101^st Senior Seattle Open

The days were long, the temperatures were high, the pool was Colman, the swimming was fast at the oldest meet in the state. Wave athletes shone each day with many outstanding swims!

High School

We had some amazing swims from the athletes that participated! This was the first long course meet for some of you and I am proud of how well you did! And we had relays! Looking forward to seeing what’s in store for the last meet this month! In yards, of course!

• Daniel Cho: All new swims, first time swimming long course. Five of his nine swims were motivational cuts with B times in the 100 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, and 200 IM. He also made one BB but in his 100 Breast! Also, he swam in the 400 Medley and 400 Free Relays!
• Kunal Duggal: Swam the 200 Back and the 50 Breast for the first time in LCM. Good job!
• Yuvika Gupta: Made her first B cut of the season for LC in her 50 Free! Did a fantastic job swimming her 50 Back and 100 Back for the first time LC!
• Ria Kowalski: Made her first BB cut of the entire season and in LCM in her 50 Free! Swam 200 Free, 200 IM, 400 Free, 50 Back, 50 Fly, and a 400 Free Relay anchor for her first time ever swimming LCM!
• Rina Yuan: She went all out with five out of her eight swims being motivational cuts! Two were A times in the 100 Free and 50 Free! She dropped -14.11 in 100 Free and -4.52 in 50 Free!! Swam 400 Free LC for the first time getting a B cut as well as swimming the 1500 Free for the first time! Her other monster drops include -16.96 in 200 Free for a B cut, -10.29 in 200 IM for a B cut, -4.21 in 50 Back, and -6.64 in 50 Fly. She also swam in the 400 Medley and 400 Free Relays!

Senior 1

The Senior 1 group sent 14 swimmers to the Senior Seattle Open. As a whole the group performed incredibly well, we saw several best times, several new motivational times achieved, and a new Zones cut. Looking forward to what this group can do as they take on their taper meet.

• Anouk Balog was really feeling the training she has been putting in but that didn’t stop her from stepping up. She was right on her best times in all her races. Her best swim came in the 400 Free where she only added a little and swam a very clean even split race, looking forward to breaking the 5:00 barrier this weekend at Zones.
• Boston Borg’s run of meet performances seems to not be slowing down. He turned in some amazing swims qualifying for zones in the 100 Free and breaking 1:00 for the first time in the process.
• Carr Chellis continued to show that he likes to swim fast for short distances. His best race came in the 50 Fly where he blasted his way to a 29, breaking 30 seconds his first time ever swimming the race in a Long Course pool.
• Ray Chen had a great meet going just off their best times in most of their races. The highlight swim was them taking on the 400 Free for the first time and swimming a very consistent race. Meanwhile, their biggest drop came in the 100 Free as they lost 17 seconds.
• Alex Claux has really started to rediscover his fire for the sport and has really improved his training. This clearly showed at the meet as he turned in best times in the 100 Free, Fly, and Breast.
• Hailey Crawford has been training hard and will be ready to explode when she rests for her taper meet. Even feeling tired she didn’t let that stop her from turning in good swims at the meet as she was within 0.4 of her best time in her races.
• Spandana Kannam continued to show improvement in breast and sprint events. It was super fun to see her leave it all in the pool at what will most likely be her last meet as a Wave swimmer. Her best swim came in the 50 Fly where she finished her career in the event with a monster 4-second drop.
• Kyle Li has been working toward being a distance freestyle swimmer. This meet he braved the 1500 for the first time. He turned in a very consistent race achieving a BB time his first time ever swimming the event.
• Vidhi Mehrotra was right on her best times all weekend. She has been working very hard to improve her technique and focused mostly on swimming her races well during the meet. She did a fantastic job of keeping to the race strategies and the improvements in technique are definitely noticeable.
• Joseph Nguyen was only able to participate in one day of the meet due to a summer class he is taking but he sure made his day count. He had monster drops in both the 100 Free and 50 Breast, his drop in the 100 Free being the largest at 17 seconds.
• Sonny Nguyen has been on a bit of a hot streak seeing huge drops at all of his past meets. This meet would be no different as he went a perfect 5/5 on best times. His biggest drop of 42 seconds came in the 400 Free.
• Aadhav Saravanan had a great meet seeing huge drops in four of his races. His most exciting race came at the end of the entire meet where he put it all on the line in the 1500 and swam an absolutely phenomenal race holding pace the entire way.
• Andy Wang was still recovering from an illness but he still managed to put up some awesome swims. He dropped time in 6 of his 7 races. His most exciting race came in the 100 Free where he dropped 2 seconds going 1:00; he was so close to breaking that barrier and is guaranteed to get it the next time out.

Senior Epic

The Senior Epic Group sent 18 swimmers to the Seattle Senior Open. This group mostly used the meet as a tune up for the upcoming champs meets. They all turned in great swims on basically no rest at all. Looking to see this group really pop at their final meets of the season.

• Kaitlyn Blackmon only swam one day of the meet but made her swims count. She was right on her best time in both the 100 Fly and 50 Fly. Her butterfly events have been on point lately and look to stay that way.
• Kyler Brumfield used this meet as a warmup for Senior Sectionals. She turned in a solid 400 swimming, a consistent well-paced race. Look for her to finish the season strong.
• Melis Gursoy has been determined to make her last season a great one. She has stepped up time and time again at meets and this one would be no different. Her best swim of the meet was the 400 Free where she had a solid 5-second drop and broke 5:00 for the first time.
• Aarjav Jain has adapted well to moving up into a new training group. He has been working hard in practice and executed his races well all weekend. He turned in best times in 7/9 races with his biggest drops coming in the 100 Fly and 50 Breast where he dropped 8 and 6 seconds respectively.
• Suhas Kannam started wrapping up his Wave career before heading off to college in the fall. He showed that he really is a sprinter and displayed his elite speed in several races. He turned in a massive 6-second drop in the 50 Breast and a solid ½-second drop in the 50 Free.
• Jenna Kimborowicz has been training hard through all her meets so far this season. Her race execution and strategy are on point right now and her times are solid. She is ready to have an amazing taper meet.
• Tyler Kong turned in a solid meet performance. He used this meet to work on racing well and to race some events he doesn’t get to very often, he looked strong all weekend. His biggest swim of the weekend came in the 200 Breast where he dropped time for the third meet in a row in the event.
• Fredrik Larsen used this meet as a little tune up before he heads to bigger meets to end his season. He was feeling pretty rough as he hasn’t rested yet, he is excited about what he can do once he gets some rest.
• Julia Larsen turned in some fine swims. Her focus was more about racing well than the times and she did a wonderful job of executing her strategies. She did also turn in a massive 7-second drop in the 50 Breast.
• Owen Ledrick continues to find his stride as a distance swimmer. He dropped another 5 seconds in the 400 Free, then turned in an incredible 800 Free getting with 3 seconds of the Zones cut in the event his first time ever swimming it.
• Blake Nilsen has really started to find his speed lately and has seen drops at several of his past meets. This would prove no different as he turned in solid swims and dropped time in five of his races. His best swim came in the 200 IM where he dropped more than 3 seconds.
• Alex Popov was right on his best times in both races as he used this meet to prepare for his upcoming meets.
• Lola Reynolds was right on her best times in most of her races throughout the meet. She turned in solid swims as she used this meet to test out some new races and work on swimming her races consistently even when tired. Lola is ready to rock the world at her taper meet.
• Noah Sattari has been training incredibly hard in preparation for his first Senior Zones. He swam at this meet unrested and feeling pretty beat up. Against all this he maintained a positive attitude and turned in some stunning swims. His biggest swim came in the 50 Fly where he broke 30 seconds in the race for the first time.
• Jaiden Sreenivasan had a slight hiccup getting checked in for the 400 and ended up swimming in the first heat. He turned it up to 11 and blazed his way to a 4:19 and winning the entire event.
• Alex Werth turned in fine swims all weekend. He has been really grinding his distance training and that really showed as he blasted his way to a monster 7-second drop in the 400 Free.
• Andrea Wu used this meet as a tune up for their later meets. They had strong swims in both events and were right on their best times.

New US Motivational Times

AA

• Boston Borg: 100 Free

A

• Boston Borg: 800 Free
• Aarjav Jain: 200 & 400 Free
• Suhas Kannam: 50 Free
• Owen Ledrick: 400 Free
• Aadhav Saravanan: 200 & 400 IM, 1500 Free
• Andy Wang: 100 Free
• Alex Werth: 400 Free

BB

• Carr Chellis: 100 Free
• Raymond Chen: 100 Free
• Daniel Cho: 100 Breast
• Melis Gursoy: 200 Back, 200 Fly
• Tyler Kong: 200 Back
• Ria Kowalski: 50 Free
• Kyle Li: 800 & 1500 Free
• Sonny Nguyen: 50, 100 & 400 Free, 200 IM
• Blake Nilsen: 200 Fly, 50 Free
• Aadhav Saravanan: 100, 400 & 800 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Fly
• Andy Wang: 200 IM

B

• Raymond Chen: 400 Free
• Daniel Cho: 100 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 IM
• Yuvika Gupta: 50 Free
• Tyler Kong: 100 Fly
• Owen Ledrick: 200 Back
• Joseph Nguyen: 100 Free
• Sonny Nguyen: 100 Fly
• Alex Werth: 200 Back
• Rina Yuan: 200 & 400 Free, 200 IM

Wave on 3!!