Today is Wednesday, October 7, 2026
SECTIONAL RECAP — WHAT A DAY TO BE A WHIPPET!
The Whippets finished 4th overall at the Whitefish Bay WIAA Sectional, and there was SO much incredible swimming from start to finish. This team showed heart, grit, and major speed all day long!
Medley Relay — 8th (1:59.33)
Esch / Enns / Nickelsburg / Kluck
David Enns threw down an awesome 50 Breast split of 33.78!
️ 200 Free
Cruz Aranda — 1:49.36 STATE QUALIFIER (now #2 all-time Top 10)
7th Sam Nickelsburg — 2:15.77 HUGE PR — dropped 4 seconds!
9th Wyatt Esch — 2:23.48
200 IM
6th Langdon Coburn — 2:06.04 STATE QUALIFIER Massive 7-second drop and now sits #4 all-time!
50 Free
5th Mateo Bazeley — 22.55 STATE QUALIFIER (#3 all-time!)
11th Caleb Kluck — 25.01 PR!
ChaCha Binagi — 28.77
️ 100 Fly Langdon Coburn — 52.61 STATE QUALIFIER (dropped 2 seconds!)
️ 100 Free
Cruz Aranda — 49.18 STATE QUALIFIER (#4 all-time!)
8th Mateo Bazeley — 52.17
14th Wyatt Esch — 57.15 PR!
David Enns — 1:00.97 (-3 seconds!)
ChaCha Binagi — 1:05.31 PR!
200 Free Relay — 3rd (1:31.39)
Aranda / Kluck / Coburn / Bazeley — STATE QUALIFIERS
100 Breast
14th Caleb Kluck — 1:17.28
15th David Enns — 1:17.76 (dropped nearly 5 seconds!)
400 Free Relay — 4th (3:27.65)
Coburn / Bazeley / Esch / Aranda — STATE QUALIFIERS Langdon Coburn led off in a 49.64, now #5 all-time!
This meet was full of PRs, Whippet Top-10 record moves, clutch relays, and incredible team energy. So proud of the way these swimmers stepped up and raced for each other!
NEXT STOP: STATE!
Waukesha South Natatorium
Friday, February 20
Swimming begins at 5:30 PM
Let’s go Whippets!!! 
Article and Photos Courtesy of Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu
The Whippets put on a fun and competitive performance at the Southern Lakes Conference Championship Swim Meet, finishing 4th overall with a ton of strong swims, big time drops, and fast racing across the board.
Top 16 Finishes & Highlights:
200 Medley Relay
• A Relay (Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Sam Nickelsburg, Caleb Kluck) – 7th (2:00.83)
• B Relay (Cooper Housel, Carson Miller, Eloy Rodriguez, Ian Agen) – 15th (2:27.64)
200 Free
• 3rd – Cruz Aranda (1:51.43)
• 11th – Wyatt Esch (2:13.54, 4-second drop)
• Hunter Runnoe (2:28.43)
200 IM
• 5th – Langdon Coburn (2:13.21)
• Ian Agen – really strong final swim of the season in one of the toughest events
50 Free
• 5th – Mateo Bazeley (23.22)
• 16th – David Enns (27.28)
• ChaCha Binagi (28.84)
• Eloy Rodriguez (29.90)
• Angel Kilar (30.65)
100 Fly
• 5th – Langdon Coburn (54.75) → now 3rd all-time on the Whippet Top 10 List
• 12th – Sam Nickelsburg (1:08.86)
100 Free
• 2nd – Cruz Aranda (49.89) → 5th all-time on the Whippet Top 10 List
• 4th – Mateo Bazeley (53.04)
• 12th – Caleb Kluck (58.16)
• ChaCha Binagi (1:06.30)
500 Free
• 15th – Eloy Rodriguez (7:17.43, 45-second drop)
• 16th – Angel Kilar (7:29.58, 29-second drop)
• Cooper Housel (7:50.02)
200 Free Relay
• A Relay (Cruz Aranda, Caleb Kluck, Langdon Coburn, Mateo Bazeley) – 2nd (1:33.84)
• B Relay (David Enns, Hunter Runnoe, Sam Nickelsburg, Mateo Bazeley) – 10th (1:50.30)
– Hunter Runnoe ripped a 26.62 split
100 Backstroke
• 11th – Wyatt Esch (1:13.24)
• 15th – Hunter Runnoe (1:18.09)
100 Breaststroke
• 9th – Caleb Kluck (1:16.32)
• 16th – David Enns (1:22.83)
• Carson Miller (1:34.31)
400 Free Relay
• A Relay (Langdon Coburn, Mateo Bazeley, Wyatt Esch, Cruz Aranda) – 2nd (3:29.97)
– Langdon led off in 50.95, now 7th all-time on the Whippet Top 10 List
• B Relay (Eloy Rodriguez, ChaCha Binagi, Hunter Runnoe, Sam Nickelsburg) – 10th (4:19.60)
– Sam closed it out with a strong 1:01.83 split
Next up:
Saturday, February 14th
WIAA Sectional Meet – Whitefish Bay High School
Swimming starts at 1:00 PM
Come spend Valentine’s Day cheering on your Whippets!
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu
Congratulations to the girls on winning the Rock Valley Conference Wrestling Tournament on Friday night, February 6!
The girls finished with nine in the top three. Ema Aranda and Emma Maas were both Conference Champions. Isabelle Cantu, Kora Davis, Storm De Porter, and Marianna Kubicz were runners-up, and Burma Vubumu, Aubrey Fuoco, and Payton Taylor finished in third.
Article and Photos Courtesy of John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
The Whippets had a strong showing at the JV Conference Meet on Tuesday night, highlighted by big time drops, podium finishes, and some great relay swims! The boys came ready to race and delivered across the board.
- 200 Medley Relay – 2nd place (Housel / Miller / Agen / Kilar)
- The group bettered their seeded time, with Carson Miller posting a strong 41.59 split in the 50 Breaststroke.
- 200 Freestyle
- Cooper Housel finished 4th, dropping 7 seconds off his previous best.
- 50 Freestyle
- Angel Kilar took 8th with a solid swim.
- 100 Butterfly
- Ian Agen placed 3rd, earning a spot on the podium.
- 200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd place (Agen / Kilar / Miller / Housel)
- The relay dropped 4 seconds off their seeded time, with Cooper Housel anchoring in 30.09.
- 100 Breaststroke
- Carson Miller finished 5th, knocking off another 3 seconds to post a new best time of 1:34.41.
- 400 Freestyle Relay – 3rd place (Housel / Agen / Kilar / Miller)
- A huge swim for this group as they dropped 12 seconds off their seeded time. Cooper Housel led off in 1:10.47, dropping 6 seconds
- Angel Kilar followed with a 1:15.13, dropping 4 seconds
Overall, it was a great night of racing with lots of medals coming home and strong momentum heading into the championship portion of the season.
Next Up:
Varsity Conference
Jefferson High School
Saturday, February 7
Swimming starts at 11:00 AM
Come out and cheer on the Whippets!
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu
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