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RI's Rodriguez reaches state swim finals
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By Chris Steele, chrissteele@qconline.com
By Chris Steele, chrissteele@qconline.com
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Rock Island senior Daniel Rodriguez had been to the IHSA State swim finals before, but something about being on the blocks for what could be the final swim of his prep career made him take notice of the little things. "It was crazy," Rodriguez said. "I remember before the 50 yard freestyle looking up and seeing my name on the state finals board -- it was mind blowing." Rodriguez touched the wall in 21.48 for a ninth place finish Friday in the IHSA swim meet qualifying him for today's consolation finals. At the United Township Sectional, Rocky's Rodriguez reached his goal of swimming 21 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle with a 21.60, and is looking for one last time drop in his final swim. "Maybe dropping under 21 would be nice." said Rodriguez laughingly. Rodriguez missed out on qualifying in the 100 butterfly, finishing 27th (52.37), with Rock Island teammate George Pappas swimming to a 36th-place time of 53.21. Pappas finished 26th in the 100 individual medley (1:58.31). Rock Island 's team of Adam Cady, Pappas, Rodriguez and Josh Fleming finished 27th in the 200 medley relay (1:39.18). The Moline 200-yard freestyle relay team just missed out on advancing to today's final. The Maroons team of Matthew Roche, Michael Vershaw, Alec Michna and Fermann Flowers was 29-tenths of a second from making the consolation final. After overcoming a knee injury to swim a school record 58.96, Roche's bid to make the finals in the 100 breaststroke fell short with a 23rd-place finish at 59.23, the second-fastest time he's ever swam in his event. Rocky's Josh Fleming finished the 500 freestyle in 33rd place (4:51.86), and was 38th in the 200 freestyle (1:46.42). In the past two weeks, the relays of Rock Island and Moline fed off of each other to post sensational times at conference and sectionals. The two schools rode that intensity to a state appearance, but neither school was able to advance. Rock Island's relay of Pappas, John Ponsetto, Rodriguez and Fleming finished 30th with a time of 3:16.07, and Moline's group of Michna, Andrew Gerdes, Vershaw, and Flowers landed in 34th (3:18.77). 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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