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PORTS CONTACT News: 715-370-6828 Email: swam in 1979. really sink in at Van Ermen said about seeing her time after finishing the race. I was like, wait. I was surprised and happy (about he record). I wanted to reak it, but I think Iwould do it this an Ermen entered he meet with a seed time of 1:03.27 in the event and er performance in the utterfly was a highlight on the night for the Evergreens, who captured the WVC meet title and tied tevens Point Area Senior High for the overall conference title both for the first time in the history.

It also ended a long fascination with the name S. Bobbitt that was as posted among Evere team records. just always have ondered who she vergreens co-captain Miranda Copa said. A few members of the eam did some research in the school library a week before the WVC meet and pulled out the verest yearbook from 1979 to read up not only on the Bobbitt but the accomplishments from the Evergreens swim team that year overall. Everest won the sectional meet that year and also ook five swimmers to tate.

This group has a lready recorded a his- orical season, going into WIAA Divis ion 1sectional meet in udson. The highlights include a program- first win over Wausau East in a WVC dual meet i mid October. you would have asked me (about the team) at the start of season, I really sure where we were Everest first-year coach Melissa Springer said. irst (conference) dual eet out of the gate was against SPASH and we ost by 10 (points). I felt hat we had a pretty good team, but it was just fig- ring out where do we ut people in what events.

knew this team had depth and that we would ave a shot at (beating Springer said. is always really good at getting up and swimming big when they need to, but we just had a great lineup and great relays that day. We ad great energy and the Everest swimmers) went for it. They wanted he Tim Johnson can be eached at 715-845-0731 at timothy.johnson@ gannettwisconsin.com. Find him on Twitter WESTON The 100 yard butterfly record for the D.C.

Everest girls swim program finally fell last Thursday after asting for more than hree decades. Freshman Emma Van rmen finished second i the event during the Wisconsin Valley Confere nce meet in Stevens oint in 1minute, 0.35 seconds. It was more than a second faster than the time that Sue Bobbitt PREP SWIMMING DCE swimming past three decades of history TIM JOHNSON DAILY HERALD MEDIA WISCONSIN RAPIDS A side from winning an individ- al state championship, D.C. Eve rest senior Anthony Anderson apped a stellar season by etching his name in the school record book. A time of 16 minutes, 5.15 seconds was good for sixth place in the Division 1com- etition at the WIAA state cross ountry championships Saturday at The Ridges Golf Course.

The rain that started over- ight and continued through the first five races of the meet cleared less than 10 minutes be- ore the Division 1boys race. A nderson, who was in 10th lace at the one-mile marker and ourth at two miles, kept Drew Bosley of Homestead in his rear view mirror in the final 50 meters of the race to match one other D.C. Everest boy for the best finish at the WIAA state meet. Back in 1996 Ben Schaut placed ixth, a mark that Anderson was appy to equal. I was going to try and take he fifth place guy, but he gave a ast little extra Anderson aid.

knew I had to stay in front of the guy behind me so I could tie Ben Schaut, who placed sixth owever many years ago as the highest any Everest runner had placed at state and now there are wo of I addition to his state finish, Anderson won the Wisconsin Valley Conference and sectional in- ividual titles and has the third- fastest time 5,000 meter time in the history at 15 min- tes, 49 seconds. ven though the rain stopped ad stopped for his race, the amage to the course had been done by the runners of the previous five, but it phase And erson. was he said. felt I ran the hardest ever run. I ran what I thought was my best performance.

I care if it was time-wise or not, I gave everything I could in that last bit and proud of his trip to Wisconsin apids capped three straight of competing at the state eet in which he placed 56th as a ophomore, 15th as a junior and ow sixth. one of the most accomplished athletes verest coach Brad Seeley said. gotten better every year and he was really focused on hat he wanted to accomplish his year and he leaves the program as one of two best finishes for our Mark Massogliacan be reached at 715-423-7200, ext. 4 736 or mark.massoglia gannettwisconsin.com. Follow im on Twitter WIAA STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET OPOFTHE REE sixth-place finish ties D.C.

best for record book MARK MASSOGLIA DAILY TRIBUNE MEDIA MEGAN WISCONSIN MEDIA D.C. Everest's Anthony Anderson, right, trails Middleton's Gus Newcomb during the Division 1boys race Oct 31..