Bridgeport High School boys and girls pulled out a third place finish in Saturday’s 2017 Penguin Invitational held at Parkersburg High School.

 

In boys’ rankings, the host school earned the top spot with Wheeling Park High School coming in second. For the girls, Wheeling Park was No. 1 with Parkersburg High placing second.

 

Other schools participating in the meet were Buckhannon-Upshur, Parkersburg South, Huntington, Philip Barbour, Robert C. Byrd, Liberty, Lincoln and Point Pleasant.

 

Despite their favorable finish, BHS produced just two first-place wins, both for Sarah Stallman. The sophomore standout – who has been recovering from illness – finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:05.14.

 

“That is my best time I’ve had, but I would like to do even better,” she said.

 

Stallman’s other first place – in the 100-yard breaststroke – was a very close one. Competitor Lydia Bisch of Wheeling Park was second with a time of 1:16.69, trailing just .46 of a second to Stallman.

 

“I took a chance swimming the breaststroke because I knew I was going to be in the first heat and with the fastest people and didn’t know how well I would do in the best heat,” she said.

 

Stallman was quite happy about the race and she is very pleased with her team.

 

“Right now, I think our team is doing pretty good,” she said. “We may not be winning, but we are getting better times and having fun and that’s really all that matters to me. I was happy with all of my team mates. I watched some of the events and I was happy with my friends and how far they have come through the season.”

 

Other key races for the Lady Indians included the 200-yard medley relay in which the team of Stallman, Megan Lehosit, Jenna Soltesz and Catie Wilson earned a second place finish.

 

In the 200-yard individual medley, Soltesz was second with a time of 2:39.29.

 

In the 50-yard freestyle, Bridgeport’s Wilson and Maria Lacaria were in the top 10 of the 47 athletes which participated.

 

Soltesz claimed a fifth place in the 100-yard butterfly and Lacaria claimed third place in the 100-yard freestyle.

In the 500-yard freestyle race, Signorelli finished third and in the 200-yard freestyle, Lehosit was fourth.

 

The team of Wilson, Signorelli, Lacaria and Stallman finished second in the 200-yard freestyle medley.

 

The team of Wilson, Soltesz, Signorelli and Lacaria fared well in the 400-yard freestyle medley, placing third.

 

For the boys, the 200-yard medley relay team of Harrison Hess, John Carter, Devin McIntyre and Kyle  Malcolm finished second

Carter and McIntyre finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 200-yard freestyle event with times of 2:02.60 and 2:07.64.

In the 50-yard freestyle, Hess was third. Bridgeport’s Titus Smith was also in the top 10; earning a ninth place finish.

 

McIntyre finished second and Viktor Rodriquez finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly event and Kyle claimed a sixth place in the 100-yard freestyle.

 

The team of Smith, McIntyre, Hess and Carter were second in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

 

Hess was second in the 100-yard backstroke and Carter was second in the 100-yard breaststroke.

 

See full meet results HERE.

 

The Indians are coached by Jan Grisso and Wendy Madden. They are back in action Saturday, participating in the Harrison County championships at the Harrison County YMCA. 

 

Editor's Note: Pictures of Stallman, Lehosit and McIntyre were taken previously by Ben Queen Photography.