This past weekend EST sent a group of 15 swimmers to the Connecticut Short Course Senior Championships. It was a great opportunity to swim against new competition and to represent EST outside of the New England LSC. The meet was very fast and it took a sectional cut in most events to have a chance to make finals. Over the course of the meet EST swimmers posted 72 personal bests, set 14 team records, sent 7 swimmers to finals and the men’s team placed 3rd overall! The following team records...

In the last day of action the 9-10 age group the girls 200 free relay Megan Reich, Julia Wagner, Megan Metivier and Elizabeth Bencze posted a 2:10.69 which placed them 16th overall. Brady Dixon lead the way in the 50 back by dropping 2 seconds and moving up into scoring position with a 35.55. On the girls side Megan Reich finished 12 with a 36.90 which was also a drop of almost 2 seconds. Not to be outdone Brydie Olofson dropped 3 seconds in her 50 breast to move all...

The times have continued to drop at 12 & Unders. Starting with the 200 free relay the 11-12 girls (Eliana Fleischer, Sutton Corzatt, Chloe Couture and Emily Metivier) combined for a 1:58.13. In the boys side Thomas, Tony, Andrew and Max posted a 1:45.76 which placed them third and broke the EST record! In the 500 free Andrew dropped almost 15 seconds to finish 3rd in 5:36.90, for the 12 year olds Thomas Choquette posted a 5:30.00 which earned him 11th. Thomas was less than ½ a second off the...

EST swimmers started the meet off right, going 3 for 3 in setting team records last night. Emily Metivier started thing off by dropping 19 seconds in her 1000 free (11:31.28) breaking her record of 11:50 .15 set earlier this year and placing 13th overall. Thomas Choquette followed that with a 5 second drop to 11:27.77 which placed him 11th and re-broke his record set at Regionals this year. The 11-12 team of Max Reich, Tony Min, Andrew Benson and Thomas Choquette finished off the night with a 4th place...

Day two is in the books, and EST swimmers have continued to rock the pool. Leading off the morning was the boys 11-12 200 Medley relay where the team of Max Reich, Thomas Choquette, Tony Min & Andrew Benson broke a team record that has stood since 1990. Their time of 2:00.99 dropped almost 2 seconds from the former record. (2:02.74) Not to be left out of the relay success our 10 & under girls 200 medley relay: Elizabeth Bencze, Megan Metivier, Megan Reich and Carly Caswell dropped 9 seconds...

Congratulations to our two new 12 & under Age Group qualifiers; Brady Dixon (100 back) and Megan Reich (50 back) both achieved their first Age Group Standards at the RAYS meet this past weekend!

Congratulations to Brydie Olofson for making her first Age Group cut at our dual meet vs ESC. She swam a 1:38.43 in the 100 breast to qualify for 9yr old girls. Amazingly this was her first time ever swimming the event. Way to go Brydie!

Last week New England swimming posted the current top 10 list and 8 EST swimmers have made the cut. Swimmers have until August to earn a spot on the list and a trip to the NE awards banquet in October so keep racing fast! Congratulations to the following swimmers who are currently on the top 10 list: Elizabeth Bencze Andrew Benson Max Reich Emily Metivier Connar Patterson Zach Bishop Kellen Gray Patrick Carignan

This weekend EST swimmers were split between two trial / final meets. There we 25 swimmers who went to Wheaton college for the Winter Solstice Classic and 10 Swimmers who attended the New England Senior Championship. Between the two meets there were 165 best times, 18 swimmers who earned a spot at finals and eight new team records! Team Records: Emily Metivier: 11-12 – 1000 Free (11:50.15) – Cut 30 seconds off previous record Thomas Choquette: 11-12 – 1000 Free (12:16.21) – Broke his own record from last season Connar...

Connar Patterson set a new team record this morning in his 200 backstroke. His time of 1:51.02 was a 1.2 second drop and broke his own record from Age Groups last March!