Summer Solstice Recap
76 athletes from the Spokane Waves joined the nearly 600 swimmers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana at the 2011 Summer Solstice Meet at Witter Pool.
Fourteen team records were set during the weekend competition, eight of which were individual and six came in relays. Kaylee Beck’s team record in the 200 butterfly was especially sweet, as she achieved her first ever Senior Sectional qualifying time.
A huge congratulations to all of our individual record breakers:
15-18 & Open Female 50 Breaststroke Faith Barr
15-18 & Open Female 200 Butterfly Kaylee Beck
11-12 Boys 200 Backstroke Evan Childears
15-18 Boys 1650 Freestyle Nate Endebrock
15-18 Boys 50 Backstroke Conner Hickey
15-18 Boys 200 Backstroke Nate Endebrock
And, another huge congratulations to our relay record breakers:
15-18 & Open Female 400 Medley Madi Lydig, Carlie McGregor, Rachel Millet, Taylor McGregor
15-18 & Open Female 400 Freestyle Carlie McGregor, Madi Lydig, Taylor McGregor, Rachel Millet
15-18 & Open Male 400 Freestyle Nate Endebrock, Jacob White, Conner Hickey, Asa Wolfe
We finished the meet with an impressive 320 best times, here’s the list of swimmers who had at least 1 best time or swam in their first long course meet:
Samantha Abbott-Moore: 8 best times
Stephanie Assonken: 7 first time swims
Faith Barr: 4 best times
Stephanie Bayless: 3 best times
Kaylee Beck: 3 best times
Taylor Brown: 1 best time
Ali Bumann: 2 best times
Heather Buries: 6 first time swims
Megan Buries: 3 first time swims
Evan Childears: 2 first time swims, 6 best times
Ashley Christoff: 2 best times
Matthew Christoff: 2 first time swims,5 best times
Nicole Cook: 5 first time swims
Tabor Cote: 6 first time swims
Sam Court: 1 first time swim, 7 best times
Maisie Crane: 2 first time swims, 4 best times
Rachael Deobald: 2 best times
Sam Deobald: 1 best time
Didi Djatej: 2 first time swims
Mandi Edlin: 1 first time swim
Makenna Endebrock: 4 best times
Nate Endebrock: 2 best times
Eric Foote: 1 first time swim
Ryan Foote 1 first time swim, 3 best times
Ryan Frostad: 3 first time swims
Jared Geschke: 2 first time swims,8 best times
Kaylie Geschke: 4 first time swims, 4 best times
Caden Gillis: 4 best times
Marian Gillis: 3 first time swims
Jaclyn Gray: 1 first time swim, 2 best times
Marlena Hamilton: 2 first time swims, 7 best times
Conner Hickey: 2 best times
Karen Kiehl: 2 best times
Katie Laurier: 3 first time swims, 3 best times
Madi Lydig 3 best times
Izzy Madill: 2 best times
Sophia Madill: 10 best times
Taylor McGregor: 2 best times
Aiden McIlraith: 1 first time swim
Aubrey McLaughlin: 1 first time swim, 6 best times
Brandon Merrick: 2 best times
Meghan Merrick: 3 best times
Abi Millet: 7 best times
Josh Millet: 2 best times
Selene Moore: 2 first time swims
Alexis Murua: 5 first time swims
Isabelle Nachtsheim: 3 best times
Makenzie Norman: 10 best times
Matthew Norman: 2 first time swims
Delaney Phillips: 10 first time swims
Izabella Ruckhaber: 4 first time swims, 1 best time
Brady Ruckhaber: 4 first time swims
Alexis Schmidt: 10 first time swims
Sam Sentenn: 2 first time swims, 6 best times
Danielle Sherven: 10 first time swims
Heather Spall: 3 first time swims
Marissa Stapleton: 4 best times
Griffen Stauffenburg: 1 first time swim
Emma Thackston: 6 first time swims
Sam Thackston: 2 first time swims
Avery Tripp: 2 first time swims, 1 best time
Brooklynn White: 4 first time swims
Jacob White: 3 best times
Bailey Wilks: 2 first time swims
Asa Wolfe: 2 best times
Brynn Worden: 3 best times
David Wray: 5 first time swims
Anna Zook: 10 best times
Emily Zook: 9 best times
Rose Marie Zook: 6 first time swims
Thanks, everyone, for a fantastic weekend. We’ll see you in Wenatchee!


