Sharks bring home the gold in seven events at Championship Swim Meet

The Stockton Tiger Sharks showed their bite in the Championship Swim Meet at Imperial, Neb., on Saturday, July 13, bringing home seven first-place finishes.

Thirty-six swimmers earned a trip to the season finale by placing in the Top 12 in Individual Events or Top 6 in Relays from the four Qualifying Meets held the previous week. Of those qualifying for the meet, two Sharks, Jax Miller and Hudson Horn, could not attend. Both boys, along with Brooks Balthazor and Rhett Riffel, were members of the 8 & Under 100Fr Relay Team. The Relay was seeded second in the league.

Trent Look, who competed in the 8 & Under age group, continued his dominance throughout the season, winning three golds–two in Individual Events—one in the 25 Butterfly and another in the 50 Individual Medley—and one in Relays in the 100Fr. His fourth event, the 25 Short Free, earned him a second-place finish.

“Trent was going for the league record in his 25 Butterfly and missed it by .60 hundredths of a second,” said Tiger Shark Coach Daphne Plumer.

The record was 21.89, and he swam it in 22.29.

Trent won the 50 Individual Medley and dominated the event by six seconds from the second- place competitor.

Along with Look, the 100Fr Relay Team’s other gold-winning members included Jevin Rush, Merrick Oller, and Grandon Mongeau.

Hallie Gallaway also had a swim season to remember, winning the 25-yard Freestyle after being ranked first.

Gallaway was also ranked first in the 25 Butterfly entering the meet and finished third in the event. She was ranked fourth in the 50 Freestyle and won third place.

Another standout swimmer for the Sharks, Lyla Oller, competing in the 14 & Under Division, brought home two League Championships in two events— the 200 Long Free, where she was ranked first—and in the 200Fr Relay along with Remy Muir, Jayana Creighton, and Meredith Gasper.

Jayana and Meredith also received two golds for being a part of the two relay teams.

The seventh first-place finish for the Sharks was in the 18 & Under Relay Team of Jayana Creighton, Meredith Gasper, Jalia Creighton, and Shae Yohon. Seeded second in the league going into the meet, the girls saved their best for last, capturing the gold in the event.

“We had seven events get first, and several placed better than where they were seeded, so I’m proud of all of them,” stated Plumer.

“It was a long and very hot day,” she added.

Corbyn Glendening, competing in the 12 & Under Division, surprised her opponents in the 100 Individual Medley. Corbyn, seeded 10th, swan her way to an impressive second-place finish.

Coach Daphne Plumer gives her assistants, Claire Plumer and Tierra Yohon, a lot of credit for the successful season the Sharks had.

“These two were there for these kids every day at practice and the meets,” she stated.

“They were amazing helpers,” she concluded.

In preparation for the Championship Meet, Plumer had the swimmers drag swim, which is swimming in their sweats, to begin their final practice of the season.

The Tiger Sharks’ hard work every morning throughout the season paid off, making the Stockton community extremely proud.

(Note: The rankings in the league are in parenthesis.)

The results from the Championship Swim Meet are as follows:

Individual Results

Abby Rigney: 50 Backstroke,

(12th) 10th; and 50 Breaststroke,

(8th) 9th.

Addison Dix: 50 Breaststroke,

(3rd) 5th.

Brooks Balthazor: 25 Backstroke, (10th) 7th. Corbyn Glendening: 50 Breaststroke, (10th) 7th; and 100 Individual Medley, (10th) 2nd.

Deacon Creighton: 100 Freestyle, (5th) 4th; 50 Backstroke,

(5th) 3rd; and 50 Short Free,

(8th) 7th.

Evelyn Hilbrink: 25 Breaststroke, (alt.) 15th. Garrison Mongeau: (10th) 10th; and 100 Individual Medley, (6th)

6th.

Grandon Mongeau: 500 Freestyle, (10th) 8th; 25 Backstroke,

(7th) 10th.

Grayson Mongeau: 100 Long Free, (7th) 8th; and 25 Backstroke, (8th) 7th.

Hallie Gallaway: 25 Butterfly,

(1st) 3rd; 50 Freestyle, (4th) 3rd; and 25 Short Free, (1st) 1st.

Harper Lowry: 50 Backstroke

(11th) 7th; and 50 Breaststroke,

(6th) 6th.

Jalia Creighton: 50 Backstroke,

(5th) DQ; and 100 Individual Medley, (7th) 7th.

Jayana Creighton: 50 Butterfly, (5th) 2nd; and 50 Short Free,

(5th) 4th.

Jefferson Creighton: (alt.) 13th; and 50 Short Free, (9th) 7th.

Jevin Rush: 25 Backstroke,

(6th) 4th; and 25 Short Free,

(6th), 7th.

Liam Balthazor: 100 Freestyle, (alt.) 14; and 50 Backstroke, (alt.)

15th.

Lyla Oller: 200 Long Free, (1st)

1st; and 50 Butterfly, (4th) 3rd.

Maya Oller: 25 Backstroke, (alt.) 15th; and 25 Short Free,

(3rd) 2nd.

Meredith Gasper: 50 Backstroke, (8th) 8th. Merrick Oller: 50 Freestyle,

(9th) 10th.

Norah Muir: 25 Butterfly, (11th)

10th; 25 Short Free, (11th) 8th; and

50 Individual Medley, (9th) 8th.

Piper Creighton: 100 Freestyle,

(12th) 11th; and 50 Breaststroke,

(9th) 8th.

Remy Muir: 200 Long Free,

(5th) 5th; and 50 Short Free, (9th)

10th.

Rhett Riffel: 50 Freestyle, (13th)

14th; 25 Backstroke, (alt.) 13th.

Shae Yohon: 50 Butterfly, (3rd)

4th; 100 Freestyle, (5th) 4th; and

50 Short Free, (4th) 4th.

Tessa Look: 50 Butterfly, (8th)

8th; and 100 Individual Medley, (alt.) 15th.

Trent Look: 25 Butterfly, (1st)

1st; 25 Short Free, (2nd) 2nd; and 50 Individual Medley, (1st by six seconds) 1st.

Relays

14 & Under 200Fr (Liam Balthazor, Jefferson Creighton, Grayson Mongeau, and Garrison Mongeau): (3rd) 2nd.

14 & Under 100Fr (Garrison Mongeau, Liam Balthazor, Jefferson Creighton, and Grayson Mongeau): (3rd) 3rd.

14 & Under 100 Medley (Grayson Mongeau, Garrison Mongeau, Jefferson Creighton, and Liam Balthazor): (3rd) 3rd.

18 & Under 100Fr (Jayana Creighton, Jalia Creighton, Meredith Gasper, and Shae Yohon):

(2nd) 1st.

18 & Under 100 Medley (Jalia Creighton, Jayana Creighton, Shae Yohon, and Meredith Gasper):

(3rd) 3rd.

Open 200Fr (Piper Creighton, Lily Yohon, Maleigha Horn, and Jalia Creighton): (5th) 5th.

Open 100Fr (Piper Creighton, Abby Rigney, Hartley Takaishi, and Deacon Creighton): (4th)

2nd.

Open 100 Medley (Hartley Takaishi, Abby Rigney, Piper Creighton, and Deacon Creighton): (3rd) 3rd.

10 & Under 200Fr (Hallie Gallaway, Cambry Glendening, Evelyn Hilbrink, and Norah Muir):

(4th) 6th.

10 & Under 100Fr (Cambry Glendening, Sophia Hanson, Evelyn Hilbrink, and Kaisyn Muir): (3rd) 3rd.

12 & Under 100Fr (Remy Muir, Harper Lowry, Corbyn Glendening, and Lyla Oller): (3rd) 3rd.

12 & Under 100 Medley (Harper Lowry, Addison Dix, Lyla Oller, and Remy Muir): (2nd) 2nd.

14 & Under 200Fr (Remy Muir, Lyla Oller, Meredith Gasper, and Jayana Creighton): (1st by nine seconds) 1st.

8 & Under 100Fr (Jevin Rush, Merrick Oller, Grandon Mongeau, and Trent Look): (1st) 1st.

8 & Under 100Fr (Carsen Balthazor, Owen Muir, Braylee Muir, and Maya Oller): (5th) 2nd.

10 & Under 200Fr (Carsen Balthazor, Sophia Hanson, Owen Muir, and Maya Oller): (alt.) 8th.

12 & Under 100Fr (Tessa Look, Lily Yohon, Maleigha Horn, and Addison Dix): (alt.) 8th.

12 & Under 100 Medley (Cor-byn Glendening, Maleigha Horn, Tessa Look, and Lily Yohon):

(6th) 6th.

14 & Under 200Fr (Corbyn Glendening, Tessa Look, Addison Dix, and Harper Lowry): (5th)

2nd.

8 & Under 100Fr (Brooks Balthazor, Rhett Riffel, Jax Miller, and Hudson Horn): (2nd) Scratch.

10 & Under Medley (Hallie Gallaway, Cambry Glendening, Evelyn Hilbrink, and Norah Muir):

(6th) DQ.