The meet didn’t last as long as they wanted, but in an abbreviated competition at Fort Worth’s Ridglea Park Association recently the Weatherford Wild Swim Team came away with plenty of hardware.
Weatherford swimmers won 23 gold medals (15 males, 8 females), 20 silver (12 males, 8 females) and 18 bronze (10 females, 8 males). This included eight medals in relays (females 3 gold, 2 silver; males 2 gold, 1 silver).
The meet was stopped before all of the day’s scheduled events could be completed. The pool had to be made open to the public at 2 p.m.
“Yes, they were upset they did not get to finish. But the kids did well,” Wild coach Matt Williams said.
The meet also featured a different competitive distance than usual. Most Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Meets are in yards, but this one was in a metered pool.
“A lot of the kids actually beat their meter converted times, which I think is tough to do,” Williams said.
Individually, Blair Mezger (13-14 age group) led all female swimmers with two gold medals, while Bowen Judd (13-14) and Zach Edwards (18-24) led all males. Also winning gold among the females were Rebekah Berg (9-10), Ariella Fralick (9-10) and Madison Balaban (13-14), while Parker Berg (6-Under), Ridge Davis (8-Under), Samuel Balaban (11-12), Ryan Roberts (15-17), Blake Mezger (15-17), Blake Mezger (15-17) and Kade Burlison (18-24) also won a gold medal among the males.
Part of Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Region IV
Weatherford Wild results
(Distances in meters)
Females
8-Under
100 medley relay: 2. Leddy McIntosh, Elania Ellestad, Briar Ochoa, Layla MacDonald, 1:58.93.
50 freestyle: 2. Caroline Green, 54.76.
25 breaststroke: 2. Ellestad, 32.18; 3 .Green, 33.15.
25 butterfly: 2. Ochoa, 28.30.
9-10
100 medley relay: 1. Sedona Ramirez, Miriam Tumulty, Rebekah Berg, Juliana Storm, 1:39.14.
50 freestyle: 2. Ariella Fralick, 41.90.
25 backstroke: 1. Berg, 19.76.
25 breaststroke: 3. Berg, 25.57.
25 freestyle: 1. Fralick, 19.08.
11-12
200 medley relay: 1. Lorelei Fluckey, Reagan Richey, Chloe Brumfield, Chandler Hord, 3:14.99.
50 backstroke: 3. Fluckey, 49.67.
50 breaststroke: 3. Brumfield, 55.92.
13-14
200 medley relay: 1. Madison Balaban, Brinley Richey, Karmyn Chaires, Blair Mezger, 2:46.02; 2. Aubrey Moore, Scarlett Burlison, Addie Walker, Grace Miller, 3:12.89.
100 freestyle: 1. Balaban, 1:14.50.
50 backstroke: 3. Mezger, 41.52.
50 breaststroke: 1. Mezger, 43.15.
50 freestyle: 1 .Mezger, 31.48; 3. Balaban, 35.13.
15-17
100 freestyle: 3. Campbell Hord, 1:22.06.
50 backstroke: 3. Kyla Roberts, 45.53.
50 breaststroke: 2. Emma Kechnie, 47.48; 3. Roberts, 48.84.
50 butterfly: 2. Elizabeth Walter, 47.76; 3. Lily Tumulty, 50.07.
Males
6-Under
25 freestyle: 1. Parker Berg, 24.66.
8-Under
50 freestyle: 1. Ridge Davis, 58.45; 2. Janco Tredoux, 1:00.43.
25 breaststroke: 2. Davis, 45.90.
25 freestyle: 2. Davis, 27.09; 3. Tredoux, 27.42.
11-12
200 medley relay: 1. Samuel Balaban, Timothy Stillwell, Harrison Gentry, Beau Mezger, 2:55.06.
100 freestyle: 1 Balaban, 1:24.78; 2. Archer Brown, 1:25.77.
50 backstroke: 3. Balaban, 44.57.
50 breaststroke: 2. Stillwell, 45.36; 3. Gentry, 46.99.
50 butterfly: 3. Gentry, 44.48.
50 freestyle: 3. Mezger, 36.47.
13-14
100 freestyle: 1. Bowen Judd, 1:07.95.
50 backstroke: 2. Judd, 35.67.
50 freestyle: 1. Judd, 30.48.
15-17
200 medley relay: 1. Max Gentry, Blake Mezger, Connor Ochoa, Ryan Roberts, 2:17.33; 2. Nathan Allen, Jaxon Edwards, Devin Crenshaw, Miles Copeland, 2:55.13.
100 freestyle: 1. Ryan Roberts, 1:10.27; 2. Edwards, 1:13.78.
50 backstroke: 1. Gentry, 33.53; 2. Roberts, 39.29; 3. Mezger, 39.51.
50 breaststroke: 1. Mezger, 38.65; 2. Edwards, 41.94; 3. Crenshaw, 42.98.
50 butterfly: 1. Ochoa, 34.81.
50 freestyle: 1. Gentry, 30.32; 2. Mezger, 31.31; 3. Ochoa, 33.28.
18-24
100 freestyle: 1. Kade Burlison, 1:10.22.
50 breaststroke: 1. Zach Edwards, 37.80.
50 butterfly: 1. Edwards, 33.11; 2. Burlison, 33.76.
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