Monday, December 17, 2012
Watch: Andrew freshman Caily Friel recreates her state-finalist performance in the 100-yard breaststroke in a Patch video.
Kelly Matusik created the environment. Caily Friel created the excitement. Friel, an Andrew High School freshman, powered to a 12th-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke event at the IHSA girls state swimming meet. She recorded a season-best and school-record time of 1:06.01 in the prelims on Friday, Nov. 16, at Evanston Township High School. Then, she was clocked in 1:06.31 on Saturday, Nov. 17, while becoming the first Andrew freshman to reach the girls swimming state finals since Olympic silver medalist Christine Magnuson at the turn of the new millennium. Friel is recognized today for her fast work as Southland Patch’s Athlete of the Month for November. She started shaving precious seconds off her time in the 100 breast as soon as …
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Joliet photographer John Parli snapped a few shots of Southland Patch's Athlete of the Month winner Caily Friel. He will present her with this keepsake print.
Joliet photographer John Parli snapped a few shots of Southland Patch's Athlete of the Month winner Caily Friel during a meeting Thursday at Andrew. Parli will present his fine-art print to Friel as a keepsake to mark the occasion. Friel, a freshman who placed 12th in the 100-yard breaststroke event at the IHSA girls state swimming meet, was selected as Southland Patch's Athlete of the Month for November from a list of weekly winners by Patch Sports Editor Ron Kremer. The other weekly winners in fan voting for November Patch MVP honors were Kelly Clarke (Mother McAuley volleyball), Josh Glover (Lincoln-Way West bowling) and Abby Kresal (Marian Catholic girls swimming). PHOTO CREDIT: John Parli Photography
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Andrew swimming standout Caily Friel outpolled eight others in voting for Southland Patch's MVP, Nov. 5-11. She is now eligible for Patch Athlete of the Month honors.
Your Patch is a place to celebrate local high school athletes. Show your support for these prep sports MVPs—each of whom is Athlete of the Week in his or her local Patch—by cheering them on in the comments thread, sharing your own photos with the Patch community and voting in the poll. Do you think we're missing someone? Tell us in the comments and share his or her photo to the gallery above. (It's easy. Just click the Upload Photos and Videos link — learn more here.) Read more about this week's MVPs in the photo gallery, and show your support for them by: There is one more way for you to become a more interactive fan: Sign up to become a Patch sports blogger. (Learn more about blogging on Patch here).
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2:49 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
Great write-up! Such an amazing achievement by Caily! Well done!!! -John more ›