×
×
homepage logo

Tidal Waves 2nd at EKSL finals

By Staff Report - | Jul 8, 2014

The year in photos

A gallery from the Tidal Waves’ 2014 season is available on The Mirror’s Facebook page.

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

  1. 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