2024-2025 SCY Season Highlights
2024-2025 SCY Championship Meet Highlights
Senior Championships
This year we took our largest group ever - 18 swimmers - to New England Seniors. Seven of these athletes were competing at NE Seniors for the first time! This talented group came in 12th overall (out of 30 scoring teams) which is impressive given how small we are compared to a number of the teams in attendance. The swimmers did a great job pushing themselves through multiple events, cheering/supporting each other and competing in point scoring relays. Every swimmer competed in at least 1 event each day, swimming 1 or more best times and supported each other on/off the deck all weekend. Shoutout to Isabela Teixeira for earning 87 points for the team and Aiden Gouldson for earning 13 points for the team!
Additional Highlights:
The girls had a first ever sibling relay (Teixeira and Tyrrell x 2)
Victor Ao made his first Sectionals cut
Jake Barrett made his first Sectionals cut
Bowen Clarke made his first Sectionals cut
Isabela Teixeira placed in the top 10 in 6 events (200 Free - 4th, 100 Breast - 2nd, 200 IM - 9th, 100 Free - 6th, 50 Free - 5th, 200 Breast - 6th)
5 Individual Finalists: Victor Ao, Aiden Gouldson, Andrew Lu, Vance Petrossi, Isabela Teixeira
Individual Team Records:
Aiden Gouldson: 17-18 Boys 50 Free, 100 Free, and 200 Free
Isabela Teixeira: 17-18 Girls 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Breast, and 200 Breast
Congrats to all who swam at Seniors!
Victor Ao, Cale Barker, Jacob Barrett, Rhianna Barrett, Jonathan Baxter, Bowen Clarke, Aiden Gouldson, Omar Graia, Andrew Lu, Callum Musto, Catherine Newark, Han Park, Vance Petrossi, Isabela Teixeira, Caroline Tyrrell, Lucy Tyrrell, Nora Williamson and Lucas Zhang.
10&Unders Championships
We had 4 swimmers qualify for 10&Under Champs this year: Margot Curran, Jaxon Ethier, Zachary Ethier, and Yisu Shi (who unfortunately could not make it to the meet due to being sick). All 3 of our participating swimmers achieved best times at the meet. They were great at supporting each other and cheering each other on at the end of the lanes during every race. Shoutout to Margot Curran who earned 40 points for the team!
Individual Team Records:
Margot Curran: 9-10 Girls 500 Free
Zachary Ethier: 9-10 Boys 100 Back
11-14 Age Group Championships
We had 16 swimmers qualify for 11-14 AG Champs this year: Ari Baysinger, Halle Boland, Will Boland, Aela Bruno, Felix Cui, Dottie Curran, Polly Curran, Beckett Kavanaugh, Jaxon Liles, Ryan Liu, Ayan Nayak, Anabela Nikolov, Luisa Teixeira, Peter Tyrrell, Vincent Wu, and Renee Yu. In addition, we had 3 swimmers join the team for relays: Derin Cobanoglu, Kevin Moorman, and Gillian Potnick. United’s speedy AG3 and Junior group showed up BIG this year, with over 85% of the group qualifying for the meet and 5 athletes making qualifying times for the meet for the first time. This impressive group finished the meet 13th overall and scored a record breaking number of points - 532. The kids competed in 12 team record breaking relays, swam many best times, and brought home lots of hardware and ribbons from finals swims. Big shout out to Ari Baysinger who earned 70 points for the team and Ryan Liu who earned 51 points for the team.
Additional Highlights:
Polly Curran made her first Senior cut in 200 Breast and came in 7th
Ari Baysinger got 6th in 50 Breast, 5th in 100 Breast, 4th in 200 Breast, and 10th in 400 IM
Ryan Liu got 5th in 100 Back, 10th in 200 Fly, and 8th in 200 Back
Individual Team Records:
Beckett Kavanaugh: 13-14 Boys 500 Free
Jaxon Liles: 13-14 Boys 200 Fly and 400 IM
Relay Records:
11-12 Girls 200 Free: Emma Yan, Dottie Curran, Ari Baysinger, Halle Boland
11-12 Girls 400 Medley: Halle Boland, Ari Baysinger, Dottie Curran, Derin Cobanoglu
11-12 Boys 200 Free: Peter Tyrrell, Kevin Moorman, Ayan Nayak, Ryan Liu
11-12 Boys 200 Medley: Ayan Nayak, Peter Tyrrell, Ryan Liu, Kevin Moorman
11-12 Boys 400 Medley: Ayan Nayak, Peter Tyrrell, Ryan Liu, Kevin Moorman
13-14 Girls 200 Medley: Polly Curran, Renee Yu, Luisa Teixeira, Gillian Potnick
13-14 Girls 400 Medley: Renee Yu, Luisa Teixeira, Polly Curran, Aela Bruno
13-14 Boys 200 Free: Felix Cui, Jax Liles, Beckett Kavanagh, Will Boland
13-14 Boys 200 Medley: Will Boland, Beckett Kavanagh, Jax Liles, Felix Cui
13-14 Boys 400 Medley: Beckett Kavanagh, Jaxon Liles, Felix Cui, Vincent Wu
13-14 Mixed 200 Free: Jax Liles, Luisa Teixeira, Polly Curran, Felix Cui
13-14 Mixed 200 Medley: Beckett Kavanagh, Polly Curran, Luisa Teixeira, Felix Cui
15-18 Age Group Championships
This season we had 20 swimmers qualify for 15-18 Age Group Championships: Mehmet Akbulut, Victor Ao, Cale Barker, Jacob Barrett, Jonathan Baxter, Bowen Clarke, Aiden Gouldson, Omar Graia, Brayden Kavanagh, Andrew Lu, Callum Musto, Catherine Newark, Han Park, Vance Petrossi, Cole Scafidi, Isabela Teixeira, Caroline Tyrrell, Lucy Tyrrell, Nora Williamson and Lucas Zhang. This is the largest 15-18 group that USC has ever had qualify for 15-18 Age Groups. Eight of the 20 athletes qualified for this meet for the first time! Our 15-18 year old Age Group swimmers placed 9th overall (out of 38 scoring teams) and scored a huge amount of points - 458! Five individuals combined to score 204 points - Jonathan Baxter, Aiden Goulsdon, Andrew Lu, Isabela Teixeira, and Caroline Tyrrell - and our relay teams scored 254 points.
Individual Finalist Highlights:
Isabela Teixeira placed in the top 10 in 7 events (200 Free - 4th, 100 Breast - 6th, 100 Fly - 10th, 200 IM - 5th, 500 Free - 7th, 200 Breast - 6th, 50 Free - 3rd) scoring a total of 120 Points for United
Aiden Gouldson placed in the top 10 in 4 events (200 Free - 6th, 200 IM - 5th, 500 Free - 10th, 50 Free - 2nd) scoring a total of 69 Points for United
Andrew Lu (100 Back and 200 Back), Caroline Tyrrell (50 Free), and Jonathan Baxter (100 Back) combined to score 15 points for United
Bowen Clarke (50 Free) and Lucy Tyrrell (100 Breast and 200 Breast) also made finals at their first New England Senior meet
Individual Team Records:
Aiden Goulsdon: 17-18 Boys 500 Free
Isabela Teixeira: 17-18 Girls 500 Free
Caroline Tyrrell: 17-18 Girls 50 Back (relay leadoff)
Relay Records:
Open Boys 200 Free: Callum Musto, Bowen Clarke, Andrew Lu, Aiden Gouldson
Open Boys 400 Medley: Jonathan Baxter, Victor Ao, Andrew Lu, Aiden Gouldson
Open Mixed 200 Free: Caroline Tyrrell, Callum Musto, Isabela Teixeira, Aiden Gouldson
New England Cup
USC capped off the regular season with a tremendous showing at our final regular season meet. Team scores were divided between boys and girls for this meet. Our USC boys came in 3rd overall with 1,139.5 points and our USC girls came in 2nd overall with 1,430 points! Months of hard work and support culminated in fast swimming across the board at this exciting meet. Almost every swimmer achieved at least 1 or more best time with many swimmers matching or beating their prelims times when earning the chance to swim again at finals (and so many did swim again at finals!). Swimmers were supportive of each other through the many swims and long sessions whether by having a good laugh between events or cheering each other on at the end of the lanes!
Swimmers who showed up BIG in terms of Points Scored:
Ari Baysinger- 134 Points
Halle Boland- 79 Points
Will Boland- 78 Points
Polly Curran- 124 Points
Kevin Moorman- 128.5 Points
Ayan Nayak- 81 Points
Renee Yu- 97 Points
Top 3 Finishers at Finals:
Willow Baysinger (15): 2nd in 200 Back
Sherry Ye (15): 3rd in 200 Back
Jacob Barrett (15): 1st in 100 Fly, 2nd in 100 Back,
Max Geng (15): 1st in 100 Fly
Rokas Rutkauskas (15): 1st in 200 Back,
Vincent Wu (14): 3rd in 200 Back, 3rd in 200 Back
Will Boland (14): 1st in 50 Back, 2nd in 100 Back
Polly Curran (14): 1st in 50 Free, 1st in 200 Breast, 2nd in 200 Free, 1st in 200 IM, 2nd in 100 Free, 3rd in 100 Breast
Gillian Potnick (14): 3rd in 200 Free, 3rd in 100 free, 1st in 200 Fly
Luisa Tiexeira (13): 1st in 100 IM, 3rd in 200 Back, 3rd in 50 Breast
Renee Yu (13): 3rd in 100 Fly, 2nd in 200 IM, 2nd in 100 Breast
Aela Bruno (13): 2nd in 200 Breast, 2nd in 50 Breast
Ari Baysinger (12): 1st in 200 Breast, 1st in 100 Breast, 1st in 50 Fly, 1st in 50 Breast, 2nd in 100 Back, 1st in 100 Breast
Dottie Curran (12): 3rd in 200 IM
Kevin Moorman (12): 1st in 50 Free, 2nd in 200 Breast, 1st in 50 Fly, 2nd in 100 Free, 3rd in 100 Breast
Ayan Nayak (12): 3rd in 200 Free, 2nd in 50 Fly
Halle Boland (11): 2nd in 50 Back
Zachary Ethier (11): 3rd in 100 Back
High Point Awards:
Distance
11-12 Girls: Dottie Curran - 3rd
11-12 Boys: Ayan Nayak - 3rd
13-14 Girls: Renee Yu - 3rd
Backstroke
11-12 Girls: Ari Baysinger - 1st, Halle Boland - 3rd, Grace Feeley - 5th
11-12 Boys: Zachary Either - 4th
13-14 Girls: Luisa Teixeira - 4th, Gillian Potnick - 6th
13-14 Boys: Will Boland - 1st
15-18 Girls: Charlotte Miling - 5th
15-18 Boys: Rokas Rutkauskas - 4th
Breastroke
11-12 Girls: Ari Baysinger - 1st
11-12 Boys: Kevin Moorman - 3rd
13-14 Girls: Polly Curran - 3rd, Aela Bruno - 5th, Renee Yu - 6th
IM
11-12 Girls: Dottie Curran - 3rd
13-14 Girls: Polly Curran and Luisa Teixeira - tied for 4th, Renee Yu - 6th
Fly
11-12 Girls: Ari Baysinger - 6th
11-12 Boys: Kevin Moorman - 3rd, Ayan Nayak - 4th
13-14 Girls: Gillian Potnick - 4th, Renee Yu - 6th
15-18 Boys: Max Geng - 3rd
Free
11-12 Girls: Ari Basinger - 3rd
11-12 Boys: Kevin Moorman - 2nd
13-14 Girls: Polly Curran - 1st, Gillian Potnick - 3rd, Aela Bruno - 6th
13-14 Boys: Vincent Wu - 6th
Individual Team Records:
Yisu Shi: 9-10 Girls 50 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Back, 100 Fly, 100 IM, 200 IM
Margot Curran: 9-10 Girls 500 free
Relay Records:
Open Mixed 400 Free: Vincent Wu, Willow Baysinger, Gillian Potick, Jacob Barrett
Eastern Zone North SCY Speedo Sectionals
This year's Eastern Zone North Speedo Sectionals had over 900 athletes competing. USC brought 12 swimmers to the meet this year: Victor Ao, Cale Barker, Jacob Barrett, Jonathan Baxter, Bowen Clarke, Aiden Gouldson, Andrew Lu, Han Park, Vance Petrossi, Isabela Teixeira, Caroline Tyrrell and Lucy Tyrrell. This is the largest group that USC has ever brought to EZ North Speedo Sectionals with 7 athletes making cuts for the first time! This group of talented swimmers placed 27th overall (out of 57 scoring teams) - earning 55.5 points! We had 3 individual finalists over the weekend: Cale Barker, Aiden Gouldson, and Isabela Teixeira. On the men’s side, we were able to have 2 relay teams compete in each of the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay.
Highlights:
First Sectionals Meet: Victor Ao, Cale Barker, Jacob Barrett, Jonathan Baxter, Bowen Clarke, Han Park and Lucy Tyrrell!
Cale Barker: 21st in 50 Free
Aiden Goulsdon: 6th in 100 Free, tied for 7th in 50 Free, and 18th in 100 Breast
Isabela Teixeira:13th in 200 Free, 14th in 500 Free and 20th in 100 Free
The boys 400 Free Relay team of Cale Barker, Jonathan Baxter, Han Park and Aiden Gouldson broke a team record that was set by a speedy group of boys - Eddie Wang, Alex Zhang, Liam Pyatt and Justin Papagelis - and has stood since USC was formed in 2019!
Victor Ao, Jacob Barrett, Jonathan Baxter, Bowen Clarke, Andrew Lu, Han Park, and Vance Petrossi, Caroline Tyrrell, and Lucy Tyrrell all swam in individual events across all three prelims sessions swimming 1 or more best times, participated in some fast relay swims and also showed up for finals to support their teammates!
Individual Team Records:
Cale Barker: 15-16 Boys 50 Free and 100 Fly
Aiden Gouldson: 17-18 Boys 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free and 100 Breast
Isabela Teixeira: 17-18 Girls 500 Free
Relay Records:
Open Boys 400 Free: Cale Barker, Jonathan Baxter, Han Park, Aiden Gouldson
Open Boys 400 Medley: Andrew Lu, Vance Petrossi, Cale Barker, Aiden Gouldson
ISCA East Coast Elite Showcase
USC arrived in St Petersburg for the ISCA 14&Under East Coast Elite Showcase during a heat wave this year to compete in one of the largest swim meets in the country (1600 swimmers)! United brought 14 swimmers to the meet: Ari Baysinger, Halle Boland, Will Boland, Derin Cobanoglu, Felix Cui, Dottie Curran, Margot Curran, Beckett Kavanagh, Jax Liles, Henry Mountz, Gillian Potnick, Yisu Shi, Luisa Teixeira, and Renee Yu. Every swimmer dropped time in this meet, most in multiple events, resulting in 8 finals swims and 12 team records broken over the course of the weekend. In addition our swimmers showed up big outside of the pool in support of each other with large team showings at finals to cheer on their finalist teammates every night. On Day 2, we had a wonderful team lunch on the rooftop of Pier Teaki. On Day 3, we had a team picnic on the beach in the afternoon. At night, we had our traditional ISCA ice cream escapade at Kilwins under the Bombax tree downtown.
Finals Swims:
10 year old Girls
Yisu Shi: 100 Breast (9th), 200 Free (5th), 100 Free (6th), 200 IM (6th), 100 Fly (6th)
12 year old Girls
Ari Baysinger: 200 breast (6th)
14 year old Boys
Felix Cui: 50 Free (8th)
Beckett Kavanagh: 200 Back (7th)
Individual Team Records:
Yisu Shi: 9-10 Girls 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, and 200 IM
Felix Cui: 13-14 Boys 50 free, 100 Free, 50 Breast, and 200 IM
Beckett Kavanagh: 13-14 Boys 200 Back
Relay Records:
13-14 Mixed 200 Free Relay: Jax Liles, Luisa Teixeira, Gillian Potnick, Felix Cui
13-14 Mixed 400 Free Relay: Felix Cui, Luisa Teixeira, Gillian Potnick, Jax Liles
13-14 Mixed 400 Medley: Beckett Kavanagh, Luisa Teixeira, Gillian Potnick, Felix Cui
