New Tampa Y & Berkeley Meet Recap – May 4 - 5

New Tampa Y & Berkeley Meet Recap – May 4 & 5

New Tampa Y Meet – This was our first long course meet of the season. GTSA had 87 swims with 34 top times.

• Largest Time Drops:

Darwin Walker - 100 Breaststroke, 28.07 time drop

Avery Graham - 200 IM, 21.13 time drop

Evelina Walker - 100 Freestyle, 10.42 time drop

• Swimmers With Top 3 Finishes In The Meet:

Alex Medina –100 Freestyle 3^rd place, 50 Freestyle 3rd place, 400 Freestyle 3^rd place, 800 Freestyle 2^nd place

Sander Izzi - 50 Freestyle 1^st Place

Molly Graham - 100 Freestyle 2^nd, 100 Butterfly 2^nd place ,200 IM 2^nd place

Makenzie Turnipseed - 50 Butterfly 3^rd place

• First Time 800 Meter Swimmers:

Alex Medina -10:11:30

Nico Ceballos - 10:43.50

Makenzie Turnipseed - 11:54.21

Darwin Walker - 12:28.96

Olivia Lefler - 12:44.62

GTSA swimmers had several strong, strategic races as many of the swimmers are learning how to race, pace and finish strong which will help for the middle-distance events. I appreciate the swimmers taking ownership of their progress. Without a lot of rest heading into the meet, several GTSA swimmers are showing improvement in their times with their daily dryland and strong swim workouts.

Berkeley Prep Meet - GTSA had 28 swims with 21 top times. This was a great short course meet for our younger Age Groups.

• Largest Time Drops:

Camden Wilkerson - 50 yard Backstroke - 9.87 time drop

Blake Bedan - 25 Backstroke - 9.77 time drop

Chase Woitas - 100 Breaststroke - 8.56 time drop

• Swimmers With Top 3 Finishes In The Meet:

Gabriel Ramirez - 10 and under, 50 yard Breaststroke 3^rd place,

Chase Woitas - 10 and under, 50 yard Backstroke 3rd place, 50 yard Butterfly 3^rd place

This is a great meet for our young swimmers to gain competitive confidence and experience swimming in their career. We will attend short course meets in June. Our GTSA coaches are doing a great job in teaching and coaching our swimmers!