Hands together for some awesome swims at Regionals from GM swimmers!

JoAnna Woodward

Gold Medal swimmers from the get go got up and raced! We had lots of personal bests and new AG State times, here is the breakdown by group:

Age Group 2

After a short (7 week) long course training period many first-time long course Age Group 2 swimmers were able to qualify for the Arizona Regional meet with maximum meet entries. Most swimmers were able to swim each event at least one time during the season which will be a tremendous help next long course season. Our group was prepared to swim fast and did not disappoint. Collectively 95% of the group improved times in one or more events. Our group of twenty-three swimmers posted seventy-two best times and we had seven new event qualifiers for the long course State Championship. Congratulations to our individual State meet qualifiers: Rachel Spresney (50 free), Holly Swaninger (50 free), Teagan Tolson (50 free), Ashton Largent (50 free, 100 free, 200 free) and Joselyn Franzone (50 breast). Congratulations Age Group 2 swimmers!

 

Best Times:

1-Kitt Agne

4-Dante Apps

4-Thais Apps

3-Xavier Apps

1-Adam Botsios

4-Stella Daniels

6-Joselyn Franzone

1-Angelina Gomez

1-Claire Horton

6-Ashton Largent

6-Soraya Lindsey

2-Rya Long

1-Stella Olson

3-Turner Pearson

1-Luke Skousen

6-Rachel Spresney

5-Holly Swaninger

5-Declan Tierney

2-Teagan Tolson

3-Ella Wilson

5-Sydney Withem

2-Ander Yu

 

Age Group 1

 

The Age Group 1 Regional Team did a fantastic job at the Regional meet this past weekend! The group achieved 9 new State times at the meet, including 3 new State qualifiers. There were also many great time drops in a lot of our best events, and some very impressive finals swims from the 13&O kids. Overall, I am very happy with what the group has achieved this season thus far, and I'm looking forward to seeing some big SCY time drops at the SCY Phoenix meet the weekend following State!

 
Vaughn Ainsworth - qualified for 4 finals events, and big best times including a 31 second drop in the 400 free
Emma Antawirya - 8 best times including a 16 second drop in the 400 free and 5 second drop in the 100 breast
Braelyn Ballif - achieved a best time and qualified for a final in the 100 breast
Shea Braley - first meet back for the summer and qualified for 1 final event
Tabitha Bryce - qualified for 3 finals with a top-10 finish in the 100 fly
Evan Cho - 8 best times and  3 new State qualifying times (50, 100, and 200 breast)
Jordan Cruz - 5 best times including multiple 3 second drops in the 50 fly and 100 free
Mackenzie Feirstein - 8 best time and  2 new State qualifying times (50 and 100 breast)
Evan Hong - 5 best times including a 2 second drop in the 50 breast and 3 second drop in the 100 free
Brooke Horton - qualified for 6 finals and achieved 7 best times, including an 8 second drop in the 200 breast
Catherine Kwilosz - 7 best times including a 5 second drop in the 100 free and  2 new State qualifying times (100 and 200 breast)
Abby Lippert - 4 best times including a second drop in the 50 free and 50 back
Ember Marinello - 7 best times including a 9 second drop in the 400 free and a 28 second drop in the 1500 free
Cyrus Mead - qualified for 5 finals including a 7 second drop in the 200 back
Alexis Morley - 8 best times including a 9 second drop in the 100 breast and a  new State qualifying time (50 back)
Jaden Napue-Robinson - qualified for 3 finals including a 2 second drop in the 50 free and 8 second drop in the 200 free
Erica Perez - new LCM State time (and best time) in the 50 breast
Ariella Strock - multiple best times including a 4 second drop in the 200 IM and 3 second drop in the 100 breast
Joelle Vandenbark - 7 best times including multiple 6 second drops in the 100 and 200 back
Aiden Wang - qualified for 3 finals including a 1 second drop in the 100 breast and 2 second drop in the 200 breast

Addison Zius - 4 best times including a 2 second drop in the 50 back and a new State qualifying time (50 back)

 

Blue and S2

 

Congrats to all Regional Swimmers as we had several great swims and some new State cuts. Many of our swimmers were at this meet to compete at their Championship meet, while others were wanting to make their cuts for AG State. All and all, we had some awesome racing and some new cuts!

Outstanding Swims:

Zach Basha- BT in the 400IM, 100 free, and almost 3 second time drop in the 200 free; placed 2nd in the 200 breast (just missing the State cut)

Micah Driggers- 100% BT in all 5 events; 3rd in the 100 breast and 4th in the 200 IM

Dana El-Reyes- BT and State cut in the 400 free

Koryne Gantt- BT in 100 free and 200 back; State cut in the 100 free

Alex Gonzalez- BT in the 50 free and placed 2nd

Addison Henry- BT in the 400 free, State cut, and placed 1st

Piper Jones-Campbell- BT in the 200 free and 400 free; placed 3rd in the 200 free

James Lim- BT in the 100 back and 100 fly; placed 2nd the 100 back and 1st in the 100fly

Greer Masing- BT in the 800 free, the 1500 free (8 second drop), and the 200im; placed 2nd in the 800 free and 1st in the mile.

Kaleb McDonald- BT in the 200 free

Ashlyn Tierney- BT in the 200 fly (dropped almost 6 seconds), State cut, and place 1st

Kyler Tolson- BT in the 200 free (dropped 3 seconds), State cut, and placed 1st

Jonathon Zinger-BT in the 200 back (dropped 5 seconds) and 200 breast (dropped 9 seconds); State cuts and places 1st in both events