State Bound after 6th place finish at Sectionals! The Whippets will be sending 2 relays and 4 individual events to the State meet on Friday, November 15th at the UW-Madison Natatorium. The State meet will start at 6:30 p.m.

Starting the meet off right was our 200 Medley relay team of Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers, Brianna Zimdars and Amber Krebs. These girls qualified for the State meet by racing incredibly hard finishing just out of 1st place by .04 seconds with a 1:52.10.

Our 200 Freestyle swimmers went three for three on best times. Hailey Murphy swam a lifetime best dropping 5 seconds. Elle Treder dropped 4 seconds and finished with a best time in 16th place, while Grace Foucault finished in 7th place with a lifetime best time, putting her 5th all-time on the Top 10 Times list for Whitewater High School.

Amber Krebs and Ella Houwers both raced well in the 200 Individual Medley. Amber finished in 16th place earning points for the team. Ella Houwers won the event by 5 seconds and dropped 4.5 seconds to swim a lifetime best going into the State meet next week.

Brooke Bazeley and Caroline Crowley raced hard in the 50 Freestyle; Brooke was able to drop another half second off her lifetime best time.

Our 100 Butterfly swimmers, Sophia Fanshaw and Brianna Zimdars, both dropped a second off the time. Sophia is now fourth all-time on the Top 10 Times list. Brianna set a new School Record with her lifetime best time and will be competing in this event at the State meet this coming Friday.

Caroline Crowley was our lone 100 Freestyler and she put in a strong race, right on her best time.

Our 500 Freestyle swimmers were very aggressive and all four were able to earn best times. Brooke Bazeley dropped 11 seconds, Ellie Treder dropped 12 seconds, Amber Krebs dropped 7 seconds and Brianna Zimdars dropped 7 seconds. Brianna earned a trip to the State meet in this event also and bettered her time on the Top 10 times list.

Our 200 Freestyle relay (Ella Houwers, Grace Foucault, Amber Krebs, Brianna Zimdars) made history becoming the first Whitewater relay to WIN at Sectionals. When you win an event, you are an automatic qualifier! The team set a new School Record time of 1:40.96. These girls swam amazing! Grace Foucault split a 24.69!

In the 100 Backstroke, Sophia Fanshaw had an outstanding race. Sophia won her heat and posted the 3rd fastest time on the Top 10 list with a 2 second drop. Grace Foucault dropped another half second and is now 2nd all-time on the Top 10 times list with her strong performance.

Hailey Murphy raced to a best time in the 100 Breaststroke and dropped 2 more seconds off her time. Hailey is now 5th all-time in the 100 Breaststroke. Ella Houwers continued to dominate with a win in the 100 Breaststroke and another season best time. Ella was able to beat the field by 3 seconds and earned her fourth swim at the upcoming State meet.

Our 400 Freestyle relay (Sophia Fanshaw, Hailey Murphy, Brooke Bazeley, Ellie Treder) clocked a best time with outstanding splits to finish out the meet. It was a great group effort!

Congratulations Whippets and good luck at State!

“It is a great time to be a Warhawk. We are thrilled about the five conference championships our teams have combined to win so far this fall and look forward to the continued success of our teams at upcoming conference and NCAA tournaments,” Assistant Athletic Director Chris Lindeke shares along with two new championship wins to celebrate.

In the WIAC Championship Finals UW-Whitewater Women’s Volleyball ranked No 23 wins over UW-River Falls in a score of 3 to 0. Find additional game information on the UW-Whitewater Athletics page here.

Also in a WIAC Championship final, UW-Whitewater Women’s Soccer won their game against UW-River Falls in a score of 3 to 1. Find additional game information on the UW-Whitewater Athletics page here.

Congrats to Ella Houwers on earning Conference Swimmer of the Year for the Southern Lakes Conference!  Ella earned two first place finishes at the Conference meet in addition to her strong performances in all the events throughout the season!  Ella beat the field by 4.5 seconds in the 200 Individual Medley and won the Breaststroke by 1.5 seconds.  

The Whippets ended their Conference portion of the season with a fourth place finish in this nine team conference with both Division I and II teams.  Our relays stepped up and scored lots of points to help earn our 4th place finish.   The B Medley Relay (Fanshaw, Murphy, Hackney, Treder) rocked it right away moving up four spots from their seed time.  The A Medley Relay (Foucault, Houwers, Zimdars, Krebs) earned medals for their 3rd place finish and dropped another second off their time.  The B 200 Freestyle Relay (Crowley, Fanshaw, Bazeley, N Amos) raced hard and dropped time on their way to scoring points for the team.  The A 200 Freestyle Relay (Houwers, Foucault, Krebs, Zimdars) races their way to 2nd place medals and dropped over a second off their time.  Both 400 Freestyle Relays, (A – Crowley, Treder, Hackney, Bazeley and B – Truesdale, L. Amos, Ortiz, Murphy) dropped time with the A relay finishing in the top 16 and scoring points.

In individual events, the Whippets were able to earn 8 more medals:

Ella Houwers – 1st, 200 IM and 1st, 100 Breaststroke

Brianna Zimdars – 3rd, Butterfly and 2nd, 500 Freestyle

Grace Foucault – 6th, Butterfly and 3rd, Backstroke

Sophia Fanshaw – 5th, Butterfly and 5th, Backstroke

Additional finishes that scored points were:

Ellie Treder – 12th, 200 Freestyle and 13th, 500 Freestyle

Lexi Hackney – 15th, 200 Freestyle

Amber Krebs – 11th, Individual Medley and 9th, 500 Freestyle

Hailey Murphy – 10th, Breaststroke

Swimming best times for the Whippets: Hailey Murphy (2), Ellie Treder (2), Lexi Hackney, Ella Houwers, Amber Krebs, Lucy Amos, Brooke Bazeley (2), Caroline Crowley, Raquel Ortiz, Brianna Zimdars, Sophia Fanshaw (2), Natalie Amos and Mina Truesdale.

The Whippets had a great night at the JV Conference meet.  Raquel Ortiz and Natalie Amos both earned medals in their individual events.  Raquel finished 7^th in the 100 Butterfly while Natalie Amos finished in 6^th place in the 100 Freestyle.  Two Whippet relays were also able to medal, the 200 Freestyle Relay of Mina Truesdale, Raquel Ortiz, Natalie Amos and Emily Radaj finished in 8^th place overall.  The 400 Freestyle Relay of Lucy Amos, Karime Velazquez, Josie Treder and Raquel Ortiz finished in 7^th place overall to earn their medals.  What a fun way to end their season!

In addition to those outstanding performances, all eleven swimmers were able to post best times:

Lucy Amos, 200 Freestyle -5 seconds

Ashley Xochipa, 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle – 4 seconds

Vanessa Falcon, 50 Freestyle

Giselle Ramirez, 50 Freestyle

Karime Velazquez, 50 Freestyle -2 seconds and 100 Butterfly -3 seconds

Natalie Amos, 50 Freestyle -2 seconds and 100 Freestyle -6 seconds

Emily Radaj, 50 Freestyle

Vanessa Falcon, 100 Freestyle -3 seconds

Matt Zingheim, 100 Freestyle

Josie Treder, 100 Freestyle -4 seconds and 100 Breaststroke – 5 seconds

Mina Truesdale, 400 Freestyle – 16 seconds

Raquel Ortiz, 100 Backstroke -12 seconds