Libertyville reigns in Lake County

Posted December 15, 2007 10:00 pm

Daily Herald reports

It was more than just a win in the 400-yard free relay for Libertyville.

When the Wildcats' quartet of Stephen Wimmer, Kegan Rogers, Ben Glick and John Blankenhorn touched out Barrington 3:16.17 to 3:16.80, Libertyville wrapped up a 267-point performance at the Lake County meet at Highland Park on Saturday to edge second-place Lake Forest by a point.

Barrington (251) took third, followed by Stevenson (193), Mundelein (100), Warren (95), Deerfield (78), Vernon Hills (61), Zion-Benton (39) and host Highland Park (27).

Wimmer (54.21) and Rogers (54.31) added a 1-2 finish for the Wildcats in the butterfly. Daniel Lejeune (1:03.11) and Austin Hoover (1:03.29) also went 1-2 in the breaststroke.

Barrington won the medley relay in 1:39.74, thanks to Brian Marko, Justin Yu, Ben Redpath and Nick Santoro.

Yu added another first in the IM.

Duncan Partridge swam a 21.30 to set a pool record en route to winning the 50 free for Stevenson. He also took the 100 (48.13) before joining Jamie Clark, Greg Spigelman and Matt Duncan in the Patriots' winning 200 free relay.

Mundelein took third in the 200 free relay (1:34.68), thanks to Patrick Falconer, Zach Purol, Sean Trinka and Kevin Coughlin.

Warren's Kirk Gagliardo went 4:58.56 to finish third in the 500. Gordy Skeoch took sixth in the breaststroke (1:05.64) for Vernon Hills.

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