The Whippet swimmers had an outstanding day in the pool at Sectionals on Saturday, November 5! The Whippets finished 8th overall as a team, went 15 of 19 best times, broke 2 school records, and qualified for State in 3 individual events and 1 relay!

STATE QUALIFIERS:

🥇Makayla Bazeley: 200 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 400 Freestyle Relay

🥇Grace Foucault: 100 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle Relay

🥇Brooke Bazeley: 400 Freestyle Relay

🥇Emerson Dunham: 400 Freestyle Relay

Top 16 Finishes:

⭐200 Medley: 1:59.59 (6th) – Grace Foucault, Emerson Dunham, Makayla Bazeley, Brooke Bazeley

⭐200 Freestyle: 2:00.05 (4th) – Makayla Bazeley (Makayla now sits 3rd all-time on the Whippet Top 10 List!)

⭐200 IM: 2:41.78 (9th) – Josie Treder (Over a 5 second drop!)

⭐200 IM: 2:51.53 (13th) – Charlotte Hajewski

⭐50 Freestyle: 25.41 (8th) – Grace Foucault (Grace now sits 3rd all-time on the Whippet Top 10 List!)

⭐50 Freestyle: 27.19 (13th) – Brooke Bazeley

⭐100 Butterfly: 59.51 (2nd) – Makayla Bazeley (NEW SCHOOL RECORD!)

⭐100 Butterfly: 1:23.53 (15th) – Karime Velazquez

⭐500 Freestyle: 5:54.88 (10th) – Brooke Bazeley

⭐500 Freestyle: 6:02.51 (15th) – Emerson Dunham

⭐200 Freestyle Relay: 2:03.71 (11th) – Ashly Xochipa, Josie Treder, Karime Velazquez, Charlotte Hajewski

⭐100 Backstroke: 1:00.01 (5th) – Grace Foucault (NEW SCHOOL RECORD!)

⭐100 Breaststroke: 1:21.87 (16th) – Emerson Dunham

⭐400 Freestyle Relay: 3:57.21 (5th) – Makayla Bazeley, Brooke Bazeley, Emerson Dunham, Grace Foucault (Makayla’s lead off 100 Freestyle of 55.04 puts her 2nd on the Whippet Top 10 list!)

Come out and watch the Whippets compete at the State Meet on Friday, November 11th, at 5:30 p.m., at Waukesha South High School!

Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org