EC swimmers earn Winter Game medals

Contributed Photo Highly-Decorated Swimmers Members of El Campo's Red Wave traveled to Frisco Jan. 19 for the 2008 Winter Games of Texas and came home with 28 medals. The 10 swimmers who competed are (front, l-r) Jill Nava, Ivy Willis, Malia Willis, Brooke Krpec, (back, l-r) Kari Wilkins, Casey Green, Tayton Priesmeyer, Matthew Wilkins, Blake Krpec and Blythe Nava.

Ten Red Wave swimmers came home from the 2008 Winter Games of Texas a little heavier than they left.

Weighed down by gold, silver and bronze, El Campo's swimmers brought back 28 total medals from the event held Jan. 19 in Frisco.

Along with the first, second and third-place finishes, a few even broke Winter Games records.

Matthew Wilkins, Tayton Priesmeyer, Casey Green and Blake Krpec combined for a 2:41.61 time in the Boys 9-10 200-yard medley relay. They just beat out the previous record of 2:42.12 set the previous year.

Brooke Krpec and Ivy Willis joined with two girls from the Dallas area and set a new record in the Girls 8 and Under 100-yard medley relay. Their time of 1:28.50 broke a 2-year old record of 1:35.67.

Blythe Nava set an individual record in the Girls 13-14 100-yard butterfly with a 1:08.34 time. The former record was 1:08.53 set in last year's games.

The following is a list of El Campo's results from the 2008 Winter Games in order by age group. In the events where Red Wave members combined with swimmers from other areas on relays, the team is referred to as "Combined."

8 & Under Girls 25-Yard Freestyle

4. Ivy Willis, 19.14

50-Yard Freestyle

5. Brooke Krpec, 41.97

25-Yard Backstroke

2. Willis, 22.25; 4. Krpec, 23.41

25-Yard Butterfly

2. Willis, 21.92

100-Yard Medley

3. Krpec, 1:50.94

100-Yard Medley Relay

1. Combined (Molly Wolnik, Sam Adauto, Willis, Krpec), 1:28.50

9-10 Girls 50-Yard Freestyle

12. Jill Nava, 39.48

50-Yard Backstroke

7. Malia Willis, 48.36; 13. Nava, 54.60

50-Yard Breaststroke

5. Willis, 49.05; 10. Nava, 52.89

100-Yard Individual Medley

11. Willis, 1:47.23

200-Yard Freestyle Relay

3. El Campo (Krpec, Willis, Willis, Nava), 2:53.55

200-Yard Medley

3. Combined (Clara Mott, Sydney Fitzgibbon, Willis, Nava), 2:57.83

9-10 Boys 50-Yard Freestyle

4. Matthew Wilkins, 33.80; 5. Tayton Priesmeyer, 33.81; 8. Casey Green, 35.80; 9. Blake Krpec, 36.00

100-Yard Freestyle

2. Priesmeyer, 1:17.06; 5. Krpec, 1:24.56

50-Yard Backstroke

6. Krpec, 44.77

50-Yard Breaststroke

1. Wilkins, 44.41

50-Yard Butterfly

4. Green, 42.26

100-Yard Individual Medley

3. Wilkins, 1:31.04; 5. Priesmeyer, 1:35.22; 6. Green, 1:35.29

200-Yard Freestyle Relay

1. El Campo (Krpec, Wilkins, Priesmeyer, Green), 2:24.28

200-Yard Medley Relay

1. El Campo (Krpec, Wilkins, Priesmeyer, Green), 2:41.61

11-12 Girls 50-Yard Backstroke

1. Kari Wilkins, 33.35

50-Yard Breaststroke

2. Wilkins, 36.85

200-Yard Individual Medley

3. Wilkins, 2:47.50

13-14 Girls 100-Yard Freestyle

1. Blythe Nava, 1:00.61

100-Yard Butterfly

1. Nava, 1:08.34

200-Yard Medley Relay

2. Combined (Wilkins, Breckelle Rougheou, Korinna Garcia, Christina Yovino), 2:32.01

200-Yard Freestyle Relay

3. Combined (B. Nava, Rougheou, Garcia, Yovino), 2:09.68