Gold and Senior 2 Make Large Contributions To The GMSC Victory At The Age Group State Meet

Michael Chasson
The Senior 2 and Gold groups contributed significantly to the Gold Medal Swim Club winning the State Age Group Championships in March. These two groups were not given the recognition they deserved at the appropriate time. The coaching staff apologizes for letting this slip through the administrative cracks.
 
Senior II had 7 participants in the Age Group State meet in March, and Gold had 10 participants.  All 17 swimmers contributed to the victory by scoring points either on relays or individually.  There were 15 of 17 swimmers that scored points individually.  It was truly a remarkable performance for the Gold Medal Swim Club, and everyone in these 2 groups played a role.

 

100% Best Times
 
Bruss Bowman 4/4
Dana El-Rayes 2/2
Faith Fletcher 2/2
Alexa Largent 6/6
Marley Spray 6/6

 

Individual State Champions
 
Alp Cetegen 50 Breast/100 Breast/200 Breast (also finished 2nd in the 100 Free, 3rd in the 50 Free and 400 IM)
Marley Spray 100 Back/200 Back (also finished 2nd in the 50 Back and 200 IM, and 5th in the 100 IM and 400 IM

 

Top 8 Performances
 
Camryn Colvin:  6th 200 Free, 6th 50 Free, 7th 100 Breast, 8th 200 IM
Aidan Feirstein:  8th 200 Breast
Faith Fletcher:  4th 200 Breast
Koryne Gantt:  3rd 1650 Free, 7th 1000 Free, 8th 500 Free
Anthony Kummet:  3rd 200 Fly, 4th 1650, 6th 400 IM, 6th 200 Breast, 7th 200 Back, 7th 100 Breast
Alexa Largent:  3rd 200 Free, 3rd 500 Free, 3rd 1000 Free, 4th 1650 Free, 5th 200 Back, 6th 400 IM

 

Other notable accomplishments
 
Camryn Colvin achieved her first Sectional Qualifying time in the 50 Free with a 24.81
Markus Crawford 4/6 best times and had the largest time drop in a single event dropping :38.5 seconds in the 1000 FR
Evan Beck 10:59.14 1000 FR, first time under 11 min
Bruss Bowman 54.64 100 FR and 24.1 50 FR on the 200 Med relay
Alex Bushko: lifetime best time contributions on each of his 3 relays
James Lim: 3 sec drop in his 200 BR
Kimi Palmer: 30 sec drop in her 1650 FR and 4/5 best times
Kyler Tolson: 10:59.92 1000 FR, first time under 11 min
Matt Weldy: 4/6 best times most notably in the 1650/1000 FR and the 200 FL

Aidan Fierstein: 4/6 best times

Evan Beck 10:59.14 1000 FR, first time under 11 min
Bruss Bowman 54.64 100 FR and 24.1 50 FR on the 200 Med relay
Alex Bushko: lifetime best time contributions on each of his 3 relays
Markus Crawford 4/6 best times
James Lim: 3 sec drop in his 200 BR
Kimi Palmer: 30 sec drop in her 1650 FR and 4/5 best times
Kyler Tolson: 10:59.92 1000 FR, first time under 11 min
Matt Weldy: 4/6 best times most notably in the 1650/1000 FR and the 200 FL
Aidan Fierstein: 4/6 best times