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Area 3/5 Championships March
2013
Below is a recap of our entire meet, not an easy
feat given not just the number of swimmers but more so the number
of great swims we had from start to finish. This was undoubtedly
our best team meet yet and to say we made our presence known would
be an understatement. Our team cheers and our gloriously loud
parent cheering section could have been enough, but it was more how
loud we swam, coming from behind time and again to win heats and
events. Seeing often not just one or two but at times three and
four Tsunami swimmers in the final heats at night. Watching
swimmers at the far end of the pool waving team pom – poms
and cheering on their teammates. Seeing the smiles earned not from
a great swim but from the hard work it takes to earn that right to
smile after a race. From all of our newest swimmers to our most
veteran, this was a meet to remember. Speaking not just for myself
but for all of the coaches, to our swimmers and parents –
thank you. It is an honor to stand on a deck, wearing our blue, red
& white and being a coach for such a great group of athletes.
Swimming 100% new personal best
times were: Kara Ashby, Chloe Bass,
Kaden Bowles, Maddie Bryant, Austin Buckstein, Graham Devitt,
Gillian Gardner, Rebecca Gardner, Alexander Gardner, Jacob, Gehkt,
Andrew Kalaman, Conner Kesten, Daniel Krajewski, Lukas LoPatinsky,
Shelsea LoPatinsky, Ronan Murphy, Michelle Narvaez, Angelique
Novak, Ryley Ober, Hunter Reynolds, Lauren Sambursky, Calvin
Scheiber, Toby Schwenk, Sam Stringer, Bianca Tengerdy,
andMargaret Videnka. Congratulations!
Swimming75% or better new personal
bests were: Troy Ashby, Chloe Bass,
Heaven Bazo, Evangeline Belmont, Gavin Bloch, Lucy Bussiere, Jesse
Cullen, Morgan Dufour, Aidan Murphy, Nora Murphy, Ryan Opitz,
Malcolm Paine, Nicolas Probosz, Jared Repassy, Aidyn Reynolds,
Kaitlyn Rhyne, Jerry Richardson, Evan Riley, Jenna Santiago, Olivia
Schwartz, Zoe Strom, and Katy Sweet.
Competing in their First
Meetwere:Kaden Bowles, Austin
Buckstein, Brooke Foster, Lukas LoPatinsky, Angelique & Travis
Novak, Lauren Sambursky, Toby Schwenk, Zoe Strom,
andStephen Whitlow. Welcome to competitive
swimming!
Making newFLAG(Florida Age Group
Championship)cuts were: Mattie Bryant
(100 & 200 IM, 100 free, 1000 free); Conner
Kesten (100, 200, & 500 free, 50 breast, 100 IM);
Ryley Ober (100& 200 free, 200 IM);
Jared Repassy (50 & 200 free); Jillian
Santiago (1000 free);T.C. Smith (200
breast).
Earning new Senior Cuts
were:Jay Cho (200 IM, Florida Senior
Champs);Karl Hegwein (200
& 500 free,NCSA Junior Nats Bonus); Vincent
Lijoi(500 free, 400 IM, Florida Senior Champs).
High-Fivesand Fist-Bumps
to our new qualifiers!
Placing in the Top 10
were:Heaven Bazo (5th – 100
breast);Gavin Bloch (7th – 200
breast);Mattie Bryant (1st – 100
& 200 IM, 3rd – 100 free, 5th
– 50 back, 7th – 100 breast); Jay
Cho (1st – 200 IM, 9th –
100 fly);Chris Clark (3rd – 200
breast, 4th – 200 fly, 5th – 200
IM);Alexander Gardner (6th – 100
IM, 8th – 50 breast, 9th – 100
back);Jacob Gekht
(9th– 100 IM); Alexandra Graham
(7th– 500 free); Victoria Graham
(9th– 200 breast); Olivia Grangeon
(3rd – 100 back, 7th
–200 back); Karl Hegwein (1st
–200 free, 2nd – 500 free, 100 breast, 200
back, 6th – 100 free); Conner
Kesten(1st – 100, 200, 500 free, 100 IM,
2nd– 50 breast, 3rd – 50
fly);Gabrielle Langlois (3rd –
200 breast); Vinny Lijoi (2nd –
500 free, 400 IM, 6th – 200 breast,
7th– 200 back, 200 free, 8th –
100 breast, 9th – 200 IM); Alec
Miller(4th – 25 breast); Benjamin
Miller (10th – 50
breast);Michelle Narvaez (4th –
50 back);Ryley Ober (2nd – 100
& 200 free); Sydney
Panzarino(1st – 200 fly,
2nd – 400 IM, 3rd – 200 free,
4th – 500 free, 5th – 100 fly,
100 back, 10th –50 free); Nicolas
Probosz (10th –100 breast); Jared
Repassy (2nd –50 & 100 free,
3rd – 100 IM, 200 free, 6th – 100
back); Hunter Reynolds(3rd – 50
free, 4th – 100 IM, 50 breast, 5th
– 500 free); Evan Riley (8th
– 50 fly); Jenna Santiago (1st
– 25 free, 2nd– 25 back, 100 IM,
3rd – 25 breast, 50 free, 6th –
25 fly); Jillian Santiago(1st –
100 free, 3rd – 100 back, 8th –
1000 free, 10th – 200 back); Olivia
Schwartz (5th – 100 free, 6th
– 50 free, 200 breast, 7th– 50 & 100
back); T.C. Smith(2nd – 200
breast, 7th – 100 breast, 8th –
100 free, 9th – 200 free); Sam
Stringer (9th – 100 breast);
Elizabeth Voronina(6th
– 50 breast, 100 back, 10th– 50 fly, 200
IM); Kaylin Weiskopf(4th – 25
back, 6th – 25 free, 50 back, 8th
– 100 IM, 9th – 50 breast).
In addition, there were several new Team Records
broken or reset, both individually and relays.
Girls- 8 & U:Jenna
Santiago (50, 100, 200 free, 25 back, 50 fly, 100 &
200 IM); 11-12: Jillian Santiago (1000 free, 400
IM); 15-16: Sydney Panzarino (500 free, 200 fly,
400 IM). Boys – 8 & U: Alec
Miller (200 free); 10 & U: 100 medley
relay {B. Burden, B. Miller, A. Murphy, J.
Cullum}; 11-12: Gavin Bloch (200 breast,
400 IM); 13-14: T.C. Smith (100 & 200 free,
200 breast, 50 & 100 fly, 200 IM);Senior:
Karl Hegwein (200 & 500 free).
GT Bray by Coach Matt - GT Bray
Tsunami swimmers, who feed the need for speed: Riley Ober,
Michelle Narvaez, Hunter Reynolds, Evan Riley, Connor Kesten,
Nicholas Probosz, Kaylin Weiskopf. Alex Graham
andVictoria Graham. These nine swimmers excelled
at Area 3/5’s. The top swimmer in this group had to have
beenConnor Kesten, with three first places 100 IM,
100 Free [Connor went under a minute] and also
finished first in the two hundred free. Riley Ober
also had a great meet with two second place finishes, both in the
100 Free, where she broke the minute and the 200
Free.Michelle Narvaez, placed fourth in the 50
backstroke and dropped seven seconds in the 100 backstroke,which is
very rare in one day. Evan Riley had three top
twenty finishes, and one top ten in the 50 butterfly.Kaylin
Weiskopf also had a great meet with two ten finishes and
three best times. Hunter Reynolds had a great meet where he
finished two events in the top ten and one event in the top three.
Unfortunately he got sick on the last day and was unable to swim.
Nicholas Probosz was top ten in two events and top
twenty in four events. Alex Graham had one top twenty finish in the
200 free, where she had one of the best races of her short swimming
career. Victoria Graham had a top twenty finish in
the 100 breaststroke and a top ten finish in the two hundred
breaststroke. All these swimmers had a great meet and showed where
hard work and disciple can get you.
Stroke Team by Coach Lisa - 5:00
Stroke team braved the large crowds and left their mark for great
things to come from these three boys. Lucas
Lopatinsky had an impressive first meet. He overcame his
initial nerves, due to the large size of the meet, swimming his
best times in the 25 free, 25 breast and the 50 free. Troy
Ashby started his Tsunami career with a 7 second drop in
the 25 breast stroke, following that with a best time in the 50
backstroke. Sunday he had his largest time drop taking 32 seconds
off of his best 50 free and rounding that out with a 10 second time
drop in the 25 backstroke. Ronan Murphy followed
his first meet up with a stunning second meet at the Area 3-5
Championships. Ronan dropped time in all his
swims. He placed well in all events, setting the standard for all 6
year old swimmers by placing among the top 3 of all 6 year olds and
beating many much older swimmers. GO STROKE TEAM!!!
Blue Team by Coach Whitney -We had
many stroke and blue team members swimming in their very first USA
sanctioned meet. Congratulations Lauren Sambursky,
Angelique Novak, Zoe Strom, Toby Schwenk, Lukas LoPatinsky, Travis
Novak, andAustin Buckstein. Everyone had
a great meet with lots of best times!!!! Swimming all best times
were Lauren Sambrusky, Angelique Novak,
Chloe Bass, Calvin Scheiber, Toby Schwenk, Lukas LoPatinsky, Jake
Gekht, Ronan Murphy, Rebecca Gardner, Daniel
KrajewskiandAustin Buckstein. Jenna Santiago, Zoe
Strom, Alec Miller, Troy Ashby, Malcolm Paine , Chloe
Fisher andTravis Novak had 1 or more best
times. The girls 8 and under medley relay (Kaylin Weskopf,
Angelique Novak, Jenna Santiago andLauren
Sambursky) and the boys 8 and under medley relay
(Malcolm Paine, Alec Miller, Jake Gekht
andToby Schwenk) both took third place! Excellent
job Tsunami Swimmers!!!!
Varsity by Coach Peter - Kudos
toKaden Bowles, Jesse
Cullum,Brooke Foster, and Sam
Stringerfor their outstanding efforts at a very large and
intimidating meet! Congratulations to Sam for swimming a
championship final after training for only 3 months!!
Silver/Junior by Coach Julie & Coach
Ira
9 & 10 Girls - Kara
Ashby– debuted in her first meet as a Tsunami with
100% personal best times, the biggest time drop came in her 100
free where she improved 13 seconds! Welcome to the team, Kara!
Lacey Bouck – kicked off her first-ever Area
3-5 Championship meet with the 50 freestyle and an impressive 4.5
second drop! Lacey was also a very supportive teammate throughout
the meet…Great work and team spirit, Lacey. Kathryn
Gardner – posted 2 best times in the 50 free and 100
IM and was the anchor leg on the 200 medley relay. Great job,
Kathryn. MargaretVidenka –
on Friday, Margaret swam her first-ever 200 IM and had a 5 second
time drop in the 200 free. Overall, Margaret had 100% best times
and averaged a 5 second time drop in her 50 races and an average 9
second time drop in her 100 races. Nice racing, Margaret!
9 & 10 Boys
-BenBurden – was a
member of both the 100 Medley and 100 Free relays that finished 8
th and 9th. Individually, Ben’s most impressive swim was in
the 100 free with a 10 second time drop. Great focus, Ben!
Aiden Murphy – finished in the TOP 20 in 6
out of his 8 individual events and posted nearly all best times.
His top finish was 11th in the 200 free with a 3.5 second
improvement. Way to race, Aiden! Ben Miller
– finished in the TOP 20 in 7 out of his 8 individual events
and his top finish was 10 th in the 50 breast. Good work, Ben!
11 & 12 Boys - Gavin
Bloch– One of our swimmers who is qualified in every
event in his age group for FLAGS so he swam against the big boys in
the open division. Gavin posted best times in the 200 back, breast
& fly as well as the 400 IM. Another great‘all
around’ Tsunami swimmer! Xander Gardner
– finished in the Top 10 in all three of his individual
events (8 th in the 50 breast, 9th in the 100 back, 6th in 100 IM)
and swam the breast leg of the victorious 11&12 Boys 200 Medley
Relay. Keep up the hard work, Xander! Jared
Repassy – raced to Top 8 finishes in 7 out of his 8
individual events. He had 100% best times and finished 2nd in both
the 50 (2 second drop) and 100 free (4 second drop) and 3rd in the
200 free (nearly 8 sec drop) and added some FLAG cuts to his list!
Awesome, break-thru meet, Jared! Nikki Mattheys
– swam to best times in 5 out of his 6 individual events.
Most impressive was Nikki’s TOP 20 finish in his 100 breast
with a 6. 5 second time drop. Keep it up, Nikki! Ryan
Opitz – finished the meet with 100% best times and
averaged 10 second time drops in all of his 100 yard races. Ryan
finished in the TOP 20 in both of his breaststroke events, earning
him a spot in the finals. In the 50 breast race, Ryan won the
“B” final and had a 3.3 second drop in that event.
Awesome swimming, Ryan! Chance Phillips –
earned himself a TOP 20 finish in the 200 IM with an 11 second time
drop. On Sunday, Chance finished 21st in the 100 breast with a
nearly 8 second improvement to his time. Way to go, Chance!
Chase Taylor– competed in 3 individual
events on Saturday only and had an impressive 3 second time drop in
his 50 freestyle and a great effort in his first 100 back. Good
job, Chase!
13 & 14 Girls - Gaby
Langlois– finished in the TOP 20 in 4 out of her 6
individual events and finished as high as 3rd in the 200
breaststroke. Great work, Gaby! Shelsea
LoPatinsky– had 100% best times in her three
individual events on Sunday, taking off nearly 12 seconds in the
200 free, 5 seconds in the 100 back and over 3 seconds in the 100
free. Big improvements,Shelsea!
11 & 12 Girls - Heaven
Bazo– had a 5th place finish in the 100
breast, dropped a total of more than 30 seconds in improving all
but two events over the three days. Rose
Belmont– dropped time in 5 of 6 events including
more than 1 ½ seconds in the 50 free alone. Mattie
Bryant– Mattie had one of the best meets of her
life, showing what consistent hard work and dedication can do. She
won both IM events, qualifying for Flags in each, added a FLAGS cut
in the 1000 free as well as her 100 free [breaking that magical
minute in the 100]. Mattie got faster each time she touched the
water. Luci Bussiere – improved in all but
one event, a total of five for the weekend. Her 50 breaststroke
alone was more than a 2.5 sec. improvement. Great job Luci!
Jenna-Marie Drinkwater –dropped more than 31
seconds in her 100 breaststroke alone. She swam her first ever 500
free, cracking the 6:30 mark her first time at it. Taylor
Holcomb – she had a rough start to the meet but she
showed her grit bouncing back to post best times in both back and
IM events. Tori Holcomb– swam her first ever
200 IM and also took a 13th in the 50 breast with a huge
1.5 sec. drop at night in the finals. Taylor Malin
– posting a 6:17 in her first ever 500, wow! Taylor
backed that up with a 6 second drop in her 200 IM. She swam best
times in free, IM and backstroke. Madison Maloney
– swam best times on Saturday, even though she was
coming down with a virus. A lot of spunk and determination went
into those swims. Nora Murphy – 22 second
drop in her 500 free says it all. She added 3 second drops in her
IM as well as both 100 & 200 free events. Great job
Nora!Kaitlin Rhyne – swam best times in five
of six events with 9 second drops in both the 100 IM & free and
a 10 second drop in her 100 back. Most swimmers never have 30
seconds drop for an entire season, she did it in just three
events!Olivia Schwartz – should get our
tough swimmer award, on the last night she swam back to back events
in the 200 breast against the senior girls and in three minutes
going her best time in the 100 free. Olivia swam best times in
almost all events but her 12:11 in her first ever 1000 free was
extremely impressive. Rebekah Spiegelman –
Not to be left out, she swam best times in IM, free and fly. Great
effort in her individual swims. Elizabeth
Voronina– after dealing with a sever virus for 10
days and only one week to get ready, Lizzy still showed her
tenacity and strength by swimming best times in both the IM and
both breast events. She made the top ten in five of her eight
events.
Open - Jay Cho, 17,
swimming just one day Jay made finals in both fly and IM, and in
his 200 IM swim it was not only the 6 second drop but his
phenomenal finish, coming from behind to tie for
1stplace in that event. Jay is in only his first year of
year round swimming. Chris Clark, 18, racing a
total of 2700 yd. over the weekend, Chris was at or bettered his
bests a total of five times. He scored top 16 a total of six
times.Graham Devitt, 15, is a very young
competitor, he swam a lifetime best on Friday night in his
signature 500 free, breaking the 6 minute barrier, and then never
looked back. He swam best times every time on the blocks, dropping
between 2 and 16 seconds every time he swam. Morgan
Defour, 16, one of our newest year round swimmers, ten
days vacation did not prevent Morgan from taking further steps
forward in his new career. He went best times in his 50 fr, 100 fr,
200 fr and swam the 200 IM for the first time. A very bright future
for this swimmer. Gillian Gardner, 15, she had a
best time in her 50 free, then was off in her next two swims. When
she returned to the pool for finals to support her teammates she
found out she had made it into the 200 back consolation finals.
Gillian had a second chance and made the most of it, swimming 10
seconds faster than her prelim swim and nearly 5 seconds faster
than her best. One person once said that luck is nothing more than
hard work meeting opportunity. Olivia Grangeon,
16, a new National Honor Society members at Cardinal Mooney HS, she
swam best times in both back and fly but it was her evening finals
in the 100 & 200 free that were most impressive. Her 5 second
drop from prelims to finals in the 200 free raised her five places
in the heat. Way to go Olivia. Karl Hegwein, 18,
continues to set team records as he goes from meet to meet. He took
a first, 3 seconds and a third. In doing so he set new team records
in the 200 & 500 free. Vinny Lijoi, 15, one of
our fastest improving swimmers, he dropped 20 seconds in his 500
free and came back the same night to drop 12 seconds in his 400 IM.
He continued swimming best times and placing into finals in back
and free throughout the weekend. Sydney Panzarino,
16, took a first in the fly, second in the IM and third in the
free. Her hard work and consistency at practice is paying off.
Jillian Santiago, 12, how do you top one of the
best meets ever two weeks earlier at the FLAGS Champs. Swimming in
the open division against older athletes, she swam to best times in
400 IM [team record], 1000 free [team record] and 200 breast. Most
impressive was her come form behind win in the finals of the 100
free. TC Smith, 13, swimming mainly in the open
division against older men, TC held his own and posted best times
in the 100 free [finished 8th], 100 breast [4 sec. drop]
and 200 breast [12 sec. drop, finished 2nd].
Katy Sweet, 14, swam best times in five of six
events, including 4 sec. drop in her 100 bk and 5 sec. drop in her
200 IM.Bianca Tengerdy, 16, trying to juggle
school play [director] and swim meet was not easy but she did
manage to compete on Saturday and go 3 for 3 best times, with a 12
second drop in her 200 back.
WAY TO GO TSUNAMI...CAN'T WAIT FOR THE
NEXT MEET
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