JANESVILLE — Green County Family YMCA Gators swim team showed up ready to race at the Rockport closed invitational swim meet in Janesville on Friday, June 27. The long course meet was hosted by the J-Hawks Swim Meet and included a total of seven participating teams — Fort Atkinson Swim Team, Lake Geneva YMCA Ducks, New Berlin Swim Club, Southeastern Aquatics and the Stateline Aquatics Team. The Gators were represented by nine swimmers and earned a combined score of 109.5 points. The men’s team took fourth place with a total of 56 points and the women’s team placed seventh with 53.5 points.
Barrett Berg (13) earned 50 points by taking second place in both the 8 & Over Mixed 400 Meter Free 5:04.75 and the Mixed 50 Meter Free 28.69 and third place in the Mixed 200 Meter Free 2:28.64. Barrett also set a new team record for the Boys 13-14 400 Meter Freestyle, which was set in 2018 by Silas Leuthner (5:06.49).
Brynleigh Wellman (12) was also a top earner with 21 points taking fourth place in the 8 & Over 400 Meter Mixed Free 6:24.04 and 11th place in the Mixed 100 Meter Back 1:33.68.
Anneliese Ramirez (12) earned 12 points with seventh place in the Mixed 8 & Under 400 Meter Free 6:36.94. Anneliese also placed 19th in the Mixed 100 Meter Back 1:54.93 and 25th in the Mixed 100 Meter Breaststroke 2:10.54.
Olivia Hustad (9) earned 11 points placing sixth in the mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Backstroke 48.84 and 14th in the Mixed Meter Free 3:330.71 and 16th in the mixed 100 Meter Backstroke 1:44.39.
Kinsley Huffman (10) earned nine points taking ninth place in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Butterfly 52.38. Kinsley also placed 17th in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Free 40.91 and 32nd in the Mixed 100 Meter Free 1:30.22
Everett Ramirez (9) earned six points placing 13th in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Backstroke 50.26 and 15th place in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Breaststroke 1:02.90. He also took 30th in the Mixed 100 Meter Free 1:29.85.
Sadie Wellman (8) earned .5 points with a 16th place in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Backstroke 53.55. She also placed 45th in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Free 52.25
Sadie Deal (11) took 48th in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Free 55.34 and 51st in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Backstroke 1:11.93.
Scarlett Hammon (9) placed 17th in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Breaststroke 1:07.63, 27th in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Backstroke 57.08 and 43rd in the Mixed 12 & Under 50 Meter Free 50.93.
The Gators swam at the July 1 meet against MAST and Evansville at the Monroe Rec Park Pool and against MAST and Sugar River Rapids on July 2 in New Glarus.
