The Brookings Swim Club is coming down the stretch in the regular season as it participates in its final meets of the year.
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The Brookings Swim Club is coming down the stretch in the regular season as it participates in its final meets of the year.
The BSC took part in three meets over the past three weeks, finishing fourth at the 12 & Under South Dakota State Short Course Championships, sixth at the 2023 South Dakota State Short Course 13 & Older State A Championship Meet and had Cody Vertin and Ava Humphrey take part in the Speedo North Sectional Spring Championships.
12 & Under South Dakota State Short Course
Championships
WATERTOWN – Brookings finished fourth as a team at the 12 & Under South Dakota State Short Course Championships from Feb. 24-26. The BCS also won the team percentage awards at the event, which were given to the team that scored the most points after each individual swim.
The boys’ ages 9-to-10 200-yard free relay team of Jensen Weber, Emmett Morehouse, Timothy Jin and Wyatt deBlonk took home first place with a time of 2:09.80 while McKinley Schwab took home first place in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard fly in the Girls ages 11-to-12 division.
Schwab had a big day for Brookings picking up a second-place finish in the in Girls ages 11-to-12 50-yard fly (29.06 seconds), a third-place finish in the ages 11-to-12 100-yard international medley (1:08.97) and a third-place finish in the ages 11-to-12 freestyle (58.57 seconds) while also winning the second place high-point award for her division.
Other second-place finishes included Jensen Weber in the ages 9-to-10 100-yard backstroke and Quinn Humphrey who finished second in the girls age 8-and-under 25-yard breaststroke (22.71 seconds) and 50-yard breaststroke (48.57 seconds).
Weber picked up a third-place finish in the boys’ age 9-to-10 50-yard backstroke (35.69 seconds), Humphrey finished third in the girls 8U 50-yard freestyle (38.46 seconds) and deBlonk finished third in the Boys ages 9-to-10100-yard freestyle (1:10.19).
#4 Boys 9-10 500 Yard Free
13th Jin, Timothy 7:51.23
#7 Mixed 9-12 200-Yard Medley Relay
5th 2:17.59 Schwab, McKinley Weber, Jensen Januszewski, Scarlett deBlonk, Wyatt
#9 Girls 9-10 200 Yard IM
14th Johnson, Kjersten 3:22.36
#13 Girls 8&U 25 Yard Free
4th Humphrey, Quinn 17.43
5th Rausch, Addelyn 18.16 6
15th Morehouse, Ella 21.13
#14 Boys 8&U 25 Yard
14th Kuehl, Brenden 19.37
#15 Girls 9-10 50 Yard Free
11th Johnson, Kjersten 34.28
12th Dahlgren, Jemma 34.51
#16 Boys 9-10 50 Yard
1st deBlonk, Wyatt 29.96
2nd Weber, Jensen 30.50
8th Morehouse, Emmett 34.46
#19 Girls 8&U 50 Yard Back
6th Rausch, Addelyn 51.23
16th Morehouse, Ella 57.10
#20 Boys 8&U 50 Yard Back
7th Kuehl, Brenden 47.46
#22 Boys 9-10 100-Yard Back
2nd Weber, Jensen 1:21.76
5th deBlonk, Wyatt 1:24.58
6th Jin, Timothy 1:26.31
15th Morehouse, Emmett 1:31.67
#23 Girls 11-12 100-Yard Back
1st Schwab, McKinley 1:05.50
#25 Girls 8&U 25 Yard Breast
2nd Humphrey, Quinn 22.71
#26 Boys 8&U 25 Yard Breast
15th Nelson, Otto 29.83
#27 Girls 9-10 50-Yard Breast
6th Johnson, Kjersten 44.37
16th Meland, Amelia 49.02
#28 Boys 9-10 50-Yard Breast
4th Weber, Jensen S 9 BSC-SD 43.12
#32 Boys 8&U 50 Yard Fly
5th Kuehl, Brenden 58.36
#35 Girls 11-12 100-Yard Fly
1st Schwab, McKinley 1:05.36
#37 Girls 8&U 100 Yard Free
4th Humphrey, Quinn 1:28.55
#38 Boys 8&U 100 Yard Free
7th Kuehl, Brenden 1:34.04
10th Nelson, Otto 1:35.97
#39 Girls 9-10 200 Yard Free
12th Dahlgren, Jemma 2:57.52
#40 Boys 9-10 200 Yard Free
4th deBlonk, Wyatt 2:46.38
#43 Mixed 8&U 100 Yard Medley
5th BSC A 1:33.79 Kuehl, Brenden Humphrey, Quinn Nelson, Otto Rausch, Addelyn
10th BSC B 1:57.41 Tidstrom, Corbyn, Morehouse, Ella, Hanson-McComb, Wesley Weber, Emerson
#45 Girls 9-10 200 Yard Medley Relay
8th BSC A 2:54.87 Miller, Sophia Johnson, Kjersten Rausch, Brooklyn Dahlgren, Jemma
#49 Girls 8&U 100 Yard IM
4th Humphrey, Quinn 1:41.21
#52 Boys 9-10 100-Yard IM
3rd Weber, Jensen 1:19.54
15th Jin, Timothy 1:33.90
#53 Girls 11-12 100-Yard IM
3rd Schwab, McKinley L 1:08.97
#55 Girls 8&U 25 Yard Back
7th Rausch, Addelyn 22.98
9th Morehouse, Ella 23.24
#56 Boys 8&U 25 Yard Back
3rd Kuehl, Brenden 22.08
16th Nelson, Otto 24.11
#58 Boys 9-10 50-Yard Back
3rd Weber, Jensen 35.69
6th deBlonk, Wyatt 38.46
7th Jin, Timothy 38.66
16th Morehouse, Emmett 42.45
#59 Girls 11-12 50-Yard Back
1st Schwab, McKinley 30.94
#61 Girls 8&U 50 Yard Breast
2nd Humphrey, Quinn 48.57
#62 Boys 8&U 50 Yard Breast
7th Nelson, Otto E 1:00.68
#63 Girls 9-10 100-Yard Breast
7th Johnson, Kjersten 1:39.62
#64 Boys 9-10 100-Yard Breast
5th Weber, Jensen 1:36.49
#67 Girls 8&U 25 Yard Fly
6th Humphrey, Quinn 22.58
#70 Boys 9-10 50 Yard Fly
4th deBlonk, Wyatt P 35.45
5th Weber, Jensen 39.59
#71 Girls 11-12 50-Yard Fly
2nd Schwab, McKinley 29.06
9th Januszewski, Scarlett 34.70
#73 Girls 8&U 50 Yard Free
3rd Humphrey, Quinn 38.46
7th Rausch, Addelyn 42.29
Vertin took home first place in the Boys age 17 & older 100-yard breaststroke (56.03 seconds), the 400-yard international medley (4:02.92), the 200-yard international medley (1:51.22), the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.54) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.61).
Ernest Ting also recorded a second-place finish in the boys’ ages 15-to-16 200-yard breast strike (2:15.52).
Brookings finished third in nine different events at the championships. The team of Sofia Gonzalez, Kendall Schmit, Kyra Bowne, and Kalla Foerster finished third in the girls’ ages 13-to-14 800-yard freestyle relay (8:47.17), the ages 13-to-14 200-yard freestyle relay (1:47.93) and the ages 13-to-14 400-yard freestyle relay (3:59.20).
Foerster also finished third in the girls’ ages 13-to-14 200-yard freestyle (2:03.51) and the girls’ ages 13-to-14 400-yard international medley (5:00.55).
Ava Humphrey finished third in the girls’ ages 15-to-16 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.25), Trevin Lounsbury finished third in the boys’ ages 13-to-14 400-yard international medley (4:48.91) and the boys’ ages 13-to-14 500-yard freestyle (5:22.19).
Girls 13-14 1650 Yard Freestyle
5th Gonzalez, Sofia 19:15.43
Girls 13-14 800-Yard Freestyle Relay
3rd BSC A 8:47.17 1) Gonzalez, Sofia 2) Schmit, Kendall 3) Bowne, Kyra 4) Foerster, Kalla
Boys 13-14 800-Yard Freestyle Relay
5th BSC A 9:12.95 1) Penner, Corbyn 2) Hallan, Jonah 3) Johnson, Jorgen 4) Lounsbury, Trevin
Girls 15 & Over 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
6th BSC A 8:54.11 1) Humphrey, Ava D 2) Schultz, Molly 3) Hove, Olivia 4) Brenner, Ava
Girls 13-14 200 Yard Freestyle
3rd Foerster, Kalla K 2:03.51
8th Gonzalez, Sofia 2:11.15
Girls 15-16 200 Yard Freestyle
16th Schultz, Molly M 2:12.18
Boys 13-14 200-Yard Freestyle
14th Penner, Corbyn 2:19.41
Boys 17 & Over 200 Yard Freestyle
4th Gonzalez, Tomas A 1:48.26
Girls 13-14 100 Yard Breaststroke
13th Gonzalez, Sofia 1:18.48
14th Kuehl, Kaylie 1:20.59
Girls 15-16 100 Yard Breaststroke
3rd Humphrey, Ava 1:09.25
9th Brenner, Ava 1:16.75
Boys 13-14 100 Yard Breaststroke
11th Hallan, Jonah P 1:19.82
13th Penner, Corbyn 1:21.56
14th Johnson, Jorgen 1:24.89
15th Humphrey, Noah 1:25.73
Boys 15-16 100 Yard Breaststroke
4th Ting, Ernest 1:01.03
Boys 17 & Over 100 Yard Breaststroke
1st Vertin, Cody E 56.03
Girls 13-14 100-Yard Butterfly
4th Schmit, Kendall 1:08.41
Girls 15-16 100-Yard Butterfly
14th Schultz, Molly 1:10.46
Boys 13-14 100-Yard Butterfly
6th Lounsbury, Trevin 1:03.88
Boys 15-16 100-Yard Butterfly
9th Ting, Ernest 58.08
Boys 17 & Over 100 Yard Butterfly
7th Gonzalez, Tomas 55.64
Girls 13-14 400-Yard IM
3rd Foerster, Kalla 5:00.55
Boys 13-14 400-Yard IM
3rd Lounsbury, Trevin 4:48.91
Boys 17 & Over 400 Yard IM
1st Vertin, Cody 4:02.92
Mixed 13 & Over 200 Yard Medley Relay
8th BSC A 1:49.65 1) Schultz, Molly 2) Vertin, Cody 3) Gonzalez, Tomas 4) Bowne, Kyra
11th BSC B 1:52.24 1) Foerster, Kalla 2) Ting, Ernest 3) Humphrey, Ava 4) Lounsbury, Trevin
Girls 13-14 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
3rd BSC A 1:47.93 1) Foerster, Kalla 2) Schmit, Kendall 3) Gonzalez, Sofia 4) Bowne, Kyra
Boys 13-14 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
5th BSC A 1:49.99 1) Penner, Corbyn 2) Hallan, Jonah 3) Humphrey, Noah 4) Lounsbury, Trevin
Girls 15 & Over 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
11th BSC A 1:50.87 1) Brenner, Ava 2) Schultz, Molly 3) Hove, Olivia 4) Humphrey, Ava
Girls 13-14 200-yard IM
13th Kuehl, Kaylie 2:42.90
Boys 13-14 200-yard IM
10th Penner, Corbyn 2:33.32
13th Caugherty, Ben 2:41.55
Boys 17 & Over 200 Yard IM
1st Vertin, Cody E 17 1:51.22
Girls 13-14 50-Yard Freestyle
4th Bowne, Kyra A 25.78
5th Foerster, Kalla 26.25
9th Schmit, Kendall 26.50
Girls 15-16 50-Yard Freestyle
9th Humphrey, Ava 26.87
15th Schultz, Molly M 28.17
Boys 13-14 50-Yard Freestyle
Vertin finished in first place in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke (2:18.79), second in the 200-meter international medley (2:10.13) and third in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke (1:05.58).
Humphrey finished seventh in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke (1:18.37) and the 200-meter breaststroke (2:53.97).
Men 200 Backstroke
5th Cody Vertin 2:11.34
Women 200 Breaststroke
12th Ava Humphrey 2:53.97
Men 200 Breaststroke
1st Cody Vertin 2:18.79
Men 400 IM
4th Cody Vertin 4:37.87
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
7th Ava Humphrey 1:18.37
Men 100 Breaststroke
3rd Cody Vertin 1:05.58
Men 200 IM
2nd Cody Vertin 2:10.13
