Indians beat SEC rival Adrian

The Tecumseh Indians swim and dive team defeated county and Southeastern Conference rival Adrian on Thursday, Sept. 25, with a 111-76 final.  

Tecumseh opened the evening with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay as the team of Kaitlyn Van DeCar, Gretchen Seidel, Leah Corby and Chelsea Shartle touched the wall in a state qualifying time of 2:02.37.  

Tecumseh claimed firsts in 8-of-12 events.  Allie Merritt had two individual firsts, winning the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.74) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:04.79); Leah Corby won the 500 free (5:42.52) and was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay team. Kaitlyn Van De Car had a winning swim in the 100-yard backstroke (1:09.79) and also the 200-yard medley. Gretchen Seidel was also a member of the 200-yard medley relay and won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.24).   

Marissa Martin won the diving competition for the Indians while Freshman Alisha Payne finished second and Erin Lara, third.  

The THS 400-yard freestyle relay team of Corby, Jessica Blevins, Diana Brown and Danielle Sloan touched the wall almost 13 seconds in front of the Maples for a first place time of 4:04.99.   Adding points for second place were Seidel, in her 200-yard IM (2:36.81) and Kirsten Clark, in both the individual 50-yard (27.24) and 100-yard (1:00.14) freestyle events.  

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Merritt, Chelsea Shartle, Danielle Sloan and Kirsten Clark finished second just four tenths of a second behind Adrian's winning team.
Tecumseh's Jessica Blevins placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:18.49) as did Meghan Parks in the 200-yard IM (2:37.39), Danielle Sloan, in the 50-yard freestyle (27.91), Brittanie Rice in the 500 Free (6:12.24) and Alixe Kendrek in the 100-yard backstroke (1:12.68).  Tecumseh's 400-yard relay 'B' team was also third.

Other top six finishes earned by Indians included fourth placing Claire McCrate, in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyles, Paige Chessor, 200-yard IM, Diana Brown, 50-yard freestyle, Kelsi Malcolm, 100-yard butterfly, Shartle, 100-yard freestyle and Dominique Shelle, 100-yard backstroke.  

Placing fifth were Alixe Kendrek in the 100-yard freestyle and Alisha Wolf in the 100-yard backstroke.

Placing sixth were Jamie Brimm, 50-yard freestyle, Stephanie Acosta, 100-yard butterfly and Jessie Englund, 100-yard breaststroke.