WHEELER PACES WAVERLY'S EFFORT AGAINST CORNING, M-E
By: Tim Birney | WaverlyAthletics.com | January 23, 2021 | Photo courtesy Tim Birney
By: Tim Birney | WaverlyAthletics.com | January 23, 2021 | Photo courtesy Tim Birney
WAVERLY — Junior Kaden Wheeler logged Waverly’s only first-place finish,
and also had three second-place finishes in a tri-meet against Section
IV boys swimming powers Corning and Maine-Endwell here Saturday
afternoon.
The Wolverines finished a distant third in the
tri-meet with 342 points. Corning amassed 586 points, edging out
Maine-Endwell, which tallied 567.
Wheeler won the 100-yard
butterfly in a time of 54.81 seconds, and freshman Ryan Clark was fifth
in a time of 1:01.53. Wheeler also finished second in the 100-yard
backstroke in a time of 59.64 seconds
Wheeler teamed with Clark,
and sophomores Oscar Williams and Jerell Sackett to place second in the
200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:44.54. The same foursome finished
second in the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:25.91.
Seniors
Dillon Madigan and Max Pan, sophomore Sheldon Huddleston, and freshman
Liam Wright teamed to finish second in the 200-yard freestyle relay in a
time of 1:52.23.
Williams had the only other top-two individual
finish on the day, placing second in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of
5:17.27, while Wright was third in 5:34.55, and Madigan was fifth in
5:40.64.
Sackett finished third in the 50-yard freestyle in a
time of 23.53 seconds. He was fourth in the 100-yard freestyle in a time
of 53.63 seconds.
Williams finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:54.2, and Madigan was sixth in 2:03.85.
Clark finished fourth in the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:15.97.
Waverly returns to action Tuesday against Dryden in a “virtual” meet.