County champs
- Updated: November 15, 2016
Oxford, Donoho claim county team titles, while Weaver’s Balma and Donoho’s Angell take home top individual honors
Donoho’s Pitts Angell (top left) and Weaver’s Lucia Balma bring home of their wins in Monday’s Calhoun County Swimming Championships. (Photos by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)
By East Alabama Sports Today
ANNISTON (Nov. 14) — Weaver’s Lucia Balma and Donoho’s Pitts Angell both won four events to claim high-points honors while Oxford’s girls and Donoho’s boys won their respective Calhoun County team championships Monday night.
Balma repeated as the girls MVP by winning the 200 individual medley (2:46.27), 100 freestyle (1:04.81), 100 backstroke (1:15.81), and 100 butterfly in the Anniston YMCA pool. Angell, meanwhile, won the 200 individual medley (2:18.72); 50 freestyle (24.52); 100 breaststroke (1:18.84) and the 100 freestyle (54.38).
The Lady Yellow Jackets won the girls team title with 75 points. Donoho won the boys crown with 67 points.
This year’s championship meet was expected to be the most competitive in its history. More teams were involved in the races and the relays were taken out completely.
“Overall, it was a great opportunity to get up and race in preparation for sectionals in Birmingham this weekend,” Donoho coach Johnnie Pearson said.
White Plains’ Jacob Heath became the latest county swimmer to qualify for the Sectionals with his fourth-place finish in the boys 100 freestyle (1:00.00).
The others already qualified in individual events are Balma, Emma Levesque and Dylan Smith of Weaver; Cade Hilburn of Oxford; Elisabth Martin and Jacob Heath of Wellborn; Lance Leguerre of Wellborn and Donoho’s Angell.
Oxford girls also will have three relay teams and Donoho’s boys will have two in the sectionals at the Crossplex.
Wellborn’s Lance LaGuerre touches the wall at the end of one of his races. (Photo by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)
CALHOUN COUNTY SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Anniston YMCA Pool
BOYS
Team scores: Donoho 67, Oxford 46, Weaver 24, White Plains 24, Sacred Heart 21, Wellborn 21.
200 Freestyle: Dylan Smith, Weaver 2:19.71; Carson Freeman, Oxford 2:26.91; Slade Haney, Donoho 2:34.03.
200 Individual Medley: Pitts Angell, Donoho 2:18.72.
50 Freestyle: Pitts Angell, Donoho 24.52; Cade Hilbun, Oxford 25.34; Julian Magadia, Sacred Heart 26.19.
100 Butterfly: Julian Magadia, Sacred Heart 1:01.19; Cade Hilbun, Oxford 1:05.16; Lance LaGuerre, Wellborn 1:21.72.
100 Breaststroke: Pitts Angell, Donoho 1:18.84; Jacob Heath, White Plains 1:24.10; Camden Kitchen, Donoho 1:44.40.
100 Backstroke: Cade Hilbun, Oxford 1:03.50; Dylan Smith, Weaver 1:13.91; Lance LaGuerre, Wellborn 1:21.34.
500 Freestyle: Jacob Heath, White Plains 6:23.15; Dylan Smith, Weaver 6:29.72.
100 Freestyle: Pitts Angell, Donoho 54.38; Julia Magadia, Sacred Heart 55.65; Cade Hilbun, Oxford 56:33.
GIRLS
Team scores: Oxford 75, Weaver 60, Donoho 43, White Plains 30, Sacred Heart 11.
200 Freestyle: Elisabeth Martin, White Plains 2:27.85; Cailin Campbell, Donoho 2:43.04; Heather Wright, Oxford 2:44.28.
200 Individual Medley: Lucia Balma, Weaver 2:46.27; Stephanie Oblena, Sacred Heart 3:11.73; Tori Williams, Oxford 3:34.18.
50 Freestyle: Emma Levesque, Weaver 29.47; Elisabeth Martin, White Plains 30:03; Amarachi Nwogu, Donoho 31.65.
100 Butterfly: Lucia Balma, Weaver 1:20.49; Elisabeth Martin, White Plains 1:23.97; Emma Levesque, Weaver 1:27.97.
100 Breaststroke: Tori Williams, Oxford 1:42.63; Blakely Freeman, Oxford 1:44.09; Shae Wright, Oxford 1:50.76.
100 Backstroke: Lucia Balma, Weaver 1:15.81; Emma Levesque, Weaver 1:20.40; Heather Wright, Oxford 1:28.30.
500 Freestyle: Elisabeth Martin, White Plains 6:51.72; Cailin Campbell, Donoho 7:35.47.
100 Freestyle: Lucia Balma, Weaver 1:04.81; Emma Levesque, Weaver 1:05.03; Amarachi Nwogu, Donoho 1:16.00.
Heather Wright of girls team champion Oxford cuts through the water in her 100 backstroke race. (Photo by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)
See more of B.J. Franklin’s swimming photos at bjfranklin.smugmug.com
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