Catherine Bendziewicz broke the all-time school record in the 50 Free with a Scholastic All American Time of 23.80 at the 3A State Championships held October 11 at the USC Sol Blat pool. Catherine led the Eagle swimmers placing 2nd overall in the 50 and 100 Free individual events. The girls 200 Free relay team with Catherine Bendziewicz, Emily Gleaton, Cindy Spence and Alexa Ussery, shattered the previous school record and also placed 2nd overall in the State. The girls 400 Free relay team with Catherine Bendziewicz, Emily Gleaton, Cindy Spence and Denise Shealy broke yet another school record and placed 7th in the State. Placing in the top ten, Denise Shealy swam her best time to claim 9th in the State for the 500 Free.

The Eagles State Team put the finishing touches on a 6-1 winning season with fantastic individual and team swims at the State Championship. Other outstanding swims and best times were posted by: Koral Bradford in the 100 Breast, Emily Gleaton in the 50 and 100 Free, Denise Shealy in the 100 Back, Cindy Spence in the 50 and 100 Free, Alexa Ussery in the 50 Free, Chris Gleaton in the 500 Free, Grant Tomlin in the 200 and 500 Free, Jack Tenbrunsel in the 200 IM and 100 Breast, Wil Tenbrunsel, Jack Tenbrunsel, Warren Coppage and Alec Dixon in the 200 Medley relay.

Congratulations to the 2014 Chapin Girls Golf team who are the Region IV AAA Champions! Here pictured is the team with Coach Greg Hamm! Go EAGLES!!

Three will proudly represent Chapin at the 2014 Shrine Bowl. Coach Justin Gentry was selected early on to assist as a defensive coach, Jake Kea will be a student correspondent for the press and Stephen Haralambis was chosen this week as a player.
For more information see the articles below:

Haralambis honored:
http://www.thestate.com/2014/10/08/3732926/chapins-haralambis-honored-by.html?sp=/99/181/620/

Kea to Represent Chapin;
http://midlandsbiz.whosonthemove.com/chapin-high-school-student-named-sc-student-correspondent-for-shrine-bowl/

On October 1 Chapin swimming squared off with Dutch Fork and Irmo to determine who rules the pool in D5. Chapin settled the score with a 175 to 161 victory over Dutch Fork and a 185 to 149 victory over Irmo.

Chapin girls broke two all-time school records. Catherine Bendziewicz broke the 200 IM record and holds 7 out of 8 individual all time school records for Chapin swimming. The girls 200 Free relay with Catherine Bendziewicz, Emily Gleaton, Cindy Spence, and Alexa Ussery claimed the new school record in that event.

Our Chapin boys were faced with very tough competition from the Silver Foxes and Yellow Jackets. They fought for every point to the finish and did score what we needed to put Chapin on top overall. Our best finishes for the boys were Jack Tenbrunsel 3rd in the 200 IM and 100 Breast, Warren Coppage 3rd in the 100 Fly, and Will Tenbrunsel 3rd in the100 Back.

Chapin swimmers fought hard for every point against Dreher. When the pool settled down and the count came in, it was a Chapin victory with 170 points to Dresher’s 167. Our girls outswam Dreher taking first in 5 out of 8 individual events. Catherine Bendziewicz led the way with double victories in the 200 IM and 100 Back. Our other first place girls were Emily Gleaton in the 50 Free, Alexa Ussery in the 100 Fly, and Denise Shealy in the 400 Free. The 200 and 400 Free relay team with Alexa Ussery, Cindy Spence, Emily Gleaton and Catherine Bendziewicz sealed the victory over Dreher with first place finishes in both races.

Our boys were not able to score the big points needed to beat the Dreher boys, but we had the points to pull off the final combined victory. Our leading swims were Warren Coppage with a 2nd place in the 200 IM and 100 Fly, Alec Dixon 2nd in the 50 and 100 Free, and Grant Tomlin 2nd in the 400 Free.