Submitted by VHS Swim Coach
The VHS swimmers traveled to Fairbanks this weekend to swim in the Lathrop Invite for the first meet of the season. The two meets resulted in Valdez coming in third in the combined team scores, women’s team rankings and men’s team rankings for each day.
Senior Joslyn Unger swam the 100 yd breaststroke in a 1:30 and 1:29 earning 3rd and 4th place respectively.
Junior Garret Sutton swam the 50 yd freestyle in 29.3 secs earning 2nd place. He also swam the 500 freestyle in 7:11 landing him 1st place on Saturday.
Junior Makena Winser swam the 500 yd freestyle in 6:48 earning her 2nd place and swam the 200 yd IM in 2:48 earning her 4th place.
First time swimmer, Junior Jackson Vincent swam the 50 yd freestyle in 33.62 on Friday and 33.57 on Saturday setting PRs back to back. He also saw a 100 yd freestyle in 1:17, earning 6th place.
Freshman Welsey Sheridan got 1st place in the 100 yd breaststroke with a time of 1:17 on Friday and Saturday got 1st place in the 50 yd freestyle with a time of 28.06.
Former VHS swimmers and alumni were in the stands both days cheering on the swimmers. All swimmers are looking forward to shaving time of the first meet results and are especially looking forward to hosting the Valdez Invite in 2 weeks.