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Gators brave weather, swim at J-Hawk’s Winter Thaw
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The Green County Family YMCA Gators Swim Team sent nine swimmers to the J-Hawk’s Winter Thaw at UW-Whitewater on Saturday, Jan. 13. The girls tallied 289 points, while the boys amassed 70 points.

WHITEWATER — Nine swimmers from the Green County Family YMCA’s Gators Swim Team attended the J-Hawk’s Winter Thaw swim meet at UW-Whitewater’s 25-yard pool on Jan. 13, 2024. The girls’ team earned 289 points and the boys’ team earned 70 points. 

This was the first meet for Finnley Daniels and Charlotte Stuessy. Daniels took 5th place in the Girls 8 & Under category of the 25-Yard free with a time of 23.23. Stuessy placed 5th in the Girls 25-yard backstroke and 6th in the mixed 25-yard free, both in the 9-12 year-old category.

Emma Gowdy (13), Kinsley Huffman (8), Daniels (8), and Annika Folk (13) placed 2nd in the mixed 100-yard freestyle relay, with a time of 1:14.47.

Barrett Berg (12), Stuessy (10), Anneliese Ramirez (11), and Brynleigh Wellman (11) placed 6th in the mixed, Ages 9-12, 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:34.64.

Berg swam a personal best 50-yard freestyle time of 32.09, dropping 10.40 seconds and placing 2nd in the Boys 11-12 category. He also took 2nd in the 50-yard backstroke and 3rd in the 50-yard breaststroke categories.

Wellman swam three personal bests, dropping 3.96 seconds in the Girls 11-12, 50-yard free category with a time of 33.57, which earned her 4th place. She claimed 1st place in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 38.88 and 1st place in the mixed 100-yard IM category with a time of 1:31.52.

Everett Ramirez finished in 1st place in the Boys, 8 & Under, 25-yard freestyle category.

Anneliese Ramirez had a personal best in the Girls 11-12, 50-yard freestyle category with a time of 40.42 (-17.61). She placed 4th in the Mixed 9-12, 25-yard fly category with a time of 22.20 (-14.62) and 6th in the mixed 100-yard IM category with a time of 1:38.78.

Folk swam a personal best in all three of her individual events. She placed 4th in the Girls 13 & Over, 50-yard freestyle category with a time of 33.12 (-0.55). She took 1st place in the 50-yard breaststroke category with a time of 41.67 (-1.71) and 3rd place in the 50-yard fly category with a time of 42.39 (-0.17).

Gowdy took 3rd place in the Girls 13 & Over, 50-yard backstroke category and 2nd place in the 100-yard breaststroke category.

Huffman claimed 2nd place in all three of her events including the Girls 8 & Under, 25-yard fly (27.02), mixed 50-yard freestyle (44.09), and the 25-yard freestyle (20.23).