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Cape swim teams win showdown at Sussex Academy

Boys win in last event
Cape’s 100 breaststroke winner Michael Schrock makes a turn while teammate Sarah Hyde cheers him on to his 1:09.68 victory. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dan Cook
January 25, 2017
Cape senior Molly Weeks takes off from the blocks to start the medley relay. She and her teammates Sarah Rambo, Sarah Hyde and Amelia Nigh-Johnson won the event with a time of 1:59.41. DAN COOK PHOTO
Sarah Rambo, center, takes off from the blocks and wins the 100 backstroke with a 1:04.71. DAN COOK PHOTO
Molly Weeks leaves the blocks after teammate Sarah Rambo touches up during the 400 freestyle relay. DAN COOK PHOTO
Finishing off the Seahawks in the 400 freestyle relay, the final event of the day, were (l-r) Josh Toback, Alec Hochrein, Ryan Bixler and Brent Hochrein. They placed first in the event with a 3:41.97. DAN COOK PHOTO
Sussex Academy’s Laura Schumacher swims the breaststroke leg of the 200 medley relay. DAN COOK PHOTO
Amelia Nigh-Johnson wins the 100 butterfly. DAN COOK PHOTO
Sussex Academy’s Julia Helou looks for her time in the breaststroke. DAN COOK PHOTO
Seahawk John Kent prepares for his event. DAN COOK PHOTO
Seahawks sophomore captain Cailey Murphy pulls through the pool in the breaststroke. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape senior Erik-Stephane Stancofski leaves the blocks as his teammate touches up in the free relay. DAN COOK PHOTO
Sussex Academy’s Parker Shawver swims the fly leg of the medley relay. DAN COOK PHOTO
Seahawk Evan Davis celebrates his win in the 200 free. DAN COOK PHOTO
During the halftime break, the Sussex Academy swim team Class of 2017 was honored. Shown are (l-r) Cohen Davis, Laura Schumacher and Julia Martiner. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape coach Bill Geppert applauds his team’s effort while looking at the final race results. DAN COOK PHOTO
Swimmers await the horn to start the 50 free. DAN COOK PHOTO
Beautiful water designs are made by a swimmer’s entrance off the blocks. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape senior Sarah Hyde swims the breaststroke leg of the individual medley. She won the event with a 2:22.73. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cheering on teammate Michael Schrock during the breaststroke are (l-r) Brent Hochrein, Molly Weeks, Kristina Lingo and Erik-Stephane Stancofski. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape senior Molly Weeks wins the 200 freestyle. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape’s Amelia nigh-Johnson takes off from the blocks after Sarah Hyde touches up in the medley relay. DAN COOK PHOTO

The Cape girls’ swim team swam to a 8-0 record with a 113-57 victory over host Sussex Academy, but probably the most exciting part of the meet was the 89-81 win by the Vikings boys’ squad. The Cape boys and Seahawks boys are now both 5-3 on the season.

The Sussex Academy boys’ squad won six out of the 11 events, but the depth of the Vikings added up to more of those important second- and third-place points.

The match came down to the last two events, where Michael Schrock won the 100 breaststroke and set up the final race in the 4-by-200 freestyle relay. Cape’s Ryan Bixler, Brent Hochrein, Josh Toback and Alec Hochrein scored a 3:41.9, enough to push the Vikings to the eight-point victory.

Sussex Academy’s Cooper Shawver, Trey Mitchell, Gabe Gonzalez and Parker Shawver won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:50.37. Seahawk Evan Davis took top honors in the 200 freestyle with a 2:00.02; Gabe Gonzalez followed with a win in the 200 individual medley with a 2:19.64.

Alec Hochrein got the Vikings on the board with a 22:89 win in the 50 free.

Sussex Academy’s Gonzalez took the win in the 100 fly with a 58:78 while Cooper Shawyer won the 100 free with a 54:39. Cape’s Ryan Bixler won the grueling 500 freestyle with a 5:59.35.

The Seahawks 200 free relay team of  Evan Davis, Chris Smith, Parker Shawver and Cooper Shawver finished first with a 1:39.56.

Cape sophomore Josh Toback won the 100 backstroke with a 1:05.00, and Michael Schrock brought the team with in two points as he finished first in the 100 breaststroke to set up a winner-take-all duel in the 400 free relay won by Cape’s Bixler, Josh Toback, Brent Hochrein and Alec Hochrein with a 3:41.97.

“Michael did a great job in the breaststroke,” said senior Brent Hochrein. “He swam his personal best, and if he doesn’t win that race, the team doesn’t win.”

 “Bix [Ryan Bixler] swam his top time of the year to start us off,” said 400 free relay anchor Alec Hochrein. “It definitely gave us momentum. I think it was our best time as a team, too.”

The Vikings and Seahawks boys are both 5-3 on the season.

The Lady Vikings continued their winning ways with a 113-57 victory over the Lady Seahawks as they won 10 of the 11 events at the Schell Brothers Aquatic Center.

Cape’s Sarah Rambo, Sarah Hyde, Amelia Nigh-Johnson and Molly Weeks started off the meet by winning the 200 medley relay with 1:59.41. Weeks continued the streak with a 2:06.72 victory in the 200 free. Hyde polished off the field in the individual medley with a 2:22.73, while Nigh-Johnson took home first place in the 50 free with a 27:28. She then took first in the 100 butterfly with a 1:05.29.

Rambo took the top finish in the 100 free with a 59.11, while Weeks swam to a 5:44.89 win in the 500 free.

Sussex Academy got a first in the 200 free medley with Julia Martiner, Lindsey Guida, Cailey Murphy and Tessa Elling with a 1:53.13.

Rambo swam to a 1:04.71 finish in the 100 backstroke while Hyde placed first in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:13.53.

The 400 free relay team of Hyde, Weeks, Rambo and Nigh-Johnson finished the meet with a 4:03.92 first-place finish.

Cape travels to Central Delaware YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 24, for a Northern Division meet with Polytech.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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