O'Neill Blue Dolphins Swim Team Completes Successful Season, Bestows Awards

The O'Neill Blue Dolphin 2015 Swim Team

The Blue Dolphin Swim Team saw their season come to an end for this summer. The 33-member team, coached by Rahtaya Young, participated in eight other swim meets throughout the season. The meets were held  in south central South Dakota communities, with the exception of two meets hosted by O’Neill. 

Twenty-four of the team’s swimmers participated in the two day James River Valley Conference Championship, held in Armour, South Dakota, on July 18th and 19th.

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Individual awards presented during the awards ceremony on Sunday at the  Championship meet were earned by:

Blake Parks (10), First Place in Boys 10 & Under.
Mikyla Grenier (12), Second place in Girls 11 & 12. 
Spencer Davis (14), First Place in Boys 13 & 14.
Claire Everitt (15), Fourth Place in Girls 15 & 16. 
Karissa Nichols (15) Third Place in the Girls Open.
Ally Sedlacek (11) Fourth Place in the Girls Open.

At the team awards celebration, Coach Rahtaya Young presented the following awards:

Female Swimmer of the Year was awarded to Ally Sedlacek. 

Male Swimmer of the Year was awarded to Spencer Davis. 

TeamMate and Leadership Award was awarded to Allie Krotter. 

Female Most Improved was awarded to Aurora Heiss and Schuylar Morrow. 

Male most Improved was awarded to Tayte Jussel. 

Rookie of the Year was awarded to Autumn Schaecher and Maycee Zimmerer. 

All-Out Awards were given to Mikyla Grenier and Blake Parks. 

Male and Female Swimmers of the Year Spencer Davis & Ally Sedlacek

Swimming for the O’Neill Blue Dolphins this year were:

Kamry Neptune of Atkinson.

Sena Essink, Katharina Rice, and Maycee Zimmerer; all of Creighton. 

Kirsten Adams of Orchard.

Kaleb Asche, Samantha Asche, Sam Carstens, Sable Davis, Spencer Davis, Claire Everitt, Nikki Gotschall, James Grenier, Mikyla Grenier, Aurora Heiss, Turner Heiss, Emily Jacques, Tayte Jussel, Allie Krotter, Wreece Liewer, Zuri Moore, Savannah Morrow, Schuylar Morrow, Karissa Nichols, Bethany Owens, Alivia Parks, Blake Parks, Ashley Pischel, Remington Risinger, Autumn Schaecher, Ally Sedlacek, Sarah Turpin, Spencer Turpin; all of O’Neill. 

The Blue Dolphins are already looking forward to the 2016. 

Congratulations on a fine season!