SCAY Makes A Splash At Mid Atlantic LC Silver Championships

PSU Natatorium, State College, PA

The SCAY team of Daniel Fernandez-Murillo, Lucia Fernandez-Murillo, Mariano Fernandez-Murillo, Tris Harvey, Odin Leonard, Eli Mercier, Lucas Mercier, and Sopha Werle made a splash at Mid Atlantic Silver LC Championships.

In the 10-and-under events, Daniel dropped time in all four of his events. He placed 8^th overall in the 100 back in a time of 1:48.95, dropping 8.08 seconds! He dropped 2.39 seconds to place 9th overall in the 50 back with a time of 47.83. He achieved personal bests in both the 50 meter fly (45.36) and the 50 meter breast (52.11), placing 4^th and 2^nd, respectively. Tris Harvey also swam personal bests in the 50 meter fly, 100m fly, and 50m free. She raced to 1^st place overall in the 50 fly with a time of 39.93. Tris placed second in both the 50 free (37.25) and 100 fly (1:37.58) in hard-fought races.

In the 11-12 events, Mariano Fernandez-Murillo had a phenomenal meet, placing 3^rd in the high point category in his age group. Mariano placed 2^nd overall in the 200m breast in a time of 3:26.26, dropping over 10 seconds. He placed 3^rd in the 50 free in a new personal best of 32.29. Fernandez-Murillo dropped over 10 seconds from his personal best to place 1^st in the 100m fly in a time of 1:21.16 and over 12 seconds in the 200m IM to win the event in a time of 2:51.35. Mariano also placed 4^th in the 100 free (1:09.56), 2^nd in the 50 breast (43.45), 1^st in the 200m back (2:57.61), and 2^nd in the 50m fly (35.51).

In the 13-14 events, Odin Leonard dropped over 8 seconds to place 1^st overall in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:47.21. He placed 7^th overall in the 200IM with a huge time drop from his previous best, finishing in 2:37.32.  Leonard also placed 2^nd in the 100 breast (1:18.75) and 7^th in the 200 free (2:21.89). Lucia Fernandez-Murillo dropped over 4 seconds in the 100m backstroke to place 4^th overall in a time of 1:17.83. She also placed 3^rd in the 200m back (2:44.75). Sopha Werle, battling illness, swam her way to two personal bests. She dropped over 15 seconds in the 400m free to place 5^th with a time of 5:14.54. She placed 8^th overall in the 200IM (2:55.39) and 16^th in the 100 free (1:15.84). In her final LC race of this season, she dropped 2 seconds from her previous best in the 100 breaststroke, placing 2^nd in a time of 1:31.86.

In the 15 and over events, Eli Mercier swam his way to 2 new personal bests in the 100m breast and the 200m free. Mercier placed 6^th overall in the 100 breast in a time of 1:16.92 and 8^th in the 200 free in a time of 2:15.13. He also placed 12^th in the 100 free with a time of 1:01.29.

Congratulations on a fantastic meet!