Wood boys, Sherando girls both take second at region swim meet

STERLING — The James Wood boys and the Sherando girls each took second place at the Region 4C swim meet on Saturday at the Claude Moore Recreation & Community Center on Saturday.

The Colonel boys scored 283 points to finish 13 behind Lightridge (296) out of 15 scoring teams. Sherando was seventh with 132, Millbrook was eighth with 117 and Handley was last with 6.

Kettle Run scored 343 points to beat the Sherando girls (316) by 27. Millbrook was eighth (106), Handley was ninth (104) and James Wood was 10th (103).

The Sherando girls set school records in winning two relays. The 200 medley relay team of Madelynn Twigg, Taylor Smith, Chelsey Jones, Madison Reed won by 7.22 seconds and set a region record in 1:48.67, and the 200 free relay team of Twigg, Lexee Schellhammer, Reed and Smith won by 0.81 in 1:39.86.

Two girls won two individual events each. James Wood senior Lauren Masters won both the 50-yard freestyle (24.33, region record) and 100 free (52.59) by half a second. Handley junior Grace Morgan captured the 200 free by 2.49 seconds in 1:55.83 and the 500 free by 7.55 seconds in 5:15.19.

The only local swimmers to win on the boys’ side were from James Wood. Joe Warnagiris won the 100 backstroke by 0.01 in 51.52 and swam on two winning relays. He teamed with Paul Warnagiris, Andrew Thompson and Alex Hua to take the 200 medley relay by 1.69 in 1:38.91 and combined with Trent Rakowski, Thompson and Paul Warnagiris to capture the 400 free relay by 1.29 in a region record 3:17.18.

The top five finishers in each individual event and top four finishers in each relay event, as well as those with qualifying times, advanced to the Class 4 state meet next Saturday at SwimRVA in Richmond.

Other local state qualifiers:

James Wood boys: Thompson, second in 200 free, 1:49.80, second in 100 fly, 54.21; J. Warnagiris, second in 500 free, 4:47.54; Paul Warnagiris, second in 100 breast, 1:00.95, third in 200 IM, 1:56.55; Rakowski, third in 50 free, 23.04, fifth in 100 free, 50.26; 200 free relay (Reagan Kite, Hua, Rakowski, Ethan Britton), fourth in 1:32.62.

Sherando boys: Toby Winston, third in 100 free, 48.41; Evan Mercer, third in 100 breast, 1:03.31.

Millbrook boys: Zack Carter, fourth in 200 free, 1:51.45, fourth in 100 fly, 55.23.

Sherando girls: Smith, second in 100 fly, 56.77, second in 100 breast, 1:05.39; Jones, second in 500 free, 5:22.74, fourth in 100 back, 1:01.61; 400 free relay (Gracie Defibaugh, Ellie Luong, Jones, Schellhammer), second in 3:51.27; Twigg, third in 100 back, 1:00.38, sixth in 100 free, 54.69; Schellhammer, fifth in 50 free, 25.36, fifth in 100 back, 1:01.82; Reed, fifth in 100 breast, 1:11.40.

Millbrook girls: Kiera Webster, second in 200 free, 1:58.32, seventh in 100 free, 55.11; 200 free relay (Pillo, Ansley Pendleton, Carolina Arias, Webster), fourth in 1:45.92; Riley Pillo, fifth in 100 fly, 1:00.65.