4 Meets, 2 weeks, 1 TEAM!

What an exciting two weeks we had for the Mariners. We capped off our exceptional season with four Championship meets that saw several best times, top finishes and records broken.

We began our two-week journey traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina with 40 swimmers for Sunkissed Junior/Senior Championships. Our team finished seventh overall with over 90% of our qualifiers earning a spot in the finals. We had several top 8 finishers while at Sunkissed. Our top 8 finishers were:

Atharva Aiyer: 8^th pace 100 breast, 6^th place 100 fly, 5^th place 200 fly, 5^th place 200 breast

Jack Gehlmyer: 4^th place 500 free, 7^th place 200 free, 3^rd place 200 IM, 3^rd place 100 IM, 1^st place 100 back

Henry Herbst: 8^th place 100 IM (team record), 5^th place 50 back, 5^th place 200 breast

Derek Knoll: 3^rd place 50 back, 7^th place 200 back, 7^th place 50 free, 8^th place 100 free

Caroline Kopytek: 8^th place 50 back (team record), 8^th place 50 breast (team record)

Jonathan Montesano: 3^rd place 50 fly (team record), 1^st place 50 back (team record), 2^nd place 100 fly, 4^th place 50 free, 4^th place 200 fly, 6^th place 100 IM, 3^rd place 100 free

Roger Rice: 6^th place 50 breast

While at Sunkissed an additional team record was broken aside from those listed above. Congratulations to Jack Cotnoir for breaking the 15-18 50 fly record with a time of 24.66

While the 40 Mariners competed in North Carolina, Hannah Wilson was competing at Speedo Sectionals Championships in Ithaca. Hannah competed against teams from all over the East Coast to earn several top A Finals finishes. She finished 3^rd in the 1650 (team record), 8^th in the 400 IM (new team record), 5^th in the 500 free (new team record), 5^th on the 200 back (new team record). In addition, Hannah also broke the team records in the 200 IM and 200 free.

After Sunkissed and Sectionals were completed, Anuthra Abeysinghe traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina for the 2025 YMCA Short Course National Championships. Henry competed in the 100 breast and time trialed the 200 IM and 100 free. Anuthra competed in the 200 breast and 100 breast as well as time trialing the 200 IM and 100 Free. Anuthra finished the meet with a perfect, 4 for 4 best times in all his events as well as breaking the team record in the 200 breast and 100 breast.

As YMCA Nationals concluded, Alexia Morales Aizpun began competing for the Mariners in Rochester, New York at the Eastern Zone Age Group Championships. Alexia earned a place in the finals in 3 of her 4 events. She swam to a 7^th place finish in the 11-12 50 back, 14^th place in the 200 fly and 9^th place in the 100 back. Alexia broke a 26-year-old record in the 100 back with a time of 1:03.58.

Over the course of 14 days of competition at four different meets we had 14 team records broken. Several that have been standing since the 90s! Way to go Mariners! We are so proud of all you for your tremendous hard work and dedication to the program!

Please join our coaching staff in recognizing our Sunkissed, Sectional, Nationals and Zones Team members:

Anuthra Abeysinghe, Atharva Aiyer, Alejandro Aldana, Maddy Ball, Blake Behrmann, Sean Boyd, Henry Bryant, Catie Clark, Jack Cotnoir, Nino Dudley, Julianna Duran, Jack Gehlmyer, Leah Goroway, Henry Herbst, Sam Herbst, Isla Hughes, Aurora Klokis, Derek Knoll, Layla Knoll, Balasz Kontes, Caroline Kopytek, Sofia Kopytek, Peter Liu, Bridget Looney, Alexia Morales Aizpun, Samuel Meszaros, Ben Midland, Jonathan Montesano, Mason Paul, Allie Pittaro, Colin Releford, Roger Rice, Ricky Sannito, Lily Schirmer, Ike Scuccato, Michael Simunovich, Anne Szeto, Sophia Tang, Maya Tyndale, Logan Vitarelli, Evan Weinberger, Jillian Weinberger and Hannah Wilson.