{"id":352074,"date":"2019-02-15T19:41:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T02:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=352074"},"modified":"2019-02-15T20:55:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T03:55:12","slug":"sean-conway-colby-hurt-shine-as-blacksburg-boys-monacan-girls-win-virginia-class-4-state-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sean-conway-colby-hurt-shine-as-blacksburg-boys-monacan-girls-win-virginia-class-4-state-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Conway, Colby Hurt Shine as Blacksburg Boys, Monacan Girls Win Virginia Class 4 State Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Virginia Class 4 State Swimming and Diving Championships took place on Friday, Feb. 15 at the SwimRVA Pool in Richmond, Va.<\/p>\n<p>A total of nine Class 4 records were broken during this meet, including a pair each from Loudon Valley&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sean Conway\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Lafayette&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Colby Hurt<\/strong>. Blacksburg won the boys&#8217; meet with 229 points while Monacan claimed the girls&#8217; team title with a score of 282.5.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2019-virginia-class-4-state-championships\/high-school\/2019\/February\/15?rtn=%2Fresults%2Fhigh-school%3Fpage%3D1%26orderBy%3DResult.MeetStartDateTime%26sortDirection%3D1%26q%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for full results.<\/p>\n<h1>Boys Meet<\/h1>\n<h2>Top 5 Team Scores:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Blacksburg &#8211; 229<br \/>\n2. Lafayette &#8211; 217<br \/>\n3. Jefferson Forest &#8211; 216<br \/>\n4. Jamestown &#8211; 199<br \/>\n5. Riverside &#8211; 179.5<\/p>\n<p>The meet began with a bang as Lafayette&#8217;s 4&#215;50 medley relay team of\u00a0<strong>Aidan\u00a0Crisci\u00a0<\/strong>(25.63),\u00a0<strong>Flynn\u00a0Crisci\u00a0<\/strong>(25.23),\u00a0<strong>Sam Long\u00a0<\/strong>(22.76) and\u00a0<strong>Christopher Kostelni\u00a0<\/strong>(21.06) won in 1:34.68, crushing the previous Class 4 mark of 1:36.50 set by Jefferson Forest last year.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Christian Academy&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>John Michael Gordon<\/strong>, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kentucky-wildcats-secure-verbal-from-versatile-john-michael-gordon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">committed to Kentucky<\/a>, won a tight 200 free battle in 1:39.45 ahead of Kostelni&#8217;s 1:39.65 as the only two swimmers in the field under the 1:40 mark.\u00a0Kostelini then found himself on top of the podium in the 500 free, posting a time of 4:27.85 for the victory. His winning time broke the previous Class 4 record of 4:28.55.<\/p>\n<p>Conway,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/uva-snags-verbal-commit-from-virginia-hs-record-holder-sean-conway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Virginia commit<\/a>,\u00a0dominated the 200 IM, winning by eight seconds in 1:45.77. He broke his own Class 4 mark of 1:47.22 set at this meet last season.\u00a0He was then back in the water to grab another gold, this time winning the 100 free in 44.29 ahead of Davidson&#8217;s 44.96. Conway was only .05 off the overall Virginia state record of 44.24, but was under his own 2018 class mark of 44.81.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Forest&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Matthew Davidson\u00a0<\/strong>sprinted his way to the top of the podium in the 50 free, stopping the clock in 20.88. He eclipsed\u00a0<strong>Colin Wright&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>2016 Class 4 record of 20.98.\u00a0Davidson&#8217;s teammate,\u00a0<strong>Matt<\/strong> <strong>Murray<\/strong>,\u00a0dove to first place on the 1-meter board, posting a final score of 327.75 for the win final.<\/p>\n<p>Monacan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ryan Polino\u00a0<\/strong>was the only swimmer in the race to crack the 50-second barrier in the 100 fly, doing so in 49.86 for the win.\u00a0Caroll County&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Forest Webb\u00a0<\/strong>was victorious in the 100 back in a time of 49.41, about a half-second ahead of runner-up Gordon (49.90).<\/p>\n<p>Midlothian&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Samuel McKey\u00a0<\/strong>(21.67),\u00a0<strong>Matt Duren\u00a0<\/strong>(22.38),\u00a0<strong>Caleb Smietana\u00a0<\/strong>(22.43) and\u00a0<strong>Alexi Gentz\u00a0<\/strong>(21.37) secured the State title in the 4&#215;50 free relay, combining for a time of 1:27.85.\u00a0F. Crisco led the charge in the 100 breast, getting his hands to the wall the fastest in 56.41.<\/p>\n<p>Lafayette&#8217;s\u00a0A. Crisci (49.38), Long (46.59), Kostelni (46.01) and F. Crisci (46.51) concluded the boys&#8217; meet as champions in the 4&#215;100 free relay with a time of 3:08.49, destroying Lafayette&#8217;s Class 4 record of 3:11.05 set back in 2015.<\/p>\n<h1>Girls Meet<\/h1>\n<h2>Top 5 Team Scores:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Monacan &#8211; 282.5<br \/>\n2. Blacksburg &#8211; 215.5<br \/>\n3. Riverside &#8211; 205<br \/>\n4. Dominion &#8211; 172<br \/>\n5. Lafayette -165<\/p>\n<p>Dominion&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ashley Bogushefsky\u00a0<\/strong>(27.86),\u00a0<strong>Natalie Schlemmer\u00a0<\/strong>(30.49),\u00a0<strong>Rachel Schlemmer\u00a0<\/strong>(25.06) and\u00a0<strong>Kelly McMillan\u00a0<\/strong>(24.08) began the girls&#8217; meet by winning the opening 4&#215;50 medley relay in 1:47.49.\u00a0Monacan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Angela Ritchie\u00a0<\/strong>led the way in the 100 back, turning in a time of 56.54 for the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>It was a tight race in the 200 free, and Riverside&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Claire Nguyen\u00a0<\/strong>ultimately came out on top with a time of 1:48.72 ahead of her teammate\u00a0<strong>Allison Kopac<\/strong> (1:48.86). Both girls&#8217; times were well under the previous Class 4 record of 1:50.23, but ultimately Nguyen&#8217;s swim etched her name in the record book.\u00a0Nguyen grabbed her second State title in the 500 free in 4:55.76 as the only swimmer in the field to break five-minutes.<\/p>\n<p>After taking second in the 200 free, Kopac earned the gold medal after sprinting to first in the 100 free with a time of 50.78.\u00a0Jefferson Forest senior and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/old-dominion-snags-commitment-from-versatile-tara-enneking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Dominion commit<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Tara Enneking\u00a0<\/strong>splashed-and-dashed her way to a win in the 50 free, stopping the clock in 23.75 as the only swimmer under the 24-second barrier.<\/p>\n<p>Hurt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/auburn-secures-verbal-from-757-swims-colby-hurt-for-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who will swim for Auburn in 2020<\/a>, posted an eight-second victory in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.38 to crush her own class mark of 2:02.08.\u00a0Hurt&#8217;s second individual victory of the night came in the 100 breast, where she got her hands to the wall first in 1:03.22 ahead of Enneking&#8217;s 1:03.85. Hurt grabbed another Class 4 record, bettering the old one of 1:04.64.<\/p>\n<p>Blacksburg&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Heidi Treser\u00a0<\/strong>dove to the top of the podium after posting a final score of 387.25 points on the 1-meter board, bettering the previous class record of 360.95.\u00a0Grafton freshman\u00a0<strong>Kyleigh Tankard\u00a0<\/strong>powered home to a win in the 100 fly with a final time of 55.69, only two-tenths ahead of runner-up R. Schlemmer (55.85).<\/p>\n<p>The 4&#215;50 free relay victory went to Monacan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kelsey Peel\u00a0<\/strong>(24.52),\u00a0<strong>Angela Ritchie\u00a0<\/strong>(23.76),\u00a0<strong>Allison Pickels\u00a0<\/strong>(24.52) and\u00a0<strong>Christa Jones\u00a0<\/strong>(24.04) in 1:36.84. 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