Windham Girls Retain Winning Ways
Against Catherine McAuley and Deering
High School Girls Swimming
December
27, 2008
By David
Field
Elaine
Miller touches in the final event, the
400m Free Relay to give the Windham
Eagles the win in Saturday's meet at
Riverton Pool. Her Relay mates were
Chloe Mack, Mikayla Eskilon and Kirsten
Russell. The Relay time was 4:42.82.
Photo by David Field
In a
classic show of depth, the Windham Girls
Swimming team defeated both schools in a
holiday meet by a handful of points.
The meet literally came down to the last
event, the 400m Free Relay. The squad
of Chloe Mack, Mikayla Eskilson, Kirsten
Russell and Elaine Miller won the event
in 4:42.82 to seal the meet for the
young Eagle swimmers. All teams were
handicapped with missing swimmers and it
was especially tough for the Eagle Boy’s
squad. They typically have eight
swimmers, but were down 2. They
couldn’t put enough bodies in the pool
to score points. The 200 Free event was
absent a Windham swimmer.
Kim
Sundquist grinds out the 100M butterfly.
Photo by David Field
In the
first half of the meet, McAuley took an
early lead led by the Desrosier twins.
But after the 100 Fly, the 100 Free
seemed to turn the tide for Windham.
Kirsten Russell and Chloe Mack were #1
and #2 respectively earning Windham some
serious points. Then the Desrosier
twins again scored for McAuley taking #1
and #2 in the 400 Free. Windham then
countered with a second and third place
finish in the 200 free relay. Then came
the 100 backstroke. Freshman Elaine
Miller put on a show and finished
first. Then, the final event. The 400m
Free Relay that sealed the deal.
Chloe Mack
swims the breaststroke leg of the
Individual Medley. Mack finished fifth
with a time of 3:05.43 Photo by David
Field
Swimming
is a very young sport in the Town of
Windham. Given the recent success, it
seems it is really here to stay. Also,
St. Joes has invested in their pool and
Windham will be and has hosted meets
there. The girls have the numbers and
they have strong success and are
focusing on the State meet.
Windham
resident Hannah Cormier prepares to
enter the pool in the 200m Freestyle
Relay for McAuley HS. This was her first
swim event in High School. Photo by
David Field.
Also, keep
in mind two Windham residents that swam
for Catherine McAuley. Jen Field and
Hannah Cormier swam in this event.
Cormier made her first appearance in a
swim meet in a relay event for the
Lions. Field swam two relays, the 50
Free and finished fourth and swam the
100 Breaststroke and finished second.
Congratulations to all Windham swimmers
at this event!
