IMX/IMR Meet Report

What a great way to start of the Spring/Summer Long Course season with the challenging IMX/IMR meet. Swimmers had to compete in all four strokes + at least one IM swim and all groups had several outstanding swims! IMX (IM Extreme) and IMR (IM Ready) are recognized US Swimming challenge meets. Many of these events are ones swimmers had not done in a long time, resulting in many swimmers dropping HUGE amounts of time, including some who dropped 1:00+!!! Scoring is based on the US Swimming Power Points system.

IMX Overall Winners for Wave

• Berit Dunn – 9&U girls (1200 pts)
• Andrew Ouyang – 9&U boys (751 pts)
• Ellen Feng – 10-yr-old girls (2527 pts)
• Deniz Cankaya – 10-yr-old boys (1150 pts)
• Claire Gao – 11-yr-old girls (2971 pts)
• Andy Yang – 11-yr-old boys (1663 pts)
• Sophia Gorveatt – 12-yr-old girls (2434 pts)
• Evan Deng – 12-yr-old boys (976 pts)
• Kirsten Hau – 13-yr-old girls (2207 pts)
• Bennett Geitz – 13-yr-old boys (2981 pts)
• Iris Huang – 14-yr-old girls (1521 pts)
• Daniel Xia – 14-yr-old boys (1871 pts)
• Haiely Crawford – 15-yr-old girls (2453 pts)
• Ethan Na – 15-yr-old boys (2411 pts)
• Rina Yuan – 16-yr-old girls (501 pts)
• Jaiden Sreenvasan – 16-yr-old boys (3325 pts)
• Jenna Kimborowicz – 17-yr-old girls (1429 pts)
• Aadhav Saravanan – 17-yr-old boys (1164 pts)
• Kyler Brumfield – 18-yr-old women (2034 pts)
• Fredrik Larsen – 18-yr-old men (2397 pts)

IMR Overall Winners for Wave

• Tula Henkin – 9&U girls (800 pts – 2^nd place overall)
• Kenshin Yokoyama – 9&U boys (1269 pts)
• Nika Svirydovich – 10-yr-old girls (1261 pts)
• Ilia Maksimuchuk – 10-yr-old boys (1026 pts)
• Emily Dong – 11-yr-old girls (990 pts)
• Landon Yuan – 11-yr-old boys (1756 pts)
• Piper Weigand – 12-yr-old girls (575 pts)
• Carlo Villanueva – 12-yr-old boys (541 pts)
• Jasmine Shi – 13-yr-old girls (394 pts)
• Dario Giuliani – 13-yr-old boys (368 pts)
• Bailey Tang – 14-yr-old girls (489 pts)
• Ian Chow – 14-yr-old boys (280 pts – 3^rd place overall)
• Aayona Pattanaik – 15-yr-old girls (169 pts)
• Cayden Chan – 15-yr-old boys (860 pts)

High School

This meet was incredible for so many of you! It was so much fun to see you destroy your best times and the Spring season just began! I’m excited to see what you will do at the May Flowers Meet!

• Tanvi Bathe: -4.55 in her 100 Fly!
• Cayden Chan: -8.41 in 100 Back, -7.91 in 100 Breast for a B time! -7.65 in 100 Fly for another B time! -1.50 in 200 Free, -10.93 in 200 IM
• Alvin Chang: Swam everything for the first time and received his first B time in 200 Free
• Ian Chow: Swam great in his 100 Breast swimming right at his best time
• Felix Deng: -5.05 in 100 Back, -3.30 in 100 Breast, -8.55 in 100 Fly
• Shayan Gavandi: -3.54 in 100 Back, -3.12 in 100 Breast, -6.39 in 100 Fly, -20.45 in 200 Free!!!
• Dario Giuliani: Swam 100 Fly for the first time! -6.96 in 200 Free for a B time!
• Margot Kleinpeter: -1.87 in 100 Breast! -3.63 in 200 IM
• Jonathan Kong: -10.71 in 100 Back, -7.71 in 100 Breast, -6.51 in 200 Free, -9.73 in 200 IM
• Surabhi Koundinya: -3.17 in 200 Free
• Oliver Lee: -0.87 in 100 Breast, -17.47 in 200 Free
• Chloe Lewis: -1.45 in 100 Breast
• Manas Mishra: -1.28 in 100 Back, -6.98 in 100 Breast, swam 100 Fly and 200 IM for the first time! -56.28 in 200 Free!!!!
• Aayona Pattanaik: -2.34 in 200 IM
• Kamilla Shapiro: -0.12 in 200 Free
• Maya Skakun: -0.60 in 100 Breast, -1.36 in 100 Fly
• Bailey Tang: No times dropped but swam great!
• Ekansh Verma: -1.51 in 100 Breast, -5.95 in 200 Free
• Jonathan Yu: Swam 100 Back for the first time! -33.32 in 200 Free, -17.80 in 200 IM

Age Group Select

This was an up-and-down meet for AGS. The upside: five new caps to pass out with Deniz Cankaya earning his first A time, Leo Steijn and Berit Dunn earning their first BB times, and Aman Bhatt and Andrew Ouyang earning their first B times and a whole host of best times, some of them huge. The downside: a record number of DQs for AGS (38 including at least 1 for every event). We will have to go back and review what happened.

• Alex Arlouski had four best times ranging from 7.72 (100 Back) to 44.14 (500 Free) seconds dropped and missed a perfect meet by only 0.8! This is no surprise as few swimmers have worked as hard as Alex since the New Year!
• Arjun Bhate swam a perfect 5-for-5 best times highlighted by a 9.4-second drop in the 500 Free and a 15.89 second drop in his 200 IM. Arjun has been as focused as a laser beam on his distance work and it really paid off in this meet!
• Aman Bhatt dropped 10.44 seconds in the 100 Breast to earn his first B time and swam his first ever 100 Back and 200 Free!
• Lucy Broyles had a fabulous swim in the 200 Free, dropping more than 5 seconds!
• Deniz Cankaya not only earned his first-ever A time in the 100 Back but picked up new BB times in his 100 Breast and 200 Free with substantial improvements. What a reward for all his hard work in practice!
• Henry Cheng started the meet off huge, dropping 31.68 seconds in his 100 Back, then followed up to win the 100 Breast, drop 21.93 seconds in his 200 Free, and successfully swim the 100 Fly and 200 IM for the first time!
• Lucas Deng picked up three new best times, including his first-ever legal 100 Fly!
• Berit Dunn not only earned her first-ever BB Time in the 100 Breast, she picked up new B times in the 100 Back and 200 Free with huge drops and legally swam her first-ever 100 Fly and 200 IM. If that wasn’t enough, she earned first place in all five events!
• Mira Erdim started off her career in AGS really well with a monster 23.45-second drop in her 100 Breast and earned 2^nd place in her first-ever 200 Free!
• Ellen Feng garnered two more A times with incredible swims, dropping 9.12 seconds in her 200 Free and 8.32 seconds in her 200 IM!
• Rihit Gandhi has figured out how to word hard day in and day out, and the payoff was big with three new best times including a 16.95-second drop in his 100 Fly, and swam his first-ever 500 Free with a very respectable 7:31.
• Rory Geitz had a perfect weekend, with amazing drops of 16.02 seconds in the 100 Back and 15.21 seconds in the 100 Breast to go along with first-ever swims in the 100 Fly, 200 Free, and 200 IM! He even earned a 2^nd place in the 100 Fly!
• Abby Gray overcame injuries and illness to earn the Ironwoman Award with four best times!
• Olivia Henaire had an excellent meet with three best times led by her smoking fast 500 Free, where she dropped 37.62 seconds to pick up 2^nd place and had the fastest 500 of everyone in AGS! Not bad for a breaststroker!
• Fiona Herman had a rough start on day 1, but came back strong on day 2, especially her 200 IM where she slashed off 33.15 seconds to earn a new BB time!
• Elise Kabakci dropped 13 seconds in her 200 Free and swam the 100 Breast, 100 Fly, and 200 IM for the first time. She earned a BB time in the breast and IM and a B time in the fly! Her swims were no surprise to Coach Jay, however, because few swimmers put more effort into workout!
• Arvin Kandiah had a phenomenal 200 Free, dropping 18:58 seconds to just break the 3:00 barrier to go along with 2^nd place finishes in the 100 Breast and 200 IM!
• Maria Kokhan survived a sore shoulder the drop an astonishing 27.59 seconds in her 100 Fly (a new BB time!) and 4.71 seconds in her 200 Free!
• Lingyi Li swam all five races for the first time: 100 Back, 100 Fly, 100 Breast, 200 Free and 200 IM. Her great efforts in her first month with AGS earned her B times in the back and breast!
• Yihan Li went 5-for-5 with best times, highlighted by her 12.96-second drop in the 200 Free, where she shattered the 3:00 barrier, and her 18.49-second drop in the 100 Fly, a stroke she has worked hard to master!
• Olivia Liu had several exceptional swims and three best times, highlighted by an 8.26-second drop in her 200 Free!
• Eleanor Lopez has worked very hard in practice for the past few months and the payoff was big. Not only did she go 5-for-5, but she dropped 21.59 seconds in her 100 Breast and earned a BB time in her first-ever legal 100 Fly!
• Rinat Maksyutov survived his first month of AGS with very nice time drops in the 100 Back and 100 Breast and a 4^th place finish in his first-ever 200 Free!
• Max Malinovskyi is becoming more focused on training well in practice and it showed in the meet with big drops in his 100 Back and 200 Free to go with a 1^st place finish in the 200 IM!
• Andy Nguyen dropped more total time than anyone else in AGS, a result of his excellent workout habits! Not only did he pick up 4^th place in his first-ever 100 Fly, but he dropped 5.08 seconds in his 100 Back, 8.25 seconds in his 100 Breast, 33.04 seconds in his 200 IM, and absolutely destroyed his best 500 Free by 1:21.07…yes, that’s an 81-second drop!!
• Andrew Ouyang had a tough time on day 1, but soared back on day 2 to show what happens when you have a positive attitude! He had two best times on day 2, including a 21.67-second drop in his 200 Free and swam his first legal 200 IM!
• Irene Qu earned four best times, including a 4.82-second drop and B time in her 100 Breast and a 15.75-second drop in her 500 Free!
• Leo Steijn joined the BB Club with some huge swims, including that 100 Breast! He picked up 2^nd place in his first legal 100 Fly, 4^th place in his first legal 200 IM, and dropped 30.64 seconds in his 200 Free!
• Dan Sun had two monster drops—4.62 seconds in the 100 Back and 18.52 seconds in the 100 Breast, then picked up 3^rd place in all three events that he swam legally for the first time: 100 Fly, 200 Free, and 200 IM!
• Han Sun had an excellent 100 Back, dropping almost 4 seconds, and swam three events beautifully for the first time: 100 Fly, 200 IM, and 500 Free!
• Vedah Tuladhar picked up four best times, three of which were double-digit drops: 16.97 seconds in the 100 Breast, -34.54 seconds in the 100 Fly, and -23.73 seconds in the 200 Free. All three of those swims earned her new BB times. This is what happens when you get tired of going last in your lane and turn around your workout habits!
• George Ursulenko had a tough meet, but his 200 Free shone! He dropped 9.22 seconds to earn both a BB time and first place!
• Audra Whitbeck earned a best time every time she dove in, led by her 500 Free where she broke 8:00 for the first time and swam a near-perfect 100 Fly to drop 3.63 seconds!
• Natalie Whitbeck had a monster 100 Breast, dropping 21.63 seconds, then successfully swam the 100 Fly, 200 Free, and 200 IM for the first time, finishing Top 3 in all her events!
• Isshin Yokoyama picked up three best times, including a win in the 500 Free where he dropped 8.38 seconds. He also won the 100 Back!
• Ally Yuan was another 5-for-5 swimmer, edging ever closer to her first A time. Her biggest drop (9.79 seconds) came in the 200 Free while she picked up 3^rd place in both the 100 Back and 200 IM!
• Grace Zhang turned in an outstanding 100 Breast, dropping more than 3 seconds to earn first place!
• Serena Zhang had two big drops, including a 19.77-second slashing of her previous 200 Free time, and successfully swam her first-ever legal 100 Fly and 200 IM!

Purple Group

Purple Group had a fantastic weekend with tons of time drops and successful swims! It was great to see our swimmers get to improve in events that they had not swum in a long time. The swimmers did a great job of checking in and out with me as well as Coach Ryan while Coach Aili is away. Some of the top highlights from this weekend include:

• Piper Wiegand had one of the biggest drops for the whole Wave team dropping 1 minute and 53 seconds in the 200 Free
• Tvesa Bansal dropped 11 seconds in the 100 IM
• Adam Kantor dropped 30 seconds in the 200 Free
• Emily Dong dropped 28 seconds in the 200 Free
• William Scott dropped 30 seconds in the 100 IM
• Landon Yuan dropped 12 seconds in 50 Fly
• Michael Zhou dropped 16 seconds in the 50 Breast and 16 seconds in the 100 IM
• Zachary Zeng dropped 47 seconds in the 200 Free
• Ela Sakin dropped 11 seconds in the 100 Back and 16 seconds in the 200 Free
• Alexander Belkin dropped 10 seconds in the 50 Fly
• Lola Cheng dropped 15 seconds in the 50 Fly
• Theresa Nguyen dropped 18 seconds in the 200 Free
• Keshav Iyer dropped 38 seconds in the 200 Free
• Mila Paulus dropped 11 seconds in the 50 Back
• Yifan Xu dropped 21 seconds in the 100 IM
• Karina Maksyutov dropped 28 seconds in the 200 Free

There were many other great swims that I saw beside the ones listed above that were equally impressive. While I was watching the pool, Coach Aili was watching on meet mobile, and both of us would like to tell our swimmers how enormously proud we are of their performance last weekend!!

White Group

FIRST MEET MASTER: Amarissa Chandra braved her first official swim meet ever, no panics or missed events!

MOTIVATIONAL GRADS: first ever B or BB times at this meet!

First BB:

• Ilia Maksimchuk (50 Back)
• Melissa Nguyen (50 Breast)

First B:

• Max Sun (100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast)! A one-meet B-Pentathlete!
• Ben Ovendale (100 Free)
• Adele Bokach (100 Free)
• Anu Fadnavis (100 Free)
• Clara Stevenson (100 IM, 50 Back)
• Rhea Dawani (50 Fly…and landed just 0.15 away in her 50 Breast!)
• Owen Wilson (50 Back)
• Ethan Pan (50 Back)
• Joseph Foster (50 Back)
• Esha Bhatia (50 Back)
• Albert O (50 Breast)

LOSS LEADERS: total time dropped at the meet

• Cut 40s+: Anu Bathe (-43 seconds), Rhea Dawani (-41), Norah Braun (-42)
• Cut 45s+: Perrie Lam (-49), Max Sun (-48.5), Melissa Nguyen (-47.6)
• Cut 50s+: Lucas Xu (-61.5), Tim Rakovchuck (-55), Clara Stevenson (-55), Esha Bhatia (-50)
• Losingest Winner: Aria Beazer (-96)

MIND-OVER-MEETer: Melissa Nguyen hadn’t done the 50 Breast in two years, so she was seeded into a late heat, just before the no-timers. But she was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and ran away with it, dropping 28 seconds and squeaking in just 0.17 under the BB time cut! Then, she rescued some goggles from the bottom of the pool and saved the race for another kid. We are going to have to get her a cape, somewhere!

TIME FREE-FALLer: Rhea Dawani - 11.5 seconds off her 50 Breast from March! She believes in glides now.

BRAVEST DQs: Mudit Singh, Ella Gao and Olivia Horng braved backstroke flip turns that broke a rule. It’s brave, because backstroke flip turns are optional, more likely to DQ, and faster (done well). Olivia would have earned her first B time, but for a pause before flipping!

STRANGEST DQs:

• Shatadru Roy Chaudhury, in his 100 IM broke a rule that he didn’t know existed … and a strange one: in his breaststroke, he touched the wall with his hands together. Don’t ask me why this is a rule, but it’s still progress when he gets a bigger, better/ stranger DQ!
• Jared Wen, in his 50 Breast, decided to try a new technique that he had never done before. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite legal because his head didn’t break the surface…

WINNING IN THEIR SLEEP: Melissa Nguyen, and Siena discovered the value of a solid night’s sleep! Melissa’s second day bounce back landed her 50 Breast under the BB line for the first time, and checkout Siena’s 50 Fly below.

ONES TO WATCH: these swimmers narrowly missed big motivational firsts this meet - they are often the most driven in the group!

• Siena Stahlkopf dropped 14.4 seconds in her 50 Fly to land a scant 0.8 from a first B time! She learned the value of sleeping well the night before!
• Emma Lu dropped 15.7 seconds on her 100 Free, landing only 1.6 from a first B. She landed only barely further in the 50 Back

Senior Epic

The Senior Epic group had a challenging week with intense practices every day and finished the week with strong swims at the IMX Meet! The IMX/IMR Meet is a great opportunity for athletes to swim races they might not swim very often, train new strategies, and update those times. Our group was focused on swimming very hard in all the events and they did well at that. We also had swimmers in our group without times in some events and they had the chance to swim those events for the first time. This weekend was an important preparation for our upcoming long course meet. See below some highlights from our group:

• Anouk Balog had a solid weekend and her outstanding swim was the 200 Fly
• Kyler Brumfield focused on her strategy and did as she planned in the 500 Free
• Nik Brusilovski had two giant drops in both 200 Fly (-14.31) and 400 IM (-12.23) with an exceptional free leg at the end of the race
• Rik Brusilovski updated his times in two events, 200 Back and 200 Fly, dropping more than 3 seconds in both
• Raymond Chen swam only one day and went best times in all three events, including a huge 14-second drop in the 500 Free.
• Hailey Crawford was happily surprised by her 200 Fly where she dropped almost 8 seconds. She also swam a very strong 400 IM dropping 11 seconds and achieving another A Time
• Henry Geitz swam the 200 Fly for the first time and had a great race. He also crushed his 200 Breast and dropped 15 seconds
• Jenna Kimborowicz has been improving her breaststroke at practice and it showed with a strong 200 Breast and 400 IM
• Fredrik Larsen’s best event of the weekend was a well-paced 500 Free
• Owen Ledrick dropped almost 3 seconds to go a best time in the 200 Fly
• Ethan Na went 4-of-5 best times with massive drops in the 500 Free (-16.01), 400 IM (-16.02), and 200 Back (-7.54)
• Alex Popov had a rough weekend but managed to swim a strong 500 Free, racing his teammates until the last lap of the race
• Aadhav Saravanan has been focusing more on his Distance Per Stroke and was satisfied to apply the strategy in the 500 Free
• Noah Sattari has been working on his breast technique and was excited with a 3.5 second drop in the 200 Breast
• Jaiden Sreenivasan felt very comfortable this weekend since this is a normal meet lineup for him. His strongest swim was the 200 Back where he was able to do solid underwater dolphin kicks
• Alexander Werth dropped almost 2 seconds in the 200 Fly and was very happy with his race.
• Rina Yuan did a great job managing the expectation and swimming the 200 Fly for the first time!

Congrats and be ready to continue the grind!

Senior 1

We had 26 swimmers compete at the IMX/IMR Meet last weekend. This group has been training incredibly hard to start off our long course season, pushing themselves every day and working hard to improve. This meet was a great test for them as we did not rest at all, and most were swimming races they don’t typically compete in. The group did an amazing job rising to the challenge and swimming incredibly well all weekend. We had tons of best times and some awesome swims. It was a treat to watch them all compete so intensely and discover they could swim fast even when tired. I am very excited to see what they can do at the May Flowers meet.

• Oleg Arlouski has really been pushing his training in the pool taking on harder and harder intervals. He has done an excellent job at pushing out of his comfort zone during butterfly training. That training certainly paid off as he had an awesome 200 Fly dropping 3.5 seconds and swimming a clean, well-split race.
• Tanay Boda is a newcomer to the group and is adjusting well to the increased intensity of training. He has been working hard each day. He had a fantastic 400 IM, dropping 5 seconds and racing hard all the way to the finish.
• Daniel Cho took this meet as an opportunity to swim some races he typically wouldn’t enter. As a result, he walked away with some massive time drops. His biggest drop was his 500 Free where he lowered his time by 48 seconds, breaking the 6:00 mark for the first time.
• Aarohi Gandhi had an awesome meet turning in huge drops in three races. She had monster 6-second drops in both the 200 Fly and 500 Free, then followed those up with an even bigger 10-second drop in the 200 Breast. She is eager to continue training hard and rock her next outing.
• Ananiah Gashaw has been pushing herself hard every day since joining the group. She started the meet off with a smash, dropping 4 seconds in the 200 IM. She is eager to continue seeing improvement as she competes.
• Nethaniah Gashaw turned in strong performances in all her races, going right at her best or dropping in each event. She swam a very strong 200 Fly, holding form throughout the whole race and finishing hard on her way to dropping 2 seconds. Her best race came in the 200 Back where she blazed her way to an 11-second drop.
• Peter Hansen fancies himself a sprinter but in preparation for this meet he made it a mission to work on his endurance for the longer races. His training paid off in a huge way as he saw huge drops in all his events. His biggest drop of 17 seconds in the 200 Back was awesome to watch as he absolutely crushed it.
• Penelope Hepkin has done an excellent job of pushing herself at practice and taking on new challenges. This culminated in her taking on the 200 Fly for the first time and swimming a super strong race to break 3:00 on her first try. She then followed up with a stellar 500 Free dropping 20 seconds and getting closer to breaking the 6:00 mark.
• Iris Huang is another who prefers to swim the shorter sprint events; however, she was determined to perform well in her off races. She rose to the challenge and performed spectacularly. She took on the 200 Fly for the first time and posted a solid time. Her 59-second drop in the 500 Free was her biggest of the weekend.
• Rashmi Joshi has really stepped up her stroke training recently. Her hard work paid off incredibly well as she dropped time in all four races. She started the meet off with a huge 21-second drop in the 200 Fly and finished with an even bigger 27-second drop in the 400 IM.
• Adrian Juco took full advantage of the opportunity to update his times in some races he doesn’t swim very often. He was another who swam the 200 Fly for the first time and looked strong through the entire race. He turned in a huge 38-second drop in the 500 Free for his biggest of the weekend.
• Aditi Kandiah had a very successful weekend of racing dropping time in three events. She turned in a stellar performance in the 500 Free, dropping 17 seconds. She then went on to absolutely crush the 400 IM, dropping 34 seconds.
• Cora Ledrick has been pushing herself at practices since joining the group. Her high intensity training resulted in some very solid swims over the weekend. She had a super strong 200 Fly to kick things off then continued to race well finishing the meet with a new best time in the 400 IM.
• Kyle Li joined the list of swimmers who competed in the 200 Fly for the first time. He turned in a great race, splitting well and finishing strong. He followed up with strong swims in the 500 Free and 400 IM going just off his best times in both events.
• Anton Mazepa has really made the most out of moving up into the group and has been crushing his training. That really showed at the meet as he turned in awesome performances in all his races. He had a very exciting 400 IM where he raced with a teammate all the way to the finish on his way to a 15-second improvement.
• Joseph Nguyen was only able to swim one day of the meet but he made the most out of his day. He turned in outstanding performances in both the 200 Back and 200 Breast dropping 12 and 4 seconds respectively.
• Sonny Nguyen was only able to swim on Saturday. He turned in some very strong swims starting off going right at his best time in the 200 Fly. He followed that up by racing hard all the way through the 200 IM on his way to a new best time. He finished with a strong 500 Free to close out a grueling day of racing.
• Neha Phatak put her game face on from the start and raced super well all weekend. She started off smashing the 200 Fly and dropping 25 seconds. The most exciting race was her 400 IM where she led her heat the whole race in a total runaway to finish well ahead of the competition.
• Ani Purkayastha went out and raced well in all her events. She started off with a solid drop in the 200 Fly and followed up by putting her all into the rest of her races going right at or under her best times. Her biggest drop of 4 seconds was in the 200 Breast.
• Rahul Purkayastha really made the most of the meet, turning in three new best times. He crushed the 200 Fly, dropping 7 seconds. He then turned around and dropped 12 seconds in the 500 Free before wrapping up a stellar meet with a 12-second drop in the 400 IM.
• Tandisse Rahimi showed how tough she could be racing well in all her events. She rose to the challenge of swimming all 200s and the 500 by taking on each race with tenacity. Her biggest drop of the weekend was a monster 17 seconds in the 500 Free.
• Neil Rawal has been working hard after an illness kept him out of the pool an extra week at the start of the season. He made the most out of his races working to execute race strategy and finish hard. He was right at his best time in the 200 Breast and 500 Free while swimming the 400 IM for the first time and achieving a B time in his first outing.
• Boris Shakhov was eager to get back to competing and had a very strong meet going right at his best time in the 200 and 400 IM. His best race was his 200 Back where he dropped 7 seconds by executing the race strategy very well and finishing hard. He is ready to continue to see his racing improve as the season goes on.
• Radha Shriram joins the list of swimmers going best times in all four of their races. She had some very strong swims and the results speak for themselves. She had a huge 23-second drop in the 200 Breast and an even bigger 28-second drop in the 500 Free.
• Dylan Vu was on fire all weekend turning in best time after best time. He gutted out a super solid 500 Free dropping 5 seconds. His most exciting race was his 400 IM where he raced hard from start to finish on his way to an 18-second drop and first place finish in the event.
• Daniel Xia was our final member to go a best time in every race. This meet was a great opportunity for him to shift away from his usual events and update some of his other times. He had huge drops of 10 plus seconds in all his races, absolutely smashing his old times. His 400 IM to finish the meet was especially exciting as he crushed his heat and sprinted his way to the finish to drop 47 seconds.

Senior Prep

Senior Prep did very well at the IMX Meet with 157 successful swims where 117 were best times, which is 75% of all our races. We had another 6 swims that were exactly at our best time or within 0.5 second of our best time. The average time drop for all swims was 5.02 seconds! This average time drop includes anything we successfully swam and had swum before, including races where swimmers added time. Excellent meet results. We also had 22 new swims where a swimmer completed a race legally for the first time. I especially wanted to give a shout out to all the swimmers who swam the 200 Fly legally for the first time: Gahl Ami-ad, Daniel Chen, Olivia DeAmicis, Deming Gates, Lauren Hizzey, and Kirill Kadach. Congratulations! 200 Fly is a challenging event, and it is quite an accomplishment.

Top 26 Time Improvements for the meet, All over 10 seconds!

• Roshni Padmanabhan dropped 82.59 seconds in the 500 Free, 13.62 seconds in the 200 IM, and 12.68 seconds in the 200 Back
• Claire Gao dropped 69.50 seconds in the 500 Free
• Gahl Ami ad dropped 60.43 seconds in the 400 IM
• Andy Yang dropped 54.2 seconds in the 500 Free
• Molly Mayfield dropped 42.64 seconds in the 500 Free and 16.46 seconds in the 100 Fly
• Beata Sobol dropped 41.87 seconds in the 500 Free
• Kirill Kadach dropped 34.19 seconds in the 200 Breast and 27.33 seconds in the 200 Back
• Lasya Viswanadham dropped 31.4 seconds in the 500 Free and 17.62 seconds in the 200 IM
• Vien Pogue dropped 27.94 seconds in the 500 Free
• Kumail Mukadam dropped 26.83 seconds in the 500 Free
• Kirsten Hau dropped 24.99 seconds in the 500 Free and 14.41 seconds in the 200 Fly
• Andy Yang dropped 17.25 seconds in the 200 IM
• Ahana Bhattacharya dropped 15.3 seconds in the 100 Breast and 11.7 seconds in the 200 IM
• Sophia Gorveatt dropped 12.2 seconds in the 100 Breast
• Daniel Chen dropped 12.02 seconds in the 400 IM and 11.43 seconds in the 400 IM
• Dami Jung dropped 11.19 seconds in the 100 Fly and 10.46 seconds in the 200 IM
• Yuzuki Ishizuka dropped 10.09 seconds in the 200 IM

First Time Swims

• Ella Tulanon: 100 Breast
• Evan Deng: 100 Fly, 200 IM, 500 Free
• Olivia DeAmicis: 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 400 IM
• Roshni Padmanabhan: 200 Breast, 400 IM
• Gahl Ami-ad: 200 Fly, 500 Free
• Daniel Chen: 200 Fly
• Deming Gates: 200 Fly
• Lauren Hizzey: 200 Fly, 400 IM
• Kirill Kadach: 200 Fly, 500 Free
• Ahana Bhattacharya: 500 Free
• Yuzuki Ishizuka: 500 Free
• Dami Jung: 500 Free
• Kaylan Li: 500 Free
• Lainey Meyer: 500 Free

Nice Work Senior Prep!

Black Group

First of all, thank you to:

• Moms and Dads for arriving on time with your athlete’s E/H/L grid done and ready to go. This is a huge help for both me and the swimmers
• Coach Samantha for helping me get the kids to their races. We only had one missed swim all weekend
• Moms and Dads who helped run the meet. We cannot do this without your help!
• New families and athletes who had have been on the team for less than a month but handled the meet experience very well

The following athletes had first time successful swims- meaning they swam the race without a disqualification:

• Kanav Acharya 50 Back
• Shreyan Acharya 50 Back, 50 Breast
• Akira Andhare 50 Back, 50 Breast
• Aaradhya Bharadwaj 50 Back, 50 Breast
• Ben Bolotin 50 Back
• Zara Chaudhry 50 Back
• Tony Chen 100 Free, 50 Back
• Yushi Chong 100 Free, 100 IM
• Julie Dong 50 Back
• Kaito Falk 50 Fly
• Eric Feng 100 Free, 100 IM
• Tyler Fernandez 100 IM
• Avni Garg 50 Fly
• Raya Hari 50 Fly
• Lucas Hernandez 50 Back
• Martin Hernandez 100 Free, 50 Back, 50 breast, 50 Fly
• Vivian Hu 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
• Rosemary Huang 50 Back
• Ira Joshi 50 Fly
• Yeim Jung 100 Free, 50 Back, 50 Fly
• Atharva Koppal 50 Back
• Martin Li 50 Back
• Sophie Liu 50 Back
• Elvis Lu 50 Back
• Josh Lu 50 Back
• Miya Ma 100 Free
• Evelyn Marr 50 Back
• Heidi Menshing 50 Back, 50 Breast
• Angela Pan 50 Back
• Beatrix Pressman 100 Free, 50 Fly
• Aashay Rane 100 IM, 50 Fly
• Alexander Ritscher Osorio 50 Fly
• Cora Sun 50 Back
• Emma Ter-Vardanyan 50 Back, 50 Breast
• Margaret Ursulenko 100 Free
• Steven Wang 50 Back
• Avani Yadav 100 Free
• Owen Yan 50 Back
• Aaron Yang 100 Free
• Aiden Ye 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
• Maggie Zhou 100 Free, 100 IM

We had a number of really strong swims from the Black Groups over the weekend, but the 100 Free really stood out as an event. Many of the kids did a terrific job with their breathing and their turns, which was exciting to see happen. Elaina Jiang, Beatrix Pressman, Yushi Chong, Alessandra Watrous, Kenshin Yokoyama, Alex Wang, Haim Jung, Raihan Echevarria, Eric Feng and Kaito Falk were all at 1:40 or faster in that race. Awesome racing!!!

The following athletes were entered in all five races and successfully (no disqualifications) completed them all:

• Yushi Chong
• Kaito Falk
• Eric Feng
• Vivian Hu
• Elaina Jiang
• Beatrix Pressman
• Aashay Rane
• Alexander Ritscher Osorio
• Alex Wang
• Kenshin Yokoyama

Special Awesome Teammate Award to Eric Feng for recognizing that one of his teammates who had stepped up for their race needed a pair of goggles. Without anyone asking, he grabbed his goggles and handed them to his teammate to use.

Congrats to ALL our Black Group athletes who raced over the weekend!!!

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AA

• Sophia Gorveatt – 500 Free

A

• Oleg Arlouski – 200 Fly
• Deniz Cankaya – 100 Back
• Hailey Crawford – 400 IM
• Ellen Feng – 200 Free, 200 IM
• Claire Gao – 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 500 Free
• Sophia Gorveatt – 200 IM
• Adrian Juco – 400 IM
• Anton Mazepa – 400 IM
• Ethan Na – 400 IM
• Amelia Pletosu – 100 Back
• Dylan Vu – 400 IM
• Daniel Xiz – 400 IM, 500 Free

BB

• Oleg Arlouski – 200 Breast
• Tanay Boda – 400 IM
• Nik Brusilovski – 200 Fly
• Rik Brusilovski – 200 Fly
• Kamilla Bugaitsova – 100 Back
• Deniz Cankaya – 100 Breast, 200 Free
• Daniel Chen – 400 IM
• Raymond Chen – 200 IM, 500 Free
• Henry Cheng – 100 Back
• Daniel Cho – 200 IM
• Hailey Crawford – 200 Fly
• Berit Dunn – 100 Breast
• Deming Gates – 400 IM
• Bennett Geitz – 200 Back
• Henry Geitz – 200 Breast
• Sophia Gorveatt – 100 Breast
• Kirsten Hau – 500 Free
• Olivia Henaire – 500 Free
• Penelope Hepkin – 500 Free
• Fiona Herman – 200 IM
• Iris Huang – 500 Free
• Adrian Juco – 200 Fly, 500 Free
• Elise Kabakci – 100 Breast, 200 IM
• Maria Kokhan – 100 Fly
• Kaylan Li – 100 Breast
• Yihan Li – 100 Fly, 200 Free
• Eleanor Lopez – 100 Breast, 100 Fly
• Ilia Maksimchuk – 50 Back
• Max Malinovskyi – 100 Back
• Molly Mayfield – 100 Back, 500 Free
• Ethan Na – 200 Back
• Melissa Nguyen – 50 Breast
• Karolina Pastusiak – 100 Back
• Amelia Pletosu – 100 Breast
• Vien Pogue – 500 Free
• Boris Shakhov – 200 Back
• Beata Sobol – 100 Back
• Leo Steijn – 100 Breast
• Nika Svirydovich – 100 Free, 100 IM
• Vedah Tuladhar – 100 Fly, 200 Free
• Ella Tulanon – 100 Breast
• George Ursulenko – 200 Free
• Lasya Viswanadham – 200 IM, 500 Free
• Dylan Vu – 200 Breast, 200 Fly
• Daniel Xia – 200 Back, 200 Fly
• Grace Zhang – 100 Breast

B

• Gahl Ami-ad – 500 Free
• Anurag Bathe – 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast
• Alex Belkin – 50 Back
• Esha Bhatia – 50 Back
• Aman Bhatt – 100 Breast
• Ahana Bhattacharya – 100 Back, 500 Free
• Adele Bokach – 100 Free
• Norah Braun – 50 Breast
• Kamilla Bugaitsova – 100 Breast
• Cayden Chan – 100 Breast, 100 Fly
• Alvin Chang – 200 Free
• Daniel Chen – 200 Fly
• Henry Cheng – 100 Fly
• Daniel Cho – 200 Back, 500 Free
• Rhea Dawani – 50 Fly
• Olivia DeAmicis – 400 IM
• Evan Deng – 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM
• Berit Dunn – 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 200 IM
• Raihan Echevarria – 50 Back
• Anuraag Fadnavis – 100 Free
• Joseph Foster – 50 Back
• Nethaniah Gashaw – 200 Back
• Deming Gates – 200 Fly
• Henry Geitz – 200 Fly
• Dario Giuliani – 200 Free
• Peter Hansen – 200 Back, 200 Fly
• Kirsten Hau – 200 Fly
• Tula Henkin – 50 Back
• Nora Herman – 100 Breast
• Lauren Hizzey – 400 IM
• Iris Huang – 200 Fly
• Yuzuki Ishizuka – 100 Fly, 200 IM, 500 Free
• Rashmi Joshi – 200 Back, 200 Fly, 400 IM, 500 Free
• Dami Jung – 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM, 500 Free
• Elise Kabakci – 100 Fly
• Kirill Kadach – 200 Back, 500 Free
• Aditi Kandiah – 200 Back, 400 IM, 500 Free
• Arvin Kandiah – 200 Free
• Kaylan Li – 100 Back, 500 Free
• Lingyi Li – 100 Back, 100 Breast
• Anika Lichtenberg – 100 IM
• Jonathan Liu – 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back
• Ilia Maksimchuk – 100 IM, 50 Breast
• Rinat Maksyutov – 100 Breast
• Molly Mayfield – 100 Fly
• Lainey Meyer – 500 Free
• Andy Nguyen – 100 Breast
• Melissa Nguyen – 50 Back
• Albert O – 50 Breast
• Andrew Ouyang – 100 Breast, 200 IM
• Benjamin Ovendale – 100 Free
• Molly Page – 50 Back
• Ethan Pan – 50 Back
• Neha Phatak – 200 Back, 200 Fly
• Irene Qu – 100 Breast
• Tandisse Rahimi – 500 Free
• Neil Rawal – 400 IM
• Radha Shiriam – 500 Free
• Sanvi Shrivastava – 100 Breast
• Maxim Smagley – 50 Back
• Beata Sobol – 100 Breast, 500 Free
• Leo Steijn – 100 Fly, 200 IM
• Clara Stevenson – 100 IM, 50 Back
• Max Sun – 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back, 50  Breast, 50 Fly
• Nika Svirydovich – 50 Back
• Vedah Tuladhar – 100 Breast
• Alex Wang – 100 Free, 100 IM
• Piper Wiegand – 200 Free
• Owen Wilson – 50 Back
• Andy Yang – 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
• Isshin Yokoyama – 100 Breast, 100 Fly
• Kenshin Yokoyama – 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
• Landon Yuan – 50 Back, 50 Fly
• Zach Zeng – 50 Fly
• Serena Zhang – 100 Fly, 200 Free, 200 IM

WAVE ON 3!!