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26 I SPORTS I
February 7, 2018
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VOTAVA, from page 25
I developed on the team helped me decide
that I wanted to swim in college.”
Gerth said Votava “continued to improve
her sophomore and junior year at Parkway
Swim Club, and really came into herself
as a swimmer, understanding her strengths
and weaknesses and honing in on the
details of what could make her faster.”
“I first got involved with club swimming
when I was 13 years old,” said Votava,
adding that she “wanted summer league to
continue the whole year.”
Votava had success in club swimming.
She made the finals at spring sectionals in
2017 while on Parkway Swim Club. She
qualified for winter junior nationals while
competing with the Clayton Shaw Park
Swim Club.
“Clayton Shaw Park Swim Club has provided
quality swimming by personalizing
many of the practices to individual needs,”
Votava said. “The coach, Dave McCrary,
has worked with my strokes and sprinting
and built upon my base knowledge.”
Votava’s main events are the 50 freestyle,
100 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
“Lately, I have been adding the 100 backstroke
into the mix,” Votava said.
According to Gerth, Votava has fit right
in with the team.
“She makes everyone work harder and
strive to get better, especially those that
train with her and swim on relays with her,”
Gerth said. “She is incredibly dedicated
and is a great team player. She’s also very
humble, which you don’t always get from
top level athletes.”
SPORTS BRIEFS, from page 24
four points with 3.8 seconds left.
“First and foremost, when you talk about
Belleville West, they’re tough, they’re
scrappy, they’ve got good players at every
single position,” Chaminade coach Frank
Bennett said. “Then, on top of that, they’re
well-coached. So when you’re going into
a ballgame against them, you have to play
your ‘A’ game.
“Our guys did a pretty good job of weathering
the storm, being in a hostile environment
where you don’t have very much fan
support. That’s what you want, though.
You want to test them to see how good your
guys are and how they respond.”
In overtime, Chaminade built a 77-73
lead, but West junior Jaylin Mosby made
a free throw to trim the gap to 77-74 with
2:38 left on the clock.
Hellems fouled out with 1:40 to play
as he battled for a rebound after a missed
free throw by sophomore Luke Kasubke
[16 points]. EJ Liddell made a free throw
to make it 77-75. Gladson then scored to
It’s been a good senior campaign for
Votava.
“Kirsten is a sprinter,” Gerth said.
“Though, she can swim well in any event
you put her in. She has already achieved
so much this season. She has qualified
for state in four events. She won both her
events at the Kirkwood Invite. She won
both her events at the City of Roses Invite
in Cape Girardeau. She was also named the
meet MVP as voted on by coaches.
“She has been a part of all three of our
state qualifying relays [200 Medley, 200
freestyle and 400 freestyle]. I can’t wait to
watch her at state.”
Votava also is happy with her season.
“This season has been going well so far.
I have been relatively close to my best
times,” she said. “It has been an amazing
season full of learning about how to push
my swimming to the next level by doubling
up high school practices with club practices,
eating healthy and working out on
my own. This has also added the struggle
of time management and being able to put
my academics above my swimming.
“My expectations for state are to beat one
or two of Parkway South’s school records.”
Gerth has equally high hopes for Votava
at state.
“I expect to see Kirsten be top three at
state in whatever two events she chooses
to swim,” Gerth said. “I wouldn’t be surprised
at all to see her as state champion
in one or two events. I also expect her to
greatly contribute to the success of our
relays.”
The state meet is Feb. 16-17 at the Rec-
Plex in St. Peters.
put the Red Devils ahead 79-75, but junior
Marcellus Romious countered for the
Maroons, closing the gap to 79-77 with
1:17 remaining.
Red Devils junior Keyyaun Batchman
[21 points] missed two free throws with
46.6 seconds left. Liddell missed a shot in
the lane and Chaminade called a timeout
with 3.8 seconds left.
White was fouled before inbounding the
ball, then smoothly sank both free throws
to settle the matter.
“We kept it together, especially when
Jericole fouled out,” Bennett said. “That’s
a time when you can hang your head. It’s
even a testimony to Jericole. When the
foul was called, he came out and he was
the [best supporter of the] five guys on the
court. He was screaming, clapping, doing
all that stuff.”
Last season, Chaminade defeated Althoff
97-94 to win the championship as Hellems
erupted for 47 points.
Joining Hellems, who had 71 points and
27 rebounds, on the all-tournament team
was Kasubke.