Congrats to all for swimming fast at the Narwhal Invite, here are the meet reviews!
Age Group 2
Age Group 2 raced exceedingly well at the Narwhal Invite. We achieved 100% improvement at this meet, each swimmer dropped time in at least one or more individual events. We had some new first time event finalists: Joselyn Franzone, Cullen Kelly, Ashton Largent, Rachel Spresney, Teagan Tolson, Angela You and Ander Yu. A majority of our swimmers significantly improved Regional times and are inching close to many new LC State cuts. Congratulations Age Group 2!
Kitt Agne 4 of 4 best times
Blake Albright 1 of 1 best times
Dante Apps 5 of 5 best times, two new LC Regional cuts
Thais Apps 3 of 5 best times, one new LC Regional cut
Xavier Apps 1 of 3 best times
Adam Botsios 3 of 3 best times
Stella Daniels 3 of 3 best times, one new LC State cut
Joselyn Franzone 2 of 3 best times, event finalist 200 Breaststroke
Angelina Gomez 1 of 2 best times
Claire Horton 2 of 4 best times
Davis Kaplan 2 of 4 best times
Cullen Kelly 6 of 6 best times, event finalist 50 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, two new Zone cuts
Ashton Largent 5 of 6 best times, event finalist 100 Free
Soraya Lindsey 1 of 5 best times
Rya Long 1 of 3 best times
Stella Olson 1 of 2 best times
Turner Pearson 2 of 6 best times
Luke Skousen 1 of 2 best times
Rachel Spresney 4 of 6 best times, event finalist 100 Breast and 100 Fly, one new LC State cut
Holly Swaninger 3 of 6 best times
Declan Tierney 6 of 7 best times
Teagan Tolson 4 of 6 best times, event finalist 100 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Free, three LC State cuts
Ella Wilson 2 of 3 best times, two new LC Regional cuts
Sydney Withem 6 of 6 best times, six new LC Regional cuts
Angela You 4 of 5 best times, finalist 100 Back and 100 Breast
Ander Yu 4 of 4 best times, finalist 100 breast and one new LC State cut
Age Group 1
AG1 Swimmers had an outstanding Narwhal meet, with a best time percentage over 70% and many more new LCM Regional and State times. I was also happy to see the swimmers qualifying for finals and coming back at night to swim faster than they did in prelims. I'm looking forward to seeing how well they will swim at Regionals and State!
Vaughn Ainsworth - qualified for 1 final in the 200 back
Kailey Albright - 10 second drop in the 200 IM and new State time in the 100 fly
Emma Antawirya - 100% best times including an 8 second drop in the 200 free
Braelyn Ballif - improved in 2 events, new Regional time in the 200 breast
Tabitha Bryce - 5 completed events in her first meet since SCY season
Evan Cho - qualified for 1 final in the 200 breast and dropped 2 seconds
Jordan Cruz - improved in multiple events including a 2 second drop in the 200 free
Mackenzie Feirstein - qualified for 1 final in the 200 breast and dropped 2 seconds
Alaina Herrig - qualified for 2 finals, first place the 50 back, new State times in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free
Evan Hong - 3 second drop in the 100 back
Brooke Horton - improved in 4 events including an 8 second drop in the 200 back
Royce Kountz - qualified for 2 finals, 1 second drop in the 200 free
Catherine Kwilosz - qualified for 1 final in the 200 breast and dropped 6 seconds in the event
Abby Lippert - improved in 3 events, 2 new Regional times in the 100 fly and 200 back
Ember Marinello - improved in 3 events including a 3 second drop in the 200 free
Isla McMullan - 100% best times, qualified for 3 finals, and got a new State time in the 400 free
Cyrus Mead - qualified for 2 finals and dropped under 30 seconds in the 50 free for the first time
Alexis Morley - improved in 3 events including a 3 second drop in the 200 IM
Jaden Napue-Robinson - improved in 2 events including a 2 second drop in the 100 free
Hadley Nixon - 100% best times, qualified for 3 finals, first place in the 50 and 200 free
Laney Phelps - improved in 3 events, new State times in the 100 fly and 400 IM
Madeline Riggle - 100% best times, qualified for 5 finals, new State times in the 200 IM, 200 free, 200 breast, and 400 free
Tim Skarbek - qualified for 4 finals, new State times in the 100 breast and 100 fly
Ariella Strock - swam both freestyle events with improved technique and kick
Joelle Vandenbark - new Regional time in the 200 breast
Aiden Wang - improved in 3 events including a 10 second drop in the 200 breast
William You - qualified for 4 finals, new State time in the 100 fly, 2 second drop in the 50 free
Blue
Blue swimmers did exceptional at Narwhal. Swimmers had a tough week of workouts, but prepared well for the long sessions and heat of the weekend. There were many new State and Regional cuts which were exciting to see so many weeks out of the Age Group championship meets. Congratulations Blue swimmers for swimming so well at this point of the season!
New Cuts:
Zach Basha: State Cut in 100 BR (1:23.88)
Koryne Gantt: State Cuts in the 200 FR (2:18.61) and 400 FR (4:51.69)
Alexa Largent: State Cut in the 100 FL (1:12.98), SR State Cut in the 200 BK (2:36.73), SR State Cut in the 400 IM (5:32.75)
James Lim: State Cut in the 100 FR (1:03.19)
Langston Lindsey: SR State Cut in the 200 BK (2:31.09)
Marley
Spray: SR State Cut in the 200 IM (2:33.95), 200 BK (2:32.28), and 400 IM (5:3.95)
Jonathan Zinger: State Cuts in the 100 BK (1:12.80) and 200 FR (2:15.27)
Other Outstanding Performances:
Bruss Bowman: 2 sec drops in the 200 IM and 400 FR
Dana El-Rayes: 2 sec drop in the 200 FL; 5 sec drop in the 1500 FR
Addison Henry: 4 sec drop in the 400 FR
Piper Jones-Campbell: 6 sec drop in the 400 FR
Greer Masing: 7 sec drop in the 200 BK; 2 sec drop in the 400 FR
Owen Phelps: 5/7 BT; 9 sec drop in 200 FL; 17 sec drop in the 400 IM
Katie Skarbek: 4/5 BT; 8 sec drop in the 400 IM
Ashlyn Tierney: 4 sec drop in the 200 IM; 2 sec drop in the 200 FL
Kyler Tolson: State Cuts in the 200 IM (2:34.30) and 400 IM (5:28.29 - 17 sec drop!)
Amberly Yu: Season bests in the 50 FR and 400 FR
Senior 3
S3 Swimmers continue to make improvements at Narwhal!
Alex Gonzales, Jacob Basha, and Madison Ricks swam hard and continued to make improvements and drop time in several of their events!
Alex dropped a half second in his 50 free, almost 5 seconds in his 100 fly and 12.5 seconds in the 200 breast! Great work Alex!
Jacob worked hard and dropped almost 2 seconds in his 100 fly, just over a second in his 100 breast, and half second in his 50 free and a whopping 38 seconds in his 400 freestyle! Way to go!
Madison dropped over a second in her 200 IM and over a half second in her 100 freestyle! Keep it up Madison!
A special congratulations to Alex Gonzales who will be moving up to S2 this week!
Great job to all S3 swimmers who continue to train hard and improve!
Other S3 Summer Highlights!
Chris Laprath qualified for age group state in the 100 butterfly at the Speedo Invite in May. Chris finished 10th in his first long course meet and dropped over 5 seconds in finals to qualify in the 100 fly! Keep it up Chris! Great job!
Senior 3 swimmers dominated the water at the Copper Classic with many top finishes!
Amelia Lockery had a 3rd place finish in the 100 yard back, 2nd place finishes in the 200 free and 50 fly and a 1st place finish in the 50 back! Way to race!
Chris Laprath had 2 3rd place finishes in the 50 free and 100 breast and 2 2nd place finishes in the 100 IM and 50 fly! Nice swimming!
Alex Gonzales had 2 2nd place finishes in the 100 breast and 50 free and posted 3 1st place finishes in the 50 breast, 100 IM and 50 fly! Amazing!
Jacob Basha topped off the meet with 6 1st place finishes in the 200 breast, 100 IM, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 free and 100 breast! Great job Jacob!
All swimmers made drops in all of their swims!
Great job S3!
Senior 2
Senior 2 had a great Narwhal meet! There were many new State and Sectional cuts and many outstanding swims especially considering the hard week of workouts prior to the meet. Senior 2 should be very proud of what they’ve already accomplished this season and feel confident going into championship season - congratulations!
New Cuts:
Camryn Colvin: State Cut in the 200 BR (3:00.90 - 7 sec drop!)
Faith Fletcher: State Cut in the 200 IM (2:37.19)
Tommy Henstein: Summer Sectionals in the 100 BK (1:02.55)
Eric Herrera: Spring Sectional in the 100 BR (1:13.31)
Natalie
Huddart: State Cut in the 100 BK (1:14.28)
Karson Leavitt: State Cut in the 200 IM (8 sec drop!)
Kaiden Lippy: State Cut in the 200 BR (2:42.81 - 6 sec drop!)
Eli Neeley: State Cut in the 100 FR (56.77) and 50 FR (25.63)
Matthew Weldy: State Cuts in the 200 IM (2:29.53 - 22 sec drop!), 100 BR (1:21.66), and 50 FR (29.52)
Other Outstanding Performances:
Hannah Aguila: 100% BT
Evan Beck: BT in the 100 BK
Alex Bushko 9 sec drop in the 400 IM; 3 sec drop in the 200 IM
Elle Campbell: 2 sec drop in the 200 FR
Markus Crawford: 100% BT; 4 sec drop in the 200 FR; 11 sec drop in the 400 FR
Taylor Downey: 100% BT
Micah Driggers: 2 sec drop in the 200 FR
Daytona Duggan: 100% BT
Aidan Feirstein: 4/5 BT; 3 sec drops in the 100 FL and 100 BK
Faith Fletcher: 2 sec drop in the 200 IM
Isabella Irving: BT in the 100 FL and 50 FR
Michael Loughboro: BT in the 200 BK
Megan
Moon: BT in the 200 FR
Ryan Munoz: 3 sec drop in the 200 BK
Lawrence Wen: 3 sec drop in the 200 BK
Senior 1
Below is S1's meet recap... we had a lot of good swims!!!
S1 swam exceptionally well at the Narwhal Invite. Because the meet is so close to SR State, most S1 swimmers only swam 1 day of the meet. Making the most of their single day of racing, S1 gained 6 new Summer Sectional cuts, 3 new Futures cuts, and most swimmers achieved at least 1 best time over the weekend. Congratulations on many great swims S1!
New Summer Sectional Cuts:
-Sydney Prentice: 1500 FR and 50 FR
-Sophia Jahn: 200 FL
-Brynn Barr: 200 BR
-Paige Downey: 200 FR
-Kinsey Miller: 200 FR
New Futures Cuts:
-Trey Hesser: 50 FR
-Jason Sugihara: 200 FR and 50 FR
Outstanding Swims:
-Cedric Brooking: 4:13.94 400 FR (9 sec drop)
-Colin Campbell: 2:29.62 200 BR (less than a second from Futures)
-Finn Conley: 1:01.82 100 FL
-Landon Driggers: 1:02 100 FL (6 sec drop)
-Alex George: 100% best times
-Caroline Grimsley: 2:13.51 200 FR (5 sec drop)
-Cohen Gunsales: 100% best times
-Hunter Helsten: 24.92 50 FR
-Ailani Ika: 2:29.31 200 BK
-Reed Lucero: 2:01.59 200 FR (5 sec drop)
-Joe Luken: 2:22.22 200 BK
-Mikhail Lyubavskiy: 2:10.03 200 IM, 2:08.48 200 BK
-Sydney Marinello: 28.47 50 FR
-Haley Mueller: 29.82 50 FR
-Evan Nail: 2:11.92 200 BK
-Tori Nguyen: 28.55 50 FR (right off sectionals)
-Max Nielson: 1:58.26 200 FR
-LilyKate Perry: 2:15.23 200 FR (5 sec drop)
-Adia Peterson: 18:53.82 1500 (right off summer sectionals)
-Markus Quillinan: 1:01.27 100 FL (3 sec drop)
-Abby Raclaw: 2:38.29 200 BK (15 sec drop)
-Reagan Uhlik: 2:33.62 200 BK, 29.58 50 FR
-Sasha Volkvova: 2:47.82 200 BR
