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Corbin finishes 16th at state
MADISON – Fond du Lac junior Maddy Corbin finished 16th in the WIAA Division 1 state diving competition, held Saturday morning at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium on the campus of UW-Madison.
Corbin finished with a finals score of 363.20. Neenah’s Hazel Hertting won the Division 1 state title with a score of 576.45.
Corbin advanced to the final 16 after moving through the preliminary and semifinal rounds. In the preliminaries, Corbin scored a 173.10 to finish 17th out of 24 divers. In the semifinals, she scored a 271.15 to finish 15th out of 20 and advance to the finals.
Corbin ready for state
Years of gymnastics practice is paying off for Maddy Corbin in ways she probably never expected. Yet as the Fond du Lac junior gets ready for the WIAA Division 1 state swimming & diving meet this Saturday, it’s the life she formerly lived that’s a key proponent behind her current one. Corbin is the lone Cardinal headed to the University of Wisconsin Natatorium this weekend, qualifying for state in the diving competition after finishing fourth at sectionals last Friday. Her score of 412.25 set a Fond du Lac school record, breaking the school record she had previously set.
Impressive, but even more so when considering the fact that Corbin didn’t take up diving until about a year ago. At the urging of former Fond du Lac Swim Club coach Bill Jones, Corbin decided to try diving last year. Because Corbin had been a gymnast for 12 years prior to high school, both Jones and Fond du Lac coach Glen McBride felt she’d excel at a sport like diving. “It all started with my very fantastic coach Bill,” Corbin said. “I was a swimmer first and he was like ‘With your gymnastics ability, why don’t you try diving?’ I did a couple lessons with him and I started going down to Walter Schroeder (Aquatic Center in Brown Deer) and said ‘This actually isn’t that bad.’ So my sophomore year, I decided to join the diving team to see how it was. I really enjoyed it and found out I was pretty good at it.”
After spending much of her youth as a gymnast, Corbin decided to give up the sport when she entered high school because she didn’t want to be overwhelmed by the prospect of 20-plus hours of practice a week. That said, after deciding to try diving, all the skills she’d developed as a gymnast helped immeasurably with her progress as a diver. “It really has helped a lot,” Corbin said. “I wouldn’t be as good as I was if it wasn’t for that. … Balance, the flipping, the twisting. I think it’s really helped. Being able to know where I am in the air.” After showing promise as a diver her sophomore season, Corbin came into 2014 with some pretty high expectations for herself, despite it being just her second full season in the sport. Notably, Corbin was hoping to qualify for state.
Mission accomplished.
“I had hopes of going to state, I didn’t actually know I’d be going to state,” Corbin said. “We all had long-term goals that we had in mind and one of the big ones that I had in mind was to go to state. So I’m pretty excited that I made it.” McBride saw the potential Corbin had last year and noted he also was expecting big things out of her in her junior season. He pointed out that she worked hard in the offseason and throughout the year to get to this point. “She showed a lot of promise in her first year,” McBride said. She worked really hard in the offseason. She took advantage of some opportunities, but it wasn’t easy because it’s not right in town here. She joined a dive team up in the Fox Valley and she also did a week at an Indiana University dive camp. You never know how it’s going to fall, but she improved as the season went along, too. From day one of the season, it seemed like she got better every week of the season.”
Because diving is a sport that is judged based on the difficulty of the attempted maneuvers, McBride noted that Corbin has the perfect mindset for it. She isn’t content to stick with easy dives that she’s good at. Corbin will try more difficult dives that, while they take more time to perfect and require a greater skill level, score much higher at competitions. “The concept of being a good diver is sort of simple,” McBride said. “You have to be athletic, like almost any sport. But you’ve got to be daring and willing to try different dives because to score well you have to have a high degree of difficulty. Maddy’s really done that a lot. She knows what it takes, so she’s not sticking with her easiest dive. … She’s got a lot of challenging dives.”
As far as this weekend, both Corbin and McBride are hoping for a decently high finish. For now, Corbin is focusing on staying calm before the biggest meet of her career. “It’s just going to be another meet and that I’m going to stay calm,” Corbin said. “You just can’t think of it as being state. You’ve got to think of it as another meet. It’s no different than if it was conference or sectionals. There’s just a couple more people.” McBride pointed out that Corbin has the mental toughness needed to excel at the state level. He noted Corbin made a mistake on a dive at sectionals, but was able to put that behind her and finish strong. That in itself is proof she has what it takes to perform well in Madison. “I feel good about it because she’s been mentally tough all year,” McBride said. “Overcoming that dive she made a mistake on in sectionals, some kids don’t overcome that and she’s been able to do that all year. I think she’s going to go down there, and it’s obviously tough competition, but I think she’ll be ready for it and I have high hopes of her moving up in the scoring.”
Fond du Lac’s Corbin heading to state
NEENAH – Fond du Lac junior Maddy Corbin is heading to the WIAA Division 1 girls state swimming & diving meet after qualifying with a fourth-place finish Friday night in the diving competition at a sectional meet hosted by Neenah.
Corbin finished with a score of 412.25, breaking the school record in the event — a record she previously set. Corbin will be seeded 19th out of 24 qualifiers at state, according to Fond du Lac coach Glen McBride. “She’s really excited,” McBride said of Corbin. “She told me early in the year ‘When’s the last time somebody made it to state?’ I said ‘Not since I’ve been coach.’ She’s the first girl that truly took to diving and said ‘I want to be the best.’”
The Division 1 state meet is next Saturday at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison. Neenah’s Hazel Hertting won the diving competition with a score of 622.90. Ashwaubenon’s Isabella Bunchek was second and Oshkosh North/Lourdes’ Lauren Neveau was third.
Apart from Corbin, the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Kristilee McCaddon, Kalli Behling, Emily Belling and Courtney Stubbe finished seventh with a time of 3 minutes, 46.02 seconds, breaking the school record in the event.
The 200-yard freestyle relay finished ninth. McCaddon also took eighth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:01.54.
“It was a good day,” McBride said. “The girls dropped a lot of time. I think our sectional was one of the toughest in the state.”
Fond du Lac finished 13th with 91 points. Neenah won the sectional title with 357 points.
Corbin breaks school record to lead Fond du Lac at FVA Conference Meet
The Fond du Lac girls swimming and diving team finished seventh in the Fox Valley Association Conference Meet this weekend, which ran both Friday and Saturday in Fond du Lac.
The Cardinals finished with 226 in the conference meet, while Neenah ran away with the title after putting up 600.5 points. Appleton North was second and Appleton East was second.
The Cardinals were led by junior Maddy Corbin, who broke the school record in the 11 dive event. Corbin was third overall but finished with a score of 408.05 — beating the record by over 20 points. Corbin was the only Cardinal to medal (top three). “It was pretty awesome,” Fondy head coach Glen McBride said. “Things looked real good and it looks real good for her to make the big dance (state tournament) next week at sectionals.”
The 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle teams had good showings, finishing fourth. The 200 team, consisting of Kristilee McCadden, Kalli Behling, Sydney Jaroch and Courtney Stubbe, finished with a time of 1 minute, 45.63 seconds while the 400 team, consisting of McCadden, Behling, Emily Belling and Stubbe, finished in 3:52.59. “The relay teams did well, they dropped time from their best time of the season,” McBride said. “We just aren’t quite tapered yet. We missed out on third place (to make all-conference).”
Other top 10 finishers included McCadden in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing seventh with a time of 2:05.43, while finishing tied for sixth in the 100-yard free (57.53). Jaroch added ninth place finishes in the 200-yard IM (2:34.63) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:17.38).
Behling was sixth in the 50-yard free (26.40) and added a 10th place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (1:05.61). Bailey Gehrt was seventh in diving with a 206.8.
The 200-yard IM medley relay (Courtney Jewett, Jaroch, Hannah Rasner, Belling) finished 10th with a time of 2:06.27.
With sectionals coming up, McBride said the team is on pace to finish well. “We are well positioned for next week to swim our best,” McBride said. “When you start to taper, there is one week in the middle where you don’t do as well.”
Team scores: Neenah 600.5, Appleton North 354, Appleton East 277, Appleton West/Kimberly 244.5, Oshkosh West 242.5, Oshkosh North/Lourdes 239, Fond du Lac 226, Berlin/Green Lake 91.5.
Fond du Lac finishers in top 10 or top finisher: Diving: 3. Maddy Corbin, 408.05; 7. Bailey Gehrt, 206.80. 200 medley relay: 10. Fond du Lac (Jewett, Jarcoh, Rasner, Belling), 2:06.27. 200 freestyle: 7. Kristilee McCadden, 2:05.43. 200 IM: 9. Sydney Jaroch, 2:34.63. 50 freestyle: 6. Kalli Behling, 26.40; 8. Courtney Stubbe, 26.51. 100 butterfly: 10. Kalli Behling, 1:05.61. 100 freestyle: t-6. Kristilee McCadden, 57.53; 9. Courtney Stubbe, 57.91. 500 freestyle: 13. Katie Julka, 5:53.20. 200 freestyle relay: 4. Fond du Lac (McCadden, Behling, Jaroch, Stubbe), 1:45.63. 100 backstroke: 15. Sky Schneider, 1:16.25. 100 breaststroke: 9. Sydney Jaroch, 1:17.38. 400 freestyle relay: 4. Fond du Lac (McCadden, Behling, Belling, Stubbe), 3:52.59.
Fondy falls at home to Appleton North
Appleton North 108, Fond du Lac 75:
The Cardinals dropped a Fox Valley Association dual on senior night.
Fondy’s Courtney Stubbe won the 50freestyle and finished second in the 100-freestyle — a season best. Madi Dowidat had best times in the 50- and 100-freestyle while Courtney Jewett, Tailor Hobbs, Taylor Hanks, Emily Belling and Halsey Fisher each added person bests in their respective event.
Maddy Corbin also broke her previously owned school record in the diving event, scoring a 272.2. It broke the old record by 36.85 points.
Fondy falls to Appleton East
Appleton East 105, Fond du Lac 78:
The Cardinals fell to the Patriots in a meet held in Appleton.
Picking up wins for Fondy includes Maddy Corbin in diving, racking up a total of 223.40 points. Courtney Stubbe added a win in the 100-yard freestyle (57.18) and the 200-yard freestyle relay team, consisting of Stubbe, Kalli Behling, Sydney Jaroch and Zakia Trotter, won with a time of 1:49.41, edging the Patriots by nine tenths of a second.
Fond du Lac Invitational:
The Cardinals finished eighth out of 10 teams Saturday.
Maddy Corbin was third in diving, finishing with 363.90 points. Kristilee McCadden added a third place performance for the Cardinals with a third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 2.24 seconds.
Courtney Stubbe was fifth in the 100 yard free (56.82) and 10th in the 50 yard free (26.35) while Kalli Behling was ninth in the 100 yard fly (1:05.13). The 200 yard free relay team of McCadden, Behling, Stubbe and Sydney Jaroch was fifth, while the 400 yard free realy team was seventh (McCadden, Stubbe, Belling and Emily Belling).
Neenah defeats Fond du Lac
Neenah 137, Fond du Lac 49:
The Cardinals fell to the Rockets in a Fox Valley Association dual meet at Fond du Lac.
Kristilee McCadden finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with a season best time of 2:04.93 to lead Fondy.
Maddy Corbin finished second in the diving competition with a school-record score of 235.35.
Fondy tops Berlin
The Fond du Lac girls swimming and diving team picked up a big win over Berlin Tuesday night, beating the Indians 125-57.
The 200-yard medley relay team, consisting of Kristilee McCadden, Sydney Jaroch, Courtney Stubbe and Kalli Behling won with a time of two minutes, 2.07 seconds, a season best by over two seconds.
McCadden added a win in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:04.94. Other big wins included Maddy Corbin, who won diving with 225.40 points, which ended up second best in school history. It was only two points away from the record.
Stubbe added a win in the 200-freestyle with a time of 2:09.32, Taryn Jaroch won the 50-freestyle with a time of 28.12, Madi Michels won the 500-freestyle with a time of 6:06.88 and the 200-freestyle relay won with a time of 1:48.69. The relay team consists of McCadden, Stubbe, Behling and Madison Dowidat.
Oshkosh West outswims Fond du Lac
Oshkosh West 106, Fond du Lac 77: At Oshkosh, the Cardinals fell to the Wildcats in a Fox Valley Association dual meet.
Four Fond du Lac swimmers earned victories Tuesday night, led by Kalli Behling in the 200-yard freestyle (2:09.21) and 100-yard butterfly (1:04.99). Maddy Corbin won the diving competition (195.60), Katie Julka took the 500-yard freestyle (5:46.56) and Sydney Jaroch won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.03).
Fond du Lac 5th at Terror Relays
Terror Relays: The Fond du Lac girls swimming team took fifth place Friday afternoon at the 2014 Terror Relays, hosted by Appleton West.
The Cardinals finished with 180 points as a team. Neenah won the meet with 282 points.
A few Fond du Lac relays finished highly, led by the 100-meter freestyle relay of Madison Dowidat, Courtney Stubbe, Courtney Jewett and Emily Belling, which finished second with a time of 58.73. The 400-meter freestyle relay of Stubbe, Kalli Behling, Jewett and Katie Julka also took second with a time of 4:27.99.
The 200-meter freestyle relay team of Belling, Hannah Rasner, Zakia Trotter and Stubbe finished third.
Fondy ties with Oshkosh North/Lourdes
Fond du Lac 93, Oshkosh North/Lourdes 93: At Oshkosh, the Fond du Lac girls swimming team tied Oshkosh North/Lourdes in a Fox Valley Association dual meet.
A number of Cardinals picked up wins, including Kristilee McCaddon in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.97 seconds. Kalli Behling won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:06.12 and Courtney Stubbe took the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:07.28.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Stubbe, Behling, Zakia Trotter and McCaddon also picked up a win as did the 400-yard freestyle relay of Behling, McCaddon, Courtney Jewett and Stubbe.
Maddy Corbin took second in the diving competition with a score of 201.50, besting her previous personal record by over 17 points. That score was also good for the fourth-best in Fond du Lac girls swimming history.