Some Elite Company at the Freshman Invite

The Meet Records at the Woodruff Freshman Invite is an all-star cast of names. There are a few state champions in the bunch. Dan Stoppenhagen, Derek Amerman, and Giordin Pogioli were all Peoria-area swimmers who set a meet record during their freshman year. Jake Querciagrossa now has his name among an elite group of swimmers. He just set the meet record in the 400 freestyle with a 3:57.45.

I reviewed some of the old results and noticed that Jared Hallam from Galesburg and Jeff Bucher from Dunlap once took a crack at the 400 freestyle record and they only mustered a 4:08 and a 4:09. Those two swimmers went on to place in the state swim meet later in their careers.