Lexington outscores GHS swimmers

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

LEXINGTON — Host Lex­ing­ton swept Galion in a non-conference high school swim meet on Tuesday.

Lady Lex defeated the Lady Tigers 95–74, while the Min­ute­men dunked the Galion boys 107–59.

Gar­ner­ing first-place points for the Lady Tigers were: Kris­ten Bene­dict, 50 free, 27.31, as well as the 100 free, 59.62; Becca Rig­don, 500 free, 6:03.04; plus Saman­tha Alt­stadt, 100 back, 1:10.57. Car­o­line Shi­fley swam to sec­ond place spots in the 200 IM and the 100 fly. Rig­don was also sec­ond in the 200 free.

For the Tigers: Zane Ekin touched the wall first in the 200 IM, 2:10.58, and the 100 fly, 58.71. He also swam the first leg for the vic­to­ri­ous 400 free relay squad. Sam DeN­ero, Con­nor Kempf and Logan Amos were oth­ers on that team. Their time was 3:46.65.

Also for the Orange-and-Blue, DeN­ero won the 100 free, 53.48; Kempf was best in the 100 back, 58.51. Also, DeN­ero placed sec­ond in the 200 free.

“Good meet. Times were great,” stated Galion head coach Ted Tem­ple. “Lex­ing­ton out-numbered us. Sam and Zane had a great meet for the men. Becca Rig­don, Kris­ten and Car­o­line had a good meet for the women.”

Posted by Jon Kleinknecht on Dec 13 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.