The J-Hawk Aquatic Club had ten 13 & Over athletes competing at the Wisconsin State Swimming Championships this past weekend.
J-Hawk State Team: Dani Cramer, Gaby de Moya-Cotter, Sophia Fanshaw, Grace Foucault, Ella Gorski, Ella Houwers, Cameron Krause, Young Liang, Ruby Schieldt, and Brianna Zimdars
Dani Cramer led the team as she finished in 4th place, in the highpoint awards, for the senior girls. Dani had an outstanding weekend, qualifying for nationals in the 200 fly and 400 IM. She also swam a 1:59.93 200 back and a 55.44 100 back (the 2:00 barrier is a huge accomplishment, in this event). Dani now has 9 events that she can choose from, at nationals (50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 IM, 200 IM, and 400 IM), which shows an incredible versatility.
Dani, Ella Houwers, Gaby de Moya-Cotter, and Brianna Zimdars achieved the national qualifying time for the 400 medley relay and the 200 medley relay.
Young Liang broke the team record in the senior 100 IM.
Grace Foucault also achieved her first Speedo cut, in the 200 back and will be travelling to Rochester, Minnesota to compete March 16th-17th.
We had several top 20 performances, from Dani, Young Liang, and Ella Houwers
Top 20 Performances (made it back to finals):
Dani Cramer: 200 fly (5th, 2:05.93), 400 IM (4th, 4:29.90), 200 back (3rd, 1:59.93), 100 back (3rd, 55.44), 100 IM (12th, 59.17), and 100 free (19th, 53.15)
Ella Houwers: 200 breast (5th, 2:22.00), 100 breast (14th, 1:07.17), 400 IM (18th, 4:40.43), and 200 IM (20th, 2:10.32)
Young Liang: 100 breast (8th, 58.19) and 200 IM (13th, 1:58.44)
The 400 medley relay placed 11th and the 800 free relay (Ella Houwers, Gaby de Moya-Cotter, Ruby Schieldt, and Dani Cramer) placed 14th
Best Times:
Dani Cramer: 200 fly (3.5 sec), 400 IM (3 sec), 200 back, 100 back, 100 free, and 100 IM
Grace Foucault: 200 back, 100 fly
Ella Gorski: 50 free, 100 back, 200 back
Ella Houwers: 400 IM (9 sec), 100 IM, 200 IM, 200 back, 200 free
Cameron Krause: 100 fly, 100 breast
Young Liang: 50 free, 100 free, 100 IM, 100 fly, 100 breast, 200 IM
Ruby Schieldt: 1000 free
Brianna Zimdars: 1000 free (9 seconds), 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly, and 200 back (3 sec)
The next J-Hawk session starts on Tuesday, April 2nd. Visit www.j-hawks.org, for more information.
