Greater Atlanta Divisionals recap

Jim McGinnis

What a great weekend of racing! Three new team records highlighted the weekend: Abigail Magouyrk broke the 8 & under girl’s 200 IM record with a time of 3:05.24! Nikolay Chernev secured two new team standards breaking the 13-14 boy’s 100 breast (59.66) and 400 IM (4:13.05)! Tidal Wave Swimming swept all three competitions at the Greater Atlanta Divisionals over the weekend!!!!  Our girls scored 3566 points, winning by 56.  Our boys scored 3722.5, winning by 346 points.  It was a very balanced effort in route to a total of 7288.5 points (Taking the combined title by 402 points)!  Make sure to see the trophy at the pool! Tidal Wave relays were strong over the course of the meet.  Additionally, a huge number of swimmers scored individually.  Following is a list of all Tidal Wave swimmers who finished in the top three individually, and the events in which they had success:

Top 3 Finishers: 8 & Under: Abigail Magouyrk: 100 free – 1st, 25 back -1st, 50 back – 1st, 25 breast – 3rd, 50 breast – 1st, 25 fly – 1st, 50 fly – 1st, 100 IM – 1st, 10 & under 500 free – 1st, 10 & under 200 IM – 1st; Daerie Johnson: 50 fly – 3rd; Tinley Webb: 25 free – 1st, 100 free – 2nd, 25 back – 2nd, 50 back – 2nd, 25 fly – 2nd, 50 fly – 2nd, 100 IM – 2nd; Connor Johnston: 50 breast – 3rd, 100 IM – 3rd; Camden McKibben: 25 breast – 3rd, 25 fly – 3rd; Colsen Schnakenburg: 50 breast – 1st; 9-10: Charlotte Moore: 50 fly – 3rd; Madison Odom: 50 free – 1st, 100 free - 1st, 200 free - 1st, 100 back – 2nd, 50 breast – 2nd, 100 breast – 2nd, 100 IM – 1st;  Brady Brown: 200 free – 3rd, 50 fly – 2nd, 100 fly – 3rd, 200 IM – 3rd; Colin Hanna: 500 free – 3rd; Tommy Zundel: 50 breast – 2nd; 11-12: Alyssa Krokey: 100 free – 3rd; Hannah Magouyrk: 500 free – 2nd, 50 back – 3rd, 100 back – 3rd, 50 fly – 3rd, 100 IM – 2nd, 200 IM – 2nd; George Chernev: 200 free – 1st, 100 back – 1st, 50 fly – 2nd, 100 fly  - 1st, 100 IM – 2nd, 200 IM – 1st; Tyler Hanna: 100 back – 3rd, 50 breast – 2nd, 100 breast – 1st, 100 IM – 3rd; Preston Hatcher: 100 free – 2nd, 200 free – 2nd, 500 free – 2nd, 50 back – 2nd, 100 back - 2nd, 100 breast – 2nd, 200 IM – 2nd; Peter Jansick: 500 free – 3rd; Nathan Moore: 50 back – 3rd; Kasen Sweet: 100 free – 3rd; 13-14: Willow Drack: 200 fly – 1st; Lillie Goff: 200 IM – 3rd, 400 IM – 3rd; Hattie Graham: 50 free – 3rd, 200 free – 2nd, 100 back – 3rd; Diana Korytska: 200 back – 1st, 100 fly – 1st, 200 IM – 1st, 400 IM – 1st; Nikolay Chernev: 100 free – 1st, 200 – 1st, 200 back – 1st, 100 breast – 2nd, 100 fly – 2nd, 200 fly – 1st, 400 IM – 1st; Lucas Hanna: 200 IM – 3rd; Andrew Jansick: 100 free – 3rd; John Jones: 200 breast – 2nd, 400 IM – 2nd; Nick McMaster: 200 fly – 3rd; Josh Smith: 500 free – 3rd, 200 fly – 2nd; Senior: Reagan Burton: 100 breast – 1st, 200 breast – 1st, 200 IM – 1st, 400 IM – 1st; Mary Claire Rimmer: 200 fly – 3rd; Jonah Corbitt: 500 free – 1st; Isaiah Martin: 100 breast – 1st, 200 breast – 3rd; Jarrett Watkins: 200 free – 1st, 500 free – 3rd, 100 back – 3rd, 100 fly – 2nd, 200 IM – 2nd.  Great job swimmers!

There was a great deal of fast swimming over the weekend.  Thirteen swimmers combined to record 42 changes to the Tidal Wave All-Time Top 10 list.  The following is a full list of new top 10 times:

8 & Under: Abigail Magouyrk: 100 free – 8th (1:20.77), 50 back – 9th (43.24), 25 breast – 7th (19.40), 50 breast – 5th (48.88), 25 fly – 5th (18.10), 50 fly – 6th (40.44), 100 IM – 5th (1:28.68), 200 IM – 1st (3:05.24); Tinley Webb: 25 back – 10th (20.03), 100 IM – 10th (1:34.91); 11-12: Hannah Magouyrk: 100 back – 10th (1:04.74); George Chernev: 200 free – 7th (2:05.28), 100 back – 5th (1:03.42), 50 fly – 4th (27.88), 100 fly – 3rd (1:01.20), 100 IM – 10th (1:05.97), 200 IM – 7th (2:19.44); Tyler Hanna: 50 breast – 3rd (32.03); Preston Hatcher: 500 free – 9th (5:38.58), 50 back – 8th (30.08), 100 back – 6th (1:04.21), 100 breast – 7th (1:13.68); 13-14: Diana Korytska: 100 fly – 9th (58.78), 200 IM – 7th (2:12.26), 400 IM – 7th (4:43.64); Nikolay Chernev: 100 free – 5th (50.16), 200 free – 5th (1:49.45), 200 back – 5th (2:02.55), 100 breast – 1st (59.66), 100 fly – 2nd (53.39), 400 IM – 1st (4:13.05); John Jones: 400 IM – 9th (4:29.28); Senior: Reagan Burton: 50 free – 5th (24.54), 100 back – 7th (59.00), 400 IM – 3rd (4:33.19); Jonah Corbitt: 500 free – 9th (4:44.28); Isaiah Martin: 100 breast – 2nd (56.71), 200 breast – 3rd (2:09.22); Jarrett Watkins: 200 free – 7th (1:42.20), 100 back – 3rd (51.60), 200 IM – 6th (1:55.18). Incredible job swimmers!