Whippets Compete at Elkhorn Invite

Posted on: September 11, 2019

It was another great meet for the Whippets at the 9 team Elkhorn Invite on Saturday, September 7. We earned 17 medals in seven different events and five out of six relays scored points today. This is a tough Invite with five Division 1 schools.

200 Medley Relay, 2nd place – Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers, Brianna Zimdars, Sophia Fanshaw
200 Medley Relay, 14th place – Amber Krebs, Hailey Murphy, Lexi Hackney, Ellie Treder
200 Freestyle – Mina Truesdale dropped 19 seconds
200 Individual Medley, 2nd place – Ella Houwers
200 Individual Medley, 11th place – Amber Krebs
50 Freestyle – Karime Velazquez dropped 2 seconds
100 Butterfly, 3rd place – Brianna Zimdars
100 Butterfly, 7th place – Grace Foucault
400 Freestyle, 1st place – Brianna Zimdars
400 Freestyle, 6th place – Sophia Fanshaw
400 Freestyle, 7th place – Amber Krebs
200 Freestyle Relay, 11th place – Ellie Treder, Lexi Hackney, Brooke Bazeley, Sophia Fanshaw
200 Freestyle Relay, 16th place – Hailey Murphy, Raquel Ortiz, Lucy Amos, Mina Truesdale
100 Backstroke, 3rd place – Grace Foucault
100 Backstroke, 6th place – Sophia Fanshaw
100 Backstroke, Lucy Amos dropped 9 seconds
100 Breaststroke, 2nd place – Ella Houwers
400 Freestyle Relay, 3rd place – Brianna Zimdars, Amber Krebs, Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers

A big highlight was Brianna Zimdars winning the 400 Freestyle race after swimming a very smart, controlled race and in the last 25 yards rallied more strength to touch her competitor out by .09 seconds and on her birthday, too! Very proud of all the girls who raced today, way to go Whippets!