Vipers Dominate Home Meet

By David Wolman, davidwolman@miconews.com

Miami County Vipers swimmer Brandon Hall, competing in the mixed 100-meter breaststroke, approaches the finish line. (Photo by David Wolman)

Early on, it became quite clear who was going to win the July 9 triangular swim meet at the Miami County Family YMCA.

Behind 27 first-place finishes, the Miami County Vipers dominated their home meet. They nearly doubled the point total of runner-up Ottawa. The Vipers finished with 800 team points, while Ottawa had 436. Topeka Country Club placed third with 157.

The Vipers struck gold in the first five events of the meet, racking up nearly half of their point total during that span.

The team found success across the board.

Kyle Dietrich, Grant Maimer, Jessie Schasteen and Julia Dorsett each won three individual events.

Dietrich, competing in the 15-to-18-year-old division, dominated the opposition in his individual events. He won the boys’ 50-meter freestyle in 26.94 seconds, mixed 50-meter breaststroke in 41.47 seconds and mixed 200 individual medley in 2 minutes, 53.53 seconds. He also teamed with Bri Berner, Dorsett and Maimer to win the mixed 200 medley relay (5-to-18-year-old) in 2:19.37.

Dorsett, also competing in the 15-to-18-year-old division, won the mixed 50-meter freestyle in 28.80 seconds, open 50-meter butterfly in 31.94 seconds and girls’ 100-meter breaststroke in 1:23.96. She also teamed with Shila Fox, Maimer, Caitlan Schasteen to win the mixed 200 freestyle relay (5-to-18-year-old) in 2:32.06.

Also in the 15-to-18-year-old division, Berner won the mixed 50-meter backstroke in 38.57 seconds and girls’ 100-meter freestyle in 1:08.63. Liz Brown won the girls’ 50-meter freestyle in 34.34 seconds and girls’ 100-meter backstroke in 1:38.32. Austin Johnson won the boys’ 50-meter butterfly in 40.52 seconds.

In the 13-to-14-year-old division, Maimer won the boys’ 50-meter freestyle (33.62), boys’ 50-meter butterfly (37.42) and boys’ 100-meter individual medley (1:23.44).

Jessie Schasteen, competing in the 5-to-12-year-old division, won the girls’ 50-meter freestyle in 32.19 seconds, girls’ 50-meter butterfly in 40.34 and girls’ 100-meter individual medley in 1:23.44.

Also in the 5-to-12-year-old division, Brandon Hall struck gold in the boys’ 50-meter butterfly (45.39) and mixed 100-meter breaststroke (1:31.48). He also teamed with Fox, Jessie Schasteen and a swimmer from Ottawa to win the 5-to-14-year-old mixed 200-meter medley relay (2:41.25).

Israel Gulley won the boys’ 100-meter freestyle (1:44.21). Gulley, Nathan Trigg, Emily Benton and Meghan Schasteen teamed up to win the 10-and-under mixed 100-meter medley relay (1:41.94), the first event in the meet. Gulley teamed with Isaac Heid, Benton and Meghan Schasteen later in the meet to win the 10-and-under mixed 100-meter freestyle relay (1:25.54).

In the 10-and-under division, Trigg won the mixed 25-meter breaststroke in 29.70 seconds, Jessie White won the mixed 25-meter backstroke in 24.76 and Meghan Schasteen won the mixed 25-meter freestyle in 17.43.

other vipers results

girls

5-to-12-year-olds

50-meter butterfly: Meghan Schasteen, third, 46.33.

50-meter backstroke: Meghan Schasteen, second, 46.31.

13-to-14-year-olds

50-meter freestyle: Marie Gavin, second, 39.11.

50-meter butterfly: Caitlan Schasteen, second, 40.26.

100-meter backstroke: Caitlan Schasteen, second, 1:33.93; Gavin, third, 1:42.84.

100-meter breastroke: Gavin, third, 1:54.50.

15-to-18-year-olds

50-meter freestyle: Fox, second, 47.96.

100-meter freestyle: Fox, second, 1:54.39.

boys

15-to-18-year-olds

50-meter freestyle: Johnson, third, 38.22.

mixed

100-meter medley relay (10-and-under): Vipers B (Nick Dreyer, Isaac Heid, White, Alex Backer), second, 1:58.79.

200-meter medley relay (5-to-18-year-old): Vipers B (Brown, Caitlan Schasteen, Johnson, Gavin), second, 2:41.41.

25-meter freestyle (10-and-under): Gulley, second, 21.06; Chris Struckhoff, seventh, 23.00; Dreyer, eighth, 24.58; Isaac Heid, ninth, 24.82; Backer, 10th, 25.56; Becca Cooke, 11th, 25.78; Belle Hendrickson, 13th, 26.65; Megan Cooke, 14th, 36.89; Ian Heid, 15th, 41.97; Rance Waddle, 16th, 42.37; Asher Gulley, 17th, 43.52.

50-meter breaststroke: Hall, second, 30.46.

25-meter butterfly (10-and-under): Benton, second, 27.22; White, third, 28.92; Israel Gulley, fifth, 29.07; Trigg, seventh, 29.64; Isaac Heid, ninth, 32.33.

25-meter backstroke (10-and-under): Struckhoff, second, 24.67; Isaac Heid, fifth, 26.57; Benton, sixth, 27.31; Backer, eighth, 29.35; Megan Cooke, ninth, 30.75; Becca Cooke, 10th, 31.18; Dreyer, 12th, 33.43; Hendrickson, 14th, 37.19; Waddle, 15th, 41.02; Asher Gulley, 16th, 48.00.

25-meter breaststroke (10-and-under): Hendrickson, second, 31.40; White, third, 33.01; Becca Cooke, fourth, 34.98; Waddle, fifth, 39.52; Dreyer, seventh, 52.54; Asher Gulley, eighth, 56.85.

50-meter breaststroke: Struckhoff, second, 1:11.00.

100-meter breaststroke: Caitlan Schasteen, second, 1:32.40.

100-meter individual medley (10-and-under): Backer, second, 2:24.57.

50-meter freestyle (10-and-under): Benton, third, 51.19; Trigg, fourth, 53.16.

100-meter freestyle relay (10-and-under): Vipers B (Becca Cooke, White, Dreyer, Trigg), third, 1:40.94; Vipers C (Hendrickson, Struckhoff, Asher Gulley, Ian Heid), fourth, 2:20.80.

200-meter individual medley (5-to-18-year-old): Johnson, second, 3:24.65.

200-meter freestyle (5-to-18-year-old): Berner, third, 2:38.18; Brown, fourth, 2:55.33.

200-meter freestyle relay (5-to-14-year-old): Vipers (Isaac Heid, Gavin, Hall, Jessie Schasteen), second, 2:52.06.