Bazeley Breaks Four School Records on Way to State

Posted on: November 4, 2023

Wow…all we can say is wow! The Whitewater Girls’ Swim Team showed up to compete at Sectionals on Saturday, November 4 at Sauk Prairie with a majority of best times and an individual ticket to STATE!

The 200 Medley Relay consisting of Georgia Esch, Atreya Wilson, Lucy Davis, and Payton Peacock started off the meet with a major time drop of 8 seconds. They paved the way for a very successful day of competition!

200 Freestyle –

Lucy Davis and Atreya Wilson went head to head in their heat and both kept an impressive pace.

STATE QUALIFIER and NEW SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER, Makayla Bazeley with a time of 1:56.41.

200 IM –

Emerson Dunham dropped 2 seconds to go a time of 2:34.06 which placed her 15th overall

50 Freestyle –

Maggie Maas joins the Under 30 club with a time of 29.08

Charlotte Hajewski dropped 1 second to go a time of 30.03. She is milliseconds away from joining the Under 30 Club with her lane mate!

Adalynn Frye drops nearly 2 seconds going a season best time of 31.98

Payton Peacock went a 32.98 by dropping nearly 3 seconds

Georgia Esch finishes up the 50 Freestyle best times with a time of 34.88

100 Butterfly –

NEW SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER and STATE QUALIFIER, Makayla Bazeley with a 3rd place finish and a time of 58.86

100 Freestyle –

Adalynn Frye dropped 4 seconds with a time of 1:15.11

Payton Peacock dropped 5 seconds with a time of 1:15.43

Georgia Esch dropped 3 seconds with a time of 1:17.12

500 Freestyle –

Emerson Dunham had an 8th place finish by breaking a 6-minute hurdle. She dropped 9 seconds and earned herself a time of 5:56.42

Charlotte Hajewski finished 1st in heat with a time of 6:25.31. She dropped 6 seconds overall!

Lucy Davis dropped 7 seconds and earned herself a season best time of 6:50.94

200 Freestyle Relay of Makayla Bazeley, Maggie Maas, Charlotte Hajewski, and Emerson Dunham vested their seed time by 4 seconds. Makayla Bazeley continues the record-breaking streak by breaking the SCHOOL RECORD in the 50 Freestyle by going a time of 24.91 in lead off leg of the relay!

100 Backstroke –

Maggie Maas finishes 16th overall with a 1 second drop going a time of 1:15.08

100 Breaststroke –

Atreya Wilson pushed passed the 1:30 mark with a time of 1:29.66. This is an impressive time drop with a 6 second difference.

400 Freestyle Relay team of Makayla Bazeley, Emerson Dunham, Charlotte Hajewski, and Maggie Maas went a time of 4:06.39 which is a 10 second time drop from their seeded time! And yet again, Makayla Bazeley in the lead off breaks another SCHOOL RECORD in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.74!

Overall the team dropped over 1 minute and 28 seconds. Wow…just wow, what a way to finish out the season!

Makayla Bazeley will be competing at the Girls Swim State Championship on Friday (11/10) at 5:30 p.m. at Waukesha South High School. Come cheer her on as she swims the 200 Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly!