BY MURRAY GLEFFE
CORRESPONDENT
ASHWAUBENON-Hallory Domnick captured two individual events (100-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle), and Jocelyn McNicoll (100-yard breaststroke) and Sydney Popp (200-yard freestyle) one each as the Ashwaubenon Jaguars finished second to Sturgeon Bay in the WIAA Sectional swimming meet held at Ashwaubenon Community Pool. (Nov. 3)
Domnick set a pool record with a 5:12.43 swim in the twenty-lap event.
“I was really nervous going into the race,” said Domnick. “I know I was capable of swimming the way I did, but to actually go out and do it in an important tournament was fun. I am excited for next weekend.”
In the first individual race of the day, Popp went out and set the tone with a fast first four laps and then just edged out Morgen Frausto of Plymouth at the wall by less than a second.
“I felt like I got this young group geared up for the day,” said Popp. “It’s one thing to be seeded the best, but I needed to go out and prove it in the pool. I was pretty pumped after winning the race.”
The youth movement continued for the Jaguars late in the day as McNicoll came out on top in the breaststroke. After falling behind early in the race, Jocelyn pulled ahead of Lauren Klawitter of Seymour late and held onto win her biggest event to date and advance to Madison in her first year of high school competition.
“The crowd and atmosphere was amazing for this tournament,” said McNicoll. “I’m just grateful that the coaches gave me an opportunity. It was a grueling race and I’m just happy that I was able to help my team out with the win.”
Junior Evelyn Geurts was not a favorite coming into the 50-yard freestyle race.
However, Geurts swam an amazing 25.30 and had to wait till the other sectional meets concluded to find out if she earned a spot in the state field.
When the results were in, she qualified by 0.02 seconds!
She was also part of the victorious 400-yard freestyle relay to end the day.
In addition, Popp qualified for State in the 500-yard freestyle, and Ashwaubenon advanced in two of the three relays with freshman Chloe O’Connell being the additional swimmer advancing.
“Obviously, a bit frustrating losing overall to Sturgeon Bay,” said Jennifer Steffel, Jaguars swim coach. “However, this team had a lot of freshman and sophomores swimming at key positions today. We will be swimming in 7 of the 12 events this Friday at the Natatorium. I knew a couple of races would make the difference between Sturgeon Bay, Plymouth, and us. Unfortunately, they didn’t go our way today. Very excited for these girls to get to experience the state tournament and build on the future.”
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
1 Sturgeon Bay 1:53.95
1) Maggie Ripp SO, 2) Kailee Moe JR, 3) Abi Schauske SO, 4) Molly Banks SR
2 Ashwaubenon 1:54.53
1) Chloe O’Connell FR , 2) Jocelyn McNicoll FR, 3) Hallory Domnick SO, 4) Evelyn Geurts JR
3 Kohler 1:55.16
1) Brooke Casper SR, 2) Ellie Kisiolek FR, 3) Madeleine Hammond FR, 4) Ashley Thyes SR
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
1 Sydney Popp, SO, Ashwaubenon, 1:59.50
2 Frausto, SO, Plymouth, 2:00.26
3 Colleen Lemke, JR Seymour, 2:07.03
Girls 200 Yard IM
1 Abi Schauske, SO, Sturgeon Bay, 2:19.67
2 Hannah Vanderheyden, JR, Ashwaubenon, 2:21.08
3 Sami Smejkal, SR, Clintonville, 2:21.84
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Banks, SR, Sturgeon Bay, 25.08
2 Hammond, FR, Kohler, 25.24
3 Geurts, JR, Ashwaubenon, 25.30
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
1 Domnick, SO, Ashwaubenon, 1:00.27
2 Kaylee Kriha, SO, Berlin/GreenLake, 1:01.54
3 Schauske, SO, Sturgeon Bay, 1:03.05
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
1 Banks, SR, Sturgeon Bay, 54.54
2 Abby Frenkel, SR, BrnDeer/UnivSch, 56.12
3 McKenna Metropulos, SO,Witt-Birn, 56.59
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
1 Domnick, SO, Ashwaubenon, 5:12.43
2 Popp, SO, Ashwaubenon, 5:22.08
3 Keeley Kuru, SR, Plymouth, 5:37.40
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1 Sturgeon Bay 1:43.26
1) Banks SR, 2) Ellie Johnson SR, 3) Moe JR, 4) Schauske SO
2 Plymouth 1:43.30
1) Elizabeth Tournour SR, 2) Olivia Strutz SR, 3) Jennifer Novotny JR, 4) Frausto SO
3 Kohler 1:43.86
1) Hammond FR, 2) Kisiolek FR, 3) Casper SR, 4) Thyes SR
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
1 Ripp, SO, Sturgeon Bay, 1:02.04
2 Maija Carriveau, SO, Marinette/Pesht, 1:02.95
3 Casper, SR, Kohler, 1:03.65
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
1 McNicoll, FR, Ashwaubenon, 1:10.17
2 Klawiter, SO, Seymour, 1:11.58
3 Kisiolek, FR Kohler, 1:11.65
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1 Ashwaubenon 3:46.13
1) Geurts JR, 2) McNicoll FR, 3) Popp SO, 4) Domnick SO
2 Plymouth 3:49.83
1) Strutz SR, 2) Kuru SR, 3) Tournour SR, 4) Frausto SO
3 Brown Deer/Univ School of Milw 3:53.95
1) Mira Giles-Pufahl SO, 2) Amanda Hoppe SR, 3) Frenkel SR, 4) Emily Kolb SR
WIAA Ashwaubenon Sectional Swimming-Final Team Results
Sturgeon Bay 325, Ashwaubenon 291, Plymouth 285, Kohler 238, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 151, Brown Deer/Univ School of Milw 143, Seymour 131, Two Rivers/Roncalli 113, Marinette/Peshtigo 109, Kiel/Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 105, Clintonville 103, New London 82, Berlin/Green Lake 73, Brookfield Academy 68
