D3 Invite Results

Great GREAT meet today for us at the D3 Invite! We were ready to compete today, which definitely showed in our results. Not to say that everything was perfect, but overall we took a collective big step  forward today. In thinking things over after the meet, one of the things I'm most appreciative of in hindsight is that I never heard any talk of homecoming and, moreover,  the thought of mentioning something about it never even crossed my mind before or during the meet. With some groups, having that afterward could have been a distraction, but it wasn't an issue for our TEAM.

Also, huge thanks for everyone from our HC Aquatics family who pitched in to make today such a success. Todd Smeenge was our Meet Manager. Julie Edewaard organized our timers, and we had a lot of our parents, siblings, and members of the boys team helping time. Marti Douthitt helped set up our hospitality room (and watched it like a hawk, even from up in the stands!). Bert Franz coordinated with Earthbound T-shirt Printing, which netted us some great funds for our TEAM. Thanks for all the help! We ran a smooth, efficient meet thanks to everyone's help!


Notable Improvements:

• Emily Bolt: 50-point improvement from this meet last year.
• Andrea VanNuil: 30-point improvement from this meet last year.
• Brooke Hirdes: 38-point improvement from this meet last year.
• Natalie DuBois: solid first 11-dive score of 226.75.
• Zoe DeKievit: season-best split of 31.19 in the 50 Breast and 1.69 second drop in the 100 Breast to go 1:10.83.
• Val Edewaard: 1.29 sec drop in the 200 Free and a huge split of 54.74 on the end of the 400 FR.
• Sara Asselin: .96 sec drop in the 200 Free to get her first State Cut of the season in that event and a 3.45 sec drop in the 500 Free to go 5:25.
• Anna Franz: season-best 50 Bk split of 30.89 in the Medley and a drop of 2.07 sec to nab the State Cut in the 100 Back.
• Gabby Hoffman: a 1.39 sec drop in the 200 Free and a 2.57 sec drop in the 100 Free to go 56.44 in the 100 Free and nab her first State Cut of the season.
• Jenna Pierce: .91 sec drop in the 50 Free, a first-ever sub-25 split in the the 50 in a relay, and a 2.06 sec drop in the 100 to go a 57.11 for the first time.
• Morgan Zylstra: .55 sec drop in the 50 Fr for her first 26 of the season, first 25. split for a relay, and 2.45 sec drop in the 100 Fr to go 57.74
• Hannah Douthitt: 1.66 sec drop in the 100 Fly to go 1:04.60 and a great 50 Br split in the Medley Relay.
• Lindsey Riemersma: first 29. in the 50 Free in the 200 FR, best 50 Fly split of the season, and a 1 sec drop in her 100 Fr split to go 1:04.19.
• Hannah Visser: well split 200 Fr, a season-best split of 24.94 for the 50, and a gutsy 100 split in the 400 FR.
• Sara DeYoung: well-split 100 Fly and a season-best 50 Fr split of 25.21.
• Alli Brown: season-best 50 Bk split and a gutsy finish to her 100 Fr in the 400 FR.

Full Results

HC Results w/ Improvements