2012-2013 Schedule

2012-2013 Roster

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Season Highlights & News

Warriors place eighth in state meet

Three school records broken

February 24, 2013 – Held at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton, the Warriors topped off an outstanding season by placing eighth in the Division I O.H.S.A.A. Swimming and Diving State Championships this past weekend. The Maroon and Gold scored 100 points as they competed in their 14^th consecutive girl’s state swimming and diving championships. The meet was won by Cincinnati Ursuline with 234 points.

On Thursday morning of the three day tournament, Kailey Francetic got the Warriors officially on the scoreboard by placing eighth in one meter diving. Kailey scored 429.65 points in the 11-dive competition to earn a spot on the award’s podium.

On Friday morning, the Maroon and Gold qualified two relays and two individuals in three events to move on to the championship round on Saturday night. The 200 yard medley relay team of Lauren Heller, Danielle Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Alyssa Heller placed seventh with a time of 1:47.81 to qualify to the championship final and the 200 yard freestyle relay team of the same foursome placed 11^th with a time of 1:39.51 to qualify to the consolation final. Lauren Heller placed third in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:49.94 and placed fourth in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 51.34 to qualify in both events to the championship final. Also making the grade to the final heat was Danielle Margheret, who placed second in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.38.

A school record led off Saturday’s festivities as the quartet of Lauren Heller, Danielle Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Alyssa Heller swam a blistering 1:47.35 to place sixth and claim a step on the awards stand. Their efforts broke the previous school record time of 1:47.62, set by the same team at last week’s district meet. Lauren Heller followed with two addition podium worthy performances by placing fourth in the 200 yard freestyle and fifth in the 100 yard freestyle. Lauren’s time in the 200 free was 1:49.65 and her time in the 100 free was 51.43. Lauren then completed her first state meet by leading off the school record setting 200 yard freestyle relay team with a school record of her own, a split of 23.84 in the 50 yard freestyle. Lauren’s time broke her own record of 23.86 set at this season’s NEO Classic. The remaining members of the squad, Danielle Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Alyssa Heller combined for a time of 1:38.24 to win the consolation heat. Their effort bested last week’s district meet time of 1:39.49, set by the same foursome. Finally, Danielle Margheret concluded her high school career by placing third in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.23, to earn her third straight appearance on the podium for her specialty.

 Click here for complete meet results. http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sd/2013/State/index.htm

 The 2012-13 season will officially conclude at the awards banquet to be held Wednesday, March 13, at the Stow Youth Baseball Hall.

Maroon and Gold place third at district meet

Margheret and Heller win district crown; Warriors break five school records

February 16, 2013 – The Maroon and Gold scored 171 points to place third at the Division I Northeast District Swimming and Diving Championships this past weekend. Held at the Robert F. Busby Natatorium, the meet was won by Hudson. All totaled the Warriors won two individual titles, set five school records, and earned five automatic qualifying spots and one at-large spot to qualify four swimmers and one diver to next weekend’s state meet competition. Held at Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium, this will be the 14^th straight season that the Maroon and Gold will be represented at the state meet.

The first automatic qualifying spot to the state meet was earned by Kailey Francetic on Thursday evening in the one meter dive. Kailey placed second with a score of 450.75 points in the 11 dive competition.

Swimming in her final district championship meet, Danielle Margheret placed first in the 100 yard breaststroke for the fourth year in a row. Danielle’s winning time of 1:04.47 punched her ticket to a fourth straight trip to the big dance in her specialty. Danielle also placed 11^th in the 200 yard individual medley.

Swimming in her first district championship meet, Lauren Heller also had an impressive day. Lauren set two individual school records and automatically qualified to the state meet in both the 200 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle. Along with Danielle, Lauren then helped two relays achieve school records and earn one automatic and one at-large bid to Canton. To automatically qualify to the state meet, Lauren won the 200 yard freestyle. Her winning time of 1:49.49 crushes her old school record of 1:52.60, which she set last weekend at the sectional meet. Lauren’s second school record and automatic qualifying effort was the result of her second place finish in the 100 yard freestyle. Her time of 51.24 breaks her old time of 51.38, set at last December at the Viking Invitational.

Lauren and Danielle then teamed up with Lauren Tullis and Alyssa Heller to lead the 200 yard medley relay team to a second place finish, resulting in a school record and an automatic qualifying spot. Their time of 1:47.62 lowered the time of 1:48.52 set by Kassandra Pawuk, Danielle Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Lauren Heller at the Viking Invitational in December. The same foursome then earned an at-large bid and a second school record in the 200 yard freestyle relay. Their time of 1:39.49 placed fourth and bettered the same quartet’s time of 1:39.79, also set at this season’s Viking Invitational.

A final school records were registered by Samantha Geyer in the 500 yard freestyle. Samantha eighth place finishing time of 5:20.80 surpassed Elizabeth Sheffer’s 5:25.19 set in a dual meet with Aurora in 1995. Samantha also placed 16^th in the 200 yard individual medley

Additional team points were earned by Lauren Tullis – 11^th in the 100 yard butterfly and Melinda Renuart – 12^th in the 500 yard freestyle and 22^nd in the 200 yard freestyle; In addition, the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Melinda Renuart, Samantha Geyer, Lauren Tullis and Abby Driass placed 15^th.

Further district meet performances were turned in by Alyssa Heller – 18^th in the 50 yard freestyle and 27^th in the 100 yard freestyle; Kassandra Pawuk – 26^th in the 100 yard breaststroke and 32^nd in the 50 yard freestyle; and Abby Draiss – 33^rd in the 200 yard freestyle and 35^th in the 500 yard freestyle.

Click here for district meet results. http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sd/2013/District/NE_GD1.pdf

Click here for state meet qualifiers. http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sd/2013/State/GD1_StatePsych.pdf

Warriors capture runner-up spot at sectionals

Lauren Heller contributes to three meet records

February 10, 2013—Competing at the Ocasek Natatorium on the University of Akron campus, the Maroon and Gold captured one relay and four individual titles, set three meet records and one school and used excellent team depth to capture a runner-up finish at the Akron – North Swimming and Diving D I Sectional Meet. The Warriors fell to a traditionally tough Hudson team, 482 to 228. All totaled the Warriors qualified ten individuals and three relays to next Saturday morning’s Cleveland State Northeast Ohio District Swimming and Diving Championship.

The first Warrior to automatically qualify to the district meet was Kailey Francetic. Competing on Thursday evening, Kailey won the diving competition with 462.20 points to set a new school record. Kailey surpassed her 460.50 point total set last season at the North Coast League Championship meet.

On Saturday afternoon, the Maroon and Gold competed in swimming portion of the sectional meet and the records continued to fall. Always a grand way to start off the swim, the 200 yard medley relay team of Lauren Heller, Danielle Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Alyssa Heller not only won the event with a time of 1:51.15, but they also set a meet record in addition to automatically qualify to the district meet. The quartet bettered the 1:51.37 set by Akron Firestone in 2003.

Individually, Lauren Heller was responsible for two additional meet records. Laurel placed first in both the 200 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle to automatically qualify to the district meet. Her winning time of 1:52.60 in the 200 free bettered Firestone’s Kathleen Campbell’s time of 1:54.78 set in 2009 and her winning time of 52.63 in the 100 free bested Cuyahoga Fall’s Kelsey Atchison’s time of 53.35 set in 2005.

The fifth Warrior victor and automatic qualifier to the district meet was Danielle Margheret who won the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.07. This was Danielle’s fourth sectional breaststroke victory. Danielle also placed seventh in the 200 yard individual medley to gain an at-large bid to CSU.

Also earning at-large bids to next weekend’s district meet were the third place finishing 200 yard freestyle relay team of Lauren Tullis, Danielle Margheret, Alyssa Heller, and Lauren Heller; Melinda Renuart – seventh in the 200 yard freestyle and tenth in the 500 yard freestyle; Lauren Tullis – eighth in the 100 yard butterfly; Alyssa Heller – ninth in the 50 yard freestyle and 21^st in the 100 yard freestyle; the tenth place finishing 400 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Samantha Geyer, Melinda Renuart, and Abby Driass; Samantha Geyer – 12^th in the 500 yard freestyle and 16^th in the 200 yard individual medley; Abby Driass – 17^th in the 200 yard freestyle and 14^th in the 500 yard freestyle; Tori Meadows – 15^th in the 100 yard backstroke and Kassandra Pawuk – 18^th in the 50 yard freestyle and 19^th in the 100 yard backstroke.

Click here for complete meet results. http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sd/2013/Sectionals/NE_GD1_Akron_North.htm

Warriors Defend North Coast League title

Maroon and Gold more than double the point total of runner-up Hoban

February 3, 2013—The Warriors made it two-for-two, winning their second straight North Coast League championship in as many tries, by completely dominating the competition at Lakewood High School yesterday afternoon. Hosted by Padua Franciscan, the Maroon and Gold scored a whopping 227 points to easily outdistance second place Hoban, who scored a mere 85.5 points. Beaumont placed third with 80 points followed by Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin – 55 points, Padua Franciscan – 45, Lake Catholic – 31.5 points and Villa Angela – St. Joseph – 7 points. All totaled, the Warriors garnered nine individual titles, two relay championships, set three meet records and won the Swimmer of the Meet and Coach of the Year honors.

The first victory of the day for the Warriors was recorded by Kailey Francetic in the one-meter dive. Kailey scored 421.8 points to successfully defend her league title from last season. Also in diving, Alex Ciccotelli and Kelsey Fischietto placed second and third, respectively, and the rout was on. The Maroon and Gold then applied even more pressure by winning the first swim event of the afternoon, the 200 yard medley relay. Not only did the quartet of Kassandra Pawuk, Danielle Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Lauren Heller place first, they won in a meet record time of 1:53.86. This year’s squad surpassed last season’s foursome of Pawuk, Margheret, Tullis and Alyssa Heller’s mark of 1:55.50.

The second and third meet records for the Warriors were collected by Lauren Heller. Lauren won both the 200 yard individual medley and the 100 yard backstroke in addition to winning Swimmer of the Meet honors. Lauren’s time of 2:15.76 in the IM bettered Padua’s Brittany Krauth’s time of 2:19.20, set in 2008 and Lauren’s time of 1:01.84 in the backstroke bettered Elyria Catholic‘s Evann Heiderbach’s of time of 1:01.84, also set in 2008. Another double winner in individual events for the Maroon and Gold was Danielle Margheret. Danielle successfully defended her 100 yard breaststroke title from last season and then added the 100 yard freestyle title to her resume'. Danielle’s winning time in the breast was 1:08.80 and her winning time in the 100 free was 56.39.

Lauren Tullis also defended her title from last season, winning the 100 yard butterfly with a time 1:03.08. Additional first place finishes were registered by Melinda Renuart, swimming a 2:04.34 in the 200 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Margheret, Alyssa Heller, and Lauren Heller, winning with a time of 1:45.83.

The Warriors also notched four runner-up finishes – Samantha Geyer in the 200 yard individual medley; Liz Melfi in the 100 yard butterfly: Alyssa Heller in the 50 yard freestyle; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Geyer, Sara Reilman, Renuart, and Alyssa Heller.

Additional points were scored by Melinda Renuart – third in the 500 yard freestyle; Samantha Geyer – third in the 100 yard freestyle; Liz Melfi – third in the 200 yard individual medley; Kassandra Pawuk – third in the 50 yard freestyle; Abby Lenz – third in the 100 yard breaststroke; Abby Driass – fourth in both the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle; Hannah Dusek – fourth in the 200 yard individual medley; Alyssa Heller – fourth in the 100 yard freestyle; Marlo Lile fourth in the 100 yard butterfly; Jenna Hearty – fifth in the 100 yard breaststroke and eighth in the 100 yard freestyle; Lauren Andrefsky – fifth in the 100 yard butterfly; Caroline Kline – seventh in both the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle; and Laura Gray – eighth in the 500 yard freestyle.

The final award of the afternoon was bestowed upon Coach Wally Lutkus who was honored as the North Coast League girl’s swimming and diving Coach of the Year.

Warriors suffer first defeat

January 28, 2013--The women’s swimming and diving team suffered their first dual meet loss of the season last night, falling to the Wooster Generals, 94.5 to 91.5. The Warriors dual meet record now stands at 7 – 1. Placing first for the Maroon and Gold were Lauren Heller – 200 yard freestyleand 100 freestyle; Kailey Francetic – diving; Danielle Margheret –100 yard breaststroke; the 200 yard medley relay team of Kassandra Pawuk, Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Lauren Heller; the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Margheret, Pawuk, Tullis, and Lauren Heller; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Samantha Geyer, Abby Driass, Melinda Renuart, and Hannah Dusek. The Maroon and Gold travel to Lakewood High School next Saturday with the intent of defending their North Coast League title.

Warriors raise dual meet record to 6 – 0

Kailey Francetic sets school record

January 27, 2013— Led by Kailey Francetic’s school record performance, the Warriors upped their dual meet record to 6 – 0 last night, defeating the host Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders, 124 – 26. Kailey’s 276.45 point total in the 1 meter diving (6 dives) competition bettered her 264.68 total, set last season against Medina. Also placing first for the Maroon and Gold were Melinda Renuart – 200 yard freestyle; Danielle Margheret – 200 yard individual medley; Alyssa Heller – 50 yard freestyle; Samantha Geyer – 100 yard butterfly; Lauren Heller – 100 yard freestyle; Caroline Kline – 500 yard freestyle; Tori Meadows – 100 yard backstroke; Lauran Tullis – 100 yard breaststroke; the 200 yard medley relay team of Meadows, Margheret, Tullis, Lauren Heller; the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Alyssa Heller, Kassandra Pawuk, Tullis, and Lauren Heller; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Abby Draiss, Geyer, Hannah Dusek, and Renuart.

Warriors win fourth straight Barberton Invitational

Maroon and Gold win five events, one in meet record time

January 19, 2013--The Warriors led from start to finish yesterday afternoon, winning their fourth consecutive Barberton Invitational. Held at the University of Akron’s Ocasek Natatorium, the Maroon and Gold double scored in all but one event to fend off second place Brunswick, 266 to 187, in the eleven team field.

As they have done all season long, both senior Danielle Margheret and freshman Lauren Heller had a stellar meet, paving the way to a Maroon and Gold victory. Danielle won her fourth straight Barberton Invitational 100 yard breaststroke title, placed third in the 100 yard freestyle and contributed to two winning relays. Lauren won the 100 yard freestyle, in a meet record time, won the 200 yard individual medley and also contributed to the two winning relays. Danielle’s winning time in the breaststroke was 1:07.33. Lauren’s 100 free time was 52.60, bettering Kelsey Atchison’s (Cuyahoga Falls) time of 52.62, set in 2005 and Lauren’s IM winning time was 2:15.19. The two winning relay teams were the 200 yard medley relay team of Kassandra Pawuk, Margheret, Lauren Heller, and Lauren Tullis (1:54.59) and the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Lauren Heller, Lauren Tullis, Alyssa Heller, and Danielle Margheret (1:43.40).

Additional points were scored by Samantha Geyer – second in the 200 yard individual medley and third in the 500 yard freestyle; Lauren Tullis – second in the 100 yard butterfly; Melinda Renuart – fourth in the 200 yard freestyle and sixth in the 500 yard freestyle; Tori Meadows – fourth in the 100 yard backstroke; Liz Melfi – sixth in the 100 yard butterfly; Abby Driass – seventh in the 200 yard freestyle; Sara Reilman – seventh in the 100 yard backstroke; Kassandra Pawuk – tenth in the 50 yard freestyle; and Abby Lenz – 12^th in the 100 yard breaststroke.

Final points were scored the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Alyssa Heller, Lauren Tullis, Samantha Geyer, and Melinda Renuart – second; the 400 yard freestyle “B” relay team of Abby Draiss, Janna Hearty, Hannah Dusek, and Laura Gray – eighth; the 200 yard freestyle “B” relay team of Tori Meadows, Sara Reilman, Melinda Renuart, and Abby Draiss – ninth; and the 200 yard medley “B” relay team of Sarah Reilman, Samantha Geyer, Tori Meadows, and Jana Hearty – 12^th .

The Warriors travel to Kent Roosevelt next Friday afternoon to take on the Rough Riders.

Warriors remain undefeated

January 19, 2013--The women’s swimming and diving team defeated Medina last night, 173 to 141, to raise their dual meet record to 6 – 0. Placing first for the Maroon and Gold were Lauren Heller – 200 yard individual medley and 100 yard butterfly; Danielle Margheret – 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard breaststroke; Kailey Francetic – diving; Abby Draiss – 500 yard freestyle; the 200 yard medley relay team of Kassandra Pawuk, Margheret, Tori Meadows, and Alyssa Heller; the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Margheret, Samantha Geyer, Lauren Tullis, and Lauren Heller; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Driass, Melinda Renuart, Alyssa Heller, and Lauren Heller.

Warriors excel at Northeast Classic

Danielle Margheret sets meet record, Lauren Heller sets school record

January 13, 2013— The Warriors competed in the Northeast Classic Swimming and Diving Invitational this past weekend. The Northeast Classic has a unique format in which two separate morning swims, one in Akron and one in Canton, compete for 24 final spots to be held on Saturday evening. On Saturday morning, the Warriors traveled to the University of Akron’s Ocasek Natatorium to compete in their first round of competition. The Maroon and Gold swam well, qualifying four individuals and two relay teams to Saturday evening’s finals, which were held at C. T. Branin Natatorium.

The lone exception to the above format was the diving competition. The one meter diving took place at C.T Branin between the morning and evening swims. The Warriors were well represented as Kailey Francetic placed seventh, scoring 369.80 points in the 11-dive competition.

On Saturday evening, Danielle Margheret won her third straight Northeast Classic title in the 100 yard breaststroke in addition to setting a new meet record with a time of 1:04.14. Danielle held the previous meet record with a time of 1:04.32, set last season. Also swimming a record setting performance was Lauren Heller. Lauren placed fourth in the 100 yard butterfly in a Walsh Jesuit school record time of 58.01 breaking Elizabeth Sheffer’s 58.06, set at the 1996 O.H.S.A.A. District Meet. Lauren also placed sixth in the 200 yard freestyle

In addition, Samantha Geyer placed 12^th in the 500 yard freestyle and 18^th in the 200 yard individual medley; Lauren Tullis placed 17^th in the 100 yard butterfly; the 200 medley relay team of Lauren Heller, Margheret, Tullis, and Alyssa Heller placed third; and the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Lauren Heller, Tullis, Alyssa Heller, and Margheret placed ninth.

Click here for complete meet results. http://www.swimmeet.com/meets/neclassic13/

The Warriors will be back in the water next Friday when they take on the Bees of Medina.

Warriors win Orange Invitational

Margheret, Francetic and medley relay defend titles

January 5, 2013--The Maroon and Gold traveled to Orange High School last night to compete in the five team Orange Invitational. The Warriors amassed 320 points to narrowly hold off Hathaway Brown, who scored 317 points.

 The Warriors collected five first place finishes, highlighted by Danielle Margheret and Kailey Francetic successfully defending their titles from last season. In fact, this was Danielle’s third defense of the 100 yard breaststroke, having won her specialty for four years in a row. Her winning time was 1:07.59. Danielle also placed second in the 200 yard individual medley. Kailey, only a sophomore, scored 216 points in the six-dive one meter diving competition to win her second straight crown.

Another Warrior that contributed mightily to the team championship was freshman sensation Lauren Heller. Lauren had an outstanding evening, placing first in both the 200 yard freestyle and first in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.25 and 54.87, respectively. The 200 yard medley relay team of Kassandra Pawuk, Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Alyssa Heller also was victorious. Their winning time of 1:57.23 successfully defended the Maroon and Gold’s medley relay title from the last two seasons.

Additional place finishers for the Warriors were Alex Ciccotelli – third in diving; Lauren Tullis – third in the 100 yard butterfly; Melinda Renuart – fourth in the 500 yard freestyle and fifth in the 200 yard freestyle; Alyssa Heller – fifth in the 50 yard freestyle and ninth in the 100 yard freestyle; Abby Draiss – fifth in the 500 yard freestyle and tenth in the 200 yard freestyle; Samantha Geyer – sixth in the 200 yard individual medley and eight in the 500 yard freestyle; Tori Meadows – sixth in the 100 yard backstroke and tenth in the 100 yard butterfly; Kassandra Pawuk – seventh in the 100 yard backstroke and tenth in the 50 yard freestyle; Abby Lenz – seventh in the 100 yard breaststroke; Kelsey Fischietto – eighth in diving; Liz Melfi – eighth in the 100 yard breaststroke; Hannah Dusek – ninth in the 200 yard individual medley; and Sara Reilman – ninth in the 100 yard backstroke.

Final points were earned by the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Margheret, Alyssa Heller, and Lauren Heller – second; the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Geyer, Renuart, and Lauren Heller – third; the 200 yard freestyle relay team Pawuk, Geyer, Meadows, and Janna Hearty – seventh; the 200 yard medley relay team of Meadows, Lenz, Melfi and Hearty – ninth; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Driass, Hearty, Dusek, and Caroline Kline – ninth.

The Warriors will tackle semester exams this week and then compete in the Northeast Ohio Classic next Saturday.

Warriors remain undefeated

January 3, 2013--The women’s swimming and diving team defeated Beaumont last night, 140 to 40, to raise their dual meet record to 5 – 0. Placing first for the Maroon and Gold were Samantha Geyer – 200 yard freestyle; Lauren Heller – 200 yard IM; Alyssa Heller – 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard freestyle; Alex Ciccotelli – diving; Lauren Tullis – 100 yard butterfly; Melinda Renuart – 500 yard freestyle; Kassandra Pawuk – 100 yard backstroke; Danielle Margheret – 100 yard breaststroke; the 200 yard medley relay team of Tori Meadows, Margheret, Tullis and Sara Reilman; the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Margheret, Alyssa Heller, Tullis, and Lauren Heller; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Lauren Heller, Janna Hearty, Geyer, and Renuart. The Warriors next meet will be this Friday when the travel north to compete in the Orange Invitational.

Nicholas Musgrave '13 and Danielle Margheret '13 named Wendy's High School Heisman State Finalists.

Maroon and Gold dominate first Warrior Relays

December 30, 2012—Organized by head coach Wally Lutkus, the Maroon and Gold competed in the first ever Walsh Jesuit Warrior Relays yesterday afternoon. Held at the Ocasek Natatorium on the University of Akron’s campus, the host Warriors won this inaugural seven team relay style event, defeating runner-up Cuyahoga Falls, 136 to 110.

Because this is the first year for the Warrior Relays, each first place finish time was recorded as a meet record and the Warriors were well represented, winning four of the nine events. Placing first for the Maroon and Gold were the 400 yard (4 x 100) individual medley relay team of Danielle Margheret, Lauren Tullis, Kassandra Pawuk, and Lauren Heller with a time of 4:23.86; the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Alyssa Heller, Sara Reilman, Samantha Geyer, and Tullis with a time of 1:46.77; the 400 yard medley relay team of Pawuk, Margheret, Lauren Heller, and Geyer with a time of 4:12.86; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Margheret, Alyssa Heller, Tullis, and Lauren Heller with a time of 3:49.09.

The Warriors exhibited exceptional depth in recording two runner-up spots and three third place finishes. Placing second were the 200 yard butterfly relay team of Liz Melfi, Tori Meadows, Abby Draiss, and Marlo Lile and the 200 yard backstroke relay team of Meadows, Sara Reilman, Draiss, and Pawuk. Placing third for the Warriors were the 200 yard medley relay team Meadows, Abby Lenz, Melfi, and Alyssa Heller; the 800 yard freestyle relay team of Geyer, Hannah Dusek, Draiss, and Laura Gray; and the 200 yard breaststroke relay team of Lenz, Janna Hearty, Melfi, and Connie Reagan

The Maroon and Gold will be back in action on Wednesday when they host the Blue Streaks of Beaumont.

Warriors shine at 38^th annual Viking Invitational

Win two events and set three school records

December 15, 2012--The Warriors traveled to the Busby Natatorium on the Cleveland State Campus to compete in the Viking Invitational. Over 700 swimmers from 65 plus schools competed in this non-scoring Northeast Ohio classic.

For the third year in a row, senior Danielle Margheret won her specialty, the 100 yard breaststroke. Margheret’s winning time of 1:04.42 is her best effort of the season. Also successfully defending a Viking Invitational title was Kailey Francetic in one meter diving. Francetic, a sophomore, scored 389.55 points in the 11 dive competition.

Two individual school records were garnered by freshman Lauren Heller. In Saturday morning’s preliminary heat, Lauren swam 1:57.27 in the 200 yard freestyle to break Katie Mann’s 1:58.18, set at the 2005 Barberton Invitational. Then in the evening’s 200 free finals heat, Lauren bested her time to 1:53.05 in placing second. Then Lauren reset her school record in the 100 yard freestyle, lowering her time of 53.02, set at this season’s Solon Relays, to 51.38, to collect an additional second place finish.

A third school record was collected by the 200 yard medley team of senior Kassandra Pawuk, Margheret, senior Lauren Tullis, and Lauren Heller. They placed second in the championship final heat with a school record time of 1:48.52. Their time bested the effort of 1:50.44, set at the 2011 State Meet by Britney Geyer, Margheret, Rosalie Woolf and Tullis. The fourth school record was set by the 200 freestyle relay team of Tullis, Margheret, sophomore Alyssa Heller, and Lauren Heller. Their fourth place effort of 1:39.79 broke last season’s district meet time of 1:40.55, set by the team of Margheret, Kassandra Pawuk, Alyssa Heller, and Tullis.

Finally, Lauren Tullis won the consolation heat of the 100 yard butterfly to place 11^th. Her time of 59.92 is a personal best effort.

Click here for complete meet results. http://swimmeet.com/meets/viking12/

The Warriors will not compete again until after the Christmas, when they host the Warrior Relays at the University of Akron on December 29^th.

Warrior remain undefeated in dual meets

December 12, 2012--The girl’s swimming and diving team defeated Hoban last night, 114 to 57, to raise their dual meet record to 4 – 0. Placing first for the Warriors were Lauren Heller – 200 individual medley; Alex Ciccotelli – one meter diving; Liz Melfi – 100 yard butterfly; Danielle Margheret – 100 yard freestyle; Kassandra Pawuk – 100 yard backstroke; Abby Lenz – 100 yard butterfly; the 200 yard medley relay team of Tori Meadows, Margheret, Lauren Tullis, and Samantha Geyer; the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Margheret, Alyssa Heller, and Lauren Heller; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Melinda Renuart, Abby Driass, Lauren Heller, and Alyssa Heller.

Warriors compete in Ned Reeb

Daniel Margheret defends breaststroke title

December 8, 2013--The Warriors traveled to Columbus this past weekend to compete in the Ned Reeb Memorial High School Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet. Held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of The Ohio State University, the Maroon and Gold placed 13^th overall with 114 points in the 48 plus team invitational. Defending Division I state champion Upper Arlington placed first with followed by Granville in second place.

Danielle Margheret successfully defended her Ned Reeb 100 yard breaststroke title, winning with a time of 1:04.96, just missing her meet record of 1:04.17, set last season. Also swimming in the championship heat was the 200 yard medley relay quartet of Kassandra Pawuk, Margheret, Lauren Tullis and Alyssa Heller, placing fifth. Another top ten performance for the Maroon and Gold was Kailey Francetic’s seventh place finish in the one meter dive (11 dives).

 Also qualifying to the evenings finals, and swimming in the consolation heat were Alyssa Heller who placed 18^th in the 50 yard freestyle and Lauren Tullis who place 12^th in the 100 yard butterfly. Final points were scored by the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Heller, Margheret and Samantha Geyer which placed 11^th and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Geyer, Melinda Renuart, and Abby Driass which placed 19^th

Click here for complete meet results. http://www.swimmeet.com/meets/nedreeb12/

The Warriors will be back in action on Wednesday evening when they host the Knights of Archbishop Hoban at 7:00 P.M. at Ocasek Natatorium on the University of Akron’s campus.

Warriors score double win

December 6, 2012-- Held at the Ocasek Natatorium on the University of Akron’s campus, the host Warriors defeated St. Joseph Academy, 120 to 63, and Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, 128 to 65. The Maroon and Gold increased their dual meet record to 3 – 0.

Placing first for the Warriors were Melinda Renuart – 200 yard freestyle; Kailey Francetic – one meter diving; Lauren Tullis – 100 yard butterfly; Samantha Geyer – 100 yard freestyle; Kassandra Pawuk – 100 yard backstroke; Danielle Margheret – 100 yard breaststroke; the 200 yard medley relay team of Tori Meadows, Margheret, Tullis and Pawuk; the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Tullis, Abby Driass, Samantha Geyer and Margheret; and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Driass, Meadows, Pawuk and Renuart.

The Maroon and Gold are back in action this Saturday when they travel to Columbus to compete in the highly competitive Neb Reed Invitational.

Warriors place fifth at Comet Relays

Francetic and Ciccotelli win diving relay

The Warriors open up the 2012-2013 season by scoring 70 points to place fifth at the eight team Solon Comet Relays this past weekend. Defending Division I state champion Upper Arlington won with 138 points. The Golden Bears were followed by Hudson (114 points), defending Division II state champion Hawken School (106 points) and Solon (76 points). The Maroon and Gold were led by the first place finish of Kailey Francetic and Alexandra Ciccotelli in the one meter diving relay. An additional highlight of the afternoon for the Warriors was Lauren Heller’s lead-off leg in the 400 yard freestyle relay. Heller’s split of 53.02 for the 100 yard freestyle set a new school record, eclipsing Katie Mann’s 54.36, established at the 2005 district meet.

The Warriors are back in action this Tuesday when they travel to Beachwood for their fist dual meet of the season.