By Quinn O’Hara
On Saturday, June 29, the Clay Center Tiger Sharks Swim Team closed out their season by competing in the Kansas-Nebraska Swim League Championship Champs Meet.
The Tigersharks traveled to Fairbury, Nebraska to compete against teams from Concordia, Kansas, and Beatrice, Crete, Fairbury, Seward, Wilber, and York, Nebraska. The meet had 60 events, over 300 participants, and over 900 entries.
31 Tiger Sharks participated in the Champs Meet. Medals were given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Ribbons were given for 4th through 8th place. During the competition members of the Tiger Sharks took home 62 medals and 47 ribbons. The team also had 14 individual champions and 1 relay champion.
The following list details the Tiger Shark’s results:
· Boys 8&Under 50 Yard Freestyle
o 4th Colin Beaver 50.32
· Boys 9-10 50 Yard Freestyle
o 2nd Myer Gibson 40.95
o 3rd Blake Bergsten 42.42
o 8th Gabe Borgerding 46.51
o 9th Grady Michaud 47.64
o 15th Hudson Cott 53.21
· Girls 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle
o 4th Janessa Bergsten 35.90
o 7th Laura Hoffman 37.38
o 10th Layla Liby 39.81
o 23rd Jaelyn Michaud 47.81
· Girls 13-14 50 Yard Freestyle
o 2nd Madeline Crutcher 31.36
o 12th Bailee Williams 38.98
o 19th Hannah Cott 42.20
· Girls 15&Over 50 Yard Freestyle
o 2nd Jorja Auld 29.22
· Boys 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle
o 7th Carter Young 39.02
o 10th DJ Borgerding 41.20
o 11th Luke Gibson 41.83
· Boys 13-14 50 Yard Freestyle
o 3rd Will Crutcher 30.52
o 4th Callen Burr 32.29
o 5th Asher Sterling 33.29
· Mixed 8&Under 100 Yard Medley Relay
o 6th Abigail Cott, Rhett Wietharn, Sydni Liby, Wade Koster 2:45.62
· Mixed 9-10 100 Yard Medley Relay
o 5th Colin Beaver, Hudson Cott, Myer Gibson, Blake Bergsten 1:46.02
· Mixed 11-12 200 Yard Medley Relay
o 5th DJ Borgerding, Luke Gibson, Ezra Sterling, Carter Young 3:41.23
· Girls 13-14 200 Yard Medley Relay
o 4th Hannah Cott, Laura Hoffman, Janessa Bergsten, Jaelyn Michaud 3:02.62
· Mixed 13-14 200 Yard Medley Relay
o 3rd Asher Sterling, Madeline Crutcher, Will Crutcher, Bailee Williams 2:38.39
· Mixed 15-18 200 Yard Medley Relay
o 3rd Jorja Auld, Callen Burr, Ellie Lund, Noah Gibson 2:19.98
· Girls 6&Under 25 Yard Butterfly
o 1st Sydni Liby 33.95
· Boys 9-10 25 Yard Butterfly
o 5th Gabe Borgerding 26.64
· Girls 13-14 50 Yard Butterfly
o 1st Madeline Crutcher 35.34
o 2nd Ellie Lund 38.07
· Boys 11-12 50 Yard Butterfly
o 7th Ezra Sterling 1:08.42
· Boys 13-14 50 Yard Butterly
o 2nd Will Crutcher 40.79
· Boys 15&Over 50 Yard Butterfly
o 1st Noah Gibson 35.59
· Boys 9-10 50 Yard Butterfly
o 1st Myer Gibson 1:06.53
· Girls 13-14 100 Yard Butterfly
o 1st Ellie Lund 1:31.54
o 2nd Bailee Williams 1:51.24
· Girls 7-8 25 Yard Backstroke
o 23rd Abigail Cott 40.59
· Girls 9-10 25 Yard Backstroke
o 12th Margot Young
· Boys 7-8 25 Yard Backstroke
o 3rd Colin Beaver 26.21
o 8th Rhett Wietharn 32.73
· Boys 9-10 25 Yard Backstroke
o 12th Jaxon Beaver
o 13th Lincoln Schnell
· Girls 11-12 50 Yard Backstroke
o 4th Janessa Bergsten 50.15
o 6th Layla Liby 50.93
o 14th Jaelyn Michaud 58.78
· Girls 15&Over 50 Yard Backstroke
o 1st Jorja Auld 33.56
· Boys 11-12 50 Yard Backstroke
o 6th Carter Young 49.24
o 10th Luke Gibson 55.59
· Boys 13-14 50 Yard Backstroke
o 2nd Callen Burr 39.56
o 4th Asher Sterling 41.03
· Boys 9-10 50 Yard Backstroke
o 3rd Blake Bergsten 54.07
· Boys 7-8 25 Yard Breaststroke
o 2nd Rhett Wietharn 39.51
· Boys 9-10 25 Yard Breaststroke
o 7th Grady Michaud
o 12th Hudson Cott
o 15th Jaxon Beaver
· Girls 11-12 50 Yard Breaststroke
o 1st Laura Hoffman 43.11
o 4th Layla Liby 53.46
o 17th Jaelyn Michaud 1:06.59
· Girls 13-14 50 Yard Breaststroke
o 1st Madeline Crutcher 40.17
· Girls 15&Over 50 Yard Breaststroke
o 1st Jorja Auld 38.15
· Boys 13-14 50 Yard Breaststroke
o 1st Callen Burr
o 3rd Asher Sterling
· Boys 15&Over 50 Yard Breaststroke
o 1st Noah Gibson 35.36
· Boys 9-10 50 Yard Breaststroke
o 1st Myer Gibson 53.66
o 6th Hudson Cott 1:06.86
· Girls 13-14 100 Yard Breaststroke
o 4th Hannah Cott
· Girls 6&Under 25 Yard Freestyle
o 1st Sydni Liby 28.33
· Girls 9-10 25 Yard Freestyle
o 10th Margot Young
· Boys 6&Under 25 Yard Freestyle
o 4th Wade Koster 41.72
· Boys 7-8 25 Yard Freestyle
o 8th Rhett Wietharn
· Boys 9-10 25 Yard Freestyle
o 3rd Gabe Borgerding 20.21
o 5th Grady Michaud 21.09
o 9th Jaxon Beaver 22.80
· Boys 11-12 100 Yard Freestyle
o 5th DJ Borgerding 1:36.18
· Boys 15&Over 100 Yard Freestyle
o 2nd Noah Gibson 1:05.78
· Girls 11-12 100 Yard Individual Medley
o 1st Janessa Bergsten 1:33.66
o 3rd Laura Hoffman 1:34.78
· Boy 9-10 100 Yard Individual Medley
o 3rd Blake Bergsten 2:11.06
· Boys 11-12 100 Yard Individual Medley
o 5th DJ Borgerding 1:54.95
· Girls 13-14 200 Yard Individual Medley
o 2nd Ellie Lund 3:03.39
o 3rd Bailee Williams 3:52.57
· Boys 13-14 200 Yard Individual Medley
o 2nd Will Crutcher 3:09.95
· Mixed 8&Under 100 Yard Freestyle Relay
o 7th Rhett Wietharn, Wade Koster, Abigail Cott, Sydni Liby
· Mixed 9-10 100 Yard Freestyle Relay
o 2nd Lincoln Schnell, Colin Beaver, Blake Bergsten, Myer Gibson
· Mixed 9-10 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
o 4th Grady Michaud, Hudson Cott, Margot Young, Gabe Borgerding
· Girls 11-12 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
o 2nd Layla Liby, Jaelyn Michaud, Laura Hoffman, Janessa Bergsten
· Mixed 11-12 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
o 3rd Luke Gibson, Ezra Sterling, DJ Borgerding, Carter Young
· Mixed 13-14 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
o 1st Asher Sterling, Bailee Williams, Will Crutcher, Madeline Crutcher
· Mixed 15-18 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
o 2nd Jorja Auld, Callen Burr, Ellie Lund, Noah Gibson