With one meet down, De Soto High School’s boys’ swimming team are in position to be very competitive this year, especially in relays.

Five relays finished in the top 11 of their races, with the 400 Free Relay taking second overall at their first meet, Dec. 3 at Lansing High School

“We did very well as a team, we got third in the IM relay and second in the 400 Free relay,” junior swimmer Andre VanMeerhaeghe said.

Several State consideration times mean the team has a chance already to send multiple groups to state.

“We expect to do our best and hopefully place in our relays,” VanMeerhaeghe said of the rest of the season.

The results for relays are below.

200 medley relay of Jarod Blazo, Andre VanMeerhaeghe, Jason Leuenberg and Cameron Webb- 7th place overall with a State consideration time achieved

400 IM relay of Jarod Blazo, Andre VanMeerhaeghe, Jason Leuenberg and Cameron Webb- 3rd place medal winning finish overall

100 free relay of Andrew Blazo, Eli Gratz, Jose Banuelos and Andre VanMeerhaeghe- 11th place overall and killing the seed time by 14 seconds

200 free relay of Andrew Blazo, Jose Banuelos, Eli Gratz and Cameron Webb- 9th place finish overall

400 free relay of Cameron Webb, Jason Leuenberg, Andre VanMeerhaeghe and Jarod Blazo- 2nd place medal winning finish overall and a State consideration time achieved