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Swimming and Diving - UPDATED

High School

On Tuesday, January 5th, the team hosted St. X and McCauley.  Some event winners were:
Carson Burt - 200 Free
Brianna Connock - 100 Breast
Brianna Connock - 200 IM
Anne Criddle - 500 Free
Christopher Rutter - 200 IM
Lia Thomas - 50 Free
Sara Washienko - 100 Free

We have an update for the diving season as well.

December 5th  - Multiple team meet at Mariemont
Boys:  Charlie D. placed 3rd out of 20 divers
Girls:  Katy V. – 12th place; Sami W. – 13th place, Adrienne S. – 15th place out of 26 divers

December 12th  - Multiple team meet at Mariemont
Boys:  Illusha G. placed 5th out of 11 divers
(Charlie competed in a separate meet in Mason)
Girls:  Sami W. – 6th place, Katy V. - 8th place, Adrienne S. - 9th place out of 19 divers

December 16th – Multiple team meet at UC
Boys:  Charlie – 3rd place
Girls:  Adrienne – 10th place

December 19th – Multiple team meet at Mariemont
Boys:  Charlie – 2nd place

January 2nd – Dual meet vs. Sycamore
Boys:  Charlie – 1st place
Girls:  Adrienne – 2nd place, Sami – 3rd place

January 6th – Multiple team meet at UC
Boys:  Charlie – 1st place
Girls:  Adrienne – 5th place, Katy – 6th place

Middle School

Coach Toerner gave us the details from the Saturday, January 9th, the Middle School Championship Meets.  

Overall, at A Champs the girls team placed second overall, the boys placed 8th overall, the combined team scores earned third place overall (out of 22 teams). This was a highly competitive meet with 22 middle school teams in attendance. The swimmers put forth dozens of great swims, with lots of best times across the board. It was a fun and exciting meet to end the season! Congratulations to all who participated! The following swimmers placed in the top 3 in their events:
Mia Hammersmith placed 3rd in the women's 200 freestyle
Connor Moore placed 2nd in the men's 200 freestyle
Chloe Akers placed 2nd in the women's 25 breaststroke
Jaime Donovan placed 3rd in the men's 100 IM
Mikaela Elliott placed 3rd in the women's 500 freestyle
Mia Hammersmith placed 3rd in the women's 100 freestyle

At B Champs, the girls team placed second, the boys team placed fourth, and the combined team scores earned second place overall. Despite the inclimate weather, all swimmers managed to make it to the meet, and we saw lots of fantastic races and plenty of best times. The following swimmers placed in the top 3 in their events:
Grayson Savage placed 2nd in the 50 freestyle
Audrey Renz placed 2nd in the 25 backstroke
Anna Draper placed first in the 50 breaststroke

This was a great, albeit short, middle school season! Congratulations to all of the swimmers on their sportsmanship and accomplishments, and thank you to all of our families for the continued support and help!

Thanks to Coach Elliot and Coach Wolkoff for the HS details.

See more Jan. 5th HS Swim meet pictures HERE

See more Jan 6th HS Dive Meet pictures HERE

See some Jan 6th Dive Meet Warm Up pictures HERE

See some Jan 6th MS Dive Practice Pictures  HERE

See more Jan 9th MS Swim Championship pictures HERE

Swimming and Diving

High School

The High School Swim team had a first-of-its-kind Long Course meet on Tuesday, December 29th at PCy along with Moeller, Mt. Notre Dame, McCauley, Cincinnati Christian, Winton Woods, and Finneytown.  (Long Course swimming means that a single lap from edge to edge is 50 meters instead of 25 meters.)  I don't have any win/loss or point data to include and they may not have even been calculated since long course events and times aren't the same as the standard short course events and times.  Times and points aside, the Cowboys did come away with some event winners.

Carson Burt - 200m Free
Grayce Akers - 200m IM
Connor Williams - 100m Free
Anne Criddle - 400m Free
Sara Washienko, Anne Criddle, Grayce Akers, & Lia Thomas - 200m Free Relay
Brianna Connock, Camy Miller, Reilly Simmons, & Lia Thomas - 400m Free Relay

On Saturday, January 2nd, the team had a dual meet at Mariemont.
As of press time, we don't have any details.

Middle School
On Saturday, January 2nd, the Middle School team wrapped up their regular season undefeated with a dual meet at Mariemont (173-109).

Some highlights include the following:

First place swims:

Will Morstadt (25 butterfly)

Sam Taylor (25 freestyle)

Will Morstadt (25 backstroke)

Evan Hagenauer (25 breaststroke)

Jaime Donovan (100 IM)

Maddie Kurtz (50 butterfly)

Cara Cavanaugh (50 freestyle)

Jaime Donovan (500 freestyle)

Connor Moore (100 butterfly)

Maddie Kurtz (100 freestyle)

Connor Moore (100 backstroke)

Jaime Donovan, Mia Hagenauer, Cara Cavanaugh, Connor Moore (200 freestyle relay)

Second place swims:

Cara Cavanaugh, Libby Spera, Connor Moore, Jaime Donovan (200 Medley Relay)

Mia Hagenauer (200 freestyle)

Sam Rossi (25 freestyle)

Anna Draper (25 breaststroke)

Cara Cavanaugh (100 IM)

Ava Batsel (50 butterfly)

Mikaela Elliott (50 freestyle)

Chloe Constandtines (50 backstroke)

Libby Spera (50 breaststroke)

Mia Hagenauer (100 butterfly)

Ava Batsel (100 freestyle)

Dori Miller (100 breaststroke)

All three of the Middle School divers finished in the top 10.

Thanks to Coach Elliot (HS) and Coach Toerner (MS) for the swimming stats and highlights and,

Thanks to Coach Wolkoff (HS/MS) for the diving news.

See more High School Swimming pictures HERE and HERE

See more High School Diving pictures HERE

See more Middle School Swimming pictures HERE

See more Middle School Diving pictures HERE

Values Reflected in the Water

Coach Toerner sent us a few words about our great Middle School swim team from the Saturday, December 19th meet (previously posted HERE)

The middle school team had a successful home meet on Saturday! Since we were swimming a very small team, our focus wasn't on scoring points, rather on trying different events and showing great sportsmanship! Everyone on the team had a busy meet, swimming two individuals and at least one relay. One highlight of the meet was the 500 freestyle, where several swimmers gave the race a shot for the first time! Five young women swam the event:
Mikaela Elliott, Mia Haganauer, Libby Spera, Anna Harper, and Maddy Kurtz. The girls all pushed themselves and had great swims. At the same time, many team members who weren't swimming made an effort to cheer and support their teammates in this challenging race. It was great to see support and sportsmanship in that moment!

In addition, the swimmers showed sportsmanship to members of the other team and were polite and respectful to all adult volunteers. I wanted to take this time to share that I have heard positive feedback about our swimmers and their kindness and manners from at least one person at every meet, and that, to me, means much more than any final meet score! We are so proud of our swimmers, both in and out of the water!

Swimming

High School
I'm not sure who won the meet, but there were several Cowboy Event Winners at the Walnut Hills - Maderia - Wyoming Tri-Meet on Monday, December 21.

Carson Burt - 200 Free

Carson Burt - 500 Free

Christopher Rutter - 200 IM

Lia Thomas - 50 Free

Lia Thomas - 100 Free

Women's 200 Free Relay

Women's 400 Free Relay

Men's 200 Free Relay

Men's 400 Free Relay

Middle School

I don't have any official results for the Saturday, December 19 dual meet against Cincinnati Christian.  I will say that CCS is a team of 7 swimmers.  I'll let you do the math.

Thanks to Coach Elliot for the HS team information.

See more MS pictures HERE

Swimming and Diving Off the Blocks

Coach Toerner christened her Cowboy MS Swim coaching career with a big win at the Tr-Meet at Sycamore on Saturday, December 5th against Sycamore and Indian Hill.  She filed the following report.

The WMS swim team had an outstanding first meet against Sycamore and Indian Hill Middle Schools, coming in first place.

Both relays, the medley (Cara Cavanaugh, Libby Spera, Maddy Kurtz, and Connor Moore) and freestyle (Cara Cavanaugh, Mikaela Elliot, Mia Hammersmith, and Connor Moore) placed first.

Other first place swims include Connor Moore (200 free), Will Morstadt (25 fly), Claire Carmichael (25 back), Chloe Akers (25 breast), Ava Batsel (100 IM), Ariel Gray (50 back), Ariel Gray (500 free), Cara Cavanaugh (100 fly), Mikaela Elliott (100 free), Connor Moore (100 back), and Dori Miller (100 breast).

Second place swims went to Mia Hammersmith (200 free), Chloe Constandtinides (25 free), Sam Rossi (25 back), Stella Brocker (25 breast), Maddy Kurtz (50 fly), Will Mennone (50 free), Dori Miller (50 breast), Cathy Black (500 free), Maddy Kurtz (100 fly), Cara Cavanaugh (100 back), and Libby Spera (100 breast).

Overall, the team had dozens of best times and exciting races!

The Varsity teams also competed on Saturday.  Look for reports soon.

Congratulations to the Middle School team and to Coach Toerner and Coach Wolkoff.

Thanks to Coach Toerner for the report.

See more pictures HERE

New Kids on the Block

There are some new faces both on and behind the blocks for Wyoming Swimming this season.  On the Varsity side, we now have Diane Valentine as our new Assistant Coach alongside Head Coach David Elliot.

The Middle School also has a new Head Coach, Beth Toerner.

The Middle School team held their time trials on Tuesday, November 24th, and are ready to start their season with a tri-meet at Sycamore against Sycamore and Indian Hill.

A Weekend Of Champions

Coach Pete wrapped up the Middle School Swim and Dive team season for us.

The Wyoming Swimmers and Divers had another great championship weekend!!

The Divers competed on Friday evening at Sycamore High School and brought home 33 points for the team.
Final diving results: K.Vanatsky-2nd place, S.Weis-5th and C.Zackerman-15th.

The Swim Team competed at Countryside YMCA on Saturday.
Final swimming results:
200yd. Medley relay-Wyo.A-J.Englehardt, L.Spera, B.Connock, C.Moore.-6th place.
200yd.Medley relay-Wyo.B-K.Obringer, Q.Nyberg, A.Batsel, J.Donovan-15th place.
200yd.Freestyle-B.Connock-6th place, M.Elliott-11th place, S.Brocker-15th place.
25yd.Butterfly-A.Batsel-2nd place, M.Kurtz-3rd place, M.Roman-4rth place.
25yd.Freestyle-E.Savage***1st PLACE***, M.Hammersmith-3rd place, S.Taylor-6th.
25yd.Backstroke-K.Obringer-2nd place, W.Elsass-2nd place, M.Lackey-8th place.
25yd.Breastroke-S.Black-4rth place, C.Akers-6th place, D.Miller-7th place.
100yd I.M.-A.J.Washienko-10th place, A.Gray-16th place, C.Black-22nd place.
50yd.Butterfly-M.Kurtz-6th place, M.Roman-8th place, C.Akers-10th place.
50yd.Freestyle-C.Moore-3rd place, E.Savage-5th place, J.Donovan 5th place.
50yd.Backstroke-J.Englehardt-***1st PLACE***, K.Obringer-5th place, W.Elsass-5th.
50yd Breastroke-Q.Nyberg-3rd place, L.Spera-6th place, D.Miller-11th place.
500yd.Freestyle-M.Hammersmith-7th place, S.Brocker-8th place, C.Black-10th place.
100yd.Butterfly-B.Connock-5th place, A.Batsel-9th place, M.Ellioitt10th place.
100yd Freestyle-C.Moore-4rth place, W.Mennone-8th place, S.Taylor-12th place.
100yd.Backstroke-J.Englehardt-3rd place, J.Donovan-5th place, A.Gray-13th place.
100yd.Breaststroke-Q.Nyberg-6th place, S.Black-8th place, L.Spera-9th place.
200yd.Freestyle relay-Wyo.A-J.Englehardt, B.Connock, J.Donovan, C.Moore-5th place.
200yd.Freestyle relay-Wyo.B-M.Hammersmith, K.Obringer, L.Spera, E.Savage-18th.

Final Team Results
Women: Mariemont 1st-426pts., Walnut 2nd-309pts., Wyoming-3rd-306pts.
Men: Mason 1st-356, Wyoming 2nd-253.5pts. Walnut 3rd-245pts.
Combined Team:Wyoming 4th place

On Sunday,Wyoming's small squad of 12 swimmers traveled to Walnut Hills to compete in the J.V.Championships.

Final Results:
100yd. Freestyle-M.Kyle-3rd place, V.Chow-5th place
25yd. Butterfly-A.Richards-2nd place, S.Rathbone-4rth place
25yd.Backstroke-G.Warmbier-***1st PLACE***, S.Woodruff-4rth place,  M.Kyle-7th place.
50yd Breaststroke-S.Rathbone-***1st PLACE***.
100YD I.M.-A.Elliott-2nd place.
50yd Freestyle-C.Woodruff-2nd place, S.Rossi 7th place, V.Chow 12th place.
25yd Breaststroke-C.,Hummel-10th place.
50yd Butterfly-A.Richards-2nd place.
100yd Breaststroke-C.Woodruff-2nd place.
25yd Freestyle-S.Rossi-4rth place.
50yd Backstroke-G.Warmbier-***1st PLACE***, S.Woodruff-5th place.
200yd Freestyle relay-Wyo.A-C.Woodruff, S.Rathbone, M.Kyle, S.Rossi.-2nd place.
200yd Freestyle relay-Wyo.B-G.Warmbier, S.Woodruff, A.Richards, V.Chow-4rth place.

Combined Team Results: Mason-347pts, Walnut-297, Wyoming-242(3rd place)

Congratulations to all our Swimmers and Divers that competed in their respective Championships this weekend and for representing the Wyoming Middle School this season.  Thank-you to Anne Black and the parents that donated their time to our championship breakfast.  Everything was fantastic!!  Also,Thanks to Steve Connock and Jason Miller for all the great photographs we see every week on the Wyoming Roundup.  Go Cowboys!!

Thanks to Coach Pete and Coach Michael for sharing their great season with the Round Up, and

Thanks to Steve Connock for his great pictures throughout the season.

See more of Steve's Championship Pictures HERE

See more of the Round Up's Saturday Championship Pictures HERE

You Can't Win 'Em All, But You Can Win Almost All of 'Em.

The Wyoming Middle School swimmers/divers challenged Mariemont on Saturday, January 3rd, but came up on the short end.  This was the last meet of the season and their first loss.  They head to their championship meet this weekend.

Final Score

Mariemont 168.5

Wyoming  115.5

First place winners

S.Weis-1 meter diving

B.Connock 200 Freestyle (Brianna also won the 100IM at Walnut Hills)

J.Engelhardt "Double Winner" 50 Backstroke and 100 Backstroke.

K.Obringer 25 Backstroke.

Diving Results

Sami Weis                    1st

Katy Vanatsky              2nd

Libby Spera                  6th

Caroline Zackerman     8th

Riley Bahr                     9th

Thanks to Coach Pete for the results, and

Thanks to Steve Connock for the Swimming photos.

See more HERE
See more Diving pictures HERE