By Coach Abigael Olson
The O'Neill Blue Dolphin Swim Team competed at the James River Valley Championship meet on Saturday, July 21. The meet was held in O'Neill with 11 teams and 309 swimmers competing for the top honors. The Blue Dolphins with 46 swimmers finished fourth in the overall team standings.
Nine O'Neill athletes earned individual trophies. Taking home second place honors were Kooper Jelinek and Hattie Blumenstock. Earning third place trophies were Kassidy Jelinek, Coby Drueke and Andrew Carlson. Receiving fourth place were Haylee Kaufman, Ethan Shoemaker, Jared Atkeson and Rahtaya Young.
Hattie Blumenstock set two meet records in the 13-14 girls age division. She swam the 100 yard backstroke in 1:08.07, breaking the old record by 3.87 seconds. Hattie also swam the 100 yard butterfly in 1:08.99, breaking the previous record by 1.29 seconds.
At the conclusion of the meet team awards were given. Here are the recipients of the ONBD awards; rookies of the year-Sable Davis and Spencer Davis; most improved swimmers- Karissa Nichols and Levi Drueke; most dedicated swimmers-Kirsten Adams and Kooper Jelinek; hardest worker-Hattie Blumenstock; best teammate-Rahtaya Young and outstanding swimmers-Ally Sedlacek, Blake Parks and Molly Anson.
The ONBD female swimmer of the year was awarded to Allie Krotter. The ONBD male swimmer of the year award was given to Coby Drueke.
The results from the championship meet are as follows:
Boys 6 & Under
(14 total swimmers)
Blake Couch (6)-Back-7th, Fly-6th, Free-8th
Girls 8 & under
(45 total swimmers)
Ally Sedlacek (8)-IM-10th, Breast-6th, Fly-13th, Free-18th
Angelyn Allison (7)-Back-29th, Fly-26th, Free-39th
Aurora Heiss (7)-Back-27th, Fly-29th, Free-36th
Chloe Kaufman (7)-Breast-19th, Fly-28th, Free-44th
Emily Jaques (7)-Back-35th, Free-43rd
Jordan Donohoe (7)-IM-20th, Breast-15th, Fly-24th, Free-38th
Paige Janzing (8)-Back-34th, Fly-27th, Free-40th
Quincy Young (7)-Back-31st, Fly-23rd, Free-24th
Boys 8 & under
(21 total swimmers)
Blake Parks (7)-IM-9th, Breast-11th, Fly-6th, Free-12th
Levi Drueke (7)-IM-12th, Back- 7th, Breast-5th, Free-9th
Nickolas Greer (7)-Back-15th, Free-17th
Girls 10 & under
(37 total swimmers)
Abby Everitt (10)-IM-11th, Back- 7th, Breast-6th, Free-8th
Decemberlyn Kilcoin (10)-IM- 20th, Back-15th, Breast-24th, Free- 26th
Haylee Kaufman (10)-IM-4th, Back-4th, Fly-6th, Free-2nd
Katharina Rice (9)-IM-15th, Back-13th, Breast-23rd, Free-16th
Sable Davis (10)-IM-28th, Breast-22nd, Fly-19th, Free-21st
Sena Essink (9)-IM-23rd, Back- 21st, Breast-21st, Fly-12th
Boys 10 & under
(17 total swimmers)
Ethan Shoemaker (10)-IM-5th, Breast-3rd, Fly-5th, Free-6th
Luke Allison (10)-IM-4th, Free- 7th
Girls 11-12
(40 total swimmers)
Blair Langan (12)-IM-25th, Breast-17th, Fly-10th, Free-23rd
Brianna Bauer (11)-IM-17th, Back-15th, Breast-6th, Free-18th
Claire Everitt (12)-IM- 8th, Back- 8th, Fly-5th, Free-11th
Kirsten Adams (11)-IM-13th, Breast-4th, Fly-6th, Free-28th
Morgan Sidak (12)-IM-28th, Breast-28th, Fly-17th, Free-30th
Nikki Gotschall (12)-IM-7th, Back-6th, Breast-19th, Free-10th
Boys 11-12
(14 total swimmers)
Dane Allsion (12)- IM-9th, Back- 8th, Breast-6th, Free- 7th
Jack Krotter (11)-IM-6th, Fly-7th, Free-9th
Jared Atkeson (12)-IM-8th, Back- 5th, Fly-4th, Free-2nd
Kooper Jelinek (11)-IM-4th, Back-2nd, Breast-3rd, Fly-1st Nicholas Hansen (11)-Back-9th, Breast-5th, Free-6th
Girls 13-14
(28 total swimmers)
Hattie Blumenstock (13)-IM- 2nd, Back-1st, Fly-1st, Free-2nd
Kassidy Jelinek (14)-IM-4th, Back-3rd, Breast-2nd, Free-5th
Boys 13-14
(10 total Swimmers)
Coby Drueke (13)-IM-3rd, Breast- 3rd, Fly-2nd, Free-3rd
Jordan Sterns (13)- IM- 6th, Back- 4th, Fly-3rd, Free-7th
Girls 15-16
(12 total swimmers)
Molly Atkeson (15)-IM-10th, Back-8th, Breast-10th, Freestyle Rahtaya Young (15)-IM-5th, Breast-5th, Fly-1st, Freestyle
Girls 17-18
(8 total swimmers)
Molly Anson (18)- IM-7th, Back- 5th, Breast-7th, Freestyle-6th
Boys 17-18
(3 total swimmers)
Andrew Carlson (17)-IM-3rd, Breast-2nd, Fly-3rd, Freestyle-3rd
Girls Open
(10 total swimmers)
Allie Krotter (14)- IM- 7th, Breast- 5th, Fly-4th, Free-6th
Paige Bearinger (13)-IM-8th, Back-6th, Breast-7th, Free-7th
Boys Open
(7 total swimmers)
Dawson Kilcoin (13)-IM-7th, Breast-3rd, Fly-4th, Free-7th
Spencer Davis (11)-IM-5th, Back-5th, Fly-3rd, Free-5th
Other Blue Dolphin swimmers who competed this year were Agdaly Sanchez, Paola Sanchez, Tate Shoemaker, Karissa Nichols and Cassidy Montgomery.