Fourteen members of the year-round Sun Valley 5B Swim Team (SV5B) competed against more than 500 swimmers from 28 teams at the Boise YMCA Thanksgiving Invitational meet two weekends ago.
Coach Brian Gallagher fielded a team from his larger squad, taking 10 girls and four boys ranging in age from 8-17. The USA Swimming-sanctioned competition was held Nov. 18-20 at West Boise Y.
Personal-best times ruled the day for SV5B swimmers.
Clocking exemplary finishes, according to coach Gallagher, were Elizabeth Fry, Olivia Wentzell, Kaedi Fry and Maddie Johnson.
Elizabeth Fry, 17, won the 1,000-yard free in 11:29.71; 14-year-old Olivia Wentzell took the 50-yard breaststroke in 33.45 seconds; and 14-year-old Kaedi Fry won three races—the 50-yard backstroke in 29.71, the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.11 and 200 breast in 2:35.75.
Also, Maddie Johnson, 13, dominated the 50-yard butterfly in 27.97, the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.70 and the 200-yard fly in 2:21.28.
Sun Valley 5B continues to train five nights a week at the Wood River Y. Coach Gallagher said he was pleased with good improvement and results from the rest of team as well. SV5B Thanksgiving results were:
100-yard freestyle 8-and-under: 5—Eva Carlson, 8, 1:34.05. 500 free 13-14: 16—Ashley Dreyfus, 13, 6:17.42. 50 free 8-and-under: 6—Eva Carlson 40.58. 100 free 11-12: 8—Zack Deal, 10, 1:21.64. 18—Walter Kriesen, 9, 1:30.49. 100 free 11-12: 12—Mason Johnson, 11, 1:07.
25 breaststroke 8-and-under: Eva Carlson 25.88. 50 breast 9-10: 6—Zack Deal 47.42. 20—Walter Kriesen 1:04.68. 50 breast 11-12: 8—Mason Johnson 41.35.
50 backstroke 8-and-under: 3—Eva Carlson 48.23. 100 back 9-10: 9—Zack Deal 1:34.75. 100 back 11-12: Mason Johnson 1:20.90.
25 butterfly 8-and-under: 5—Eva Carlson 22.16. 50 fly 9-10: 11—Walter Kriesen 58.92. 50 fly 11-12: 11—Mason Johnson 36.17.
200 medley 11-12: 27—Brooke Beckwith, 12, 4:41.17.
200 free 13-14: 6—Kaedi Fry, 14, 2:08.21. 7—Olivia Wentzell, 14, 2:11.33. 10—Loni Unser, 14, 2:13.66. 15—Ashley Dreyfus, 13, 2:17.80. 200 free 15-21: 20—Kailey Wilt, 15, 2:26.84 200 free 15-21: 12—Gus Kimball, 16, 2:03.07.
100 fly 13-14: 7—Olivia Wentzell 1:12.13. 100 fly 15-21: 6—Elizabeth Fry, 17, 1:07.13. 100 fly 15-21: 14—Gus Kimball 1:02.36.
200 back 13-14: 9—Loni Unser 2:33.75. 11—Ashley Dreyfus 2:38.91. 200 back 15-21: 14—Kailey Wilt 2:48.02.
100 breast 13-14: 4—Olivia Wentzell 1:16.67. 7—Maddie Johnson, 13, 1:19.59. 12—Ashley Dreyfus 1:23.09. 100 breast 15-21: 7—Elizabeth Fry 1:16.23. 100 breast 15-21: 5—Gus Kimball 1:09.65.
50 free 13-14: 3—Kaedi Fry 26.69. 5—Maddie Johnson 27.40. 6—Olivia Wentzell 27.40. 14—Loni Unser 28.93. 50 free 15-21: 5—Elizabeth Fry 26.55. 35—Kailey Wilt 30.85. 50 free 15-21: 9—Gus Kimball 24.67.
50 back 13-14: 5—Loni Unser 34.00. 50 back 15-21: 12—Kailey Wilt 36.44.
400 medley 13-14: 3—Maddie Johnson 5:10.67. 14—Ashley Dreyfus 5:45.60.
200 free 11-12: 9—Mason Johnson 2:23.03.
50 back 9-10: 6—Zack Deal 41.15. 16—Walter Kriesen 50.07. 50 back 11-12: 5—Mason Johnson 37.20.
100 breast 9-10: 5—Zack Deal 1:43.80.
50 free 9-10: 5—Zack Deal 35.45. 11—Walter Kriesen 38.43.
50 free 11-12: 6—Mason Johnson 30.35.
100 medley 9-10: Zack Deal 1:32.96. 100 medley 11-12: 7—Mason Johnson 1:17.58.
100 free 13-14: 4—Kaedi Fry 57.96. 5—Maddie Johnson 58.54. 6—Olivia Wentzell 58.94. 10—Loni Unser 1:01.73. 14—Ashley Dreyfus 1:02.90. 100 free 15-21: 25—Kailey Wilt 1:06.74. 100 free 15-21: 13—Gus Kimball 54.91.
50 breast 13-14: 2—Kaedi Fry 33.60. 8—Loni Unser 38.79. 50 breast 15-21: 4—Elizabeth Fry 35.20. 50 breast 15-21: 3—Gus Kimball 32.13.
100 back 13-14: 7—Loni Unser 1:11.56. 14—Ashley Dreyfus 1:14.04. 100 back 15-21: 11—Kailey Wilt 1:17.66. 100 back 15-21: 10—Gus Kimball 1:05.03.
200 medley 13-14: 2—Maddie Johnson 2:22.88. 6—Olivia Wentzell 2:29.57. 200 medley 15-21: 5—Elizabeth Fry 2:24.34.
200 breast 15-21: 5—Gus Kimball 2:36.82.
50 fly 13-14: 4—Olivia Wentzell 29.45. 5—Kaedi Fry 29.86. 9—Ashley Dreyfus 32.99.
1000 free 13-14: 4—Loni Unser 12:21.16. 7—Ashley Dreyfus 12:52.89.