YFD Takes Off at the CRA Winter Championships
The resilience and perseverance of YFD in pushing through the challenges of the unpredictable last year and half shined through at the CRA Winter Championships. YFD took the meet held in Wellesley, MA by storm as 98% of swimmers posted lifetime bests in at least one swim, with many swimming to lifetime bests in more than one swim. With over 72% of swimmers making finals in at least one event, YFD swimmers were the face of finals across the three nights of competition.
An impressive 15 team records were broken, and many swimmers qualified for the extremely competitive NCSA Age Group and ISCA International Open Championships that will take place in March.
New Team Records:
John Drumm (17): 100 Fly 51.76, 100 Back 53.93, 100 Free 47.47, 200 Free 1:44.38
Dylan Hu (17): 50 Free 21.58
Jonah Vaynshtok (18): 500 Free 4:49.86
Audrey Alexander (16): 100 Back 57.16, 200 Back 2:05.33
Matthew Renwick (14): 50 Free 22.73
Atticus Fogarty (10): 100 Back 1:10.69
Nikolai Haridasan (12): 100 Free 55.05, 500 Free 5:22.88, 100 Back 1:02.33, 100 Fly 1:00.15
Claire Croft (12), Cailin Wong (12), Ivana Zecar (12), Lily Ramirez (12): 11-12 400 Free Relay
NCSA Age Group Qualifiers:
Jane Bannon (13)
Atticus Fogarty (10)
Nikolai Haridasan (12)
Veronica McCall (12)
Cadie Park (11)
Lily Ramirez (12)
Cailin Wong (12)
Aidan Zhu (13)
ISCA International Open Cup Championship Qualifiers:
Audrey Alexander (16)
John Drumm (17)
Dylan Hu (17)
Evan Klein (17)
Brendan Lu (17)
Jonah Vaynshtok (18)
YFD was also represented by three high points award winners. Shout out to Atticus Fogarty who took home 1st Place overall in the 9-10 boys age group, Allison Zhu who finished 3rd place overall in the 9-10 girls age group and Nikolai Haridasan who placed 3rd overall in the 11-12 boys age group.
Beyond the pool, the team's energy and spirit was unmatched. During each session, and for every swim, YFD swimmers brought their YFD pride to the deck as they lined the pool to cheer for their teammates. The camaraderie among swimmers not just within each group, but across the age groups was on display as National, Senior 2, AG2 and AG3 swimmers could be found bonding and supporting each other throughout the weekend.
Thank you to all the YFD parents for timing, cheering, and supporting their swimmers. And a special thank you to AG3 parent Kimberly Spodek for organizing the delicious and fun team dinner that provided time to get together away from the pool.
Congratulations to all on an extremely successful weekend!
Happy Holidays!
