The Bridgeport High School swim team continued its winning streak with a Dec. 21 win over Fairmont Senior and Notre Dame at the Harrison County YMCA.

 

The Lady Indians scored 105 points over the Polar Bears’ 47 and the Irish’s 17. On the boys’ side, the Tribe scored 111; Notre Dame and Fairmont Senior earning 28 and 26 points, respectively.

 

The team of Olivia Urse, Marra Johnson, Darian Spencer and Maria Lacaria finished the 200-yard medley relay in 1:58.22, earning first place in a field of seven teams. Phillip Malenich, Luke Pinti, Viktor Rodriquez and Kyle Malcolm won the same race in 1:51.91.

 

Rodriquez and Johnson earned first-places in the 200-yard freestyle events; Rodriquez finishing in 2:00.89 and Johnson in 2:25.48. In the 200-yard individual medley, John Carter took the win in 2:12.68. Randy Keener completed the 50-yard freestyle race in 23.68, taking the victory. Carter also won the 100-yard butterfly event, finishing in 1:00.20.

 

The Tribe’s Cheyanne Rohde took first in the 100-yard freestyle, completing the event in 58.27. Keener finished the same event for the boys with a time of 51.88. Urse won the 500-yard freestyle event in 5:31.91. The Lady Indians teamed up again for a 200-yard freestyle relay win. Spencer, Cheri Signorelli, Lacaria and Rohde finished in 1:48.21. The team of Marcel Rodriquez, Malenich, Keener and Carter won the same event for the boys, finishing in 1:38.16.

 

Urse smoked the competition in the 100-yard backstroke race, finishing in 1:01.08. Malenich won the same event for the boys, finishing in 1:03.44. BHS took victories in the 100-yard breaststroke; Johnson winning for the girls in 1:16.41 and Pinti for the boys in 1:07.55.

A pair of wins in the 400-yard freestyle relay rounded out the event. Spencer, Johnson, Rohde and Urse completing the race in 4:05.32 and Marcel Rodriquez, Malcolm, Keener and Carter completing the race in 3:56.36.

 

As has been the story all season, the depth of the Tribe swim team brought in several second, third and fourth place wins, contributing to the lopsided win for the Indians. See full meet results HERE.

Bridgeport also took the win at the Dec. 18 meet against Morgantown and University high schools at the WVU Natatorium and will be back in action Thursday at the Brooke Invitational at Brooke High School.

 

Photos are by Ben Queen Photography. See more images from the Dec. 21 meet at the Harrison County YMCA HERE.