From staff reports

The St Marys Dutch Swim & Dive Teams traveled to Clearfield on Monday night to take on their toughest competition of the season.

Both squads fell short of winning their meet despite a strong showing.  The Lady Dutch lost to the Lady Bison by 107-79 while the Dutch lost to the Bisons 102-84.

The Lady Dutch had three first place finishes against a very good Lady Bison team.  Shelby Zomcik won the 200 IM, Sami Ferragine took first in 1 meter diving.  Mara Johnson won the 500 freestyle.

For the Dutch, Seth Dippold and Andrew Cotter were triple winners.  Dippold and Cotter were members of the victorious 200 freestyle relay with Michael Proudfit and Michael Stebich.  Dippold also won the 200 and 100 freestyles while Cotter won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.  

“This was our most challenging meet of the season and we knew we were going to face tough competition.  The team swam hard and the races were closer than reflected in the final scores.   We still are seeing drops in times and whenever that happens, we are on the right track,” said Coach Mark DeMuro.  “We are about to start the second half of our regular season and we are looking forward to finishing strong,” he added.

The team will travel to DuBois on Thursday with the meet starting at 6:00 pm at the DuBois High School Natatorium.

The final results are as follows:

Lady Dutch:  79   Lady Oilers: 107

200 medley relay – second (Brittany Orr, Melinda Stebich, Morgan Meyer, Kayla Leuschel); third (Jenna Doksa, Gianna DeMuro, Shelby Zomcik, Marina Weis); fifth (Kayla DeMonte, Shannon Krieg, Tori Challingsworth, Saige Leidwinger)

200 freestyle – third Mara Johnson; fourth Kristen DeLullo

200 individual medley – first Zomcik; fourth Stebich; sixth Heidi Rupprecht

50 freestyle – second Leuschel; third Weis; fourth Doksa

1 meter diving – first Sami Ferragine; fourth Maria Holm; sixth Becky Hanes

100 butterfly – second Zomcik; third Meyer; sixth Challingsworth

100 freestyle – second Leuschel; fourth Weis

500 freestyle – first Johnson; fourth DeLullo; sixth Kayla Keyes

200 freestyle relay – second (Buerk, Ferragine, Johnson, Leuschel); third (Leidwinger, Meyer, Rachel Haines, Stebich); 6th  (Krieg, Anna Prechtl, Amanda Caskey, DeMonte)

100 backstroke – second Orr; fifth Ferragine; sixth Doksa

100 breaststroke – second Stebich; fifth DeMuro; sixth Krieg

400 freestyle relay – second (Johnson, Weis, Orr, Ferragine); third (Zomcik, DeLullo, R. Haines, Meyer); fifth (Keyes, DeMonte, Challingsworth, Leidwinger)

Dutch:  84  Bisons:  102

200 medley relay – second (Seth Dippold, Michael Proudfit, Andrew Cotter, Adam Meyer);  third (Wes Challingsworth, Michael Stebich, Alex Renwick, Matt Hoffman); fifth (Scott Barber, Ryan Struble, Brad Kopp, Frank Barber)

200 freestyle – first Dippold; fourth Hoffman; fifth Challingsworth

200 individual medley – second Proudfit; third Stebich; sixth Struble

50 freestyle – first Cotter; fourth Meyer; fifth Alex Anderson

1 meter diving – second Justin Huey; fourth Jake Burns

100 butterfly – first Cotter; fourth Renwick

100 freestyle – first Dippold; fourth Anderson; sixth F. Barber

500 freestyle – third Hoffman; fourth Challingsworth; sixth Meyer

200 freestyle relay – first (Cotter, Stebich, Proudfit, Dippold); fourth  (F. Barber, Struble, Burns, Anderson)

100 backstroke – third Renwick, fourth Kopp; sixth Anderson

100 breaststroke – second Proudfit; third Stebich; sixth Struble

400 freestyle relay – 2nd (Renwick, Meyer, Hoffman, Challingsworth); 4th (Anderson, Kopp, S. Barber, F. Barber)