By Kevin Cunningham
Correspondent
Whitewater boys swimming head coach Kayla Martin is looking at the positives out of recent dual meet at Fort Atkinson despite coming up short in scoring.
The meet, on Jan. 20, ended in a loss for Whitewater, but the team had one first-place finish with Seth Bols in the 200 IM. Martin said he raced some fast competition and had a great race overall.
Aside from Bols, the highlights for the Whippets were having 14 individual best times. Jacob Korf, Michael Kuhl, Nathan Cagney and Mason West each had two different swims end in best times.
Korf excelled in the 200-meter freestyle and 500-meter freestyle, while Kuhl had best times in the same races. Cagney’s best times came in the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle. West performed his best in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter backstroke.
The freestyle dominance came through with Korf, Kuhl and Cagney, and outside of those three, Jack Downs, Roth Wells, David Kromholz, Shawn Chan, Zander Jaeger and Aiden Coburn each had one best-time race.
Martin said the boys are really excited that they’re all swimming well and that the team has this next week off before the championship season begins. The Whippets will compete in the Southern Lakes Conference Championship at 11 a.m. on Feb. 4 at Jefferson High School.
