TWST rolls through 14 and under Gulf Champs!

TWST started off the 2023-2024 SC Champs season with a BANG!  Soooo many spotlight swims and too many best times to count at the GULF 14 & Under Champs this past weekend at DADS Club..  Here are a few highlights from the weekend:

TWST was:

FIRST PLACE GIRLS TEAM

FIRST PLACE BOYS TEAM

FIRST PLACE COMBINED TEAM

8 AND UNDER SWIMMER SPOTLIGHTS

High Point 6 & U Girls – Beckett Shepard

High Point 7 YO Girls – Cora Coreas

High Point 7 YO Boys – Luke Rubino

High Point 8 YO Girls – Mila Metzger

Event Winners – Cora Coreas, Tyler Degenstein, Adam Elshamy, Adam Johnson, Mila Metzger, Luka O’Brien, Luke Rubino, Beckett Shepard, Benjamin Thomas

NEW Speedo Southern Premier Qualifiers – Tyler Degenstein, Pyper Emilio

85% & UP Best Times - Eva Abramyan, Eleanor Cain, Cora Coreas, Pyper Emilio, Adam Elshamy, Luka O’Brien, Mila Metzger, Lydia Moore, Ellie Ruth Newton, Lucas San Valentin, Beckett Shepard, Benjamin Thomas, Sofia Widdison

Biggest Time Drops: Beckett Shepard - 40 Seconds in the 100 Back & Lucas San Valentin - 30 Seconds in the 100 Free

9-10 SWIMMER SPOTLIGHTS

High Point 9-10 Girls – Elin Finanger

High Point 9-10 Boys – Quinn Emilio

Event Winners – Katherine Ballis, Quinn Emilio, Elin Finanger, Liam Kuo,

TAGS Bonus Times – Liam Kuo, Kenzie Pope, Parke Struthers

NEW AG Gulf Champs Qualifiers – Melanie Houston, Boden Bakanauskas

NEW Speedo Southern Premier Qualifier – Boden Bakanauskas, Jude Coreas, Vanya Cosic, Sofia Postl

85% & UP Best Times – Daniel Abair, Sasja Abramyan, Michael Barker, Quinn Emilio, elin Finanger, Sonia Guimanraes, Martina Guerro Reyes, Melanie Houston, Hannahm Huber,Ian Kim, Liam Kuo, Eva Loureiro, Ross Lucas, Sophia Postl, Elizabeth Roberts, Pippa Rubino, Anna Sierra, Lucianella Spoljaric, Julia Stinnett, Parke Struthers, Zoe Widdison, Victor Zhu

First A Time – Lucy Munn

First  BB Time – Sophia Postl

First Meet EVER – Augustin Breccia

11-12 SWIMMER SPOTLIGHTS

NEW TAGS Time – Nathan Feng, Austin Walzer

TAGS Bonus Time – Beibei Wu

NEW Speedo Southern Premier Qualifier – Bella FitzSullivan

Event Winners – Nathan Feng, Josie Preddy, Andreas Rosas Magos, Austin Walzer, Sydney Wiles, Beibei Wu,

First Meet EVER – Ege Kaypak

85% & UP Best Times – Abbie Cain, Nadja Cosic, Joanne Dunaway, Emerson Ellsworth, Nathan Feng, Ege Kaypak, Jude Khan, Aurora Lemire, Daniel Liu, Jacob Loureiro, Azucena Nino Tarazona, Ryan Odom, Josie Preddy, Andreas Rosas Magos, Isabella Rubino, Andrew Roberts, Bennett Spratt, Riley Struthers, Angelo Tattoli, Austin Walzer, BeiBei Wu

First A Time – Ross Lucas, Bella Rubino

First BB Time – Claire Coreas, Jude Khan, Sarina Mulepati

13-14 SWIMMER SPOTLIGHTS

With only FIVE 13-14s in the meet to get some extra swims, TWST still made a statement

High Point 13-14 Girls – Kaia Finanger

High Point 13-14 Boys – Nico Meneses

Event Winners – Kaia Finanger, Nico Meneses,

TAGS Bonus Time – Kaia Finanger

Izzy French and Bruno Reis time trialed the 50 free and each got a Personal Best.  Not an easy task as a fast 13 year old in a 50!

UPCOMING CHAMPS MEETS

• This weekend, TWST has 15 SR swimmers competing in the highly competitive UIL State High School Swim Meet in Austin, Texas. 
• The following weekend, TWST has 75 swimmers competing in the Speedo Southern Premier in Atlanta Georgia
• Next weekend as well, TWST has 55 swimmers competing in the Gulf 13 and Up Senior Champs. 

Congratulations to all of our swimmers and THANK YOU parents for all of your help in getting them to practices and meets.  GO TWST!!!