By Erin Armstrong
Several Alliance swimmers competed in an indoor winter swim meet in Deadwood, South Dakota on January 4th and 5th.
Allie Armstrong, swimming for the Scotts Bluff County Swim Club, added a couple more state qualifying swims to her roster. The 10 year old also dropped some time off of previous swims.
100 yard free, 1:19.68 min, 2nd place (state qualifying)
50 yard breast, 44.94s, 2nd place (state qualifying)
100 yard IM, 1:30.76 min, 4th place (dropped 5.32s) (state qualifying)
200 yard free, 2:49.99 min, 1st place (state qualifying)
50 yard free, 35.28s, 2nd place (state qualifying)
500 yard free, 8:02.94 min, 2nd place (dropped 26.38s) (state qualifying)
Reese Armstrong, age 13, also swimming for the Scotts Bluff County Swim Club, eased her way into her winter swim debut, just a few days off of concussion protocol from a basketball injury.
100 yard fly, 1:27.02 min, 5th place
100 yard IM, 1:29.56 min, 10th place
200 yard free, 2:42.25 min, 3rd place
50 yard free, 32.18s, 9th place (state qualifying)
500 yard free, 7:38.74 min, 6th place
Hayden Kozal, age 9, swimming for the Scotts Bluff County Swim Club, continues to make waves and drop time on her events. She is also qualified for the Wyoming state swim meet.
100 yard free, 1:27.50 min, 8th place (state qualifying)
50 yard breast, 52.92s, 7th place (state qualifying)
100 yard IM, 1:43.01 min, 7th place (state qualifying)
50 yard fly, 50.42s, 6th place
50 yard free, 37.08s, 7th place (dropped 2.86s) (state qualifying)
Sloan Nagaki, 8 year old swimming for Scotts Bluff County Swim Club, continued to compete hard and brought home some ribbons.
25 yard fly, 27.13s, 6th place
50 yard back, 59.58s, 6th place
25 yard free, 21.99s, 5th place
100 yard IM, 2:15.34 min, 6th place
25 yard back, 26.63s, 4th place
Penn Vergil, an 11 year old swimming for the Chadron Sharks Swim Team, also made her winter swim debut and added some state qualifying swims to her bag.
50 yard back, 40.07s, 6th place
100 yard free, 1:10.67 min, 3rd place (state qualifying)
50 yard breast, 44.81s, 4th place
50 yard free, 31.24s, 3rd place (state qualifying)
These swimmers and more will be competing in the Shark Splash meet hosted by the Chadron Sharks Swim Team on February 1 and 2nd at the Chadron Aquatic Center.