Meet of Champions Re-cap

Twenty-three NLU swimmers and their families braved the icy roads and sub zero temps to compete at the Meet of Champions in Bartlesville, OK January 12-14. There were  84 best times, 5 new District cuts, 7 new Bonus cuts, 7 new Champs cuts, 3 new Senior Champs cuts and a new Sectionals Bonus cut.

High Point

Raphael Realina – 91

Hannah Stewart – 69.5

Gabriel Wells - 65

Time Drops

Griffin Wilson – 27.62 over 5 events

Makenna Toyne – 23.85 over 5 events

Gabriel Wells – 16.53 over 3 events

Notable Swims

- Logan Broek picked up a new Champs cut in his 100 Back.

-Claire Dierker returned to Finals in 2 of her events: 50 Free and 100 Breast (new Champs cut!) She placed 3^rd in the 1000 Free and 100 Breast. 

-Isaac Dierker returned to Finals in the 200 Fly and placed 2^nd.

-Noah Greenlee returned to Finals in his 50 Free.

-Findlay Hume returned to Finals in 3 events: 100 Back (2^nd!), 100 Free (3^rd!) and 200 Back.

-Henry Johnson picked up a new Senior Champs cut in his 200 Free.

-Piper Kobs returned to Finals in each of her events – grabbing 1^st in 200 Fly, 200 Free and 100 Free, 2^nd in 100 Back and 100 Fly and 3^rd in 500 Free after an almost 8 second shave. She placed 5^th in the 200 Back Super Finals.

-Julian Locke picked up a new Districts cut in 100 Free.

-Kian McHugh returned to Finals in 3 events: 50 Fly, 100 Fly (2^nd!) and 100 Breast. He also picked up a District cut in his 200 Free.

-Neala McHugh had herself quite the meet, despite having just aged up. She returned to Finals in 3 events and picked up several new cuts in her new age group: Bonus cuts in 200 Back (after an over 10 second shave!), 100 Free and 50 Free and Champs cuts in 500 Free and 200 IM.

-Brady Poss picked up a new Districts cut in 100 Fly.

-Raphael Realina returned to Finals in all of his events placing in Super Finals in each: 2^nd in 200 Breast and 200 IM, 3^rd in 400 IM and 200 Free and also swimming 100 Back, 200 Back and 100 Breast.

-Kennedy Roberts returned to Finals in 50 Free.

-Jack Stanley returned to Finals in 4 events: 200 Breast, 100 Back (6^th in Super Finals!), 200 IM and 100 Fly.

-Hannah Stewart returned to Finals in all of her events, placing 2^nd in 50 Free, 200 IM and 100 Free (Super Final!) She also placed 4^th in the 200 Free Super Final, 6^th in 100 Back Super Final and 4^th in 100 Breast Super Final.

-Isaac Stewart returned to finals in 5 events: 50 Free (1^st!), 200 Free (2^nd), 200 IM (3^rd), 100 Free (1^st) and 100 Breast.

-Makenna Toyne returned to Finals in 50 Fly. She also picked up new Bonus cuts in 200 Free (after an almost 15 second shave!), 200 IM and 50 Fly.

-George Walters swam his first 200 Free and picked up a new Senior Champs cut.

-Elaina Wells picked up 2 new Districts cuts: 100 Back and 100 Free.

-Gabriel Wells returned to Finals in each of his events: 50 Free (3^rd in Super Finals), 200 Breast (4^th in Super Finals), 100 Back (1^st), 200 IM (3^rd in Super Finals after almost 14 second shave), 100 Free (1^st) and 100 Breast (2^nd in Super Finals)

-Garrison Wells picked up a new Sectionals Bonus cut in his 200 Free.

-Clara Wilson returned to Finals in 200 Fly and picked up 2 new Sectionals Bonus cuts in 200 Breast and 100 Fly and a new Champs cut in 100 Breast.

-Griffin Wilson returned to Finals in 50 Fly (new Champs cut!), 50 Back (new Champs cut!) and 100 Fly (he swam for his first time, placed 3^rd AND picked up a Champs cut!) He also shaved over 10 seconds in his 100 Back to pick up a Bonus cut in that event.