BOYS SWIMMING ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
JONATHAN MILLER
BOYS SWIMMING ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Ottumwa
Miller carried the program record for the lowest time in the 100-yard breaststroke, ultimately winding up with a state medal in the event finishing eighth overall in 57.69 seconds after posting a time of 57.45 in the state preliminary race. Miller posted a pair of top-10 individual finishes at state for Ottumwa, narrowly missing out on the podium in the 100-yard freestyle after a swim of 47.08 seconds in Friday ' s preliminary race. Miller came back to win the consolation heat on Saturday, finishing ninth overall with a career-best time of 46.9.
COOPER RUPPRECHT
ASHTON GEVOCK
OTTUMWA
Oskaloosa
Rupprecht earned himself a trip to the state swim meet after finishing third in the 100 Breaststroke at 1:01.49. He also made the podium at the district meet in the 400 Freestyle Relay, which took sixth at 3:41.87. Rupprecht later competed at state where he finished 23rd in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:02.00.
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Gevock came within a second of earning breaking the program record in the 200-yard individual medley after setting the program record in the 100-yard breaststroke. Gevock earned state medals in both races, finishing seventh in the state finals after posting a 57.1-second swim in the state preliminaries. Gevock finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:54.27 after posting a preliminary time of 1:54.22.