Iola-Scandy swimmers wrap up season

The Wausau Tide won the meet, followed by I-S, Wittenberg, Seymour, Shawano, Clintonville and Marathon.

"The Tide brought a strong team this year," coach Dick Wright said. "Our kids hung right there with them for the whole meet. They had a few more swimmers than we had and that made the difference."

Matthew Glodowski, Elisabeth Sullivan and Tayler Carlson led the 8-and-under group. Glodowski recorded seconds in the 25 backstroke and butterfly and thirds in the 25 and 50 freestyle; Sullivan took second in the 25 freestyle and backstroke and 50 freestyle; and Carlson added a second in the 25 breaststroke. Those three and Alexa Shulfer also won the medley relay.

Jessica Gutschow, Dylan Kostuch and Nathan and Nolan Struble led the 9-10 group. Gutschow won the 50 freestyle and added thirds in the 100 individual medley, 100 freestyle and 50 breaststroke; Kostuch won the boys' 50 breaststroke, took third in the 100 freestyle and added two other top-five finishes; Nathan Struble took second in the 50 breaststroke and third in the 50 butterfly; and Nolan Struble added fourths in the 50 breaststroke and 100 freestyle.

Ethan Olson and Daniel Parks led the 11-12 group. Olson took third in the 50 breaststroke and fourth in the 100 freestyle, while Parks won the 50 butterfly, took third in the 100 freestyle and placed fourth in the 50 backstroke and freestyle.

Ben Gutschow, Jacob Struble, Jessica Faldet and Haley Glass led the way for the 13-14 group. Gutschow won the 100 freestyle and 50 breaststroke and took second in the 50 freestyle and 100 IM; Struble added seconds in the 50 backstroke and breaststroke and 100 freestyle and took third in the 50 freestyle; Faldet took third in the 50 breaststroke; and Glass added a fourth in the 50 breaststroke.

John Faldet, Tyler Faldet, Zach Shulfer, Powers Spees and Morgan Glodowski led the 15-18 group. John Faldet won the 100 and 200 freestyle and the 100 IM and was second in the 50 freestyle; Tyler Faldet won the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke and took second in the 100 IM; Shulfer won the butterfly and breaststroke; Spees added seconds in the 100 and 200 freestyle and thirds in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke; and Glodowski recorded a second in the IM and fourths in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle.

Six of the T-Birds' nine relay teams also placed in the top three.

"Our kids finished the season with a very strong meet," Wright said. "This was a makeup meet that was canceled because of snow in mid-December and as a result, we were missing a couple of our top swimmers. We still almost won the meet with some great performances by a lot of kids. It was an excellent season."

John Faldet and Carlson shared Swimmer of the Meet honors.

The T-Birds will begin their summer season May 31. New swimmers ages 5-18 are always welcome.

Contact Wright at 715-258-2697 or the Iola-Scandinavia Community Fitness & Aquatic Center at 715-445-2411, ext. 317, for details.