Junior Alaura Rehwaldt, sophomore Peyton Koukides, and junior Jaden Pocock each won two individual events and were part of at least one victorious relay team as Byron-Bergen/Leroy swept Oakfield-Alabama 66-24 and 54-34 in girls and boys swimming respectively.
Rehwaldt won the 200-individual medley in 2:36.48 and the 100-freestyle by over 18 seconds in 1:00.99 and, with sophomores Jorie Strzelecki, Koukides and Grace Shepard, took the 400-freestyle relay in 4:17.51.
Koukides touched first in the 200-freestyle in 2:11.68 and the 100-breaststroke in 1:20.63 while Strzelecki won the 100-backstroke in 1:09.94. Eighth-grader Natalee Shepard easily won the 50-freestyle in :27.93 – just over four seconds faster than her closest competitor – and freshman Leyna Wheeler was tops in the 500-freestyle in 6:39.39.
The Shepards, Wheeler, and senior Emily Gonyea won the 200-freestyle relay in 2:05.51 while the young squad of freshmen Cassidy Ball, Emma Hobart, Julia Will and eighth-grader Emma Starowitz opened the meet taking the 200-medley relay in 2:06.09.
For the boys, Pocock won the 200-freestyle in 2:12:00 and the 500-freestyle in 6:11.41, and was part of the winning 400-freestyle relay team with senior Sam Austin, sophomore Jackson Locke, and freshman Aiden Soggs in 4:23.46. He also teamed with Locke and sophomores Brett Babcock and Brady Fix to take the 200-freestyle relay in 1:50.32.
Locke also finished first in the 100-breaststroke in 1:18.24, Fix the 50-freestyle in :25.57, and Babcock the 100-freestyle in 1:07.56. Junior Isaiah Merrell touched the wall first in the 200-individual medley in 2:55.36.
