2026 Winterfest Invitational Recap!

Congratulations to our 78 qualifiers and 73 attendees for the 2026 SPY Winterfest Invitational this past weekend at the University of Maryland!

 

PAY finished 6th overall out of nearly 40 different teams in the overall team scores.

 

New YMCA Short Course National Cuts:

 

Brynn Lewis - 100 Fly

 

Olivia Sellers - 100 Fly, 200 Fly 

 

New YMCA Long Course National Cuts:

 

Jack Herpel - 200 Breast

 

Claire Mages - 400 IM

 

New Eastern Zone Cut:

 

Campbell Knecht - 500 Free

 

Friday Finalists & Top Results:

Teddy Thiel - 50 free finalist

Brynn Lewis - 50 free finalist and #1 seed

Campbell Knecht - 4th place finish in the 500 free

Chase Hungarter - 3rd place finish in the 500 free

Ryan Whitlock - 6th place finish in the 500 free

Claire Mages - 2nd place finish in the 500 free

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Finalists & Top Results:

Brynn Lewis - 200 free finalist and #1 seed

Claire Mages - 200 free finalist

Ella Kozak - 200 free alternate

Lucille Obenski - 100 back finalist

Annie Miller - 100 back alternate

Ryan Whitlock - 100 back finalist

Nathan Deeney - 200 IM finalist

Laney Dittmar - 200 IM alternate

Claire Mages - 200 IM finalist

Brynn Lewis - 200 IM finalist and #1 seed

Gavin Sutton - 200 IM finalist

Ella Kozak - 200 IM finalist

Brynn Lewis - 100 fly finalist

Olivia Sellers - 100 fly finalist

Erick Zinn - 100 fly finalist

Ella Kozak - 100 fly finalist

Weston Gale - 200 breast finalist

Jack Herpel - 200 breast finalist

Laney Dittmar - 200 breast finalist

Gavin Sutton - 200 breast finalist

Mara Shearer - 200 breast finalist

Ashley Kane - 200 free finalist

Campbell Knecht - 200 free finalist

Chase Hungarter - 200 free finalist

Micah Smith - 50 back finalist

Chase Hungarter - 100 fly finalist

Ashley Kane - 50 free finalist

Chase Hungarter - 50 free alternate

Audrey Abazi - 4th place finish in 100 butterfly

Sam Verderame - 1st place finish in 100 butterfly

Sam Verderame - 1st place finish in 50 free

 

Sunday Finalists and Top Results:

200 Back finalist - Nathan Deeney

200 Back finalist - Ryan Whitlock

200 Back finalist - Kira Haebler

200 Back finalist - Annie Miller

200 IM finalist - Chase Hungarter

100 Breast finalist - Jack Herpel

100 Breast alternate - Weston Gale

100 Breast finalist - Gavin Sutton

100 Breast finalist - Brynn Lewis

100 Breast finalist - Laney Dittmar

200 Fly finalist - Olivia Sellers

200 Fly finalist - Claire Mages

200 Fly finalist - Ella Kozak

200 Fly finalist - Erick Zinn

200 Fly alternate - Gavin Sutton

50 Fly finalist - Chase Hungarter

100 Free finalist - Brynn Lewis

100 Free finalist - Ashley Kane

100 Back finalist - Chase Hungarter

100 Back - 3rd place - Sam Verderame

50 Fly - 5th place - Audrey Abazi

50 Fly - 1st place - Sam Verderame

200 IM - 8th place - Audrey Abazi

200 IM - 8th place - Sam Verderame

 

Relay Teams:

 

10 & Under’s

 

Girls 200 Free Relay - Audrey Abazi, Grace Metry, Phoebe Haddad, Haley Trainor - 8th place

 

 Girls 200 Medley Relay - Grace Metry, Phoebe Haddad, Audrey Abazi, Haley Trainor - 5th place 

 

Boys 200 Medley Relay - Sam Verderame, Beckett Pucke, August Smith, Amay Chauhan - 4th place

 

Boys 200 Medley Relay - Beckett Pucke, Eric Shi, Sam Verderame, Amay Chauhan - 4th place

 

11-12’s

 

Girls 200 Medley Relay - Sanjh Sood, Campbell Knecht, Ashley Kane, Natalie Ashe - 9th place 

 

Girls  200 Free Relay - Ashley Kane, Natalie Ashe, Emery Sutton, Campbell Knecht - 10th place 

 

Boys 200 Medley Relay - Peter Verderame, Chase Hungarter, Micah Smith, Lane Shearer - 6th place

 

Boys 200 Free Relay - Micah Smith, Chase Hungarter, Peter Verderame, Lane Shearer - 6th place

 

 

 

 

13-14’s

Girls  200 Free Relay - Ella Kozak, Mara Shearer, Stellarose Ferst, Annie Miller - 10th place

Girls 400 Medley Relay - Kira Haebler, Mara Shearer, Ella Kozak, Kenzie Thompson - 7th place

Girls 400 Free Relay - Ella Kozak, Kenzie Thompson, Mara Shearer, Kira Haebler - 8th place

Girls 200 Medley Relay - Kira Haebler, Mara Shearer, Ella Kozak, Kenzie Thompson - 9th place

 

Boys 200 Free Relay - Wesley Sadowski, Gavin Sutton, Teddy Thiel, Ryan Whitlock - 2nd place

Boys 400 Free Relay - Ryan Whitlock, Teddy Thiel, Wesley Sadowski, Gavin Sutton - 3rd place

Boys 200 Medley Relay - Teddy Thiel, Gavin Sutton, Erick Zinn, Ryan Whitlock - 3rd place

Boys 400 Medley Relay - Teddy Thiel, Gavin Sutton, Erick Zinn, Ryan Whitlock - 2nd place

 

15 & Overs

Girls 200 Free Relay - Brynn Lewis, Kylie McGuire, Lucille Obenski, Claires Mages - 8th place

Girls 400 Free Relay - Brynn Lewis, Claire Mages, Michelle Figueroa, Kylie McGuire - 5th place

Girls  400 Medley Relay - Lucille Obenski, Laney Dittmar, Olivia Sellers, Brynn Lewis - 7th place

Girls 200 Medley Relay -  Lucille Obenski, Laney Dittmar, Olivia Sellers, Brynn Lewis - 11th place

 

Boys 200 Free Relay - Jack Herpel, Weston Gale, Jack Battisto, Nate Deeney - 14th place

Boys 400 Medley Relay - Nate Deeney, Jack Herpel, Walker Hungarter, Weston Gale - 7th place

Boys 400 Free Relay - Nate Deeney, Clayton Heinzmann, Weston Gale, Walker Hungarter - 9th place

Boys 200 Medley Relay - Nate Deeney, Jack Herpel, Walker Hungarter, Jack Battisto - 11th place