The Whippets traveled to Milton on Saturday, October 17th, to compete in the Red Hawk Relays Invite, and the girls had themselves a GREAT day in the pool!
The Whippets finished 4th overall, with every swimmer bringing home some well-earned hardware to show off all the hard work they've been putting in this season! 
With some fun relay combinations, fast splits, and plenty of best times, the girls put together a fantastic day of racing!
Here are some highlights from the day! 
850 Freestyle Relay (50-100-200-500)
5th Place — Finley De Porter, Emma Maas, Maggie Maas & Grace Smith
This crew took on the longest relay of the day and had some impressive swims along the way!
Emma Maas posted a best 100 Freestyle split of 1:05.27!
Maggie Maas threw down a best 200 Freestyle time of 2:18.83!
Grace Smith dropped 9 seconds off her 500 Freestyle time!
200 Freestyle Relay — Juniors & Seniors
5th Place — Maggie Maas, Maya Davis, Caitlin Alford & Laken De Porter
The upperclassmen teamed up for a strong 5th place finish! Maggie kicked things off with a season-best 50 Freestyle time of 29.27, while Caitlin and Laken both posted their fastest relay splits!
250 Medley Relay (25 Back-50 Breast-75 Fly-100 Free)
4th Place — Caitlin Alford, Maya Davis, Storm De Porter & Laken De Porter
This crew put together a great race and became the first Whippet relay of the day to bring home a medal!
200 Medley Relay
6th Place — Caitlin Alford, Storm De Porter, Grace Smith & Laken De Porter
Another solid swim from this group!
Caitlin posted her best 50 Backstroke split of 44.24!
Storm continued improving her Breaststroke, dropping her 50 split to 50.10!
400 Freestyle Class Relay
3rd Place — Finley De Porter (Freshman), Emma Maas (Sophomore), Maya Davis (Junior) & Maggie Maas (Senior)
One swimmer from each grade teamed up to bring home a 3rd place finish, and WOW, did they have some fast swims! 
Finley dropped 2 seconds off her 100 Freestyle to finish in 1:11.51!
Emma continued to find more speed, dropping her 100 Freestyle to 1:04.85!
Maya also posted an improved 100 Freestyle time of 1:11.00!
200 Freestyle Relay — Freshmen & Sophomores
3rd Place — Grace Smith, Storm De Porter, Finley De Porter & Emma Maas — 2:05.75
The underclassmen showed off some speed of their own, cruising their way to a 3rd place finish!
500 Freestyle Crescendo Relay (50-100-150-200)
6th Place — Caitlin Alford, Finley De Porter, Laken De Porter & Storm De Porter
This crew took on the Crescendo Relay, with each swimmer tackling a longer distance than the last! All four girls put together strong legs to earn a 6th place finish!
Reverse IM Relay (Free-Breast-Back-Fly)
3rd Place — Grace Smith, Maya Davis, Emma Maas & Maggie Maas — 2:17.24
The Whippets saved another great swim for their final relay of the day! The girls brought home a 3rd place finish, with Maggie closing things out on Butterfly with an impressive 31.48 split!
With championship season right around the corner, it's exciting to see these girls continuing to drop time and race hard. Keep it rolling, Whippets! 
NEXT UP: FINAL CONFERENCE DUAL!
The Whippets close out their conference dual meet season on Tuesday, October 20th, as they travel to take on Burlington Co-op!
Burlington
Swimming starts at 5:30 PM
Come cheer on the Whippets as they wrap up conference dual action and get ready for championship season!
LET'S GO, WHIPPETS! 