Central Mountain Swim Team – Arctic Swim Classic - Rodo and Suter Break School Records

Hard work and dedication pay off. That was evident on Saturday as the Central Mountain swim team participated in the annual Artic Swim Classic Invitational in Clearfield. Both boys and girls finished with impressive, personal best times, with the boys placing seventhin the 10-team event and the girls finishing ninth. “Terrific competition,if they were giving out heat ribbons, almost every swimmer would have come home with one”, Coach Matheny said. “I am definitely more than pleased with the way everyone swam. We had a good day.”

District qualifier Hannah Worden

The Wildcats notched a handful of top ten efforts. On the girl’s side,Medley Relay team of Bethany Barrett, Hannah Williams, Hannah Worden and Autumn Shultz, finished anotable tenth place with a time of 2:19:39. Senior Autumn Shultz placed ninth in her 100 yard Freestyle, while the 200 yard Free Relay team of Sackett, Shultz, Barrett and Worden swam a 1:58:98 finishing seventh out of seventeen teams.  “Terrific competition, “Coach Matheny said. “This was a season best for the girls, not to mention that CM had not swum this event under two minutes in the past six years.   Click on 'Read More' below to read the rest of the article.

On the boy’s side, teammates Phil Rodo and Tyler Sheets placed third and tenth respectively in their 50 yard Freestyle, followed by teammate Jordan Suter who took seventh in his 100 yard Butterfly. It didn’t take Suter long to catch his breath from his Butterfly to earn a seventh place finish in his 500 yard freestyle, followed by teammate Benjamin Jones who placed ninth. Teaming up, Sheets, Jones, Suter and Rodo, landed a sixth place finish in 200 yard Free Relay. Junior Phil Rodo captured a seventh place finish in his 100 yard Backstroke while the quartet of Sheets, Jones, Suter and Rodo pushed themselves in the final 400 yard free Relay, placing fifth. 

Jordan Suter, click picture to enlarge

There were many highlights throughout the day from many of the teams, and Central Mountain was no exception. Phil Rodo broke the school record, set by Greg Williams in 2005-06, in his 100 yard Backstroke with a time of 1:02.75 and  Jordan Suter broke his own school record, which he earned just last year as a freshmen, in the 500 yard Freestyle coming in at 5:34.15.Hannah Worden had a prodigious swim in her 50 yard Freestyle, placing 11^th out of sixty-four swimmers, with a 28.48 which qualified her for districts. Rachel Sackett, pushed through her shoulder injury and placed first in her heat in the 50 yard Freestyle. First year swimmer, JeWayne Marshall had an exciting showing in his 50 and 100 yard Freestyle events, coming in at 30:46 and 1:09:66.  

Phil Rodo, click picture to enlarge

“Everybody had a great day, especially coming off Christmas break, said Matheny.” “There was not much idle time over the holidays.  We held two-a-days, swimming over 51,000 yards that week – and that extra effort showed today.” “It was good to see the results of your training to see where you are at, it was a good benchmark for the team, and I am very pleased” 

Central Mountain returns to its dual meet schedule this Thursday when it travels to State College to compete against Bellefonte.