Whitefish Bay Masters Swimmers Golden at Winter Short Course Meters State Championships

The Whitefish Bay Masters Swim won club/workout group championship of the State SCM (25m pool) championship in West Bend on December 7, 2013. Whitefish Bay had 348 overall points to the Elmbrook Masters 276 and Walter Schroeder YMCA 171 points. Whitefish Bay Masters Women also were the best group. They accumulated 227 points to second place Elmbrook Masters 186. Whitefish Bay Masters men were 4th behind Schroeder, Elmbrook  and Libertyville (IL)Masters.

The WFB masters set 6 individual State records:

In the Women’s 18-24 age group Molly Woodford crushed the records in both the 200m free and the 100m Butterfly.

Women’s 50-54 Karen Kimple destroyed the record in the 400m Individual Medley.

The men’s 30-34 had Mike Bentley solidly breaking the records in the 400m Individual Medley and the 200m free.

Coach Dave Clark set the record in the 200m Breast for the men’s 55-59 age group to round out the individual records.

The team also set 4 relay records and aided in setting 2 additional records:

Women’s 100-119 (combined ages of relay members) 800m Free relay of Sonja Johanssen, Sarah Milia, Molly Woodford and Cassie McCauley

Mixed (2 women/2 men) 160-199 800m free relay of Linda Fitzgerald, Katy Sommer, Jeff Rogers and Dan DeWeerdt

Mixed 200-239 400m free relay Dave Drury, Clark, Karen Kimple and Linda Fitzgerald

Mixed 200-239 800m free relay of Dave Drury, Dave Clark, Karen Kimple and Debbie Katzman

3 of our WFB masters Christina Balcer, Carly Meuer and Mike Bently combined with one of the WI Masters swimmer Carl Kaiser to set  records in the 72-100 mixed 400m and  800m Free relays.

Event winners for the Masters team were:

Sonja Johansson Women’s 18-24 100m free

Molly Woodford Women’s 18-24 200m Free, 1500m free, 200m back and 100m fly

Cassie McCauleyWomen’s  35-39 100m free and 200m breast

Linda Fitzgerald Women’s 40-44 200m free

Katy Sommer Women’s 40-44 200m Back and 200m IM

Debbie Katzman Women’s 45-49 200m fly

Mike Bentley Men’s 30-34 200m IM, 400m IM and 200 free

Dave Clark Men’s 55-59 200m breast and 1500m free

All the previously mentioned relays

The Women’s 100-119 400m free relay Sonja Johansson, Cassie McCauley,Sarah  Milia, Molly Woodford

Finishing second for the masters group:

Christina Balcer Women’s 18-24 100m free

Sonja Johansson Women’s 18-24 200m free

Linda Fitzgerald Women’s 40-44 50m fly

Renee Scherck-Meyer Women’s 44-49 50m breast

Jeff Rogers Men’s 35-39 50m free and 100m IM

Mixed 200-239 800m free relay Rich Weiner, Mark Meyer, Renee Scherck-Meyer, Cheryl Drury

Third place were:

Christina Balcer Women’s 18-24 200m free

Cheryl Drury Women’s 50-54 50m back and 200m free

Dan DeWeerdt Men’s 45-49 50m free and 100m free

National and worlds rankings for the above events will come out in April.