Thursday, January 20, 2005

ROUNDUP

Panastics boys team finishes third

The Panastics’ Level Four boys gymnastics team placed third in the regional "Get a Grip" meet held in Montgomery, Ala., last November. The meet was the first for the team, and it was the only team representing Florida among squads from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

Individual awards also were earned in all categories, including floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, high bars and all-around.

Brad Milner

Chipley girls

stay at No. 2

LAKELAND

Chipley remained at No. 2 in Class 2A in the Florida Sports Writers Association girls prep basketball poll, released on Wednesday. The Tigers (16-3) received one first-place vote and 119 points, 18 behind Miami Dade Christian.

In Class 1A, Bethlehem (12-3) fell from No. 5 to No. 8 after dropping two of its last three games. Also in 1A, Graceville, which had 18 points last week, fell out of the "also receiving votes" category.

Cottondale (12-4) received six votes in Class 2A. Also in 2A, Ponce de Leon didn’t receive any votes after amassing 5 points last week.

Brad Milner

PCST competes

in invitational

During the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, swimmers from the Panama City Swim Team (PCST) participated in the Greater Pensacola Annual Winter Invitational held at Washington High School. Twenty-eight PCST swimmers ages 7-28 competed in the meet, featuring teams throughout the Southeast. Panama City finished sixth out of 10 teams.

Highlighting the team’s performance were high-point winners Carlee McDonald (age 12) and Michael Faulhaber (8). McDonald placed first in the 50 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 50 backstroke, and 200 freestyle. Faulhaber won the 25 butterfly, 25 freestyle and 50 freestyle.

Numerous team members achieved personal-best times during the meet including:

Alex Alberti (16) 100 fly 1:11.68, Ashley Childs (10) 100 free 1:22.83, Emily Claveau (8) 25 breast 28.33, Chelsey Fleming (10) 50 breast 47.58, Victoria Hove (11) 200 free 2:41.25, Lauren Leathers (7) 25 fly 35.71, Jamie McDonald (10) 100 free 1:15.02, Lane Mixon (11) 100 back 1:32.96, Kate Rogers (13) 200 IM 3:22.07, Eve Schnell (14) 200 IM 2:34.64, April Woodrum (16) 500 free 6:17.11, Rebecca Woodrum (10) 50 free 41.48.

Rachel Wornsup (13) 50 free 32.49, Michael Bernhardt (16) 100 free 56.83, Beau Brothers (16) 100 back 1:05.74, Kevin Faulhaber (13) 200 free 2:00.78, Thomas Kinsey (13) 200 free 2:25.03, Chris Kob (13) 100 breast 1:39.18, John Kob (11) 50 back 45.67, Taylor Pippins (17) 100 fly 59.00, Matt Robeson (17) 200 IM 2:18.31, Luke Seaman (17) 200 fly 2:21.60, Zach Stein 20 (16) 50 free 23.72, Troy VonBlankenburg (11) 50 breast 56.08.

"I’m very happy with the team’s performance, with almost all of our swimmers achieving personal-best times," said head coach Nicole Garner, who also competed. "This meet was great preparation for the upcoming meet in Auburn the first weekend in February."

Pat McCann