West Ottawa/Portage Central Results

Important News/Updates

• The time for our practice this Saturday has been bumped back up to 7:15am due to an invitational that the Holland High girls' team is hosting.  So, the doors will open at 7:15am.  We will be in the water by 7:30 and out at 9:30, followed by pancakes.
• Our "Pomegranate" (some form of pink?) sweatshirts will be in tomorrow!
• The Hot Pink sweatshirts that got sent back (because they were the wrong color) will be available for $23.
• New state rankings came out today.  We went from being unlisted at the beginning of the season to #9 in Division 3!  This is a testament to the hard work and dedication EVERYONE has put in to our team thus far, both in and out of the water.  We still have a long ways to go, but we're on the right path.  You can view the rankings on the MISCA Website.

Meet Results

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Thanks to those of you who came out to support us at West Ottawa tonight!  It was a good chance for us to swim some tough competition (West Ottawa) as well as a team that Holland Christian has never faced before in Portage Central.  We didn't come out with a win in either meet (it was scored as separate dual meets against each team) but had plenty of positive swims.  Congratulations to freshman Sydney Asselin, who got her first-ever high school State Cut in the 200 Freestyle, and followed up that performance by also getting a State Cut in the 500 Free (by 5 seconds no less!).  Among other swimmers with significant time-drops were: Molly Bruns and Anne Havenga in the 200 Free (7 and 6 seconds!); Ange Rosendahl in the 200 IM; Molly, Anne, Kelsey Weener, and Caylin Hirdes in the 100 Freestyle; Hope Webbert and Tori Moralez in the 50 Freestyle; Hannah Breuker in the 500 Freestyle (6.99 seconds); Sara Plambeck in the 200 IM (6.23) and 100 Breaststroke; and Hope Webbert and Jade DeMeester in the 100 Backstroke.  However, the queen of time-drops certainly goes to Bria VanKampen, who dropped 19.07 seconds in her 100 Backstroke.  Plus, there were many others!  Also, Olivia Meiste had a season-high score of 170.60 to get second in diving.

Overall, I felt that we displayed more toughness than we have in past meets, which was good to see.