Mahomet-Seymour Swimming defeats Charleston and Lincoln
By FRED KRONER
Freshman Aron Varga and junior Max Katz each won two individual events and helped two relays emerge victorious on Saturday (March 6) as Mahomet-Seymour claimed team honors in the unofficial Apollo Conference boys’ swimming meet at the Mattoon YMCA.
M-S amassed 119 points. Runner-up Charleston had 74 points. Lincoln had 22 points. Those three schools are the only ones in the Apollo which offer boys’ swimming.
Varga was the champion in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 15.86 seconds) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:46.90).
Katz was triumphant in the 100-yard freestyle (55.25) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.54).
Katz and Varga teamed up with Mitch McAnally and Carter Logsdon for a first-place performance in the 200-yard medley (1:53.68).
In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Logsdon, Katz and Varga joined forces with Owen Kearns as the winning foursome. They stopped the clock in 3:59.30.
Kearns (200-yard freestyle, 2:12.97) and McAnally (50-yard freestyle, 24.65) were also individual champions.
Finishing as event runners-up were Kearns (100-yard butterfly) and Logsdon (50-yard freestyle).
M-S completed a sweep of the relays by capturing top honors in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The swimmers were Logsdon, McAnally, Zach Orr and Mark Gutierrez. They were timed in 1:46.39.
Securing third-place individual finishes for the Bulldogs were Orr (200-yard freestyle), Gutierrez (100-yard breaststroke), Aaron Smith (100-yard backstroke) and Derek Silva (100-yard butterfly).
M-S (7-2) returns to action on Monday (March 8) at Danville.
