Recap of Swim Meet Against Christiana
We had some great times at the Christiana meet. The girls won the meet 85 to 39, while the boys lost to an always tough Christiana team 85 to 54 (next year they do lose four good senior swimmers). Two team records were broken at this meet.
The boys of the 400 Freestyle Relay, (Daniel Schea, Timmy O’Sullivan, Nathan Hunter, and Sam Calhoun), broke the team record again. Nathan Hunter broke the team record (his own) in the 500 freestyle by dropping five seconds. Sam Calhoun swam a personal best time in the 50 freestyle by “shaving” off nearly one half a second. Sam also swam a personal best in the 100 Backstroke by “shaving” off a big eight seconds. Timmy O’Sullivan swam a personal best in the 50 freestyle by dropping one and half seconds. Timmy also swam a personal best in the 500 freestyle by dropping an amazing 35 seconds off his time! Daniel Schea swam a personal best in the 100 freestyle. Swimming near personal bests were Daniel Schea in the 200 freestyle and Nathan Hunter in the 200 IM.
Nathan Hunter earned three first place finishes. Sam Calhoun, Daniel Schea, and Timmy O’Sullivan each earned a first place finish. Second place finishes were earned by Sam Calhoun (3), Ethan Edge (2), Daniel Schea (2), Zach Watson (2), Nathan Hunter, and Timmy O’Sullivan. A third place finish was earned by Ethan Edge.
Jillian Feeley swam a personal best time in the 100 Butterfly. Jillian also swam a personal best in the 100 Backstroke by dropping two seconds off her best time. Sydney Hughes swam a personal best in the 500 Freestyle by dropping an amazing 20 seconds off her best time! Maybe we should run the boys and girls 500 freestyle against each other every meet.
Haley Hughes swam a personal best in the 100 breaststroke. Abby Plummer swam the 100 freestyle for us for the first time and had a very good time. Swimming near personal best times were Abby Plummer in the 200 freestyle, Gabriela Poletaev in the 200 IM, Kaysa Lammers in the 50 freestyle, Haley Hughes in the 50 freestyle, Caroline Plummer in the 100 Butterfly, Abbey Close in the 100 freestyle, and Gabriela Poletaev in the 100 Breaststroke. Caroline Plummer and Emily Hunter earned four first place finishes. Abby Plummer, Jillian Feeley, and Gabriela Poletaev earned three first place finishes. Sydney Hughes earned a first place finish. Second place finishes were earned by Jillian Feeley, Abby Plummer, Gabriela Poletaev, Abbey Close, Julia Close, Sydney Hughes, and Haley Hughes. Third place finishes were earned by Kaysa Lammers (2), Sydney Hughes, Julia Close, Abbey Close, and Haley Hughes.
Thanks to our managers: Anna Cebenka and Caroline West for scoring, Nate Heil and Julia Germack for lane timing, Kyle Friedline for split timing and 500 counting, Julia Germack for 500 counting, and Megan O’Sullivan for 500 pacing and picture taking.
Thanks to our adult helpers: Henry Schea and Jen Lammers.
Coaches Hunter