Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School won the combined team title in the 5^th Region swimming and diving meet. The Tates Creek boys and the Henry Clay girls were runners-up.

Nick Wrightson of Henry Clay was named the meet’s Outstanding Competitor, and Craig Calvert of Tates Creek won the Sportsmanship Award.

The boys’ all-region team included Henry Clay’s Wrightson, Russ Bryant and Chris Rush; Tates Creek’s Christian Clark and Ethan Curl; and Dunbar’s Paul Parell. Making the girls’ all-region team were Dunbar’s Jenna Ballinger and Sandra Wilk, Lafayette’s Rebecca Hamperian and Henry Clay’s Kelly Ren.

The 5^th Region swim meet was Feb. 12 at Eastern Kentucky University; divers competed Feb. 9 at Transylvania University. Winners from Fayette County Public Schools included the following.

Boys:

• 200 medley relay – Henry Clay, 1:40.48 (Chris Gerhardstein, Nick Wrightson, Russ Bryant, Chris Rush).
• 200 freestyle – Nick Wrightson, Henry Clay, 1.42.23.
• 200 individual medley – Christian Clark, Tates Creek, 2:00.04.
• 100 butterfly – Russ Bryant, Henry Clay, 53.88.
• 500 freestyle – Nick Wrightson, Henry Clay, 4:39.67.
• 200 freestyle relay – Dunbar, 1:30.76 (Paul Parell, Adam Harter, Fernando Zarate, Spencer Fair).
• 400 freestyle relay – Henry Clay, 3:17.48 (Nick Wrightson, Chris Gerhardstein, Russ Bryant, Chris Rush).

Girls:

• 100 freestyle – Jenna Ballinger, Dunbar, 53.64.
• 200 freestyle relay – Dunbar, 1:40.84 (Sydney Toth, Casey Ren, Courtney Younger, Jenna Ballinger).
• 100 backstroke – Kelly Ren, Henry Clay, 58.33.
• 400 freestyle relay – Dunbar, 3:38.17 (Sydney Toth, Casey Ren, Sandra Wilk, Jenna Ballinger).
• 1-meter diving – Rebecca Hamperian, Lafayette, 517.55.