Wave Swimmers Take Division 3 Crown!

Jay Pearson

PNS Division 3 Champs Meet Recap

Much of Wave (340 swimmers!) churned out great swim after great swim, setting a high bar for the Fall Championship Meet Series. We handily won the Division 3 title, outscoring the next best team 751.5 to 347! Big shout out to our 10&U Pentathlon Champions, Lingyi Li and David Rondel! Wave also led all PNS with the most PNS AG Champs qualifiers as seven swimmers pickied up their first champs cut: Addy Clarke, Abby Gray, Caden Gray, Albert O, David Rondel, Landon Yuan, and Gabe Traina! Way to go, Wave!

Note: Pentathlon results are all five events added up into a single time and shows how well rounded a swimmer is across all events

Age Group 1

Divisionals was a total success for the AG1 group. We had some great swims and every single swimmer dropped time in some capacity over the weekend. A few shoutouts for the weekend:

Addy Clarke and Albert O both picked up their first Age Group Champs cuts this weekend. Way to go!!!
Pentathlon Top 10 for AG1
- 9 Year Old Girls – 1) Lingyi Li, 3) Vivian Hu, 4) Clara Stevenson, 5) Elaina Jiang, 6) Natalie Whitbeck, 7) Siena Stahlopf, 8) Beatrix Pressman, 9) Finley Wiegand
- 10 Year Old Girls – 4) Addy Clarke, 8) Avery Lee, 9) Anika Lichtenberg
- 9 Year Old Boys – 2) Owen Wilson, 3) Alex Wang, 5) Kenshin Yokoyama, 6) Aiden Ye
- 10 Year Old Boys – 4) Tim Rakovchuk, 5) Leo Chen, 7) Dan Sun, 9) Benji Ovendale, 10) Aman Bhatt

Great Job to all the kids that picked up a new Champs Cuts and Finished in the Top 10 of the Pentathlon.

Now onto some Stand Out Swims of the weekend. Since this is a Champs Meet, I want to highlight one big time swim for each swimmer in the group who raced:

Aman Bhatt –Dropped 2 seconds in his 100 IM, crushing his best time
Stas Black – dominated his 50 Back with a 1-second-plus drop.
Norah Braun – Big time drop in the 100 IM dropping just shy of 3 full seconds in the event
Leo Chen – 50 Breast was just shy of a 4-second drop
Addy Clarke – Small drop of just 0.4, but big enough for both her Champs cut and an A cut
Mira Erdim – Just shy of a 2-second drop in her 50 Breast and a solid B Time
Rory Geitz – Dropped just over 1 second in his 50 Breast and got the B cut in it
Olivia Horng – Dropped just shy of 2 seconds in the 100 IM, nice work.
Vivian Hu – Can’t pick between her 5-second drop in the 50 Breast and her 6-second drop in the 50 Fly
Elaina Jiang – Dropped 5 seconds in the 50 Fly (while coming back from being sick)
Haim Jung – Crushed the 50 Fly with a 5-second drop with some quality technique improvement
Avery Lee – Had an awesome 50 Free, dropping more than 2 seconds in the event.
Lingyi Li – Dominated her 100 IM with a 2-second drop in her awesome new swimsuit
Anika Lichtenberg – Dropped just shy of 3 seconds in her 50 Back for a BB Time
Albert O – Has to be the 50 Breast where he dropped more than 1 second to pick up his Champs cut
Benji Ovendale – Dominated the 50 Free with 1-second drop and a BB cut
Beatrix Pressman – Dropped 3 seconds in the 50 Free to easily pick up a B cut
Tim Rakovchuk – Crushed the 100 IM with a 5-second drop for a BB Time
Mudit Singh – Dropped just shy of 2 seconds in his 50 Back for a great swim
Siena Stahlkopf – Dropped 1.5 seconds for a B time in the 50 Free
Clara Stevenson – Dropped just shy of 2 seconds in her 100 IM for a great swim
Dan Sun – Dropped more than 1 second in his 50 Free for an awesome B cut
Max Sun – Only raced twice but made them count, dropping in both and getting a BB cut in the 50 Free
Anna Ventura – Crushed the 50 Fly with a 3+ second drop and B time
Alex Wang – Big time 1-second drop in his 50 Free for a BB time
Natalie Whitbeck – Hard to pick here, but her 3-second drop in the 50 Breast crushed it
Finley Wiegand – An amazing 12-second drop in the 50 Breast!!!
Owen Wilson – Dominated the 50 Fly with a 3.5-second drop.
Alyssa Yang – Had a great 50 Free time, shaving off a few tenths
Aiden Ye – Dominated the weekend with a bunch of drops, with the biggest being an 8.5-second drop in his 100 IM
Kenshin Yokoyama – Shaved off a full second in his 100 IM and had a great weekend of swimming

High School

I am so proud of how many great and fantastic swims we had at this meet! Hard work went into these time drops! We had two A times, 17 BB times, 37 B times and two athletes qualify for Senior Champs! Keep up the good work, it’s only going down from here (time drop pun intended!).

Saanvi Adgaonkar: -0.41 in 100 Free. -6.28 in 50 Back. -4.56 in 50 Free. Swam the 200 Free and 50 Breast for the first time and did fantastic!
Ori Ami-ad: -2.07 in 50 Back. No time drops in the 200 Free and 200 IM but still swam a B time!
Aanya Atwal: -6.76 in 100 Back. -4.17 in 100 Breast. -1.36 in 100 Fly. -2.10 in 100 Free. -2.83 in 50 Fly. -3.26 in 50 Free for her first B time! Congrats!
Eka Bhuyan: -4.00 in 100 Free. -3.25 in 00 IM. -9.27 in 50 Fly. -1.16 in 50 Free
Lucas Blat-Phillips: Swam the 200 Free for the first time! -4.00 in 50 Back. -2.00 in 50 Free for a B time. -12.00 in 200 IM. -1.20 in 100 Free for a B time
Feynman Chen: Swam 100 Breast for the first time getting a B time! Swam 100 Fly, 50 Free, and 100 Free for the first time getting a BB time!
Madeleine Cheng: -0.63 in 100 Breast for a B time. -0.34 in 50 Breast. No time drops in 200 Breast but still swam a B time!
Ian Chow: -1.85 in 100 Free. -7.75 in 200 Free. -0.67 in 200 IM. -1.75 in 50 Back. -0.21 in 50 Breast. -0.65 in 50 Free
Thomas Claux: -0.72 in 50 Back
Evan Galuska: -0.99 in 100 Back. -0.28 in 100 Breast. -1.58 in 100 Fly. -2.18 in 200 IM. -0.36 in 50 Free for a B time
Dario Guiliani: -2.22 in 100 Breast for a B time. -21.72 in 200 Breast for a B time. -9.19 in 200 free for a B time. -2.10 in 50 Breast. -1.21 in 50 fly. -1.16 in 50 Free for a B time
Devon Gordon: No time drops in her 100 Breast but still swam an A time. -23.02 in 200 Breast for a BB time. -7.94 in 200 Free for B time. -7.01 in 200 IM for a B time. -8.98 in 50 Breast. -0.15 in 50 Free for a B time
Aiden Honjaya: -5.74 in 100 Free. -12.15 in 200 Free. -12.31 in 200 IM. -3.70 in 50 Free for a B time
Arnav Jha: -6.19 in 100 Free for a B time. -2.57 in 50 Breast. -0.79 in 50 Fly
Margot Kleinpeter: -2.05 in 200 Free. -3.19 in 50 Back. -1.62 in 50 Free for a B time
Jonathan Kong: -2.00 in 50 Fly. -2.80 in 50 Breast. -1.80 in 100 Free for a B time
Surabhi Koundinya: -0.39 in 50 Fly
Daniel Luckowski: -0.56 in 50 Back
Vera Lundy: -3.88 in 100 Free for a B time. -1.39 in 50 Breast. -1.07 in 50 Fly. -2.67 in 50 Free for a B time
Tor Nelson: -0.09 in 100 Free. -2.66 in 200 Free. -0.67 in 200 IM. -7.14 in 50 Back.
Aayona Pattanaik: -0.39 in 100 Back
David Peysakhov: Swam 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Free, 50 Breast and 50 Free for the first time
Ron Saveliev: -10.00 in 200 IM. -1.35 in 50 Breast. -1.20 in 200 Breast. -3.00 in 50 Back
Victoria Seto: -4.03 in 200 Free. -0.09 in 50 Back
Jay Song: Swam 100 Breast for the first time with a BB time! -8.51 in 100 Free for a B time! Swam 200 Free for the first time and got a B time! Swam 50 Free for the first time with a B time!
Raina Tuladhar: -1.86 in 200 Free. -1.01 in 50 Free for a B time
Julien Wang: -9.24 in 200 IM for a B time
Oliver Wang: -4.30 in 200 Free for a B time. -2.80 in 50 Back. -1.05 in 50 Free for a BB time. -0.85 in 50 Breast. -1.30 in 100 Free for a B time
Lina Wu: -0.34 in 100 Breast for a BB time. -1.88 in 100 Free for a BB time. -28.09 in 200 Free for a BB time. -13.23 in 200 IM for a BB time. -1.10 in 50 Free for an A time!
Liya Wu: -2.01 in 100 Fly for a B time. -0.80 in 100 Free for a BB time. -0.45 in 50 Breast. -0.03 in 50 Free for a BB time
Jonathan Yu: -34.60 in 200 Breast. -14.93 in 200 Free. -16.24 in 200 IM. -8.68 in 50 Back. -6.47 in 50 Breast. -5.17 in 50 Free

Senior 1

The Senior 1 Group had 20 swimmers compete at the Fall Divisionals Meet. It was an awesome weekend full of tons of fast swimming. It was a blast for me to watch the swimmers really put everything they had into all their races. Seeing how excited they were about the payoffs from all the hard work they have done this season was incredible. We had a bunch of best times, a bunch of first place finishes, and some new Champs qualifiers. I am very excited to see what this group can accomplish moving forward, I can’t wait to see even more fast swims from everyone.

Quinn Anderson had a spectacular showing achieving best times in all of his races. He had a wild 100 Free where he even split the race (very hard to do), dropped 1.5 seconds, surged into the finish to take the win, and almost joined the 49-second club. He is excited to see where he goes from here.
Bradley Barkans only competed on Sunday but made the absolute most out of it, going best times in all his races. He started the day off by crushing the 200 Free swimming strong all the way to the finish, dropping 2 seconds. He would cap the day off by sprinting to a new best time in the 50 Free.
Tanvi Bathe turned in several strong swims and was right on her best or dropped in all her events. She got a best time in the 200 Free swimming strong throughout the race and picking up her pace to sprint it out and finish the race strong.
Tanay Boda had a bit of a breakout meet as he achieved best times in all but one of his races. He showed off his sprint speed turning in solid drops in the 50 and 100 Free. Determined to not just excel in the short events he stepped up and swam a great 200 Free as well earning himself a one second drop.
Kevin Flannery was a man on a mission. He started off crushing his best time in the 50 Fly. He then got himself hyped up for the 50 Breast which worked incredibly as he dropped 2 seconds, secured his Champs cut, and broke :30 for the first time. He wasn’t done there as he would follow up with a stellar 200 Breast dropping 9 seconds splitting the race very well.
Ananiah Gashaw has been working hard on her short axis strokes and that work paid off at the meet. She had a solid 50 Breast dropping 1 second and showing good technique. She finishes it off by sprinting her way to a drop in the 50 Fly keeping her tempo up all the way to the wall.
Nethaniah Gashaw was right on her best times all weekend. She has worked hard on her fly at practices and it showed in both her races. She was able to keep her tempo up and hold a good breathing pattern in both the 50 and 100 Fly where she was right at her best time.
Abby Gong had a very good showing at the meet. She was right on her best or better in all her races. She has been working hard on her underwater dolphin kick and she implemented it very well in her races. She stepped up and swam a super strong 200 IM dropping 2 seconds executing the race strategy well and sprinting into the finish.
Peter Hansen was on fire all weekend achieving new best times in all of his races. He showed off his improved speed as he swam primarily short distances. He has been working hard on feeling strong in the water and it really showed at the meet. He had a very exciting 100 Fly going out super-fast the first 50 and holding on the second 50 to break 1:00 for the first time.
Penelope Hepkin had strong swims all weekend. She fancies herself a mid-distance swimmer but showed off that she has good sprint speed as well. She had an awesome 50 Breast, she had great tempo and glide and turned that into a half second drop. She had a great 100 Free, splitting well and getting very close to breaking 1:00.
Aditi Kandiah was within one second of her best time in all her races. Her fly looked strong all weekend. She started it off going exactly her best time and finishing 2^nd overall in the 50 Fly. She followed that up by swimming hard in the 100 and having a strong back half finishing 2nd overall.
Kyle Li had a great meet. He was right on his best time in both the 50 back and 50 fly. He was super excited with his 100 Free. He has been stuck at the same time for quite a while in the event. He finally got his big break in the race as he powered through to a new best time going sub :55 for the first time.
Joseph Nguyen swam well in all his races. He has been battling some illness but he made the most out of his races. He looked strong in the 100 Fly and held a good breathing pattern all the way to only his second ever sub 1:00 swim in the event.
Neha Phatak looked strong in her races all weekend and was right at her best or better in all her events. She got off to a blistering start in the 200 IM, splitting very well the first two legs, she would hold on strong to the end of the race, going a best time in the process. She is ready to get back to work and keep improving.
Rahul Purkayastha has stepped up his training since the last meet and it really showed. He turned in several strong swims. He had a great 200 Back utilizing his great underwater dolphin kicks to send him to a first place finish. He smashed the 50 Fly, dropping 2 seconds and going under 30 for the first time.
Neil Rawal only swam on Sunday but made all his races count. He has been crushing the sprint breaststroke looking very smooth and strong. He used that to throw down a champs cut in the 50 Breast.
Josh Rus was another member of the all the best times club. He took a great shot at his 200 Fly going out super-fast then just holding on until the finish resulting in a 7 second drop. He followed up by using the same strategy in the 100 Fly, taking it out incredibly fast and breaking 1:00 for the first time.
Boris Shakhov competed hard and turned in some very strong swims. He had an awesome 50 Fly, he had an explosive start, great tempo, and raced hard all the way to the finish resulting in a half second drop.
Gabe Traina really stepped up and swam well all weekend. Gabe put his all into every race and ended up winning all 6 of his events. He had an awesome swim in the 200 free sprinting hard to the finish to drop a second and qualify him for champs. He is excited to keep working hard on the race.
Isabella Vasilescu looked super strong in all of her races and turned in several best times. She had great form and tempo in the 50 Fly resulting in a best time. She followed it up with a strong swim in the 100 Fly keeping her stroke steady and achieving a best time.

Purple Group

Congratulations to all Purple Group swimmers who finished out the Winter season strong at Divisionals! Coach Mikayla and I saw some great swims along with some good time drops!! Special shout out to Landon Yuan who made a Champs cut in his 100 Breast!! Some highlights include:

Apolline Abram-Profeta dropped more than 4 seconds in her 100 Free and 50 Breast
Victoria Arena dropped more than 6 seconds in her 100 Free
Anika Arvan dropped more than 5 seconds in 100 Free and 100 IM and more than 11 seconds in 200 Free
Alex Belkin dropped more than 5 seconds in 50 Fly
Lindsey Caruso dropped more than 13 seconds in 100 Free and more than 15 seconds in 100 Back
Anuraag Fadnavis dropped more than 6 seconds in 50 Breast, 8 seconds in 100 IM, and more than 19 seconds in 100 Breast
Joseph Foster dropped more than 6 seconds in 100 Free
Ross Gawthrop dropped more than 5 seconds in 50 Back
Neha Gopisetty dropped more than 6 seconds in 50 Fly
Della Govsheev dropped more than 5 seconds in 100 Back
Emma Henry dropped more than 4 seconds in 50 Breast
Joshua Hunter dropped 4 seconds in 50 Free
Viktoriia Iakovleva dropped 8 seconds in 100 Free
Adam Kantor dropped more than 7 seconds in his 100 IM, 200 Breast, and 200 Free
Alice Khudyakov dropped 7 seconds in her 200 Free and 21 seconds in her 200 IM
George Kosseff dropped 10 seconds in his 200 IM
Lydia Liu dropped 11 seconds in 50 Fly
Karina Maksyutov dropped more than 3 seconds in every event
Mia Mohr dropped 6 seconds in 100 Free
Adwita Raman dropped 11 seconds in 100 Back, 20 seconds in 50 Breast, and 35 seconds in 100 Free
Carlo Villanueva dropped 7 seconds in his 100 Back and 100IM along with dropping 16 seconds in 200 Breast and 200 IM
Senul Wickramaratna dropped 12 seconds in 100 Breast, 17 seconds in 50 Back, and 31 seconds in 100 IM
Joshua Zia dropped 16 seconds in 200 Free

Great job to all Purple Group swimmers who swam at this meet! It was such a fun time to get to see the kids race let alone race against other teams!!

Black Group

As usual, I want to start by thanking the parents for as a group accomplishing the list of items below:

>The kids arrived on time
>They arrived with their E/H/L information written out on their arms
>They wore their team suits and team caps (for those wearing caps)
>For kids unable to make it to the meet, the parents communicated with the coaches via text and/or email

There were a couple exceptions, but they were a miniscule number. When these things happen for the group, it’s way less hectic for coaches and swimmers, allowing us to focus on what is happening in the pool. Saturday it was just me with the kids as Coach Misho was working on dominating his SAT that day. So having these things accomplished made a huge difference for everyone that day. Sunday with Coach Misho back on deck went pretty dang easy. So thank you all for being on time and coming to the meet prepared. It truly makes a difference for your swimmers!

In the pool, we had several terrific swims. As a coach, it was super fun to see the kids racing and using the skills they’ve been working on at practice over the past several weeks. There were a few kids whose effort and intensity in their races really stood out to us:

Aaradhya Bharadwaj, Neeva Goel, Ellie Hsu, Yeim Jung, Martin Li, Heidi Mensching and Aashay Rane all had races where they really put an awesome effort into the race. Not that the other swimmers didn’t, as we felt we had tons of great swims from the kids, but these were just exemplary.

We had a few swimmers legally complete their 100 IM for the first time (note this event was limited to 9-year-old swimmers): Feifan Gong, Vladislav Kalyuzhin, Yuna Ma, and Gabriel Steijn. Along those lines, Kaito Falk raced strong and broke 2:00 in the 100 IM for the first time. Congrats to each of them on this accomplishment!

The pentathlon format offered lots of opportunities for kids to successfully complete races they hadn’t done before:

Kanav Acharya 25 Fly
Shreyan Acharya 25 Back
Aradhya Bharadwaj 25 Fly
Mo Chen 25 Back, 25 Breast, 25 Fly, 50 Free
Poppy Covington 50 Free
Arvaan Deshmukh 50 Free
Julie Dong 25 Back, 25 Fly
Ziad ElGamal 50 Free
Theodore Gerber 50 Free
Bianca Ghiondea 50 Free
Neeva Goel 50 Free
Feifan Gong 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Qifan Gong 25 Breast, 25 Fly, 50 Free
Felix Henaire 25 Breast, 50 Free
Lucas Hernandez 25 Back, 25 Breast, 25 Fly, 25 Free, 50 Free
Kaiji Homma 25 Back, 50 Free
Amelia Horng 25 Breast
Ellie Hsu 50 Free
Bessie Jiang 25 Fly, 50 Free
Vladislav Kalyuzhin 100 IM, 50 Fly
Martin Li 25 Back, 25 Free
Josh Lu 25 Breast, 50 Free
Kiera Lydick 50 Free
Yuna Ma 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 50 Free
Evelyn Marr 25 Breast, 25 Fly
Heidi Mensching 25 Breast, 25 Free
Hanna Nagpal 25 Back
Daniel Rondel 25 Breast, 25 Free
Gabriel Steijn 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Free
Cora Sun 25 Breast
John Tang 25 Breast
Claire Wang 25 Fly, 25 Free, 50 Free
Owen Yan 25 Fly
Ping Yang 25 Breast, 50 Free
Bella Zhang 25 Breast, 25 Fly, 50 Free
Derek Zhu 25 Fly, 50 Free

Below are the placings for all the Black Group swimmers who successfully completed the Pentathalon:

8&U Girls

Lexie Watrous 2^nd
Blakely Hansen 3^rd
Finley Meier 4^th
Bella Zhang 10^th
Aaradhya Bharadwaj 12^th
Raya Hari 13^th
Heidi Mensching 14^th
Avani Yadav 16^th
Margaret Ursulenko 17^th
Quinn Braun 18^th
Cora Sun 19^th
Hanna Nagpal 20^th
Julie Dong 22^nd
Evelyn Marr 23^rd

9-Yr-Old Girls

Yuna Ma 28^th

8&U Boys

Xander Ritscher Osorio 6^th
Shreyan Acharya 8^th
Yeim Jung 9^th
Steven Wang 10^th
Aashay Rane 11^th
Daniel Rondel 12^th
Elvis Lu 14^th
Kanav Acharya 16^th
Mo Chen 17^th
Ping Yang 18^th
Lucas Hernandez 19^th
Qifan Gong 20^th

9-Yr-Old Boys

Vlad Kalyuzhin 12^th
Feifan Gong 13^th

Congratulations to all our Black Group athletes on a terrific meet! We are excited to continue seeing each of you working and growing your skills as a swimmer and a teammate!

Age Group 2

We trained hard all season both in the water and during dryland, and saw a very successful finish to the Fall season, highlighted by Abby Gray picking up her Champs cut in the 50 Free, as well as finishing 2^nd in the Pentathlon. Below is a highlight or two for each AG2 swimmer who participated in the meet:

Anu Bathe dropped a huge 3.1 seconds in his 50 Breast
Esha Bhatia swam two new races (200 Back and 200 Breast) and dropped 9+ seconds in both her 200 Free and 200 IM
Lucy Broyles swam a blistering 50 Back, dropping nearly 2 seconds
Deniz Cankaya scored in three of his races, including two 2^nd places and broke the 2:40 barrier in the 200 Back
Lucas Deng dropped time in every single race to finish 2^nd in the Pentathlon, win two races, and grab two new BB times
Rihit Gandhi lead from start to finish to dominate the 200 Free, winning easily
Abby Gray, besides her Champs cut, dropped time in every race following serious improvement in her workout habits in the past two months
Jayden Hor had a monster 100 Free, slashing almost 10 seconds off his previous best
Arvin Kandiah went 5/6 best times, highlighted by a 5.73-second improvement in his 100 Free and a 8.43-second improvement in his 200 Free, but those were no surprises after he has worked so hard on fixing his stroke
Maria Kokhan—after a year of rehab for a shoulder injury—is finally getting back, as shown by picking up three best times and swimming her first-ever 200 Back and 200 Breast
Yihan Li pulled away from the field to easily win the 200 Back
Jonathan Liu overcame recent illness to put in three solid efforts in his one day at the meet
Olivia Liu was our breaststroke queen with huge drops in both her 100 and 200 races
Eleanor Lopez was fresh off a trip to Mexico and picked up a new best in her 100 Free
Elizabeth Luo was on fire all meet, garnering five new B times and dropping in all six races
Ilia Maksimchuk has been learning how hard work in practice results in big improvements in meets, earning several times including a 6-second drop in his 100 Back
Max Malinovskyi grabbed four best times, successfully completed his first 200 Back, and dropped a whopping 3.7 seconds in his 50 Fly
Melissa Nguyen was a rock star with big big drops every time she dove in, topped by a 7.5-second drop in her 50 Fly
Keira Spitze was right on her best times all day in the Pentathlon including a best time in her 50 Breast
Han Sun scored Top 5 in four events, with his best swim coming in the 50 Free and a 1.3-second drop
Vedah Tuladhar finished the meet strong, saving her best event for last and shattering the :40 barrier in the 50 Fly
George Ursulenko pulled out one of his strongest meets ever with four best times and just missing in his other two. His best race came in the 100 Back, dropping nearly 5 seconds
Arjun Yadav turned in a monster 200 Breast, chopping almost 7 seconds off his previous best
Isshin Yokoyama finished Top 4 in all six races, with his best race coming in the 50 Fly
Grace Zhang has discovered how to sprint hard consistently in practice and—no surprise—had an outstanding 50 Free, easily picking up her B time
Serena Zhang had a 5/6 weekend, topped off by 1.9-second drops in both the 100 Free and 100 IM
Andrew Zhu just missed his Champs cut in the 50 Breast by 0.16, but sped fast enough to grab 2^nd place in that event and the 100 IM

Well done, AG2! I’m very proud of how hard you practice and how well you swam at Divisionals!

Senior Prep

Everyone brought their A-game to this meet. We had a bunch of new motivational times across the board, and a couple of new Champs cuts! Congratulations to everyone for finishing the fall season strong and fast!

Gahl Ami ad only had three races, but he put in the effort and had an awesome 3-second drop in his 100 Back and a 2-second drop in his 200 Fly!
Phoebe Anderson had solid swims for all her races, with the most impressive one being her 200 IM, where she dropped more than 16 seconds and earned a new B time!
Arjun Bhate had strong swims for all three of his races, swimming very near his best times!
Arya Bhatt just recovered after being sick for a while and was still able to drop time in all his 50s! He had solid swims overall and stayed around his best times for his other races.
Daniel Chen just recovered from his injury and showed up with strong swims in all his races. He dropped almost 2 seconds in his 200 Back and more than 2 seconds in his 200 IM!
Caden Gray had an amazing meet. He dropped time in almost all his events, including an enormous 41-second drop in his 200 IM, and qualified for PNS Champs in the 50 and 200 Back!
K Kadach broke the :59 barrier in his 100 Free with a 1-second improvement. He also dropped more than 3 seconds in his 200 Free, and 11 seconds in his 200 IM, where he earned a new BB time!
Bryan Lin had major drops in all his events and earned new BB times in the 100 Free, 100 IM, 200 IM, 50 Back, and 50 Fly!
Molly Mayfield earned a new B time in her 200 Back where she dropped more than 9 seconds! She also had great swims in her 50 Fly, 50 Free, and 100 Free, all of which she dropped time in.
Lainey Meyer dropped in every single race, including a giant 13 second drop in her 200 IM! She earned new B times in her 200 IM, 50 Back, and 50 Fly!
Kumail Mukadam had an awesome 100 Breast where he dropped more than 3 seconds! He also had solid swims in the 100 Fly and 50 Free, both in which he came close to his best times.
Roshni Padmanabhan had a great 100 Breast, where she dropped almost 2 seconds and earned a new B time!
Karolina Pastusiak had an amazing 200 Back, where she dropped almost 10 seconds and earned a B time! She also improved in her 200 Free and came close to her best time in her other races.
Sanvi Shrivastava had a great 100 Fly where she dropped almost 2 seconds and earned a new BB time. She also dropped time in her 50 and 100 Free!
Max Smagley had a great meet and dropped time in nearly all his events. He swam 200 Back for the first time and crushed it!
Ella Tulanon came ready to race and dropped time in all but one race. She earned a new B time in her 100 Back with a 1.5-second drop!
Edi Vasilescu had solid swims throughout and dropped time in all but one of his races. He earned a new B time in his 100 Back with a 2-second drop!

White Group

We put our Thanksgiving feasts to work at this Divisionals meet, with plenty to show for it.

CERTIFIED CHAMPION

David Rondel won the 9-yr-old boys Pentathlon and scored a Champs cut in his 50 Fly with 0.13s to spare! He now sits 10^th fastest in the championship rankings…so far.

MOTIVATIONAL GRADS: first ever B times

Flora-May Lawrence (50 Breast, 50 Back)
Roohi Indurkar (50 Breast)
Qiqi Cao (50 Breast)
Eric Feng (50 Back)
Bryan Wei (50 Back)
Eric Zhou (50 Back)

MOST NEW Bs

Ella Gao (50 Back, 50 Breast) - she’s an everything specialist now!
Emma Lu (50 Fly, 100 IM) She has ALL B times now!
Eva Kalicinski (50 Free, 50 Fly) Almost scored a first BB time in her 50 Breast but for a very small DQ. Now that she knows it’s possible, she’ll make it probable!

LOSS LEADERS: swimmers who dropped the most time

Cut 25s+: Ishana Goela (-26s), Hayley Chou (-26s), Anika Thondamuthur (-30s)
Cut 35s+: Ann Ding (-37s), Victor Shirshov (-37s)
Cut 40s+: Aarush Kakkar (-42s), Katelyn Chen (-43s)
Cut 45s+: Maggie Zhou (-45s), Ethan Ghiondea (-47s)
Losingest Winner: Thomas Godbout (-60s) dropped time, every time, including -38s in his IM. He also landed just 0.5 from a first B time in his 50 Back, and he wants it.

FreeEE-FALLERS: the steepest improvements in the meet for White Group

Our B-group Girl-power landed the most consistent ‘wins’ of the whole group: Duru Ussakli, Ishana Goela, Katelyn Chen, Asmi Sarkar, and Mishika JKK all dropped big every time they hit the water. They especially burned up the 50 Breast, where Ishana cut 13s, Katelyn cut 36s, and Mishikaa and Duru both landed ~1 second from a first B time!
Emma Lu and Harper McDonnell both dropped steeply in the 50 Free, again, from their recent bests at the AGI just two weeks before. Emma cut 2.75s (almost a BB!) and Harper cut 1.6s (almost an A!) And they won’t be ‘almosts’ next time if they can dial in their dives…
Aditeya Verma, in his 50 Back, dropped 4 seconds off his time from the AGI two weeks before.
David Li landed THE steepest time drop in White group, cutting a whopping 14 seconds off his 50 Free in six weeks. He’s on fire, and not likely to reign it in any time soon.

Top 6 10&U Pentathlon Finishes

8&U Girls

Lexie Watrous 2^nd
Blakely Hansen 3^rd
Finley Meier 4^th

8&U Boys

Xander Richter Osorio 6^th

9-Yr-Old Girls

Lingyi Li 1^st
Vivian Hu 3^rd
Clara Stevenson 4^th
Elaina Jiang 5^th
Natalie Whitbeck 6^th

9-Yr-Old Boys

David Rondel 1^st
Owen Wilson 2^nd
Alex Wang 3^rd
Kenshin Yokoyama 5^th
Aiden Ye 6^th

10-Yr-Old Girls

Abby Gray 2^nd
Addy Clarke 4^th
Harper McDonnell 5^th
Melissa Nguyen 6^th

10-Yr-Old Boys

Lucas Deng 2^nd
Andrew Zhu 3^rd
Tim Rakovchuk 4^th
Leo Chen 5^th

Top 3 Finishes

Shreyan Acharya - 2^nd 25 Breast
Gahl Ami ad - 3^rd 200 Fly
Quinn Anderson – 1^st 100 Free & 200 IM, 2^nd 100 Fly
Bradley Barkins – 1^st 200 Free & 50 Back, 3^rd 50 Free
Deniz Cankaya – 2^nd 100 & 200 Back
Daniel Chen – 2^nd 200 Back, 3^rd 100 Breast & 100 Fly
Feynman Chen – 1^st 50 Fly, 3^rd 100 Fly
Leo Chen – 3^rd 50 Fly
Addy Clarke – 1^st 50 Free, 3^rd 50 Back
Lucas Deng – 1^st 50 Back & 50 Fly, 3^rd 100 IM
Kevin Flannery – 1^st 50, 100 & 200 Breast
Rihit Gandhi – 1^st 200 Free
Devon Gordon – 1^st 50, 100 & 200 Breast
Abby Gray – 2^nd 100 IM, 50 Fly & 50 Free
Caden Gray – 1^st 50, 100 & 200 Back, 50 & 100 Free, 200 IM
Blakely Hansen – 1^st 25 Fly, 2^nd 25 Breast, 3^rd 25 & 50 Free
Peter Hansen – 3^rd 50 & 100 Breast, 50 Fly
Penelope Hepkin – 3^rd 100 & 200 Breast, 100 & 200 Free
Vivian Hu – 2^nd 50 Back & 50 Breast, 3^rd 100 IM
Haim Jung – 3^rd 50 Breast
Aditi Kandiah – 2^nd 50 & 100 Fly, 3^rd 50 Free
Arvin Kandiah – 3^rd 200 Free
Maria Kokhan – 2^nd 50 Back, 3^rd 100 Back
Alizeh Kurji – 3^rd 200 Back
Lingyi Li – 1^st 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 50 Free, 100 IM
Yihan Li – 1^st 200 Back, 2^nd 100 Back
Bryan Lin – 1^st 50 Fly, 2^nd 100 IM & 50 Free, 3^rd 100 Free, 200 IM & 50 Back
Olivia Liu – 3^rd 200 Breast
Molly Mayfield – 1^st 50 & 100 Free, 2^nd 200 Back
Harper McDonnell – 3^rd 50 Fly
Lainey Meyer – 1^st 200 IM, 3^rd 100 Free
Melissa Nguyen – 3^rd 50 Breast
Theresa Nguyen – 3^rd 100 IM
Albert O – 1^st 50 Breast
Charles Page – 1^st 50 Breast
Neha Phatak – 3^rd 200 Back
Rahul Purkayastha – 1^st 200 Back
Neil Rawal – 1^st 50 Breast, 3^rd 100 IM
David Rondel – 1^st 100 IM, 50 Breast & 50 Fly, 2^nd 50 Back & 50 Free
Joshua Rus – 1^st 50, 100 & 200 Fly, 2^nd 50 Back
Sanvi Shrivastava – 2^nd 100 Fly, 3^rd 50 Fly
Max Smagley – 2^nd 50 Back & 50 Fly, 3^rd 200 Back
Dan Sun – 3^rd 50 Back
Han Sun – 3^rd 100 Back & 100 Breast
Max Sun – 3^rd 50 Breast
Gabe Traina – 1^st 50 Back, 50 & 200 Free, 2^nd 100 Back, 3^rd 200 IM
Ella Tulanon – 1^st 200 Free, 3^rd 200 Back
Edi Vasilescu – 3^rd 200 Back
Alex Wang – 1^st 50 Free & 50 Back
Lexie Watrous – 1^st 25 Free, 2^nd 25 Fly, 25 Back & 50 Free, 3^rd 25 Breast
Natalie Whitbeck – 3^rd 50 Fly
Owen Wilson – 3^rd 100 IM, 50 Free & 50 Back
Lina Wu – 3^rd 100 Breast, 50 & 200 Free
Arjun Yadav – 2^nd 200 Free
Isshin Yokoyama – 2^nd 100 Free, 3^rd 100 IM, 50 Fly, 50 Free
Kenshin Yokoyama – 3^rd 50 Fly
Kyra Yuan – 1^st 50 Breast, 3^rd 100 Breast
Landon Yuan – 1^st 100 Breast
Bella Zhang – 3^rd 25 Back
Andrew Zhu – 2^nd 50 Breast & 100 IM

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AA

Gabe Traina – 100 & 200 Free

A

Quinn Anderson – 50 Free
Bradley Barkins – 50 Free
Addy Clarke – 50 Free
Kevin Flannery – 100 & 200 Breast
Caden Gray – 50 Back
Peter Hansen – 100 Free
Joshua Rus – 100 Free, 200 Fly
Gabe Traina – 100 Back
Lina Wu – 50 Free

BB

Tanay Boda – 50 & 100 Free
Deniz Cankaya – 200 Back
Feynman Chen – 100 Fly, 50 & 100 Free
Lucas Deng – 50 Free, 100 IM
Abigail Gong – 200 IM
Devon Gordon – 200 Breast
Caden Gray – 200 IM
Vivian Hu – 100 IM, 50 Breast
Kirill Kadach – 200 IM
Maria Kokhan – 50 Back
Anika Lichtenberg – 50 Back
Bryan Lin – 100 Free, 100 & 200 IM, 50 Back, 50 Fly
Melissa Nguyen – 50 Back
Benji Ovendale – 50 Free
Charles Page – 50 Breast
Timothy Rakovchuk – 100 IM
Neil Rawal – 100 Breast
Sanvi Shrivastava – 100 Fly
Jay Song – 100 Breast
Han Sun – 50 Back, 50 Free
Alex Wang – 50 Free
Natalie Whitbeck – 50 Fly
Lina Wu – 200 Free, 200 IM
Liya Wu – 100 Free
Kyra Yuan – 100 Breast
Landon Yuan – 100 Breast
Andrew Zhu – 100 IM, 50 Back

B

Phoebe Anderson – 200 IM
Aanya Atwal – 50 Free
Alex Belkin – 50 Free, 100 Fly
Lucy Broyles – 50 Back
Yanhua Cao – 50 Breast
Amarissa Chandra – 50 Breast
Feynman Chen – 100 Breast
Mira Erdim – 50 Breast
Eric Feng – 50 Back
Evan Galuska – 50 Free
Rihit Gandhi – 50 Breast
Ella Gao – 50 Back, 50 Breast
Ross Gawthrop – 50 Free
Rory Geitz – 50 Breast
Dario Giuliani – 200 Breast
Devon Gordon – 200 Free
Aiden Honjaya – 50 Free
Vivian Hu – 50 Fly
Roohi Indurkar – 50 Breast
Arnav Jhu – 100 Free
Elaina Jiang – 50 Fly
Haim Jung – 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Evangeline Kalicinski – 50 Fly, 50 Free
Adam Kantor – 50 Fly, 50 Free
Alice Khudyakov – 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Breast
Margot Kleinpeter – 50 Free
Alizeh Kurji – 200 Back
Flora-May Lawerence – 50 Back, 50 Breast
Lydia Liu – 50 Breast, 50 Free
Emma Lu – 50 Fly, 100 IM
Vera Lundy – 50 & 100 Free
Elizabeth Luo – 50 & 100 Back, 100 & 200 IM, 50 Free
Emily MacDonald – 50 Back
Karina Maksyutov – 100 IM
Max Malinkovskyi – 50 Fly, 100 Free
Molly Mayfield – 200 Back
Lainey Meyer – 200 IM, 50 Back, 50 Fly
Melissa Nguyen – 50 Fly
Theresa Nguyen – 50 Free
Maksim Nikitenko – 100 IM
Roshni Padmanabhan – 100 Breast
Karolina Pastusiak – 200 Back
Beatrix Pressman – 50 Breast, 50 Free
Timothy Rakovchuk – 50 Free
Ela Sakin – 50 Free
Aanya Sharan – 50 Free
Victor Shirshav – 50 Breast
Jay Song – 50, 100 & 200 Free
Siena Stahlkopf – 50 Free
Dan Sun – 50 Free
Han Sun – 100 Breast, 50 Free
Raina Tuladhar – 50 Free
Ella Tulanon – 100 Back
Edi Vasilescu – 100 Back
Anna Ventura – 50 Fly
Aditeya Verma – 50 Back
Bryan Wei – 50 Back
Natalie Whitbeck – 50 Back, 50 Breast
Finley Wiegand – 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Free
Liya Wu – 100 Fly
Arjun Yadav – 50 Free
Aiden Ye – 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Sushrut Yearva – 50 Free
Kyra Yuan – 50 Free
Grace Zhang – 50 Free
Serena Zhang – 100 Free, 100 IM
Eric Zhou – 50 Back
Andrew Zhu – 50 Fly

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