Whippet Swimmers Compete at Conference Meet

Posted on: November 2, 2026

The Whippets headed to Jefferson on Saturday, October 31st, to compete in the Southern Lakes Conference Championships, and the girls were SPOOKY FAST!

With plenty of Top 16 finishes, personal bests, and some BIG time drops, the girls put together a fantastic day of racing! All that hard work throughout the season is showing up in the pool, and what better day to swim fast than HALLOWEEN?!

Here are our Top 16 finishers and some of our favorite highlights from the day!

200 Medley Relay

9th Place — Emma Maas, Maya Davis, Maggie Maas & Grace Smith — 2:16.00

The girls got things rolling with a strong relay! Maggie Maas threw down an impressive 31.64 Butterfly split!

16th Place — Caitlin Alford, Finley De Porter, Storm De Porter & MJ Verduzco — 2:37.09

Caitlin had a speedy 43.09 Backstroke split, while MJ brought it home with a quick 31.84 Freestyle split!

200 Freestyle

7th Place — Maggie Maas — 2:18.20!

Laken De Porter dropped 6 SECONDS off her previous time to finish in 2:40.95!

200 IM

14th Place — Maya Davis — 2:59.48!

Maya put together a great swim, dropping 4 seconds off her previous time and breaking the 3-minute mark!

50 Freestyle

12th Place — Maggie Maas — 29.53!

Maggie continued to show off her sprinting speed, posting a season-best time!

100 Butterfly

16th Place — Storm De Porter — 1:28.22!

MJ Verduzco had a fantastic swim, dropping 4 seconds to finish in 1:35.60!

100 Freestyle

16th Place — Emma Maas — 1:04.18!

Finley De Porter was MOVING! She dropped 3 seconds to finish in 1:06.24!

Laken De Porter also got in on the fast swimming, posting a season-best time of 1:13.12!

500 Freestyle

Grace Smith tackled the distance event and came away with another great swim, dropping 4 seconds to finish in 6:46.13!

200 Freestyle Relay

12th Place — Laken De Porter, MJ Verduzco, Storm De Porter & Finley De Porter — 2:07.67!

This crew put together a strong race, with Finley bringing it home in a BLAZING 28.33 anchor split!

100 Backstroke

Caitlin Alford continued to chip away at her time, posting a season-best 1:31.33!

100 Breaststroke

13th Place — Emma Maas — 1:23.32!

Emma has been on a roll in the Breaststroke, and she wasn’t slowing down at Conference! She dropped another 2 seconds to finish with a fantastic swim!

400 Freestyle Relay

9th Place — Grace Smith, Finley De Porter, Storm De Porter & Emma Maas — 4:31.42!

The girls closed out the meet with another strong relay performance!

Finley threw down an impressive 1:06.90 split!

Emma brought it home with a speedy 1:04.04 anchor split!

WHAT A DAY FOR THE WHIPPETS!

From big time drops to season bests and Top 16 finishes, the girls showed up ready to RACE! It’s been so much fun watching their hard work pay off, and we’re not done yet!

With Conference behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to one final opportunity to leave it all in the pool!

NEXT UP: WIAA SECTIONALS!