WOW!! WOW O WOW!!! What a PHENOMENAL Summer Championships we had!!
Some prominent non-swimming things of note:
1. Team camaraderie - REALLY GREAT to see swimmers cheering for each other, taking time on the side of the pool to stop and watch their teammates and/or wait behind the blocks for others to swim even after finishing their event.
2. Good sportsmanship - Congratulating competitors in the neighboring lane after races! :)
3. Thank you parents for timing!! I know it was a stretch and many doubled or tripled up - Thank you for pitching in! Much lager teams had their names called out for not meeting their timing obligation and it good to be exemplary in this due to our great parents!
On to SWIMMING! We started out red hot on Saturday with 100% Best Times in the 100 IMS and finished with an explosion of jaw-dropping 200 IM! Most everyone essentially cut out a whole 25 yards-worth of time on their 2IMS!! Great to see our IM focus on display!
59 Best times in individual events!
Ashlyn Florence 6 of 6 Best Times & 6/6 new time standards (all new BB Times) 2IM -13
Syndey Gurry 5 of 6 Bests & 5 new time standards, two 1st places (both BR events) 2IM -6
Lauren Hearne 2 of 3 Best Times 50 FR -11, 1IM -36
Danielle Hernandez 6 of 6 Best Times 1BR -12, 50 FR -10
David Lukner 2 of 4 Best Times 1IM -1.5
Joseph Lukner 3 of 4 Best Times 1IM -18
Thomas Nagle 3 of 4 Best Times 2FR -4
Brittany Ratliff 8 of 8 Best Times 1IM -8, 2FR -18, 2IM -24.5
Jaqlyn Ribarits 5 of 7 Best Times 1IM -6, 2IM -13
Nick Schmutz 3 of 3 Best Times & 2 new time standards 2IM -15, 500 -24
Sydney Schmutz 4 of 4 Best Times 2IM -17
Connor Staley 6 of 6 Best Times
Nicole Swingle 8 of 8 Best Times & 4 new time standards 2FR -7, 2IM -17
Arian Tabibian 8 of 8 Best Times & 5 new time standards 2FR -8, 500 FR -25
BONUS!! AND 5 more best times on the first 50 of other events!:
Sydney Gurry 43.3 1st 50 of 100 FL
Lauren Hearne 51.7 1st 50 of 100 BK
David Lukner 48.2 1st 50 of 100 FL
Nick Schmutz 43.5 1st 50 of 100 BR
Arian Tabibian 44.62 1st 50 of 100 BR
