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February 13, 2011

Dahmenating performance

Press-Republican

POTSDAM — Call him the Dahmenator.

Mats Dahmen won two individual events and aided two relay teams to victories as Plattsburgh High won the Section VII-X swimming title at SUNY Potsdam Saturday.

The Hornets finished with 368.2 points, a healthy distance from second-place AuSable Valley's 225. Malone came in third with 198.

The event winners advance to the state meet at Nassau Aquatic Center on Long Island March 4-5.

PHS finished with five first-place finishes and the same amount of second and third.

Dahmen, a foreign exhange student from Germany, won the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.57 and the 100 freestyle in 50.18.

He teamed with Brent Bond, Brian Goodell and Adam Emery to win the the 200 medlay relay, and then, with Emery, Nick Prenoveau and Nate Leopard, won the 400 freestyle relay.

The Patriots won four events as Ben Ford and Hank McCormick were each two-time winners.

Ford won the 500 freestyle (5:25.47) and 100 backstroke. (1:03.55), while McCormick took first in the 200 freestyle (1:58.36) and 100 breaststroke (1:12.58).

Dan McGovern, the lone swimmer from Beekmantown, won the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly.

Boys' Swimming Championships

at SUNY Potsdam

Team scores: 1, Plattsburgh High, 368. 2, AuSable Valley, 225. 3, Franklin Academy, 198. 4, Gouverneur, 157. 5, Beekmantown, 32. 6, Peru, 8.

200 medley relay — 1, PHS (Brent Bond, Brian Goodell, Mats Dahmen, Adam Emery), 1:55.32. 2, AuSable, 1:59.44. 3, Franklin, 2:01.46. 4, Gouverneur, 2:12.74.

200 freestyle — 1, Hank McCormick (AVC), 1:58.36. 2, Frankie Ablan (G), 2:08.37. 3, Gavin Friedrich (AVC), 2:09.31. 4, Matt Miller (PHS), 2:14.30. 5, Adam Oropallo (FA), 2:23.31. 6, Michael Shaw (FA), 2:28.18.

200 ind medley — 1, Dan McGovern (Btn), 2:15.12. 2, Spencer Hall (PHS), 2:32.03. 3, Nate Emery (PHS), 2:33.81. 4, Aaron Moore (FA), 2:36.43. 5, Taylor Dodds (G), 2:37.33. 6, Jeremy Carpenter (PHS), 2:46.68.

50 freestyle — 1, Mats Dahmen (PHS), 23.57. 2, Matt Evans (PHS), 23.97. 3, Nick Prenoveau (PHS), 25.01. 4, Mitch Miller (AVC), 26.09. 5, Jared Prashaw (G), 26.21. 6, Bach Schanck (FA), 26.54.

100 butterfly — 1, Dan McGovern (Btn), 58.87. 2, Nate Emery (PHS), 1:04.33. 3, Hamsah Qudsi (PHS), 1:06.46. 4, Aaron Moore (FA), 1:07.98. 5, Spencer Hall (PHS), 1:10.37. 6, Bradley Willett (FA), 1:19.37.

100 freestyle — 1, Mats Dahmen (PHS), 50.18. 2, Eric Boyer (FA), 54.93. 3, Nate Leopard (PHS), 55.47. 4, Adam Emery (PHS), 56.82. 5, Mitch Miller (AVC), 57.65. 6, Bach Schanck (FA), 59.36.

500 freestyle — 1, Ben Ford (AVC), 5:25.47. 2, Gavin Friedrich (AVC), 6:06.09. 3, Matt Miller (PHS), 6:12.90. 4, Frankie Ablan (G), 6:25.63. 5, Robbie Hartman (PHS), 6:48.28. 6, Nathan Petrie (G), 6:59.43.

200 freestyle relay — 1, PHS (Matt Evans, Mike Torner, Nick Prenoveau, Nate Leopard), 1:37.66. 2, Franklin, 1:43.73. 3, AuSable, 1:58.49. 4, Gouverneur, 2:10.38.

100 backstroke — 1, Ben Ford (AVC), 1:03.55. 2, Hamsah Qudsi (PHS), 1:05.83. 3, Keiran Kilburn (AVC), 1:09.53. 4, Lincoln Dusharm (G), 1:10.67. 5, Josh LaBounty (PHS), 1:10.89. 6, Brent Bond (PHS), 1:11.06.

100 breaststroke — 1, Hank McCormick (AVC), 1:12.58. 2, Sam Moore (FA), 1:13.50. 3, Brian Goodell (PHS), 1:14.21. 4, Mike Torner (PHS), 1:16.12. 5, Guarav Sheni (PHS), 1:21.41. 6, Joe Courson (PHS), 1:23.00.

400 freestyle relay — 1, PHS (Adam Emery, Nick Prenoveau, Nate Leopard, Mats Dahmen), 3:41.41. 2, AuSable, 3:52.81. 3, Gouverneur, 4:02.45.

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