Swim club attends November Rain meet for first time in three years

The Wrangell Swim Club traveled to Petersburg to compete in the November Rain swim meet on Nov. 11 to 13. It was the first time since 2019 the club has competed in the meet.

Club coach Jamie Roberts said the team didn't compete the past two years due to COVID-19. This year's team included 19 swimmers, of which 12 were at their first meet.

Swim clubs from all over Southeast competed at the event, and Wrangell's swimmers competed in 146 individual races, which included 83 first-time swims with 24 personal bests and seven relay races. Recent Southeast high school regional champion Jack Roberts won eight first-place finishes.

Jamie Roberts was joined by parks and recreation department director Kate Thomas, who helped out on deck. The team was cheered on by several parents and other family members who made the trip, Roberts said.

Competition rules are different for swim clubs as opposed to high school meets.

"All swimmers aged 13 and older can only compete in the open category," Roberts said. "However, any age swimmer can participate in the open category. Younger swimmers often compete in their age group and also in the open category in order to increase their opportunities to swim."

Roberts said results for the open category rank all swimmers together, regardless of their age.

Results

Girls 8 and under 50-yard backstroke: Hailey Gablehouse, third place (56.82).

Girls 10 and under 50-yard freestyle: Lily Stearns, eighth place (39.32); Baylee Daugherty, 13th place (44.23); Hailey Gablehouse, 16th place (52.29); Brooke Ostrander, 17th place (52.73); Piper Buness, 18th place (53.70); Mariah Carney, 20th place (1:02.03).

Boys 10 and under 50-yard freestyle: Seth McMaster, ninth place (50.88), Ethan Whitaker, 10th place (52.02), Chandler Roane, 13th place (1:06.32).

Girls 10 and under 100-yard freestyle: Baylee Daugherty, 13th place (1:55.79); Brooke Ostrander, 15th place (2:00.34); Hailey Gablehouse, 16th place (2:02.69); Piper Buness, 17th place (2:09.30); Mariah Carney 18th place (2:21.47).

Boys 10 and under 100-yard freestyle: Seth McMaster, 11th place (2:06.16); Ethan Whitaker, 12th place (2:08.39); Chandler Roane, 13th place (2:41.07).

Girls 10 and under 200-yard freestyle: Baylee Daugherty, seventh place (3:58.90); Hailey Gablehouse, eighth place (4:17.53); Brooke Ostrander, 10th place (4:42.99); Mariah Carney, 11th place (5:03.92).

Boys 10 and under 200-yard freestyle: Seth McMaster, seventh place (4:17.26); Ethan Whitaker, ninth place (4:55.12); Chandler Roane, 10th place (6:23.88).

Girls 10 and under 50-yard backstroke: Hailey Gablehouse, ninth place (59.84); Baylee Daugherty, 10th place (1:00.54); Brooke Ostrander, 13th place (1:05.99); Piper Buness, 14th place (1:07.89); Mariah Carney 15th place (1:11.78).

Boys 10 and under 50-yard backstroke: Seth McMaster, seventh place (1:04.74); Chandler Roane, eighth place (1:28.23).

Girls 10 and under 100-yard backstroke: Brooke Ostrander, 10th place (2:07.21); Baylee Daugherty, 12th place (2:10.14); Mariah Carney, 13th place (2:24.45); Piper Buness, 14th place (2:52.77).

Boys 10 and under 100-yard backstroke: Ethan Whitaker, sixth place (2:06.80); Chandler Roane, seventh place (2:59.62).

Girls 10 and under 50-yard breaststroke: Lily Stearns, fourth place (49.37); Mariah Carney, 14th place (1:12.25); Brooke Ostrander, 16th place (1:14.70).

Girls 10 and under 100-yard breaststroke: Brooke Ostrander, ninth place (2:34.90); Mariah Carney, 10th place (2:43.87).

Girls 11-12 50-yard freestyle: Arabella Nore, 10th place (37.55); Stella Buness, 11th place (38.38); Clara Carney, 12th place (39.29); Claire Rooney, 15th place (46.25); Ayla Harris, 16th place (47.99); Delilah Roane, 17th place (55.78).

Boys 11-12 50-yard freestyle: Tommy Rohr-Wickman, second place (33.17).

Girls 11-12 100-yard freestyle: Arabella Nore, 13th place (1:30.63); Stella Buness, 14th place (1:33.62); Clara Carney, 16th place (1:43.72); Ayla Harris, 17th place (1:49.66); Delilah Roane, 18th place (2:18.11).

Boys 11-12 100-yard freestyle: Tommy Rohr-Wickman, fourth place (1:22.15).

Girls 11-12 200-yard freestyle: Arabella Nore, eighth place (3:14.92); Stella Buness, 11th place (3:18.28); Clara Carney, 12th place (3:22.23); Claire Rooney, 13th place (3:48.40); Delilah Roane, 14th place (4:48.52).

Boys 11-12 200-yard freestyle: Tommy Rohr-Wickman, fifth place (2:55.64).

Girls 11-12 50-yard backstroke: Stella Buness, fifth place (51.20); Arabella Nore, seventh place (54.47); Ayla Harris, eighth place (56.58); Claire Rooney, ninth place (56.70); Delilah Roane, 10th place (1:02.26).

Girls 11-12 100-yard backstroke: Stella Buness, ninth place (1:51.67); Ayla Harris, 10th place (1:56.68); Arabella Nore, 11th place (1:58.68); Clara Carney, 12th place (2:01.89); Claire Rooney, 13th place (2:07.20); Delilah Roane, 14th place (2:25.35).

Boys 11-12 100-yard backstroke: Tommy Rohr-Wickman, fourth place (1:36.40).

Girls 11-12 100-yard breaststroke: Clara Carney, 10th place (1:54.78).

Girls 11-12 50-yard butterfly: Arabella Nore, eighth place (48.58); Clara Carney, 11th place (59.62); Stella Buness, 12th place (1:01.59); Ayla Harris, 13th place (1:09.60); Claire Rooney, 14th place (1:16.34).

Girls 11-12 100-yard individual medley: Arabella Nore, 11th place (1:50.83); Claire Rooney, 12th place (2:21.60).

Boys 11 and over 200-yard individual medley: Jack Roberts, first place (2:13.33).

Boys 11 and over 500-yard freestyle: Jack Roberts, first place (5:41.29); Nate Rooney, seventh place (6:31.05); Tommy Rohr-Wickman, 12th place (8:34.46).

Girls 12 and under 200-yard freestyle relay: Wrangell A (Clara Carney, Stella Buness, Arabella Nore, Baylee Daugherty), fourth place (2:57.68); Wrangell B (Claire Rooney, Ayla Harris, Hailey Gablehouse, Brooke Ostrander), fifth place (3:36.29).

Girls open 50-yard freestyle: Claire Rooney, 18th place (50.55); Piper Buness, 19th place (51.15); Baylee Daugherty, 20th place (53.67); Brooke Ostrander, 21st place (54.76); Mariah Carney 23rd place (1:03.55).

Boys open 50-yard freestyle: Jack Roberts, first place (23.22); Nate Stearns, sixth place (28.20); Marcus Ostrander, 12th place (47.26); Ethan Whitaker, 13th place (51.47); Seth McMaster, 14th place (56.41); Chandler Roane, 15th place (1:11.01).

Girls open 100-yard freestyle: Lily Stearns, 20th place (1:30.21); Claire Rooney, 23rd place (1:46.25); Baylee Daugherty, 24th place (1:55.93); Delilah Roane, 26th place (2:15.00).

Boys open 100-yard freestyle: Tommy Rohr-Wickman, 11th place (1:26.72); Marcus Ostrander, 13th place (1:51.74); Ethan Whitaker, 14th place (1:53.42); Seth McMaster, 15th place (2:03.82); Chandler Roane, 17th place (2:49.20).

Boys open 200-yard freestyle: Jack Roberts, first place (2:00.33); Nate Rooney, fifth place (2:24.06).

Boys open 100-yard backstroke: Jack Roberts, first place (1:01.03); Nate Rooney, fourth place (1:20.17).

Boys open 200-yard backstroke: Jack Roberts, second place (2:25.17); Nate Rooney, fifth place (2:57.63).

Boys open 100-yard breaststroke: Jack Roberts, first place (1:04.78); Nate Rooney, fifth place (1:26.87).

Boys open 200-yard breaststroke: Jack Roberts, first place (2:30.38); Nate Rooney, fourth place (3:16.90).

Boys open 100-yard butterfly: Jack Roberts, first place (56.57).

Boys open 200-yard butterfly: Jack Roberts, first place (2:45.50).

Boys open 400-yd individual medley: Jack Roberts, first place (4:57.23).

Boys open 200-yard freestyle relay: Jack Roberts, Nate Rooney, Marcus Ostrander and Tommy Wickman, second place (2:18.23).