SC Senior State recap

The 2025 SC Senior State Championships was a great meet for Tidal Wave! Across distances and strokes, swimmers achieved best times race after race. Nikolay Chernev celebrated his last 13-14 meet, and birthday weekend, breaking six team records (13-14 boys 1000 free, 100 & 200 breast, 200 fly, 200 & 400 IM)! Kristine Lila earned her white cap (50 free), while Jonah Corbitt swam his first yellow cap time (50 fly)! Four swimmers had top 8 individual finishes:  Reagan Burton (100 free – 2^nd, 100 breast – 6^th, 200 breast – 3^rd, 100 fly – 5^th, 100 IM – 3^rd, 200 IM – 2^nd), Nikolay Chernev (1000 free – 7^th, 50 breast – 6^th, 100 breast – 7^th, 200 breast – 4^th, 200 IM – 4^th, 400 IM – 3^rd), Jonah Corbitt (200 free – 6^th, 50 fly – 5^th), and Luke Renier (100 free – 7^th)! By the end of the meet, seven swimmers combined to achieve 23 new Tidal Wave All-Time Top 10 times! A full list of new TWS top 10s follows:

13-14: Nikolay Chernev: 1000 free – 1^st (9:48.90), 100 breast – 1^st (57.41), 200 breast – 1^st (2:04.14), 200 fly – 1^st (1:56.88), 200 IM – 1^st (1:53.23), 400 IM – 4:02.68; Senior: Reagan Burton: 100 free – 2^nd (51.72), 200 breast – 2^nd (2:18.61), 100 fly – 6^th (56.23), 200 IM – 2^nd (2:03.81); Diana Korytska: 200 breast – 8^th (2:28.74), 100 fly – 9^th (58.73), 200 IM – 9^th (2:10.68), 400 IM – 9^th (4:38.97);  Kristine Lila: 50 free – 3^rd (24.09), 100 free – 4^th (53.06), 200 free – 8^th (1:56.97), 100 back – 8^th (59.41); Jonah Corbitt: 50 free – 8^th (21.72), 200 free – 7^th (1:41.94); Lucas Hanna: 100 breast – 8^th (1:00.44), 200 breast – 9^th (2:13.52); John Jones: 200 breast – 5^th (2:10.56).  Great job swimmers!