Ottawa Dolphins finish 4th at the Norhtwest District Championships

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 are Stella Andree, Sawyer Booras, Caden Brown, Elias Hagenbuch, Evelyn Hansen, Dane Hawkins, Declan Hawkins, Breckyn Jobst, Parker Kaminski, Kaiden Lemke, Bryce Marks, Jonathan Neu, and Shane O’Brien.

Team Scores

  1. Kishwaukee YMCA            4351.5
  2. Fox Valley                          3989
  3. YMCA of RRV Stingrays    3732
  4. Ottawa Dolphins                1703
  5. Illinois Valley Y Dolphins   1585.5
  6. Kankakee Y Stingrays       845
  7. Kewanee YMCA                447.5
  8. Dixon Y Dolphins              154

                       

Age Group Team Awards

  • The 8&under boys finished 2nd in their age group 
  • The 10&under boys finished 3rd in their age group
  • The 12&under girls finished 3rd in their age group

 

Junior District Champions – 10 events

  • Elliot Citta - Girls 8&under 25 Free
  • Oliver Funk – Boys 8&under 25 fly
  • Jonas Hagenbuch – Boys 10&under 50 fly
  • Marcos Hagenbuch – Boys 12&under 50 fly
  • Olivia Hogue – Girls 8&under 50 free
  • Colter O’Brien – Boys 12&under 50 breast
  • Shane O’Brien – Girls 12&under 100 free, 50 fly, 200 free
  • Reid Rutherford – Boys 10&under 200 free

 

District Champion – 1 event

  • Jonathan Neu - Boys 21&under 100 fly