Youth Swim: WASP racks up first-place finishes at pair of meets

SHAWANO — The Wittenberg Area Swim Program won the WASP Winter Meet on Saturday before turning in several strong finishes at the Shawano Winter Meet on Sunday.

WASP’s Kelsie Davis finished first in all three of her individual events, the 50-yard freestyle, 50 breaststroke and 100 backstroke, and helped the 200 medley relay team also take first in the 11-12 division at Sunday’s meet in Shawano.

Lily Metropulos (10-and-under division) came in first in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle.

Ava Hegewald (11-12) took first in the 100 butterfly, while Faith Resch (open) won the 50 freestyle.

Hegewald, Reese Dickman and Olivia Bessette joined Davis on the 200 medley relay. Resch, Metropulos, Rylee Crick and Jessica Storlie formed the 200 medley relay team in the open division that took second.

At Saturday’s meet, Davis, Resch and Metropulos led WASP by taking first in each individual event they swam in.

Competing in the 11-12 division, Davis took first in the 50 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke. She was also two relay teams that took first — the 200 medley and 200 freestyle.

Resch, who swam in the 13-14 division, placed first in the 50 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke. She was also on the top-finishing 200 freestyle relay team.

Metropulos, who swam in the 9-10 division, claimed first place in the 100 IM, 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly and 50 breaststroke. She was also on the first-place finishing 200 medley relay team.

Ava Hegewald (11-12 girls) took first in three individual events, while Crick (9-10 girls), Matilda Hegewald (8-and-under girls) and Logan Hanson (13-14 boys) earned two first-place individual finishes.

Addison Schmid (9-10 girls), Bessette (11-12 girls), London Metropulos and Laura Gilmeister (13-14 girls) and Alexa Chaney (15-and-over girls) also took first in an event.

A total of five WASP relay teams came in first at the meet.

Shawano Winter Meet

10-and-under

Rylee Crick: third, 50 breaststroke (46.55) and 100 butterfly (1:45.93); seventh, 50 freestyle (37.43).

Matilda Hegewald: 10th, 100 backstroke (1:54.97); 13th, 50 breaststroke (1:01.69); 16th, 50 freestyle (42.91).

Lily Metropulos: first, 100 butterfly (1:25.88) and 50 freestyle (33.34); second, 50 breaststroke (46.21).

11-12 division

Olivia Bessette: third, 50 freestyle (29.06) and 100 backstroke (1:21.36); fourth, 50 breaststroke (41.58).

Kelsie Davis: first, 50 freestyle (27.22), 50 breaststroke (35.93) and 100 backstroke (1:13.15).

Reese Dickman: third, 50 breaststroke (38.06); fourth, 100 backstroke (1:23.44); sixth, 50 freestyle (32.47).

Ava Hegewald: first, 100 butterfly (1:28.68); second, 100 breaststroke (1:23.43); fifth, 50 freestyle (30.5).

Kelsie Davis, Olivia Bessette, Reese Dickman, Ava Hegewald: first, 200 medley relay (2:16).

Open division

Faith Resch: first, 50 freestyle (27.19); third, 1,000 freestyle (13:02.4).

Jessica Storlie: second, 100 backstroke (2:44.94); eighth, 50 freestyle (30.76); 11th, 100 breaststroke (1:36.86).

Faith Resch, Jessica Storlie, Lily Metropulos, Rylee Crick: second, 200 medley relay (2:26.09).

WASP Winter Meet

8-and-under girls division

Matilda Hegewald: first, 100 IM (1:57.92) and 25 butterfly (22.99); second, 25 freestyle (18.98); fourth, 25 backstroke (24.09).

Grace Hegewald: third, 25 butterfly (35.33); sixth, 25 breaststroke (32.5); eighth, 25 backstroke (26.01); ninth, 25 freestyle (25.76).

9-10 mixed division

Casey Pell, Chloe Hanson, Lily Metropulos, Matilda Hegewald: first, 200 medley relay (3:16.4).

Madison Fisher, Priya Stefonek, Rylee Crick, Brooklynn Beran: second, 200 medley relay (3:19.73).

Megan Fisher, Gabby Timm, Addison Schmid, Eli Clark: third, 200 medley relay (3:33.77).

9-10 girls division

Lily Metropulos: first, 100 IM (1:27.99), 100 butterfly (1:28.81), 50 breaststroke (46.55) and 100 backstroke (1:31.9).

Rylee Crick: first, 50 backstroke (42.06) and 50 butterfly (45.56); second, 100 IM (1:29.23) and 50 breaststroke (47.28).

Addison Schmid: first, 50 freestyle (37.5); fifth, 100 IM (1:45.09); sixth, 50 breaststroke (56.19); seventh, 50 backstroke (49.21).

Gabby Timm: third, 50 freestyle (39.1) and 50 backstroke (45.09); sixth, 100 IM (1:46.14); eighth, 50 breaststroke (57.08).

Brooklynn Beran: second, 50 butterfly (50.64); third, 100 IM (1:41.34); fourth, 50 freestyle (39.41); fifth, 50 backstroke (47.11).

Chloe Hanson: fifth, 50 butterfly (1:01.08); sixth, 50 freestyle (44.84); seventh, 50 breaststroke (56.92); 11th, 50 backstroke (56.31).

Priya Stefonek: sixth, 100 freestyle (1:54.46); ninth, 50 breaststroke (58.04); 11th, 50 freestyle (51.99); 12th, 50 backstroke (57.06).

Madison Fisher: seventh, 100 IM (2:23.54); 12th, 50 breaststroke (1:07.06); 16th, 50 freestyle (56.95).

Megan Fisher: 15th, 50 freestyle (56.83); 14th, 50 breaststroke (1:15.13); 16th, 50 backstroke (1:08.61).

9-10 boys division

Eli Clark: second, 50 breaststroke (1:12.89); third, 50 freestyle (44.53) and 50 backstroke (52.86).

Casey Pell: fourth, 50 freestyle (1:01.65) and 50 backstroke (1:12.05).

10-and-under mixed division

Matilda Hegewald, Addison Schmid, Priya Stefonek, Rylee Crick: first, 200 freestyle relay (2:53.91).

Eli Clark, Lily Metropulos, Madison Fisher, Chloe Hanson: second, 200 freestyle relay (3:03.99).

Casey Pell, Gabby Timm, Megan Fisher, Brooklynn Beran: fourth, 200 freestyle relay (3:24.12).

11-12 girls division

Reese Dickman, Ava Hegewald, Kelsie Davis, Olivia Bessette: first, 200 medley relay (2:17.97).

Andrea Powell, Gracyn Uttecht, Megan Gilmeister, Ella Budleski: fourth, 200 medley relay (2:48.56).

Kelsie Davis: first, 50 freestyle (28.21), 50 backstroke (33.46), 50 butterfly (32.36) and 50 breaststroke (37.67).

Ava Hegewald: first, 200 IM (2:54.83), 100 butterfly (1:24.08) and 100 breaststroke (1:24.85); fourth, 50 freestyle (31.67).

Olivia Bessette: first, 100 IM (1:20.64); second, 50 freestyle (30.91); third, 50 butterfly (39.24) and 100 breaststroke (1:32.2).

Reese Dickman: second, 50 backstroke (38.27), 50 butterfly (37.56) and 100 breaststroke (1:25.73); third, 50 freestyle (31.47).

Megan Gilmeister: second, 100 butterfly (1:39.94); fifth, 100 IM (1:32.72); 10th, 50 freestyle (35.14) and 50 backstroke (44.53).

Andrea Powell: third, 100 butterfly (1:45.33); seventh, 100 IM (1:36.04); 11th, 50 backstroke (44.67); 13th, 50 freestyle (37.15).

Gracyn Uttecht: fifth, 50 breaststroke (48.88); 11th, 100 IM (1:42.3); 13th, 50 backstroke (46.79); 14th: 50 freestyle (37.34).

Ella Budleski: 10th, 100 IM (1:42.01) and 50 butterfly (52.97); 11th, 50 freestyle (36.42); 14th, 50 backstroke (47.2).

12-and-under mixed division

Ella Budleski, Reese Dickman, Megan Gilmeister, Kelsie Davis: first, 200 freestyle relay (2:11.32).

Andrea Powell, Olivia Bessette, Gracyn Uttecht, Ava Hegewald: third, 200 freestyle relay (2:19.4).

13-and-over mixed division

Kalee Gilmeister, Alexis Resch, London Metropulos, Faith Resch: first, 200 freestyle relay (2:02.76).

Logan Hanson, Adreonna Bessert, Alexa Chaney, Laura Gilmeister: second, 200 freestyle relay (2:10.51).

Kalee Gilmeister, Isabella Hegewald, Alexa Chaney, Alexis Resch: third, 200 medley relay (2:18.87).

Isabella Hegewald, Amelia Majernik, Claire Timm, Jessica Storlie: third, 200 freestyle relay (2:11.88).

Jessica Storlie, Laura Gilmeister, London Metropulos, Amelia Majernik: fourth, 200 medley relay (2:21.91).

Logan Hanson, Adreonna Bessert, Faith Resch, Claire Timm: fifth, 200 medley relay (2:25.41).

13-14 girls division

Faith Resch: first, 50 freestyle (26.86), 50 backstroke (31.92), 50 butterfly (30.89) and 50 breaststroke (36.51).

London Metropulos: first, 200 freestyle (2:16.78); second, 200 IM (2:37.7), 100 backstroke (1:13.84) and 50 breaststroke (38.01).

Laura Gilmeister: first, 500 freestyle (6:30.73); second, 50 backstroke (36.38); fourth, 50 freestyle (29.53) and 200 IM (2:47.4).

Kalee Gilmeister: second, 50 butterfly (32.04) and 200 freestyle (2:25.19); third, 200 IM (2:44.8) and 100 backstroke (1:15.82).

Jessica Storlie: third, 100 IM (1:19.46); fourth, 100 backstroke (1:16.28); sixth, 50 freestyle (30.41); seventh, 50 butterfly (37.87).

Claire Timm: third, 500 freestyle (7:44.62); fourth, 50 backstroke (41.98); 10th, 50 freestyle (33.28).

Amelia Majernik: fifth, 50 backstroke (43.46); sixth, 100 IM (1:33.09); 10th, 50 butterfly (48.85); 12th, 50 freestyle (35.43).

Alexis Resch: sixth, 50 backstroke (47.15), 100 freestyle (1:29.77) and 50 breaststroke (50.06); 15th, 50 freestyle (38.32).

13-14 boys division

Logan Hanson: first, 50 backstroke (43.39) and 50 breaststroke (41.66); second, 50 freestyle (36.03) and 100 IM (1:30.65).

15-and-over girls division

Alexa Chaney: first, 200 freestyle (2:31.76); second, 100 backstroke (1:18.45) and 100 breaststroke (1:31.02); third, 50 butterfly (34.57).

Isabella Hegewald: second, 50 butterfly (33.33); third, 50 backstroke (37.19) and 50 breaststroke (36.35); fourth, 50 freestyle (30.15).

Adreonna Bessert: second, 200 freestyle (2:54.4); third, 100 IM (1:28.97); fourth, 50 backstroke (42.01); fifth, 50 freestyle (33.9).