Athletes of Meet - Conferences

Congratulations to Kyle Wu and Madeline LaPorte for being named athletes of the meet for conferences this weekend.

Kyle earned this honor not only for his performance tonight but his continued success and hard work throughout the season. Kyle finished 3rd in the 200 IM and 2nd in the 500 (though he touched first). Kyle continues to enjoy one of the most successful freshman seasons in quite some time at Madison.

Madeline is athlete of the meet because of her extraordinary performance tonight in all of her events. She broke the school record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.19 and the school record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 57.71. The previous 200 IM record was set in 1995 while Madeline's time in the 100 back is not only a team record but a conference record as well. Madeline also posted her fastest split ever in the 400 freestyle relay.

There were a number of other athletes who had very successful performances at conferences this year, including:

1. Calle Biles -- Calle had another successful conference meet. She dropped three seconds in the 200 freestyle and two seconds in the 100 butterfly tonight. Calle seems to always have her best swims at conferences. Her consistency will definitely be missed next season when she graduates.
2. Abraham Zimmerman -- Abraham continued his strong season with season-best times in the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle. His split in the 400 freestyle relay helped ensure that he had his teammates easily earned a state cut in the event.
3. Jackson Ayers -- Jackson earned his first-ever trip to regions this weekend by finishing sixth in the 50 freestyle. His time of 22.90 is the first of what will (hopefully) be many sub-23 sims in the event.
4. Mallory Dyson -- Mallory set a personal best in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.79, which was nearly a full second faster than her previous best. She followed that time up with another 54 as the lead-off leg in the 400 freestyle relay.
5. Patrick Kuhlkin -- Patrick had season-best times in the both the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke. He dropped a second in both events. He earned a spot at regions in the breaststroke as well.
6. Anna Miller -- Anna also had personal-best times in both of her individual events. She dropped 1.5 seconds in the fly while shedding nearly a full second in the breaststroke.
7. Sidney Miralao -- Sidney had a season-best swim in the 100 butterfly, dropping more than 1.5 seconds in the process. Her 50 freestyle time was also a season-best time. Tonight was easily the best meet she has ever had as a Warhawk.
8. Greta Westfall -- Greta is another swimmer who posted season-best times in both of her events. In the 100 freestyle she broke the one-minute mark for the first time with a time of 59.39. Her time in the 100 backstroke was 3 seconds faster than her previous season-best time. Because of her time drop in the back she managed to move up 4 spots from her seed and earn points for the team.
9. Jean-Claude Guill -- Jean-Claude closed out his career at Madison with two season-best times in the 100 fly and 100 backstroke. Jean-Claude's leadership and hard work were examples all season of what it takes to be successful. And tonight his times showed what swimmers can expect when they challenge themselves on a daily basis.
10. Karyss Gordon -- Karyss had a successful meet tonight as well. She dropped time in both the 100 fly and 100 backstroke tonight, posting her best times as a Warhawk.
11. Greg Duncan -- Greg finished second in the diving competition, his first as a Warhawk.