Swimmers Place 3rd at State

2/17/2009

The Tigers finished 3rd overall of out 25 teams in the 2009 VAIS state championships which were held at the Freedom Aquatic Center in Manassas, VA, this past weekend. The team from Woodberry also won the 2009 VAIS Sportsmanship Award. This award was voted on by the coaches from around the state for the team that demonstrated outstanding sportmanship.

Recent results for Woodberry included a 6th place finish in 2008 and a 9th place finish in 2007. The coaches are very proud of the guys for their continued hard work and improvement.

Results by event.

200-yd Medley Relay

3rd: Zach Ingold, Jack Pidgeon, James Crabb, and Walker Truluck (1:38.63)

200-yd Freestyle

6th: James Crabb (1:46.90)

15th: Nick Hoffman (1:54.96)

50-yd Freestyle

1st: Zach Ingold (20.96) *All-American A and new school record

14th: Sean Saunders (22.89)

1-m Diving

13th: Garrison Pfeffer (196.45 pts.)

19th: Frederic Lamontagne (111.65 pts.)

100-yd Butterfly

5th: James Crabb (52.47)

10th: Gavin Forrest (55.62)

14th: Walker Truluck (56.85)

100-yd Freestyle

16th: Walker Truluck (50.78)

200-yd Freestyle Relay

4th: Sean Saunders, Jack Joynson, Gavin Forrest, and Walker Truluck (1:29.46)

100-yd Backstroke

1st: Zach Ingold (52.46) *All-American B

5th: Nick Hoffman (54.99)

14th: Gavin Forrest (58.58)

100-yd Breaststroke

11th: Hollis Allen (1:05.93)

14th: Jack Pidgeon (1:07.16)

400-yd Freestyle Relay

3rd: James Crabb, Christian Day, Gavin Forrest, and Zach Ingold (3:13.59)

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Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.

Woodberry Forest, VA 22989
Phone: 540-672-3900

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