Stingrays Making a Splash in Summer Season

BRIDGEPORT--Sidney's Stingray Swim Team is cutting through the water full steam ahead so far this season, with their own home meet behind them and now traveling to other towns and looking to bring home medals for their efforts. The team traveled up to Bridgeport over the past weekend and brought along 46 swimmers to compete at the meet.

It was hot and relatively cloud-free on Saturday in Bridgeport, which is perfect weather for swimming. The races started early and lasted into the afternoon, with great performances recorded up and down the Stingray lineup.

Each swimmer was allowed to swim in three events, plus two relays in their age group. If a swimmer chose to swim a distance in their age group, they were allowed to swim in four individual events plus the relays. During the Bridgeport meet, the 46 swimmers achieved 98 personal best times. The majority of swimmers were able to record best times in two or more events. The total team time drop for this week's competition was 1,249.42 seconds, a great improvement over the last meet.

There were seven meet records set on the day. Cayson Boltjes set a record in the 13-14-year-old boys 200-yard Free with a time of 2.57.45. Aspyne Houser set a record in the 13-14-year-old girls 100-yard Free with a time of 40.95. Pace Lewis set a new record in the 9-10-year-old boys 100-yard Free with a time of 1.38.28. Krickett Shoemaker set a new record in the 9-10-year-old girls 25-yard Backstroke with a time of 22.50, and she also set a new record in the 9-10-year-old girls 15-yard Free at 18.04.

The 9-10-year-old Mixed 100-yard Medley Relay team of Krickett Shoemaker, Arynn Wiemer, Elsie Plaster, and Pace Lewis set a new record with a time of 138.28.

The 9-10 Mixed 100-yard Free Relay team of Luke Beyer, Elsie Plaster, Pace Lewis, and Krickett Shoemaker set a new record with a time of 1.21.13.