Bucksa wins gold, silver and bronze at Wahawk invite

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 10:49 am

Freshman Liz Bucksa was a force in the water Saturday, finishing with gold in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and was part of the bronze winning 200-medley relay. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

The Decorah girls swim and dive team weren’t deterred by the level of competition at the Wahawk Invite hosted by Waterloo West Saturday, including Liz Bucksa. The freshman came home with individual gold and silver, along with a bronze in a relay.
“Overall, the swimmers performed well and the girls had several personal best times after a hard week of swimming yard volume,” said Coach Loran Storts.
After the results of the 12-heat 50-yard freestyle were sorted, it was Bucksa with the top time of 26.54 seconds. In the 100-yard breaststroke, the freshman was a close second in 1:14.99. She also anchored the 200-yard medley relay to bronze. Sydney Thompson, Brenna Parker and Isabella Sailor joined forces with Bucksa for a time of 2:04.54.
Sailor and Joey Vobr also had a stellar individual performances with a fourth-place finishes. In 1:09.78, Sailor finished the 100-yard butterfly, while Vobr endured the longest race — the 500-yard freestyle — to a time of 6:26.39.

Wahawk Invite team scores
1. Waterloo West 341; 2. Grinnell 256; 3. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 237; 4. Decorah 169; 5. Williamsburg 153; 6. Ottumwa 143; 7. Vinton-Shellsburg 61; 8. Keokuk 14

Varsity race results
200 medley relay – 3. Sydney Thompson, Brenna Parker, Isabella Sailor, Liz Bucksa, 2:04.54; 13. Naomi Simon, Naomi Kutz, Jorja Folkedahl, Gabbi Dixon, 2:37.59
200 free – 7. Joey Vobr 2:23.98; 13. Regan Lubahn 2:39.56; 14. McKenzie Tollefson 2:41.45; 16. Faith Starrett 2:45.25
200 IM – 9. Kutz 2:44.88; 15. Folkedahl 3:05.60
50 free – 1. Bucksa 26.54; 9. Sailor 28.40; 16. Kendra Elsbernd 29.41; 18. Grace Baker 29.65; 20. Lauren Luzum 29.89; 21. Thompson 29.96; 22. Bridget Bentley 30.26; 23. Annika Becker 30.58; 25. Lauren Holthaus 31.00; 31. Aubree Gesing 32.09; 40. Tollefson 33.44; 43. Dixon 34.53; 52. Simon 36.77; 63. Isis Timm 40.44
100 fly – 4. Sailor 1:09.78
100 free – 13. Baker 1:07.29; 16. Bentley 1:09.76; 18. Parker 1:10.68; 20. Lubahn 1:11.72; 35. Dixon 1:23.25; 46. Timm 1:39.79
500 free – 4. Vobr 6:26.39; 13. Folkedahl 7:14.15; 14. Starrett 7:14.53
200 free relay – 6. Elsbernd, Bucksa, Bentley, Luzum, 1:58.82; 7. Baker, Kutz, Parker, Vobr, 2:02.55; 11. Tollefson, Gesing, Holthaus, Lubahn, 2:09.67
100 back – 6. Thompson 1:10.27; 14. Elsbernd 1:20.26; 15. Luzum 1:23.88; 22. Holthaus 1:30.54; 27. Simon 1:38.95
100 breast – 2. Bucksa 1:14.99; 6. Parker 1:23.73; 7. Kutz 1:24.96; 10. Gesing 1:31.71; 19. Becker 1:39.55
400 free relay – 8. Elsbernd, Tollefson, Vobr, Sailor, 4:35.70; 9. Luzum, Thompson, Starrett, Gesing, 4:50.42; 12. Bentley, Lubahn, Folkedahl, Kutz, 4:52.63; 17. Timm, Baker, Chloe Sheffield, Becker, 5:51.29

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