Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2002, Page 122

Description:	BOYS SWIMMING &DIVINGWIN SECTIONALS FOR FIFTH TIME IN A ROWAbove: Senior Yahya Radman yells tocheer on his swimming Cougarteammates.Row 1: Bob Scales, Nick Spanburg, James Taggart, Luke Mechling, Zack Edwards, KurtKinnaman. Row 2: Yahya Radman, Ryan Buttery, Dan Ovando, Mike Stieglitz, BennetVandergenugten, Kyle Kingsbury, Evan ODea. Row 3: Adam Becker, Ike Dolby, MarkConnelley,Dirk Bowman, Stephen Rupp, Zane Thorpe. Row 4: (Asst. Coach) Stephanie Janssen, NickMcNaughton, Dan Rinckel, Alex Jerden, Andy Richardson, (Asst. Coach) Peter Buchta, (HeadCoach) Dave Tanner.The boys swimming and diving team started the season witha challenge at hand. After winning four consecutive sectionalchampionships, many people had expectations to win it again. Inthe end, the Cougars accomplished their goal and placed 23rd in thestate competition, setting a school record in the 200 free relay, andplacing in the top 16 at the state meet in the 200 free relay, the 100free relay, and the 100 breaststroke.The Cougars dual meet record was 10-2, they placed third atthe Columbus North Relays and Conference Indiana, second at theMooresville Invite, first in Sectionals, and 23rd in the State with 27points.The eight athletes who went to State were seniors BobScales, Zack Edwards, Kurt Kinnaman, Evan ODea, and YahyaRadman, junior Mike Stieglitz, and freshmen Alex Jerden andDomenic Santarossa. They competed in seven individual eventsand three relays. Edwards, ODea, Scales, and Stieglitz set theschool record of 1:29.66 in the 200 free relay.Edwards, Stieglitz, ODea, and Scales came in 9th on the200 Freestyle Relay. ODea came in 13th on the 100 Freestyle witha time of :48.08, and Edwards was ranked 12th in the 100Breaststroke with a time of 1:00.50.The recipient of theMaroon Award was divingcaptain Yahya Radman forbest mental attitude. ZackEdwards recieved the GoldAward for most valuableplayer. Both were statequalifiers, and both are intheir fourth and last year onthe team, which Edwardsfeels was their best yet. Itsthe best year wed ever hadas a team, and Id like tothank our head swim coach,Dave Tanner.The Captains were YahyaRadman, Kurt Kinnaman,and Bob Scales. Thecoaches were Tanner, BenStrawn, and assistantcoaches Ben Strawn andStephanie Janssen.122
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