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Bees recognize 11 seniors at home event

Bees recognize 11 seniors at home event

At its only home competition of the year, St. Ambrose recognized its 11 seniors. The Bees then went out and won their own Midwest Championships, defeating three other teams.

Those seniors - Keagan Dolphin, Justin Fales, David Hall, Noah Hoogestraat, Nathan Kuszynski, Taylor Madison, Nathan McClain, Alec Schanz, Shraddha Sudhir, Francesca Walker-Rozo and Laura Williams - are pictured above.

The St. Ambrose finished with 1599 points, easily outdistancing second-place Iowa Central, which had 798 points. Williams Baptist (425) took third and Iowa Lakes (158) finished fourth.

On the women's side, the Bees totaled 874 points. Iowa Central (581), Williams Baptist (404) and Iowa Lakes (88) rounded out the field.

Bethany Anderson won three individual events to lead the SAU women. She won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:01.93. She also took the 100-yard butterfly in 59.51 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 56.92 seconds. Kelly Baughman was runner-up to Anderson in both the 100 fly and 100 free, and Brooklyn Pottebaum was third in the 100 free.

Baughman also won two events. She took the 50-yard freestyle in 25.97 seconds with Audra Shoop finishing third. Baughman added a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.89.

Emily Hartman finished third behind Baughman in the 200 free. She was also second in the 400-yard individual medley and third in the 500-yard freestyle. Caitlin Pieroni took second in both the 200-yard IM and the 200-yard backstroke, and finished third in the 400 IM. Valentina Espinosa was third in the 100-yard breaststroke.

The Bees won four of the five relays. Shoop, Francesca-Walker Rozo, Shraddha Sudhir and Pottebaum won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:44.22. Baughman, Hartman, Anderson and Pottebaum took the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:50.38. The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Hartman, Anderson, Baughman and Delaney Janosek won with a time of 8:25.74.

Anderson, Espinosa, Baughman and Shoop won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:36.35, while Anderson, Espinosa, Baughman and Pottebaum were second in the 400-yard medley relay.

Rais Hassim won a pair of individual events for the St. Ambrose men. He took the 100-yard freestyle in 47.52 seconds. Teammates Ryan Warrick and Leo Edwards placed second and third, respectively. Hassim also won the 100-yard butterfly in 51.83 seconds, and was the runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley.

Harrison Shanklin won both diving events, taking the 1-meter event with a score of 187.85 and winning the 3-meter with a score of 181.40.

Caleb Gaylor, who placed third behind Hassim in the 100 fly, won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.21 seconds. Hassim was second and Reece Powell third. Nathan Kuszynski won the 500-yard freestyle. His time of 4:53.08 edged teammate Grant Nelson, who touched in 4:53.69. Kuszynski was second in the 400-yard individual medley and Garret Sims was third. Gabe Carlson won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:01.53 with Carmelo Patti II taking second. Carlson also took third in the 200 breast.

Quincy Walker and Ryan Joehl took second and third in the 100-yard backstroke. Joehl was second in the 200-yard backstroke with Sims taking third. Edwards and Justin Fales were second and third in the 200-yard freestyle. Fales was also runner-up in the 1650-yard freestyle. William Walker-Rozo took second in the 200-yard butterfly.

The SAU men also won all five relays.

Hassim, Petter Kolaas, Zac Robinson and Caleb Gaylor took the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:24.94. Warrick, Powell, Victor Del Rio Foces and Keagan Dolphin finished second. Gaylor, Del Rio Foces, Hassim and Edwards won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:06.68. Warrick, Joehl, Kolaas and Dolphin were second. Fales, Kuszynski, Edwards and Joehl combined for a time of 7:05.13 to win the 800-yard freestyle.

In the 200-yard medley relay, Walker, Carlson, Powell and Gaylor touched first in 1:34.90. Joehl, Patti, Hassim and Robinson placed second. And Joehl, Carlson, Hassim and Gaylor also won the 400-yard medley relay in 3:32.57.

Complete results are available here.