Aqua Lynx Swim Club results

[October 29, 2008]  The Aqua Lynx Swim Club, formerly the Lincoln Gators Swim Club, made its debut appearance with its new name at the Spooktacular Swim Meet in Peoria Oct. 24-26. The Aqua Lynx swimmers who participated represented their team well with time drops throughout the meet.

Abby Martin, Danielle Burgrabe, Emily Martin and Brooklynn Elsas swam the 200-yard medley relay, which led them to a sixth-place finish. Abby and Martin both achieved time drops in the 200 individual medley and the 500 freestyle. Danielle also dropped time in her 50 butterfly and 100 individual medley. Brooklynn finished out the meet with time drops in three events. She dropped nearly 8 seconds in the 100 individual medley.

Autumn Hoffert, Maggie Hanger, Allison Ramlow, Ashton Golden, Caleb White, Alex Downing and Carter Martin were among the 10-and-under age swimmers who participated in the meet. Autumn, who entered the meet with no entry times, set the pace for her future career, swimming a 48.03 in the 50-yard freestyle. Maggie achieved time drops in two events. Allie achieved her "A" time in the 25 freestyle and the 25 butterfly. Alex and Carter, veterans to swimming meets, swam in every race together and both achieved time drops in the 25 breaststroke. Carter also received an "A" time in the 25 butterfly, which earned him a fifth place overall in the event. Newcomers Caleb and Ashton represented the team in the 50 backstroke and 50 breaststroke.

Among the older swimmers were Alyssa Wurth, Emily Endress, Brennan Elsas, Sam Wood, Ian Herzog, Lizzi Herzog and Madi Ewald. Madi swam seven events during the meet and achieved time drops in all seven events. Ian dropped time in four events and did an outstanding job in dropping nearly 9 seconds in the 100 IM. Lizzi swam the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:44.92, dropping almost 10 seconds off her entry time. Sam swam a 24.35 in the 50 freestyle. Brennan dropped nearly 17 seconds in the 500 freestyle, and he swam a 51.53 in the 100 freestyle, which earned him ninth place overall. Emily participated in the 500 freestyle with a time of 6:33.32. Alyssa achieved her goal of under 7 minutes in the 500-yard freestyle. She wanted to achieve this goal for her dad, who is currently serving in Afghanistan.

"I've been a part of this coaching staff for a year and a half, and this was the best our team has done at a meet," said coach Cassie Hewitt. "I just couldn't believe that everyone was dropping so much time in their events."

[Text from file received from Jake Sexton, Lincoln College swimming and diving]