Today is Sunday, July 28, 2024
The Whitewater Girls’ Swim Team competed against Edgerton/Evansville Tuesday night, September 14.
Winning their heats were:
200 Medley Relay – Grace Foucault, Emerson Dunham, Makayla Bazeley and Brooke Bazeley with a time of 2:06.07
200 IM – Makayla Bazeley with a time of 2:25.82
50 Freestyle – Brooke Bazeley with a time of 28.76
100 Fly – Grace Foucault with a time of 1:06.29
100 Freestyle – Makayla Bazeley with a time of 58.99
500 Freestyle – Brooke Bazeley with a time of 6:14.19
We had a handful of swimmers compete in new events for the first time, including Michelle Abarca in the 100 Freestyle, Skylar Staebler in the 100 Fly, and Josie Treder in the 200 IM.
The best split of the night came from Makayla Bazeley in the 400 Freestyle Relay swimming a 100 freestyle in 56.28!
We are so very proud of our Whippets!
The team sends a huge thank you to members of the Edgerton/Evansville Team for their donations to help honor Trinity Nickels. Trinity Nickels was always passionate about animals. In her memory, the Whitewater Girls’ Swim Team will be accepting donations to the Lakeland Animal Shelter at their first home meet on September 21st, at 5:30 P.M. We hope this will be the first of many successful donation ventures in Trinity’s honor.
If you donate any of the following products you will receive free admission into the meet
· Bleach
· Liquid Detergent
· Dawn Dish Soap
· Dog or Cat Toys
· Used or New Stuffed Animals
· Used or New Towels, Blankets, or Washcloths
· Cat Litter
· Cat/Kitten Dry or Wet Food
If you are unable to attend the meet but would still like to donate, please contact us at whippetswim@gmail.com. Donations may also be brought to the Whitewater High School main office prior to September 21, 2021.
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
The Girls’ Swim Team competed in the Elkhorn Invite over the weekend and had a great day! The girls took 6th place overall out of 10 teams, which included some Division 1 teams.
Out of 17 individual races, 15 were personal best times!
The top 8 in each event take home a medal. On Saturday, we were able to take home 9 medals which included:
200 Medley Relay (Grace Foucault, Emerson Dunham, Makayla Bazeley, and Brooke Bazeley) – 2nd place 2:17.72
200 IM (Emerson) – 7th place 2:57.50
50 Freestyle (Grace and Brooke) 1st place 28.80 and 7th place 31.22
100 Fly (Makayla) – 2nd place 1:10.09
400 Freestyle (Makayla and Brooke) 2nd place 5:05.12 and 6th place 5:26.42
200 Freestyle Relay (Grace, Emerson, Brooke, and Makayla) – 4th place 2:04.92
100 Backstroke (Grace) – 2nd place 1:09.13
The girls swim next at Edgerton on Tuesday, September 14.
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
The Whitewater Girls’ Tennis Team visited Edgerton on Saturday for a Quad against Portage, Lake Mills, and Edgerton. As a team, Whitewater placed third but it was a successful day for several athletes.
Emilia Houwers, Whitewater’s 1 singles player, won 2 out of 3 matches with wins against Portage 6-2, 6-0 and Edgerton 6-3, 6-1, and lost in a competitive last match to Lake Mills 6-3, 6-3.
Anisa Dauti, Whitewater’s 2 singles player, went 1 for 3 on the day. Winning 6-4, 7-4 against Edgerton, losing 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in a tiebreak against Portage, and losing 6-3, 7-5 in a close match against Lake Mills.
Brennan Fox-Simes, Whitewater’s 3 singles player, won 2 out of 3 matches, winning 7-5, 6-3 against Lake Mills, 6-2, 6-2 against Portage, and losing 6-3, 7-6 against Edgerton.
This week, Whitewater took on McFarland in a dual match where the Whippets fell 6 matches to 1, with Whitewater’s win coming in the 1 singles spot from Emilia Houwers. Emilia won her first set handily 6-1 and was able to battle back down in the second set and won 6-4. Emilia has now won 4 out of her last 5 matches.
On Wednesday, the Whitewater team travels to Janesville Craig and then finishes up Conference play back at home on Thursday for senior and parent night against Edgerton starting at 4:15.
Article and Photo Submitted by Baron West
Whitewater High School Head Tennis Coach
bwest@wwusd.org
During the 2021 U.S. Open Tennis Championships, many people identified Whitewater’s very own Reese Brantmeier as the youngest player in the main draw at the U.S. Open. So, we followed Reese in this tournament, and on Friday night, Reese and her doubles partner Elvina Kalieva of Staten Island, New York, won a thrilling three-set match to advance to the U.S. Open Girls’ Doubles Final on Saturday.
The eighth-seeded doubles team of Brantmeier/Kalieva were to take on the third-seeded doubles team of Robin Montgomery of Washington D.C. and Ashlyn Krueger of Highland Village, Texas. Thus, the match would be an All-American final featuring the top junior players in the country on the same court.
The three-set match went back and forth with some excellent rallies for both teams. Eventually, the doubles team of Montgomery and Kreuger defeated Brantmeier and Kalieva 5-7, 6-4, (10-4). The final set featured a championship tiebreaker to determine the match.
Congratulations, Reese, on a job well done! We are so very proud of you!
Article and Photos Submitted by Greg Stewart
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