The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team finished out conference in 3rd Place overall at the conference meet! So many had best times and there were a few conference medal finishes. The top 6 individuals in each event and the top 3 relays medal.

Top 16 finishes and best times include: 

200 Medley Relay:

• 8th (2:04.98)-Miles Nickelsburg, David Enns, Myles Morse, Andrew O’Toole
• 12th (2:10.63) – Wyatt Esch, Caleb Kluck, Sam Nickelsburg, Xavier Ortiz

200 Free:

• Cruz Aranda is the SLC CONFERENCE CHAMPION of the 200 Freestyle, winning with a time of 1:54.26!
• Miles Nickelsburg finished 6th with a time of 2:07.65!

200 IM:

• Jack Hefty finished 5th with a time of 2:19.84. Jack dropped nearly 5 seconds. He now sits 9th on the Whippet Top 10 List.
• Wyatt Esch finished 16th with a time of 2:47.81. Wyatt dropped 7 seconds off his previous time. 
• Andrew O’Toole swam a great race and finished with a best time of 2:47.98

50 Free:

• Mateo Bazeley finished 3rd with a time of 23.84. Mateo now sits 8th on the Whippet Top Ten List. 
• Caleb Kluck continues to drop more time going a time of 26.82
• Angel Kilar dropped nearly a second off of his time to go a time of 33.79.

100 Butterfly:

• Langdon Coburn finished 7th with a time of 1:00.35. 
• Myles Morse finished 9th with a time of 1:05.98.
• Sam Nickelsburg finished 11th with a time of 1:09.09

100 Freestyle:

• Cruz Aranda finished 4th going a season best time of 51.35. 
• Mateo Bazeley finished 5th going a time of 53.26. 
• Caleb Kluck dropped over a second going a time of 1:00.28
• Andrew O’Toole dropped nearly 2 seconds going a time 1:00.52
• David Enns also dropped some time going a best time of 1:03.05

500 Freestyle:

• Myles Morse finished 3rd with a time of 5:32.27. Dropping 6 seconds puts Myles 8th on the Whippet Top 10 List. 
• Miles Nickelsburg finished 4th with a time of 5:47.12. Miles dropped nearly 4 seconds off his previous time. 

200 Freestyle Relay:

• 3rd (1:36.02) – Jack Hefty, Langdon Coburn, Mateo Bazeley, and Cruz Aranda. All the of them posted their best relay splits this season. In the leadoff, Jack went a time of 24.15, which puts him 10th all-time on the Whippet Top 10 List. 
• 12th (1:51.12) – Xavier Ortiz, David Enns, Sam Nickelsburg, Andrew O’Toole

100 Backstroke:

• Langdon Coburn finished 6th with a time of 1:01.85. Langdon now sits 8th on the Whippet Top 10 List. 
• Wyatt Esch finished 16th with a time of 1:13.91. 
• Xavier Ortiz had a big drop of 6 seconds to go a time of 1:24.88

100 Breaststroke:

• Jack Hefty finished 9th with a time of 1:12.87. 
• Isaac Straight dropped 3 seconds to go a best time of 1:26.93

400 Freestyle Relay:

• 3rd (3:37.78) – Cruz Aranda, Mateo Bazeley, Langdon Coburn, and Jack Hefty. They dropped over 6 seconds off their seed time. Langdon (54.53) and Jack (53.84) both had season best splits. 
• 6th (5:57.07) – Myles Morse, Caleb Kluck, Wyatt Esch, and Miles Nickelsburg. They dropped nearly 7 seconds off their seeded time! Each of them posted best times. Myles in the leadoff went a 58.26, Caleb went a 59.00, Wyatt went a 1:01.46, and Miles went a 58.35 

The boys are having a great start to Championship season, and we can’t wait to see them compete at the WIAA Sectional Meet at Milton High School on Saturday, February 15th. Swimming starts at 1 pm; we hope to see you there! 

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