12 Waves swimmers headed over to Federal Way, Washington this past weekend to compete in the Northwest Age Group Sectional Meet, at the beautiful Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.  This is the premier 18 and under meet in the region, consisting of the best swimmers from Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Washington.  It was a historic weekend for the team: we had our largest squad ever, and had some incredible performances.

We were the 33^rd largest team, and finished in 23^rd place out of 140 teams and 1300+ swimmers, scoring 88.5 points.  Among Inland Empire teams, we finished only behind Tri-Cities.  Our points averaged out to 7.4 points per swimmer, which is impressive considering only the top 8 swimmers in each event scored.

Stephanie Bayless and Madi Lydig were Sectional Champions in the 50 free and 200 back, respectively; Madi’s swim was fast enough to achieve a NSCA Junior National Time.

Matthew Stapleton broke several team records, and achieved a Western Zone Championship Time in the 100 fly. 

Here are the team records that were set:

13-14 Girls:

Faith Barr: 100 Breast

Madi Lydig: 100 Back, 200 Back

13-14 Boys:

Conner Hickey, Nate Endebrock, Jacob White, Matthew Stapleton: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

Nate Endebrock: 500 Free

Matthew Stapleton: 200 IM, 100 Fly

Finally, here were our swimmers who placed in the top 10 in their events:

13 Girls—Madi Lydig: 1^st 200 Back, 2^nd 100 Back, 4^th 500 Free, 7^th 200 Free

13 Boys—Matthew Stapleton: 3^rd 100 Fly, 5^th 50 Free, 7^th 100 Breast, 9^th 100 Free

13-14 Boys 200 Free Relay—9^th Place: Conner Hickey, Nate Endebrock, Jacob White, Matthew Stapleton

15-18 Girls 200 Free Relay—4^th Place: Taylor McGregor, Stephanie Bayless, Regan Steinert, Kaylee Beck

15-18 Girls 400 Free Relay—3^rd Place: Taylor McGregor, Stephanie Bayless, Regan Steinert, Kaylee Beck

15-18 Girls—Stephanie Bayless: 1^st 50 free, 4^th 100 free

15-18 Girls—Kaylee Beck: 8^th 1650 Free

15-18 Girls—Taylor McGregor: 4^th 200 Free, 5^th 400 IM, 5^th 200 Back, 6^th 100 Free, 9^th 50 Free, 10^th 100 Back

A truly great and historic weekend—congratulations swimmers!  Here’s to an even better meet next year!!!