Watertown Area Swim Club takes second in state long course meet
SIOUX FALLS — The Watertown Area Swim Club recorded another fine performance in the 2022 South Dakota State Long Course Championships over the weekend at the Midco Aquatic Center.
The Dolphins finished second behind the Sioux Falls Swim Team for the fourth-consecutive state meet. No state meet was held in the summer of 2020.
Sioux Falls topped an 18-team field with 7,613 points, followed by WASC at 4,659.50.
Final Team Scores: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22121146-team-scores?responsive=1&title=1
WASC swimmers won 29 events in the meet, included four relays by the quartet of Parker Hoftiezer, Owen Muller, Kooper Heiser and Jason Kasparek in the 13-14 boys division (400-meter medley, 400 freestyle, 200 medley and 200 freestyle).
Zoey Peterson, TyLynn Wellnitz, Madison Haslem and Khloe Campbell won the 9-10 girls 200 freestyle.
WASC Results: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22121147-wasc-state-results?responsive=1&title=1
Jazmyn Lunn won seven individual events in the 15-16 girls division and Elsie Boettcher five in the 13-14 girls division to lead the Dolphins. Lunn and Boettcher each were the top high-point earners in their respective age divisions.
Other WASC individual-event winners were Justine Kranz, three in 11-12 girls; Hoftiezer, two in 13-14 boys; O. Muller, two in 13-14 boys; Clayton Muller, two in 9-10 boys; Kaden Zink, two in 17-19 boys; and Josephine Waite, one in 11-12 girls.
Complete Results: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22121145-state-final-results?responsive=1&title=1
Other top 10 high-point finishers for the Dolphins were:
• 8-and-Under Girls — 4. Collins DeBoer; 7. Edie Hoftiezer.
• 8-and-Under Boys — 6. Jack Kreutner.
• 9-10 Girls — 4. Zoey Peterson; 6. Khloe Campbell.
• 9-10 Boys — 2. Clayton Muller; 6. Channing DeBoer; 9. Nolan Boettcher.
• 11-12 Girls — 2. Justine Kranz; 5. Josephine Waite. Emari Kaufman of the Webster Swim Team was 10th.
• 11-12 Boys — 4. (Tie) McKoy Pereboom; 10. Penn Feist.
High-Point Awards: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22121144-high-points-all?responsive=1&title=1
• 13-14 Girls — 7. Leila Byer.
• 13-14 Boys — 2. Owen Muller; 4. Parker Hoftiezer; 8. Jason Kasparek.
• 15-16 Girls — 7. Lorelai Grund.
• 15-16 Boys — 3. Zavier Kranz.
• 17-19 Girls — 5. Madelynne Storm.
• 17-19 Boys — 2. Kaden Zink; 4. Burke Lauseng; 8. Talon DiCarlo.
Team scores, high-point standings and WASC results are posted online at www.thepublicopinion.com. Results for Milbank swimmers (Maurina and Liam Street, Savanna Osowski, Crosby and Thomas Bass, Ryan Steffen, Logan Dexter and TyLynn Wellnitz) who are now part of the WASC can be found with the complete results file.
This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Dolphins score 4,659.5 points in S.D. Long Course Championships.
