Martin helps St. Al to third-place finish

Published 6:00 am Sunday, September 11, 2016

St. Aloysius didn’t win any races at its home meet Saturday at City Pool, but it did come away with some solid swims and a top-three team finish against a deep field.

Tommy Martin finished second in both the boys’ 100-yard freestyle and backstroke, and Connor Clark was third in the 100 backstroke as the Flashes totaled 74 points and finished third in the team standings.

Martin was also on the 200-yard medley and freestyle relays that both finished third.

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St. Al was edged by Oak Grove for second place. Oak Grove totaled 75 points. Both were well behind Ruston (La.), which won five of the 11 events and the team competition with 140 points.

Eleven teams from Mississippi and Louisiana competed in the meet. Warren Central was ninth in the boys’ standings, with 17 points, and Vicksburg High was 10th with 15.

Vicksburg did have a strong showing in the 50-yard freestyle, with Jonah Juve and Cameron Davis finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.

Madison-St. Joseph won the girls’ meet with 145 points, Ruston was second with 103, and St. Andrew’s third with 53. St. Al had 38 points to finish sixth, and Warren Central was seventh with 33.

Adrienne Eckstein had a strong day for St. Al, coming in second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 27.49 seconds, and fourth in the 100 backstroke. She also joined Leah Larson, Victoria Gong and Chandler Tucker on the 200 freestyle relay team that finished third.

Warren Central’s Carley Copelin had a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyle.