YHS Swim & Dive - Northern Region 2007

Northern Region Summaries:

Saturday - Swim Finals: In another race to the finish, the girls finish second in the Region to Fairfax. The final difference was 3.5 points.
Read the article in the Post.
Read the Sun-Gazette article (with video of Thea Kromer in the IM).
The Sun-Gazette also reported on the diving (video of Maren Taylor and Meg Alderman).
Fairfax Sports Network (FSN) recorded the Finals. A DVD can be ordered for $35. The order form is here, or go to the FSN web site.

Region champions are listed below.

Region Champions
Event	Time
Girls 200 Medley Relay (Katy Hinkle, Ortmayer, Kromer, Kristen Wolla)	1:47.22	Automatic All-American Region Record Team Record
Girls 200 Freestyle - Katy Hinkle	1:52.01	All-American Consideration Team Record
Girls Diving - Maren Taylor	426.50	All-American Consideration Team Record
Girls 200 Free Relay (Taylor, Kristen Wolla, Kromer, Katy Hinkle)	1:37.06	Automatic All-American

In addition, Katy Hinkle set a new team record in the 100 Back with an Automatic All-American time and Abby Ortmayer lowered her team record in the 100 Breaststroke with an All-American Consideration time.

On the boys side, AJ Dunn dropped times in both of his events (200 IM, 100 Breaststroke) to head into the State meet with cut times and improved seeding. He joins the diving duo of Tom Wells and Jake Ward at States.

Friday - Swim Prelims: The girls put on a great showing and have 13 finals entries in the individual events and all three relays in the A final. The 200 relays are top seeds and made Automatic All-American times in prelims. On the boys side, AJ Dunn earned a birth in the state meet in both the 100 Breaststroke and 200 IM. Mike Allen joins AJ in the finals tonight (100 Back).

Thursday - Girls Diving puts the girls out front early in the Northern Region race. Maren Taylor repeats as Northern Region champ (nearly 50 points ahead of second place with a new Team Record point total) and Meg Alderman finishes 7th. Both Maren and Meg will be heading to the beach to dive in the State meet. Congratulations to all the Yorktown divers.

Check out the Sun-Gazette article with video of Maren and Meg.

Name	Score	Place
Maren Taylor	426.50	1st
Meg Alderman	336.70	7th

Wednesday - Boys Diving starts out with a bang. All four Yorktown divers make the final 16 (25% of the finalists from Yorktown) and bring home 25 points. Congratulations!! Tom Wells and Jake Ward have qualified to dive at the State Meet next weekend.

Name	Score	Place
Tom Wells	357.85	7th
Jake Ward	312.30	9th
Reid Taylor	281.25	14th
Brian Coonce	268.00	16th