DAYTON – The summer swim team season is underway, with Dayton playing host to its first home meet of the year on July 12th. The three-team meet also played host to Garfield-Palouse-Plummer-Oaksdale and St, John-Endicott-Lacrosse-Washtucna.

Dayton finished the meet in first place, with a substantial 425 team points. This gave them the win over SELW, who finished in second with 375.5 team points. GPPO finished in third with 321.5 points total.

The swimmers from Dayton had a strong showing in relay events, which helped elevate them to the top spot of the day. By the end of the meet, Dayton had recorded eight out of a possible 16 relay wins, taking half of the relay events contested.

Points are given to the top six finishers in each event, with ties seeing both swimmers split the points from the two positions they occupy. Swimmers from Dayton won in a wide range of events, as Dayton had a winner in at least one event for almost all age and gender groups. When they were not standing atop the podium for events, they oftentimes had multiple team members place in other points scoring positions.

Another part of the team’s success was a low number of disqualifications during the meet. Dayton ended the day with 5 DQ’s total out of 72 races. Performing the proper stroke technique to avoid these errors is a point of emphasis for the team according to coach Rosy Nechodom.

Dayton had some individual members stand out. Alex Jenkins placed well in his events, taking many first and second place finishes as well as other points scoring showings. Josiah White also did very well for Dayton, scoring points for his efforts. On the girls side, the sisters Lucy and Grace Trump had a great meet, with both of them having strong races in their age divisions. Janae Helm and the Martin sisters of Cami and Carly also did very well in the home opener.

Dayton is also hosting meets on July 19th, 26th, and 28th.