They're "Animals" at the Wild Hare 27th Annual Animal Meet!

Dec 27, 2008

The Canby Gators played host to 100 swimmers from Oregon and southwest Washington on December 27^th as the 27^th Annual Wild Hare Animal meet was at the Canby Swim Center. The 13 and Over swimmers swim the 400 IM, 200 Fly and the 1000 Free, while the 12 and under swimmers swim the 200 IM, 100 Fly and the 500 Free. The Canby Gators were well represented as they had 25 swimmers in the meet and had several swimmers in the top 10 with Noah Norris winning the 12 and under boys division.

The Gators had several top finishers in the Canby Wild Hare Animal Meet. Noah Norris finished first for the 12 and under boys. Ryan Cully finished 3^rd, Trystan Given was 9^th, Michael Haring was 10^th and Cole DeRisio was 12^th in the same age group. On the 12 and under girls side Veronica Norris finished 12^th for Canby and Dane Yu & Carson Manning finished in the top 30. The group was rounded out by a pair of 8 year-olds, Kaitlyn Hester and Madeline Meredith, swimming the meet for the first time.

Canby had many 13 and over swimmers in the meet. In the girls events Samantha Smith finished 3^rd and Brandi Beko finished in 5^th place. The next finishers for Canby were Anna Kralovec in 11^th, Krissy Peterson 12^th, and Kayley Guay in 13^th. Also swimming for the Gators on the girls side were: Carrie Kralovec, Alex Hendrick, Sara Scott, Leah Halderman, Kendra Olsen and Kylie Oster.

The Gator 13 and over boys finished with Tyson Polack in 4^th place, Michael Hargitt in 6^th, Luke Welle in 7^th and Tim Norris in 15^th place.

Besides very good finishing places for the Canby Swimmers there were twelve with all best times and six state qualifiers and Tyson Polack broke the team record in the 1000 free for 15-18 boys with a time of 10:27.92. Finishing with all best times were: Cole DeRisio, Trystan Given, Michael Haring, Kaitlyn Hester, Carson Manning, Madeline Meredith, Kayley Guay, Alex Hendrick, Tim Norris, Kendra Olsen, Kylie Oster and Luke Welle. State qualifiers were: Noah Norris, Michael Haring, Carrie Kralovec, Tyson Polack, Samantha Smith and Luke Welle.