Swim Team Celebrates Seniors at Last Home Meet of Season

Posted on: October 12, 2026

The Whippets hosted Beloit Memorial on Tuesday, October 6th, for their final home dual meet of the season! It was an extra special night as we celebrated our two amazing seniors, Maggie Maas and MJ Verduzco!

And what better way to celebrate than with some FAST swimming?! The girls put together some great races, big time drops, and plenty of exciting moments throughout the night!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: MAGGIE MAAS

Maggie made sure to make her final home dual one to remember! She picked up 1st place finishes in BOTH of her individual events, the 200 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly!

She also helped lead the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay to 1st place victories! To top it all off, Maggie led off the 400 Free Relay with a season-best 100 Freestyle time of 1:03.52!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: MJ VERDUZCO

MJ was on a mission to make her final home dual a fast one, and she did just that!

TWO SEASON BESTS!

100 Freestyle: Dropped over 16 SECONDS to finish in 1:15.80!
100 Backstroke: Continued to chip away at her time, finishing in 1:30.16!

MJ also threw down her fastest 50 Butterfly split of 39.58! What a night!

MORE WHIPPET HIGHLIGHTS!

200 Freestyle
Laken De Porter dropped nearly 5 seconds off her previous time, finishing in 2:46.24!

200 IM
BACK-TO-BACK EVENT WINS FOR MAYA! Maya Davis picked up her second consecutive 200 IM victory, coming through with some BIG points for the Whippets!

Storm De Porter dropped nearly 6 seconds off her 200 IM! She’s continuing to show some great improvements across all four strokes!

50 Freestyle & 100 Breaststroke
FINLEY DE PORTER HAD HERSELF A NIGHT!

Finley was dropping time left and right!

50 Freestyle: Dropped 1.74 seconds to finish in 31.11!
100 Breaststroke: Dropped 2.27 seconds to finish in 1:43.57!
400 Freestyle Relay: Brought it home with an impressive 1:13.92 anchor split!

Talk about a night of FAST swimming!

500 Freestyle
Caitlin Alford had a fantastic swim in the 500 Freestyle, dropping a HUGE 26.3 seconds off her previous time!

100 Backstroke
Emma Maas raced her way to a 1st place finish with a time of 1:22.18!

What a special night for our Whippet swimmers!

While there were plenty of great swims to celebrate, the biggest highlight was getting to recognize Maggie and MJ and everything they’ve brought to this program. Their hard work, positive energy, and dedication have made an impact on this team, and we’re so thankful to have them as Whippets!

Thankfully, we’re not quite done with these two yet! There’s still more racing, more memories, and more opportunities to finish this season strong!

NEXT UP: EDGERTON/EVANSVILLE!