Alleman, Doody, Gonzales, Krawczyk each take three 1st place finishes in win over Sun Villa

By RYAN ARENA

Sports Editor

James Krawczyk, Allie Gonzales, Sean Doody and Gage Alleman each captured first place finishes in three individual events to help lead Belle Terre to its first victory of this swim season, a 254-1/2 to 238-1/2 win at Sun Villa on Monday night.

Belle Terre (1-3) built a 30 point lead after the individual events, and held off a hard charge by Sun Villa during the relays to preserve the 16 point win.

&#8220It’s a big accomplishment,” said Ashton Torres, who took first place in the 15-18 year-old boys butterfly event. &#8220It means a lot, and it gives us a lot of momentum going into our next meet.”

Belle Terre Coach Kellie Forster says the win was a great confidence boost for her swimmers.

&#8220It’s good to get that first win, it gets us going,” Forster said. &#8220It lets us know that we can compete and win. Kids are stepping up and working hard.”

Alleman, who has taken first place in all nine individual swimming events, says that he’s still improving as the year goes on.

&#8220I dropped my time a bit, so I felt pretty good about that,” he said. &#8220It just feels very good for us to win.”

Forster said that a point of emphasis for her team has been to improve its time in the butterfly event. It appears to be working, evidenced by the point differential in the butterfly event. Belle Terre outscored Sun Villa by 13, 48-35, its largest margin of victory in the meet.

Others who took first place finishes were: Meredith Buisson, Kegan Gilles, Giselle Jase, Rebecca Grote, Cari Jane Roussel, Justin Jase, Madalyn Buisson, Scott Lawless (two), and Lauren Broussard.

Belle Terre led 58-1/2 to 49-1/2 after the freestyle event; 111-1/2 to 95-1/2 after the backstroke; 150-1/2 to 133-1/2 after the breaststroke, and 198-1/2 to 168-1/2 after the butterfly.

Belle Terre @ Sun Villa Results

6 & under girls

Maddison Smith, 3rd freestyle

7 & 8 boys

Alex Miller, 2nd freestyle, 2nd butterfly

Sean Doody, 1st freestyle, 1st backstroke, 1st butterfly

Ashton Duhe, 3rd freestyle

7 & 8 girls

Meredith Buisson, 1st breaststroke, 2nd butterfly

9 & 10 boys

Kegan Gilles, 1st backstroke, 3rd butterfly

Noah Duncan, 3rd backstroke

9 & 10 girls

Giselle Jase, 1st freestyle, 2nd backstroke, 3rd breaststroke

Rebecca Grote, 3rd backstroke, 1st butterfly

11 & 12 boys

Justin Jase, 2nd freestyle, 2nd backstroke, 1st butterfly

Gage Alleman, 1st freestyle, 1st backstroke, 1st butterfly

Will Grote, 3rd backstroke, 2nd breaststroke

11 & 12 girls

Cari Jane Roussel, 3rd freestyle, 1st backstroke

Madeline Buisson, 2nd freestyle, 2nd butterfly, 1st (T) breaststroke

Emily Laurent, 3rd backstroke

Morgan Torres, 3rd breaststroke

13 & 14 boys

Cody McMurray, 3rd freestyle, 3rd backstroke, 2nd breaststroke

James Krawczyk, 1st freestyle, 1st breaststroke, 1st butterfly

Blaine Tatje, 3rd breaststroke, 3rd butterfly

13 & 14 girls

Leila Boudreaux, 3rd (T) freestyle, 2nd butterfly

Caitlyn Chabert, 2nd freestyle, 2nd backstroke, 2nd breaststroke

15-18 boys

Ashton Torres, 2nd freestyle, 2nd backstroke, 1st butterfly

Scott Lawless, 1st freestyle, 1st backstroke

15-18 girls

Jennifer Broussard, 2nd freestyle, 2nd backstroke, 3rd butterfly

Allie Gonzales, 1st freestyle, 1st backstroke, 1st butterfly

Brittany McMurry, 3rd freestyle

Lauren Broussard, 2nd backstroke, 1st breaststroke, 2nd butterfly

Brianne Armand, 3rd breaststroke