The Valley Swim Team, a co-op of boys swimmers from Appleton West, Kimberly, Kaukauna and Hortonville high schools. (Submitted photo)

Valley Swim Team wins four events, takes second, Appleton North/East places third at Terror Relays

December 15, 2024 plecker

AppletonSportsPage.com

APPLETON – The Valley Swim Team, a co-op of boys swimmers from Appleton West, Kimberly, Kaukauna and Hortonville high schools, won four events and finished second at its home Terror Relays on Saturday at Appleton West High School.

Neenah won the team title with 296 points, with the Valley Swim Team second with 272 and Appleton North/East third with 218 at the six-team, all-relay meet.

Valley Swim Team won the diving competition with 164.2 points, and also took first in the 300-meter backstroke relay in 3:12.39, the 200 breatstroke/butterfly relay in 2:00.38, and the 300 individual medley relay in 3:08.81.

North/East did not win a race, but had runnerup finishes in the 200 medley relay (2:05.15) and the 100 medley relay (1:11.82).

The Valley Swim Team will host a Fox Valley Association dual against Oshkosh West on Tuesday at Appleton West High School, while Appleton North/East will travel to Oshkosh West to take on Oshkosh North/Lourdes in a dual.

Terror Relays
Dec. 14, at Appleton West High School
Team scores: 1. Neenah 296; 2. Valley Swim Team 272; 3. Appleton North/East 218; 4. Shawano/Seymour 154; 5. Oshkosh West 150; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 146.
Winners, and Valley Swim Team and Appleton North/East finishers
Diving: 1. Valley Swim Team 164.2; 2. Appleton North/East 61.
100 freestyle relay: 1. Neenah (Austin Pierstorff, Joseph Van Handel, Seth Johnson, Jacob Reckner) 56.57; 3. Appleton North/East (Fintan McGovern, Akhil Maheshwari, Cam Gabbey, Sean Clemens) 59.93; 4. Valley Swim Team (Nathan McCollum, Eli Rayer, Tyler Jossie, Ian Espinoza Moreno) 1:02.15.
200 medley relay: 1. Neenah (Drew Gaerthofner, Tanner Trustem, Julian Kuehn, Burke Wendell) 1:50.99; 2. Appleton North/East (Sebastian Brown, Cal Woreck, Cash Braun, Arthur Skorr) 2:05.15; 3. Valley Swim Team (Emerson Middendorp, Ethan Shalkhauser, Ethan Bruce, Hugo Campins) 2:13.09.
500 crescendo freestyle: 1. Oshkosh West (George Suwalski, Logan Auxier, Carter Crowe, Caleb Bergin) 5:27.42; 3. Valley Swim Team (McCollum, Rayer, Max Baade, Shalkhauser) 5:57.06; 4. Appleton North/East (Ancel Kelbert, Esteban Medina, Ryan Campana, Mats Ridlehoover) 6:01.77.
300 backstroke relay: 1. Valley Swim Team (Tyler VanGompel, Ethan Pasholk, Middendorp) 3:12.39; 3. Appleton North/East (Braun, Brown, Skorr) 3:40.06.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Neenah (Trustem, Joshua Youngwerth, Gideon Benner, Kuehn) 3:56.97; 2. Valley Swim Team (Campins, Rayer, Baade, Shalkhauser) 4:42.30; 3. Appleton North/East (Kelbert, McGovern, Gabbey, Medina) 4:46.78.
200 breaststroke/butterfly relay: 1. Valley Swim Team (Hayden Hollenbeck, Bruce, Pasholk, VanGompel) 2:00.38; 3. Appleton North/East (Hindman, Ridlehoover, Campana, Brown) 2:23.98.
400 medley relay: 1. Neenah (Ryker Zarda, Wendell, Rylan Mendoza, Gage Jensen) 4:40.32; 3. Appleton North/East (Skorr, Woreck, Braun, Kelbert) 4:50.34.
300 individual medley relay: 1. Valley Swim Team (VanGompel, Pasholk, Hollenbeck) 3:08.81.
200 t-shirt free relay: 1. Neenah (Youngwirth, Kuehn, Mendoza, Gaerthofner) 2:15.99; 2. Valley Swim Team (Middendorp, Bruce, Baade) 2:20.67; 3. Appleton North/East (Gabbey, Woreck, Ridlehoover, Campana) 2:32.60.
100 medley relay: 1. Neenah (Owen Klawikowski, Crawford Pfeifle, Austin Pierstorff, Jacob Reckner) 1:07.00; 2. Appleton North/East (Mason Bernhardt, Clemens, Maheshwari, Hindman) 1:11.82; 4. Valley Swim Team (Campins, McCollum, Jossie, Espinoza Moreno) 1:13.41.