Inland Empire Champs Recap
It’s been an amazing year.
One year ago, the Spokane Waves brought home a second place trophy from the IES Long Course Championship Meet for the first time in team history. It was a hard-fought finish by the slimmest of margins.
But this was a new year.
Our 55 athletes mounted a spirited challenge for first place, yet triumphantly took home an impressive second place finish for the second consecutive year. How impressive? Well, here are our points per swimmer:
| Total Points |
Difference |
Total Swimmers |
Points per swimmer |
|
| Tri-Cities |
3247.50 |
|
65 |
49.96 |
| Spokane Waves |
2695.50 |
-552.00 |
55 |
49.01 |
| Coeur d'Alene |
2177.50 |
-518.00 |
59 |
36.91 |
| Spokane Area |
2031.50 |
-146.00 |
63 |
32.25 |
There were tons of incredible races, heats won, and best times achieved. Overall, 52 swimmers had at least one lifetime best swim. Surprisingly, however, only 54% of our swims were lifetime best performances.
48 of our 55 swimmers scored individual points (a top 16 finish). Here are our swimmers who finished in the top 3:
Faith Barr: Gold—100 Breast
Kaylee Beck: Silver—1500 Free
Mitchell Beck: Silver—100 Breast; Bronze—200 Breast & 200 IM
Rory Buck: Gold—50 Free, 200 Breast, 100 Free; Silver—200 IM, 100 Fly; Bronze—200 Free
Nate Endebrock: Gold—200 Fly, 1500 Free; Silver—400 Free, 200 Free; Bronze—100 Free
Kara Fischer: Gold—1500 Free
Conner Hickey: Silver—100 Breast; Bronze—50 Free, 200 Breast
Madi Lydig: Gold—100 Back; Silver—200 Back; Bronze—200 Free
Izzy Madill: Gold—200 Free, 100 Free; Silver—50 Free; Bronze—200 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Sophie Madill: Bronze—400 Free
Tommy Madill: Gold—50 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Free
Carlie McGregor: Silver—200 IM; Bronze—200 Free
Taylor McGregor: Gold—400 Free; Silver—200 Free
Rachel Millet: Gold—200 IM, 50 Free; Bronze—200 Breast, 100 Free
Matthew Stapleton: Gold—100 Breast; Silver—200 IM, 100 Fly
Finally, here’s the impressive list of Team Records that were broken:
11-12 Girls: Izzy Madill—100 Free, 50 Fly
15-18 & Open Girls: Kaylee Beck—200 Fly
15-18 & Open Girls: Rachel Millet—200 IM
8 & U Boys: Tommy Madill—50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
13-14 Boys: Conner Hickey—50 Free
13-14 Boys: Nate Endebrock—400 Free, 100 Back, 200 Fly (also a Boys Open Record)
13-14 Boys: Matthew Stapleton—100 Breast, 200 IM
15-18 Boys: Mitchell Beck—100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM
15-18 Boys: Jacob White—100 Back, 200 Back
Open Boys: 400 Medley Relay—Jacob White, Rory Buck, Mitchell Beck, Bruno Albuquerque
Thanks for a great weekend, and a great summer! Congratulations swimmers!!!
Kevin & Keddy
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