Jacob Ortwein Sets New School Record at State!

Lakota West Swimming State Results:

* New Team Records

Good Luck to our Lakota West Swim State Qualifiers. #StateBound#AAGF https://t.co/vnoogTnu6C pic.twitter.com/w98Z9pVFQr

— Scott Kaufman (@LakotaWestAD) February 20, 2020

Ashley Fryer(17th 200 Free, 22nd 500 Free)
Paige Striley(9th 200 IM, 9th 100 Free)

Finishing 9th in the 100 Freestyle, Lakota West’s Paige Striley. #WEareLakota #WEareLakotaSwimming pic.twitter.com/7AMvo7rJNJ

— Richard Hamilton (@RHamilton75) February 22, 2020

Carol Rice(24th 200 IM)
Girls 200 Medley Relay 17th (Grace Glosson, Carol Rice, Paige Striley, Molly Fisher)

In the 200 IM; Paige Striley (LW) finishes 9th, Tara Witkowski (LE) finishes 11th & Elizabeth Jantausch (LE) finches in 12th place. #WEareLakota #WEareLakotaSwimming pic.twitter.com/QTvVOwXOD3

— Richard Hamilton (@RHamilton75) February 22, 2020

Girls 200 Free Relay DQ (Molly Fisher, Sarah Glosson, Ashley Fryer, Paige Striley)
Girls 400 Free Relay 23rd (Ashley Fryer, Sarah Glosson, Reagan Manning, Carol Rice)

* Jacob Ortwein( 8th 500 Free)

Ortwein set the school record in the 500 yard free style prelims to make it into the eight person finals.  He was the only West swimmer to make the finals this year. Jakes new Lakota West record  time is 4:33.20 which tops the old mark of 4:33.40  set by Bryan McNamara seven years ago.

Jacob McDonald from Lakota East wins his second event. He finishes 1st in the 500 Freestyle while Lakota West’s Jake Ortwein finishes in 8th place. 💪#WEareLakota #WEareLakotaSwimming pic.twitter.com/bTxAQZ4aBG

— Richard Hamilton (@RHamilton75) February 22, 2020

West Girls Finish 29th in the state compared to 14th in 2019.
West Boys Finish 33rd in the State compared to 44th in 2019.