Water Sharks swim at state

The Washington Water Sharks went to state a week ago, and came away with some top results in the process.

According to Washington Y Aquatic Director Brittanie Adrian, 15 of the Water Shark swimmers qualified for regionals with their times at the state meet.

On the girls? side of the state meet in Marshalltown, there were five top-10 finishes, highlighted by the sixth-place finish of the women?s 200-meter freestyle relay.

Alijah Beatty, Audrey Wubbena, Allison Vogel and Megan Adam combined to finish in sixth in the event with a time of 1:50.11.

Another high-flying relay came in the 200-meter medley relay, when Vogel, Beatty, Adam and Kayla Andrew combined for a time of 2:06.06. to take seventh place.

In the individual finishes, Megan Adam picked up a pair of top-10 placements.

In the 200-meter freestyle, Adam earned a seventh-place finish with a 2:11.23, while claiming a ninth-place slot in the 100-freestyle with a 59.02.

Beatty also claimed a top-10 individual finish, claiming 10th place in the 500-meter freestyle with a 6:15.93.

On the boys? side of the meet, the Water Sharks claimed 11 top-10 finishes on the day.

In the relays, the Water Shark boys earned a second-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle, with Ben Berhow, TJ Durst, Nic Rath and Noah Bruns combining for a time of 1:37.20.

Bruns, Berhow, Durst and Victor Miller combined in the 200-meter medley relay to finish in fourth place with a time of 1:51.38.

In the individual events, Bruns and Berhow earned fifth- and sixth-place finishes, respectively, in the 50-meter freestyle, both clocking in under 24 seconds.

Bruns and Berhow finished back-to-back in the 100-meter freestyle as well, with Bruns finishing in fourth and Berhow taking fifth.

Bruns added a second-place finish in the 100-meter backstroke, while Rath had a 10th place finish in the event.

Berhow finished in second place in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Brennen Westphal earned a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 50-meter breaststroke and in the 100-meter breaststroke in the 9-10-year-old age group.

Jacob Miller finished in ninth place in the 50-meter freestyle among 11-12-year-olds.

Full results from the state meet in Marshalltown follow. After each event name, is the age group the swimmers participated in.

Girls

100-meter butterfly, 12-21

18. Alijah Beatty, 1:09.60

200-meter freestyle, 13-14

42. Audrey Wubbena, 2:23.29

200-meter freestyle, 15-21

7. Megan Adam, 2:11.23

18. Allison Vogel, 2:19.69

26. Kayla Andrew, 2:25.10

200-meter medley relay, 15-21

7. Allison Vogel, 2:06.06

Kayla Andrew

Alijah Beatty

Megan Adam

15. Audrey Wubbena, 2:15.95

Sarah Miles

Cierra Miller

Tianah Ryan

50-meter freestyle, 13-14

28. Cierra Miller, 28.97

50-meter freestyle, 15-21

11. Megan Adam, 27.38

18. Allison Vogel, 27.87

200-meter individual medley, 12-21

12. Alijah Beatty, 2:35.36

50-meter breaststroke, 9-10

22. Josie Miller, 46.26

100-meter freestyle, 13-14

28. Audrey Wubbena, 1:03.19

100-meter freestyle, 15-21

9. Megan Adam, 59.02

17. Allison Vogel, 1:01.89

24. Kayla Andrew, 1:03.58

100-meter breaststroke, 9-10

23. Josie Miller, 1:44.43

100-meter breaststroke, 15-21

15. Kayla Andrew, 1:21.24

500-meter freestyle 12-21

10. Alijah Beatty, 6:15.93

200-meter freestyle relay, 15-21

6. Alijah Beatty, 1:50.11

Audrey Wubbena

Allison Vogel

Megan Adam

17. Lupita De La Rosa, 1:58.92

Tianah Ryan

Kayla Andrew

Cierra Miller

Boys? meet

50-meter butterfly, 11-12

22. Jacob Miller, 37.01

23. Quinn Wubbena, 37.60

100-meter butterfly, 12-21

17. Nic Rath, 1:06.49

200-meter freestyle, 13-14

15. Michael Kimball, 2:17.81

200-meter medley relay, 13-14

17. Noah Kleese, 2:19.39

Nathan Beenblossom

Reece Mayer

Colton Slaubaugh

200-meter medley relay, 15-21

4. Noah Bruns, 1:51.38

Ben Berhow

TJ Durst

Victor Miller

11. Michael Kimball, 2:06.84

Hayden Westphal

Nic Rath

Zachariah Parsons

50-meter freestyle, 11-12

9. Jacob Miller, 28.59

50-meter freestyle, 15-21

5. Noah Bruns, 23.49

6. Ben Berhow, 23.70

22. TJ Durst, 26.18

50-meter breaststroke, 9-10

5. Brennen Westphal, 43.48

50-meter breaststroke, 11-12

14. Quinn Wubbena, 40.58

200-meter breaststroke, 12-21

15. Victor Miller, 2:50.99

100-meter freestyle, 11-12

14. Jacob Miller, 1:06.38

15. Quinn Wubbena, 1:07.02

100-meter freestyle, 13-14

30. Michael Kimball, 1:01.12

100-meter freestyle, 15-21

4. Noah Bruns, 50.41

5. Ben Berhow, 51.76

15. Nic Rath, 56.74

28. TJ Durst, 1:00.39

100-meter backstroke, 15-21

2. Noah Bruns, 59.03

10. Nic Rath, 1:12.59

17. TJ Durst, 1:18.39

21. Zachariah Parsons, 1:21.37

25-meter breaststroke, 8-and-under

16. Isaac Kleese, 28.14

100-meter breaststroke, 9-10

5. Brennen Westphal, 1:35.23

100-meter breaststroke, 15-21

2. Ben Berhow, 1:03.85

18. Victor Miller, 1:17.56

500-meter freestyle, 12-21

14. Michael Kimball, 6:21.06

200-meter freestyle relay, 13-14

13. Reece Mayer, 1:54.95

Nathan Beenblossom

Noah Kleese

Michael Kimball

200-meter freestyle relay, 15-21

2. Ben Berhow, 1:37.20

TJ Durst

Nic Rath

Noah Bruns

16. Zachariah Parsons, 2:00.04

Colton Slaubaugh

Hayden Westphal

Victor Miller