The Whippets traveled to Whitefish Bay on Saturday, November 7th, to compete in the WIAA Sectionals, and WOW, did these girls show up ready to RACE!
The girls finished 8th out of 14 teams, competing against some of the top teams in the state! But the biggest highlight of the day? 100% BEST TIMES! 
Every swimmer stepped up, raced hard, and found a way to get faster! From HUGE time drops and heat wins to some impressive Top 16 finishes, the girls couldn't have asked for a much better way to wrap up their season!
Let's get into some of our favorite highlights! 
200 Medley Relay
8th Place — Emma Maas, Maya Davis, Maggie Maas & Finley De Porter — 2:10.94!
The girls kicked off the meet by dropping nearly 6 SECONDS off their seeded time!
Maggie Maas threw down a speedy 30.06 Butterfly split!
Finley De Porter brought it home with a BLAZING 27.46 Freestyle split!
Talk about setting the tone for the day! 
200 Freestyle
Caitlin Alford started things off with a 2-second drop, finishing her season with a time of 2:50.60!
Storm De Porter followed that up with a HUGE 7-second drop, finishing in 2:30.59!
13th Place — Maggie Maas — 2:12.90! Maggie knocked nearly 5 seconds off her previous time to earn a Top 16 finish!
200 IM
13th Place — Maya Davis — 2:57.57!
Maya put together a fantastic race, winning her heat and earning a Top 16 finish! 
50 Freestyle
THREE HEATS. THREE WHIPPET WINS!
The girls were absolutely FLYING in the sprint event!
MJ Verduzco got things started with a heat win, finishing in 31.99!
Laken De Porter followed with another heat win, dropping 1 second to finish in 30.17!
12th Place — Finley De Porter — 28.59! Finley dropped a whopping 2.5 seconds to win her heat!
Grace Smith was right behind her, taking 2nd in the heat with a time of 29.43, officially joining the UNDER :30 CLUB!
100 Butterfly
14th Place — Storm De Porter — 1:28.07!
Storm continued to chip away at her time, improving on her Conference performance and earning a Top 16 finish!
100 Freestyle
These three were MOVING!
Laken De Porter dropped a HUGE 3.75 seconds to finish in 1:09.37!
Finley De Porter knocked off over 1.5 seconds, finishing in 1:04.67!
Emma Maas continued doing what she's done all season — GETTING FASTER! Emma finished her season with another best time of 1:03.73!
500 Freestyle
THE DISTANCE CREW WAS ON FIRE!
This might have been one of the most exciting events of the day!
6th Place — Grace Smith — 6:17.17!
Grace absolutely CRUSHED her race! Not only did she win her heat by 25 SECONDS, but she also dropped nearly 29 SECONDS off her time from just one week ago!
Yes, you read that right... 29 SECONDS! 
5th Place — Maggie Maas — 6:05.41!
Maggie wasn't about to let Grace have all the fun! She followed up with an incredible swim of her own, dropping 15 SECONDS to earn a 5th place finish!
Two HUGE swims from these ladies! 
200 Freestyle Relay
8th Place — Laken De Porter, Maya Davis, Storm De Porter & Grace Smith — 2:02.00!
The girls teamed up to knock over 5.5 SECONDS off their seeded time!
Storm De Porter posted a strong 31.16 split!
Maya Davis threw down a speedy 29.54 split, breaking the 30-second mark!
100 Backstroke
Caitlin Alford raced her way to a heat win, dropping another second to finish in 1:30.15!
MJ Verduzco wasn't going to be left out of the fun! She dropped 4 SECONDS to finish in 1:22.71, earning another heat win!
100 Breaststroke
WHIPPET 1-2 HEAT FINISH!
Emma Maas and Maya Davis put together two fantastic swims, finishing 1st and 2nd in their heat!
13th Place — Emma Maas — 1:21.53, dropping 2 seconds!
14th Place — Maya Davis — 1:22.31, also dropping 2 seconds!
These two have been pushing each other all season, and what a way to finish!
400 Freestyle Relay
7th Place — Grace Smith, Finley De Porter, Maggie Maas & Emma Maas — 4:16.09!
The Whippets saved one more incredible race for the end of the day!
The girls WON THEIR HEAT and dropped over 7 SECONDS off their seeded time!
Grace Smith led things off with a season-best 1:06.63!
Finley De Porter followed with a speedy 1:03.80 split!
Maggie Maas threw down a LIFETIME BEST 1:01.15 split!
What a way to close out the meet AND the season! 