Five Swimmers Headed to State in Seven Events

SECTIONAL RECAP — WHAT A DAY TO BE A WHIPPET!

The Whippets finished 4th overall at the Whitefish Bay WIAA Sectional, and there was SO much incredible swimming from start to finish. This team showed heart, grit, and major speed all day long!

Sectional Swimmers

🏊♂️ Medley Relay — 8th (1:59.33)
Esch / Enns / Nickelsburg / Kluck
➡️ David Enns threw down an awesome 50 Breast split of 33.78!

🏊♂️ 200 Free
🥉 Cruz Aranda — 1:49.36 STATE QUALIFIER (now #2 all-time Top 10)
7th Sam Nickelsburg — 2:15.77 HUGE PR — dropped 4 seconds!
9th Wyatt Esch — 2:23.48

🏊♂️ 200 IM
6th Langdon Coburn — 2:06.04 STATE QUALIFIER
➡️ Massive 7-second drop and now sits #4 all-time!

🏊♂️ 50 Free
5th Mateo Bazeley — 22.55 STATE QUALIFIER (#3 all-time!)
11th Caleb Kluck — 25.01 PR!
ChaCha Binagi — 28.77

🏊♂️ 100 Fly
🥉 Langdon Coburn — 52.61 STATE QUALIFIER (dropped 2 seconds!)

🏊♂️ 100 Free
🥈 Cruz Aranda — 49.18 STATE QUALIFIER (#4 all-time!)
8th Mateo Bazeley — 52.17
14th Wyatt Esch — 57.15 PR!
David Enns — 1:00.97 (-3 seconds!)
ChaCha Binagi — 1:05.31 PR!

🏊♂️ 200 Free Relay — 3rd (1:31.39)
Aranda / Kluck / Coburn / Bazeley — STATE QUALIFIERS

🏊♂️ 100 Breast
14th Caleb Kluck — 1:17.28
15th David Enns — 1:17.76 (dropped nearly 5 seconds!)

🏊♂️ 400 Free Relay — 4th (3:27.65)
Coburn / Bazeley / Esch / Aranda — STATE QUALIFIERS
➡️ Langdon Coburn led off in a 49.64, now #5 all-time!

This meet was full of PRs, Whippet Top-10 record moves, clutch relays, and incredible team energy. So proud of the way these swimmers stepped up and raced for each other!

🔥 NEXT STOP: STATE!
📍 Waukesha South Natatorium
📅 Friday, February 20
⏰ Swimming begins at 5:30 PM

Let’s go Whippets!!! 🐾💙

Article and Photos Courtesy of Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu

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