Tidal Waves 2nd at EKSL finals
The year in photos
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The Tongie Tidal Waves wrapped up their 2014 season Thursday with a second-place team finish at the East Kansas Swim League Championships at Leavenworth’s Wollman Aquatic Center.
Eleven individual titles powered the Tidal Waves to a team score of 447 — 42 better than their third-place score at last year’s league finals.
Piper dominated the field at this year’s meet, winning the team title with a score of 578. Bonner Springs (275) edged out host team Leavenworth (245) for third place, and first-year league member Eudora (78) came in fifth.
Like she has all year, Emma Stilgenbauer led the Tidal Waves’ individual charge with four event titles. She won the freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley in the 18-and-under division. Ellie Jackson and Mikayla Rhoads were the team’s only other multi-event winners with two first-place finishes each, and Marisa Kearns brought home the girls’ only other event title.
Lee Roi Johnson and Mitch Brock each won one event in boys competition. Johnson won the 14-and-under freestyle, while Brock won the 18-and-under breaststroke.
The team also earned three pair of top finishes in relay competition. The 8-and-under boys team of Garrett Edwards, Joseph Duvall, Gavin Shupe and Luke Kesinger won the freestyle and medley relays, and the 12-and-under group of Kirstin Stemmons, Arianna Meyers-Arenth, Elizabeth Funk and Emmie Derzinski followed suit in girls medley competition.
The second-place team effort was the Tidal Waves’ highest league finish in program history, topping third-place finishes in 2010 and 2013. The team also featured its largest-ever roster this season, fielding as many as 125 swimmers.
Team results
- Piper, 578; 2. Tongie, 447; 3. Bonner Springs, 275; 4. Leavenworth, 245; 5. Eudora, 78.
6 and under results
Baylie Ingleheart — Second in freestyle, fifth in backstroke
Mark Geiger — Third in freestyle, fifth in backstroke
Gavin Rhoads — Third in backstroke, fourth in freestyle
Edyn Jackson — Fourth in freestyle, sixth in backstroke
Amanda Kite — Fourth in backstroke
Olivia Erwin, Annebelle Welsh, Ashlyn Johnson and Amanda Kite — Second in freestyle relay
8 and under results
Gavin Shupe — First in breaststroke, third in freestyle
Garrett Edwards — Fourth in freestyle
Luke Kesinger — Second in butterfly, fifth in freestyle and backstroke
Ellie Jackson — First in freestyle and individual medley, second in butterfly and backstroke
Lilly Pruitt — Second in breaststroke, sixth in individual medley
Brette Hayden — Third in individual medley
Mallory Dick — Fourth in backstroke
Brittany Stein, Brette Hayden, Ellie Jackson and Lilly Pruitt — Fourth in medley relay
Taylor Ingleheart, Ellie Suber, Stella Bradley and Alaina Rogers — Fourth in freestyle relay
Garrett Edwards, Joseph Duvall, Gavin Shupe and Luke Kesinger — First in freestyle relay and medley relay
10 and under results
Dalton Regehr — Second in butterfly
Ben Suber — Second in breaststroke, third in butterfly, fourth in individual medley, fifth in backstroke
Gage Hayden — Second in backstroke, fifth in freestyle
Brenan Kuzmic — Fifth in butterfly and individual medley
Mikayla Rhoads — First in butterfly and backstroke, sixth in freestyle and individual medley
Emma Morgan — Third in backstroke, fourth in butterfly
Emma Jackson — Sixth in backstroke
Maris Vaughn, Emma Jackson, Mikayla Rhoads and Marie Smith — Second in medley relay
Malison Fisher, Emma Morgan, Brilei Hendrix and Grace Himpel — Fourth in freestyle relay
Dakoa Keeton, Brenan Kuzmic, Cole Bennett and Evan Shupe — Fourth in freestyle relay
12 and under results
Kyle Chambers — Fourth in butterfly and backstroke, fifth in freestyle, breaststroke and individual medley
Marisa Kearns — First in backstroke, second in freestyle and butterfly, third in individual medley
Meron Hayden — Third in breaststroke
Elizabeth Funk — Third in backstroke, fourth in freestyle and breaststroke
Leah Stein — Fifth in backstroke
Kirstin Stemmons, Arianna Meyers-Arenth, Elizabeth Funk and Emmie Derzinski — First in medley relay
Harlei Hendrix, Jordyn Bosley, Emmie Derzinski and Kirstin Stemmons — Fourth in freestyle relay
Hunter Calovich, Emmett Keene, Declan Franey and Brendan Rogers — Fourth in freestyle relay
14 and under results
Lee Roi Johnson — First in freestyle, second in butterfly and breaststroke, third in individual medley, fifth in backstroke
Garrett Eason — Second in individual medley, third in backstroke and breaststroke, fourth in butterfly and fifth in freestyle
Alex Falk — Third in freestyle and butterfly, fourth in backstroke and individual medley
Holden DeGraff — Fifth in breaststroke and individual medley, sixth in butterfly
Braxton Shupe — Fifth in butterfly
Rylan Hellman — Sixth in individual medley
Rilee Garner — Sixth in breaststroke
Alex Falk, Joe Derzinski, Jake Derzinski and Garrett Eason — Second in freestyle relay
Joshua Bosley, Holden DeGraff, Lee Roi Johnson and Jake Derzinski — Second in medley relay
Isabella Behm, Samantha Koch, Bailey Bradley and Rilee Garner — Second in freestyle relay
Samantha Koch, Bailey Bradley, Rilee Garner and Isabella Behm — Third in medley relay
18 and under results
Emma Stilgenbauer — First in freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley, fifth in breaststroke
Mitch Brock — First in breaststroke
Luke Falk — Second in backstroke, fourth in breaststroke, fifth in butterfly, sixth in individual medley
Lee Seitter — Fourth in butterfly and backstroke, fifth in individual medley, sixth in breaststroke
Andrew Behm — Fifth in freestyle
Lyndon Seitter — Sixth in freestyle, butterfly and individual medley
Andrew Behm, Lee Seitter, David Falk and Lyndon Seitter — Second in freestyle relay
Meagan Behm, Mitch Brock, Emma Stilgenbauer and Andrew Behm — Second in medley relay