Cresco Swim Team enjoys outstanding season in 2017

CRESCO -  The Cresco Swim Team had a great 2017 season led by head coach Alexis Reicks and assistant coaches Taylor Shelton and Josie Johnson.

“We had nine new swimmers join this year, giving us a grand total of 57 swimmers this season!  We hope to see our returning swimmers and many more new faces next year,” Coach Reicks said.

“We had an amazing season again this year and won meets against Monona/Postville, Elkader/Strawberry Point, Sumner, West Union, Calmar, Manchester, and Waukon.  In fact our only loss this season was to Decorah, for the second year in a row. Our Conference meet was held in Elkader this year and Cresco swam well the whole meet, allowing us to receive several medals and spots on the podium. We finished in second place out of nine teams at team Conference; the best finish Cresco has ever seen! We were only 81 points away from Decorah at first place!”

This season was full of record breaking performances. Many swimmers broke  their own records over and over throughout the season. Over the season there were a grand total of 27 records broken! Brock Voyna and Topher Bigalk were busy this season and broke every individual record in their age group! Records broke during the season are listed below.

The relay team of Laney Peter, Jaylee Vobr, Lily Hubka, and Erica Ollendick broke the girls 9-10 200-yd Medley Relay with a time of 2:42.04 (set by Vanessa Bohr, Meredith Murray, Molly Creger, and Chelsey Buck in 2000 with 2:47.14). Relay team of Tristan Simiele, Topher Bigalk, Dominic Bigalk, and Fletcher Weigert broke the boys 11-12 200-yd Medley Relay record with a time of 2:22.12 (set by Trevor Trende, Lucas Schwamman, Trae Pecinovsky, and Kristian Szajina in 2011 with 2:34.81). 

Trenton Voyna broke the boys 8 and under 25-yd Freestyle with a time of 16.59 (set by Brock Voyna in 2015 with 17.63), the boys 8 and under 25-yd Butterfly with a time of 17.23 (set by himself in 2016 with 20.71), and the boys 8 and under 50-yd Freestyle with a time of 36.41 (set by Brock Voyna in 2015 with 40.39). Brock Voyna broke the boys 9-10 50-yd Freestyle with a time of 30.79 (set by himself in 2016 with 33.24), the boys 9-10 100-yd Individual Medley with a time of 1:16.00 (set by himself in 2016 with 1:27.61), the boys 9-10 50-yd Butterfly with a time of 36.20 (set by Dallas Creger in 2003 with 41.27) the boys 9-10 50-yd Backstroke with a time of 38.07 (set by Trevor Trende in 2009 with 39.44), the boys 9-10 100-yd Freestyle with a time of 1:14.18 (set by himself in 2016 with 1:16.29), and the boys 9-10 50-yd Breaststroke with a time of 36.63 (set by himself in 2016 with 43.13). 

Topher Bigalk broke the boys 11-12 50-yd Freestyle with a time of 29.01 (set by Trae Pecinovsky in 2011 with 30.01), the boys 11-12 100-yd Individual Medley with a time of 1:10.55 (set by Lawson Brown in 2015 with 1:16.80), the boys 11-12 50-yd Butterfly with a time of 31.42 (set by Lawson Brown in 2015 with 32.41), the boys 11-12 50-yd Backstroke with a time of 31.96 (set by Lawson Brown in 2015 with 36.15), the boys 100-yd Freestyle with a time of 1:04.13 (set by himself in 2016 with 1:06.85), and the boys 50-yd Breaststroke with a time of 35.19 (set by himself in 2016 with 40.07. 

Laney Peter broke the girls 9-10 50-yd Freestyle with a time of 32.09 (set by Coach Alexis Reicks in 2006 with 33.70), the girls 9-10 100-yd Individual Medley with a time of 1:25.44 (set by MacKenzie Smith in 2002 with 1:26.26), the girls 9-10 50-yd Butterfly with a time of 37.43 (set by Molly Creger in 2000 with 40.28), the girls 9-10 50-yd Backstroke with a time of 37.43 (set by Taylor Martinek in 2009 with 41.66), and the girls 9-10 100-yd Freestyle with a time of 1:13.97 (set by Coach Alexis Reicks in 2006 with 1:17.13). Emily Voyna broke the girls 13-14 200-yd Individual Medley with a time of 2:34.97 (set by Vanessa Bohr in 2003 with 2:43.36), the girls 13-14 50-yd Butterfly with a time of 29.78 (set by Lydia Melaas in 2010 with 32.87), and the 100-yd Freestyle with a time of 1:00.03 (set by MacKenzie Smith in 2006 with 1:03.94). 

The Relay team of Tristan Simiele, Dominic Bigalk, Fletcher Weigert, and Topher Bigalk broke the boys 11-12 200-yd Freestyle Relay record with a time of 2:05.70 (set by Trevor Trende, Garrett Steffen, Mark Farlinger, and Trevor Malven in 2010 with 2:15.53). Relay team of Lily Hubka, Erica Ollendick, Kyra Butikofer, and Laney Peter broke the girls 9-10 200-yd Freestyle Relay record with a time of 2:27.50 (set by Vanessa Bohr, Chelsey Buck, Meredith Murray, and Molly Creger in 2008 with 2:30.43). 

“We also had many athletes come very close to records this season during exciting races including; Trenton Voyna, Tristan Simiele, Rylee Kapler, Lawson Brown, Emily Voyna, Tracy Martinek, Nathaniel Bigalk, Trevor Trende, and Taylor Shelton,” Coach Reicks said.

At the conference meet, the team had many high placing relay events. We also had many high placing individual events including:

Trenton Voyna (1st in boys 8 and under 25-yd freestyle, 1st in 25-yd butterfly, 1st in 50-yd freestyle), Brock Voyna (1st in boys 9-10 50-yd freestyle, 1st in 100-yd individual medley, 1st in 50-yd breaststroke), Laney Peter (1st in girls 9-10 50-yd freestyle, 1st in 50-yd backstroke, 1st in 100-yd freestyle), Tristan Simiele (1st in boys 11-12 50-yd freestyle, 2nd in 100-yd individual medley, 1st in 50-yd backstroke), Rylee Kapler (2nd in girls 11-12 50-yd freestyle, 3rd in 50-yd backstroke), Lawson Brown (2nd in boys 13-14 50-yd freestyle, 3rd in 50-yd butterfly), Emily Voyna (1st in girls 13-14 50-yd freestyle, 1st in 50-yd butterfly, 2nd in 100-yd freestyle), Tracy Martinek (3rd in girls 15-18 50-yd freestyle, 2nd in 100-yd freestyle), Lily Hubka (1st in girls 9-10 100-yd individual medley), Taylor Shelton (3rd in girls 15-18 200-yd individual medley, 3rd in 50-yd breaststroke), Alex Berg (3rd in boys 9-10 50-yd butterfly, 1st in 50-yd backstroke, 3rd in 100-yd freestyle),Dominic Bigalk (1st in boys 11-12 50yd butterfly, 1st in 100-yd freestyle), Keaton Vobr (3rd in boys 8 and under 25-yd backstroke),  Nathaniel Bigalk (2nd in boys 13-14 50-yd backstroke, 3rd in 50-yd breaststroke), Trevor Trende (2nd in boys 15-18 50-yd backstroke, 2nd in 50-yd breaststroke),  Addy Riley (3rd in girls 8 and under 50-yd freestyle), and Reece Ollendieck (3rd in boys 8 & under 25-yd breaststroke).