LONG COURSE SEASON BEGINS!
Swimmers enjoy the first day of outdoor practice in the 50 meter pool at Miller Park
Just one day after the season ending banquet where LY celebrated over 50 new team records being set this past year, swimmers began racking up new team records in the first meet of the 2012 Long Course season. Kelsey Childress lowered the 11-12 girls’ 200 meter backstroke record by two seconds, while Ashley Mauzy chopped two seconds off the 13-14 girls’ 200 meter backstroke record. Ethan Navarro set a new team record in the 13-14 boys’ 100 meter butterfly, while Logan White broke a 16 year old record in the 15-16 boys’ 100 meter butterfly. Other highlights from the meet included: Joshua Bodine lowering his time in every event and picking up a “BB” time in his 100 meter breaststroke; Johan Boscher swam his first long course meet and picked up “B” times in every event he swam; Devin Creger dropped 3 seconds from his 100 meter butterfly, and Francisco Gomez swam his first meet as a Piranha and picked up an “A” time in the 100 meter freestyle; Sarah Fredericksen picked up a gold medal in both the 100 fly and the 400 freestyle; Josh Hankey picked up an “AA” time in his 200 meter backstroke; Caeley McMillan lowered her 200 meter breaststroke by 7 seconds; Anna Meinke chopped a second off her 100 meter fly and garnered a silver medal; Elliot Navarro picked up three “A” times and a first place finish in the 200 breaststroke; Evan Navarro scored bronze medals in both the 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes, while Ethan Navarro earned Zone qualifying times in every event he swam; Amanda Naylor swam personal best times in both of her backstroke events and picked up a bronze medal and a “AA” time in her 200 meter IM; despite a recent increase in practice yardage, Kelsey Naylor dropped time in every event for a cumulative improvement of 62 seconds; Blake Nowakowski took 4th in the 50 meter freestyle with a 4 second improvement; Connor Sauls swam two BB times and dropped over 15 seconds in his 100 meter backstroke; Blake Proffitt won gold in the 100 meter breaststroke; Alyssa Reed chopped 2.6 seconds from her 200 meter backstroke; Ashley Sennett proved she isn’t afraid to race with big time drops in every event she swam; Kyle Sennett and Cameron St. Clair competed in their first ever long course meet, and Cameron picked up a “B” time in all his events; Madison Sitton worked on a still head in back and free and breathing earlier in her breaststroke, racing her way to a 29 second improvement in her 200 meter IM and a “BB” time; Emmie Summy scored in every event and picked up three “BB” times; Luke Weisenstein swam all “BB” times, including an 8 second drop in his 200 meter backstroke; Amber Wingfield brought home the bronze in the women’s 100 meter breaststroke; Caleb Williams picked up three gold medals; Brandon Naylor chopped 18 seconds off his 200 meter freestyle and picked up long course qualifying times for Age Group champs in every event he swam; Colby Childress earned “AAA” times in his 100 and 200 free and 200 IM, and achieved Zone qualifying times in the 100 back, 50 back, and 50 meter free. Congrats to all the LY swimmers for getting off to a great start to the long course season. And a big thank you to the many parents who volunteered as officials and timers to help the meet run smoothly and quickly!
WILLIAMS SIGNS NLI TO ATTEND GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY IN FALL 2012
Graduating Seniors and more picnic fun!
WHITE CAPTURES OLYMPIC TRIAL CUT
Susanna White, competing for the University of Arkansas at the Tennessee Invitational, earned her Olympic Trial Qualifying time in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 26.23. White is now eligible to represent LY and the University of Arkansas in Omaha next summer at the Olympic Trials, where the USA team will be selected to compete at the Olympics in London. Congratulations to Susanna and all of LY!
