LA CROSSE — The Gators had a great weekend at the La Crosse Sectionals on March 15th & 16th. The Gators took 15 swimmers to sectionals and they were able to swim a total of 3 individual events per day for a total of 6 individual events. All the Gators should be very proud, they didn’t have one DQ (disqualification) at the sectional meet. The Gators again had multiple PRs and State Qualification times swam at the sectional meet. Medals were given to 1st - 3rd for each event and ribbons were given to 4th through 12th. All of the swimmers did fantastic and should be proud of their accomplishments.
The Gators 4 top point earners were: 1st Wren Hartley (8) with 86 pts, 2nd Everett Ramirez (8) with 75 pts, 3rd Gunnison Hartley (12) with 71 pts and 4th Barrett Berg (12) with 65 pts. Wren swam Girls 8&U 100Y Free earning 1st with 1:26.26, Girls 8&U 25Y Back earning 1st with 19.30, Girls 8&U 25Y Fly earning 1st with 20.05, Girls 8&U 50Y Fly earning 1st with 48.03, Girls 8&U 100Y IM earning 1st with 1:33.91 and Girls 8&U 50Y Breast earning 3rd with 53.03. Everett swam Boys 8&U 50Y Free earning 1st with 35.39, Boys 8&U 100Y IM earning 1st with 1:34.36, Boys 8&U 100Y Free earning 2nd with 1:20.56, Boys 8&U 25Y Back earning 2nd with 20.57, Boys 8&U 25Y Free earning 3rd with 17.06 and Boys 8&U 50Y Breast earning 4th with 55.00. Gunnison swam Boys 11-12 100Y Fly earning 1st with 1:15.32, Boys 11-12 100Y IM earning 2nd with 1:11.73, Boys 11-12 50Y Breast earning 2nd with 37.76, Boys 11-12 100Y Free earning 3rd with 1:02.67, Boys 11-12 50Y Free earning 3rd with 29.45 and Boys 11&O 500Y Free earning 4th with 5:50.40. Barrett swam Boys 11-12 50Y Free earning 1st with 26.24, Boys 11-12 100Y Free earning 1st with 58.25, Boys 11-12 200Y Free earning 1st with 2:06.93, Boys 11-12 50Y Breast earning 3rd with 38.30 and Boys 11&O 500Y Free earning 5th with 5:52.30.
Other La Crosse Sectional Green County Gator swimmers were: Kinsley Huffman (9) earned 48 pts by swimming Girls 9-10 100Y Free placing 2nd wth 1:18.23, Girls 9-10 200Y Free placing 2nd with 2:51.28, Girls 9-10 100Y Fly placing 2nd with 1:49.34, Girls 9-10 50Y Fly placing 8th with 47.96, Girls 9-10 100Y IM placing 9th with 1:37.85 and Girls 9-10 50Y Back placing 10th with 44.71. Olivia Hustad (9) earned 36 pts by swimming Girls 9-10 100Y Back placing 2nd with 1:33.74, Girls 9-10 200Y Free placing 4th with 3:10.99, Girls 9-10 50Y Back placing 5th with 42.99, Girls 9-10 100Y Free placing 9th with 1:27.41 and Girls 9-10 50Y Free placing 12th with 39.38. Brynleigh Wellman (12) earned 31 pts by swimming Girls 11-12 50Y Fly placing 4th with 37.25, Girls 11-12 50Y Back placing 4th with 34.48, Girls 11-12 100Y Free placing 7th with 1:07.61 and Girls 11-12 50Y Free placing 7th with 31.81. Sadie Wellman (7) earned 27 pts by swimming Girls 8&U 25Y Breast placing 4th with 28.74, Girls 8&U 50Y Back placing 5th with 51.02, Girls 8&U 25Y Back placing 9th with 24.67 and Girls 8&U 25Y Free placing 9th with 21.79. Finnley Daniels (9) earned 19 pts by swimming Girls 9-10 50Y Fly placing 5th with 45.15, Girls 9-10 50Y Free placing 6th with 35.57, Girls 9-10 50Y Back placing 11th with 45.08 and Girls 9-10 50Y Breast placing 18th with 59.69. Lauren Kosmosky (11) earned 12 pts by swimming Girls 11-12 50Y Breast placing 8th with 44.47, Girls 11-12 100Y IM placing 8th with 1:23.24 and Girls 11-12 50Y Free placing 11th with 32.56. Anneliese Ramirez (12) earned 4 pts with swimming Girls 11-12 100Y Back placing 9th with 1:33.85, Girls 11-12 50Y Free placing 22nd with 35.73 and Girls 11-12 100Y IM placing 22nd with 1:35.46. Mila Daniels (6) earned 2 pts with swimming Girls 8&U 25Y Breast placing 11th with 35.44, Girls 8&U 25Y Back placing 16th with 29.65 and Girls 8&U 25Y Free placing 19th with 28.48. Stella Rolli (11) earned 2 pts by swimming Girls 11-12 50Y Breast placing 11th with 46.18, Girls 11-12 100Y IM placing 15th with 1:29.37 and Girls 11-12 50Y Free placing 18th with 33.49. Olive Akins (9) earned 1 pt by swimming Girls 9-10 50Y Fly placing 12th with 53.39, Girls 9-10 50Y Breast placing 13th with 52.63 and Girls 9-10 100Y IM placing 15th with 1:46.84. Maggie Donohue (13) swam Girls 13&O 200Y Free placing 20th with 2:37.36 and Girls 13&O 50Y Free placing 25th with 31.85.
The Gators swam 3 relays: Girls 9-10 200Y Medley Relay earning 4th with 3:00.00 with swimmers Olivia Hustad, Olive Akins, Finnley Daniels and Kinsley Huffman. Girls 9-10 200Y Free Relay earning 3rd with 2:36.18 with swimmers Oliva Hustad, Olive Akins, Finnley Daniels and Kinsley Huffman. Girls (Open) 200Y Free Relay earning 6th with 2:09.03 with swimmers Maggie Donohue, Stella Rolli, Lauren Kosmosky & Brynleigh Wellman.
Stay tuned for the YMCA State Meet March 21st-23rd in Brown Deer, WI at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center.
Upcoming State Meet Highlights:
20 Gators will be swimming at State.
14 swimmers qualified for individual state times in 51 events.
7 of the Gators are ranked in the top 10 in 24 events.
3 swimmers have top 10 times in all 5 individual events they are competing in.
4 swimmers are ranked in the top 3 in 8 events.
2 swimmers are ranked #1 in 2 events.
The gators have 7 relay teams competing.
Those completing at state will be: Olive Akins, Penelope Bailey, Barrett Berg, Maggie Donohue, Dawsynn Doran, Harlan Gasaway, Gunnison Hartley, Wren Hartley, Kinsley Huffman, Olivia Hustad, Lauren Kosmosky, Avery Mansfield, Espn Martin, Isabella Rake, Anneliese Ramirez, Everett Ramirez, Stella Rolli, Brynleigh Wellman, Sadie Wellman, Korali Zilliox
