By RYAN WALKER
MONROE — The Snider Panthers were the winners of the dual meet at Adams Central with Norwell on Monday.
By just seven points, Snider topped the Knights in a 110-103 score, while the hosting Flying Jets put up 96 points.
This meet was unique, as it was the first where the boys’ team traveled without the girls’ team, who finished their season in the sectional over the weekend. It was also the final one of the regular season, so Norwell head coach Stephanie Scott mixed the lineup around to keep things loose.
She also flipped the lineup around some due to some of the injuries and illness happening this week and took it easy.
“They did well tonight,” Scott said after the meet. “We have a few who are injured and not feeling well, so for what we’ve got going on with the team at the moment, we did really well. Their spirits are up and had fun tonight.”
The team is swimming loose right now, a calm before the storm that is the sectional beginning next Thursday, Feb. 15.
To prepare, the team will be going into a taper either Tuesday or Wednesday. The taper will include high-intensity workouts with more rest in between to recover and train hard for the big showdown at Jay County.
This year’s team will hope to defend its 2022-23 sectional championship but will be doing it with less swimmers on the roster due to six key graduates from that squad.
That sectional will take place at Jay County beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15.
Event Winners
• Ethan Williamson, Colten Strunk, Parker McCartney and Kale Meredith in the 200-yard medley relay.
• Meredith in the 200-yard freestyle.
• Williamson in the 100-yard backstroke.
• McCartney in the 100-yard breaststroke.
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