Cape swim girls beat Saint Mark's 107-63, Vikings boys fall 87-83
Saint Mark’s swimmers came to Cape Feb. 2 all about “cap and trade.”
“They want to trade a swim cap or two, it’s what they do,” said coach Bill Geppert. “I saw a Tatnall and Sussex Academy cap, the problem is our caps are top of the line and have swimmers' names on them.”
Not surprisingly, Jack Weeks, with a personality to match his talents, was the first to give up his cap, which is as close as the Spartans would get to his scalp.
The meet started with a moment of silence for Tommy Coveleski, who passed away the day before. Tommy worked at the Y for years, taught at the Sussex Consortium and was generally a champion of local youth sports.
The Cape girls, protecting a 50-meet winning streak, sent their four stud juniors into the pool for the medley relay.
Sarah Rambo, Sarah Hyde, Amelia Nigh-Johnson and Molly Weeks won the event in a fast time of 1:55.18. Cape captured nine of the 11 events and backed that up with enough depth for a 107-63 victory.
Meghan Jones of Saint Mark’s won the 500 free in 5:16.66 and the 100 backstroke in 1:01.1, setting pool records in each event.
Hyde won the 200 individual in 2:19.74 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.26. Nigh-Johnson won the 50 free in 26.96 and the 100 butterfly in 1:01.63. Weeks won the 200 freestyle in 2:02.47 and the 100 freestyle in 57.37.
The 200 free relay was won by Nigh-Johnson, Rambo, Hyde and Weeks in 1:46.67.
The 400 free relay was won by Madelyn McGreevy, Madison Buchwald, Madison Caldwell and Grace Brokaw in 4:40.41.
The Spartans boys edged Cape 87-83. Jack Weeks won the 100 butterfly in 54.6 and the 100 backstroke in 55.6 while Alec Hochrein won the 50 free in 23.9 and the 100 free in 52.6.
Cape captured the 200 medley relay with a team of Weeks, Mike Schrock, Ricky Brokaw and Nick Conrad in 1:51.98.
The Vikings were scheduled to be at Easton Thursday, Feb. 4, then they are home Tuesday, Feb. 9, versus Sts. Peter and Paul.
The Henlopen Conference Championships are Saturday, Feb. 13, at Lake Forest.
