Red Tide Continues Winning Streak

Effingham's Olivia Copple swims freestyle.

The Effingham Red Tide Swim continued their winning streak on Saturday defeating Tuscola 860 to 178. The Red Tide will swim again on July 16 against the Sholem Sharks in Champaign. This will be the last regular swim meet of the season before conference. The Red Tide remain undefeated so far this season.

Results are:

Girls 6 & Under:
Cece Passalacqua – 1st Freestyle, 2nd Backstroke
Ryannn Levin – 2nd Freestyle, 1st Backstroke
Lydia Aldrich – 3rd Freestyle, 3rd Backstroke
Liv Buehnerkemper – 4th Freestyle

Boys 6 & Under:
Gage Kinder – 1st Freestyle, 2nd Backstroke
Daniel Ramos – 2nd Freestyle, 1st Backstroke
Keaton Kellams – 3rd Freestyle, 3rd Backstroke

Girls 8 & Under:
Allie Wilhelms – 1st IM, 1st 25 Freestyle, 1st Backstroke
Isabella Keller  – 2nd IM, 3rd Breaststroke, 4th Backstroke
Rowan King – 2nd Freestyle, 3rd Butterfly, 2nd Backstroke
Elizabeth Hirtzel – 3rd Freestyle, 6th Breaststroke, 6th Backstroke
Kaylee Sparks – 4th Freestyle, 4th Butterfly, 9th Backstroke
Mcxene Ponce – 5th Freestyle, 7th Breaststroke, 10th Backstroke
Ellyana Robison – 6th Freestyle, 9th Breaststroke, 13th Backstroke
Veronica Sudkamp – 6th Freestyle, 11th Breaststroke, 12th Backstroke
Gracie Slifer – 1st 50 Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke, 1st Butterfly
Avery Aldrich – 2nd 50 Freestyle, 4th Breaststroke, 3rd Backstroke
Mollie Slifer – 2nd Breaststroke, 5th Backstroke
Allison Kroenlein –  5th Breaststroke, 2nd Butterfly, 7th Backstroke
Reese Wendling – 8th Breaststroke, 8th Backstroke
Ryan Levin – 10th Breaststroke

Boys 8 & Under:
Juluis Ramos – 1st Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke, 1st Backstroke
Gabe Huebner – 3rd Freestyle, 3rd Backstroke
Brady Wilson – 1st 50 Freestyle, 2nd Breaststroke, 1st Butterfly
Gage Kinder – 3rd Breaststroke

Girls 10 & Under:
Olivia Copple – 1st IM, 2nd Breaststroke, 1st Breaststroke
Ella Niebrugge – 1st Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke, 1st Backstroke
Sarah Hirtzel – 2nd Freestyle, 3rd Breaststroke, 2nd Backstroke
Kaitlyn Budde – 4th Freestyle, 4th Breaststroke, 3rd Backstroke
Chloe Wells – 5th Freestyle, 1st Butterfly, 5th Backstroke
Sophia Seagle – 9th Freestyle, 6th Breaststroke, 6th Backstroke

Boys 10 & Under:
Aiden Braunecker – 1st IM, 1st Breaststroke, 1st Butterfly
Patrick Ciorna – 2nd IM, 2nd Freestyle, 2nd Breaststroke
Tyler Sparks – 1st Freestyle, 2nd Butterfly, 1st Backstroke
Landon Wallace – 3rd Freestyle, 5th Breaststroke, 2nd Backstroke
Quinten Lockhart – 4th Freestyle, 3rd Backstroke
Calvin Sudkamp – 5th Freestyle, 3rd Breaststroke
Zack Rodman – 6th Freestyle, 5th Breaststroke, 4th Backstroke
Mac Levin – 7th Freestyle, 4th Breaststroke
Weldon Dunston IV – 8th Freestyle

Girls 12 & Under:
Alex Ciorna – 1st IM, Breaststroke, 2nd Freestyle, 1st Backstroke
Juls Harden – 2nd IM, 1st Freestyle, 1st Butterfly
Elise Passalacqua – 3rd IM, 1st Breaststroke, 3rd Butterfly
Anna Hirtzel – 5th IM, 6th Freestyle, 3rd Backstroke
Julia Kinder – 6th IM, 7th Freestyle, 4th Breaststroke
Bridget Sudkamp – 7th IM, 11th Freestyle, 7th Backstroke
Stella Passalacqua – 4th Freestyle, 2nd Butterfly, 2nd Backstroke
Ava King – 5th Freestyle, 3rd Breaststroke
Ellie Tegenkamp Vahling – 8th Freestyle, 5th Backstroke
Lacey Osborne – 9th Freestyle, 6th Backstroke
Cadence Florida – 10th Freestyle, 5th Breaststroke, 4th Backstroke
Ashley Dorris – 12th Freestyle, 6th Breaststroke, 8th Backstroke

Boys 12 & Under:
Eli Aden – 1st Freestyle, 1st Butterfly, 1st Backstroke
Giovanni Buccio – 3rd Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke, 3rd Backstroke
Andrew Hopper – 4th Freestyle, 2nd Breaststroke, 4th Backstroke

Girls 14 & Under:
Laurel Hirtzel – 1st IM, 6th Freestyle, 3rd Backstroke
Katie Carie – 2nd IM, 5th Freestyle, 4th Butterfly
Claire Sudkamp – 3rd IM, 9th Freestyle, 3rd Breaststroke
Nikki Lee – 1st Freestyle, 1st Butterfly, 1st Backstroke
Ellie Waymoth – 2nd Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke, 5th Butterfly
Caroline McDevitt – 3rd Freestyle, 2nd Butterfly
Olivia Eckhardt – 4th Freestyle, 3rd Butterfly, 2nd Backstroke
Payton Budde – 8th Freestyle, 4th Breaststroke, 4th Backstroke

Boys 14 & Under:
Seth McMurray – 1st IM, 4th Freestyle, 3rd Backstroke
Austin Huebner – 1st Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke, 1st Backstroke
Aiden Lockhart – 2nd Freestyle, 2nd Butterfly
Eli Copple – 5th Freestyle, 7th Breaststroke
Tom Unkraut – 6th Freestyle, 2nd Breaststroke, 4th Backstroke
Will Unkraut – 7th Freestyle, 3rd Breaststroke, 6th Backstroke

Girls 18 & Under:
Paige Brown – 1st IM, 2nd Breaststroke, 4th Butterfly
Brooke Stuckemeyer – 1st Freestyle, 1st Butterfly, 1st Backstroke
Emma Pitcher – 2nd Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke, 3rd Butterfly
Anna Sophia Keller – 3rd Freestyle, 2nd Backstroke
Karoline Pitcher – 5th Freestyle, 5th Butterfly
Keira Hirtzel – 6th Freestyle, 4th Breaststroke, 3rd Backstroke

Boys 18 & Under:
Gavin Braunecker – 1st IM, 1st Butterfly, 1st Backstroke
Ian Copple – 2nd IM, 1st Freestyle, 1st Breaststroke
Trent Pearcy – 2nd Freestyle, 2nd Breaststroke, 2nd Backstroke

Effingham swimmers getting ready for backstroke include Lydia Aldrich, Ryann Levin, Cece Passalacqua, Liv Buehnerkemper and Keaton Kellams.