Still needed - 1 timer for tomorrow, 2nd shift (preferably a girl's parent since it's in the girls' pool)

What a fun meet last night! I know I already said that, but to be honest, I didn't think we had a chance at winning with the disparity in team size.  It is a win that everyone should be very proud of as it took every single person to make it happen!

If you swim outside of Wavemakers (year round, clinics, etc.) send me the info for where you go so I can compile a list and pass it on!

In this email:

• Team party clarification
• What to bring to Tech tomorrow if you're going
• Meet results

TEAM PARTY

To answer some questions I've gotten a few times:

• You can come even if you didn't RSVP.  The RSVP was just to get a head count for food!
• We will eat first, do awards, and then play in the pool.  All family members welcome to swim!
• Everyone gets a trophy/award, even juniors that didn't swim in meets

WHAT TO BRING ASA/GA TECH MEET

I would pack a few snacks for your swimmers (and you).  I would also bring 2 towels so that when 1 gets soaked, there is a dry one!

MEET RESULTS

410-384!!!  What a way to end the regular season!  I have attached the results and also a season spreadsheet for each swimmer that shows all times in yards (so you can see how last night's times convert back to yards).  I will send an updated report like this after the Ga Tech meet too.

There were more DQ's than normal because as coaches, we agreed that we wanted the ref to be "by the book" so that we and the kids can learn if they're doing something wrong.

Below I have details for the biggest "loser" and first place finishes.

For every meet we choose a biggest "loser", meaning the person who drops or "loses" the most time. This gets harder and harder as we move through the season, as it's hard to drop a lot of time the faster you get.  Somehow we had A LOT of people drop a lot of time this meet...many swam things for the first time this season. Our biggest losers of this meet are: Jesse Schaudies who dropped 9 sec in 25 free and 1:02 in 25 back!  Jack Schaudies who dropped 45 sec in 25 free and swam backstroke for the 1st time!   And Will Bykat who dropped 21 sec in 100 free and 21 sec in 50 fly!  Great job boys!

Other big "losers" (those who dropped 5 or more seconds) are listed below. Congrats to all! We had 85 best times as well (up almost 20 from last week!), but most were a less than 5 sec drop, haha!

Evie Abernethy - 12 sec in 25 free

Nicolas Bondell - 18 sec in 100 IM

Ajay Chintana - 6 sec in 25 back

Serena Chintana - 9 sec in 50 free

Leah Christiansen - 9 sec in 25 back

Mac Gifford - 5 sec in 25 free

Molly Gifford - 7 sec in 50 free

Ellis Hartley - 35 sec in 100 IM

Tommy Homans - 12 sec in 100 free

Aidan Jones - 7 sec in 50 free and 10 sec in 50 breast

Lucia Kim - 6 sec in 50 back and 6 sec in 50 fly

Alexander Leek - 27 sec in 100 free

Sadie Mann - 7 sec in 100 IM

Soren Mann - 11 sec in 100 IM

Ollie Phelps - 6 sec in 25 fly

Ada Shupe - 8 sec in 25 free, 19 sec in 25 back

Sam Smeltzer - 13 sec in 25 fly

Carter Stillwagon - 7 sec in 25 back

Chloe Tran - 14 sec in 50 fly

Lexi Tran - 26 sec in 50 free

Olive Young - 5 sec in 25 back

Here are our swimmers/relays who finished 1st in their whole event (not just their heat). Congrats!

Girls 7-8 free relay: Victoria, Serena, Olive, Tatum

Boys 7-8 medley relay: James, Nate, Soren, Sam

Boys 7-8 free relay: Sam, Dylan, James, Soren

Boys 9-10 medley relay: Colin M., Matthew, Kellen, Ollie

Boys 11-12 medley relay: Tommy, James, Nicolas, William

Boys 11-12 free relay: James, Nicolas, William, Tommy

Boys 13-14 medley relay: Will, Charlie, Joshua, Jack

Boys 13-14 free relay: Will, Charlie, Joshua, Jack

Girls 15-18 medley relay: Kate, Natalie, Tessa, Kara

Girls 15-18 free relay: Kate, Tessa, Harper, Natalie

Boys 15-18 medley relay: Ryan, Ben, Matty, Thomas

Boys 15-18 free relay: Matty, Thomas, Ryan, Ben

Nicolas Bondell - 50 free, 100 IM, 50 fly

Thomas Bykat - 50 free

Jack Cortez - 50 back and 50 breast

Ryan Fogel - 100 free, 50 back, 100 IM, 50 fly

James Holder - 50 breast

Libby Homans - 100 IM and 25 fly

Tommy Homans - 100 free and 50 back

Sadie Mann - 50 free, 100 IM, 50 breast

Soren Mann - 100 IM and 25 fly

Colin Monteith - 25 back

Megan Murden - 50 back

Joshua Rubin - 50 free, 100 IM

Matty Scalo - 50 breast

James Sidwell - 25 back

Sam Smeltzer - 50 free

Lola Toole - 50 back

Natalie Tully - 100 free, 100 IM, 50 breast, 50 fly

Olive Young - 25 back

Kate Zaparaniuk - 50 free and 50 back

Great job!

Coach Julie