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Oct 24th Update: October Events and IST Open recap!

Joseph Shelly

Good afternoon SVYA!

Hope you are all having a good start to your weeks thus far! It's time for another quick update and to share the results of our meet last weekend!


Important dates/deadlines this month:

  • Oct 24th: Reminder that the Turkey Trot Meet registration deadline is today at 11:59pm! Doors open at 11:45am, warmups at 12:15pm. Please see the website for more information!
  • Oct 27th: This Friday, the Trunk or Treat will be at 6:00pm! ALL Swimmers are in the water from 4:30-6:00pm. Please consider participating and decorating your family vehicle for the Trunk or Treat!
    • I will plant signs to direct cars towards the parking lot we will be trunk-or-treating from (directly by the emergency doors to the pool).
    • If you need help or have questions please reach out to me! The more the merrier :)
  • Oct 27th: This Friday is also the deadline for our Poinsettia fundraiser! Please submit the forms + checks to me when you get the chance. (Forms are available on our website's event page for the fundraiser. If you need me to print you a copy, let me know and I'd be happy to get one for you).

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Meet recap for the IST Open 2023:

This meet featured about 700 swimmers, and spanned two days between 4 sessions. This was the biggest meet we've gone to this season by far, and while it did have some technical difficulties, our team was able to do very well. We had 11 swimmers participate and overall, we had 30 personal best swims and 2 new team records!!

Congratulations to Artemiy Lisitskiy for breaking his own record in the 200 Fly once again! He dropped 2.21 seconds to further cement his name on our team records with a time of 1:55.26. Artemiy was also able to drop 2.34 seconds to break Luke Pusateri's 2019 100 fly record of 51.49, swimming a 51.05! Another PB in the 50 Fly placed Artemiy first in all 3 of his events this meet, and also qualified him for Y Nationals in the 200 and 100.

Some top results and highlights from our team:

  • Shelby Bahe dropped 10.48 in the 200 Back and placed 1st in the 50 Back. She also got 2nd place in the 100IM and 50 breast with 5 personal bests this meet
  • Noah Dobbs dropped 7.88 seconds in the 100 Free, and is only 4 seconds away from a Y Regional time in the 100 Breast
  • Ezra Dryden had another big drop for a personal best with another 3.03 seconds dropped in the 100 Back
  • Carly Hanley dropped 3.04 seconds in the 100 fly, gaining 2 new personal bests
  • Ella Inman dropped 17.90 seconds in the 100 IM, putting her at 5 personal bests this meet
  • Alex Lisitskiy dropped 4.02 seconds in the 200 Free, and had gained 2 new personal bests with his 50 and 100 freestyle
  • Dima Lisitskiy dropped 6.25 seconds to place 2nd in a close race of the 200 Free. He also placed 1st in the 50 fly and 2nd in the 100 Free with 4 personal best swims
  • Esther Mesman had a huge time drop of 10.53 seconds in the 50 Free (and she had just swam it earlier this month)
  • Liesel Williamson swam the 100 free for the first time at this big meet and got a great personal best of 1:29.76
  • Landon Taylor dropped 9.18 seconds in the 100 back which netted him a top 5 finish, and had 3 personal best swims

Way to go team!! I am looking forward to see how we take this momentum into the rest of our season.