Nearly 100 Dragon Swimmers competed last Saturday at the 9th Annual Dragon Hunt Invitational Swim Meet against more than 250 other swimmers from 10 additional teams.
The Dragon Varsity teams won both team championships, while the Dragon JV teams finished 8th in the girls’ competition and the boys finished 9th, against the other varsity teams entered.
The main event of the Dragon Hunt meet is the awarding of “rubber chickens” to each heat winner. Every swimmer, not just the very fastest ones, has a chance to win a rubber chicken. Overall, 102 rubber chickens were awarded in individual races to the heat winners. The Dragons came away with 20 of those individual rubber chickens.
In addition, four rubber chickens were awarded to the four members of each relay team that finished first in their respective relay event. The Dragon swimmers won seven of the eight relays, taking home 28 of those 32 chickens awarded.
The Dragons’ next competition is Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Allen Natatorium vs. Allen HS and the Jesuit and Ursuline.
Individual rubber chicken winners for the Dragons included:
Jack LeVant 100 IM 55.27
Olivia Miller 200 IM 2:32.91
Chantal Meyer 200 IM 2:13.98
Haydn Dussetschleger 50 free 34.47
Carey McLean 50 free 29.51
Casey Rose 50 free 24.99
David Graham 50 free 25.39
Kamal Phelps 50 free 23.81
Anya Ittiruck 100 fly 59.78
Madelynn Tung 200 fly 2:11.23
Jack LeVant 200 fly 1:55.64
Taylor Venis 100 free 1:04.27
Lauren Clay 100 free 1:00.88
Brighton Sanders 100 free 59.26
Garrett Kuketz 100 free 1:05.33
Gavin Springs 100 free 51.79
Molly Warden 100 back 1:25.28
Kyle Derevyanik 100 back 55.72
Daniel Balint 100 breast 1:04.33
Chantal Meyer 200 breast 2;26.58
Rubber Chicken Relay winners included: (first place in the entire event)
200 med relay 1:55.64 with Nasha Luevit, Katie Nedrow, Anya Ittiruck and Jaycie Adamson
200 med relay 1:40.12 with Kyle Derevyanik, Evan Kolde, Jack LeVant and Griffin Rea
100 rubber chicken relay 58.01 with Katie Nedrow, Elizabeth Nguyen, Katelyn Johnson and Abby Cosenza
100 rubber chicken relay 50.23 with Michael Everett, Brandon Everett, Kyle McCall and Kamal Phelps
200 free relay 1:30.08 with jack LeVant, Gus Karau, Austin Whalen and Kyle McCall
400 free relay 3:43.14 with Jennifer Owston, Ashley Baker, Chantal Meyer and Jennifer Talbert
400 free relay 3:17.73 with Gus Karau, Griffin Rea, Austin Whalen and Brandon Everett