Rapids CRUSH the Icebreaker Invite with Loads of Best Times and Great Swims!

Jonathan Kaplan

Rowdy Rapids Dominate at the VSTP Icebreaker Invite!

 

Warrenton, VA….. Each and every year, SwimRVA shows up to the Icebreaker Invite in a big way and has a huge presence at the fun winter meet hosted by Valley Swim Team-Phoenix.  The 2023 version was no different and even better in a lot of ways!  We saw several new qualifying times, TONS of best times, and even had a huge number of athletes earning finals swims for the first time ever and making the most of those opportunities.  It was amazing to see!  

 

The team travel portion of the meet was so much fun too!  When we look back on the athletes who came to that meet for the first time last year, we are reminded by just how much this particular competition changed them for the better and set them off on a path towards individual improvement and greatness.  It’s exciting to think which of our swimmers from this year will find themselves sprinting towards newfound prestige!

 

CLICK HERE for a full PDF of meet results

 

 

Caleb Cohen & Crawford Craig Join SwimRVA Age Group & Senior Champs Teams!

If you have ever had the pleasure of interacting with Caleb Cohen, it has probably included a smile and/or a witness to some incredibly hard work!  Even when he’s pushing himself to the limit, this tough young man from the Pre-Senior group grits down, throws a smile on his face and works till failure time and time again.  The results have been awesome too as he has now earned his first Age Group Champs cuts in the 100 and 200 breast at the Icebreaker Invite!  Keep up the awesome work Caleb, because it is absolutely paying off and even better things are on the horizon. 

 

Another exceptionally hard-working young man named Crawford Craig was on fire and rightfully so!  He’s been improving at a very steady rate since joining SwimRVA, but lately it’s been “rapid”ly accelerating!  In fact, he has already earned his Senior Champs cut with a speedy 100 backstroke.  Amazing swim Crawford and welcome to the Championship team! Shout out to our other four Rapids swimmers who added new qualifying times to their ever-growing list of swims at the state-level championship meets.

 

New Age Group Champs Qualifying Times

Caleb Cohen 13-14 100 Breast & 200 Breast (NEW QUALIFIER)

Barrett Sanders 13-14 100 back, 200 fly and 400 IM 

Riley Statts 13-14 200 Breast 

 

New Senior Champs Qualifying Times

Trey Burnett 200 Back 

Crawford Craig 100 Back (NEW QUALIFIER)

 

    CLICK HERE for the time standards section of the Rapids website

 

 

22 Swimmers Earn New All-Time Top 10 Swims!
Congratulations to the following swimmers who are among the best we have ever seen!  If you check out the All-Time Top 10 swims for each age, you’ll see this incredible group of swimmers amongst the greatest athletes in SwimRVA history!

 

Swimmers Who Earned New All-Time Top 10 Swims

Cadey Carden, Campbell Derrico, Cameron Schwartz, Annika Rogerson, Brooke Bailey, Meghan Schmidt, Marcy Mortimer, Hannah Sherrill, Caleb Cohen, Barrett Sanders, Landon Buschman, Alex Revell, Riley Statts, Charlie Duerson, Carson Ellenberger, Crawford Craig, Jared Fraser, Theo Dingman, Trey Burnett, Cole Shenk, Kaleb Kashinejad      

 

    CLICK HERE for the full All-Time Top 10 list

  

Josiah Weber Finishes 13-14 Career With 3 Victories!
And what a career it was!  As an 11-12 year-old, Josiah Weber moved himself into the elite state of Virginia by becoming one of the top swimmers in the state two years ago.  Since then, he has risen back to the top and even higher heights on a consistent basis in the 13-14 age group.  Not only is he a team record holder for SwimRVA in multiple events, he is on his way to becoming one of the fastest 15 & older swimmers in our awesome Rapids history.  Congratulations to you, “Pollo”, for throwing down and winning three events in Warrenton before moving on to your new age group!

A bonus shout-out goes to Cadey Carden who took her speed to new levels by posting a blistering new best time in the 50 to earn 1st place.  Trey Burnett destroyed the field on Sunday night by using his newfound underwater skills to win the 200 back.  And Caleb Cohen not only got his new Age Group Champs cut in the 200 breast, he also won the event and topped all other swimmers in the 500 free as well!

Overall Event Winners
Caleb Cohen (Boys 13-14 500 Free, 200 Breast)
Cadey Carden (Girls 13-14 50 Free)
Trey Burnett (Boys 15&Older 200 Back)
Josiah Weber (Boys 13-14 100 Fly, 100 Free, 100 Breast)

Top-8 Finalists
Brooke Bailey (Girls 15&Older 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free)
Barrett Sanders (Boys 13-14 400 IM, 200 Fly, 100 Back, 200 Free, 200 Back)
Landon Buschman (Boys 13-14 400 IM, 200 Breast, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 100 Breast)
Daniel Robinson (Boys 15&Older 400 IM, 200 Back)
Cadey Carden (Girls 13-14 500 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 IM)
Abby Kubin (Girls 13-14 500 Free)
Katie Griffith (Girls 13-14 500 free)
Riley Van Schaften (Girls 15&Older 500 Free, 200 Fly, 100 Fly)
Meghan Schmidt (15&Older 500 Free, 200 Free)
Annalise Mears (Girls 15&Older 500 Free, 200 Free)
Charlie Duerson (Boys 13-14 500 Free, 50 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly, 100 Free, 100 Breast)
Matthew Stewart (Boys 13-14 500 Free)
Crawford Craig (Boys 15&Older 500 Free, 100 Back)
Kaleb Kashinejad (Boys 15&Older 500 Free, 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Free, 200 IM, 100 Breast)
Trey Burnett (Boys 15&Older 500 Free, 100 Back, 200 Free)
Cole Nuckols (Boys 15&Older 500 Free, 200 Free)
Jared Fraser (Boys 15&Older 500 Free)
Chloe Brown (Girls 13-14 1000 Free, 200 Breast, 100 Breast)
Alex Revell (Boys 13-14 1000 Free, 200 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Back)
Theo Dingman (Boys 15&Older 1000 Free, 200 Breast)
Zosha Olearnick (Girls 13-14 200 Breast, 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Breast)
Riley Statts (Boys 13-14 200 Breast, 50 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 100 Breast)
Marcy Mortimer (Girls 15&Older 200 Breast, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Breast)
Carson Ellenberger (Boys 15&Older 200 Breast, 100 Free, 100 Breast)
Elena Chervenska (Girls 13-14 50 Free, 100 Back, 200 Free)
Caleb Cohen (Boys 13-14 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Free, 200 IM, 100 Breast)
Cameron Schwartz (Girls 15&Older 50 Free, 100 Back)
Annika Rogerson (Girls 15&Older 200 Fly)
Hannah Sherrill (Girls 15&Older 200 Fly)
Nate Tambourine (Boys 15&Older 200 Fly)
Elianna Cuce (Girls 13-14 50 Free, 200 Free)
Campbell Derrico (Girls 15&Older 200 Back)
Carter Nabors (Boys 15&Older 50 Free)
Cole Shenk (Boys 15&Older 100 Fly)
Kensie Toepp (Girls 13-14 100 Free, 100 Breast)        

Ellenberger & Craig Lead Rapids with over 50 Second Ginormous Drops!
Carson Ellenberger is a great example as to why you absolutely should swim the middle distance and distance events.  Not only do you gain experience that makes the races seem easier and shorter the next time around, it also gives you a great understanding of how you can improve yourself in your training.  In the case of Carson, it also showed him just what an impact coming to practice on a consistent basis can do.  For him………it does amazing things as he dropped nearly a minute in the 500 free even though it isn't normally one of his primary events!!  Wow Carson, well done!! 

Not to be outdone, Crawford Craig was having himself one heck of a meet!  In fact, he was having ginormous drops left and right, including his 53 second drop in the 500 free.  The only thing that slowed him down on the last day was an unfortunate illness, but not after he got his 100 back qualifying time for Senior Champs!  Amazing weekend Crawford!

    Ginormous Drops (Drops of 10 or more seconds!)

Camryn Baake 200 Back (-8.92)

Trey Burnett 500 Free (8.08)

Caleb Cohen 500 Free (-32.60)

Daniel Counoupas 100 Fly (-6.42)

Crawford Craig 200 Breaststroke (-9.00) 500 Free (-53.3)

Charlie Duerson 500 Free (-8.92)

Carson Ellenberger 200 Breaststroke (-6.22) 200 Free (-7.23) 500 Free (-59.70)

Jared Fraser 500 Free (-24.07)

Kate Griffith 100 Breaststroke (-14.27)

Kaleb Kashinejad 500 Free (-9.17)

Abby Kubin 200 Back (-7.13) 200 Free (-5.24)

Caitlin O’Brien 500 Free (-22.49)

Zosha Olearnick 200 Back (-6.51)

Alex Revell 1000 Free (-5.39)

Daniel Robinson 400 IM (-9.00)

Annika Rogerson 500 Free (-6.44)

Barrett Sanders 100 Back (-6.71) 200 Back (-18.88) 400 IM (-20.51)

Riley Statts 200 IM (-7.08)

Matthew Stewart 100 Free (-6.12) 200 Free (-17.86) 500 Fr (-26.32)

 

  

 

Shout-Outs to Rowdy Rapids!
Congratulations to the following Rapids swimmers from the various training groups who did something truly special and unique over the weekend!  You deserve a shout-out category of your own!

 

  • Shout-out to Caleb Cohen, Riley Statts and Landon Buschman for sweeping the 200 Breaststroke for the 13-14 Boys
  • Shout-out to Daniel Counoupas for dominating his finals heat in the 200 Backstroke
  • Shout-out to Theo Dingman for dropping 8 seconds in the 200 IM by swimming with an aggressive takeout and finishing with great toughness
  • Shout-out to Abby Kubin who raced with confidence and thrived in her first finals swims
  • Shout-out to Trey Burnett’s Sunday swims. He got scratched into them and killed the B final and came away with the "DUB" in the 200 back!
  • Shout-out to Matthew Stewart for rocking his freestyle races all weekend long
  • Shout-out to Jennifer Kashinejad and Amanda Schmidt, our amazing Chaperones this weekend, they did an amazing job!