Season wrap-up, championship meet
July 2nd
Hey all,
This is going to be a long email, but it has a lot of good news!
In this email:
- Season wrap-up
- State Team
- Continuing to swim
- Championship meet results
- Finals results
- Ribbons from finals
SEASON WRAP-UP
Normally I get to say all of this at the team party, but the weather didn't cooperate for that this year! With this being only our 3rd season in the Atlanta Swim Association league, I wanted to remind everyone that the better our team gets, the better the teams are that they put on our schedule. While we didn't get as many wins this year, we competed and held our own against really tough teams. This comes just 5 seasons after not winning 1 meet all season (for many years in a row) against not as hard teams as this year...really impressive! If you did not get your trophy or ribbons, as a reminder they will be on Kat Griffith's porch for you to pick up (120 Old Campus Ct). I have listed our award winners below, and if you are listed and didn't get yours, it is there as well...I have starred the names that didn't get theirs. We again thank our 15-18s and some 13-14s for giving up their trophy for some ties that we had in younger age groups. I have also attached all times from the season for each swimmer, minus the meet at Tech on Thursday as the league has the incorrect file on the website for me to import at the moment!
6&u:
MVP- Lola Toole and Jacob Dockter*
Most Improved- Violet Bell, Cam Albert, and John Henry Russell
Coaches' Award- Dani Berghoff and Ryan Reece
7-8:
MVP- Regan Waters and Daniel Evangelista
Most Improved- Hailey Linehan*, Carson Albert, and Reece Griffith
Coaches' Award- Presley Campbell* and Billy Russell
9-10:
MVP- Abby Simon, Julia Rutledge, Ryan Zaparaniuk, and Christopher Wood
Most Improved- Hannah Lisa Jones, Paula Ortiz, and Fisher Burt
Coaches' Award- Hunter Reese Giardino, Lauren Reece, and Thomas Bykat*
11-12:
MVP- Sydney Smith, Leo Roden, and Ryan Fogel
Most Improved- Abby Grayson, Shea Griffith, and Alex Agcaoili
Coaches' Award- Lauren Bell, Hannah Leerssen, and Wally Christman
13-14:
MVP- Sarah Eaves and Evan Bell
Most Improved- Lilly Cleveland and Emma Plumly
Coaches' Award- Dani Nicholas and Bradley Jones
15-18:
MVP- Sophie Laupus and Kevin Hopper
Coaches' Award- Marin Londe
STATE TEAM
I've been told that the state team will be posted on atlantaswimming.com by 1PM Monday, July 3 for all those trying to qualify. I've attached the state team info again for reference.
CONTINUING TO SWIM
A few of you have asked about year round swimming or how to keep going/learning. There are a few options that are pretty convenient to Sandy Springs, and I've put their info below. We have people on our team that swim or have swum for these teams, so if you have questions about a specific one, please let me know and I can put you in touch with them. We do not have anyone that does Chastain, but all others...it is a newer club, but I know the coaches at Chastain and they're great.
Atlanta Swim Academy- www.atlantaswimacademy.com; on Johnson Ferry
Chastain Park Athletic Club- https://www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=76051&team=recascpacga; Chastain Park off Roswell Rd
Dynamo- www.dynamoswimclub.com; in Chamblee
Lifetime- http://www.lifetimefitness.com/; any Lifetime location
Swim Atlanta- www.swimatlanta.com; locations in Roswell and at Mt. Bethel
CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RESULTS-DIVISIONALS
We had 66 kids swim on Thursday at the divisional session of the meet! This was a lot more than last year, which was awesome. We came in 5th overall out of 26 teams (would have been 27, but Mountaire didn't send anyone)! We finished 5th last year as well, but there were more teams this year and we scored more points. :) We had 2 event winners as well! Leo Roden won the 50 fly and Sydney Smith won the 50 back!! At this meet, they split the teams up into a gold and silver group. They have an equation that takes into account points scored at Tech last year, dual meet record, and number of swimmers entered this year, and they give each team a score. They then split the teams based on that score. Last year we were silver, but this year we were gold! 11 of the 26 teams were gold, and our score was the second lowest (13.8) with Zaban being 13.6. Given that our score was on the lower side of the gold group, it is even more impressive that we beat over half of these teams! Just as an aside, all other teams from the old Sandy Springs league were in the silver division and placed 18-21 at the meet. I've attached the full results as well.
Our biggest loser of the meet was Violet Bell! Violet dropped 17 seconds in her 25 free!
Here are all who dropped 2+ seconds per race...pretty incredible at the end of the season!
Alex Agcaoili- 2 sec in 100 free
Cam Albert- 5 sec in 25 free and 11 sec in 25 back
Carson Albert- 12 sec in 100 IM
Abigail Black- 2 sec in 25 free and 2 sec in 25 back
Fisher Burt- 12 sec in 50 free
Wally Christman- 3 sec in 100 free
Jack Cortez- 3 sec in 25 free
Ryan Fogel- 2 sec in 100 IM
Reina Glasner- 5 sec in 50 free
Reece Griffith- sec in 25 free
Shea Griffith- 2 sec in 50 breast
Benny Griset- 5 sec in 50 free
Alexander Leek- 6 sec in 25 free
Jackie Muraro- 8 sec in 25 back
Nina Toole- 2 sec in 25 fly
Mary Claire Walker- 4 sec in 25 free and 9 sec in 25 back
Here are all relays who placed in the top 10 and individuals who placed in the top 24 at the meet (top 24 score points)
6&u girls free relay:7th, Mary Claire, Violet, Abigail, Gigi
7-8 boys medley relay: 6th, Billy, Carson, Brady, Daniel
9-10 girls medley relay: 4th, Hannah Lisa, Julia, Abby, Hunter Reese
9-10 girls free relay: 10th, Hutner Reese, Hannah Lisa, Julia, Abby
9-10 boys medley relay: 5th, Fisher, Warren, Christopher, Ryan
9-10 boys free relay: 9th, Christopher, Warren, Fisher, Ryan
11-12 girls medley relay: 2nd, Sydney, Saena, Natalie, Lauren
11-12 girls free relay: 2nd, Lauren, Natalie, Saena, Sydney
11-12 boys medley relay: 3rd, Leo, Wally, Ryan, Alex A
11-12 boys free relay: 3rd, Ryan, Alex A, Wally, Leo
13-14 girls medley relay:6th, Su Lin, Dani, Sarah, Lilly
13-14 girls free relay: 6th, Sarah, Dani, Lilly, Su Lin
13-14 boys medley relay: 10th, Robert, William, Bradley, Nico
13-14 boys free relay: 10th, Nico, William, Robert, Bradley
15-18 girls medley relay: 10th, Paige, Marin, Sophie, Grace G
Alex Agcaoili- 17th in 100 free and 12th in 50 fly
Carson Albert- 9th in 100 IM
Evan Bell- 7th in 100 free and 9th in 50 back
Lauren Bell- 7th in 100 free and 8th in 50 back
Brady Black- 21 in 25 back and 14th in 25 fly
Fisher Burt- 5th in 25 back
Wally Christman- 6th in 100 free and 6th in 100 IM
John Cleveland- 24th in 50 free and 16th in 50 back
Lilly Cleveland- 21st in 50 free and 11th in 50 back
Saena Cox- 15th in 50 free and 3rd in 50 breast
Su Lin Cox- 13th in 50 free
Warren Cox- 10th in 25 breast and 17th in 25 fly
Sarah Eaves- 18th in 50 free and 13th in 100 free
Daniel Evangelista- 4th in 25 free and 11th in 50 free
Robert Fedack- 22nd in 50 back
William Fedack- 20th in 50 breast
Ryan Fogel- 4th in 100 IM and 4th in 50 fly
Hunter Reese Giardino- 5th in 25 back and 14th in 100 IM
Levi Glasner- 24th in 50 back
Grace Grider- 17th in 50 fly
Reece Griffith- 20th in 25 breast
Benny Griset- 24th in 100 IM
Jackson Griset- 16th in 25 fly
Ellis Hartley- 17th in 25 fly
Lucy Holder- 13th in 25 breast
Bradley Jones- 23rd in 50 free and 21st in 50 back
Hannah-Lisa Jones- 20th in 25 back
Josh Kaplan- 23rd in 100 IM
Ty Klein- 11th in 50 breast
Sophie Laupus- 11th in 50 free and 7th in 100 IM
Hannah Leerssen- 11th in 50 back and 20th in 50 breast
Marin Londe- 8th in 50 breast
Paige Lowe- 9th in 50 back and 15th in 50 fly
Grace Milam- 13th in 50 back
Nico Muraro- 20th in 25 back
Dani Nicholas- 10th in 100 IM and 10th in 50 breast
Paula Ortiz- 24th in 100 IM
James Roden- 22nd in 50 free and 17th in 100 free
Leo Roden- 2nd in 50 free and 1st in 50 fly
Billy Russell- 19th in 50 free and 22nd in 25 back
Julia Rutledge- 10th in 50 free and 9th in 25 breast
Abby Simon- 8th in 50 free and 10th in 100 IM
Sydney Smith- 1st in 50 back and 2nd in 50 breast
Lola Toole- 21st in 25 back
Caroline Tully- 24th in 25 fly
Natalie Tully- 2nd in 100 IM and 6th in 50 fly
Mary Claire Walker- 10th in 25 back
Christopher Wood- 3rd in 25 fly
Kaitlyn Wood- 22nd in 50 back
Ryan Zaparaniuk- 8th in 100 IM and 9th in 25 breast
RIBBONS/MEDALS FROM YESTERDAY
I will be at Mark Trail on Wednesday from about 10:45 to 11:00 (after my high school water polo practice). If you are able to come pick up ribbons/medals from finals, please do. After that, I will be at Spalding Woods pool every Monday and Wednesday from 9-10:30 for water polo practice for the month of July (minus 7/17), so you can pick them up there also. Please let me know if you are coming to Spalding Woods so I can bring them in that day. If none of that works, let me know and I can come one evening to meet people as well.
I will be at Mark Trail on Wednesday from about 10:45 to 11:00 (after my high school water polo practice). If you are able to come pick up ribbons/medals from finals, please do. After that, I will be at Spalding Woods pool every Monday and Wednesday from 9-10:30 for water polo practice for the month of July (minus 7/17), so you can pick them up there also. Please let me know if you are coming to Spalding Woods so I can bring them in that day. If none of that works, let me know and I can come one evening to meet people as well.
RESULTS FROM FINALS
We had 15 swimmers swim in finals, (up from 12 last year) and 12 of them swam individual races (up from 9 last year). We had 5 relays make it back (we had to scratch one), which is amazing! I have attached the full results, check out our kids, but look at some of the fastest times...truly incredible! The 10&unders swam first and 6 swimmers competed. They all swam individual events and did very well. Out of the 7 swims, 6 of them were faster than Thursday's times and 4 were personal bests! We had 9 swimmers in the 11&up group, and they swam their hearts out to get us in the top 50. We finished in 50th place out of 111 (112 if you count Mountaire who didn't send any swimmers to the meet). Only 108 scored points in finals, but 111 entered kids. We beat all of the other old Sandy Springs league teams by a lot too! Here are the results:
We didn't have a biggest "loser" of this meet, as everyone already started with very fast times. I do want to highlight Mary Claire Walker who dropped 9 seconds on Thursday in her 25 back to make finals and then dropped another second at finals! Many others went best times as well: Hunter Reese Giardino, Christopher Wood, Lauren Bell, Sydney Smith, Kate Zaparaniuk, Alex Agcaoili, Leo Roden, Ryan Fogel, and Evan Bell!
Top 20 score points at this meet (top 40 get ribbons). We had 5 top 10 finishes and an additional 4 top 20!!! Our best finish was Leo Roden finishing 3rd in both 50 free and 50 fly!! Here are all of the results...almost every kid moved up from their seed in at least 1 thing, with Lauren Bell moving the farthest from the 39th seed to 15th place! Great job to all!
9th: 11-12 girls' medley relay- Sydney, Saena, Kate, Lauren
We had 15 swimmers swim in finals, (up from 12 last year) and 12 of them swam individual races (up from 9 last year). We had 5 relays make it back (we had to scratch one), which is amazing! I have attached the full results, check out our kids, but look at some of the fastest times...truly incredible! The 10&unders swam first and 6 swimmers competed. They all swam individual events and did very well. Out of the 7 swims, 6 of them were faster than Thursday's times and 4 were personal bests! We had 9 swimmers in the 11&up group, and they swam their hearts out to get us in the top 50. We finished in 50th place out of 111 (112 if you count Mountaire who didn't send any swimmers to the meet). Only 108 scored points in finals, but 111 entered kids. We beat all of the other old Sandy Springs league teams by a lot too! Here are the results:
We didn't have a biggest "loser" of this meet, as everyone already started with very fast times. I do want to highlight Mary Claire Walker who dropped 9 seconds on Thursday in her 25 back to make finals and then dropped another second at finals! Many others went best times as well: Hunter Reese Giardino, Christopher Wood, Lauren Bell, Sydney Smith, Kate Zaparaniuk, Alex Agcaoili, Leo Roden, Ryan Fogel, and Evan Bell!
Top 20 score points at this meet (top 40 get ribbons). We had 5 top 10 finishes and an additional 4 top 20!!! Our best finish was Leo Roden finishing 3rd in both 50 free and 50 fly!! Here are all of the results...almost every kid moved up from their seed in at least 1 thing, with Lauren Bell moving the farthest from the 39th seed to 15th place! Great job to all!
9th: 11-12 girls' medley relay- Sydney, Saena, Kate, Lauren
12th: 11-12 boys' medley relay- Ryan, Leo, Christopher, Alex A
14th: 11-12 girls' free relay- Sydney, Saena, Lauren, Kate
17th: 11-12 boys' free relay- Ryan, Christopher, Alex A, Leo
Evan Bell- 25th in 100 free and
Evan Bell- 25th in 100 free and
Lauren Bell- 15th in 50 back and 21st in 50 back
Fisher Burt- 32nd in 25 back
Fisher Burt- 32nd in 25 back
Saena Cox- 25th in 50 breast
Warren Cox- 43rd in 25 breast
Daniel Evangelista- 26th in 25 free and 32nd in 50 free
Ryan Fogel- 22nd in 100 IM and 21st in 50 fly
Hunter Reese Giardino-25th in 25 back
Leo Roden- 3rd in 50 free and 3rd in 50 fly
Sydney Smith- 4th in 50 back and 8th in 50 breast
Ryan Fogel- 22nd in 100 IM and 21st in 50 fly
Hunter Reese Giardino-25th in 25 back
Leo Roden- 3rd in 50 free and 3rd in 50 fly
Sydney Smith- 4th in 50 back and 8th in 50 breast
Mary Claire Walker- 32nd in 25 back
Christopher Wood- 22nd in 25 fly
I hope you all have a wonderful July 4th, rest of your summer, and a great school year! See you next summer!
Coach Julie
Documents
season timesstate team info
2017 asa dvisional 3 results
2017 asa finals results
