14 & Under PNS Championship Meet Recap
PNS 14 & Under Championship Recap
We had an amazing meet.
Tons of best times for sure- but sometimes a best time can be unimpressive because you know that swimmer didn’t really put a good race together, or maybe you’ve seen them do things in practice that indicate they are ready to drop far more time than what they actually show in a meet. At this meet, had many best time swims that were very impressive. Swims that were exciting to watch, and the results were exciting because we knew they had put together a terrific race technically and raced with awesome effort and intensity.
I have a few highlights list below, but they really don’t do the kids justice. There were just too many amazing effort swims, and all the kids deserve recognition for putting their best effort out over and over again.
A BIG thanks as well to all the parents who were there in their Wave shirts cheering over and over again for three long days in a row. We heard you, you were loud, and it made a difference.
Some highlights from the meet:
13-14 girls relays- in particular the 200 medley. The 400 was exciting because all 4 girls swam great legs and Chloe swam almost two seconds better than her best 100 free to pull out a win at the end, but the 200 medley was awesome because they dominated the race, winning by two body lengths. Sophia Hwang, Allie Macdonald, Gabby Dang and Chloe Limargo crewed both of those relays.
Gabby Dang swam some awesome races, but I really thought her 3 100’s (fly, back, free) were impressive to watch
Kyle Falkner raced great all weekend with a tough slate of events: 100 & 200 Back, 200 Fly, 400 IM, 500 Free, 1650 Free. Best part?: in prelims on Saturday he swam the 100 Back in a best time of 1:03, then turned around 10 minutes later and swam a 2:18 200 fly breaking our old team record in that event by 4 seconds.
Filippa Andersson dropped time in every event, so maybe it was because she was in an outside lane and out in the lead but her 100 free looked awfully good
Emiliya Jones had some nice races but her 200 free to me was the highlight of the weekend for her. She walked into the meet seeded 18th in the event, after prelims she moved up to 8th with a 2:10, then came back for finals went out in her best 50 and 100 times and was still able to gut out a terrific second 100, drop almost two more seconds and finish in 7th place. That was inspiring, especially given she had also raced in the 400 Free Relay and the 1650 earlier that day.
Mia Chang’s 500 Free was a terrific swim with another young lady on her hip pushing her the whole way. Mia had to battle hard the last 200 yards to win it
Chloe Limargo went well under the National Top 200 Rankings in both her 200 and 400 IM’s and set team records in both swims- but the effort she put into these races was impressive and exciting
Maggie Van Nortwick a four second time drop in the 100 breast was nice, but her zest and pre-race preparation are what made this happen
Any of Jazlynn Pak’s finals races- she really went out and competed winning the B final four times
Wing Yun Au her 200 Back in finals may have been her best effort of the weekend, and it paid off with a 3rd place finish and a two second time drop after dropping five seconds in prelims
Kenny Ma in the 11-12 Boys B 400 Free Relay on Sunday we had a member of the relay who didn’t make it in to swim. After a quick staff discussion, we decided to swim the relay with just three swimmers, which would mean a DQ for the relay but they at least would have the opportunity to race and Kenny would lead off and go for a best 100 time. Kenny did lead off with a personal best time two seconds faster than his previous best. Coach Dave and I noticed him shaking his legs out after his swim and we joked that he was going to get up and go again. Well, he did get up and go again- a gutsy decision for a couple of reasons and the coaches applauded his bravado as well as his effort.
Friday
New Team Records
Kyle Falkner set two 11-12 Boys records: 200 Fly 2:18.83, 400 IM 4:52.63*
Gabby Dang 13-14 Girls 100 Back 57.53
Chloe Limargo 13-14 Girls 400 IM 4:37.93
*Leo Zhang also broke the old 11-12 boys team record and finished just behind Kyle at 4:53.19
Relays- 200 Medley Relay
10 & Under Girls:
Mia Chang, Ritika Managuli, Andrea Wu, Filippa Andersson finished 4th
10 & Under Boys:
Noah Medvinsky, Joe Zhang, Aidan Blackmon, Nikita Kuzishchin finished 14th
11-12 Girls:
Jazlynn Pak, Wing Yun Au, Anamika Nanda, Emiliya Jones finished 8th
11-12 Boys:
Alex Karulin, Leo Zhang, Kyle Falkner, Brian Park finished 4th
Kenny Ma, Cameron Birrell, Andy Jumanca, Illya Chebotaryov finished 17th
13-14 Girls:
Sophia Hwang, Allie Macdonald, Gabby Dang, Chloe Limargo finished 1st
Jackie Bennett, Maggie Van Nortwick, Claire Wu, Tova Andersson finished 16th
13-14 Boys:
Keane Suen, Chris Sota, Stevie Fitch, Alex Crotteau finished 9th
Individual Top 16 Places
Mia Chang: 2nd 100 Back 1:10.09; 3rd 100 Breast 1:20.73
Filippa Andersson: 14th 100 Breast 1:28.24
Joe Zhang: 9th 100 Breast 1:25.34
Noah Medvinsky: 13th 100 Breast 1:28.17
Wing Yun Au: 6th 100 Back 1:04.83; 7th 100 Breast 1:13.17; 14th 400 IM 5:13.08
Jazlynn Pak: 9th 100 Back 1:04.29
Kyle Falkner: 5th 100 Back 1:03.94; 6th 200 Fly 2:21.79; 3rd 400 IM 4:52.63
Gabby Dang: 1st 100 Back 57.53; 1st 50 Free 24.29
Sophia Hwang: 16th 100 Back 1:06.84
Alex Crotteau: 13th 100 Back 1:00.00 (Ooooh so close!)
Emiliya Jones: 13th 200 Fly 2:35.66; 16th 400 IM 5:15.29
Brian Park: 12th 50 Free 26.66; 16th 400 IM 5:11.74
Leo Zhang: 6th 100 Breast 1:12.03; 4th 400 IM 4:53.19
Chloe Limargo: 9th 100 Breast 1:09.91; 3rd 400 IM 4:37.93
Maggie Van Nortwick: 16th 100 Breast 1:13.78
Saturday
New Team Records
Gabby Dang 13-14 Girls 100 Free 52.28
Chloe Limargo 13-14 Girls 200 IM 2:10.44
Relays- 400 Medley Relay
11-12 Girls:
Jazlynn Pak, Wing Yun Au, Anamika Nanda, Emiliya Jones finished 8th
11-12 Boys:
Alex Karulin, Leo Zhang, Kyle Falkner, Brian Park finished 4th
Kenny Ma, Cameron Birrell, Thane Suen, Ethan Chang finished 19th
13-14 Girls:
Sophia Hwang, Allie Macdonald, Gabby Dang, Chloe Limargo finished 1st
Jackie Bennett, Maggie Van Nortwick, Claire Wu, Tova Andersson finished 14th
13-14 Boys:
Keane Suen, Nolan Van Nortwick, Stevie Fitch, Alex Crotteau finished 10th
Tym Merchel, Chris Sota, Karan Narula, Aidan Laird finished 15th
Relays- 200 Free Relay
10 & Under Girls:
Filippa Andersson, Andrea Wu, Zoe Osborn, Mia Chang finished 5th
10 & Under Boys:
Joe Zhang, Nikita Kuzishchin, Aidan Blackmon, Noah Medvinsky finished 15th
11-12 Girls:
Wing Yun Au, Emiliya Jones, Ellen Ko, Jazlynn Pak finished 11th
11-12 Boys:
Leo Zhang, Alex Karulin, Kyle Falkner, Brian Park finished 7th
Ethan Chang, Andy Jumanca, Thane Suen, Illya Chebotaryov finished 16th
13-14 Girls:
Chloe Limargo, Claire Wu, Allie Macdonald, Gabby Dang finished 2nd
Tova Andersson, Maggie Van Nortwick, Jackie Bennett, Sophia Hwang finished 18th
13-14 Boys:
Alex Crotteau, Chris Sota, Tym Merchel, Stevie Fitch finished 12th
Keane Suen, Karan Narula, Nolan Van Nortwick, Aidan Laird finished 19th
Individual Top 16 Places
Gabby Dang: 1st 100 Free 52.28; 5th 500 Free 5:15.29
Mia Chang: 10th 50 Fly 32.85; 3rd 50 Back 33.36; 1st 500 Free 6:17.79
Kyle Falkner: 5th 500 Free 5:28.10
Wing Yun Au: 5th 200 Breast 2:38.44
Leo Zhang: 7th 200 Breast 2:32.07; 8th 200 IM 2:21.32
Jazlynn Pak: 9th 50 Fly 28.79; 4th 50 Back 29.88; 8th 200 IM 2:23.93
Chloe Limargo: 9th 200 Breast 2:27.85; 7th 100 Free 55.23; 4th 200 IM 2:10.44
Filippa Andersson: 8th 100 Free 1:06.83; 7th 200 IM 2:44.73; 6th 500 Free 6:39.90
Emiliya Jones: 9th 500 Free 5:44.70
Alex Karulin: 5th 50 Back 30.42
Brian Park: 10th 50 Fly 28.70
Allie Macdonald: 14th 200 Breast 2:34.03
Sunday
New Team Records
Kyle Falkner set three 11-12 boys records- 1000 Free 11:21.18, 1650 Free 18:44.33, 200 Back 2:16.88
Gabby Dang set two 13-14 girls records- 200 Back 2:07.22, 100 Fly 56.67
Relays- 400 Free Relay
11-12 Girls:
Wing Yun Au, Emiliya Jones, Anamika Nanda, Jazlynn Pak finished 10th
11-12 Boys:
Kyle Falkner, Brian Park, Alex Karulin, Leo Zhang finished 6th
Kenny Ma, Ethan Chang, Thane Suen, Kenny Ma (no that’s not a typo, nor is it déjà vu) finished 20th
13-14 Girls:
Chloe Limargo, Claire Wu, Sophia Hwang, Gabby Dang finished 3rd
Allie Macdonald, Jackie Bennett, Amalie Ratliff, Tova Andersson finished 16th
13-14 Boys:
Stevie Fitch, Chris Sota, Aidan Laird, Alex Crotteau finished 13th
Tym Merchel, Anthony Nguyen, Karan Narula, Keane Suen finished 18th
Individual Top 16 Places
Gabby Dang: 1st 200 Back 2:07.22; 1st 100 Fly 56.67
Mia Chang: 3rd 100 IM 1:11.37
Kyle Falkner: 6th 200 Back 2:16.88; 2nd 1650 Free 18:44.33
Wing Yun Au: 6th 50 Breast 33.82; 3rd 200 Back 2:18.32
Leo Zhang: 10th 200 Back 2:19.59; 9th 100 IM 1:05.16
Jazlynn Pak: 7th 200 Back 2:20.81; 9th 100 IM 1:05.35
Filippa Andersson: 8th 200 Free 2:27.48; 12th 100 IM 1:17.66
Emiliya Jones: 7th 200 Free 2:08.96; 7th 1650 Free 20:02.64
Alex Karulin: 7th 200 Back 2:20.67
Keane Suen: 15th 200 Back 2:09.05; 15th 1650 Free 18:34.43
Aidan Laird: 12th 1650 Free 18:18.10
Tova Andersson: 13th 1650 Free 19:43.96
Wave Meet Roster
The following swimmers all earned a spot to in this meet:
Filippa Andersson, Tova Andersson, Wing Yun Au, Jacqueline Bennett, Cameron Birrell, Aidan Blackmon, Isabella Bono, Ethan Chang, Mia Chang, Illya Chebotaryov, Alexius Crotteau, Gabrielle Dang, Annie Denton, Kyle Falkner, Stephen Fitch, Maya Ghali, Sophia Hamilton, Ian Huang, Sophia Hwang, Emiliya Jones, Andrew Jumanca, Alexander Karulin, Ellen Ko, Nikita Kuzishchin, Aidan Laird, Chloe Limargo, Kenneth Ma, Allie Macdonald, Ritika Managuli, Noah Medvinsky, Tymoteusz Merchel, Anamika Nanda, Karan Narula, Anthony Nguyen, Zoe Osborn, Jazlynn Pak, Brian Park, Amalie Ratliff, Christopher Sota, Keane Suen, Thane Suen, Maggie Van Nortwick, Nolan Van Nortwick, Andrea Wu, Claire Wu, Joe Zhang, Leo Zhang
A Recap for the Fall Divisional Meet will be out soon!
