YMCA swimmers improve times at home meet
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IRON MOUNTAIN -- The Northern Lights YMCA swim team welcomed visiting teams to Iron Mountain for its annual Hunters Splash meet at the Northern Lights YMCA.
Competing Nov. 7 in front of their home crowd, NLY swimmers turned in strong performances, earning first-place finishes, improving personal times and taking on new events.
NLY swimmers captured first place in numerous individual events. Girls earning first-place finishes included Annika Gustafson, Adalyn St. Arnauld, Miriam Gustafson, Sierra Tatangelo, Cira Windell, Catherine Majors, Ella McLaughlin, Olivia VandenBusch, Izzy Peters and Ella Murphy.
On the boys' side, first-place finishers included Dominic Tatangelo, Bryce Johnson, George Fornetti, Forest Koprowski and Joshua Chapman.
Leading NLY in individual event points was Sierra Tatangelo with 120 points. Annika Gustafson and Miriam Gustafson each earned 105 points. George Fornetti finished with 104 points, and Dominic Tatangelo rounded out the top five with 100 points.
Time improvements were another highlight of the meet. Annika Gustafson had one of the largest improvements, taking 24.64 seconds off her 500-yard freestyle time. Bryce Johnson dropped 22.99 seconds in the same event.
Other notable improvements included Gianna Novara, who lowered her 50-yard backstroke time by 18.33 seconds; Alivia Bunker, who improved her 100-yard backstroke by 20.32 seconds; Ava McLaughlin, who dropped 16.40 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke; Ava Cowen, who improved her 100-yard individual medley by 14.95 seconds; and Felicity DeGroot, who took 14.51 seconds off her 200-yard freestyle.
Six swimmers competed for their first time with NLY, including Amelia Marshall, Adelyn Bacon, Natalie Steinbrecher, Ashlyn Unruh, Joshua Chapman, and Jaina Kowalczyk.
"I'm incredibly proud of the effort our swimmers showed at our home meet," said NLY Dickinson head coach Aimee Tatangelo. "It was exciting to see so many first-place finishes, personal-best times and swimmers stepping up to compete in events for the first time. Those accomplishments reflect the hard work our athletes put in at practice and the progress they continue to make as a team. Having the opportunity to compete in front of our home crowd made the day even more special."