Tecumseh beats Dundee for first season victory

Tecumseh’s varsity girls swim and dive team defeated Dundee 120-66 on Tuesday, Sept. 11, for its first victory of the season.Rachel Waite highlighted the event with a first place state cut time of 2:16.89 in the 200 IM.She also won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:08.71 while Jennifer Gozdor was third in 1:26.61.Waite was a member of the Indians’ winning 200-yard medley relay team, with Alison Eubanks, Mackenzie Foss and Nicole Greene clocking in at 2:09.22, and the first place 400-yard freestyle relay (4:09.29).Green also placed first in the 100-yard freestyle (59.65) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.35).Elizabeth Becker placed first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:24.84 while Kelsey Smith was second (2:26.47).Nicole Collins won the 50-yard freestyle (29.57) and was second in the 100-yard freestyle (1:04.81). Foss was third in the 100-yard freestyle (1:05.5).Sarah Kelly placed first for Tecumseh in diving with a score of 193.30 while teammate Jillian Travis was third with 158.25.Tecumseh’s Kelsey Smith placed first in the 500-yard freestyle (6:22.59), while Karly Smith won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.13). Becker placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:25.62).The Indians lost 104-82 at Monroe on Thursday, Sept. 13.Waite placed first in both the 200-yard IM (2:19.09) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.65).Tecumseh also had a solid showing in diving with Kelly placing first (175.45), Travis, second (145.25) and Alison Eubanks, third (119.00).Foss placed second in the 500-yard freestyle (6:14.07) while Becker was second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:20.03).Tecumseh’s 400-yard freestyle relay team (Kelsey Smith, Foss, Karly Smith, Becker, 4:30.98) placed second.