Gators Make A Splash at Season Opener

The Gators Swim Team traveled to compete in the Jon Brenner Meet on Saturday, October 25th. The meet was hosted by the LaCrosse Wave and included swimmers from the YMCA of The Chippewa Valley.  The Gators were represented by 7 swimmers with all swimmers swimming personal bests and earning points totalling 278 points - the girls team earning 241 of those points and the boys 37 points.

The top point earners for the Gators were Olivia Hustad (9) with 52 points, Kinsley Huffman (10) with 47 points and Everett Ramirez (9) with 37 points.  All three of them swam a YMCA State Qualifying time in an individual event. Olivia Hustad (9) took 2nd place in the Girls 10&U 50 Back with a state qualifying time of (39.00Y). She also took 1st place in the Girls 9-10 100 Back with a time of (1:26.38Y) and 4th place in the Girls 9-10 100 Free (1:24.12Y). Kinsley Huffman (10) earned 2nd place with her swim in the Girls 9-10 100 Yard Free with a time of (1:16Y), 3rd place in the Girls 9-10 50 Free with a state qualifying time of (33.89Y) and 5th place in the Girls 10& Under 100 IM with a time of (1:34.67Y). Everett Ramirez swam two state qualifying times taking 1st place in the Boys 9-10 100 Free (1:14.43Y) and 2nd place in the Boys 10& U 50 Back (40.34Y).

Other earners for the Gators included Olive Akins (10) with 37 points with 5th place in the Girls 10&U 50 Fly (50.67Y), 7th place in the Girls 10& 50 Breast (50.07) and 8th place in the Girls 10&U 100 IM (1:41.14Y). Scarlett Hammon (10) took 6th place in the Girls 10&U 50 Back (44.95Y) and 8th place in both the Girls 9-10 50 Free (41.04Y), and the Girls 9-10 50 Breast (51.21Y). Anneliese Ramirez (13) earned 29 points with 5th place in the Girls 11&O 500 Free (7:26.22Y), 8th in the Girls 13&O 100 Back (1:32.70Y) and 13th in the Girls 13&O 50 Free (33.62Y).  Sadie Deal took 9 point with her swims in the Girls 11-12 50 Back (57.43Y) and in the Girls 11-12 50 Breast (57.11Y).

The Girls 10&U 100 Yard Medley Relay took 3rd place with a time of 1:21.64. The relay included Olivia Hustad (9) swimming Back, Olive Akins (10) swimming Breast, Kinsley Huffman (10) swimming Fly and Scarlett Hammon (10) swimming Freestyle.

The Gators will compete in the Fall Starter at the UW-Whitewater hosted by the J-Hawks on Sunday November 2nd, 2025. For a full meet schedule visit gcygators.com

Pictured Back row left to right: Olive Akins, Scarlett Hammon, Anneliese Ramirez. 

Front Row left to right: Kinsley Huffman, Sadie Deal, Everett Ramirez, Olivia Hustad.