Two NEW Y National Qualifiers at NJJOs!

The Devilfish Swim Team competed at the New Jersey/USA Swimming Junior Olympics held at Rutgers University, March 16-18.  There were many outstanding swims and time drops at this very competitive meet. Two swimmers qualified for Y Nationals, Luke McGrory (100 Back) and Brooke Sweeney (200 Back). Top 13&Over finishers include: Caroline Basil, 3^rdplace (13-14 200 Back); Kevin Clauss, 7^thplace (13-14 100 & 200 Breast); and  Sweeney, 12^thplace (15-19 200 Back). Caitlin Carroll (15-19 400IM & 200 Fly), Stefan Crigler (13-14 200 Breast), Gwyn Devin (13-14 200 fly), Nicandro Donadio (15-19 100 Breast), Allie McBrearty (15-19 100 Back), and Matt Trinkle (100 Fly) swam personal best times.

Top swims for the 12&Unders include: Thomas Brennan, 12^thplace (10&U 100 Breast) and 13^thplace (10&U 50 Breast); Alex Prystupa, 19th place (11-12 50 Breast); and Mackenzie Smith, 21^stplace (11-12 50 Breast). Best times were achieved by Colin Daniel (11-12 400IM & 200 Breast), Julia McGann (10&U 100 Fly & 100 Back) Prystupa (11-12 100 IM), Kyle Picut (11-12 200 Breast), Sebastian Tretter (10&U 50 & 100 Breast) and Nick Youssef (11-12 200 & 500 Free, 50 Fly).

Great effort from all swimmers who qualified to compete at NJJOs! 12&Us: Matthew Barmakian, Eric Bebel, Ryan Bebel, Aidan Donohue, Muriel Maloney, Devyn Tibbals, Steven Warren, and Zach Youssef. 13&Os: Meredith Bagger, Loren Ball, Will Beckett, Aidan Donadio, Lucas Fan, Audrey Picut, Kevin Oster and Becky Zhang. Congratulations to all swimmers and coaches!

Full results will be posted on TU under Meet Information- “Invitationals”. Results can be found on the host website, www.berkleyaquatic.org.