Carson boys swim beats McQueen

The Carson High swim teams warmed up for the zone championships with strong efforts against McQueen on Saturday.

Carson's boys beat McQueen 159-100 while the Senator girls were edged by McQueen 153-148 at the Carson Aquatic Center.

For the boys, Carson's Todd Stroup, Justin Barber, Kiel Costella and Jake Oxoby won the 200-yard medley relay (one minute, 52.10 seconds). The Senators also went 1-2-3 in the 200 freestyle with Costella winning (2:03.24), Andrew Cardinal taking second (2:07.78) and Jesse Steele placing third.

Barber won the 200 individual medley (1:59.61) and the 500 free (4:58.27). Jeff Stroup took second in the 500 free (5:25.05).

Oxoby won the 50 free (25.42) while Kevin Milam placed second. Oxoby also won the 100 butterfly (1:00.02) while Costella took second (1:00.19). In the 100 free, Cardinal won (56.30) while Milam took second (1:01.57). In the 100 backstroke, Todd Stroup won (1:06.15) while Adrian Zeh took second (1:08.68).

Carson also went 1-2 in the 400 free relay. Barber, Oxoby, Costella and Cardinal won (3:40.58) and Steele, Lewis Brugstrom, Milam and Jeff Stroup placed second.

Todd and Jeff Stroup, Milam and Cardinal won the 200 free relay (1:46.34). Brent Server also took second in diving for Carson.

In the girls meet, Carson's Tara Theilemann, Lauren Metcalf, Emily Johnson and Jessica Goddard won the 200 medley relay in 2:03.89. Theilemann won the 200 free (2:00.95) and the 50 free (25.89) while Metcalf won the 500 free (5:43.76).

Theilemann led a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 free as Katie Wandel took second (26.45) and Goddard placed third.

Katie Wandel won the 100 free (58.86) while Hillary Schlager took second (59.12). Metcalf, Wandel, Schlager and Theilemann also won the 200 free relay (1:49.39) and Schlager won the 100 breastroke (1:18.72) while Metcalf took second (1:19.87). In addition, Charity Ricks took second in diving.

Carson's girls were not at full strength against McQueen. Johnson was battling an illness and Lauren Costella has been participating in training for the World University Games in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The zone meet will be held this Friday and Saturday at the University of Nevada, beginning at 2 p.m. each day. The diving will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Carson's boys are the defending zone champions. This year's meet figures to be a three-team race between the Senators, Reno High and Galena.

"It will be interesting to see how all that plays out," Carson coach Monica Weaver said.

Reno is the favorite in the girls meet. "They have a lot of depth, a lot of strong depth," Weaver said.

Carson and Galena figure to battle for second. "I think we'll do well," Weaver said. "We have a lot of veteran swimmers going."