Even week-old records are meant to be broken. Last week’s 1:56.20 time in the 200-Yard Free Relay fell when Oxford’s A Relay Team of Allison Woonton, Anna Daves, Claire Patrell and Jenna Mallard broke it with a time of 1:54.70 at the Oct. 11 Oakland County Meet.
Besides breaking another record, the Wildcat swimmers had a very successful Oct. 14 swim meet against Swartz Creek as they drowned the Dragons 128-55. The Wildcats are now 2-1-0 in Flint Metro League aquatic competition.
Oxford finished the meet with 11 first-place finishes, including two individual and two group finishes for Woonton, and seven second-place finishes.
Against Swartz Creek, the Oxford swimmers and divers did as follows:
200-Yard Medley Relay: The A Team of Mallard, Woonton, Patrell, and Daves took first place with a 2:14.90 time while the B Team of Ellen Saville, Emily Gilmore, Kristin Simmers, and Sarah Skelton took third.
200-Yard Free: Mallard took first with a time of 2:22.96. Skelton came in second while Kaitlyn Kimmel came in fourth.
200-Yard Individual Medley: Woonton finished first with a time of 2:29.50, Patrell second and Caroline Kerbelis fourth.
50-Yard Free: Daves took second while Saville took third.
Oxford took first, second and third in diving (Lindsay Sutherland, Olivia Martin and Molly Bonfiglio). As Head Coach Jackie Boswell noted, Swartz Creek’s lone diver suffered a stress fracture the night of the meet.
100-Yard Fly: Patrell took first with a time of 1:14.95. Jennie Sunman took third and Simmers finished fourth.
100-Yard Free: Daves came in first for Oxford with a time of 1:06.47 that nudged out Dragon swimmer Amy Lenhart by about half a second. Saville finished third while Rikki Jarvis came in fifth.
500-Yard Free: Oxford took both first and second as Skelton finished first with a time of 6:30.60 and Kimmel came in second at 6:56.53.
200-Yard Free Relay: At first place was the A Relay Team of Simmers, Gilmore, Patrell, and Skelton with a time of 2:05.87. The C Relay Team of Sunman, Lanie Money, Kara Charles, and Amber Dietrich touched out Oxford’s B Relay Team for third place.
100-Yard Back: Woonton finished first with a time of 1:10.40. Jennie Sunman came in 2nd and Kara Charles came in fourth.
100-Yard Breast: Gilmore finished first at 1:28.51. Less than two seconds behind her for second place was Mallard. Brooklyn Allen finished fifth.
400-Yard Free Relay: Taking first by a comfortable 20-second margin was the A Relay Team of Daves, Saville, Woonton, and Mallard ahead of Swartz Creek’s A Relay Team. Oxford’s B Relay Team of Simmers, Jarvis, Allen, and Gilmore rounded out the top three.