Rhinelander Swim Club shines at the East Coast Elite Showcase

Four athletes from the Rhinelander Swim Club traveled to St. Petersburg, Fla. to compete at the East Coast Elite Showcase Swimming Competition April 2-5. RSC’s mission is to provide high quality competitive age swimming and adding a national level competition to this season has solidified the success of the program.

“I am so proud of these athletes and their successes this season. Rounding out our club season with a national competition and seeing our swimmers shine in sunny Florida is an accomplishment that we are all thrilled about,” RSC head coach Megan Cihla said. 

RSC started the planning for this event over a year ago with two swimmers eligible to attend and by the end of the 2024-2025 club season added two more athletes with qualifying times to the roster. 

“This is the biggest meet RSC has participated in so far,” Cihla said. “And our athletes performed well, dropping time in most events, at the biggest stage this season. We also saw more qualifying times from our swimmers for the Midwest Zones meet in August.”

The East Coast Elite Showcase hosted more 1,600 swimmers and 100 teams. The RSC athlete results are:

Stella Beach, Girls 11-12:

• 2nd, 100 breaststroke, 1:09.96 

• 4th, 200 breaststroke, 2:31.63

• 7th, 50-yard breaststroke, 33.08 seconds

• 28th, 100 freestyle | 59.58

• 15th, 200 individual medley, 2:24.00

• 47th, 50 freestyle, 27.85

Charlotte LeClair, Girls 13-14:

• 14th, 50 breaststroke, 32.66

• 21st, 100 breaststroke, 1:12.74

• 36th, 200 breaststroke, 2:47.01

• 87th, 50 freestyle, 27.68

• 117th, 100 freestyle,  1:01.34

• 118th, 200 individual medley, 2:39.88

Abbie Parks, Girls 13-14:

• 39th, 200 breaststroke, 2:49.43

• 49th, 100 breaststroke, 1:17.82

• 53rd, 50 breaststroke, 35.64

• 72nd, 100 freestyle,  59.75

• 83rd, 200 individual medley, 2:31.00

• 102nd, 50 freestyle, 27.84

Isla Wagner, Girls 10 and under:

• 96th, 50 backstroke, 42.09

• 82nd, 100 backstroke, 1:33.04

• 34th, 50 breaststroke, 41.18

• 32nd, 100 breaststroke, 1:29.66.

• 81st, 50 butterfly, 38.92

• 92nd, 100 individual medley, 1:26.01.