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Coach Christy Ovanic

504 Swimmers competed from 11 teams The Ottawa Dolphins had 23 swimmers participate   Team Scores Joliet Y Jets – 1298.5 Fox Valley Family Y – 684 Sage Y – 537 Irving Park - 276 West Cook YMCA – 229 Illinois Valley Dolphins – 199 Pav Poseidons – 142 Hastings Lake YMCA – 106 Ottawa Y Dolphins – 97 Kankakee Y – 60.5 McCormick YMCA – 1   Personal Best Swims 51/101 (50%) personal best swims! 8 first time swims  5 swimmers swam all of their events in personal best times!!!  Congratulations to Cole Bressendorf...

Coach Christy Ovanic

84 Swimmers competed from 2 teams The Ottawa Dolphins had 49 swimmers participate Team Scores Ottawa Y Dolphins – 974 Illinois Valley Y Dolphins – 646 Personal Best Swims 67/155 (43%) personal best swims 12 swimmers swam all their events in personal best times. Congratulations to Jeremiah Abernathy, Connor Aleman, Grant Alelman, Crosby Funk, Ben Kuiper, Brady Miller, Selby O’Brien, Shane O’Brien, Paisley Sterna, Bo Weitl, Mavis Wieland, Elijah Zoezler Triple Event Winners Cole Bressendorf, Ryland Heaver, Jonathan Neu Double Event Winners Gretchen Andree, Stella Andree, Hayden Bressendorf, Crosby Funk,...

Coach Christy Ovanic

The Ottawa Dolphins had 20 swimmers participate Team Scores Rockford Rays – 2094 Illinois Valley Y Dolphins – 1866 Ottawa Y Dolphins – 867 Personal Best Swims 28/74 (38%) personal best swims 4 swimmers swam all their events in personal best times!!! Congratulations to Jeremiah Abernathy, Will Brown, Ryan Schmitt, and Vinny Sergenti High Point Award winners from the Monster Splash Pentathlon: 8&Under Girls – Guinevere Kotecki 2nd Place 8&Under Boys – Hayden Bressendorf 1st Place 10&Under Boys – Ryland Heaver 3rd Place 12&Under Girls – Stella Andree 3rd Place...

Coach Christy Ovanic

The Ottawa Dolphins competed in the 2025 Northwest Junior District / District Championships February 28 - March 2 at the Kishwaukee YMCA in Sycamore. The Dolphins finished in 4th place overall. A total of 438 swimmers from 8 teams in the Northwest District competed. The Dolphins sent 63 swimmers to the meet in individual and relay events. We had 185/316 personal best swims or 59%! As a team, we dropped 743.37 seconds from the 316 events. We had 13 swimmers swim all of their events in personal best times. They...

Coach Christy Ovanic

107 Swimmers competed from 4 teams The Ottawa Dolphins had 28 swimmers participate. Team Scores Illinois Valley Dolphins – 5290 (exhibition) Ottawa Y Dolphins – 3650 Kewanee Y - 1702 Kankakee Y - 978 Personal Best Swims 24/76 (32%) personal best swims and 32 first time swims Jeremiah Abernathy, Bennett Andree, Stella Andree, Hayden Bressendorf, Brooke Foreman, Ryland Heaver, Kallyn Jobst, Jack Johnson, Parker Kaminski, Quinn Kohut, Ben Kuiper, Kaiden Lemke, Bryce Marks, Jonathan Neu, and Ryan Schmitt swam all of their events in personal best times and/or first-time swims....

Coach Christy Ovanic

118 Swimmers competed from 4 teams The Ottawa Dolphins had 58 swimmers participate Team Scores Ottawa Y Dolphins – 960 Illinois Valley Y Dolphins – 456 YMCA of RRV Stingrays – 296 Kewanee Y - 168 Personal Best Swims 79/180 (44%) personal best swims 10 swimmers swam all their events in personal best times. Congratulations to Sawyer Booras, Elias Hagenbuch, Kallyn Jobst, Parker Kaminski, Ben Kuiper, Bryce Marks, Colter O’Brien, Shane O’Brien, Sebastian Strow, and Landon Taylor Triple Event Winners Caden Brown, Lillian Clayton, Elizabeth Hansen, Brennen Heaver, Lewis Kuiper...

Coach Christy Ovanic

127 Swimmers competed from 5 teams The Ottawa Dolphins had 52 swimmers participate Team Scores Ottawa Y Dolphins – 919 Illinois Valley Y Dolphins – 714.5 Kankakee Area YMCA Stingrays – 388 Dixon Family YMCA Dolphins – 107.5 YMCA of RRV Stingrays - 91 Personal Best Swims 53/165 (32%) personal best swims 2 swimmers swam all their events in personal best times. Congratulations to Clayton Budnick and Marcos Hagenbuch. Triple Event Winners Cole Bressendorf, Brennen Heaver, Dawsynn Kettman, Lewis Kuiper Double Event Winners Lillian Clayton, Evelyn Hansen, Atley Strow Single...

Coach Christy Ovanic

537 Swimmers competed from 19 teams. The Ottawa Dolphins had 24 swimmers participate. Team Scores Springfield YMCA – 7616.5 (Exhibition) Decatur Y Gators – 2882 Knox County Krocs – 2230 Heartland Hurricanes – 1087.5 Warren County Waterbugs - 1070 Clinton Y Otters – 1064 Ottawa Y Dolphins – 712 Kankakee Area Y – 701.5 Jacksonville Sharks – 662.5 Hannibal Hurricanes – 664 Danville Y Dolphins – 488 Samy Seals – 477.5 South County YMCA – 422 Greater Peoria Y – 414 Illinois Valley Y - 379 Twin Pike Y –...

Coach Christy Ovanic

95 Swimmers competed from 3 teams The Ottawa Dolphins had 50 swimmers participate Team Scores Ottawa Y Dolphins – 1040 YMCA of RRV Stingrays - 492 Illinois Valley Y Dolphins – 218 Personal Best Swims 54/137 (39%) personal best swims 6 swimmers swam all their events in personal best times. Congratulations to Connor Aleman, Gretchen Andree, Lillian Clayton, Jonas Hagenbuch, Ben Kuiper, Landon Taylor Triple Event Winners Cole Bressendorf, Lillian Clayton, Evelyn Hansen, Brennen Heaver, Jack Johnson, Guinevere Kotecki Double Event Winners Evelyn Andree, Caden Brown, Elizabeth Hansen, Lewis Kuiper,...

Coach Christy Ovanic

433 Swimmers competed from 13 teams The Ottawa Dolphins had 31 swimmers participate Team Scores Fox Valley Y Aqua Force – 3729.5 DCST – Meet Host – 3416.5 (exhibition) YMCA of RRV Stingrays – 2541.5 Knox County Krocs – 1554 Sage Y Piranhas – 1282 Ottawa Y Dolphins – 937.5 Hastings Lake – 541.5 Illinois Valley Y Dolphins – 413.5 Kankakee Y – 377 Pav - 88 Dixon Y Dolphins – 56 McCormick Y - 37 Kewanee Y – 20 Personal Best Swims 61/137 (45%) personal best swims Stella Andree...