Stingrays claim 139 medals in finale

RUSHVILLE, Neb. – In the final swim meet of the season – known as the “Medal Meet” – the Sidney Stingrays came home from Rushville with the most hardware by collecting 139 total medals with 50 of them being gold. Swimmers were awarded a medal for finishing in the top three places in each event.

Sidney far outpaced runner-up Torrington, which collected 53 total medals. Alliance finished second in golds with 17 to edge out Torrington, which had 16.

Kayla Westby and Jayden Shoemaker mined the most gold with six apiece for the Stingrays. In addition, Westby set six new Stingrays’ records while Shoemaker established four. Both Westby and Shoemaker also set three meet records.

Among the boys, Jeffery Christian, Zechariah Roggasch and Cameron Leeling led the way by earning four gold medals. Christian and Roggasch set two team records and also won two silvers.

Among the others to earn gold medals at Rushville were: Tiffany Sweetser (3), Will Siler (3), Garrett Jones (2), Caitlyn Mueller (2), Brody Morgan (2), Brady Sweetser (2), Kolyn Weimer (2), Tessa Siler (2), Regan Nesbitt (2), Dru Weimer (2), Jonathan Kruse, Jedediah Portillo, Natalie Hausman, Karsyn Leeling and Noah Siler.

Among those who won six total medals were Tiffany and Brady Sweetser, Will and Tessa Siler, Jones and Mueller.

Sidney will have plenty to look forward to next year as only one of its swimmers will lose their eligibility. Brady Sweetser, who has been with the program for 13 years, went out in style with two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. He also set a meet record.

Top finishers for the

Sidney Stingrays

Girls 8&U 25 Yard Free

6. Regan Nesbitt, 25.43

Girls 8&U 50 Yard Free

2. Regan Nesbitt, 58.95

3. Katelyn Davis, 1:10.66

4. Halle Sweetser, 1:18.72

5. Kenzie Shoemaker, 1:27.54

Girls 8&U 200 Yard Free

1. Kayla Westby, 3:32.65

Girls 8&U 25 Yard Breast

1. Kayla Westby, 24.09

Girls 8&U 25 Yard Fly

1. Kayla Westby, 23.49

5. Dakota Ahrendt, 44.57

6. Halle Sweetser, 47.74

Girls 8&U 200 Yard IM

1. Kayla Westby, 4:08.53

Girls 9-10 25 Yard Free

3. Natalie Hausmann, 17.87

Girls 9-10 50 Yard Free

5. Natalie Hausmann, 42.87

Girls 9-10 100 Yard Free

6. Natalie Hausmann, 1:45.31

Girls 9-10 25 Yard Back

1. Karsyn Leeling, 24.01

Girls 9-10 25 Yard Breast

1. Jayden Shoemaker, 23.75

5. Karsyn Leeling, 28.96

Girls 9-10 25 Yard Fly

1. Jayden Shoemaker, 19.55

Girls 9-10 100 Yard IM

1. Jayden Shoemaker, 1:38.37

Girls 9-10 200 Yard IM

1. Jayden Shoemaker, 3:40.37

2. Taylor Runge, 4:54.50

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Free

3. Kendal Nielsen, 36.12

Girls 11-12 100 Yard Free

3. Kendal Nielsen, 1:24.70

5. Lainey Hausmann, 1:34.59

Girls 11-12 200 Yard Free

2. Kendal Nielsen, 3:01.82

4. Lainey Hausmann, 3:23.95

Girls 11-12 400 Yard Free

2. Elizabeth Weimer, 7:39.66

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Breast

4. Kendal Nielsen, 51.28

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Fly

2. Elizabeth Weimer, 55.95

Girls 11-12 100 Yard IM

4. Lainey Hausmann, 1:52.16

Girls 11-12 200 Yard IM

2. Elizabeth Weimer, 4:05.44

Girls 13-14 50 Yard Free

6. Kendra Nesbitt, 37.40

Girls 13-14 100 Yard Free

3. Caitlyn Mueller, 1:14.25

6. Kendra Nesbitt, 1:24.53

Girls 13-14 200 Yard Free

1. Caitlyn Mueller, 2:49.25

2. Kollyn Weimer, 2:56.95

Girls 13-14 400 Yard Free

2. Caitlyn Mueller, 6:14.32

3. Kollyn Weimer, 6:17.37

Girls 13-14 50 Yard Back

5. Alia Jones, 49.45

Girls 13-14 50 Yard Breast

1. Caitlyn Mueller, 42.04

3. Kendra Nesbitt, 49.29

Girls 13-14 50 Yard Fly

1. Kollyn Weimer, 39.83

3. Kendra Nesbitt, 45.31

Girls 13-14 100 Yard IM

3. Alia Jones, 1:41.46

5. Madi Runge, 2:07.74

Girls 13-14 200 Yard IM

1. Kollyn Weimer, 3:26.54

Girls 15-18 50 Yard Free

1. Tiffany Sweetser, 30.85

Girls 15-18 100 Yard Free

1. Tiffany Sweetser, 1:09.24

3. Caitlyn Deal, 1:17.20

Women 15-18 200 Yard Free

1. Tiffany Sweetser, 2:35.36

Women 15-18 400 Yard Free

1. Tessa Siler, 5:56.52

2. Caitlyn Deal, 6:05.35

Girls 15-18 50 Yard Back

3. Caitlyn Deal, 40.61

Girls 15-18 50 Yard Breast

3. Tessa Siler, 41.47

Girls 15-18 50 Yard Fly

2. Tiffany Sweetser, 34.68

Girls 15-18 100 Yard IM

2. Tessa Siler, 1:19.46

Women 15-18 200 Yard IM

1. Tessa Siler, 3:01.39

Boys 8&U 25 Yard Free

6. Kayson Houser, 29.22

Boys 8&U 50 Yard Free

3. Kayson Houser, 1:08.41

4. Andrew Portillo, 1:32.11

5. Brayton Sweetser, 1:52.48

Boys 8&U 100 Yard Free

1. Zechariah Roggasch, 2:06.39

2. Dru Weimer, 2:45.41

Boys 8&U 200 Yard Free

1. Dru Weimer, 6:07.78

Boys 8&U 25 Yard Back

1. Will Siler, 24.11

5. Zechariah Roggasch, 33.87

6. Kayson Houser, 35.47

Boys 8&U 25 Yard Breast

2. Will Siler, 29.91

5. Zechariah Roggasch, 36.27

Boys 8&U 25 Yard Fly

1. Zechariah Roggasch, 31.23

3. Will Siler, 33.75

5. Joshua Potts, 43.69

6. Brayton Sweetser, 59.77

Boys 8&U 100 Yard IM

2. Will Siler, 2:23.61

4. Dru Weimer, 3:07.84

Boys 8&U 200 Yard IM

1. Dru Weimer, 6:21.74

Boys 9-10 25 Yard Free

1. Cameron Leeling, 17.02

2. Jeffery Christian, 18.04

3. Jonathan Kruse, 18.29

4. Joel Johnson, 19.20

6. Michael Kepler, 24.10

Boys 9-10 50 Yard Free

2. Cameron Leeling, 37.40

4. Joel Johnson, 41.81

5. Jonathan Kruse, 43.39

Boys 9-10 100 Yard Free

2. Cameron Leeling, 1:27.68

3. Joel Johnson, 1:31.05

4. Jonathan Kruse, 1:42.07

Boys 9-10 200 Yard Free

2. Jeffery Christian, 3:29.42

3. Jonathan Kruse, 3:41.46

4. Jakob Kruse, 4:02.31

Boys 9-10 25 Yard Back

1. Cameron Leeling, 22.00

2. Jakob Kruse, 23.66

4. Grant Smircich, 28.16

5. Michael Kepler, 31.50

Boys 9-10 25 Yard Breast

1. Jeffery Christian, 23.45

4. Joel Johnson, 27.18

6. Grant Smircich, 35.92

Boys 9-10 100 Yard IM

2. Jakob Kruse, 2:15.19

3. Grant Smircich, 2:34.40

Boys 9-10 200 Yard IM

1. Jeffery Christian, 3:45.00

4. Jakob Kruse, 4:45.64

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Free

2. Noah Siler, 37.45

6. Hunter Ahrendt, 43.41

Boys 11-12 100 Yard Free

2. Noah Siler, 1:26.46

5. Jakob Chacon, 1:36.44

Boys 11-12 200 Yard Free

2. Garrett Jones, 3:18.76

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Back

3. Jonathan Spachek, 46.75

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Breast

4. Noah Siler, 52.03

5. Jonathan Spachek, 53.57

6. Ryan Rapp, 54.61

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Fly

1. Garrett Jones, 46.32

4. Hunter Ahrendt, 57.14

Boys 11-12 100 Yard IM

2. Noah Siler, 1:41.20

3. Garrett Jones, 1:43.08

6. Jonathan Spachek, 1:53.18

Boys 11-12 200 Yard IM

1. Garrett Jones, 3:42.15

Boys 13-14 50 Yard Free

5. Junior Lucero, 33.93

Boys 13-14 100 Yard Free

5. Junior Lucero, 1:20.04

Boys 13-14 200 Yard Free

2. Junior Lucero, 3:06.56

3. Johnson, Jonas 3:29.05

4. Tristan Ahrendt, 3:55.90

Boys 13-14 50 Yard Back

3. Johnson, Jonas 46.09

5. Tristan Ahrendt, 58.50

Boys 13-14 50 Yard Breast

3. Junior Lucero, 44.92

6. Tristan Ahrendt, 55.98

Boys 15-18 50 Yard Free

1. Brady Sweetser,26.38

5. Jedediah Portillo, 33.05

6. Zach Deal, 33.38

Boys 15-18 100 Yard Free

3. Brady Sweetser, 1:03.24

4. Brody Morgan, 1:06.31

6. Jack Johnson, 1:14.70

Men 15-18 200 Yard Free

2. Jeff Deal, 2:36.43

3. Jack Johnson, 2:43.78

Men 15-18 400 Yard Free

2. Jack Johnson, 5:47.39

Boys 15-18 50 Yard Back

1. Jedediah Portillo, 39.42

2. Zach Deal, 45.12

Boys 15-18 50 Yard Breast

1. Brady Sweetser, 35.41

2. Brody Morgan, 35.46

3. Jeff Deal, 39.26

Boys 15-18 50 Yard Fly

1. Brody Morgan, 30.04

3. Brady Sweetser, 31.65

4. Jeff Deal, 34.07

5. Zach Deal, 44.96

Boys 15-18 100 Yard IM

1. Brody Morgan, 1:10.87

2. Jeff Deal, 1:19.41

5. Jedediah Portillo, 1:33.21

Mixed 8&U 100 Yard

Free Relay

1. SST A (Will Siler, Regan Nesbitt, Zechariah Roggasch, Kayla Westby), 1:30.70

5. SST B (Katelyn Davis, Halle Sweetser, Kayson Houser, Andrew Portillo), 2:10.14

6. SST C (Rylee Runge, Joshua Potts, Dakota Ahrendt, Brayton Sweetser), 3:13.48

Mixed 8&U 100 Yard

Medley Relay

1. SST A (Will Siler, Kayla Westby, Zechariah Roggasch, Regan Nesbitt), 1:41.74

4. SST B (Kenzie Shoemaker, Kayson Houser, Joshua Potts, Halle Sweetser), 2:29.20

5. SST C (Dakota Ahrendt, Rylee Runge, Brayton Sweetser, Andrew Portillo), 3:14.65

Mixed 9-10 100 Yard

Free Relay

1. SST A (Jayden Shoemaker, Jonathan Kruse, Jeffery Christian, Cameron Leeling), 1:07.11

4. SST B (Michael Kepler, Natalie Hausmann, Jakob Kruse, Joel Johnson), 1:24.66

Mixed 9-10 100 Yard

Medley Relay

1. SST A (Natalie Hausmann, Jeffery Christian, Jayden Shoemaker, Cameron Leeling), 1:21.35

4. SST B (Jakob Kruse, Joel Johnson, Jonathan Kruse, Michael Kepler), 1:37.80

Mixed 11-12 200 Yard

Free Relay

2. SST A (Noah Siler, Garrett Jones, Kendal Nielsen, Elizabeth Weimer), 2:41.46

Mixed 11-12 200 Yard

Medley Relay

2. SST A (Miranda Ahrendt, Noah Siler, Garrett Jones, Kendal Nielsen), 3:08.69

5. SST B (Kaelea Hart, Lainey Hausmann, Ryan Rapp, Jakob Chacon), 3:36.15

Mixed 13-14 200 Yard

Free Relay

2. SST A (Kendra Nesbitt, Jonas Johnson, Caitlyn Mueller, Junior Lucero), 2:23.33

6. SST B (Madi Runge, Hunter Ahrendt, Miranda Ahrendt, Tristan Ahrendt), 3:02.76

Mixed 13-14 200 Yard

Medley Relay

2. SST A (Caitlyn Mueller, Junior Lucero, Kollyn Weimer, Jonas Johnson), 2:43.28

6. SST B (Tristan Ahrendt, Elizabeth Weimer, Madi Runge, Hunter Ahrendt), 3:38.81

Mixed 15-18 200 Yard

Free Relay

2. SST A (Tiffany Sweetser, Jeff Deal, Brody Morgan, Brady Sweetser), 1:53.71

3. SST B (Tessa Siler, Zach Deal, Jedediah Portillo, Caitlyn Deal), 2:14.65

4. SST C (Jack Johnson, Kollyn Weimer, Jonathan Spachek, Alia Jones), 2:34.69

Mixed 15-18 200 Yard

Medley Relay

2. SST A (Caitlyn Deal, Brody Morgan, Tiffany Sweetser, Brady Sweetser), 2:15.64

3. SST B (Jedediah Portillo, Tessa Siler, Jeff Deal, Zach Deal), 2:31.58

4. SST C (Jonathan Spachek, Jack Johnson, Kendra Nesbitt, Alia Jones), 2:58.62