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Head Coach: Adam Clementi email
Assistant: Blake Hineman

Daily Herald
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Girls Swimming

Nikki Holladay swam a couple of individual firsts in the 100-yard butterfly (1:04.41) and backstroke (1:04.02) to help lead St. Viator to a 99-69 non-conference win against Bartlett.

Holladay’s efforts led a top-three Lions’ effort in the fly with teammates Tori Lardner and Mallory Harper.

Also for the Lions, Samantha Belbin swam a 26.23 to win the 50, Lisa Torii took the 100 free (1:03.79) and Lauren Battaglia topped the breaststroke (1:13.08). Battaglia, Lardner, Belbin and Holladay swam a 1:57.71 to win the medley relay

Pioneer Press
Thursday, September 7, 2006
ST. VIATOR PREVIEWS - Belbin works on drop

One second, sometimes even less, can make all the difference in swimming.

That's what St. Viator senior Samantha Belbin discovered last year when she was one second short at the Glenbrook North Sectional of qualifying for the State Meet in the 100-yard freestyle.

Belbin went to State in two other events, finishing 25th in the 50 free and 26th in the 400 freestyle relay with Tina Miklius, Nikki Holladay and Caitlin Polz. Miklius and Polz have graduated from a team that finished seventh in the Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference.

Belbin (Kildeer resident) traveled this summer with her club team, the Arlington Alligators, and competed in the state meet in Quincy and then went to Minneapolis in July for the Midwest Regionals.

"It was my first time swimming at long-distance, big pools," Belbin said.

Holladay (Barrington), a junior, is St. Viator's top returning swimmer after finishing 10th in the 100 backstroke (59.37). Holladay and Belbin hope to combine with breaststroker Lauren Battaglia (Barrington) and butterflyer Tori Lardner (Arlington Heights) to form a state-qualifying 400 medley relay.

St. Viator girls water polo coach Adam Clementi has taken over as coach for Barb Balla. Clementi also coaches the Alligators club team.

"He is an awesome water polo coach, too," Belbin said. "We're all happy to have him there."

The Lions host the Viator Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Tuesday's results

Hersey 112, St. Viator 74

200 medley relay — St. Viator (Holladay, Battaglia, Lardner, Belbin) 2:00.32; 200 free — Wellhausen (Hers) 2:08.92; 200 IM — Gill (Hers) 2:18.81; 50 free — Belbin (StV) :26.35; diving — Johnson (Hers) 196.05; 100 fly — Gill (Hers) 1:02.95; 100 free — Belbin (StV) :57.00; 500 free — Wellhausen (Hers) 5:45.17; 200 free relay — Hersey (Wellhausen, Seagraves, Korff, Gill) 1:49.63; 100 back — Holladay (StV) 1:01.74; 100 breast — Battaglia (StV) 1:13.28; 400 free relay — Hersey (Wellhausen, Stoklosa, Deering, Gill) 3:57.87.

JV — Hersey 90, St. Viator 80.

Hersey’s depth tells a winning tale

By Kathy Rudolph
Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006

For most swimmers, now is not the time to be posting your fastest clocking of the season.

That’s the approach both Hersey and visiting St. Viator took in a nonconference dual meet Tuesday at Olympic Park in Arlington Heights.

Despite having a slim 7-5 edge in first-place finishes, Hersey won the meet 112-74.

The Huskies captured the competition based on with their depth, with eight second-place and six third-place finishes.

“There were so many close races, and a lot of them ended up going our way,” said Hersey coach Rob Lindgren. “Second through fifth place always seemed to be a battle.

“They (St. Viator) are a very solid team. We just won a lot of close races in the middle. If you look at the results, there were a lot of swimmers that were just one or two seconds apart.”

St. Viator competed well, but winning is not the Lions’ primary goal right now.

“It was a good meet,” said St. Viator coach Adam Clementi. “We’re starting to rest the JV and we’ll see how well they do at the conference meet on Sunday. That is already starting to have an impact.

“On varsity, we’re starting to increase their work load and we’re seeing that they are responding to that so that was good.”

St. Viator’s Nikky Holladay, a state qualifier the last two years, won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.74. She was also part of the winning 200-medley relay along with Lauren Battaglia, Tori Lardner and Samantha Belbin.

Belbin won both the 50 free (26.35) and the 100 free (57.0).

“She’s working very hard,” Clementi said of Holladay. “She’s had a number of different coaches in a short period of time. We’ve been trying new things with her. We’re making her tired in a new way. She’s a dedicated athlete.”

Double individual event winners for Hersey were Nicole Gill, who won the 200 IM with a time of 2:18.81 and the 100 fly in 1:02.95, and Meredith Wellhausen, who placed first in the 200 free in 2:08.92 and the 500 free in 5:45.17.

Wellhausen and Gill also swam a leg on the winning 200-free and 400-free relays.