Freestyle

Ryan BrannanLoyola, swimmingBrannan won both the 200- and 100-yard freestyles as Loyola defeated Calvert Hall (107-73). The senior also swam on both the winning 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams.

SwimmingCarroll County's Retrievers Swim Club placed first in the recent New York State Team Championships.In winning, the locals outpaced a field of 41 squads from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, New Jersey and Canada.The meet, held at State University of New York at Buffalo, drew over 900 swimmers aged 8-18.A number of Retrievers scored team points by placing in individual events.They were:Jason Kay: boys 9-10 50-yard freestyle-second, 200 freestyle-4th, freestyle-6th, 100 individual medley-6th, 50 butterfly-7th, 100 butterfly-9th.

The chances of Los - a Baltimore rapper once signed to and quietly dropped from Diddy's Bad Boy Records - being named one of XXL's 2012 Freshmen aren't good. Like most of the hip-hop-only magazines on stands, XXL's clout in rap-circles has diminished greatly over the years. Yet somehow, its annual issue of up-and-comers generates heated debates online, and thus, we still care when Baltimore rappers are included. (Congrats, also, to Mullyman, the only other Baltimore MC included on the ballot.)

Senior team captain Dave Griesbauer won three events, including the 200-yard butterfly in a school-record 2 minutes, 17.89 seconds, as Loyola College defeated visiting Catholic University, 108-97. The winning butterfly time bettered the previous standard by six seconds.400 medley relay--Catholic (Chiappetti, Tallman, Kennedy, Taylor), 4:15.03; 800 freestyle--Saatman, CU, 9:24.08; 200 freestyle--Griesbauer, LC, 2:02.88; 50 freestyle--Taylor, CU, 25.6; 200 IM--Saatman, CU, 2:18.57; 200 butterfly--Griesbauer, LC, 2:17.

SwimmingTop times by a number of swimmers and a strong showing by the 9-10-year-old boys team weren't enough to give the North St. John Super Swans a win last week, as the local team fell to host Springlake, 290-190.The 9-10 boys swept the individual medley, freestyle and butterfly events to help keep the Swans in the meet.The combination of Drew Weigl (first in IM, second in freestyle), Chris Dodds (second in IM), David Rahl (third in IM and freestyle, second in butterfly), Doug Sasso (first in freestyle and butterfly)

The freshman won two individual events and swam on a winning relay as the undefeated Blazers beat McDonogh, 100-70, in a dual meet last week between the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland's top two teams. Krumenacker won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 backstroke and helped the 400 freestyle relay to victory. She also swam on the second-place 200 freestyle relay. A converted lacrosse player who has been swimming competitively only four years, Krumenacker competes for the Loyola Blakefield Aquatics team and qualified for sectionals last year.

The Maryland wrestling team had its overall best performance in the team's 50-year history at the USA Wrestling Junior & Cadet National Championships this month. A record total of 21 All-American honors were earned by 15 Maryland wrestlers, including two national championships, and six double All-American placements from the 65 wrestlers who made the trip to Fargo, North Dakota. A wrestler earns All-American by placing in the Top 8 in a weight class. Maryland placed eighth overall in Junior Greco-Roman among 47 teams.

COLLEGE PARK -- Broadneck coach Colleen Parr Winans stood by the pool holding the state championship trophy with a smile that just wouldn't go away. Doug McWhorter led a balanced performance by the Bruins boys, who captured the Class 4A-3A state swimming title last night at the University of Maryland's Eppley Recreation Center. "The kids worked so hard this year," Winans said. "They constantly delivered ... and Doug is amazing. He's just a versatile swimmer." Broadneck (14-0-1 in the regular season)

Fallston's girls won the team title for the second straight year at last night's Harford County swimming championships despite not winning a single race. The Cougars used their depth to score 273 points, outlasting C.M. Wright (237) and Bel Air (222). Fallston had two second- place finishes along with five thirds. Taylor Brown (500-yard freestyle) and Emily Wagner (100 breaststroke) gave the Cougars the second-place finishes. The Cougars took third in the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays while Annie Oleszczuk was third in the 100 backstroke and the 200 freestyle.

Bel Air won every event to roll up 304 points and win a swim tri-meet Thursday night at North Harford Middle School. Havre de Grace, in only its second season, was second with 146 points, while North Harford had 125 points.Lisa Reed, Rob Flynn and Chris Holloway were double winners for Bel Air. Reed won the 500-meter freestyle in 6:09.42,and teammate Aysha Saqib took second in 6:52.92. Reed also won the 200 freestyle in 2:17.57 over teammate Shannon Skurdal, 2:24.01.Flynn won the 500 freestyle in 5:36.