SDMS started their USA swimming season with outstanding swims at the ACAC Autumn Opener meet held in Ames Friday-Sunday (10/16-18). With 10 teams in attendance, there was great competition. In fact, several swimmers met Midwest Regional “Q” times already! Plus – the Seahawks had 18 finishes in the top 6 and won three events!
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SDMS started their USA swimming season with outstanding swims at the ACAC Autumn Opener meet held in Ames Friday-Sunday (10/16-18). With 10 teams in attendance, there was great competition. In fact, several swimmers met Midwest Regional “Q” times already! Plus – the Seahawks had 18 finishes in the top 6 and won three events!

You can view the current list of Midwest Regional qualifiers under the Midwest Regional tab > Current Qualifiers. Several other details about the meet can also be found under this tab. More items will be added as the meet gets closer (if needed).

Meet Highlights
Below are just a few highlights from the USA meet.

• Emma Sizemore won the Girls 8&U 25 Breaststroke (23.93) and the 50 Breaststroke (39.75)
• Will Chase finished in the top 6 for all four of his events [9-10 Boys | 100 Free (6th), 50 Breaststroke (2nd), 100 IM (5th) and 50 Free (4th)]
• Torin Lackmann took second in the 11-12 Girls 50 Breaststroke
• Aubrey Douds dropped over 5 seconds in her 11-12 100 IM (1:13.94) and took 5th
• Shaun Slycord swam his fastest 100 ever (Boys 11-12) with a time of 1:02.27
• Lauren Benson dropped over 11 seconds in her 100 Fly (Girls 11-12) and qualified for three MWR events

While we can’t recognize everyone, we do encourage you to check out the full meet results! Meet results are found in the USA Swimming tab > Practice & Meet Schedules. We post them as soon as we receive them (typically within three days following the meet).

Check out the meet archive
If you’re interested in comparing times to last year, check out the meet archive! There’s a SDMS Meet Results Archive found Club Swimming and a USA Meet Results Archive found under USA Swimming. As we can, we’ll try to update with additional meets from prior seasons.