The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team closed out the season with some exciting and fast racing at the WIAA Division 2 Sectionals at Whitefish Bay on Saturday, February 10th.
The meet started off with the 200 Medley Relay, where Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Miles Nickelsburg, and Onyx Thompson bettered their seed time by 1 second. David Enns had a great split in the 50 breaststroke going a 36.82!
Miles Nickelsburg dropped 2 seconds in his 200 Freestyle to go a new time of 2:11.53 and finished 14th overall! Cruz Aranda, a heat later, bettered his time by 1 second going a time of 1:59.09 to finish 11th overall. Cruz is now 6th on the Whippet Top 10 List!
All the 50 Freestylers on the day went best times. David Enns went a 29.25, Wyatt Esch went a 26.86, Myles Morse went a 25.90 to place 16th overall, and Langdon Coburn went a 25.19 to place 14th overall!
Jack Hefty and Cruz Aranda both swam fast in their 100 freestyles. Jack finished 12th overall and Cruz finished 14th overall!
Wyatt Esch went a best time in the 500 by 2 seconds, going a new time of 6:34.33 and placing 15th overall! Myles Morse swam a strong 500 to finish 10th overall!
The 200 Freestyle relay had an exciting race as they battled against conference opponents Elkhorn and Delavan-Darien. Jack Hefty led off the relay with a 24.33, Cruz Aranda split a 24.32, Langdon Coburn split a 24.33 and Myles Morse brought it home with a 25.51. The team dropped 2 seconds off their time from last weekend at Conference!
Langdon Coburn had a 9th place finish in the 100 Backstroke, going a time of 1:02.58. He is now 9th on the Whippet Top 10 List. Miles Nickelsburg had a 13th place finish with a new time of 1:08.34.
David Enns and Jack Hefty both had best times in the 100 Breaststroke. David Enns dropped 3 seconds to go a time of 1:22.71. Jack finished 10th overall with a time of 1:13.95 and is 10th on the Whippet Top 10 List!
The 400 Freestyle Relay of Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, and Jack Hefty finished 6th overall with a time of 3:47.38.
The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team had an amazing season! We can’t wait to see what they accomplish next year!
Article and Photo Collage Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
