Clayton Whetstine of the Coast Guard Blue Dolphins posted a Michael Phelps-like performance last weekend, capturing six gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the Virginia Age Group Championships, held at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center, outside of Blacksburg.
Whetstine’s performance was noteworthy in that it showed off his versatility in distances and strokes. The 14-year-old, a rising ninth-grader at Norfolk Academy, won in three different disciplines, with victories in the 100 (1:00.02) and 200-meter (2:13.16) backstroke, the 200 (2:14.57) and 400-meter (4:47.36) individual medley, and the 200 (2:00.73) and 400-meter (4:16.62) freestyle. The individual medley swims were impressive with Whetstine winning the 200 by almost 4.94 seconds.
Whetstine also placed second in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:35.38) and third in the 1500-meter freestyle (17:25.62).
Other local swimmers earned top-two finishes. Daniel Parsons of the Southeastern Virginia (SEVA) Seahawks placed second in the 13-14-year-old 50 (24.96) and 100-meter freestyle (55.29), as well as the 100 butterfly (1:00.34). Jack Graham of the Williamsburg Aquatic Club also earned three runner-up finishes, in the 200 (2:16.55) and 400-meter freestyle (4:48.86) and the 200 individual medley (2:33.40).
The Dolphins’ relay team of Kyleigh Tankard, Isabel Marstellar, Brooke-Lynn Clark and Ann Ellington earned two second place finishes, in the 400 medley relay (4:34.95) and 800 freestyle relay (8:51.29).
Carl Stauffer of Williamsburg Aquatics won second in the 10-and-under 50-meter breaststroke (41.86), and teammate Mary Gregory was second in the 11-12 200-meter breaststroke (2:55.62).
Sean Thomas of 757 Swim placed second in the 11-12 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:12.21. CGBD’s Bernard Kim was second in the 10-and-under 100-meter breaststroke in 1:28.90.
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