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menu home page - archive index - archives (prior to 1/04)  Sharks Dominate All-Area Swimming Team - 12/28/03
Once again, the Sarasota Sharks dominated the Sarasota-Herald Tribune's "All-Area High School Swimming" picks. Please go to the "High School/College" page of this website for the full details. Shark Float Wins Trophy - 12/19/03The Sharks are pleased to announce that our float received the trophy for the "Best Community, Non-Profit Float" in this year's Sarasota Holiday Parade. A picture of the trophy can be viewed by clicking Trophy Photo. Thanks again to everyone who worked on the float and all the Sharks who participated in the parade! Mandy Snell Top Manatee Co. H.S. Swimmer - 12/16/03Please go to the "High School/College" page of this website for the full details.  Jingle Bell Meet Results - 12/14/03The Sharks won the team trophy at the Jingle Bell Meet held December 12th - 14th in Clearwater, with a hard fought victory over the 2nd place CAT team (1,571 pts. to 1,533 pts.). The individual Shark results are available for download at Shark Results; Full Meet Results are also now available. Congratulations to the following Shark swimmers who finished in the Top 5: Kara Plocharsky (8 & under High Point Winner), Shelby Leonard (9 & 10 High Point Winner), Mckenzie Clark (9 & 10 runner-up), Ashlee Linn (9 & 10 3rd Place), Cha-Cha Bugatti (9 & 10 4th Place), Lauren Piper (11 & 12 2nd Place), Raquel Raybon (11 & 12 5th Place), Corinne Showalter (13 & 14 4th Place), Zachary Voigts (11 & 12 High Point Winner), Marty Rauch (11 & 12 5th Place), and Austin Detra (13 & 14 2nd Place). New J.O. cuts were made by: Jessica Bessire (100 IM), Meghan Buckley (100 Free), Cha-Cha Bugatti (100 Breast), Jacque Garcia (100 Fly), Rachel Harrington (50 Breast), Ava Jones (50 Free), Yusuf Kadibhai (50 Free), Benjamin Ohe (50 Back), Nick Perez (100 Fly), Jessica Piper (50 Fly & 100 Back), and Marty Rauch (200 Free). All personal best times were turned in by: Patrick Ceddia, Tina Gutzmann, Victoria Kontor, Kaycee Perry, and Kaylin Searles. Congratulations to all the Sharks swimmers and their coaches. Florida Swimming Top 10 Rankings - 12/9/03Eighteen Shark swimmers have made the latest Top 10 Rankings (Short Course) published by Florida Swimming. The following swimmers made the list: Shelby Leonard, Mckenzie Clark, Ashlee Linn, Raquel Raybon, Marissa Harrington, Jessica Bessire, Corinne Showalter, Lindsey Largo, Nicole Samilo, Courtney Hudak, Mandy Snell, Kirt Davis, Andy Watts, Zach Voigts, Austin Detra, Spencer Maglich, Ryan Crete, and Jordan Hershberger. Congratulations to these Shark swimmers and their coaches. The entire list can be accessed by clicking the "Times/Cuts" tab at the left of this page. "B" Championships - 12/7/03Thirteen Shark swimmers made the trip to Dunedin to participate in the Florida Swimming "B" - West Championships. Personal best times were turned in by the following swimmers: Samantha Farmer, Dirk Hamel-Wood, Drew Maddy, Carol Springfels, and Adele Streissguth. Individual Shark Results are now available by clicking the link. Congratulations to all the Sharks who swam in this meet. Holiday Parade 2003 - 12/7/03Over 100 Sharks braved cold temperatures, horse patties, and a flurry of bubbles to march in the 2003 Sarasota Holiday Parade - a great time was had by all. Special thanks to the Rheinlanders, the Lindstroms, and the Buckleys (and all their helpers) for making this year's float the best yet. Photos of the event are available by clicking Parade Photos. New photos were added 12-8-03. Shark Named "Athlete of the Year" - 12/1/03Florida Swimming recently named Austin Detra (Shark National team) as its 2003 Short Course "Athlete of the Year" in the 11-12 age group (Austin has since aged-up to the 13-14 category). Congratulations, Austin! Two Sharks Sign With Colleges - 11/24/03Sarah Brunette and Nick Seuch have both signed swimming scholarships with Division 1 colleges. See the "High School/College" section of the website for details Turkey Meet Results - 11/23/03Congratulations to all the swimmers, volunteers, coaches, and officials who helped to make this year's "Tom Herrington Invitational Meet" (aka "The Turkey Meet") one of the best in recent memory. Individual Shark results are available by clicking Shark Results. Complete meet results are available by clicking Complete Results. In addition, Team Scores and Individual Scores are also available. Write-up will follow shortly! Special award for dedication goes to Coach Mike Stewart who went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that Sunday's sessions could go on as planned - Thanks, Mike, the Sharks are lucky to have you!! Campout Update from Donna Barnett - 11/11/03A Big HAPPY CAMPER to Karen Crete who planned a perfect weekend for the Shark Campout - perfect weather, a full moon, and a lunar eclipse! Food ranged from Michelle Valentich's low country boil to s'mores around the campfire. Not many people showed up, but those that did had a good time and were glad they could relax and enjoy nature. Sometimes we are just too busy for our own good! Karen, thank you so much! Fall Shark Meat Results - 11/01/03Complete results of the November 1st Shark Meat are now available by clicking Shark Meat Results; individual Shark results are available by clicking Shark Swimmers. Congratulations to the following Shark swimmers who had all personal best times: Kamden Ahlberg, Ian Amistoso, Michael Auchter, Keira Bartley, Annalee Bowers, Kavanaugh Bugatti, Christine Butler, Patrick Ceddia, Daniel Curhan, Katherine Cushing, Rachel Cushing, Ashley Ehmann, Alexander Grzybowski, Fernando Gutierrez, Nikki Gutzmann, Dirk Hamel-Wood, Rachel Harrington, Bailey Leonard, Alexia Lerer, Margaret Masiak, Kelly McCormack, Benjamin Ohe, Kaycee Perry, Kara Plocharsky, Kaitlin Quinn, Kaely Timmel, Andrea Voege, Andy Watts, Stryker Watts, and Gabrielle Woodruff. Special congrats to those Sharks earning J.O. cuts: Kamden Ahlberg (200 IM); Cha-Cha Bugatti (100 Back); Nicole Pivonka (100 Back) and with her first J.O. cut, Meghan Buckley (100 Back). Way to go!! Thanks to all the volunteers and coaches who made the meet a great success!! Let's get ready for the Turkey Meet!! Ocala Meet Results - 10/20/03The full results from the Central Florida Marlins Fall Meet held October 17th thru 19th in Ocala are available by clicking Ocala Results; individual Shark results are available by clicking Shark Results. Congratulations to Shelby Leonard who won all six of her entered events and Shelbie Lee who won all three of her age group events; also to Marty Rauch, Anna Schmitz, and Kirt Davis who finished no worse than 2nd in all of their events. The following Shark swimmers had all personal best times: Keira Bartley, Chris Drier, Ava Jones, Yusuf Kadibhai, Chelsea Lee, Shelbie Lee, Benjamin Ohe, and Anna Schmitz. Great job Sharks! SYS Triathlon - 10/5/03The 19th annual SYS Sharks Siesta Key Triathlon was a huge success due to the great job done by Pat Piper and Linda Showalter as well as the scores of Shark volunteers who gave up their Sunday morning to bring about this event. We not only had a tremendous turnout for the race on Sunday morning but also Saturday evening at the set-up and Saturday afternoon at Registration. We would also like to thank the various sponsors of the event who donated products and services - we will publish a complete sponsor list in the near future. Thanks again to the sponsors and everyone who volunteered their time. Results are available by clicking Triathlon Results. SPA Fall Meet Results - 9/28/03Results from the SPA Fall Meet held Sept. 26th thru 28th are available by clicking the following links: Southern Zone Results - 8/5/03Corinne Showalter traveled to Ft. Lauderdale to swim for the Florida Swimming All-Stars in the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships held July 30th thru August 2nd. The Florida Swimming team finished tied for 1st in the 11-12 Combined Team score and 1st in the 11-12 Female Team score. Corinne swam in four individual events finishing 2nd in the 50 and 100 meter Breastroke, 4th in the 200 I.M., and 12th in the 50 Free. She also swam on the 1st place 200 Medley Relay team and on the 2nd place 200 Free Relay team. Corinne finished tied for 6th in the 11-12 female individual competition. Congratulations, Corinne!
Area 3/5 Championships - 8/4/03The Sharks hosted the 2003 Summer Area 3/5 Championships at Selby Aquatic Center, August 1st thru 3rd. Despite the rain, everyone kept their cool, and the Shark parents stepped up to the plate and pulled off the meet. Thanks to everyone who volunteered!! Sharks who achieved new JO cuts: Dakota Lindstrom (10&U 100 breast), Jessica Bessire (11&12 100, 200, and 500 free, 200 IM), Lauren Piper (11&12 100 and 200 free), Danie McCoy (50 back), Marissa Harrington (11&12 200 IM), Blair Collins (13&14 200 back), Heather Steele (13&14 200 back), Rhet Rheinlander (10&U 50 and 100 free, 100 breast, 100 IM), Andy Watts (10&U 100 free), Matt Kaminske (11&12 50 free, 50 back, 200 IM ), Marty Rauch (11&12 50 back, 50 fly), and Nick Perez (13&14 200 breast and 200 IM). Sharks who placed in the top three of their events included: 8&U Girls: Andrea Ward. 8&U Boys: Ian Amistoso. 10&U Girls: Dakota Lindstrom. 10&U Boys: Rhet Rheinlander, Andy Watts, Kirt Davis. 11&12 Girls: Jessica Bessire, Lauren Piper, Danie McCoy, Marissa Harrington. 11&12 Boys: Matt Kaminske, Marty Rauch. 13&14 Girls: Heather Steele, and Blair Collins. 13&14 Boys: Kamden Ahlberg, Nick Perez. 15-18 Girls: Hilary Froman, Shaina Drew, Kathy Knicker. 15-18 Boys: Seth Clayton. Open Girls: Blair Beard. Open Boys: Nick Seuch. Sharks who broke personal best times in all events: Kamden Ahlberg, Keira Bartley, Jessica Bessire, Christine Butler, Katherine Carey, Rebecca Cohen, Blair Collins, Rachel Cushing, Tobie Daniels, Sarah Ashley Demshar, Austin Detra, Justin Dutreil, Rebecca Evenson, Emily Garriott, Marissa Harrington, Matt Kaminske, Caroline LaCamera, Emilie Laperriere, Shelbie Lee, Trisha Maddy, Nadia Madkour, Margaret Masiak, Danie McCoy, Lauren Nieder, Kaycee Perry, Kaitlyn Plocharsky, Rhet Rheinlander, Derek Samies, Kaylin Searles, Heather Steele, Kaeley Timmel, Ashleigh Tucker, Kelsey Valentich, and Andrea Ward. The full results of the Area 3/5 Meet are available by clicking Area 3/5 Results. Individual Shark results (some 500 Free times not available) can be accessed by clicking Shark Results. Y-Nationals Results - 8/3/03The Sharks took 18 girls and 4 boys to the Summer Y-National Long Course Championships in College Park, MD held July 28th thru July 31st. The girls team ended up 7th overall, while the boys had some good swims but failed to place any swimmers in the points. Annie Babicz, swimming in her final meet as a Shark, led the way for the girls with an outstanding win in the 100 Breast and 3 second place finishes in the 50 Breast, 100 Fly, and 200 Fly. Lindsey Largo also had a great meet with an 8th place in the 1500 Free, two 11th place finishes in the 200 Fly and 400 Free, and a 15th place in the 400 I.M. Other Shark finalists included: Ashley O'Toole with a 10th place in the 100 Fly; Mandy Snell with a 12th in the 1500 Free; and Nicole Samilo with a 16th place finish in the 100 Breast. The girls 800 Free Relay team of Annie Babicz, Lindsey Largo, Ashley Largo, and Mandy Snell finished in 5th place; the 200 Free Relay team of Nicole Samilo, A. Babicz, A. O'Toole, and M. Snell finished 9th; the 200 Medley Relay team of Chelsea Gillespie, A. Babicz, A. O'Toole, and M. Snell finished 11th; and the 400 Free Relay team of Babicz, Snell, Samilo, and A. Largo finished 12th. Full results can be found at Y-Nat Results. Daily Shark highlights are at Shark Highlights. Congratulations to Coach Mike Stewart and the entire Shark National team, and special thanks to parent volunteers Jean Snell, Steve and Pat Largo, and Deb Hudak who acted as chaperones. Sharks Take Spirited 4th at J.O.'s - 7/21/03The Sarasota Sharks finished 4th overall at the Summer Junior Olympics held at the YMCA in Orlando the weekend of July 17th thru 20th. An enthusiastic 47 member Shark team also took home the coveted "Spirit Award" from among 45 competing teams. Special congratulations are due to Corinne Showalter who broke the 7 year old Florida J.O. record in the 200 Individual Medley with a 2:27.99 (also a Shark record); Austin Detra who broke Shark records in the 13/14 boys 1500 Free (17:06.49) and 800 Free (8:58.08); and Zach Voigts who continued his recent trend of breaking Shark records by breaking the 11/12 boys 200 IM record set in 1988 by posting a 2:33.86. Sharks who were champions in their events were: Corinne Showalter - 1st in the Girls 11 & 12's 50 Breast, 100 Breast and 200 I.M.; Austin Detra - 1st in the Boys 13 & 14's 1500 Free; and Zach Voigts - 1st in the Boys 11 & 12's 400 Free. Sharks finishing in the top 16 of an event were:
Boys: Kirt Davis, Rhet Rheinlander, and Yusuf Kadibhai. 200 Free & 200 Medley Relay Team of K. Davis, Y. Kadibhai, R. Rheinlander, and A.J. Jones. Boys: Mufaddal Kadibhai, Matt Kaminske, Gregg McCulla, John Orban, Marty Rauch, and Zachary Voigts. 200 & 400 Free Relay Team of Z. Voigts, M. Kadibhai, M. Rauch, and M. Kaminske. 200 & 400 Medley Relay Team of M. Rauch, Z. Voigts, M. Kadibhai, and M. Kaminske. Boys: Austin Detra. Shark Meat #3 - 7/12/03Individual results from Shark Meat #3 are available as well as full results. Time trial results are available at time trial results. Congratulations to Jacque Garcia and Becky Evenson for qualifying for next week's Junior Olympics at this meet; and to Patricia Duret who qualified for this month's Y-Nationals. Special congratulations to Zach Voigts for breaking the 30 year old record for 11-12 boys in the 200 meter backstroke - way to go Zach. Thanks again to all the parents and swimmers who volunteered their time to make the summer's final Shark Meat a big success.
2003 Shark Open - 6/23/03This is the SUN Coast, right? The 2003 Shark Open, held June 20-22 at the Selby Aquatic Center in Sarasota, featured 450+ very wet swimmers who braved not only the tough competition, but lightning, flying tents, and swimming in a monsoon, as well. To those visiting teams who find this article on the web: OUR WEATHER IS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS! Thanks for coming, and we hope you will all come back next year - we'll work on the weather! Hats off to all the volunteers that withstood the torrential downpour to see the meet through. Special thanks to Bart McCoy, Jim Quinn, and Jim Voigts (our co-meet managers), the officials, and the coaches who kept the meet going through some tough circumstances. They gave our kids a great experience. This meet is becoming one of the premier age-group meets of the summer, giving the Sharks the chance to swim against past and future Olympians and teams from all over the country, including Wichita, Atlanta, Miami, Broward, Providence and Burke, VA, all without leaving home. Thanks also to Mike Stewart who keeps promoting this meet to bring these strong teams to our area. By the way, in the team competition, the Sharks were top point finishers in the girls and the overall. Congratulations, Sharks! Sharks who finished in the top 8 in an event were:
Summer Splash (Travel Meet) Results Posted - 6/9/03Forty-five Shark swimmers (and their dedicated chaperones) traveled to Tuscaloosa, AL the weekend of June 5th - 8th, for the Birmingham Swim League's "Summer Spash" meet at the University of Alabama. The Sharks showed how strong Florida and Shark swimmers are by finishing in 4th place overall out of 20 teams. A great time was had by the swimmers, with Shark buddies, bowling, waterparks, riverboat rides, and a stop over at 6 Flags on the way home for the 13 and olders. A big thank you to Donna Barnett and all her adult helpers for a superb job in organizing and chaperoning the first Shark travel trip in 3 years! Also, thanks to Coaches Mike Stewart and Sherwood Watts, who braved the buses and the dorms in order to give these kids a great experience. Top 8 individual and top 3 relay finishes by Shark swimmers included:
Click here for photos. The complete meet results of the "Summer Splash" meet are on-line at Summer Splash Results; individual Shark results are at Shark Results. Shark Meat #2 - 6/7/03The Sharks continue to drop time and swim well, with Coaches Rob, Steve, and Whitney taking over the coaching duties of Mike and Sherwood while they were with the team in Alabama. Swimmers with all lifetime best times as follows: Michael Auchter, Keira Bartley, Sam Blumenstein, Annalee Bowers, Grace Dimeo, Jaime Garcia, Drew Maddy, Tyler Miller, Lauren Piper, Adele Streissguth, and Chip Whittemore. Event winners included: Ian Amistoso, Sam Blumenstein, Cha-Cha Bugatti, Kavanaugh Bugatti, Kelsey Clark, Austin Detra, Justin Dutreil, Emily Garriott, Fernando Gutierrez, Hannah Howell, Mufaddal Kadibhai, Yusuf Kadibhai, Kelly Kane, Jackson Linn, Lauren Maxey, Tyler Miller, Rose Panik, Jessica Piper, Lauren Piper, Anna Schmitz, Zachary Voigts, Andrea Ward, and Chip Whittemore. Individual results from Shark Meat #2 are available (sorry unattached swimmers - the computer didn't include you in our individual results) as well as full results (with unattached swimmers). Thanks to all those who volunteered their time to make Shark Meat #2 a big success. We proved that even with a large percentage of our parents and swimmers away on a travel meet, we could still host a great home meet. Thanks again volunteers!!! New Top 10 Rankings Released - 6/4/03Florida Swimming has updated the Top 10 rankings, and several Sharks made the lists. Check it out by clicking on the "Times/Cuts" tab on the left of this page and then the "Top 10" link.
Summer Practice Schedule On-Line - 5/29/03The Summer Practice Schedule (begins Monday, June 2nd) is now available by clicking Summer Practice Schedule.
Sharks Turn up the Heat at Memorial Meet - 5/28/03Not even the HEAT could stop the Sharks as they hosted the Memorial Meet held May 23-25 at the Selby Aquatic Center (wasn't it just a few months ago that we were complaining about the COLD weather?). Top results of Shark swimmers: Personal Best Times in ALL Events: Kamden Ahlberg, Cha-Cha Bugatti, Christine Butler, Katherine Carey, Louie Carey, Kelsey Clark, Mckenzie Clark, Seth Clayton, Ryan Crete, Tobie Daniels, Cameron Davis, Kirt Davis, Emily Garriott, Mufaddal Kadibhai, Yusuf Kadibhai, Kelly Kane, Caroline LaCamera, Dakota Lindstrom, Jackson Linn, Drew Maddy, Lauren Maxey, Caiti McCoy, Christopher Ohe, John Orban, Jessica Piper, Kara Plocharsky, Christian Rauch, Will Stocke, Zachary Voigts, Ashley Wean, and Chip Whittemore. Event Winners: Ashley Largo (5 event wins); Gregg McCulla (1); Brooke Barnett (2), Mckenzie Clark (3), Austin Detra (1), Shelby Leonard (4), Raquel Raybon (1), Corinne Showalter (5), and Zachary Voigts (9, yes that's right). New JO Cuts: Kamden Ahlberg, Jessica Bessire, Cayman Bone, Cha-Cha Bugatti, Kelsey Clark, Mckenzie Clark, Blair Collins, Tobie Daniels, Kirt Davis, Rebecca Evenson, Marissa Harrington, Yusuf Kadibhai, Matt Kaminske, Kelly Kane, Caroline LaCamera, Shelby Leonard, Gregg McCulla, Kaycee Perry, Lauren Piper, Kaitlyn Plocharsky, and Rhet Rheinlander. New Y National Cuts: Kelsey Clark, Ryan Crete, Ashley Largo, Lindsey Largo, Becky Leonard, Ashley O'Toole, Raquel Raybon, Nicole Samilo, and Corinne Showalter. Highpoint winners and runner-ups: 9 & 10 girls: Mckenzie Clark (2nd); 11 & 12 girls: Corinne Showalter (1st); 11 & 12 boys: Zach Voigts (1st); 13 & 14 girls: Ashley Largo (1st). First Long Course Meet: Welcome to Long Course! The following swimmers swam in their first long course meet: Ian Amistoso, Sam Blumenstein, Annalee Bowers, Katherine Broussard, Carley Cooney, Maddy Del Medico, Hannah Howell, Toby Howell, Nadia Madkour, Samuel McArtor, Cote Mitchell-Allen, Rose Panik, Nicole Pivonka, Maria Tringali, and Bridget Wagner. The Sharks finished first in the girls and boys team scores!! Full Meet Results are available by clicking Full Meet Results; individual Shark results are available by clicking Shark Results; unattached Shark swimmer results are available by clicking Unattached Shark Results. Photos of the weekend are available by clicking on Photos. The Shark family welcomes the new team members who swam in this meet as unattached swimmers - we're very glad you chose to join the Sharks! A special thanks to all the volunteers who put up with the hot weather to make this year's Memorial Meet a great success! Shark Meat #1 Results - 5/10/03Individual Results of Shark Meat #1 held Saturday, May 10th can be found by clicking Results. Photos of the event can be accessed by clicking on Photos. Sharks Annual Award Celebration - 5/6/03The Sharks gathered on Sunday, May 4th at the Pine View School Auditorium for the annual Awards Ceremony and End of the Year Celebration. Participation trophies were presented to all Shark swimmers and the 5 graduating Senior swimmers (Annie Babicz, Morgan Tweedie, T.J. Lathrop, Katie McKinnon, and Jennifer Burnside) made their farewell speeches. In addition, the following special awards were presented: Annie Babicz won this year's Mary Champney Award; Brooke Barnett won this year's Olympic Spirit Award; and Rick and Janet Maglich won this year's Jim Shirley Award. After viewing a slide show presentation of the year's highlights, the Sharks adjourned to the cafeteria for dinner, socializing and dancing. A great time was had by all who attended. Thanks to the coaches and all the volunteers who helped make the evening such a success! A special thanks to Nick Perez and his mom, Jennifer Perez, for taking the left-over food to the Salvation Army to use in feeding the hungry - way to go Sharks!! Shark Golf Tournament - 5/6/03Over 65 golfers turned out for the annual Shark Golf Tournament held Saturday, May 3rd at the Misty Creek Country Club. After knocking the old white ball around for 18 holes on a beautiful day, the participants were treated to a buffet dinner and a rousing auction and raffle. This annual event is a major fund raiser for the Sharks and we thank all of those participants, sponsors, and volunteers who made this year's tournament such a great success. Y-National Master's Meet Results - 4/28/03Results from the YMCA Master's Meet Championship held April 24 thru 27 at the Selby Aquatic Center in Sarasota can be found by clicking Master's Results. Congratulations to the following Shark Dads - Kevin McCormack (2nd in 50 & 100 Fly, 3rd in 100 Back, 4th in 50 & 200 Back and 200 Free, and on the 2nd place 200 Mixed Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay); Chuck Froman (11th in 100 IM, 15th in 50 Free, 16th in 50 Fly, 21st in 100 Free, and on the 2nd place 200 Free Relay); and Rick Maglich (13th in the 50 Free and 15th in the 200 Free). Congratulations to all the Sharks who volunteered to make this event a huge success - a very special thanks to Janet Maglich and Joan Leonard for all their hard work on the Social. Y-National Results - 4/17/03Results from the YMCA National Short Course Championship held April 14 thru 17 in Ft. Lauderdale can be found by clicking Y-Nationals. For Shark Highlights of each day click Shark Highlights. Duel in the Pool - 4/13/03
About 55 Sharks swimmers and their parents gathered at the Sarasota Ale House on April 12th to cheer on the USA in the televised "Duel in the Pool" meet against Australia. Our efforts were rewarded as the USA won the meet decisively and the Sharks helped promote the sport of swimming. All-Star Meet Results - 4/9/03
Three Shark swimmers competed at the All-Star Meet in Ft. Pierce the weekend of April 5-6: Lauren Piper, Corinne Showalter, and Kirt Davis. Lauren finished 1st in the 10 & Under Girls 100y IM & 200y IM; 2nd in the 50y Fly; 3rd in the 50y & 100y Back; and 5th in the 100y Fly. Corinne finished 1st in the 11 & 12 Girls 50y and 100y Breast; 4th in the 100y IM; 6th in the 50y Free & 200y IM; and 11th in the 200y Free. Kirt finished 4th in the 10 & Under Boys 50y Back; 5th in the 100y Back; 15th in the 200y IM; and 17th in the 100y IM. These three Sharks helped the Florida Swimming All-Stars to victory over the Florida Gold Coast All-Stars. Swimmers qualify for this meet by finishing in the top 4 of an event at the Junior Olympic Meet. Congratulations to these three Sharks and their coaches!! v Area 3-5 Championships - 3/24/03 110 Shark swimmers traveled to St. Petersburg for a wet Area 3-5 Championships last weekend (Mar. 21st - 23rd). There were great swims as our swimmers went for medals, JO cuts, Y Nat cuts, and fun! This was a "below JO" meet, so many kids were shooting for JO cuts. New JO cuts were achieved by: Mckenzie Clark (100 & 200 Free); Shaina Drew (200 Back); Erika Ehmann (200 IM); Nikki Gutzmann (100 Fly, 100 IM); Matt Kaminske (200 Free); Ashley Linn (200 Free); Danie McCoy (100 & 200 IM, 500 Free, 100 Breast); and Zach Voigts (50 Free, 50 Back, 100 IM). Top 3 finishers were: Kamden Ahlberg (13/14 200 IM); Brooke Barnett (Open 100 Breast, Sr. 200 Breast); Jessica Bessire (11/12 100 Fly); Chacha Bugatti (10 & U 50 Back); Kavanaugh Bugatti (10 & U 25 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free); Kelsey Clark (13/14 200 Free, 100 Breast, 200 IM, 200 Fly); Mckenzie Clark (10 & U 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back, 25 Breast); Tobie Daniels (11/12 100 Back, 50 Fly); Austin Detra (Open 100 Fly, 200 Free, 200 Fly); Allie Drew (15/18 200 Back); Shaina Drew (13/14 200 Back); Ashley Ehmann (8 & U 25 Fly); Erika Ehmann (10 & U 200 IM, 25 Breast); Fernando Gutierrez (10 & U 100 Back); Nikki Gutzmann (10 & U 100 Fly, 100 IM, 25 Free, 25 Back, 50 Fly); Matt Kaminske (Open 500 Free, 11/12 100 Back); Shelby Leonard (10 & U 25 Back); Ashley Linn (10 & U 200 Free, 25 Free); Lauren Maxey (11/12 50 Fly); Danie McCoy (11/12 500 Free, 100 IM, 200 IM, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 50 Fly); Nick Perez (12/14 200 Free); Kara Plocharsky (8 & U 25 Breast, 50 Back, 50 Free); Marty Rauch (11/12 200 IM); John Silvers (10 & U 50 Back, 50 Fly); Lacie Smith (Open 100 Free); and Zach Voigts (11/12 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back, 200 Breast). Swimmers with ALL Best times were Nikki Gutzmann, Hannah Howell, Danie McCoy, and Zach Voigts. Congratulations to all Shark swimmers who participated and their coaches. Full results are available by clicking Full Results and Individual Shark Results are available by clicking Individual Results. Photos are available by clicking Photos. v Sharks finish 7th at Junior Olympics - 3/10/03 The Sharks traveled to Gainesville last weekend (Mar. 6th - 9th) with 40 swimmers and finished 7th (272 points) in the overall totals. The Sharks were just 5 points out of 5th place and 1/2 point out of 6th. The girls team finished 4th overall (201 points) and the boys finished 11th with 71 points. The 10 & under girls led the way with a 2nd place finish in their age group with 107 points, just 17 points out of 1st place. On an individual basis, the Sharks were led by:
It was a great weekend in spite of the weather and working around the UF-UK basketball game. Special thanks to Sondra McCoy for getting to the Coliseum at 6 am each morning to reserve seating for all the Sharks. Let's start getting fired up right now to win the Summer J.O.'s (in Orlando) in July!!! Full results are available by clicking JO Full Results and individual Shark results by clicking Shark Results. Photos are available by clicking JO Photos; thanks to Rene Piper for contributing photos! v Senior Championships Results - 3/4/03 Please click here for the individual Shark swimmer results at last weekend's Senior Short Course Championships held in Clearwater. Congratulations to new National Qualifiers: Stephanie Hatch in the 100 Back (Y-States); Chelsea Gillespie in the 100 Back (Y-States); Jordan Hershberger in the 500 Free and 1650 Free (Y-States); Morgan Maglich in the 200 Free (Sr. Champs); Courtney Hudak in the 200 Back and 400 IM (Sr. Champs); and Michael Swick in the 200 Free (Sr. Champs). Congratulations swimmers and coaches. v Y-States Results Posted - 2/19/03 We now have the individual Shark results from the Y-States Meet held Feb. 14th-16th in Orlando. The results can be viewed by clicking Y-State Results. The Sharks swam great despite the flu bug knocking down several swimmers. Photos of the event (2 pages) can be found at Photos Page 1 and Photos Page 2. Thanks to Rene Piper, Tom Rheinlander, and Janet Maglich for contributing photos of the event. Let's all get healthy for J.O.'s!! v Florida Swimming Releases Top 10 Lists - 1/26/03 Florida Swimming has finally released its Top 10 Rankings Lists for the 2002-2003 Season. Several Sharks are on the lists. Check out the rankings by clicking on FS Top 10 Rankings. v Watts Named Fla HS Boys "Coach of the Year" - 1/25/03 Sherwood Watts was named as the Florida Dairy Farmers High School State Boys Swim Coach of the Year for the second straight year. Coach Watts directed the Sarasota High School Boys Swim Team to their second straight State Championship last November. Additionally, Annie Babicz was named as the Girls 3A Swimmer of the Year. Their awards will be presented at the Banquet of Champions on June 28th at the Hard Rock Live Orlando at Universal City Walk. Congratulations to Coach Watts and Annie Babicz! v 6 Sharks Make USA Swimming Top 16 - 1/21/03 USA Swimming has released its 2002 National Age Group Top 16 Rankings, and 6 Sharks made the lists. Annie Babicz ranked 4th in the 15-16 Girls 100y Breast, 7th in the 100m Breast, and 8th in the 100y Fly. Raquel Raybon ranked 8th in the 10 & Under Girls 200m Individual Medley. Corinne Showalter ranked 16th in the 11 & 12 Girls 200m Breast. Nicole Maglich ranked 16th in the 17 & 18 Girls 1000y Freestyle. On the Boys side, Spencer Maglich ranked 1st in the 13 & 14 100y Free, 2nd in the 50y Free and 100y Fly, 4th in the 200y Free, and 10th in the 200y Fly. Austin Detra ranked 3rd in the 11 & 12 Boys 1500m Free, 8th in the 800m Free, and 13th in the 400m Free. To view the complete rankings, click on National Top 16. Congratulations to these Shark swimmers and their coaches. v Sharks Survive COLD Y-Invitational - 1/19/03 Well now that everyone is home enjoying the warmth of their fireplaces and mugs of hot chocolate, here's a few photos to remind you how cold it was at this past weekend's Y-Invitational. With temperatures in the 30's and winds in the 20's, the warmest place at the pool was in the water. Photos of the event (2 pages) can be found at Photos Page 1 and Photos Page 2. The results are now available on the Meet Results page of the website. A thank you and reminder to all who volunteered at the meet, please remember to document your volunteer hours in the Volunteer Logbooks in the Skybox at Selby. v Babicz & Maglich Named All-Area Swimmers of the Year - 1/1/03 The Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently named Annie Babicz and Spencer Maglich as their All-Area High School "Swimmers of the Year". In addition, Coach Sherwood Watts was named Boy's "Coach of the Year". See a more complete write-up on the High School Page of this website. v Sharks Take a Bite Out of Records!! - 12/16/02 Thirty Shark swimmers made the trip to Plantation last weekend (Dec. 12th - 15th) for the Total Teamwares Winter Championship and the result was six new Shark records, several National Top 16 swims, a 1st Place overall finish for the 10 & Under girls who scored an amazing 251 points to the 2nd place team's 92 pts., a 1st place overall finish for Raquel Raybon in the 10 & under girls, a 1st place overall finish for 12 & Under Austin Detra, and a 9th place finish overall for the Sharks (out of 43 US and International teams). Raquel set new Shark records in the 50 Back (32.08), the 200 IM (2:26.97), and reset her own record in the 100 Fly (1:07.29); in addition she was part of the 10 & under girls relay team including Cayman Bone, Lauren Piper and McKayla Lightbourn which set the Shark record in the 200 Free Relay (1:56.98). The 200 IM and 200 Free Relay records had stood since 1986. On the boys side Austin smashed the old Shark record in the 1650 by almost 30 seconds (17:40.31), and reset his own Shark record in the 500 Free (5:05.32). Top point winners for the 10 & under girls were R. Raybon (1st with 64 points), C. Bone (4th with 58 pts.), L. Piper (5th with 44 pts.) and M. Lightbourn (7th with 31 pts.); for the 10 & under boys it was Marty Rauch (3rd with 49 pts.) and Kirt Davis (15th with 16 pts.); for the 11 & 12 girls it was Corinne Showalter (3rd with 62 pts.); for the 11 & 12 boys it was A. Detra (1st with 75 pts.) and Zach Voigts (22nd with 5 pts.); for the 13 & 14 girls it was Chelsea Gillespie (31st with 6 pts.) and Kelsey Clark (41st with 3 pts.). The results for the events can be found at Event Results; the final individual point standings can be found at Individual Points; and the final age/group team standings can be found at Age/Group Team Results. Photos of the event (2 pages) can be found at Photos Page 1 and Photos Page 2. v Naples "B" Meet Championship - 12/16/02 The Sharks sent a contingent of swimmers to Naples last weekend (Dec. 14th) for the Florida Swimming B-Meet Championships (West). Points were awarded for the first 16 places in each event at this meet. Event winners from the Sharks included: Jessica Piper (25 Breast, 25 Fly); Shelby Leonard (50 Back); Tobie Daniels (50 Free); Megan Hart (50 Free, 100 Back); Kamden Ahlberg (50 Free, 50 Breast, 100 IM); Patrick Ceddia (50 Fly); and Nicholas Perez (50 Free). Other point winners included: Kaylin Searles, Cameron Davis, Anna Schmitz, Kaely Timmel, Adele Streissguth, Nadia Madkour, Grant Hart, Kaitlyn Thewes, Lauren Drier, Trisha Maddy, Andrea Voege, Alexandra Massey, Tara Lolley, Margaret Masiak, Lauren Nieder, Carly Cooney, Maria Tringali, Bailey Leonard, Christine Butler, Christopher Ohe, D. Hamel-wood, Cole Sorenson, Benjamin Ohe, Daniel Priess, Robert Ferrari, and John Rhoades. Full results can be accessed by clicking on Naples "B" Results. v Fins to the Left, Fins to the Right!! - 12/8/02 The Sarasota Sharks and "Jimmy Buffet" took to the streets of downtown Sarasota in the annual Holiday Parade. A great time was had by all, as evidenced by the Photos of the event. Thank you to all of those who made it happen; special thanks to the Boritzs, Rheinlanders, Lindstroms, Buckleys and Bugattis. Thanks to Jean Snell for getting the Nationals and Seniors organized. Special thanks to Coach Watts and Coach Mike (Jimmy B.) for anchoring the float. Hopefully, we haven't forgotten anyone. Let's do it again next year with 100% participation and really show Sarasota what a great group the Sharks are. v Shark Meat #3 Photos & Results - 12/8/02 Click for the Results for the Shark Meat #3 and we also have photos of the event held on a very chilly (as you can see) morning - temperatures were in the 40's and it felt like the winds were too! v Records & Temperatures Fall at Turkey Meet - 11/25/02 Several Shark records fell in chilly conditions at this past weekend's Tom Herrington Memorial Thanksgiving Meet held at Selby. Austin Detra set two new Shark records for 11 & 12 boys with a 5:06.10 in the 500 Free and 4:53.03 in the 400 I.M. These two records had stood since the 1970's. For the girls, Raquel Raybon came within 0.08 seconds of breaking the 1986 record in the 9 & 10 200 I.M. Event winners from the Sharks were: 9 & 10 Girls - Raquel Raybon with an unbelievable 9 out of 10 wins (50, 100, 200 & 500 Free, 50 & 100 Back, 50 & 100 Fly, and 200 IM), and Cayman Bone with wins in the 50 & 100 Breast and 100 IM; 11 & 12 Girls - Corinne Showalter with wins in the 50 Free, 50 & 100 Breast, and 100 IM; Open Girls - Mandy Snell with wins in the 200 Fly and 500 Free; and Courtney Hudak with a win in the 400 IM; 9 & 10 Boys - Marty Rauch with 3 wins (50 Free, 50 & 100 Fly); 11 & 12 Boys - Austin Detra with 6 wins (100, 200 & 500 Free, 100 Breast, and 200 & 400 IM); Open Boys - Matt Phillips with 4 wins (100 Free, 100 & 200 Breast, and 200 IM); Nick Seuch with wins in the 50 Free and 100 & 200 Fly; Spencer Maglich with wins in the 200 Free and 100 Back; and Brian Cogburn with a win in the 200 Back. Many other Shark swimmers had great swims. Complete results from the meet can be accessed by clicking Turkey Meet Results; Photos of the event can be seen by clicking Turkey Photos. RE-PEAT!!!  Click Photo to Enlarge The Sarasota High School Men's Swim Team, led by the Sharks, won the State High School Championships for the 2nd straight year. Complete story is located on our new "High School/College" Page; Photos of the Meet are also available by clicking PHOTOS. v Shark H.S. Swimmers Qualify for States - 11/18/02 Several Shark swimmers qualified for the State High School Championships to be held Nov. 21st thru 23rd in Ft. Lauderdale. Click Full Story for all the details. Results from the State Meet can be accessed via the FHSSA site. v New Time Standards - J.O.'s - 11/04/02 The new 2003 Time Standards are now on-line under the "Times/Cuts" section of the Web Site --- there have been some changes especially in the 11 & 12 and 13 & 14 Girls. Check them out!!! v Thank You Volunteers, Coaches & Swimmers - 11/3/02 The Sharks would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who unselfishly give up their time for the kids and the team. Without the many hard-working volunteers (timers, meet managers, hospitality, Shark shop, parking helpers, officials, etc.) the meets would not be possible. Thank You!! Thanks also to the coaches and all the parents who acted as counters and hospitality workers for the Swim-a-Thon and all the swimmers who went out and got the pledges to help the team. We should have the results of our effort in the next week. We would also like to thank those of you who helped out at the recent Siesta Key Triathlon - Thanks for giving up your Saturday evening and/or Sunday morning for the Sharks. A very special thank you goes out to Linda Showalter who stepped in and did a great job with Pat Piper in organizing the event ... Thanks Linda!!! We will need all the help we can get for the upcoming Thanksgiving Meet (Turkey Meet), please continue to help the team and the kids by volunteering ... we really appreciate all your hard work!!! Also, please be sure to sign the Volunteer Log Books documenting your time located in the skybox - it helps the Y (and the Sharks) with their funding. Just a few photos from the recent Swim-A-Thon. Photos of the Shark Meat #2 can be seen by clicking Shark Meat #2 Photos and Individual Shark swimmer results can be found by clicking on Results. v Important News from the Swimposium - 10/28/02 The coaches have just returned from the Florida Swimposium held this past weekend in Orlando. The meet schedule for this winter/spring/summer has been placed on the "Calendar" section of the Website. Hotel information for the Spring Junior Olympics (to be held in Gainesville March 6th thru 9th) and Y-States and Summer J.O.'s (in Orlando) have also been linked in the "Calendar" section. Coach Watts reports that some big changes have been made in the Junior Olympic format beginning in March.
v Central Fla. Marlins Fall Invitational Results - 10/22/02 The Sharks traveled to Ocala the weekend of Oct. 18-20th to swim in the Central Florida Marlins Fall Invitational. Although there were no team points awarded, many Shark swimmers placed in the top 6. Top 6 finishers in each age group were as follows. In the 6 & Under Girls, Kristin Thewes had 3 - 2nd place finishes (25 Free, 25 Back, 25 Breast) and Shelby Lee had 2 - 4th place finishes (25 Free & 25 Back). In the 8 & U Girls: Jessica Piper led the Sharks with 2 - 1st places (25 & 50 Breast), 3 - 2nd places (25 Free, 25 & 50 Fly), and a 3rd place finish in the 50 Free; Chelsea Lee had 2 - 3rd places (25 & 50 Breast) and a 6th place in the 25 Back; Ashley Ehmann had 2 - 5th places (25 Free & 25 Breast) and a 6th place in the 50 Free; and Cameron Davis finished 5th in the 50 Breast. In the 10 & U Girls: Cayman Bone led the Sharks with 5 - 1st place finishes (50 Free, 50 & 100 Breast, 100 Back & 100 IM) and a 2nd place in the 200 IM. Cayman set a Shark Record (her 2nd this Fall) in the 100 Back with a time of 1:09.53 breaking the old record of 1:10.01 set in 1986; Raquel Raybon was a close second with 4 - 1st place finishes (50 & 100 Fly, 200 Free and 200 IM) and a 2nd place in the 100 Back; Kaitlyn Plocharsky had a 1st place in the 50 Back, a 3rd in the 100 Back, 2 - 4th places (100 & 200 Free), a 5th place in the 100 Fly, and a 6th in the 200 IM; McKayla Lightbourn had 2 - 2nd places (50 Back & 100 Breast), 2 - 3rd places (200 Free & 200 IM), and 2 - 4th places (50 Breast & 100 Back); Lauren Piper had 4 - 2nd places (50 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Free & 100 IM) and 2 - 4th places (100 Fly & 200 IM); Nikki Gutzmann had a 5th place in the 50 Free and 2 - 6th places (100 Breast & 200 Free); Mckenzie Clark had a 4th place in the 100 Breast and a 6th place in the 50 Breast; and Shelby Leonard had a 6th place in the 50 Back. In the 12 & U Girls: Corinne Showalter led the Sharks with 3 - 1st place finishes (50 Free, 50 Back, & 50 Breast), 2 - 2nd places (100 Free & 200 Sr. Breast) and a 3rd place (200 IM); Megan Hart had a 2nd place finish in the 50 Fly, a 3rd place (100 Fly), a 5th place (50 Back), and a 6th place in the 50 Free; Jenna Seuch had a 3rd place finish in the 50 Fly; Danie McCoy finished 5th in the 50 Breast; and Lauren Maxey had a 6th place finish in the 50 Fly. In the 13 & 14 Girls: Chelsea Gillespie had a 2nd place (50 Free) and 2 - 5th place finishes (100 Free & 100 Back); Alex Wenzel had 2 - 6th place finishes (100 Back & 200 Sr. Back); Ashley Knoch had a 2nd place finish in the 100 Breast; Kelly Kane finished 6th in the 50 Free; and Caitlin Hudak finished 6th in the 200 Free. In the 8 & U Boys: Daniel Lightbourn finished 3rd in the 100 IM and 5th in the 25 Breast; and Andy Watts had 4 - 1st place finishes (100 Free, 25 Breast, 25 Free & 100 IM) and a 2nd in the 50 Free. In the 10 & U Boys: Kirt Davis had a 3rd in the 100 Back, a 5th in the 50 Back, and 4 - 6th place finishes (200 Free, 50 Free, 100 Free & 100 Breast); Mufaddal Kadibhai had 2 - 3rd place finishes (50 Breast & 50 Fly) and 2 - 4th places in the 100 IM and 100 Breast; and Marty Rauch had 5 - 1st place finishes (50 & 100 Back, 50 Free, 50 & 100 Fly) and a 3rd in the 100 Free. In the 12 & U Boys: Austin Detra finished 1st in the 500 Free and the 100 IM, 3 - 2nd places (200 Free, 100 Free & 50 Breast), and 2 - 3rd places (100 Breast & 200 IM); and Matt Kaminske had a 5th in the 50 Back and 6th in the 200 Free. Shark swimmers who had all (100%) personal best times were Cameron Davis, Austin Detra, Ava Jones, Matt Kaminske, Lauren Maxey, Kaitlyn Plocharsky, Rhett Rheinlander, and Corinne Showalter. The complete results of this past weekend's Central Florida Marlins Fall Meet are available by clicking Ocala Results. The individual results for all the Shark swimmers are now available by clicking Individual Results. Photos from the meet are available by clicking Ocala Photos. v Shark Seniors Do Well at NSPI Meet - 10/12/02 Several Shark Senior swimmers competed for their high school teams in the NSPI Meet held Oct. 4th-5th in Orlando. Leading the Senior girls was Annie Babicz swimming for Sarasota High School. Annie finished 1st in the 100 yard Breaststroke and the 100 Butterfly. The Sarasota High School girls relay teams finished 5th in the 200 Medley (Shannon Drew, A. Babicz, Jennifer Burnside, and Sarah Brunette) and 7th in the 200 Free (A. Babicz, S. Brunette, Sara Trimble, and J. Burnside). The Riverview High School girls relay team finished 7th in the 400 Free (Courtney Hudak, Morgan Maglich, Dora Reynolds, and Kristen Murphy). Other Shark girls finishing in the top 16 were Brooke Barnett (Sarasota Christian) finishing 14th in the 50 Free and 15th in the 100 Free; Morgan Maglich (Riverview) finishing 15th in the 50 Free and 11th in the 100 Free; Stephanie Hatch (Sarasota Christian) finishing 10th in the 100 Backstroke; and Courtney Hudak (Riverview) finishing 12th in the 100 Backstroke and 11th in the 200 I.M. Leading the Senior boys was Spencer Maglich swimming for Sarasota High School. Spencer finished 1st in the 50 Free and 2nd in the 100 Free. Other Senior boys finishing in the top 16 were all from Sarasota High School including: Michael Swick finishing 8th in the 500 Free; T.J. Lathrop finishing 11th in the 500 Free and 9th in the 100 Fly; Matt Phillips finishing 10th in the 100 Breaststroke; and Nick Seuch finishing 10th in the 100 Fly. In addition, Sarasota High School's boys relay team finished 1st in the 200 Free (N. Seuch, M. Phillips, M. Swick, and S. Maglich); 8th in the 400 Free (N. Seuch, T.J. Lathrop, Scott Ames, and S. Maglich); and 8th in the 200 Medley (M. Swick, M. Phillips, T.J. Lathrop, and S. Ames). The full results from the NSPI Invitational Meet can be found by clicking on the NSPI Meet Results. Congratulations to all the Shark swimmers and Coaches who participated in this event. v 2 Sharks on Magazine Cover - 10/10/02 Two of our Shark swimmers are featured on the cover of this month's Downtown Magazine. Go to Page 2 of the Photo Gallery and see if you can recognize these two swimmers. v Shark Meat #1 Results & Photos - 10/9/02 The results of Saturday's (Oct. 5th) Shark Meat are now available by clicking Individual Results for individual Shark swimmer results and Event Results for Meet Event results. Photos from the meet are available by clicking Shark Meat #1 Photos. v Siesta Key Triathlon is a Big Success - 10/9/02 The 18th Annual Siesta Key Triathlon sponsored by the Sarasota Sharks on Sunday October 6th was a big success. Everything seemed to go off without a hitch and we received lots of favorable comments from the participants. We also received several helpful suggestions which should assist with the planning and running of next year's event. A great big THANK-YOU to all the volunteers, we not only had a tremendous turnout for the race on Sunday morning but also Saturday evening at the set-up and Saturday afternoon at Registration. We would also like to thank the various sponsors of the event who donated products and services - we will try and publish a complete sponsor list in the near future. Thanks again to the sponsors and everyone who volunteered their time. Congratulations to Shark swimmer Jenna Seuch who finished 1st in the 14 and under women's division, and Shark parents Kim Kane - Division winner, and Kyle Davis - Division 6th Place, and Bill Detra - Division winner. Great job Sharks!! v Sharks Have Great SPA Fall Invitational - 9/25/02 SYS finished 4th in the team standings at the SPA Fall Invitational held Sept. 21st and 22nd despite not competing on Friday night and missing most Seniors for a High School meet. Our swimmers had a great showing, with 9 Sharks finishing in the top ten, including four 9 & 10 girls in the top 6. Overall top ten finishers included: Jessica Piper: 3rd - 8 & U girls; Cayman Bone: tied 1st 9 & 10 girls; Raquel Raybon: tied 1st 9 & 10 girls; McKayla Lightbourn: 5th 9 & 10 girls; Lauren Piper: 6th 9 & 10 girls; Corinne Showalter: 5th 11 & 12 girls; Andy Watts: 5th 8 & U boys; Marty Rauch: 7th 9 & 10 boys; Austin Detra: 3rd 11 & 12 boys; and Zachary Voigts: 9th 11 & 12 boys. Top five Shark Event finishers were as follows: Cayman Bone (9&10 girls): 1st 100 breast; 1st 100 back; 1st 500 free; 1st 50 breast; 2nd 100 free; and 3rd 50 back. Kirt Davis (9&10 boys): 4th 50 back Austin Detra (11&12 boys): 1st 100 breast; 1st 100 back; 1st 50 fly; 1st 1000 free; 1st 100 free; 2nd 50 back. Ashley Knoch (13&14 girls): 5th 200 breast McKayla Lightbourn (9&10 girls): 2nd 100 breast; 2nd 50 back; 3rd 100 back; 3rd 50 breast; 5th 100 free. Jessica Piper (8&U girls): 3rd 25 breast; 3rd 25 fly Lauren Piper (9&10 girls): 2nd 50 fly; 2nd 100 fly; 4th 100 breast; 5th 50 breast Kaitlyn Plocharsky (9&10 girls): 4th 100 back; 4th 50 back Marty Rauch (9&10 boys): 1st 50 back; 2nd 50 fly; 3rd 100 back; 4th 100 fly Raquel Raybon (9&10 girls): 1st 50 fly; 1st 50 back; 1st 100 fly; 1st 100 free; 2nd 100 back; 3rd 500 free Corinne Showalter (11 &12 girls): 1st 100 breast; 1st 50 breast; 4th 100 free; 4th 50 fly; 5th 50 back Zachary Voigts (11 &12 boys): 5th 1000 free Andy Watts (8&U boys): 2nd 25 free; 5th 25 breast Alex Wenzel (13&14 girls): 5th 100 back Cayman Bone set a new Shark record in the 9&10 girls 100 yard breast, with a 1:17.97. Way to go Cayman! Congratulations to all Shark swimmers. Keep up the hard work. It's paying off! The full meet results are available on the "Meet Results" page or by clicking SPA Invitational Results. Individual results for just the Shark swimmers are available by clicking Shark Results. v Two Shark Swimmers Gain National Exposure! - 8/18/02
Two Shark swimmers recently gained some national exposure. Annie Babicz competed in Ft. Lauderdale on August 12th and 13th in the 2002 Summer National Championships. This elite long course meet featured the very best swimmers in the USA and served as selection trials for the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships Team, 2003 World Championship, Pan American Games and World University Games Teams. Annie had a great swim in the 100 Breaststroke reaching the "C" finals and finishing 22nd, competing against the likes of Kristy Kowal, Megan Quann and Amanda Beard. Annie also swam in the 100 Butterfly finishing 85th in the event which was won by Natalie Coughlin with Jenny Thompson finishing 2nd. The overall results for this meet can be found at the USA Swimming site.
Corinne Showalter recently competed in the Southern Zone 2002 Meet in San Antonio, Texas as a member of the team representing Florida. This long course meet was held July 30th thru August 3rd and brought together the best age group swimmers from across the Southeast. Corinne represented the Sharks and Florida extremely well with top 10 finishes in the 11 & 12 girls 50 meter Breast (6th), 100 meter Breast (5th) and 200 Breast (9th). In addition, Corinne swam the Breaststroke leg of the winning 200 Medley Relay team. Congratulations to both of these Shark swimmers and their coaches! v Fast Times at Area 3/5 Championships in St. Pete! - 8/6/02
The Sharks completed their summer season with the Area 3-5 championship held in St. Petersburg on Aug 2-4. This was a below JO championship short course meet, and swimmers were not allowed to compete within their age group in any event where they have a Junior Olympic cut.
There were some great swims, with many Shark swimmers placing in the top 3. In particular, the following Sharks had life-time best times in all events they swam with seed times:
Seniors: Laura Brady, Nicholas Perez, and Lacie Smith. Gold Team: Blair Collins, Ashley Knoch, Lauren Piper and Jenna Seuch. Black Team: Cha-Cha Bugatti, Kavanaugh Bugatti, Mckenzie Clark, Sarah Ashley Demshar, Patricia Gillezeau, Nikki Gutzmann, Grant Hart, Casey Kane, and Melinda Spinella. Silver Team: Kamden Ahlberg and Tobie Daniels. White Team: Rose Panik You can find the full results on the meet results page. Have a great break, and be ready to tackle the winter season for more best times! Practice resumes August 19th. See you then. v Sharks invade Ft. Lauderdale for Sectionals! - 7/30/02
Fourteen Sharks swam in Ft. Lauderdale July 24th - 28th in the Florida Southern Zone Sectional Championships. Sixty-seven teams throughout Florida competed in this qualifying meet. Top Shark results included Annie Babicz who won the 100 Breast in a blistering 1:12.49, which was 2 seconds better than 2nd place. Annie also placed 7th in the 100 Fly (1:04.87) & 16th in the 200 Fly (2:24.58). Other top 24 finishers included Tim Webb in the 100 Back (23rd in 1:03.68) and Benji Hershberger in the 800 Free (24th in 8:58.18). The women's medley relay team of Stephanie Hatch, Annie Babicz, Nicole Maglich, and Morgan Maglich placed 11th in the 200 and 8th in the 400. The 200 Free relay team of Babicz, Courtney Hudak, Nicole Maglich, and Vanessa Cox placed 13th. The Shark women finished 16th, with the combined team finishing 22nd overall. Complete results can be found by clicking here. Annie Babicz will next swim on August 12th - 13th in the Summer Nationals also to be held in Ft. Lauderdale. Good Luck Annie!!! v Sharks take 5th Place at Summer Junior Olympics! - 7/22/02
The Sarasota YMCA Sharks had a
very successful weekend at the 2002 Summer Long Course Junior Olympics Championships held in Orlando July 18th - 21st. Led by the 10 & under girls who scored a whopping 142 points, the Sharks went on to score 311.5 combined points to place 5th overall in the 37 team field. The Shark girls team placed 2nd overall, while the boys team took 11th place.
Top point winners on the 10 & under girls team were Raquel Raybon with 36 points (3rd place), Cayman Bone with 21 pts. (6th place), McKayla Lightbourn with 16 pts (8th place), Lauren Piper with 14 pts. (11th place), Jessica Bessire with 12 pts. (15th place) and Kaitlyn Plocharsky with 11 pts. (16th place). The 11 & 12 girls team was led by Corinne Showalter with 25 pts. (7th place). Mandy Snell led the 13 & 14 girls team with 17 pts. (9th place). Top point winner for the 10 & under boys team was Marty Rauch with 22.5 pts. (8th place). The 11 & 12 boys were led by Austin Detra with 39 pts. (5th place) and Zachary Voigts with 2 pts.
Junior Olympic Champions include Corinne Showalter who won the 11 & 12 girls 100 Meter and 200 Meter Breaststroke events; Raquel Raybon who won the 10 & under girls 200 Meter Individual Medley and 100 Meter Butterfly; and Austin Detra who not only won the boys 11 & 12 1500 Meter Freestyle but set a Florida JO and State Record of 17:49.71 in the process. Not all the excitement took place in the pool, as the Sharks exhibited great spirit and enthusiasm in rooting on their teammates. It was great to see that kind of team unity. Congratulations to all the Shark swimmers and coaches!! v SHS Guys take home the state title! - 11/18/01
The Sarasota Sailors Mens Team took home the Florida State District 3a Championship title last night, finishing with 266 points over Winter Park's 225 and Spruce Creek's 205. Lady Sailors finished
in 4th place. The men's title is the first ever in Sarasota's history. More updates will come soon, so check back often.
v Couple of things... - 8/22/01-T.J. Important things from the SYS Parent Meeting/Registration: Thanks to all who attended our second annual combined one-day registration/parent meeting on August 26th, 2001. Communication on such a large team as ours is of vital importance, and keeping an accurate and current database is crucial. My apologies for any inconveniences that this format may cause for any of our parents, but this is the best method we have come up with to date to make this huge task of registration go as easy as possible. For those of you who could not attend, you will need to get your registration packets and checks into your child's coach, and also get with the YMCA accounting department and fill out new enrollment forms and AFT forms (automatic funds transfer). The coaches should have the necessary paperwork if you do not still have your forms. The main focus of the parent meeting was to get out important information to our parents. The most important issue facing our team is the need to get more parents involved in volunteering for all of our fund-raising events, especially our meets (which are put on for our kids to show their progress from all of their hard work). Bart McCoy spoke about his experiences the last few years helping out at all of the team functions, and how their whole family enjoys spending time together at team functions, and about all the great friends he and Sondra have made on our team. Cindy Wallace spoke about the parent volunteer log that we have been keeping the past few months. If we do not get more participation from our parents, we may institute some type of system to track volunteer hours and possibly fine those who do not put in their required time. I hope it does not come down to this. This is a worthwhile effort and supports our own kids. All we ask is for each parent to do only what they are required and we should have no problems getting our events run properly. Misc. notes: Submitted by Rick Maglich
Mike has returned from Senior Nationals, where Annie Babicz placed 15th in the 100 meter breaststroke. Be sure to congratulate her. Practice for the rest of the week for the national group
will be at 3:00 to 4:30. Morning practices are to begin on September 5th. Reminder: A parents meeting and swimmer registrations are being held at the pool from 3 to 6PM on Sunday the 25th.
All parents are expected to attend. That should do it for today.
v Major updates - 8/16/01-T.J.
Well it has been close to two months since the last update and we are way over due. There's plenty of news, so we'll start with the new season's practice schedule:
v Gallery - 6/20/01Pre-team, Novice, and White team - Times remain the same (see summer schedule below). Silver team - Monday thru Friday: 5:00-6:15 P.M. Black team - Monday thru Friday: 4:15-5:45 P.M.; Saturday: 9:00-10:30 A.M. Gold team - Monday thru Friday: 5:30-7:30 P.M.; Saturday: 7:30-9:30 A.M. Senior team - Monday thru Friday: 5:00-7:00 P.M. * National team - Monday thru Friday: 2:30-5:30 P.M.; Mon, Wed, Fri: 5:00-6:30 A.M. *; Saturday: 7:00-9:30 A.M. * Check with Coach Mike about morning practices. All groups except the National team are on a break right now and will be returning on August 23th. J.O.'s was a great success and results should be posted soon; sorry for the inconvience. Coach Mike is current in Fresno, California with Annie Babicz for Senior Nationals; Coach Rob is holding National team practices at 4:00-5:30 P.M. until Mike returns. Long Course Nationals turned out to be an incredible trip; the team swam very well and it was a lot of fun. Results for that should be posted when Mike returns. If you went to Nationals and have pictures from the trip, we need them for the gallery! E-mail any and all pictures to digitalwave@home.com. The calendar has been updated. That should do it for now, expect more updates within a few days as I am going to try and keep the news much more up to date than it has been lately. -T.J.
The photo and art galleries are now online... sorry for the delay. Start submitting your photos!
v Aaannndddd it's here! - 6/05/01
I'm proud to announce the the Sharks web site is now online and operational. It's been a long time coming, and this is what you've been waiting for. Comments are welcomed to be
e-mailed to me at digitalwave@home.com. Sorry for the inconvience but the Newsletter and Gallery pages aren't fully completed yet. Expect
them to be finished within the next couple of days. Also, I understand that the Calendar is incomplete, since I don't have anything more than this month's meet schedule. Please
send me an E-mail if you have anything to be added to it. The search feature also hasn't been fully programmed yet.
Enjoy the site and check back often for the latest news and happenings! -T.J. Lathrop ^back to top |
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