Stars capture relay gold at WKSC combined meet

By Rod Haxton, editor

A lone gold medal in the medley relay was the only championship claimed by the Scott City Stars at the Western Kansas Swim Club combined meet held July 17-18 at Dodge City.
As expected, the competition was tough when all 12 teams in the league came together.
Members of the WKSC are Great Bend, Hays, Dodge City, Liberal, Garden City, Dumas (Tex.), Spearman (Tex.), Ulysses, Guymon (Okla.), Lakin, Leoti and Scott City.
Capturing a club championship was the Scott City 100m medley relay team in the eight-years and under division. Posting a time of 1:51.65 were Brooke Hoeme, Piper Wasinger, Madison Shapland and Jacy Rose.
The Lady Stars grabbed nine silver medals - five of those in the relays.
The gold medal relay team added a runner-up finish in the 100m freestyle (1:34.95).
In the 9-10-year-old division, the relay team of Kylee Trout, Rachel Fisher, Makaela Stevens and Jordan Miller were runners-up in the 200m freestyle (2:45.02) and the 200m medley (3:29.13).
Scott City also won a pair of relay silver medals in the 13-14-year-old division. The team of Krissa Dearden, Reagan Smyth, Cassidy Hornbostel and Christina Rosenlund was a runner-up in the 200m freestyle (2:24.36) and the 200m medley (2:51.77).

Wasinger was an individual silver medalist in the 50m freestyle (46.85) and the 25m breaststroke (26.43). She was also a third place finisher in the 100m freestyle (1:49.02).
Shapland matched that performance with a pair of silver medals in the 25m freestyle (19.21) and the 25m butterfly (23.24).
Trout was a bronze medalist in the 200m freestyle (3:19.77) while Rosenlund was third in the 100m backstroke (1:25).
In the boy’s division, Alex Swan was the top individual performer with a third place finish in the 15-years and older 50m freestyle (28.82).
In the 11-12-year-old division, the Stars were third in the 200m freestyle relay (2:46.32). Members of the team were Kyle Cure, Nick Storm, Chase Rumford and Dylan Hutchins.