Garrett Wilder takes control of the 50-meter breaststroke during Saturday’s home meet at the Aquatic Center. Wilder won the event with a time of 42.09 seconds, which was almost 25 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. (Photo by Andy Brown / andybrown@miconews.com)
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Barracudas eat up Piranhas to win second meet
Louisburg swimmers get best of Paola squad with a 320-221 victory, record 38 first-place finishes in final home meet
By Andy Brown, andybrown@miconews.com
Louisburg’s Jack Rittinghouse had a memorable day Saturday in the Barracuda’s home meet against the Paola Piranhas, as did the rest of the team.
The Barracudas defeated Paola for the first time in recent memory with a 320-221 victory to win a total of 38 blue ribbons. Rittinghouse notched five of those first-place finishes, including three individual and two in the relays.
Rittinghouse, who swam in the boys’ 11-12-year-old division, won the 50-meter freestyle in 33.9 seconds, the 50-meter butterfly in 43.72 seconds and the 200-meter individual medley in 3 minutes and 25 seconds.
Garrett Wilder, Sawyer Cooke and Nathan Moore joined Rittinghouse to win the medley relay, while Jayme Shoemaker, Moore, Rittinghouse and Wilder took first in the freestyle relay.
In the boys 8-and-under class, David Bindi won the 25-meter butterfly in 32.84 seconds and the 25-meter breaststroke in 30.97 seconds. Kristoffer Aye won the 25-meter freestyle in 22.75 seconds, and Cole Williams won the 25-meter backstroke in 36.59. Austin Burns won the 100-meter individual medley in 2:19.
The 8-and-under boys also swept the relays. Williams, Bindi, Burns and Bret Minor won the medley relay, while Burns, Joshua Shreckengaust, Minor and Bindi took the freestyle.
Mason Koechner came away with four blue ribbons in the 9-10 division after he won the 50 butterfly (53.05), the 50-meter breaststroke (1:01.25) and 100 individual medley (1:59.63). Koechner, along with Riley McKinley, Ben Brummel and Griffin Vesely won the freestyle relay.
Vesely won the 50 freestyle in 43.62 seconds, while Vesely, McKinley, Ryan Riese and Brummel took the medley relay.
Austin Kattau won the lone blue ribbon in the 13-14 class after taking the 50 backstroke in 47.07 seconds.
In the 15-and-over division, Matt Lang won the 50 breaststroke in 34.87 seconds and Joshua Grenell took the 200 individual medley in 2:41.91.
On the girls’ side, Ryan Caldwell had an exciting day in the 8-and-under division. Caldwell won four blue ribbons, including the 25 breaststroke (33.22) and the 100 individual medley (2:21.50).
Caldwell, along with Kadisyn Kircher, Katie McIntyre and Isabelle Holtzen, won the medley relay and Kircher, Madelynn Yalowitz, Holtzen and Caldwell won the freestyle relay.
Kircher won her third first- place ribbon in the 25 backstroke (27.22) and Madelyn Prettyman won the 25 butterfly in 29.84 seconds.
Megan Lemke won the 50 freestyle in the 9-10 class with a time of 48.72 seconds and Sarah Edmonds won the 50 butterfly in 1:03.75. Logan Johnsen took the 50 backstroke in 56.87 seconds.
Johnsen, Lemke, Edmonds and Rachel Brock took first in the medley, while Johnsen, Edmonds, Rylee Bergh and Brock won the freestyle relay.
Abby Brock helped the 11-12 division with a first-place finish in the 50 breaststroke in 54 seconds, while Lexie Whaley won the 50 backstroke in 48.35 seconds.
Kelsey Coffroth took the lone first in the 13-14 class in the 50 backstroke in 45.56 seconds, while the medley relay team of Kim McKeever, Rachel Goodwin, Kinsey Carder and Jane Wallerstedt had the only first in the 15 -and-over class.
Other results from the meet are:
Girls
8-and-under
25 freestyle: Prettyman, second, 24.85; Holtzen, third, 27.28; Molly Rison, fourth, 25.87; Reilly Alexander, sixth, 29.06
25 butterfly: Holtzen, second, 37.53
25 breaststroke: Alexander, second, 33.57; McIntyre, third, 33.78
25 backstroke: Alexander, second, 28.43; Rison, third, 30.91; Holtzen, sixth, 32.79
Medley relay: Alexander, Anna Danciak, Sarah Wilson and Prettyman, second
Freestyle relay: Danciak, Alexander, Rison, McIntyre, second; Teagan Myers, Wilson, Tristyn Cooke, Ashley Moore, fourth; Sarah Minor, Marian Curtis, Erin Lemke, Alison Prettyman, fifth
9-10
50 freestyle: Johnsen, second, 49.01; Bergh, fourth, 53.56; Brock, fifth, 55.56; Hanna Hull, sixth, 56.46
50 butterfly: Brock, third, 1:07.56
50 breaststroke: Edmonds, second, 1:01.62; Lemke, third, 1:02.53; Bergh, fifth, 1:05
50 backstroke: Grace Rolofson, fourth, 1:09.13; Bergh, sixth, 1:11.43
100 individual medley: Edmonds, second, 2:11.94; Brock, third, 2:19.28; Lemke, fourth, 2:27.07
Freestyle relay: Rolofson, Emily Feuerborn, Ashley Allen and Hull, third
11-12
50 freestyle: Brock, fourth, 40.75; Stephanie Hamilton, sixth, 43.33
50 butterfly: Whaley, second, 46.50; Brock, third, 52.78; Corri Bradshaw, fifth, 1:03.25
50 breaststroke: Jessica Brummel, second, 54.62; Bradshaw, fourth, 56.93; Hamilton, fifth, 58.57
50 backstroke: Brummel, third, 51.84; Tessa McLelland, fourth, 57.65; Moore, sixth, 1:04.75
200 individual medley: Brummel, second, 3:58.23; Hamilton, third, 4:09.41; Brock, fourth, 4:11.25
Medley relay: Hamilton, Brummel, Brock and Whaley, second
Freestyle relay: Brummel, Hamilton, Brock and Whaley, second; Bailey Alexander, Moore, Bradshaw and McLelland, third
13-14
50 freestyle: Shelby Domann, fifth, 37.82
50 butterfly: Coffroth, fourth, 44.25; Rachel Price, fifth, 52.22; Chelsea Fleming, sixth, 52.91
50 breaststroke: Domann, second, 47.40; Karli Blackwood, sixth, 52.93
50 backstroke: McKenzie Bixler, third, 52.13; Fleming, fourth, 52.31; Price, fifth, 54.09; Blackwood, sixth, 57.25
200 individual medley: Domann, second, 3:32.84; Coffroth, fourth, 3:44.97
Freestyle relay: Bixler, Price, Domann and Coffroth, second
15-and-over
50 freestyle: Wallerstedt, third, 35.56; McKeever, fifth, 35.84
50 butterfly: Carder, second, 36.84; Kelsey Kattau, third, 41.54; Goodwin, sixth, 49.62
50 breaststroke: Goodwin, second, 45.25; McKeever, third, 46.59; Kelsey Farrow, sixth, 50.31
50 backstroke: Carder, second, 37.81; Wallerstedt, third, 43.31; Kattau, fourth, 44.84
200 individual medley: Carder, second, 2:58.41; McKeever, third, 3:03.31; Farrow, fifth, 3:38.53
Freestyle relay: Carder, Kattau, Farrow and Wallerstedt, second
Boys
8-and-under
25 freestyle: Williams, second, 29.19; Shreckengaust, third, 30.88; Minor, fourth, 32.65; Blake Autrey, sixth, 37.12
25 breaststroke: Burns, second, 31:09
25 backstroke: Garrett Rolofson, third, 45.25; Shreckengaust, fourth, 47.72; CJ Barker, fifth, 49.15; Matthew McIntyre, sixth, 1:00.71
100 individual medley: Bindi, second, 2:23.62
9-10
50 freestyle: Brummel, second, 44.50; McKinley, fourth, 48.17; Riese, fifth, 53.87
50 butterfly: Brummel, second, 1:04.22; Vesely, third, 1:06.68; Zach Minor, fourth, 1:29.81
50 breaststroke: Riese, second, 1:01.75; Minor, third, 1:26.63
50 backstroke: McKinley, second, 1:08.84; Alex Prettyman, third, 1:14.25; Riese, fourth, 1:14.66; Nicholas Hull, sixth, 1:20.75
100 individual medley: Vesely, second, 2:02.22; Brummel, third, 2:06.53
Freestyle relay: Bret Minor, Matthew Rison, Prettyman and Riese, second
11-12
50 freestyle: Max Hamilton, third, 44.54; Tanner Myers, fourth, 44.66; Alex Fish, fifth, 45.91
50 butterfly: Moore, third, 54.00
50 breaststroke: Michael Zalenski, second, 1:06.53; Myers, third, 1:06.68; Matthew Parodi, fourth, 1:07.97
50 backstroke: Moore, second, 53.36; Sawyer Cooke, third, 57.13; Zalenski, fourth, 58.61; Parodi, fifth, 1:02.78; Shoemaker, sixth, 1:04.32
200 individual medley: Moore, third, 4:11.50; Myers, fourth, 4:30.25
Medley relay: Hamilton, Myers, Shoemaker and Zalenski, second
Freestyle relay: Myers, Hamilton, Zalenski and Fish, second; Cooke, Zachery Currie, Parodi and Nicholas Hull, third
13-14
50 freestyle: Jason Danciak, second, 35.07; Kattau, third, 40.16
50 butterfly: Caleb Shreckengaust, third, 55.90
50 breaststroke: Shreckengaust, third, 44.94
50 backstroke: Danciak, second, 56.31
200 individual medley: Shreckengaust, second, 3:46.50
15-and-over
50 freestyle: Lang, fifth, 29.10
50 butterfly: Grenell, third, 33.22; Daniel Wilson, fifth, 38.62
50 breaststroke: Grenell, second, 38.00; Mason Whaley, third, 38.35
50 backstroke: Lang, second, 34.92; Wilson, fifth, 39.78
200 individual medley: Whaley, third, 3:06.78
Medley relay: Whaley, Wilson, Grenell and Lang, second
Freestyle relay: Lang, Whaley, Grenell and Max Wallerstedt, third; Danciak, Kattau, Shreckengaust and Wilson, fourth
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The Barracudas defeated Paola for the first time in recent memory with a 320-221 victory to win a total of 38 blue ribbons. Rittinghouse notched five of those first-place finishes, including three individual and two in the relays.
Rittinghouse, who swam in the boys’ 11-12-year-old division, won the 50-meter freestyle in 33.9 seconds, the 50-meter butterfly in 43.72 seconds and the 200-meter individual medley in 3 minutes and 25 seconds.
Garrett Wilder, Sawyer Cooke and Nathan Moore joined Rittinghouse to win the medley relay, while Jayme Shoemaker, Moore, Rittinghouse and Wilder took first in the freestyle relay.
In the boys 8-and-under class, David Bindi won the 25-meter butterfly in 32.84 seconds and the 25-meter breaststroke in 30.97 seconds. Kristoffer Aye won the 25-meter freestyle in 22.75 seconds, and Cole Williams won the 25-meter backstroke in 36.59. Austin Burns won the 100-meter individual medley in 2:19.
The 8-and-under boys also swept the relays. Williams, Bindi, Burns and Bret Minor won the medley relay, while Burns, Joshua Shreckengaust, Minor and Bindi took the freestyle.
Mason Koechner came away with four blue ribbons in the 9-10 division after he won the 50 butterfly (53.05), the 50-meter breaststroke (1:01.25) and 100 individual medley (1:59.63). Koechner, along with Riley McKinley, Ben Brummel and Griffin Vesely won the freestyle relay.
Vesely won the 50 freestyle in 43.62 seconds, while Vesely, McKinley, Ryan Riese and Brummel took the medley relay.
Austin Kattau won the lone blue ribbon in the 13-14 class after taking the 50 backstroke in 47.07 seconds.
In the 15-and-over division, Matt Lang won the 50 breaststroke in 34.87 seconds and Joshua Grenell took the 200 individual medley in 2:41.91.
On the girls’ side, Ryan Caldwell had an exciting day in the 8-and-under division. Caldwell won four blue ribbons, including the 25 breaststroke (33.22) and the 100 individual medley (2:21.50).
Caldwell, along with Kadisyn Kircher, Katie McIntyre and Isabelle Holtzen, won the medley relay and Kircher, Madelynn Yalowitz, Holtzen and Caldwell won the freestyle relay.
Kircher won her third first- place ribbon in the 25 backstroke (27.22) and Madelyn Prettyman won the 25 butterfly in 29.84 seconds.
Megan Lemke won the 50 freestyle in the 9-10 class with a time of 48.72 seconds and Sarah Edmonds won the 50 butterfly in 1:03.75. Logan Johnsen took the 50 backstroke in 56.87 seconds.
Johnsen, Lemke, Edmonds and Rachel Brock took first in the medley, while Johnsen, Edmonds, Rylee Bergh and Brock won the freestyle relay.
Abby Brock helped the 11-12 division with a first-place finish in the 50 breaststroke in 54 seconds, while Lexie Whaley won the 50 backstroke in 48.35 seconds.
Kelsey Coffroth took the lone first in the 13-14 class in the 50 backstroke in 45.56 seconds, while the medley relay team of Kim McKeever, Rachel Goodwin, Kinsey Carder and Jane Wallerstedt had the only first in the 15 -and-over class.
Other results from the meet are:
Girls
8-and-under
25 freestyle: Prettyman, second, 24.85; Holtzen, third, 27.28; Molly Rison, fourth, 25.87; Reilly Alexander, sixth, 29.06
25 butterfly: Holtzen, second, 37.53
25 breaststroke: Alexander, second, 33.57; McIntyre, third, 33.78
25 backstroke: Alexander, second, 28.43; Rison, third, 30.91; Holtzen, sixth, 32.79
Medley relay: Alexander, Anna Danciak, Sarah Wilson and Prettyman, second
Freestyle relay: Danciak, Alexander, Rison, McIntyre, second; Teagan Myers, Wilson, Tristyn Cooke, Ashley Moore, fourth; Sarah Minor, Marian Curtis, Erin Lemke, Alison Prettyman, fifth
9-10
50 freestyle: Johnsen, second, 49.01; Bergh, fourth, 53.56; Brock, fifth, 55.56; Hanna Hull, sixth, 56.46
50 butterfly: Brock, third, 1:07.56
50 breaststroke: Edmonds, second, 1:01.62; Lemke, third, 1:02.53; Bergh, fifth, 1:05
50 backstroke: Grace Rolofson, fourth, 1:09.13; Bergh, sixth, 1:11.43
100 individual medley: Edmonds, second, 2:11.94; Brock, third, 2:19.28; Lemke, fourth, 2:27.07
Freestyle relay: Rolofson, Emily Feuerborn, Ashley Allen and Hull, third
11-12
50 freestyle: Brock, fourth, 40.75; Stephanie Hamilton, sixth, 43.33
50 butterfly: Whaley, second, 46.50; Brock, third, 52.78; Corri Bradshaw, fifth, 1:03.25
50 breaststroke: Jessica Brummel, second, 54.62; Bradshaw, fourth, 56.93; Hamilton, fifth, 58.57
50 backstroke: Brummel, third, 51.84; Tessa McLelland, fourth, 57.65; Moore, sixth, 1:04.75
200 individual medley: Brummel, second, 3:58.23; Hamilton, third, 4:09.41; Brock, fourth, 4:11.25
Medley relay: Hamilton, Brummel, Brock and Whaley, second
Freestyle relay: Brummel, Hamilton, Brock and Whaley, second; Bailey Alexander, Moore, Bradshaw and McLelland, third
13-14
50 freestyle: Shelby Domann, fifth, 37.82
50 butterfly: Coffroth, fourth, 44.25; Rachel Price, fifth, 52.22; Chelsea Fleming, sixth, 52.91
50 breaststroke: Domann, second, 47.40; Karli Blackwood, sixth, 52.93
50 backstroke: McKenzie Bixler, third, 52.13; Fleming, fourth, 52.31; Price, fifth, 54.09; Blackwood, sixth, 57.25
200 individual medley: Domann, second, 3:32.84; Coffroth, fourth, 3:44.97
Freestyle relay: Bixler, Price, Domann and Coffroth, second
15-and-over
50 freestyle: Wallerstedt, third, 35.56; McKeever, fifth, 35.84
50 butterfly: Carder, second, 36.84; Kelsey Kattau, third, 41.54; Goodwin, sixth, 49.62
50 breaststroke: Goodwin, second, 45.25; McKeever, third, 46.59; Kelsey Farrow, sixth, 50.31
50 backstroke: Carder, second, 37.81; Wallerstedt, third, 43.31; Kattau, fourth, 44.84
200 individual medley: Carder, second, 2:58.41; McKeever, third, 3:03.31; Farrow, fifth, 3:38.53
Freestyle relay: Carder, Kattau, Farrow and Wallerstedt, second
Boys
8-and-under
25 freestyle: Williams, second, 29.19; Shreckengaust, third, 30.88; Minor, fourth, 32.65; Blake Autrey, sixth, 37.12
25 breaststroke: Burns, second, 31:09
25 backstroke: Garrett Rolofson, third, 45.25; Shreckengaust, fourth, 47.72; CJ Barker, fifth, 49.15; Matthew McIntyre, sixth, 1:00.71
100 individual medley: Bindi, second, 2:23.62
9-10
50 freestyle: Brummel, second, 44.50; McKinley, fourth, 48.17; Riese, fifth, 53.87
50 butterfly: Brummel, second, 1:04.22; Vesely, third, 1:06.68; Zach Minor, fourth, 1:29.81
50 breaststroke: Riese, second, 1:01.75; Minor, third, 1:26.63
50 backstroke: McKinley, second, 1:08.84; Alex Prettyman, third, 1:14.25; Riese, fourth, 1:14.66; Nicholas Hull, sixth, 1:20.75
100 individual medley: Vesely, second, 2:02.22; Brummel, third, 2:06.53
Freestyle relay: Bret Minor, Matthew Rison, Prettyman and Riese, second
11-12
50 freestyle: Max Hamilton, third, 44.54; Tanner Myers, fourth, 44.66; Alex Fish, fifth, 45.91
50 butterfly: Moore, third, 54.00
50 breaststroke: Michael Zalenski, second, 1:06.53; Myers, third, 1:06.68; Matthew Parodi, fourth, 1:07.97
50 backstroke: Moore, second, 53.36; Sawyer Cooke, third, 57.13; Zalenski, fourth, 58.61; Parodi, fifth, 1:02.78; Shoemaker, sixth, 1:04.32
200 individual medley: Moore, third, 4:11.50; Myers, fourth, 4:30.25
Medley relay: Hamilton, Myers, Shoemaker and Zalenski, second
Freestyle relay: Myers, Hamilton, Zalenski and Fish, second; Cooke, Zachery Currie, Parodi and Nicholas Hull, third
13-14
50 freestyle: Jason Danciak, second, 35.07; Kattau, third, 40.16
50 butterfly: Caleb Shreckengaust, third, 55.90
50 breaststroke: Shreckengaust, third, 44.94
50 backstroke: Danciak, second, 56.31
200 individual medley: Shreckengaust, second, 3:46.50
15-and-over
50 freestyle: Lang, fifth, 29.10
50 butterfly: Grenell, third, 33.22; Daniel Wilson, fifth, 38.62
50 breaststroke: Grenell, second, 38.00; Mason Whaley, third, 38.35
50 backstroke: Lang, second, 34.92; Wilson, fifth, 39.78
200 individual medley: Whaley, third, 3:06.78
Medley relay: Whaley, Wilson, Grenell and Lang, second
Freestyle relay: Lang, Whaley, Grenell and Max Wallerstedt, third; Danciak, Kattau, Shreckengaust and Wilson, fourth