Fettig breaks school record as Stars split with Bruins

Dec. 2—DOVER — One of Leelah Fettig's goals for this season was to break the 6- and 11-dive school records at Western Boone.

She got half of that done on Thursday night, setting the six-dive school record with a score of 275.85.

"We were so excited for her," Western Boone head swimming and diving coach Hayley Eadie said. "It's been a long time coming for her, she works so hard. Sometimes she goes and practices more after practicing here. After signing with Ball State yesterday and breaking the record today, it's been a pretty exciting week for her. I am proud of her."

Fettig's performance was one of many good ones for the Stars, who split with Tri-West in the pool on Thursday.

The WeBo girls won 118-62 and the Tri-West boys won 105-71.

"I think tonight was our best meet so far," Eadie said. "Our kids are getting into a groove with each of their races and figuring out how they are going to compete. I was pleased with how they did tonight."

Adelaide Jones and Arianna Stieber both won all four of their events on Thursday for the girls.

They teammed with Rashel Anderson and Katherine Aliff to win the medley relay in a time of 2:04.76, and with Hannah Hayden and Kaitlyn Crowley to win the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 4:09.65.

Jones won the IM in a time of 2:31.83, with Jenna Twitty third in 2:48.51. Jones led a 1-2-3 finish in the backstroke. She won in a time of 1:07.35, with Anderson second in 1:11.75 and Jenna Twitty third in 1:14.60.

Stieber won the 50-freestyle in 26.38 and the breaststroke in 1:14.40.

Aliff won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:17.36, with Crowley third in 2:22.08.

Fettig led a 1-2-3 finish in diving, with Maisa Kent-Doolan second in 150.30 and Cara Hanna third in 146.00.

Hannah Hayden was second in the butterfly in 1:14.88, with Lindsey Steimel third in 1:19.97. Anderson led a 1-2 finish in the 100-free, winning in 1:00.13, with Aliff second in 1:02.38.

Crowley was second in the 500 in a time of 6:21.45 and Hayden third in 7:02.65.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Anderson, Twitty, Hayden and Aliff won in 1:55.67.

For the boys, Jacob Norman won the IM in a time of 2:28.36. The Stars also got a win from the 400-free relay team of Tanner Weakley, Norman, Wyatt Barnett and Isaac Threlkeld in a time of 3:54.18.

The medley relay team of Weakley, Jude Balke, Barnett and Ethan Barnett were second in 2:07.04.

Weakley was second in the 200-free in 2:09.90 and in the 100-fly in 1:00.74. Threlkeld was second in the 50 in a time of 25.40.

Xander Rouse was second in diving with a score of 147.00.

The 200-free relay team of Artie Milliser, Norman, Zach Connors and Threlkeld placed second in 1:50.69. Norman was second in the backstroke in 1:08.79.

Western Boone is back in action on Monday at McCutcheon.

"I'm really pleased with how we are doing, and how the underclassmen are learning how things work in high school and the different events," Eadie said. "A lot of the upperclassmen are stepping up into leadership roles and I really like where we are at. We have a few meets under our belts now, so we know what we need to do."

Will Willems is the Sports Editor of the Lebanon Reporter. Follow him on Twitter @Will_Willems.