Age Group One Meet Wrap-ups For April and May

April AG1

Great first long-course meet. We faced a monumental challenge coming into the meet and handled it with poise and maturity! Leading up to this meet, we had a single one-hour workout in long course meters, and we still achieved so many best times and regionals/state cuts. A lot of this success is the attention to detail: swimming tall and long, focusing on what you can do to maximize each event, racing into turns and exploding off the walls, and the amazing use of our legs. Everyone was excited to race, even if it was a first-time event, like the 200 Fly or 400 Free. 

Audrey:

 8/8 best times | New State: 50/100 BK, 100/200 FL

Edward:

            6/8 best times | First-time events: 200 IM

New Regionals(11-12): 50/100/200 FR, 50/100/200 BR, 100 BK, 200 IM

Ada:

            8/9 best times | First-time events: 200/400 FR, 100/200 FL, 200 BR

            Regionals: 50/100/200/400 FR, 50 BR, 100 FL & BK 

Ian: 

            8/8 best times | First-time events: 50 BR, 100 FL

            New Regionals: 50 BR, 100 BK, 50 FR, 50 FL, 100 FR | New State: 200 BK

Elan:

10/10 best times | First-time events: 100/200 FL, 200 BR, 100 BK

            Regionals: 50/100/200 FR, 50/100 BR, 100 BK, 200 IM

Stella D:

8/8 best times | New State:  50/100 BK, 50 FL

Mikaela:

8/8 best times

State Cuts: 200 BK | Regionals: 50/100/200 FR, 50/100 BK, 200 IM, 100 FL

Juliet:

7/10 best times | First time events - 200/400 FR, 200 BR

            Regionals times: 50/200/400 FR, 50/100 FL, 200 IM 

Bennet:

            5/5 best times | New State Cuts: 200 FR, 50/100 BK, 100 FL

Ashton:

            8/8 best times | First-time events: 400 IM

            New Regionals: 100 FL, 100 BK | New State: 200 FR, 400 IM

Leo:

            8/10 best times | First-time events: 100 FL

            New Regionals: 50 FR, 100 BK, 200 IM, 400 FR | New State: 100/200 FR, 50/200 BK

Anya:

            8/8 best times | First-time events: 100 FL

            New Regionals: 100/200 FR, 50100 BR, 50/100 FL, 100 BK, 200 IM

Luke:

            5/5 best times | First-time events: 50 BR

            New Regionals: 200 FR, 50 BR, 100 FL, 100 BK

Lillian:

            9/9 best times | First-time events: 200 FL

            New Regionals: 50/200 FL, 50/100/200 FR, 200 IM, 100 BK, 50 BR 

New State Cuts: 100 FL 

Truitt:

            8/10 best times | First-time events: 50 BR

            New Regionals: 50 BR

Addy:

            5/8 best times | First-time events: 200 FR, 200 BK, 100 FL

            New Regionals: 100/200 FR, 50/100 FL, 

Nathan:

            7/8 best times | First-time events: 200 FR, 50 FL

            New Regionals: 100/200 FR, 200 IM

Ella:

            7/7 best times | First-time events: 400 IM, 200 BR

            New Regionals: 200/400 FR, 200 BR, 400 IM

Ander:

            6/9 best times | First-time events: 400 IM

            New Regionals: 50 FL

Gavin:

            9/9 Best times | First-time events: 100 BK, 200 IM

            New Regionals (13-14): 50/100/200/400 FR, 100/200 BR

 

May Cray

We had a great deal of success at May Cray. Huge shout-out to all of you for the great focus at practice; we're seeing that work turn into race success! I also want to thank Coach Liz for stepping up and allowing me to enjoy time with my family. All around, it was a fantastic team effort with great individual results. Everyone had at least one race they were nervous about, and we handled that like professionals. When we are doing something for the first time, or the 1000th time, when we understand the small steps we must take along the way, the big successes are inevitable. It rings true from sprint events to the mile. 

First time 400 FR swim: Ella G, Anya, and Addy

First time 800 FR swim: Mika, Lillian T, Truitt, Ella, Ander, and Gavin

Audrey Botsios: 2 Best Times | New Cuts: 400FR (Regionals), 200BK (State)

Edward Cai: 4 Best Times
Ada Cetegen: 3 Best Times | New Cuts: 400FR (Regionals)

Ian Chantis: 4 Best Times | New Cuts: 400FR (Regionals), 100BK (State)

Elan Chong: 2 Best Times

Stella Daniels: 6 Best Times (100%) | New Cuts: 200BK (State), 800FR (State) *First Swim!

Mika Germie: 4 Best Times | New Cuts: 800FR (Regionals) *First Swim!

Ella Gonzales: 3 Best Times | New Cuts: 400FR (Regionals) *First Swim!

Malia Herrig: 4 Best Times (100%)

Bennet Kelly: 4 Best Times

Ashton Largent: 6 Best Times (100%) | New Cuts: 100BR (Regionals), 100BK (State), 800FR (State)

Elena Perez: 2 Best Times

Aanya Singhai: 3 Best Times | New Cuts: 50FR (Regionals), 400FR (Regionals) *First Swim!, 200BK (Regionals) *First Swim!

Luke Skousen: 5 Best Times (100%) | New Cuts: 50FR (Regionals)

Lillian Tan: 5 Best Times | New Cuts: 400FR (Regionals), 200BR (Regionals), 800FR (Regionals) *First Swim!

Truitt Vandenbark: 6 Best Times (100%) | New Cuts: 400FR (State), 800FR (State) *First Swim!

Addy VonSchoff: 3 Best Times | New Cuts: 400FR (Regionals) *First Swim!, 200IM (Regionals) *First Swim!

Nathan Wang: 2 Best Times

Emme Ward: 3 Best Times | New Cuts: 100FL (Regionals), 50FR (Regionals), 100BK (Regionals) ***First Meet!

Ella Wilson: 4 Best Times | New Cuts: 800FR (Regionals) *First Swim, 0.28 from State!

Ander Yu: 5 Best Times | New Cuts: 400FR (Regionals) *First Swim, 100FR (State), 100FL (Regionals)

Gavin Zhu: 8 Best Times | New Cuts: 800FR (State) *First Swim!