The Whitehall Waves summer swim team competed against a comparable opponent on June 27 when they traveled to the home pool of the Bethlehem Tides, a new swim team in the Suburban Swim League of the Lehigh Valley.

The Tides squeaked by the Waves, 319-243, but Waves coach Grace Urick was excited for the challenge and pleased with the effort.

“This is one of the teams we are closer to in numbers,” Coach Urick said. “A lot of my kids definitely cut times tonight in races and did really good. I was really proud. One of our boys, Evan Urick, swam his first 100 freestyle. Jayce Bower did really good in the crescendo. The other team did out touch us, but he did so good.”

Top finishers in individual events were Ella Bitar in Girls 8 & Under 25 breaststroke (40.20), Katie Titmas in Girls 13-14 50 breaststroke (56.71), Alex Madden in Boys 15 & Over 50 breaststroke (36.52), Xavier Makhoul in Boys 11-12 100 IM (1:28.95), Kendall Bashore in Girls 13-14 100 IM (1:14.95), Greta O’Brien in Girls 15 & Over 100 IM (1:22.39), Ian Thomas in Boys 15 & Over 100 IM (1:11.40), Riley Bashore in Girls 9-10 25 butterfly (22.32), Xavier Makhoul in Boys 11-12 50 butterfly (41.27), Rylan Young in Girls 13-14 50 butterfly (47.09), Jonathan Serratore in Boys 9-10 25 backstroke (28.88), Derek Bashore in Boys 11-12 50 backstroke (41.84), Vicki Streat in Girls 13-14 50 backstroke (52.57), Ian Thomas in Boys 15 & Over 50 backstroke (29.75), Ella Bitar in Girls 8 & Under 25 freestyle (26.97), Derek Bashore in Boys 11-12 50 freestyle (33.83), Rylan Young in Girls 13-14 50 freestyle (38.88), Kendall Bashore in Girls 13-14 100 freestyle (1:08.30), and Aaron Stinner in Boys 15 & Over 100 freestyle (58.08).

The Waves won three relays.

Gia Potocnie, Riley Bashore, Mia Forbes, and Lydia Schwenk came in first in the Girls 9-10 100 medley relay (1:40.35), Greta O’Brien, Jenna Giedl, Kendall Bashore, and Ryann Giedl won the Girls 13 & Over 200 medley relay (2:00.96), and Quinn Doyle, Alex Madden, Aaron Stinner, and Ian Thomas took first in the Boys 13 & Over 200 medley relay (2:00.96).

In the Boys crescendo relay, Tarek Makhoul, Derek Bashore, Aaron Stinner, Griffin Werner, and Jayce Bower competed in the closest race of the night and placed second with a time of 2:13.70 to Bethlehem’s time of 2:13.69.