Gold Medal Swim Club Produces Fast Swims at October Meets
Swimmers from all groups competed in October and performed well in these early season meets.
Age Group 1 Meet Reports:
Congratulations to all the AG1 swimmers these past 2 weekends. I am constantly impressed every time we compete in a meet.
The Distance Meet at Moon Valley was extremely successful. AG1 established Life Best Times (LBT’s) in 84% of their races! Outstanding group effort!
New State Qualifiying Times: Alp Cetegen-400 IM, Mackenzie Feirstein-500 Free, Cyrus Mead-400 IM, Grant Rathjen-400 IM, Marley Spray-500 Free
New Regional/JO Qualifying Times: Bruss Bowman-400 IM, Shea Braley-400 IM, Ben George-400 IM, William You-500 Free
SAC Pumkin Patch Splash was an equally fabulous weekend. Overall, 82% LBT’s for AG1. There were 23 new Regional/JO qualifying times and 16 new State qualifying times.
We had 9 total swimmers that had 100% LBT’s: Alp Cetegen, Jordan Cruz, Ben George, Alexa Largent, Isla McMullan, Cyrus Mead, Marley Spray, William You, and Addison Zius
New State Qualifying Times: Alexa Largent (5), Marley Spray (4), Cyrus Mead (2), Bruss Bowman(1), Alp Cetegen (1), Peter Hendricks (1), Grant Rathjen (1), Matt Weldy (1)
New Regional/JO Qualifying Times: Kailey Albright (2), Zach Basha (3), Bruss Bowman (2), Shea Braley (1), Jordan Cruz (2), Ben George (1), Peter Hendricks (1), Isla McMullan (2), Grant Rathjen (1), Madeline Riggle (2), Matt Weldy (2), William You (1), and Addison Zius (3)
Age Group 2/3 Meet Reports
AG2 had a great meet this past weekend, with over 75% best times across the entire group, which is great for the second meet of the season.
100% Best Time Achievers include Stella Olson, Sydney Withem, and Ander Yu.
Swimmers with 5/6 best times across the weekend include Angelina Gomez, Maya Stubbs, Angela You, Thais Apps, Xavier Apps, Abdi Hendricks, and Kitt Agne.
Alexis Morley qualified for two more 10&U State cuts while Dante Apps qualified for one new 10&U State cut.
Stella Olson led the team in new Regional qualifying times with five, while Sydney Withem had four, Soraya Lindsey and Kitt Agne had three each, Rachel Spresney and Angela You had two each, and Ella Wilson and Abdi Hendricks had one each.
Pre Senior Meet Wrap-ups
The Pre-Seniors had some outstanding performances at the Neptune Distance Meet.
Most Improved Swims:
Paige Downey 4:49.69 in the 400 IM a 12 second improvement and a new State time
Ellie Kayser A 55 second improvement in the 400 IM
Langston Lindsey A 25 second improvement in the 400 IM
Adia Peterson A 11 second improvement in the 400 IM
Sasha Volkova A 15 second improvement in the 400 IM
Finn Conley A 20 second improvement in the 400 IM
Cohen Gunsalus A 7 second improvement in the 400 IM
The SAC October meet was started with everyone swimming fantastic 1000 free swims. There were nine new State Age Group cuts in the in the 1000. All 1000 swims were best times, most of them significant from last short course season.
New State Times
Dylan Rhodes 1000 free and 100 back
Myra Streit 200 fly
Tila 50 breast and 1000 free
Reagan Uhlik 1000 free
Amberly Yu 100 IM and 1000 free
Paige Downey 100 back
Cohen Gunsalus 100 free and 1000 free
Finn Conley 1000 free
Addison Henry 200 breast
Ellie Kayser 100 free
Adia Peterson 100 breast
Langston Lindsey 1000 free
Sasha Volkova 1000 free and 50 back
Tori Nguyen 1000 free
Most Best Times
Finn Conley 7 best times
Langston Lindsey 7 best times
Tila Tometich 7 best times
Sasha Vollova 6 best times
Tori Nguyen 6 best times
Owen Phelps 6 best times
Cohen Gunsalus 5 best times
Adia Peterson 5 best times
Addison Henry 5 best times
Myra Streit 5 best times
Senior Group Meet Wrap -ups
Neptune Distance Meet Top Performances:
Elle Campbell 500 free 4.5 second improvement
Alex George 400IM 8 second improvement
Dylan George 500 free 3 second improvement
Caroline Grimsley 400 IM 6 second improvement
Belle Irving 400 IM 6 second improvement
Jack Luken 400 IM 3 second improvement
Lawrence Wen 400 IM 7 second improvement
SAC October Meet
Abby Raclaw Three best times in 1000 free, 200 free, and 200 back
