NEIGHBORING TEAMS HOST 12&U WY DEVILFISH
The Westfield Area Y Swim Team showed its depth as the youngest Devilfish swimmers participated in two invitationals Sunday, December 4. The 9 &Under swimmers competed at the First Frost Mini-Meet hosted by Fanwood Scotch Plains Y, at Raritan Valley Community College and 10-12 year olds swam at the Gator Grid Iron Invitational hosted by the Cranford Gators in Cranford. The team's future stars were shining bright with many great swims and top finishes! Swimmers placing in the Top 8 in "First Frost" events:
7&Under : Roan Baker (2nd place 25yard Breast and 25Back, 5th place 25Fly and 2nd place 8&Under 50Free), Alyssa Hitzel (5th place 25Back), Carsen Sharkey (8th place 25Breast, 7th place 25Free), Kelly Sullivan (6th place 25Breast), Billy Maguire (5th place 25Free) TJ Walsh (6th place 25Breast and 25Back), Kevin Warren (7th place 25Breast), Peter Youssef (4th place 25Breast, 3rd place 25Fly and 7th place in 8&Under 50Free).
8&Under : Seth Commacho (8th place 25Fly), Steven Gorelick (4th place 25Fly), James Haley (7th place 25Free), X enia Kobori (6th place 25Breast), Natalie Lee (2nd place 25Fly, 5th place 100IM), Michael Riordan (5th place 50Free and 25Breast), Bridget Thomas(1st place 50 Free, 25Breast, and 100IM, 2nd place 25Back), Barney Veres (4th place 50Free and 25Breast, 7th place 100IM).
9&Under: Amy Hitzel (4th place 50Free and 25Breast, 7th place 100IM), Andrew Kapadia (8th place 50Free and 25Breast, 7th place 25Back), Connie Liu (6th palce 25Back , 7th place 25Breast, 8th place 100IM), Erin McAndrew (8th place 50Free, 5th place 100IM), Mary Weber (7th place 25Free).
Julia Anderson, Libby Benou, Aidan Dailey, Jerome Emory, Margaret Ferris, Isabelle Gauthier, Maggie Maguire, Aidan Fitzpatrick, Gianna Mangiamele, Abigael McKinney, Erin McKinney, Katie Miller, Colm Slevin, Benjamin Tretter, John Veres, Lindsay Wang, and Brooke Williams all recorded "personal best" times or a base time in a new event.
Meanwhile, the 10-12 year old Devilfish were speeding down the lanes of the Cranford Community Pool. Top 8 finishers at "Gator Grid Iron" include:
10&Unders: Caroline Benou (6th place 100IM and 100Free, 8th place 100Back), Grace Brown (6th place 50Fly and 100Breast), Megan Cassiba (3rd place 100Fly), Austin Chen (4th Place 50Back), Jenna Daniel (6th Place 50Free, 7th place 100Free, 2nd place 100Breast), Jillian DeBennedetto (6th place 100Back, 5th place 50Back), Jillian Hitzel (3rd place 100Breast) Julia McGann (3rd place 100IM, 1st place 100Back, 4th place 100Free), Sebastian Tretter(6th place 100Back), Lauren Wang (4th place 100IM and 100 Breast), Jefferrey Yang (8th place 50Breast), Zach Youssef (3rd place 100Back, 1st place100Breast)
11-12s: Matthew Barmakian (6th place 50Free, 200Free, 100Fly), Stuart Callinan (5th place 100Back), Aedan Collins (1st place 200Free, 5th place 50Breast, 2nd place 100Back), Colin Daniel (7th place 50Free and 200Free, 1st place 50Breast), Aidan Donohue (6th place 100Breast, 3rd place 50Breast) Amy Liang (5th place 100 breast, 7th place 200Free), Luke Mizus (5th palce 100IM, 8th place 100Fly), Emily Oster (3rd place 200Free, 8th place 100Fly) Kyle Picut (5th place 50Free, 1st place 100IM, 2nd place 50Breast), Alex Prystupa (1st place 100Breast, 4th place 100Fly), Dean Puccerelli (7th place 100Breast), MacKenzie Smith (5th place 100IM, 7th place 100Back) Jonathon Stiles (5th place 100Breast, 8th place 200Free), Ashlen Suen (7th place 100Back), Devyn Tibbals (6th place 100Fly), Steven Warren (3rd place 100Breast, 7th place 100Back). Personal best times were recorded for Emma Conlon, Teddy Diamantopoulos, Caitlin Haviland, Ana Maria Kobori, Rory McGovern, Catharine Miller, Sydney Paoletti, John Pettit, Emma Reilly, Kayla Rinn, Brady Siegal, Tucker Seigel, and Courtney Thomas. Congratulations to all swimmers!
Full results can be found in the meet information section.
