The Whippet Girls’ Swim Team had two meets this past week. First up was a dual meet against Delavan-Darien on Tuesday, October 15, where the Whippets beat the Comets 87 – 77. The girls placed 1st in 8 of 11 events. Maya Davis took on the 200 Freestyle for the 1st time this season going an impressive time of 3:07.04. Zoe Zei had a great day in the water; she dropped nearly 2 seconds in her 50 freestyle and dropped 8 seconds in her 500 freestyle. Atreya Wilson continues to improve her time in the 100 Breaststroke going a season best time of 1:35.65. Laken DePorter continues to get faster and faster in the 100 freestyle!
Later that week, the girls traveled to Germantown on Saturday, October 19th to compete in a Sprint Invite which was lots of fun, and the girls got to do some really fast racing. The competition was tough as there were many division 1 schools to go against, but the girls all swam great! Makayla Bazeley put on a gutsy performance in the 200 Freestyle to just out touch the competition by .17 milliseconds to secure the win. She ended up going a season best time of 1:58.70. The 200 Medley was compromised of 8 swimmers each swimming a 25. The Medley team of Kendra Serrano, MJ Verduzco, Atreya Wilson, Maya Davis, Grace Coleman, Lucy Davis, Caitlin Alford, and Laken DePorter absolutely crushed their seeded time by over 16 seconds! Emerson Dunham had a top 10 finish in the 200 IM going a season best time of 2:40.85 and placed 8th overall! Caitlin Alford crushed her goal of going under 40 seconds in the 50 Freestyle!
The Whippets are back in action for their last home and conference dual meet on Tuesday, October 22 against Beloit Memorial. We will be celebrating our three seniors so be sure to stop by and watch them and all the Whippet swimmers compete in their final home meet of the season!
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu
