Seuferer breaks 100 fly PR, but Rochester falls to CMA

Lady Zs’ also lose, though Widman, Miller finish in top 3 of 50 free

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Jake Seuferer

Tanner Reese, Spencer Backus and Wes Steininger each won an individual event, and they teamed up with Jake Seuferer to win the 200 freestyle relay for the Rochester boys swimming team in a 107-68 home loss to Culver Academy Monday.

Meanwhile, Culver Academy swept all 12 events en route to winning the girls meet 143-38.

Reese won the 200 freestyle in 2:04.72, Backus won the 200 individual medley in 2:29.26, and Steininger prevailed in the 50 freestyle in 25.41 seconds.

“Tanner’s 200 time was good, and he

Audrey Widman

looked really solid in the water also,” Rochester coach Stephanie Brown said.

The winning 200 freestyle relay time was 1:41.20.

The other Rochester individual winner was Peyton Brooks, who was unopposed and scored 185.85 points over six dives.

Reese’s 100 freestyle time of 54.53 seconds, and Seuferer’s 100 butterfly time of 57.77 seconds were both personal bests, even though neither time was fast enough to win.

Seuferer also swam a 1:01.43 in the 100 backstroke, which was a time cut.

“We don’t come into a meet like that worrying about winning or losing the meet,” Rochester coach Stephanie Brown said. “We worry about our individuals, which is nice with swimming. You know, you have a team score, but then you also have individual things that you can improve on. There’s lots of different areas where you can look for things.”

In the girls meet, Rochester’s Audrey Widman and Aubrey Miller finished second and third in 36.89 and 36.92 seconds, respectively.

“They both have improved a lot,” Brown said. “Audrey Widman is another one that swam club when she was younger, so she’s been out of the pool for a couple years. Aubrey Miller is brand new, but they’re both seeing lots and lots of improvement and doing really well and working hard every day. It’s nice for them to put in that hard work. Like we’ve talked before, we’re a very new team. We didn’t win a ton of events tonight, but there are areas where you can always improve.”

Seanna Gudas was third in both the 200 individual medley in 3:34.85 and third in the 100 backstroke in 1:44.45.

“Seanna, she swam club ot recently but when she was younger, so she came to us with a little bit of experience,” Brown said. “So we’ve had to do a lot of work of remembering how to do everything and fine-tuning some stuff, and she’s done a really good job of working hard. She battled a little bit of illness – most of the kids have at some point – but she’s coming out of that, she’s doing really well. Because she’s got that background, sometimes she gets stuck with some of those tougher events that not everybody can do.”

Culver Academy and Rochester are sectional rivals. Culver Academy has won three of the last four girls sectional titles and two of the last three boys sectional crowns.

GIRLS RESULTS: CULVER ACADEMY 143, ROCHESTER 38

Scoring on 6-4-3-2-1 basis for individual events and 8-4-2 basis for relays

Winners plus all Rochester scorers

200 medley relay

1. Culver Academy (Liu, Zhu, Gifford, Pragale) – 2:01.48, 3. Rochester (Kylie Haselby, Kaedra Shook, Ava Thomas, Seanna Gudas) – 2:51.49, 4. Rochester (Audrey Tobin, Audrey Widman, Skyla Mitchell, Aubrey Miller) – 3:07.25

200 freestyle

1. Shafeek-Horton (CGA) – 2:11.29, 4. Ava Thomas (RHS) – 2:45.77, 5. Audrey Tobin (RHS) – 3:36.51

200 individual medley

1. Liu (CGA) – 2:31.40, 3. Seanna Gudas (RHS) – 3:34.85, 4. Payton Moore (RHS) – 3:47.03

50 freestyle

1. Teglia (CGA) – 26.54 seconds, 2. Audrey Widman (RHS) – 36.89 seconds, 3. Aubrey Miller (RHS) – 36.92, 5. Kaedra Shook (RHS) – 37.70

Diving

1. Orendain (CGA) – 193.40 points, 4. Kylie Haselby (RHS) – 126.75

100 butterfly

1. Gifford (CGA) – 1:05.74, 4. Skyla Mitchell (RHS) – 2:01.60

100 freestyle

1. Burlison (CGA) – 1:07.62, 3. Kylie Haselby (RHS) – 1:12.81, 5. Aubrey Miller (RHS) – 1:26.05

500 freestyle

1. Shafeek-Horton (CGA) – 6:08.72, 4. Audrey Widman (RHS) – 9:00.45

200 freestyle relay

1. Culver Academy (Shafeek-Horton, Gifford, Zhu, Teglia) – 1:50.57, 3. Rochester (Seanna Gudas, Payton Moore, Aubrey Miller, Skyla Mitchell) – 2:24.94, 4. Rochester (Ava Thomas, Audrey Tobin, Kaedra Shook, Audrey Widman) – 2:37.03

100 backstroke

1. Martinson (CGA) – 1:18.27, 3. Seanna Gudas (RHS) – 1:44.45, 5. Payton Moore (RHS) – 1:48.73

100 breaststroke

1. Pragale (CGA) – 1:13.21, 4. Kaedra Shook (RHS) – 2:01.21

400 freestyle relay

1. Culver Academy (Bird, Bryant, O’Hare, Teglia) – 4:20.66, 3. Rochester (Ava Thomas, Skyla Mitchell, Payton Moore, Kylie Haselby) – 5:17.02

BOYS RESULTS: CULVER ACADEMY 107, ROCHESTER 68

Scoring on 6-4-3-2-1 basis for individual events and 8-4-2 basis for relays

Winners plus all Rochester scorers

200 medley relay

1. Culver Academy (Dorrel, Collins, MacDonald, Youvan) – 1:47.82, 2. Rochester (Jake Seuferer, Wes Steininger, Tanner Reese, Spencer Backus) – 1:53.19, 5. Rochester (Elliot Miller, Rabuor Tindi, Lane Shank, Noah Riffle) – 2:33.45

200 freestyle

1. Tanner Reese (RHS) – 2:04.72, 3. Seth Flenar (RHS) – 2:38.51

200 individual medley

1. Spencer Backus (RHS) – 2:29.26, 2. Reece Johnson (RHS) – 2:31.67

50 freestyle

1. Wes Steininger (RHS) – 25.41 seconds, 5. Brevin Nicholson (RHS) – 31.67

Diving

1. Peyton Brooks (RHS) – 185.85 points

100 butterfly

1. MacDonald (CMA) – 56.97 seconds, 3. Jake Seuferer (RHS) – 57.77, 4. Spencer Backus (RHS) – 1:12.52

100 freestyle

1. Youvan (CMA) – 53.51 seconds, 2. Tanner Reese (RHS) – 54.53, 5. Rabuor Tindi (RHS) – 1:25.33

500 freestyle

1. Gaff (CMA) – 6:43.37, 3, Noah Riffle (RHS) – 6:52.34, 4. Brevin Nicholson (RHS) – 7:02.78

200 freestyle relay

1. Rochester (Tanner Reese, Spencer Backus, Wes Steininger, Jake Seuferer) – 1:41.20, 4. Rochester (Reece Johnson, Noah Riffle, Peyton Brooks, Brevin Nicholson) – 1:56.96

100 backstroke

1. MacDonald (CMA) – 1:00.80, 2. Jake Seuferer (RHS) – 1:01.43, 5. Reece Johnson (RHS) – 1:10.21

100 breaststroke

1. Collins (CMA) – 1:04.88, 3. Wes Steininger (RHS) – 1:15.37, 5. Rabuor Tindi (RHS) – 1:40.99

400 freestyle relay

1. Culver Academy (Deshmukh, Neary, Dienes, Dorrel) – 3:57.06, 4. Rochester (Reece Johnson, Seth Flenar, Noah Riffle, Brevin Nicholson) – 4:37.93, 5. Rochester (Peyton Brooks, Grant Bailey, Rabuor Tindi, Elliot Miller) – 5:28.93