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The Davie swim teams easily took care of business against Oak Grove on Nov. 22. Davie finished first in 16 events to win both meets.
“We worked on a lot of ‘little things’ this week, trying to get them to understand that the little things matter,” coach Tak Hirata said. “In fact, each race is made up of all of those little things put together. They performed very well and had some amazing individual swims. They cheered their hearts out for their teammates; I wouldn’t be surprised if many of them were a little hoarse (the next day). They had a good few days of practice leading up to the meet and had a great pre-meet team dinner arranged by our wonderful, supportive families the night before, and they came in with a positive attitude and energized. They swam very disciplined, and as a team swam a much more technically sound meet compared to the season opener. We were excited to see them achieve some personal-best times and having fun doing so. Overall all the coaches were happy to see them perform so well, and they are growing together well as a team.”
On the girls’ side, Davie smoked the Grizzlies with 10 first places. Individually, there were three double winners: Emory Butler (200 free at 2:15.58 and 100 free at 1:01.06), Skylar Zuleger (200 IM at 2:17.86 and 500 free at 5:31.15) and Sarah Rajacich (100 butterfly at 1:12.80 and 100 backstroke at 1:14.17). Samara McDaniel won the 50 free at 28.97.
The Davie girls swept the relays. The foursomes were Butler, Zuleger, Rajacich and McDaniel in the 200 medley relay (2:03.92); Butler, Rajacich, McDaniel and Zuleger in the 200 free (1:53.71); and Olivia Dufur, Kayden Richardson, Lily Wright and Addy Buchanan in the 400 free (4:43.49).
Individually, the Davie boys had two wins apiece from Zach Hirata (50 free at 23.55 and 100 fly at 54.91) and Logan Zuleger (100 free at 57.28 and 100 breast at 1:10.43). In the butterfly, Hirata picked up his second automatic regional qualification.
Xaiden Groff won the 100 back at 1:08.87, and Hirata, Zuleger, Groff and Josh McBride took the 200 medley relay at 1:51.54.
“Xaiden, who dropped over 19 seconds in two events combined, Marion Shelton and Alex York achieved personal bests in both individual events with some great margins, and Luke Wollner dropped his best 500 time by over a minute (64.99 seconds),” coach Hirata said. “ A lot of swimmers achieved a personal best in events they didn’t think they could swim, and many of them also swam events that they’ve not swam before – ever. I always tell them that we trust them and if we’ve put them in the race, it’s because we trust that they can not only do it but do well in it.”