack JR), 1:30.58. 5, Hough, W.A. '' (McMurry, Alexander JR,
Ausdenmoore, Clay SR, Snyder, Harrison SR, Gonzales, Hernan JR), 1:30.67. 6,
Lake Norman '' (Nitz, Zach SR, Al-Hussaini, Jimmy JR, Marttila, Sam SO,
Obrecht, Wolfgang JR), 1:32.58. 7, Charlotte Catholic '' (McCree, Dante SO,
Ruff, Jack SR, Joyner, Will SO, Sullivan, James SO), 1:33.52. 8, Butler ''
(Spaeth, Austin JR, Graham, Payton SO, Safir, David SR, Schoen, Michael JR),
1:33.88.
Women 100 Yard Backstroke
1, Menkhaus, Julia, Char. Catholic, 57.12. 2, Martelle, Madelyn, S
Mecklenburg, 58.75. 3, Lowe, Heidi, Hough, W.A., 58.89. 4, Felsberg, Mandy,
Providence, 59.80. 5, Cane, Amelia, Myers Park, 59.92. 6, McCullagh, Erin,
Char. Catholic, 59.95. 7, Schriefer, Hannah, Hough, W.A., 1:00.16. 8,
Hermanson, Hannah, Hough, W.A., 1:00.67.
Men 100 Yard Backstroke
1, Murray, Nathan, S Mecklenburg, 52.50. 2, McMurry, Alexander, Hough, W.A.,
52.86. 3, Perelli, Teddy, Providence, 53.01. 4, Gonzales, Hernan, Hough, W.A.,
53.36. 5, McCourt, Connor, Hough, W.A., 54.12. 6, Fletcher, Josh, Ardrey Kell,
54.37. 7, Fold, Nathan, Providence, 54.56. 8, Murchison, Grant, Ardrey Kell,
54.62.
Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
1, Miller, Katy, Char. Catholic, 1:05.22. 2, Higgs, Lillian, Hough, W.A.,
1:05.24. 3, Dupay, Meghan, Hough, W.A., 1:06.33. 4, Gillman, Maddy, Lake
Norman, 1:06.53. 5, Fetter, Kalyn, Lake Norman, 1:06.59. 6, MacPhail,
Madeline, Providence, 1:06.64. 7, Higgs, Margaret, Hough, W.A., 1:07.18. 8,
Milia, Anna, Ardrey Kell, 1:08.57.
Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
1, Chan, Will, Hough, W.A., 58.44. 2, Rauch, Jacob, S Mecklenburg, 59.18. 3,
Heishman, Jason, S Mecklenburg, 59.45. 4, Johnson, Luke, S Mecklenburg, 59.78.
5, Stanek, Mitchell, Roberson, T. C., 1:00.05. 6, Spina, Nick, Ardrey Kell,
1:00.75. 7, Celasun, Ataberk, Providence, 1:01.26. 8, Skigen, Jake, Roberson,
T. C., 1:01.31.
Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, Hough, W.A. '' (Brown, Erika SR, Merritt, Jessica SR, Higgs, Lillian SO,
Dupay, Meghan SR), 3:34.01. 2, South Mecklenburg '' (Larson, Sinclair SO,
Greiner, Caroline JR, Marquardt, Ellie FR, Martelle, Madelyn JR), 3:38.58. 3,
Charlotte Catholic '' (McCullagh, Erin JR, Mahn, Lindsey JR, Brosnan, Abby JR,
Bartis, Olwyn FR), 3:39.04. 4, Providence '' (Ritger, Elizabeth SR, Wilkes,
Adrienne JR, Topp, Dakota FR, Darmody, Kristie SR), 3:40.16. 5, Roberson, T.
C. '' (Newnam, Anna SO, Long, Camille JR, Widmann, Maddy SO, Bell, Layton FR),
3:41.91. 6, Lake Norman '' (Fetter, Kalyn SR, Watson, Olivia SO, Steelhammer,
Gracie FR, Gillman, Maddy SR), 3:42.44. 7, Myers Park '' (Hylinski, Charlotte
JR, Walker, Emma SO, Bobbitt, Turner SO, Young, Rachael SR), 3:44.25. 8, East
Mecklenburg '' (Morgan, Kylie SO, Guimond, Fern JR, Davis, Makayla SR, Rowe,
Sirena SR), 3:44.48.
Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, Hough, W.A. '' (McMurry, Alexander JR, Manchester, Coleman JR, McCourt,
Connor JR, Chan, Will SO), 3:12.39. 2, South Mecklenburg '' (Cahan, Noah SR,
Cooper, Graham SR, Stillman, Kellen JR, Murray, Nathan SR), 3:12.89. 3,
Providence '' (Li, Daniel SR, Perelli, Teddy SO, Edelson, Jack JR, Fold,
Nathan SR), 3:14.16. 4, Myers Park '' (Frith, John JR, Miller, Cameron SO,
Warlick, David Andrew SO, Walker, Jack FR), 3:17.85. 5, Roberson, T. C. ''
(Ortiz, Erwin SR, Arwood, Reid SO, Stanek, Mitchell JR, Skigen, Jake SR),
3:19.46. 6, Lake Norman '' (Al-Hussaini, Jimmy JR, Marttila, Sam SO, Nitz,
Zach SR, Obrecht, Wolfgang JR), 3:26.06. 7, Ardrey Kell '' (Cummings, Austin
FR, Lee, Jason FR, Fletcher, Josh FR, Pease, Coert JR), 3:27.37. 8, Hopewell
'' (Braun, Zach SO, Wennborg, Markus FR, Allison, Chase FR, Fite, Dalton JR),
3:28.01.
Combined Team Scores - Through Event 24
1, Hough, W.A., 933. 2, South Mecklenburg, 714. 3, Providence, 542.5. 4,
Charlotte Catholic, 425.5. 5, Ardrey Kell, 417.5. 6, Myers Park, 334. 7,
Roberson, T. C., 272. 8, Lake Norman, 249.5. 9, Hopewell, 150. 10, Butler,
121. 11, Watauga, 100. 12, North Mecklenburg, 90. 13, South Caldwell, 86. 14,
East Mecklenburg, 81. 15, Mallard Creek, 42. 15, Independence, 42. 17,
Olympic, 20. 18, Mooresville, 14. 19, Porter Ridge, 11. 20, McDowell, 4.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 24
1, Hough, W.A., 546. 2, Charlotte Catholic, 354. 3, South Mecklenburg, 235. 4,
Providence, 232.5. 5, Ardrey Kell, 168.5. 6, Lake Norman, 162. 7, Myers Park,
154. 8, Roberson, T. C., 132. 9, Hopewell, 62. 10, Watauga, 58. 11, East
Mecklenburg, 50. 12, South Caldwell, 41. 13, Butler, 36. 14, North
Mecklenburg, 35. 15, Independence, 28. 16, Mallard Creek, 16. 17, Porter
Ridge, 11. 18, Mooresville, 4.
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 24
1, South Mecklenburg, 479. 2, Hough, W.A., 387. 3, Providence, 310. 4, Ardrey
Kell, 249. 5, Myers Park, 180. 6, Roberson, T. C., 140. 7, Hopewell, 88. 8,
Lake Norman, 87.5. 9, Butler, 85. 10, Charlotte Catholic, 71.5. 11, North
Mecklenburg, 55. 12, South Caldwell, 45. 13, Watauga, 42. 14, East
Mecklenburg, 31. 15, Mallard Creek, 26. 16, Olympic, 20. 17, Independence, 14.
18, Mooresville, 10. 19, McDowell, 4.
This story was originally published February 6, 2016 at 10:36 PM with the headline "South Meck boys repeat as swim regional champs; Hough girls run away from field."