LA Invitational - Best Ever TSM Performance

BEST TIMES, NEW NATIONAL CUTS, FINALS, AND MEDALS   TSM had an amazing weekend at the Los Angeles Invitational, with the team’s best showing ever. With most of our swimmers still in heavy training, the results were certainly impressive. 15 swims were Top 8 finishes and, of those, 10 were worthy of a place on the medal podium.   Aside from the large number of Top 24 finalists, new national standards and lifetime bests, TSM swimmers were sought out by college coaches from USC, Cal Poly, Pacific and the University of California Santa Barbara.   People are beginning to take notice. Much of what we are working toward in this program is translating into rewards in and out of the pool. Hard work, focus and dedication are all traits that transcend the pool and are heavily sought after by colleges and throughout life. It's quite an honor that we are now being looked at in that regard. Keep it up!     Swimmer Event Place New Standard Improvement Jordan Wilimovsky 400 Free 1st :25 off Olympic Trials 4 seconds   400 IM 2nd Olympic Trials     200 Free     1 second Eugene Tee 400 IM 1st Olympic Trials     400 Free 2nd Junior Nationals .2 second   800 Free 1st Junior Nationals 1 second   200 IM 2nd Junior Nationals   Scott Simmer 1500 Free 3rd Junior Nationals     800 Free 3rd Bonus Juniors 10 seconds   400 Free 9th Winter Juniors 4 seconds Andi Murez 50 Free 1st Olympic Trials     100 Free 1st Olympic Trials .03 second   200 Free 1st Olympic Trials .5 second   400 Free       Matt Woicik 200 Fly 13th NCSA Juniors 1.54 seconds   100 Fly     1 second   800 Free     38 seconds Brendan Casey 200 Back 16th   3 seconds   800 Free     1 second   1500 Free     13 seconds   400 IM 13th   4 seconds Lilliana Casso 800 Free 8th       1500 Free 6th     Andew Hacker 100 Free     2 seconds   400 Free     7 seconds   800 Free     14 seconds   1500 Free 8th   11 seconds Jamie Dodd 1500 Free 12th   11 seconds   400/800 Splits Both best times Sectionals/800 Free 9 seconds Sidney Wong 200 Fly 14th Bonus Juniors 1 second   400 IM 15th   .7 seconds Nick DeVito 400 IM 16th   3 seconds Matt Chen 200 IM     3 seconds Gabe Schneider 400 IM     1 second   100 Back   Sectionals 1 second   200 IM     1 second Max Halson 100 Free     .5 second Andy Lau 200 Back     4 seconds Chris Abdemelak 100 Free     1 second   200 Breast   .4 off Winter Juniors 9 seconds   50 Free     .2 seconds   100 Breast     1 second   200 IM     7 seconds Payton Perotta 400 Free 12th   .5 second Matt Wu 200IM     .5 second Men's Relay 4 x 200 Free 2nd 1 second off Winter Juniors     2nd Place to Golden West in a tight finish; beat Rose by 2 seconds