NLU Sprint Decathlon Recap
Eighty-eight Hammerheads raced at the 2024 NLU Sprint Decathlon in Gladstone, MO! Our team sprinted to an incredible 79% best times, with 475 personal bests, 55 new District cuts, 14 new Championship Bonus cuts, and 25 new Championship cuts! On to the highlights…
Congratulations to our Decathlon winners:
9-10 Girls – Malayna Cox (2nd)
11-12 Boys – Leo Nguyen (1st)
13-14 Boys – Isaac Stewart (1st)
13-14 Girls – Elaina Wells (3rd)
15&O Boys – Zach Mendez (1st)
15&O Girls – Hannah Stewart (2nd)
*Please note, only legal swims are recognized as official times, so any DQ’ed swims are not mentioned below.
80% Best Times or Better:
Nino Adrignola (6/6) 100% Noah Alkreidly (2/2) 100% Wyatt Allen (8/10) 80%
Oliver Baugh (6/6) 100% Harper Bowser (5/5) 100% Logan Broek (10/10) 100%
Raymond Canzonere (4/5) 80% Britton Carlson (5/5) 100% Preston Carlson (10/10) 100%
Zelik Carpenter (8/8) 100% Alexandra Claerhout (8/8) 100% Jesse Clausen (2/2) 100%
Isabelle Collop (9/10) 90% Kiefer Conrad (6/6) 100% Malayna Cox (10/10) 100%
Mallory Crane (6/6) 100% Lucy Davis (10/10) 100% Noelle Diehl (7/8) 87.5%
Holden Downey (5/5) 100% Charlotte Easley (5/5) 100% Avery Folken (6/6) 100%
Gus Goodin (9/9) 100% Noah Greenlee (6/7) 85.7% Sophie Hall (8/10) 80%
Gibson Hobbs (2/2) 100% Harper Hoopes (9/9) 100% Kepler Hullinger (2/2) 100%
Jack Jeppson (10/10) 100% Warren Jones (2/2) 100% Grace Keane (4/4) 100%
Caden Kimmis (9/9) 100% Corrine Kimmis (1/1) 100% Chase Kindle (9/10) 90%
Ella Langdon (6/6) 100% Mila Langdon (4/4) 100% Ian Larrosa (3/3) 100%
Katelyn Larsen (3/3) 100% Weston Larsen (2/2) 100% Myla Lewis (2/2) 100%
Julian Locke (10/10) 100% Corrine Mathia (3/3) 100% Adalind McManus (6/6) 100%
Aspen Michalski (2/2) 100% Norra Miller-Abreu (10/10) 100% Molly Mills (10/10) 100%
Fallon Moore (2/2) 100% Henry Moore (3/3) 100% Noa Moore (2/2) 100%
Luka Neri (6/6) 100% Leo Nguyen (9/10) 90% Jeffrey Older (10/10) 100%
Amara Overley (8/8) 100% Natalie Penney (4/4) 100% Madeleine Pike (3/3) 100%
Owen Pudenz (3/3) 100% Cooper Rohr (7/7) 100% Liam Schmidt (4/4) 100%
Jack Shekleton (5/6) 85.7% Phil Shekleton (10/10) 100% Autumn Shuckahosee (8/8) 100%
Jospeh Son (4/4) 100% Avonlea Stein (7/7) 100% Elsie Sulzen (7/7) 100%
Mia Sulzen (10/10) 100% Logan Summers (3/3) 100% Mizzou Thai (9/10) 90%
Elaina Wells (10/10) 100% Reghan Widner (10/10) 100% Neil Williams (10/10) 100%
Wade Wooderson (1/1) 100% Charlotte Worlety (5/5) 100%
Notable Swims (first time swims, new cuts, 7+ seconds time drop):
Nino Adrignola swam his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Noah Alkreidly raced his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Wyatt Allen crushed his 100IM with a 16 second time drop, and cut another 7 in his 50 breast.
Oliver Baugh competed in his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Harper Bowser splashed into a Bonus cut in his 50 breast, and grabbed a District cut in his 100 breast.
Logan Broek cruised to a pair of District times in the 100 fly and 100 free, and cut 18 seconds in his 200IM and another 11 in his 100 breast.
Britton Carlson raced her first 50 back, 50 fly, 50 breast, and 100 free.
Preston Carlson dropped 13 seconds in his 100 back for a District time, picked up a pair of District cuts in the 50 back and 50 free, and then dropped 11 seconds in the 50 breast.
Zelik Carpenter dropped some serious time: 11 seconds in the 100IM, 16 in his 100 breast, and another 8 in the 100 free.
Lucy Chute demolished her 100 fly and 100 back with 8 seconds cut in each event.
Alex Claerhout sprinted to an 11 second drop in her 200 IM, and a pair of 8 second drops in her 50 fly and 100 back.
Jesse Clausen swam his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Isabelle Collop raced to a District cut in her 100 breast, and dropped 7 seconds in the 100 back.
Kiefer Conrad cut crazy time with a 30 second cut in the 100 breast, and a 20 second cut in the 100 IM.
Malayna Cox swam all Championship times in all of her ten events.
Mallory Crane raced to a Champ cut in her 50 free.
Lucy Davis cruised to District cuts in the 100 fly, 50 back, 100 breast, 50 free, 50 fly, and 100 back.
Noelle Diehl sprinted to a 13 second time drop in her 100 fly.
Holden Downey raced his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Charlotte Easley crushed her 100 breast with a 16 second drop, cut 17 more seconds in her 100 free, and then cut another 7 seconds each in her 50 back and 50 breast.
Avery Folken raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Gus Goodin scooped up a District cut with an 8 second cut in his 50 fly, and raced his first 100 fly, 100IM, 100 back, 100 free, 200IM.
Kim Greene raced her last Decathlon as a Hammerhead.
Noah Greenlee cruised to a District time in the 100 breast.
Gibson Hobbs swam his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Harper Hoopes hustled to get her District time in the 100 back, and raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Kepler Hullinger raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Jack “Space Dog” Jeppson flew to a Champs cut in his 50 fly with a 7 second cut, and dropped another 7 in his 100 free.
Grace Keane splashed her way to a District time in her 50 back, cut 10 seconds in her 100 back and another 7 in her 100 free.
Caden Kimmis dashed into Districts in his 100 breast and 50 breast, and raced his first 100 fly and 200 IM.
Corrine Kimmis swam her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Chase Kindle crushed his 100 fly for a District time, and dropped 7 seconds in his 100 breast.
Megan Kindle raced her last Decathlon as a Hammerhead.
Ella Langdon raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Mia Langdon swam her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Ian Larrosa crushed his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Katelyn Larsen sprinted her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Weston Larsen cruised his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Myla Lewis swam her first meet as a Hammerhead.
“King” Julian Locke secured his Champ cut in his 50 breast, sprinted to some Bonus times in his 100 breast, 100 back, and 200IM, and grabbed a District time in his 50 fly, and topped it off with a 12 second drop in his 100 fly.
Harmony Lucas landed her 100 breast District time.
Corrine Mathia raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Jacey McGraw raced her last Decathlon as a Hammerhead.
Kian McHugh cruised to his District cut in the 100 breast.
Adalind McManus sprinted to a 7 second cut in her 50 free, and an 8 second drop in her 100 free, and raced her first 100 breast, 100IM, and 50 fly.
Zach Mendez raced his last Decathlon as a Hammerhead.
Aspen Michalski swam her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Norra Miller-Abreu raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Molly Mills muscled her way to a Champ time with an 18 second drop in her 100 fly, sprinted to a pair of Champ cuts in her 50 free and 100 free, and then dropped 8 seconds each in her 100 breast and 200IM.
Kierra Montoya crushed her 100 breast with a 13 second time drop.
Fallon Moore raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Henry Moore swam his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Noa Moore cruised her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Luka Neri sprinted to a pair of District times in his 100 breast and 50 breast, cut 9 seconds in his 50 back, and raced his first 50 free, 100IM, and 100 free.
Leo Nguyen grabbed a trio of Champ times in his 50 back, 50 breast, and 100 free.
Jeffery Older raced to a pair of District times in the 50 back and 100 back, and cut 9 seconds in the 100 breast, 11 in the 100 free, and another 11 seconds in the 200IM.
Amara Overley swam her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Natalie Penney raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Madeleine Pike crushed her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Brady Poss sprinted to a Bonus time in his 50 fly, cut 11 seconds for a District time in the 100 breast, and earned District cuts in his 100IM and 50 breast.
Owen Pudenz splashed into a Bonus time in the 50 back.
Cooper Rohr raced to Championship times in his 50 back and 100 back, and earned a District cut in his 100 free.
Jack Shekleton cruised to a 27 time drop in his 200IM, cut another 12 in his 100IM, and topped it off with a 10 second drop in his 100 free.
Phil “The Thrill” Shekleton sprinted to a 9 second cut and a District time in his 100 breast, crushed his 200IM with a 21 second cut, dropped 17 in his 100 fly, cut 14 in the 100IM, and then cut 8 seconds in his 50 fly.
Autumn Shuckahosee crushed her 100 free with a 16 second time drop, and then cut 11 in her 100 back.
Joseph Son dropped an incredible 25 seconds in his 100 breast, and another 7 in his 50 breast.
Avonlea Stein raced her first meet as a Hammerhead.
Hannah “Banana” Stewart raced her last Decathlon as a Hammerhead.
Isaac Stewart sprinted to a Bonus time in his 100 fly.
Elsie Sulzen cruised into District cuts in her 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly, and 50 breast.
Mia Sulzen picked up her District cut in the 100 breast.
Logan Summers made his Champ cut in the 50 free.
Mizzou Thai dropped a huge 27 seconds in his 50 fly, cut another 22 in the 50 breast, and dropped 12 in the 100IM.
Elaina Wells crushed her 100 breast with a 10 second drop for a Bonus time, cut 16 seconds for a District time in her 200IM, and dropped another 10 seconds in her 100IM.
Reghan Widner destroyed her 100 fly with a 57 second time drop for a District time, cut 15 and earned Districts in her 50 back, dropped 46 for Districts in her 100 breast, cut 12 seconds for Districts in her 50 free, made Districts in the 50 fly with an 18 second time drop, and then made District cuts in her 100 free with a 34 second drop and 50 breast with a 22 second drop.
Neil Williams willed himself to Champ times in his 100 fly, 50 free, and 100 free, raced to Bonus times in his 50 back, 100 breast, 100IM, 50 fly, 50 breast, and 200IM, and picked up a District cut in the 100 back.
Griffin Wilson raced to a District time in his 100 free with a 16 second time drop.
Wade Wooderson swam his first meet as a Hammerhead.
Charlotte Worlety sprinted to a 12 second cut in her 100 back and an 11 second cut in her 50 breast.
