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The Waukesha Express Swim Team Wall of
Fame
The Waukesha Express Swim Team Wall of Fame was
started in 2008 to honor swimmers from our team who have achieved
significant accomplishments. Those accomplishments
include: 1) Being named to the USA National or National
Junior Team, 2) Breaking a National Record, or 3) Qualifying
for Olympic Trials. All three of these achievements are
special in their own right. The individuals listed below
have satisfied at least one of these requirements and have been
honored as a part of our team’s Wall of Fame.
Congratulations to all of our Wall of Fame Inductees! We look
forward to adding many more names to this list in the future.
The list below starts with our most current honorees.
Stephanie Armstrong
Stephanie swam on the 15-18 Girls National Record
setting 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 2008 Spring NCSA Jr. National
Championships in Orlando, FL. The relay team of Beckie
Thompson (26.35L), Stephanie Armstrong (25.84), Arianna Gorenc
(26.88), and Jill Krattiger (27.14) broke the National record
with a time of 1:46.21.
Arianna Gorenc
Arianna swam on the 15-16 Girls National Record
setting 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 2008 Spring NCSA Jr. National
Championships in Orlando, FL. The relay team of Beckie
Thompson (26.35L), Stephanie Armstrong (25.84), Arianna Gorenc
(26.88), and Jill Krattiger (27.14) broke the National record
with a time of 1:46.21.
Jill Krattiger
Jill swam on the 15-16 Girls National Record
setting 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 2008 Spring NCSA Jr. National
Championships in Orlando, FL. The relay team of Beckie
Thompson (26.35L), Stephanie Armstrong (25.84), Arianna Gorenc
(26.88), and Jill Krattiger (27.14) broke the National record
with a time of 1:46.21.
Anna Meinholz
Anna swam to an Olympic Trial qualifying time in
the 100 m breaststroke of 1:12.54 at the Wisconsin State
Championship Meet at the Schroeder YMCA in July of 2008.
Anna’s swim also broke the Wisconsin State Record!
Emily Schwabe
Emily qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials in
the 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:34.52. While at the
Trials she swam to a 38th place finish with a time of
2:34.49. There were only two girls that were younger
than Emily that beat her at the trials in the 200 m
breaststroke. Emily’s swim also broke the Wisconsin
State Record!
Kyle Thompson
Kyle qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials in the
200 m butterfly with a time of 2:03.42 at the 2007 USA Swimming Jr.
National Championships in Indianapolis, IN. Kyle’s swim
placed 8th at the Jr. National Championships. Kyle is
currently swimming at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Wes Lagerhausen
Wes qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials in the
50 and 100 m freestyle events. Wes’s time of 51.09 in
the 100 m freestyle at the 2007 USA Swimming Jr. National
Championships in Indianapolis, IN qualified him for the
Trials. This swim also placed him on the USA Swimming
National Junior Team that competed in Melbourne, Australia.
Wes later qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 50 m freestyle
with a time of 23.35. He is currently competing at the
University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Beckie Thompson
Beckie qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials in
the 50 m freestyle with her 5th place finish at the 2007 LC Spring
Nationals in East Meadow, NY with a time of 26.21. In the
spring of 2008 she lowered her qualifying time to 26.16 with a 4th
place finish at the NCSA Jr. National Championships in Orlando,
FL. Both of these swims were Wisconsin State Records.
Beckie also helped our 200 m Freestyle Relay to a National Age
Group record of 1:46.21 (26.35 lead-off split) at those same NCSA
Jr. Nationals. She is currently competing at the University
of Wisconsin - Madison.
Stephanie Sarandos
Stephanie qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials
in three events: 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and the
200 m I.M. Her first Olympic Trial qualifying time came at
the 2006 USA Swimming LC Jr. Nationals in Irvine, CA. She
swam to a 2nd place finish in the 200 m backstroke with a Wisconsin
State record time of 2:17.81. While at the 2008 Olympic
Trials, Steph again broke State Records in the 100 m backstroke
with a time of 1:03.39 (42nd place) and the 200 m backstroke with a
time of 2:15.06 (28th place). In August at the 2008 USA
Swimming LC Jr. Nationals in Minneapolis, MN she lowered her state
record once again in the 200 m backstroke with her third place
finish time of 2:14.87. Her third Olympic Trial qualifying
time came in the 200 m I.M. at the 2008 Speedo Championship Meet at
the Schroeder YMCA, where she swam to a 2:20.26.
Stephanie is currently competing at Florida State
University.
Katie Imhoff-Smith
Katie qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials in
the 100 m butterfly with a time of 1:01.81. Katie made her
qualifying time at the 2005 Wisconsin LC State Championship
Meet. Katie went on to compete at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison where she was a Big 10 Champion and an NCAA
All-American.
Kyle Bubolz
Kyle qualified for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic
trials in three events: 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, and
the 100 m butterfly. While competing for the Express Kyle had
many impressive performances. Some of these include
being crowned 18 and Under National Champion at the 2003 Summer LC
National Championships in College Park, MD. His time of 54.12
in the 100 m butterfly gave him a 5th place finish, and the highest
finish of any 18 and under swimmer at the meet in that event.
Kyle also represented the United States, when he qualified for the
2003 National Jr. Team that competed in Sydney, Australia.
While at the meet in Sydney, Kyle broke the Australian Open record
in the 50 m freestyle. During his career with Express, he
broke 6 National Age Group records in the following events:
13-14 50 yd. freestyle (20.79), 13-14 100 yd. freestyle (45.49),
13-14 100 yd. butterfly (49.44 - broke Michael Phelp’s
record), 15-16 50 m freestyle (23.15), 15-16 50 yd. freestyle
(20.15), and the 15-16 100 yd. backstroke (48.15 - broke
Michael Phelp’s record). While at the 2008 Olympic
Trials, Kyle swam to an 11th place finish in the 100 meter
butterfly (52.97), a 19th place finish in the 50 m freestyle
(22.71), and a 23rd place finish in the 100 m freestyle
(49.85). Kyle finished
his collegiate swimming career at Northwestern University where he
was multipe time Big 10 champion, NCAA All-American,
NCAA Champion, and NCAA Record Holder.
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