The Whippets Boys’ Swim Team had a sensational day in the pool competing in the Southern Lakes Conference Championships on Saturday, February 4th. The Whippets finished 6th overall as a team, took home 4 medals, and posted 17 of 21 best times!
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Placing in the Top 16 includes (Top 6 medal):
200 Medley Relay A (Tyler Arnett, Jack Hefty, Cruz Aranda, Andrew O’Toole) with a 9th place finish and a time of 2:01.44.
200 Medley Relay B (Onyx Thompson, Xavier Zei, Myles Morse, David Enns) with a 15th place finish and a time of 2:21.07. Dropped 7 seconds off seeded time.
Miles Nickelsburg had an 8th place finish in the 200 Freestyle going a best time of 2:18.69.
Tyler Arnett finished 3rd in the 200 Freestyle with a best time of 2:00.18. He moved up on the Whippet All Time Top 10 List to 7th overall.
Jack Hefty won his heat in the 200 IM with a best time of 2:23.35. His time was fast enough to beat two swimmers in the following heat to earn himself a 5th place finish.
Cruz Aranda won his heat in the 50 Freestyle with a new best time of 25.69. He placed 10th overall!
Cruz Aranda finished 10th in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:09.42.
Tyler Arnett finished 2nd in the 500 Freestyle with a best time of 5:29.50
Andrew O’Toole dropped 27 seconds in the 500 Freestyle going a time of 6:24.42. Placing 11th overall.
Myles Morse dropped over 6 seconds in the 500 Freestyle going a time of 6:25.19. Placing 12th overall.
Onyx Thompson placed 15th overall in the 100 Backstroke dropping over 3 seconds going a best time of 1:25.50
Miles Nickelsburg dropped over 3 seconds in the 100 Backstroke placing 10th overall going a 1:13.04
Jack Hefty swam a fun 100 Breaststroke race where he and an opponent from Jefferson/Cambridge touched at the same time. The two of them ended up tying for a 6th place finish. Jack went a new best time of 1:15.16.
400 Freestyle Relay A (Cruz Aranda, Andrew O’Toole, Jack Hefty, Tyler Arnett) placed 5th overall with a time of 3:54.63. They bested their seeded time by nearly 5 seconds. Jack Hefty posted an impressive 55.82 split and Andrew O’Toole also had an impressive split going a 1:01.68.
400 Freestyle Relay B (Myles Morse, Onyx Thompson, Xavier Zei, Miles Nickelsburg) placed 10th overall with a 4:41.92. They all swam well and beat their seeded time by 11 seconds.
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With an impressive meet like this, we are excited to watch the Whippets compete in the WIAA Sectional next Saturday, February 11th at Sauk Prairie at 1 p.m. Go Dogs!
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Co-Head Boys’ Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org