Swimmers Travel To Ithaca For Fast Swimming

Our swimmers traveled north to Ithaca College this past weekend to join 26 other teams at the CNY Invitational hosted by the Syracuse Chargers. This Prelims/Finals meet was an opportunity for some fast swimming amongst swimmers throughout the region. Our 14 attending swimmers did amazing! Our swimmers prepared for this mid-season meet, and it payed off- our 76 splashes resulted in trips to finals, top places, personal bests, new club records, and a few meet high-point winners!

Of those 76 splashes, an incredible 66 were trips to Finals. With everyone there cheering on our swimmers, 34 of those resulted in Top-8 swims by Reese Berg (5th in 100 & 200 Breast, 4th in 200 & 400 IM); Ty Hollar (7th in 100 Back, 5th in 100 IM, 6th in 200 Back and 1000 Free);  Marcus Innamorato (3rd in 50 Back); Nathaniel Kern (3rd in 100 Fly, 4th in 200 Fly & 200 Free, 2nd in 50 Fly, 6th in 500 Free); Channing Muller (4th in 50 Back, 8th in 50 Breast, 6th in 50 Free); Evan Weinberger (4th in 100 IM, 8th in 200 Breast);  Jillian Weinberger (7th in 50 Back, 8th in 400 IM); and 13 First Places by Jonathan Kern (100 Back & Free, 200 Fly & IM, 50 Fly & Free) and Hannah Wilson (100 Free, 200 Back & IM, 50 Back & Free, 500 & 1000 Free)!

Three of our swimmers were recognized as High Point earners for the meet: Jonathan Kern (Boys 12 &U HP earner), Nathaniel Kern (Boys 13-14 HP earner), and Hannah Wilson (Girls 15 & O HP earner); Hannah was also awarded overall High Point Earner!

Personal Bests were aplenty, with every one of our swimmers hitting at least one. All told there were a total of 56 swum during the meet! Some standouts were Peyton Berg’s 200 Breast (-11.56); Marcus Innamorato’s 100 IM (-5.86) and 500 Free (-6.01); Jonathan Kern’s 200 Fly (-14.95); Nathaniel Kern’s 500 Free (-6.22); Carter Muller’s 100 Breast (-5.42) and 200 Free (-5.13); and Evan Weinberger’s 200 Breast (-6.87) and 200 IM (-6.59); just to name a few!

All of these great swims resulted in 16 new Club Records by Jonathan Kern (100 Back), Nathaniel Kern (500 Free, 200 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Fly); Ty Hollar (50 Breast); Hannah Wilson (50 Free, 100 Free, 500 Free, 1000 Free, 50 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM); Jillian Weinberger (50 Breast); and Peyton Berg (100 IM). Wow!

Great job swimmers and coaches!!!