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By TR HARLAN Streak’s are usually a fragile thing. Sometimes you wear the same thing to a game. Sometimes you eat the same things. It becomes a habit. There’s no telling what Chesterton girls swim coach Kevin Kinel must do as his Trojans won their 10th consecutive Duneland Athletic Conference championship on Saturday. “It’s really special and it’s hard to do in a conference like this,” Kinel said. “There are so many great kids and great coaches. It’s a milestone.” The Trojans had little trouble in garnering 497 points to beat runner-up Crown Point (392) by more than 100. Lake Central was third with 336 points. “We swam awfully fast today,” Kinel said. “Hopefully we got a little glimpse of Sectionals and State and get everybody excited for the end of the year.” Chesterton set the stage for the day with a DAC, Pool and School record performance in the 200 Medley Relay from the quartet of Brittany Fozkos, Olivia Kabacinski, Meaghan McLaughlin and Mallory Przybylinski. The group finished in 1:48.61, more than five seconds ahead of second place Crown Point, shattering the school record that had been set at the State Finals in 2000. “That was fast,” Kinel understated. “That kind of turned the switch for them I think and ignited the whole day. We’ve gone 1:49-low before and we always swim fast here. I knew there was a chance.” Olivia Kabacinski followed her leg of the Relay with a victory in the 200 Free (1:52.36). Later she would set the DAC record in the 100 Breast (1:06.08). “We knew she had a chance to break a conference record,” Kinel said. “What can you say about her? She’s a real talent and works hard in practice. She’s only a freshman, so she should only get better.” “My day was pretty great,” Kabacinski said. “I just felt good today. We all swam well and there was a lot of energy here.” Meaghan McLaughlin followed with the first of her two DAC individual titles with a victory in the 200 IM (2:11.54). She also won the 100 Fly in 59.67. “Meghan had a good, solid day,” Kinel said. “It’s nice to get a little trial run before the Sectional. I was really pleased with her performances today.” “I was really happy about my times and the way I swam today,” McLaughlin said. “My times are a lot better than they were at this time last year.” The day’s biggest surprise for the Trojans came in the 50 Free when Mallory Przybylinski edged teammate Brittany Fozkos (24.69-24.73). Przybylinski also took top honors in the 100 Free (54.32). “Mallory surprised everybody but herself probably,” Kinel said. “She’s always been a big meet swimmer for us. She went nuts today and you just can’t give her enough accolades for it.” “This was the greatest swimming day of my life,” Przybylinski said. “I wasn’t expected to win either of my events, so to win was great. I was really pumped up today and my turns were really on. I’ve been working really hard at those and today they were good.” Przybylinski’s biggest focus wasn’t on winning in the 50 and she took some words of advice from the coaching staff to win the 100. “I’ve never beaten Brittany before, but I just wanted us to go 1-2,” Przybylinski said. “That’s all I care about. In the 100, the coaches told me to swim it like two 50’s. I really focused on it being two separate things and it worked well for me.” The other two Trojan victories came in the 200 and 400 Free Relays. In the 200, Przybylinski, Shauna Foor, Milana Socha and Kabacinski won in 1:38.23. In the 400, Foor, Maddie Miller, McLaughlin and Fozkos won in 3:39.71. Chesterton returns to the pool on Tuesday when the boys and girls teams host Portage beginning at 6 p.m.
Team Results 1. Chesterton, 497; 2. Crown Point, 392; 3. Lake Central, 336; 4. Portage, 285; 5. Valparaiso, 260; 6. Michigan City, 138; 7. LaPorte, 102; 8. Merrillville, 93. Individual Results 200 Medley Relay – 1. Chesterton (Brittany Fozkos, Olivia Kabacinski, Meaghan McLaughlin, Mallory Przybylinski), 1:48.61 (DAC, POOL, SCHOOL RECORD); 2. Crown Point, 1:53.83; 3. Portage, 1:56.33; 4. Valparaiso, 1:58.13; 5. Lake Central, 1:58.93; 6. Michigan City, 2:04.40; 7. LaPorte, 2:06.67; 8. Merrillville, 2:07.21. 200 Free – 1. Olivia Kabacinski (C), 1:52.36; 2. Lesley Payonk (LC), 1:57.90; 3. Shauna Foor (C), 1:58.45; 4. Ashley Gose (CP), 1:58.90; 5. Milana Socha (C), 1:59.04; 6. Ashley Lionberger (CP), 2:00.81; 7. Jessica Anderson (P), 2:01.86; 8. Jessica Dranchak (P), 2:05.40. 200 IM – 1. Meaghan McLaughlin (C), 2:11.54; 2. Maddie Miller (C), 2:13.89; 3. Angela Roberts (CP), 2:16.60; 4. Lauren Foor (C), 2:18.07; 5. Alexis Palkovich (LC), 2:19.43; 6. Katrina Edling (MC), 2:19.76; 7. Alissa Johnson (V), 2:20.73; 8. Sierra King (P), 2:21.32. 50 Free – 1. Mallory Przybylinski (C), 24.69; 2. Brittany Fozkos (C), 24.73; 3. Cristina Gonzalez (P), 25.10; 4. Megan Plenus (LC), 25.11; 5. Molly Raspopovich (CP), 25.46; 6. Basia Niziolek (V), 25.55; 7. Hannah Raspopovich (CP), 25.46; 8. Claire Lichnerowicz (P), 26.13. 1-Meter Diving – 1. Maddie Miskulin (V), 494. 95 (DAC, POOL RECORD); 2. Kelsey Drasga (CP), 346.40; 3. Kari Ricard (C), 333.20; 4. Jeannie Nolan (V), 324.45; 5. Katie Westlund (LC), 316.75; 6. Darcy Richardson (P), 309.25; 7. Sara Kielbasinski (LC), 295.45; 8. Cary Johnson (C), 290.20; 12. Danielle Hord (C), 263.35. 100 Fly – 1. Meaghan McLaughlin (C), 59.67; 2. Haley Balko (CP), 1:01.51; 3. Claire Lichnerowicz (P), 1:02.41; 4. Elizabeth Eberhart (C), 1:03.75; 5. Megan Szabo (P), 1:04.41; 6. Caitlyn Lowry (CP), 1:04.60; 7. Sam Lamantia (CP), 1:04.61; 8. Amy Troy (LC), 1:04.76; 14. Kristy Oates (C), 1:08.54. 100 Free – 1. Mallory Przybylinski (C), 54.32; 2. Lesley Payonk (LC), 54.35; 3. Ashley Gose (CP), 54.75; 4. Shauna Foor (C), 54.87; 5. Cristina Gonzalez (P), 54.95; 6. Megan Plenus (LC), 55.30; 7. Jessie Campbell (C), 55.41; 8. Shelby Carroll (LC), 57.10. 500 Free – 1. Ashley Lionberger (CP), 5:16.48; 2. Milana Socha (C), 5:17.44; 3. Katrina Edling (MC), 5:24.81; 4. Lauren Foor (C), 5:28.05; 5. Tayler Bayer (P), 5:29.96; 6. Maggie Logan (LC), 5:30.18; 7. Hannah Schuster (CP), 5:30.32; 8. Emily Metheny (L), 5:41.33; 9. Jenn Melton (C), 5:42.81. 200 Free Relay – 1. Chesterton (Mallory Przybylinski, Shauna Foor, Milana Socha, Olivia Kabacinski), 1:38.23 (DAC RECORD); 2. Lake Central, 1:41.88; 3. Crown Point, 1:44.72; 4. Valparaiso, 1:44.93; 5. Portage, 1:48.27; 6. Merrillville, 1:50.66; 7. Michigan City, 1:50.78; 8. LaPorte, 1:58.25. 100 Back – 1. Molly Raspopovich (CP), 1:00.17; 2. Shelby Carroll (LC), 1:00.32; 3. Brittany Fozkos (C), 1:00.57; 4. Maddie Miller (C), 1:01.20; 5. Angela Roberts (CP), 1:02.01; 6. Danielle Radosevich (V), 1:02.06; 7. Jessica Anderson (P), 1:02.59; 8. Alexis Palkovich (LC), 1:03.73; 9. Elizabeth Eberhart (C), 1:05.41. 100 Breast – 1. Olivia Kabacinski (C), 1:06.08 (DAC RECORD); 2. Hannah Raspopovich (CP), 1:10.81; 3. Sierra King (P), 1:11.4; 4. Jill Tharp (LC), 1:12.62; 5. Jessie Campbell (C), 1:12.80; 6. Alissa Johnson (V), 1:13.87; 7. Monica Dorligh (M), 1:14.37; 8. Morgan Kleinaman (CP), 1:14.55; 13. Erin Kelley (C), 1:17.98. 400 Free Relay – 1. Chesterton (Shauna Foor, Maddie Miller, Meaghan McLaughlin, Brittany Fozkos), 3:39.71; 2. Lake Central, 3:43.62; 3. Portage, 3:44.33; 4. Crown Point, 3:46.75; 5. Michigan City, 3:58.40; 6. Valparaiso, 4:00.78; 7. LaPorte, 4:11.63; 8. Merrillville, 4:16.82.
Posted 1/19/2009
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