The Whippet Swimmers came in and made a splash at Conference Relays on Thursday, September 5th! Bringing home the medals for our team were Makayla Bazeley, Emerson Dunham, Charlotte Hajewski, and Maggie Maas. These girls combined for four 3rd place finishes – 4×100 IM Relay, 1000 Freestyle Crescendo Relay, 500 Freestyle Crescendo Relay, and the 4×100 Backstroke Relay. In the 4×100 IM relay the girls worked hard to get redemption for this relay last year. The 1000 Freestyle was another great race; each of them absolutely rocked their distances! The 500 Crescendo tested their grit and determination, and they had to work from behind. Emerson Dunham had a great split in the unusual 150-yard distance with a 1:45 split! All four girls had nice splits on the 500 Crescendo Relay. In the 4×100 Backstroke relays the girls battled until the very end, Makayla Bazeley led off the relay with a great time of 1:00.69!
In addition to our medal winning relays, the entire team impressed with many times close to their end of season times last year. In our first relay of the night, Kendra Serrano, Atreya Wilson, Lucy Davis, and Laken DePorter raced hard to finish in 10th place. The 200 Freestyle Relay of Georgia Esch, Maya Davis, Caitlin Alford, and Grace Coleman were up next; they all continue to get faster in their freestyle from our first meet a few weeks ago. Georgia Esch had a great lead off split of 35.39. In the splash and dash event of the night, we had two relay teams battling it out. Our “A” Relay of Atreya Wilson, Kendra Serrano, Grace Coleman, and Lucy Davis swam fast winning the first heat by 5 seconds and beat 3 teams in the 2nd heat to finish in 6th place. Our “B” Relay of Marijose Verduzco, Caitlin Alford, Laken DePorter, and Maya Davis crushed their seed time by over 9 seconds! Rounding out our relays was the 400 Freestyle Relay of Kendra Serrano, Atreya Wilson, Georgia Esch, and Lucy Davis finishing in 9th place overall. All four posted great split times including Lucy Davis anchoring with a 1:11.74.
The Whippets finished 6th overall as a team! It was a great meet for the girls, and we can’t wait to see what they do the rest of the season! They will be back in the pool on Tuesday, September 10th at 5:30 pm against Edgerton/Evansville at Edgerton High School.
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu
