I am so excited for Marc's swim team. It has been a long year and they have worked really hard. He lost his other "Coach Urmston" to Frontier and she has been missed! Here is the write-up from the newspaper this morning. (Two weeks of swimming to go and his Honey-Do list is going to be quite a task.)
As his flip-flop floated to the top of the McMurtey Aquatic Center pool just above him, fifth-year Liberty swimming coach Marc Urmston's celebratory dive must have had a familiar feel to it.
And, it had little to do with being soaked. That was already taken care of, thanks to a downpour.
With the Patriots' fifth Southeast Yosemite League boys title and a fourth girls championship -- shared with Garces -- Urmston has had plenty of experience being pushed into the pool.
"It's warmer in here," Urmston joked after being tossed into the pool after his girls team outdistanced Garces 343-318, and the boys nipped the Rams 386-384.5.
"On the boys side we were probably the favorite, but we had a couple of DQs that hurt. It came down to that last relay on the boys side with the winner taking the league title."
Bakersfield High, which received strong performances by Erica Becker and Chris Reddick, finished third in both boys and girls.
The difference was 1.44 seconds as Liberty's Michael Rowe finished off a 3:26.52 run in the 400-yard freestyle relay. David James, Jacob Reed and Ted Richardson set the table fpr Rowe's final leg where he narrowly held off a challenge by Garces' Paul Steele.
Rowe also won the 50 free (22.95) and swam the third leg on the winning 200 free relay (1:32.96).
In the girls action, Liberty earned a share of the title, exacting a little revenge on Garces, which won the dual meet between the two.
Diver Jordan Reed (328.60), Kelly Ayers (100 fly, 1:04.28) and Katie Russell (100 back, 1:07.50) each won individual events for the Patriots and Liberty capped the day with a victory in the 400-yard free relay (3:57.50).
"The last time we didn't have our best swimmer so we knew we had a shot," Urmston said. "We knew we had to win this one to be co-league champions.
"They all stepped up. They all did a great job. They all wanted it. We talked about it all week trying to get this one and they were ready to go."
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4 comments:
congratulations Marc, Lots of hard work and positive encouragement.
Good thing we didn't send Cooper down there. He never would have wanted to come home after the taste of sweet victory.... He'll just have to settle for the mediocrity that has become so acceptable a Spanish Fork High School.
Marc: Congratulations are certainly in order. As we missionaries say, "Finish Strong".
Can't wait to get the final report.
Love, Dad
Go Patriots & Coach Urmson!
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