Ottawa Dolphins score top-5 finishes in Illinois YMCA State Championships

The Ottawa Dolphins' state competitors pose in the pool. The youth swim team brought home multiple top-five finishes from the 2024 Illinois YMCA State Championships. (Photo provided by the Ottawa Dolphins)

March 19, 2024 at 9:38 am CDT

The Ottawa Dolphins youth swim team sent competitors to Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana, this month for the 2024 Illinois YMCA State Championships. Ottawa placed 16th of 29 teams.

Top-five individual finishers for the Dolphins included Breckyn Jobst (4th in the 10U 50 butterfly), Elizabeth Hansen (3rd in the 12U 50 butterfly) and Evelyn Hansen (4th in the 10U 50 freestyle).

Top-five relay finishes for the Dolphins came from Caden Brown, Tucker Citta, Clayton Budnick and Reid Rutherford (5th in the boys 8U 100 medley); Budnick, Rutherford, Davis Hawkins and Brown (3rd in the boys 8U 100 freestyle); and Jobst, Maya Burke, Stella Andree and Evelyn Hansen (5th in the girls 10U 200 freestyle).