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O'Neill Blue Dolphin Championship Meet


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.


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