The Milan News-Leader
A Heritage Newspaper
Weekly Publication
Ready for 2007
Big Reds solid at Tecumseh meet after holiday training
By Jerry Hinnen, Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: January 11, 2007
The Milan boys' swim team is ready for 2007.
Advertisement
After completing a rigorous training schedule over the holiday break, the Big Reds competed in the Tecumseh Invitational last Saturday. Although the seven-team meet was intended as more of a non-competitive kickoff to the remainder of the season, Milan coach Dan Heikka was pleased with how his team swam.
"I was happy with how we did," he said. "Many had lifetime best and our relays swam particularly well. We had some people swim slightly different events and everyone did well."
The good news for Milan is that the fast times from Tecumseh should drop precipitously in the next few weeks as the weariness from the holiday training wears off. Heikka said the team held two practices every day of the school's winter break, except Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
After the team shrugs off the weariness form those training sessions, the Big Reds should be ready for big things over the next two months.
"It's a real commitment, giving up their Christmas break," Heikka said, "but over the next couple of weeks, they're going to get a lot faster. I'm excited."
But before that happens, Milan had to swim in Tecumseh. The meet was divided into freshman-sophomore (9-10) and junior-senior (11-12) divisions, with no team scores kept. Results included:
In diving, 9-10, Cody Baron, second. In 11-12, Cody Schmitt was fifth and Kyle Baron, sixth.
In the medley relay, 9-10, Kray Cornelison, Tim Hochradel, Francisco Contreras and Jeremy Robison were fifth. In 11-12, Kyle Cornelison, John Nuckels, Jason Schroeder and Matt Smith were fifth.
In the 200-yard freestyle, 9-10, Jeremy Robison was 11th. In 11-12, Jason Schroeder was fourth and Zach Olson was fifth.
In the 100 individual medley, 9-10, Tim Hochradel was first. In 11-12, Ian Pendleton was first, Kyle Cornelison was seventh and John Nuckels, eighth.
In the 50 freestyle, 9-10, Kray Cornelison was seventh. In 11-12, Ryan Bordine was first, Leo Gabrielzyk was 10th, Jon Hansen was 27th and David Schwartz, 32nd.
In the 100 butterfly, 9-10, Francisco Contreras was ninth. In 11-12, Ian Pendleton was fourth and Kyle Cornelison was fifth.
In the 100 freestyle, 9-10, Kray Cornelison was fourth. In 11-12, Ryan Bordine was first, Zach Olson was seventh, Leo Gabrielzyk was 15th, Matt Smith placed 17th and David Schwartz was 29th.
In the 500 freestyle, 11-12, Jason Schroeder was third and John Nuckels was 10th. In the 200 freestyle relay, 11-12, Zach Olson, Ryan Bordine, Kyle Cornelison and Ian Pendleton were first.
In the 100 breaststroke, 9-10, Tim Hochradel placed second. In 11-12, Jon Hansen was 10th.
In the 400 freestyle relay, 9-10, Francisco Contreras, Kray Cornelison, Jeremy Robison and Tim Hochradel took fifth. In 11-12, Ian Pendleton, Zach Olson, Jason Schroeder and Ryan Bordine were third, and John Nuckels, Matt Smith, Leo Gabrielzyk and David Schwartz took 10th.
Not all stories are guaranteed to appear
online. The Web edition contains a reasonable
sampling of the print edition stories.
For the most complete news coverage, we invite you to
subscribe
to the print edition of the paper.
Expanded
Web
Coverage
Staff Blog, "Inside The Newsroom"
TOP JOBS
