July Swimmers of the Month
AG2
Sydney Withem
Sydney comes to practice with a positive attitude and willingness to work. She also encourages and supports others! The Regional meet was successful for her. She established 5 best times and continues to get better and better. Keep chasing those 11-12 cuts. We are proud of your efforts and you!
AG1
Isla McMullan and Alaina Herrig!
At the State meet Isla dropped time in all 6 of her individual events and placed top-8 in every individual event as well. Her State meet performance was topped off by 4th place finishes in the 50 fly, 400 free, and 50 free. Isla was also part of the 11-12 girls A relay team who were State Champions in all 4 of their relays throughout the weekend. After the State meet Isla continued to train for 2 more weeks and went on to represent Arizona Swimming and Gold Medal Swim Club at the Western Zone Age Group Championship meet. At Zones Isla competed in 6 individual events and was part of 2 relays, with both relays placing top-10 in the meet. Congratulations to Isla and her great end to the LCM Season!
At the State meet Alaina dropped time in 5 of her individual events and placed top-8 in 4 of her individual events. Alaina was able to secure 3 podium finishes in her 200 IM (3rd), 50 fly (3rd), and 100 fly (2nd). Alaina was also part of the 10&U girls A relay teams who finished 3rd and 4th in their relays for the meet. Following the State meet Alaina continued to train for 2 more weeks and went on to represent Arizona Swimming and Gold Medal Swim Club at the Western Zone Age Group Championship meet. While at Zones Alaina competed in 6 individual events and qualified for finals in 2 events (50 back and 100 fly). Alaina's top finish at Zones was in her 100 fly (11th). Congratulations to Alaina on a strong end to her LCM Season!
Senior 2
This was very difficult decision since we had so many great swims in July, however, we decided on both Reese Carpenter and Eric Herrara as Swimmers of the Month for S2! Both of these swimmers have shown great perseverance and great work ethic, as well as great attention to their stroke technique and endurance in practice. Reese and Eric both achieved their first Sectional cuts at Senior State and both earned it in the 200 breast. Congrats to Reese and Eric, so proud of you both!
Blue
We had so many awesome swims this month, it was very challenging to pick…for the Blue group, Alexa Largent is the Swimmer of the Month! Alexa had several outstanding swims at Age Group State including her achievement of Spring Sectional cuts in the mile and the 800 free as well as taking 2nd place for High Point for 11-12 girls. Congrats Alexa on such awesome swims
Senior 1
There were a lot of meets in July and many outstanding swims from the Senior 1 group. There were swims at the Senior State meet, the LA Invite, the Age Group State Meet and Futures. This made selecting the most outstanding swimmers for the month very challenging. Attendance for the group is always near perfect and every swimmer did something that was outstanding.
The female winner is Paige Downey. Paige swam three of the four meets in the month of July. She had six best times at the Senior State meet, two best times at the Age Group state meet, plus an amazing anchor leg in the 13-14 girls 800 free relay to win the relay, and three best times at the Future’s meet, including a Winter Junior National time in the 1500. She placed 7th in both the 800 and 1500 and 14th in the 400 free at Future’s. Paige was our second highest scoring woman at the meet.
The male winner is Cedric Brooking. Cedric swam in three meets in July and performed well at all three of them. At the Senior State meet at the beginning of July, he swam six best times. At the LA Invite, he swam best times in two events and qualified for Future’s in the 400 free. At the Future’s meet, he swam three best times and placed 14th in the 400 free, and was part of our B, 800 free relay, which placed second. Overall, Cedric was probably one of the most improved swimmers in the group during the long course season.
