March 3, 2005

sports

Swimmer places 20th at District

Eve GunderKline was the only YSHS swimmer to advance to the Southwestern District swim meet at Miami University on Saturday, Feb. 19. GunderKline was seeded 24th in a field of 24 swimmers in the 100 breaststroke. She finished in 20th place, dropping over two seconds from her previous personal-best time and finishing the race in 1:19.46.

Coaches Dave Wishart and Abby Guiler indicated that they had hoped she would break the 1:20 mark and she did, swimming a tactically smart race. “She went out strong for the first 25 yards and didn’t back off at all for rest of the race, passing several swimmers in the last 35 yards,” Wishart said.

For GunderKline, a homeschooled junior, qualifying for districts this year means that she can only get better in her senior year and is likely to return to districts in this or other events next season, Wishart said.

The Yellow Springs girls and boys teams had very good seasons, he said.

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