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The O'Fallon Breakers Swim Team continued their trek through the 2011 = season=20 with a close 292-236 win on the road Tuesday, July 5 over conference = rival=20 Highland. Both teams compete in the nine-team Midwest Swim = Conference.
"I was generally pleased with our performance tonight," Coach Kim = (Kurtz)=20 Eddy said. "I thought most of our kids came ready to compete and they = did a=20 great job. We had some strong individual wins and pulled out some good = relay=20 wins as well =97 a balanced effort overall across all age groups. = Highland is very=20 good...a large team with a bunch of year-round swimmers. I consider this = a great=20 win"
Multi-event winners for the Breakers were Olivia Mussatto (25 Free, = 25 Back),=20 Collin Logsdam (25 Free, 25 back), Natalie Edwards (50 Free, 100 IM, and = 50=20 Fly), Alex Mueller (100 Breast, 100 Back), Evan Potter (25 Free, 25 = Back), Zach=20 Legrand (100 Free, 100 IM, and 50 Fly), Brian Hobbs (25 Free, 25 Breast, = and 100=20 IM), Max Gibbs (100 IM, 50 Back), Alyssa Thoman (25 Back, 25 Fly), Tori = Weiss=20 (100 Back, 50 Fly), and Grant Bowes (100 Free, 50 Fly). Other event = winners were=20 Angela Newlon (50 Fly), Amanda Lavigne (25 Free), and Melissa Cooper = (100 Free).=20
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In addition, wins were posted by the boys 12-under Medley Relay, boys = 13-18=20 Medley Relay, girls 8-under Free Relay, boys 8-under Free Relay, boys = 9-10 Free=20 Relay, girls 15-18 Free Relay, boys 13-14 Free Relay and boys 15-18 Free = Relay=20 squads.
New team 11-12 Boys age-group records were set by Max Gibbs in the = 100 IM,=20 the 50 Free and the 50 Back. In addition, a new 11-12 Boys 200-Meter = Relay=20 record was set by the foursome of Max Gibbs, Adam Spihlman, Joey Black = and Adam=20 Mueller.
Riding high after the win on Tuesday, the final road meet of the = season=20 against Westhaven (on Thursday) was called due to weather.
"We likely won't be able to make the Westhaven meet up," Eddy said. = "They=20 already have another meet they need to squeeze in plus the mutual = schedules are=20 conflicting. But that's fine =97 we have home meets on June 12 = (Freeburg) and June=20 14 (Dorchester) so our swimmers will have ample opportunity to record = some good=20 times leading up to Conference on July 23.
"It's hard to believe but our regular season is almost over," Eddy = added. "We=20 need to keep working hard and get better in a hurry. Our objective every = year is=20 a top three finish at Conference =97 and this year will be no = exception."
That objective would appear right on track, as the Breakers have = finished=20 second each of the past three seasons...or since Eddy's took the helm as = head=20 coach. This year's Conference Meet will again be held at the O'Fallon = Pool.=20
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