Gold Medal Swimmers Achieve New Futures Cuts at Senior State Championships
Highlights From The Senior State Meet
Most outstanding females:
Haley Mueller- New Futures cut 200 back best time 100 back
Ava Elliott- New Futures 1650 best time in the 500 free and new Sectionals in 200 free.
Most outstanding male:
Caleb Wehmeir- Four best times and first sectional cut in 200 back
Trey Hesser-Futures cut in the 500 free
Other New Sectional Cuts
Sydney Marinello 500 free
Karson Levitt 1000 free
Michael Johnson 200 free
Third place high point at the meet.
Evan Nail and Jack Luken
Landon Driggers had an outstanding meet at the TYR Pro in Illinois the same weekend as Senior State
201 200 meter back
57 100 meter back
4.25 400 IM
Senior Two and Senior Three Highlights
S2 swam well at SR State, with every swimmer in the group achieving at least 1 lifetime best time. Swimmers who scored points that contributed to our overall 3rd place finish are Piper Rietz (15th 1650 FR) and Natalie Huddart (200 & 400 FR Relay, 400 Medley Relay).
Standout swims from this meet are:
-Reese Carpenter with a 6 sec drop in the 400 IM to go 4:49.
-Carley Codney with a 1.5 sec drop in the 100 BR to go 1:11.85
-Eric Herrera with a 4 sec drop in the 200 BR and 8 sec drop in the 500 FR
-Natalie Huddart achieved best times in 5 of 6 events, most notable swimming a 55 in the 100 FR 3 times over the weekend, 1:11 100 BR, and a 4:58 400 IM
-Ryan La Ra dropping 1.5 sec to go 58.29 in the 100 BK
-Eli Neeley with a 12 sec drop in the 400 IM (4:36), 5 sec drop in the 200 BK (2:11), and 5 sec drop in the 100 BK (59:57)
-Piper Rietz with a 7 sec drop in her 1000 FR and an 18 sec drop in her 1650 to go 18:45
Notably, 2 swimmers from S3, Katie Hansen and Madison Ricks, qualified and raced at Senior State. Katie raced in 3 events, and Madison raced in 4, earning 4 best times and a 15 sec drop in her 1000 FR.
