The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team had a strong showing at the EagleJay Invite on Saturday, January 24th, finishing 3rd overall in a competitive field! The day was filled with personal bests, Top 16 finishes, and great team energy from start to finish.

Top 16 Finishes:

• 200 Medley Relay

A Relay (Hunter Runnoe, David Enns, Wyatt Esch, ChaCha Binagi) – 11th (2:12.16)

• 200 Freestyle:

Cruz Aranda – 1st (1:54.71)

• 50 Freestyle:

Mateo Bazeley – 3rd (23.54)

Caleb Kluck – 9th (25.72)

Wyatt Esch – 10th (25.78)

• 100 Butterfly:

Langdon Coburn – 2nd (56.87)

Wyatt Esch – 11th (1:11.37)

• 100 Freestyle:

Cruz Aranda – 1st (51.31)

Mateo Bazeley – 2nd (52.24)

David Enns – 15th (1:03.53)

• 500 Freestyle:

Angel Kilar – 11th (8:03.72)

Cooper Housel – 12th (8:06.48)

• 200 Freestyle Relay:

A Relay (Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Caleb Kluck, Mateo Bazeley) – 2nd (1:35.76)

B Relay (David Enns, ChaCha Binagi, Hunter Runnoe, Wyatt Esch) – 10th (1:53.22)

• 100 Backstroke:

Langdon Coburn – 4th (1:03.37)

Ian Agen – 16th (1:47.43)

• 100 Breaststroke:

Caleb Kluck – 9th (1:19.77)

David Enns – 1:23.21

• 400 Freestyle Relay:

A Relay (Cruz Aranda, Mateo Bazeley, Caleb Kluck, Langdon Coburn) – 3rd (3:37.87)

B Relay (Cooper Housel, Angel Kilar, Ian Agen, Carson Miller) – 12th (5:16.81)

Other Highlights:

• ChaCha Binagi dropped 9 seconds in the 200 Free (3:06.27) and 2 seconds in the 100 Free (1:10.79).

• Carson Miller had a massive day, dropping 28 seconds in the 100 Free (1:20.88) and 6 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke (1:37.17).

• Cooper Housel dropped 5 seconds in his 100 Free leading off the 400 Free Relay.

• Hunter Runnoe dropped 2 seconds in the 100 Free, finishing with a time of 1:08.51.

The Whippets are back in action Tuesday, January 27th, as they travel to Edgerton High School to take on Edgerton/Evansville in their final dual meet of the season. Swimming starts at 5:30 PM — come out and support the team!

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

The Whitewater Girls’ Wrestling team followed up their Janesville Craig Invite title with a busy week of wrestling the week of January 19th. 

On Tuesday, January 20, the girls traveled to Edgerton to compete in two dual meets against the Tiders of Edgerton and the Trojans of Beloit Turner. The girls wrestled extremely well dropping only one match on the evening. This loss was a rematch for the girls from a previous loss by pin. This was a tough battle with De Porter winning at one point 12-9 but coming up short in the end.

The ladies opened the night with a 66-0 victory over a very short-handed Edgerton team The team then followed with a 56-12 victory over Beloit Turner.

Wednesday night, January 21, the team hosted their only dual meet at home against Madison Memorial and Big Foot in which our Seniors (Isabelle Cantu, Silvia Harris, and Atreya Wilson) were honored as well as parents recognized for their support of our students.

The girls wrestled extremely well on the evening with an opening dual meet victory over Madison Memorial 48-21. A big turning point was a victory by Aubrey Fuoco (145) who was able to wrestle through a scramble position and put her girl on her back for the pin. 

In the closing dual of the night the Lady Whippets came out victorious against the Lady Chiefs of Big Foot 42-19.  Coming up with the big pin for the Whippets was Emma Maas (114) with her first period pin, running her pinning combination extremely well in the victory. Also with a big pin on the night in the nightcap dual was Storm De Porter (132) pinning her opponent early in the first period. Likely the most exciting match of the night belonged to Atreya Wilson (138). There was a lot of action in this match with both ladies going with big moves. Unfortunately, Atreya dropped the match 13-17. 

The victories this week pushed the Whippets’ Team record to 4-0 on the season.

The girls are next in action with three dual meets on Tuesday night, January 27, at Beloit Turner. They will wrestle Beloit Turner, Janesville Craig, and Jefferson. These should all be very good dual meets for all the teams involved! Wrestling begins at Beloit Turner High School at 5:00 pm Tuesday night.

Article and Photos Courtesy of John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org

The past week was a busy one for the Whippet Boys’ Wrestling Team. On Tuesday, January 20, the team traveled to Edgerton to compete against Edgerton and Beloit Turner, coming away with two dual meet victories over the Tiders and Trojans.

Thursday, January 22, the team then traveled to Janesville Craig to have a dual meet with the Cougars. Both the JV and Varsity teams wrestled very well. The JV team won 58-12 with some very nice wrestling by all competitors. The varsity came up big with some big wins from Esteban Lopez-Villanueva at 126 and Cristian Aranda at 157 pounds. Villanueva showed much improvement and was able to wrestle tough in the closing period to secure a big victory for the Whippets. Aranda showed a no give up attitude in his victory. He was losing in the second period and found himself in a scramble on the edge of the mat. He kept wrestling through positions and was able to put his opponent to his back for a big pin. This win put the dual meet out of reach for the Cougars giving the Whippets their 7th dual meet victory on the season. They extended their record to 7-3 with one dual meet left on their regular season schedule. 

Saturday, January 24, the team braved the cold and traveled to Monroe to participate in the Monroe Invitational. This was an extremely competitive tournament and was made even more competitive when some teams were added after cancelations of tournaments on Friday night. The boys wrestled tough and although WHS had nobody in the finals, they did have many competing in the final round. Gabe Crane (132) and Deavion Olson (Hwt) led the way with 3rd place finishes in two very close matches in the bronze medal victory. Also coming home with a medal for the Whippets were George Christon (106) bringing home fourth place and Austin Retzlaff (215) coming home with a 5th place finish, going 4-1 on the day.

Tuesday, January 27, the team will travel to Belleville to compete in their final dual meet of the regular season.

Article and Photos Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org