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menu home page - archive index - archives (1/08 to present)  Welcome Mckenzie Olivia Brown - 8/18/08Coach Steve Brown and his wife, Anne, welcomed their second child into the world on Monday morning, August 18th. Mckenzie Olivia Brown, at 10 lbs, 4 oz. and 22 inches, joins her older sister, Avery, as 1/2 of a future Shark relay. We send our best wishes and congratulations to the Browns! Junior Nationals Meet Results - 8/13/08The Sharks took 13 swimmers to the Junior Nationals Championships held August 4th through 8th in Minneapolis. This meet brings together the country's fastest 18 and unders for their season-ending, long course championship. John Orban racked up 2 Olympic Trial cuts (2008) in the 400 free and 1500 free to bring the grand total to 7 new OT cuts made by the Sharks since July 24th. Making new Senior National cuts were: Patrick Ceddia (800 free); Kata Fodor (1500 free); Marissa Harrington (1500 free); Ashlee Linn (200 back); and John Orban (800 free). New Shark records were set by: Ashlee Linn in the girls 15-16 and Open categories in the 50 free with a 27.17 and the 100 free with a 57.72; and John Orban in the Open boys 800 free with an 8:16.13. On the relay side, the Open boys 800 free relay team of Pat Ceddia, John Orban, Matt Kaminske, and Mark Cox reset the Shark record with a 7:46.05. Finishing in the Top 16 of their individual events were: Pat Ceddia (14th - 800 free); Kata Fodor (14th - 1500 free); Marissa Harrington (15th - 1500 free); Ashlee Linn (15th - 100 back); and John Orban (3rd - 1500 free, 5th - 400 free, and 8th - 800 free). Full Meet results and Individual Shark results are now posted. Florida Swimming Team Wins Southern Zones - 8/13/08The Florida Swimming All-Star team won their second straight Southern Zone championship July 29th - Aug. 3rd in Atlanta. The team was led by Shark swimmers Cha-cha Bugatti, Rocky Raybon, Marissa Harrington, Patrick Wall, Ian Amistoso, Roman Zaremba, Liam McKane, Derrick Pridemore, John Orban, Mark Cox, Kirt Davis, and Matt Kaminske and Shark coaches Mark Matuszak, John Bruenning, and Nicole Maglich. Eleven Shark records were broken at the meet including: Cha-cha Bugatti breaking Bambi Bowman's 1987 record in the girls 13-14 200 free with a 2:06.66; Rocky Raybon picking up a total of 4 records by breaking the girls 15-16 and Open records in the 200 fly with a 2:15.71, and Kim Linehan's 400 IM record in both categories with a 4:57.03; Patrick Wall breaking Jack Salzman's record from 1975 in the 11-12 boys 200 free with a 2:08.62, and resetting his own mark in the 200 IM with a 2:25.26; Ian Amistoso resetting his own record in the 11-12 boys 50 breast with a 34.11; Mark Cox resetting his own records in the Open boys 100 fly with a 56.98 and 200 fly with 2:03.79; and John Orban breaking Ryan Crete's record in the Open boys 400 IM by almost 3 seconds with a 4:35.22. Additionally, two more Olympic Trial cuts (2008) were achieved by Rocky Raybon (200 fly) and Mark Cox (200 fly) - making a total of 5 OT cuts made by the Sharks in just over a week. New Senior National cuts were made by Matt Kaminske (1500 free) and John Orban (1500 free). New Junior National cuts were made by: Cha-cha Bugatti (400 IM); Marissa Harrington (800 free); and John Orban (200 & 400 IM). Top 3 finishers in their individual events were: Ian Amistoso (2nd - 50 breast, 3rd - 100 breast); Cha-cha Bugatti (1st - 800 free & 400 IM, 2nd - 200 & 400 free); Mark Cox (1st - 200 fly, 3rd - 100 fly); Marissa Harrington (3rd - 200 & 800 free); Matt Kaminske (2nd - 1500 free); John Orban (1st - 1500 free & 400 IM, 3rd - 200 IM); Rocky Raybon (1st - 400 IM & 200 fly); and Roman Zaremba (3rd - 100 back). The Full Meet Results, Team Scores, and Individual Shark Results are now posted. Congratulations to these swimmers, parents, and coaches. Matt Kaminske 4th in 10K National Open Water - 8/13/08Shark Senior swimmer Matt Kaminske finished 4th in the 10K Open Water competition held as part of the U.S. Open Championships on August 3rd in Minneapolis. Matt was less than 2 seconds out of 2nd place and finished the 6.2 mile event in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 13.339 seconds. Congratulations Matt! Showalter Takes 3rd in 1500 and 5th in 800 at US Open - 8/2/08Three Senior 1 Sharks made the trip to Minneapolis to swim in the U.S. Open Championships held July 29th thru Aug 2nd. Corinne Showalter, Austin Detra, and Blair Collins were accompanied by Senior coach Steve Brown. Corinne finished 3rd in the 1500 and 5th in the 800 free, Austin finished 11th in the 800 and 20th in the 1500 free, and Blair was 52nd in the 200 back. Corinne broke the Shark Senior girls record in the 200 fly with a 2:17.28, and Austin broke the Senior Shark record in the 800 free with an 8:16.37. Click HERE for a photo of Corinne on the awards stand. Congratulations to these 3 swimmers, their parents, and coaches. Shark Wins Florida Swimming Scholarship - 7/29/08Florida Swimming announced that Shark Senior 1 swimmer Drew Crete is the 2008 male recipient of the Irene & Bud Hackett Scholarship award. The scholarship award of $1,000.00 was presented to Drew at the 2008 FS Senior Championship meet at Florida Gulf Coast University. Each year, Florida Swimming awards two $1000.00 scholarships, one to a male and one to a female member of Florida Swimming, in memory of Florida Swimming's long time Executive Director, Irene Hackett and her husband Bud. The criteria for the Scholarship is as follows: The nominee must show the ability to be a strong leader with his or her peers; Must be a graduating high school senior; The nominee must be a current Florida Swimming Member in good standing and has been with Florida Swimming as a member for at least 2 years; They must graduate with at minimum of a 3.25 GPA (unweighted); The nominee should be a well-respected member of their community (i.e. volunteer, civic organizations, church, school, etc.). Drew also had to write an essay explaining what it means to be a leader to your peers in today’s society. Congratulations and Good Luck to Drew who will be attending and swimming for the University of Florida this Fall. 5 Straight for Sharks at Senior Champs - 7/28/08The Sarasota Sharks successfully defended their Florida Swimming Senior Champs title by scoring nearly 1,000 points more than second-place Swim Florida. This was the Sharks' fifth straight FS Senior Champs title. The four day long course meet was held at the Florida Gulf Coast University aquatic complex in Ft. Myers from July 24th through 27th. Breaking Senior Champ meet records were: Patrick Ceddia (15 & 16 boys 100 free and 200 free), and Ashlee Linn (15 & 16 girls 100 free and 100 back). Setting new Shark records were: Ashlee Linn who reset her own 15 & 16 100 free record by over a second with a 58:07; Ian Amistoso who reset his own record in the 11 & 12 breast by over 4 seconds with a 2:41.35; Tucker Atkins who reset his own record in the 13 & 14 100 fly with a 1:01.25; and Patrick Ceddia who set new records in the 15 & 16 50 free with a 24.99 and the 100 free (breaking Tripp Schwenk's record from 1988) with a 53.19. The girls Open 400 free relay team of Lindsey Largo, Kata Fodor, Ashlee Linn, and Sara Conner broke the Shark record with a 3:58.50, and the boys Open 400 free relay team of Patrick Ceddia, Drew Crete, Jordan Hershberger, and Tucker Atkins set a new Shark record with a 3:38.52. Notable cuts achieved by the Sharks were: Olympic Trial cuts made by Lindsey Largo (800 free), Ashley Largo (400 free), and Kata Fodor (400 free). A new U.S. Open cut was made by Lindsey Largo (1500 free). New Junior National cuts were made by: Patrick Ceddia (100 free), Kata Fodor (800 free), Shelby Leonard (200 back), Ashlee Linn (100 free), Rocky Raybon (800 free), and John Silvers (800 free). On an individual basis, the follow Sharks finished in the top 10 in the high point competition: 15 & 16 girls - Rachel Harrington (3rd), Ashlee Linn (5th), Shelby Leonard (7th), and Jesse Bessire (9th); 15 & 16 boys - Patrick Ceddia (1st); Open girls - Ashley Largo (1st), Lindsey Largo (2nd), Kata Fodor (5th), and Sara Conner (9th); Open boys - Drew Crete (8th), and Jordan Hershberger (T-9th). The Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page are posted. Area 3/5 Results - 7/27/08Over 80 Shark swimmers participated in the Summer Area 3/5 Championships held July 25th through 27th in St. Pete. This is a below J.O. meet and offers a great chance for swimmers to make their Junior Olympic cuts or just improve their times for the upcoming short-course season. Making new J.O. cuts were: Hayden Aristizabal, Alex Boehm, Patrick Bucken, Rees Cattermole, Phil Czupryna, Talia Daniel, Daniel Erlenmeyer, Eric Erlenmeyer, Matthew Garcia, Megan Griffiths, Natalie Hegwein, Maggie Hibnick, Mohamed Ibrahim, Morgan Kontor, Drew Maddy, Connor O'Brien, Stasia Pietraszun, Kirsten Quinn, and Pablo Suarez. Setting two new Shark records was Campbell Lee: Campbell broke Coach John Bruenning's long-standing 500 free record in the 10 & under boys category with a 5:33.02 (sorry Coach), and he also broke the record in the 1000 free (from 1999) by 36+ seconds with a 11:33.59. The Full Meet Results and the Individual Shark Results are posted. YMCA Names Ira Klein New Shark Head Coach - 7/24/08The Sarasota YMCA has announced that Ira Klein will be the new Head Coach for the Sarasota Sharks swim team. Coach Klein was the Shark Head Coach from 1985 to 1990, and has spent the past four years working for USA Swimming in Colorado Springs. Coach Klein has provided us with a brief biography to introduce himself to the Sharks. He will officially begin his duties as Shark Head Coach on Monday, August 18th. The Sharks extend a very warm welcome to Coach Klein and his family. Sharks Smash Records in Winning J.O.'s - 7/22/08
The Sarasota Sharks won their sixth straight Florida Swimming Junior Olympic title in awesome fashion outdistancing second-place Bolles by 1,334 points. The four day long course meet was held in Gainesville at the UF pool on July 17th through 20th. In all, the Sharks broke 1 National Age Group Record, 7 JO and Florida LSC records, and 27 Shark records. In fact, the Shark 10 & under girls not only broke 3 JO and FL LSC records, but they broke every single Shark record in their age group but one (12 total Shark records broken). The 11 & 12 boys also were on a tear, as they broke 1 national record, 5 JO and FL LSC records, and 9 Shark records. The highlight of the meet was most likely when the 11 & 12 Boy's 400 Medley Relay Team of Roman Zaremba, Ian Amistoso, Liam McKane, and Patrick Wall SMASHED the U.S. NATIONAL AGE GROUP record by 4+ seconds with a 4:29.83!!! The old US record for this event was 4:34.17 and was set in 1998 by Irvine Novaquatics in California. Additionally, the Florida Swimming LSC and J.O. record for this event was set in 1993 and was 4:43.87 - that's a 14+ second drop! The old Shark record was 4:48.11 - that's an 18+ second drop! More records fell victim to the Shark J.O. swimmers. The Sharks took it to the J.O. and Florida Swimming records as the 10 & under girls team of (Shealyn Atkins, Spence Atkins, Nancy Hu, and Vanessa Knoch) smashed the J.O. and FS record in the 200 free relay with a time of 2:08.38; and, the team of Atkins, Atkins, Hu, and Lily Donoghue also broke the JO and FS records in the 200 medley relay by over 4 seconds with a 2:22.52. On an individual basis, Shealyn Atkins also broke the JO and FS record in the 50 back with a 34.40. In addition to their 400 medley relay record, the same four 11 & 12 boys also broke JO and FS records in the 200 free relay with a 1:53.75, the 200 medley relay with a 2:05.94 (a 4 second drop of both records), and the 400 freestyle relay with a 4:09.97. In addition, Ian Amistoso broke the JO and FS record by nearly 1 second in the 100 breast with a 1:13.15. In all, a total of 27 Shark records were broken over the weekend including: the 10 & under girls 50 free (Hu), 100 free (Hu), 200 free (Sh. Atkins), 400 free (Hu), 50 back (Sh. Atkins), 100 back (Sh. Atkins), 100 breast (Sp. Atkins), 50 fly (Sp. Atkins), 100 fly (Sp. Atkins), 200 IM (Hu), 200 free relay, and 200 medley relay; the 10 & under boys 200 free (Campbell Lee), 400 free (Lee), and 200 free relay (Pat Bowers, Matt Pelton, Keanan Dols, Lee); the 11 & 12 boys 800 free (Wall), 100 back (Zaremba), 50 breast (Amistoso), 100 breast (Amistoso), 200 IM (Wall), 200 & 400 free relays, and 200 & 400 medley relays; and the 13 & 14 boys 200 fly (Tucker Atkins), 200 (Atkins, Derek Pridemore, Andy Watts, Gregg Cesaroni)& 400 free (Atkins, Pridemore, Watts, Yusuf Kadibhai) relays. Records aside, the 63 swimmer Shark team swam tremendously throughout the weekend with scores of personal best times and great races. Finishing in the Top 10 of their age groups in individual high points were: 10 & under girls - Nancy Hu (1st place), Spence Atkins (2nd), and Shealyn Atkins (3rd); 10 & under boys - Campbell Lee (4th), Patrick Bowers (7th), and Keanan Dols (10th); 11 & 12 girls - Cameron Davis (9th); 11 & 12 boys - Patrick Wall (1st), Ian Amistoso (2nd), Roman Zaremba (4th), and Liam McKane (7th); 13 & 14 girls - Cha-cha Bugatti (T-1st), and Tori Kontor (9th); 13 & 14 boys - Tucker Atkins (4th), and Derek Pridemore (7th). The Full Meet Results and Scores, Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page are now posted. July Developmental Meet Photos - 7/23/08Thanks to Peter Hegwein for taken these Photos of the July 2008 developmental meet held recently at Selby. Brandon Last Chance Meet - 7/17/08The UNCORRECTED results from the Brandon Last Chance Meet held July 11th thru 13th are now posted. There are mistakes in some of the races (notably, the girls 400 free and 200 fly). We will post the individual results when the corrections are received. Corinne Showalter Commits to UF Gators - 7/7/08Shark Senior swimmer Corinne Showalter has verbally committed to swim for the University of Florida and Coach Gregg Troy beginning in the Fall of 2009 according to an article in Swimming World Magazine. Go Gators! Five Sharks Swim at the Olympic Trials - 7/7/08Five Shark swimmers lived their dream as they traveled to Omaha to participate in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials held June 29th thru July 6th. Ashley Largo, Corinne Showalter, Ashlee Linn, Ryan Crete, and Austin Detra represented the Sarasota Sharks at the meet; McKayla Lightbourn also qualified for the meet but passed it up in order to try to qualify for the Bahamian Olympic team. All five of the Shark Trial swimmers matched or improved on their seed positions. Ashlee and Ryan not only had all personal best times, but set four new Shark records in the process. Ashlee set the new Shark record in the 15-16 and Open girls 100 back with a 1:03.45 (this is also a new Florida Swimming LSC record), and Ryan set new Open boys Shark records in the 400 free and 1500 free. Please see the Summary of the SYS Trial swimmers for more information and links. Congratulations to these Shark swimmers! Shark Invitational Results - 6/22/08
The Sharks hosted the 8th annual Shark Open (now the Shark Invitational) at Selby Aquatic Center over the weekend of June 19th -22nd. Almost 400 swimmers competed in the 4 day, 10 session meet. At the end of the weekend 6 Shark records were broken including: Ian Amistoso resetting his marks set two weeks ago in the 11-12 boys' 50 and 100 meter breaststrokes; Liam McKane breaking the record set in 2003 in the boys' 11-12 200 butterfly; Ashlee Linn resetting her own record in the girls' 15-16 100 freestyle; Spence Atkins setting a new mark in the girls' 10 & under 50 butterfly; and sister Shealyn Atkins setting the new mark in the girls' 10 & under 100 backstroke. Making new J.O. cuts were: Hayden Aristizabal, Rebekah Baker, Michael Berdusco, Annalee Bowers, Alex Catena, Rees Cattermole, Alex Clark, Jack Clark, Phil Czupryna, Talia Daniel, Grace DiMeo, Lily Donoghue, Justin duTreil, Daniel Erlenmeyer, Eric Erlenmeyer, Matthew Garcia, Karl Hegwein, Peyton Hunkapiller, Yusuf Kadibhai, Bethany Leap, Niamh O'Grady, Matthew Pelton, Daniel Pierce, Kaylin Searles, and Gabby Theofanous. Top 5 high point finishers in their respective age groups were: 10 & under girls - Nancy Hu (1st), Spence Atkins (2nd), and Shealyn Atkins (4th); 10 & under boys - Campbell Lee (1st), Patrick Bowers (2nd), Keanan Dols (3rd), Matthew Pelton (4th), and Jack Clark (5th); 11 & 12 girls - Cameron Davis (2nd), Faryn Duff (3rd), and Gabby Theofanous (4th); 11 & 12 boys - Ian Amistoso (1st), Patrick Wall (2nd), and Roman Zaremba (5th); 13 & 14 girls - Cha-cha Bugatti (1st); 13 & 14 boys - Tucker Atkins (3rd) and Derek Pridemore (5th); 15 & 16 girls - Ashlee Linn (1st) and McKayla Lightbourn (4th); 15 & 16 boys - Patrick Ceddia (4th); Senior girls - Lindsey Largo (1st) and Sara Conner (2nd); Senior boys - John Orban (1st), Jordan Hershberger (T-2nd), and Drew Crete (4th). Full Meet Results, Coaches TM Results File, and Shark Results are now posted. By the way, Rocky Raybon correctly "guessed" the identity of the "T-Shirt" swimmer (Patrick Ceddia). Charlotte Ultra-Swim Results - 6/9/08Congratulations to Ryan Crete for making his 2nd Olympic Trial cut (400 free) and for breaking the Shark record in that same event. Individual Shark Results and Full Meet Results now available.
Tampa Bay Swim Classic - 6/6/08
The Sharks took approximately 150 swimmers to the Tampa Bay Swim Classic held June 6th thru 8th in St. Petersburg and came away with another combined team win. The temperature was almost as hot as the Shark swimmers as 5 new Shark individual records and 4 new relay records were set. Ian Amistoso led the way on the record assault with 2 new individual marks - resetting his own record in the boys 11 & 12 100 meter breaststroke and breaking Kirt Davis' 2005 record in the 50 breast; Nancy Hu and Spence Atkins both broke the girls 10 & under 100 fly mark with Hu getting the new record set just 2 weeks ago with a time of 1:12.91 (2.2. seconds under the old record); Campbell Lee reset his own record in the boys 10 & under 200 free with a 2:29.19; and Patrick Wall broke Austin Detra's 11 & 12 record in the 400 IM by over 3 seconds with a new time of 5:19.79. On the relay side, the 10 & under girls team of Spence & Shealyn Atkins, Nancy Hu, and Vanessa Knoch set 2 new records in the 200 free and 200 medley relays; and the boys 11 & 12 team of Ian Amistoso, Liam McKane, Patrick Wall, and Roman Zaremba reset their marks in the 200 free and 200 medley relays. Finishing in the top 5 of their age group total high points were: 8 & unders: girls - Cindy Dong (4th); boys - Tyler Habib (T-3rd); 10 & unders: girls - Nancy Hu (1st), Spence Atkins (2nd), Shealyn Atkins (3rd), and Samantha Cahoone (4th); boys - Campbell Lee (3rd), Keanan Dols (4th), and Matthew Pelton (T-5th); 11 & 12s: boys - Ian Amistoso (2nd), Patrick Wall (3rd), Liam McKane (T-4th), and Roman Zaremba (T-4th); 13 & 14s: girls - Cha-cha Bugatti (1st) and Kara Plocharsky (T-4th); boys - Tucker Atkins (5th); Seniors: girls - Lindsey Largo (1st) and Sara Conner (5th); boys - John Orban (5th). New J.O. cuts were made by: Rebekah Baker, Ellen Berdusco, Cha-cha Bugatti, Alex Catena, Rees Cattermole, Jack Clark, Reid Colett, Phil Czupryna, Grace DiMeo, Justin duTreil, Daniel Erlenmeyer, Eric Erlenmeyer, Peyton Hunkapiller, Vanessa Knoch, Peyton Leeson, Drew Maddy, Niamh O'Grady, Rachel O'Grady, John Pelton, Matthew Pelton, Stasia Pietraszun, Kirsten Quinn, and Amber Stich. Full Meet Results, Individual Results, and a Photo Page are now posted. FS Open Water Championships - 5/31/08The Shark age groupers took home a tie for first place in the JO division of the Florida Swimming Open Water Championships held Saturday, May 31st at Ft. Myers Beach. The Shark Seniors (consisting of the one man team of Matt Kaminske) finished in a tie for fifth place thanks to Matt's win in the 2.5K open water race. Matt also had a 12th place finish in the USA Swimming Nationals 5K race held Friday, May 30th. Other Shark finishers in Saturday's races were: 10 & under boys 1000 yard race - Campbell Lee (winner) and Patrick Bowers (3rd); 11 & 12 girls 1.5K race - Cameron Davis (3rd), Gabby Theofanous (9th), Annalee Bowers (10th), and Laura Toth (17th); 11 & 12 boys 1.5K race - Roman Zaremba (3rd), and Dirk Hamel-Wood (6th); 13 & 14 girls 1.5K race - Meghan Buckley (6th); 13 & 14 boys 1.5K race - Andy Watts (3rd) and Tucker Atkins (12th); and Senior boys 2.5K race - Matt Kaminske (winner). A Results Page and a Photopage are available. News article from the Naples Daily News featuring Matt Kaminske. Congratulations to all those Sharks (the two-legged variety, that is) who participated. Welcome Joshua David Matuszak - 5/28/08Coach Mark Matuszak and his wife, Michelle, welcomed their second child into the world on May 28th at 12:35 pm. Joshua David Matuszak, at 8 lbs, 1 oz. and 21.5 inches, joins his older brother, Sam, as a future Shark phenom. We send our best wishes and congratulations to the Matuszaks! Shark Masters Sweep Y-Nats - 5/25/08The Shark Masters swim team won all three team titles at this year's YMCA National SC Masters Championship held May 15th through 18th in Ft. Lauderdale. Congratulations to Coach Rick Walker and the rest of the Shark Masters! State Records Fall at SYS Memorial Meet - 5/19/08
The Sharks welcomed 300 visiting swimmers to the annual Kent B. Holdren Memorial Meet held May 16th through 18th at the Selby Aquatic Center. Teams from as far away as Jamaica came to the 3 day, 5 session long course meet. New Florida Swimming LSC records were set by the Sharks including: the 11 & 12 boys 200 medley relay team of Roman Zaremba, Ian Amistoso, Liam McKane, and Patrick Wall who broke the old state record set in August 1980 with a time of 2:09.94; and Ian Amistoso who lowered his own FS state record in the 11 & 12 200 meter breast to 2:45.58. New Pool Records were set in the women's 200 back (Stephanie Proud from UF), men's 100 free (Ismael Ortiz from Pine Crest), and the men's 200 breast (Luca DeMatteis from UF). New Shark individual records were set by: Spence Atkins in the 10 & under girls 100 fly (1:15.11); Campbell Lee in the 10 & under boys 200 free (2:29.26); and Ian Amistoso in the boys 11 & 12 200 breast (2:45.58). New Shark relay records were set by: the 10 & under girls 200 medley team of Spence & Shealyn Atkins, Nancy Hu, and Lily Donoghue with a time of 2:29.52; and the boys 11 & 12 200 free and 200 medley relay teams of Zaremba, Amistoso, McKane, and Wall with times of 1:59.15 (free) and 2:09.94 (medley). Top 5 High Point finishers were: 8 & under girls - Cindy Dong (runner-up), Cameryn Bowers (4th), Jade Coury (T-5th), and Hope Meyer (T-5th); 8 & under boys - Matthew Smithburger (3rd) and Tyler Habib (4th); 9 & 10 girls - Spence Atkins (winner), Nancy Hu (runner-up), Shealyn Atkins (3rd), and Samantha Cahoone (5th); 9 & 10 boys - Campbell Lee (winner), Patrick Bowers (runner-up), and Keanan Dols (3rd); 11 & 12 girls - Gabby Theofanous (3rd), Ellen Berdusco (4th), and Faryn Duff (5th); 11 & 12 boys - Ian Amistoso (winner), Patrick Wall (runner-up), Liam McKane (3rd), and Roman Zaremba (4th); 13 & 14 girls - Jesi Piper (runner-up), Cha-cha Bugatti (3rd), and Tori Kontor (5th); 13 & 14 boys - Tucker Atkins (winner), Yusuf Kadibhai (T-3rd), and Derek Pridemore (5th); and, Senior girls - Corinne Showalter (winner) and Ashlee Linn (T-3rd). New J.O. cuts were made by: Ellen Berdusco, Michael Berdusco, Rees Cattermole, Gregg Cesaroni, Alex Clark, Jack Clark, Reid Colett, Phil Czupryna, Grace DiMeo, Lily Donoghue, Justin duTreil, Daniel Erlenmeyer, Eric Erlenmeyer, Matthew Garcia, Dirk Hamel-Wood, Natalie Hegwein, Peyton Hunkapiller, Mohamed Ibrahim, Yusuf Kadibhai, Michael Knoch, Vanessa Knoch, Peyton Leeson, Drew Maddy, Liam McKane, Maureen Murphy, Tyler O'Brien, Niamh O'Grady, Rachel O'Grady, John Pelton, Matthew Pelton, Kara Plocharsky, Anna Schmitz, Amber Stich, Patrick Wall, and Andy Watts. Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, a Photo Page, and Coaches' Team Manager File are now posted. Highlander Meet Results - 4/29/08The Sharks took 117 swimmers to the Highlander Long Course Invitational held in Orlando April 25th through 27th. Many Sharks had notable meets, but none more than 10 year old Nancy Hu who not only won all six of her events, but also set a new Shark record in the 10 & under girls 100 meter butterfly. There were also many new J.O. cuts made by the Sharks as 31 swimmers had new qualifying times including: Tucker Atkins, Rebekah Baker, Ellen Berdusco, Annalee Bowers, Samantha Cahoone, Sarah Cahoone, Alex Catena, Jack Clark, Reid Colett, Talia Daniel, Keanan Dols, Michelle Dols, Lily Donoghue, Matthew Garcia, Karl Hegwein, Natalie Hegwein, Yusuf Kadibhai, Vanessa Knoch, Bethany Leap, Peyton Leeson, Joanna Murphy, Connor O'Brien, John Pelton, Matthew Pelton, Stasia Pietraszun, Derek Pridemore, Gabby Theofanous, Patrick Wall, Charlotte Wilhelm, Chyna Yelding, and Roman Zaremba. Event winners were: Cha-cha Bugatti (100 & 200 back, 200 IM, 400 free); Patrick Ceddia (200 & 400 free); Mark Cox (100 & 200 fly); Cameron Davis (100 fly, 200 & 400 free); Nancy Hu (50, 100 & 200 free, 100 fly, 100 back, 200 IM); Michael Knoch (50 free, 50 back, 50 fly, 50 breast); Vanessa Knoch (100 breast); Campbell Lee (100 fly, 100 breast, 200 free, 200 IM); McKayla Lightbourn (400 IM); Ashlee Linn (100 & 200 back); John Orban (200 breast); Jesi Piper (400 IM); Derek Pridemore (200 back); Patrick Wall (50, 200 & 400 free, 100 breast, 200 IM); and Roman Zaremba (50 & 100 back, 100 free). Note that the results for event #99 (girls 10 & under 200 free) have been corrected as of 5-15-08. The Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page are now posted. SPA Friday Night at the Races Results - 4/20/08Forty-three age-group Sharks swam in the Friday Night at the Races held April 18th at the North Shore pool in St. Petersburg. This was the first long course meet of the season for most of these Sharks. Making new J.O. cuts were: Patrick Bowers (50 back); Jack Clark (50 fly); Keanan Dols (50 free); Matthew Garcia (50 back & 50 fly); Bethany Leap (100 breast); Tyler O'Brien (50 breast); and Roman Zaremba (50 fly). Finishing in the Top 3 of their individual events were: Patrick Bowers (3rd - 50 back); Samantha Cahoone (2nd - 50 breast, 3rd - 50 fly); Cameron Davis (2nd - 100 back); Campbell Lee (2nd - 50 back & 50 breast, 3rd - 50 free); Drew Maddy (3rd - 100 breast); Liam McKane (2nd - 50 fly, 3rd - 100 back); Tyler O'Brien (3rd - 50 breast); and Roman Zaremba (2nd - 100 back, 3rd - 50 free). The Full Meet Results and the Individual Shark Results are now posted. Charlotte County Saturday Races Results - 4/15/08Twenty Sharks swam in the Saturday Races meet hosted by the Charlotte County Bluefins in Punta Gorda on April 12th. Finishing in the top 3 of their individual events were: Austin Averett (1st - 100 IM, 2nd - 200 free, 3rd - 50 back); Katie Boehm (1st - 50 free, 2nd - 50 back); Sophie Cattermole (2nd - 50 free, 3rd - 50 breast); Franki-Lin Colett (3rd - 50 free, 50 back, 50 breast); Reid Colett (1st - 50 fly & 50 back, 2nd - 50 breast); Keanan Dols (1st - 50 fly & 100 IM); Michelle Dols (2nd - 50 breast & 50 back); Cindy Dong (1st - 25 fly & 25 breast); Megan Griffiths (1st - 50 back, 3rd - 50 fly); Jennifer Litzen (3rd - 100 IM); Maureen Murphy (1st - 50 breast, 2nd - 50 fly); Santi Ruvira (1st - 50 breast, 2nd - 50 back & 50 fly); Chinami Wade (3rd - 50 back); and Chyna Yelding (2nd - 100 back). The Full Meet Results and the Individual Shark Results are now posted. Sharks Sweep Y-Nats for 2nd Straight Year - 4/5/08
The Sharks took what was probably their largest team ever (42 swimmers) to Ft. Lauderdale, April 1st thru 4th, to defend their 2007 YMCA National Short Course Championship title. Four days and forty-two events later, the Sharks had swept the girls, boys, and combined titles for the second straight year, besting second place Middle Tyger YMCA by almost double their points in the combined category (1,036.5 points to 538 points). The Shark girls more than doubled second place Triangle Area YMCA's points (648 to 300), and the boys team beat second place Schroeder YMCA by more than 100 points (388.5 to 266.5). All in all it was a productive week for the Sharks as there were many personal best times, Top 3 finishes, and numerous Shark records broken. Corinne Showalter led the way for the Sharks with two National titles and two 2nd places in her four events. She also broke the National YMCA record in the 400 yard IM. Eight of ten Senior Shark relay records were broken at the meet: the girls 200 free relay team of Katheryne Muth, Ashlee Linn, Blair Collins, and Hayley Tilton set a new Shark record with a time of 1:35.62 beating the old record set in the 1990's; the girls 400 free relay team of Linn, Showalter, Muth and Sara Conner set a new mark of 3:24.31 smashing the old Shark record by more than 4 seconds also set in the 1990's; the 200 medley relay team of Shelby Leonard, Conner, Showalter, and Muth set a new mark with a 1:45.83 breaking the old mark set in 2006; the girls 400 medley team of Linn, McKayla Lightbourn, Showalter, and Muth set the new mark with a 3:48.46 breaking the 2007 record by more than 4 seconds; the boys 400 free relay team of Mark Cox, Austin Detra, Patrick Ceddia, and Drew Crete set a new Shark record with a 3:06.65 breaking the old mark set in the 1990's; the boys 800 free team of Detra, Cox, John Orban, and Ceddia broke the old record set in last year's meet by almost 5 seconds with a 6:43.98; the boys 200 medley relay team of Orban, Tyler Revels, Cox, and Detra set a new mark with a 1:35.70 narrowly breaking a 1990's record; and finally, the boys 400 medley team of Crete, Revels, Cox, and Ceddia broke the 1990's era record with a 3:28.10. Ten individual Shark records were set: Ashlee Linn set five new records, four of which she already had - three in the 15-16 category (100 free, 100 back, and 200 IM) and two in the Senior/Open category (100 free and 100 back); Corinne Showalter reset two of her own records in the Senior/Open category (200 IM and 400 IM) - the 400 IM by over 6 seconds; and Mark Cox reset records in the 15-16 category (100 fly and 200 fly) and in the Senior/Open category (200 fly). Sharks finishing in the Top 3 of their individual events were: Cha-cha Bugatti (2nd place - 1000 free, 3rd - 500 free); Blair Collins (3rd - 200 back); Austin Detra (2nd - 1000 free and 1650 free, 3rd - 500 free); McKayla Lightbourn (3rd - 400 IM); Ashlee Linn (2nd - 200 free and 200 IM, 3rd - 100 free and 100 back); John Orban (3rd - 1000 free and 1650 free); Raquel Raybon (3rd - 200 fly); and Corinne Showalter (National Champion - 200 free and 200 IM; 2nd - 200 fly and 400 IM). Other Top 16 podium finishes were turned in by: Jesse Bessire (9th - 200 fly, 13th - 400 IM, 15th - 200 IM); Cha-cha Bugatti (4th - 1650 free); Patrick Ceddia (4th - 500 free, 5th - 1000 free and 1650 free); Mckenzie Clark (14th - 1000 free); Blair Collins (13th - 100 back); Sara Conner (6th - 1000 free, 8th - 1650 free, 13th - 500 free); Mark Cox (5th - 200 fly, 12th - 100 fly and 200 free); Drew Crete (5th - 200 back, 13th - 100 back); Kirt Davis (7th - 1650 free, 8th - 500 free, 10th - 1000 free); Austin Detra (16th - 200 free); Becky Evenson (14th - 200 back); Marissa Harrington (5th - 1000 free, 6th - 500 free, 7th - 1650 free, 10th - 200 free); Rachel Harrington (9th - 1000 free, 10th - 200 fly and 1650 free, 12th - 500 free); Matt Kaminske (4th - 1000 free, 6th - 1650 free, 13th - 500 free); Shelby Leonard (5th - 100 back, 8th - 200 back); McKayla Lightbourn (7th - 200 IM, 10th - 200 back); Katheryne Muth (10th - 50 free, 12th - 200 free, 14th - 500 free); John Orban (6th - 400 IM, 10th - 500 free); Jesi Piper (9th - 400 IM); Raquel Raybon (4th - 400 IM, 8th - 1000 free, 15th - 500 free); Ashley Reid (10th - 200 IM); Derek Samies (14th - 1000 free); and John Silvers (10th - 1650 free, 12th - 1000 free). Full Meet Results, Team Scores, Individual Shark Results, a Photo Page, and the Meet Information page are available. Click for Y-Nat Team Roster and Team Photo. Click for Team Photos from Awards Banquet. Congratulations to the Shark swimmers, coaches, and parents!!! Sharks Help Florida Swimming to All-Stars Win - 3/30/08Sixteen Shark age-group swimmers were selected to the Florida Swimming all-star team and helped in the dual meet win over Florida Gold over the March 29th-30th weekend at the Indian River C.C. pool in Ft. Pierce. In the process, five new Shark short-course records were set and two records were tied: Spence Atkins set two new records in the girls' 10 & under category besting the 100 IM and 100 breaststroke marks, and tied Annie Babicz's 50 breast record from 1996; sister Shealyn Atkins set a new Shark record in the girls' 10 & under 50 backstroke; Nancy Hu also set two new Shark records in the girls' 10 & under category by beating the 1971 50 free record and then by beating her own record in the 100 fly; and, on the boys' side, Ian Amistoso tied his own Shark record in the 11-12 100 breaststroke. Sharks finishing in the Top 3 of their individual events were: Ian Amistoso (2nd - 50 & 100 breast, 3rd - 50 free); Shealyn Atkins (2nd - 50 & 100 back, 3rd - 200 free); Spence Atkins (1st - 50 & 100 breast, 2nd - 200 IM, 3rd - 50 & 100 fly); Faryn Duff (2nd - 50 & 100 fly); Nancy Hu (2nd - 100 fly, 3rd - 200 IM); Campbell Lee (3rd - 200 free & 200 IM); Kara Plocharsky (3rd - 500 free); Andy Watts (3rd - 1650 free); and Roman Zaremba (1st - 100 back, 3rd - 50 back). Sharks on the All-Star team were: Ian Amistoso, Shealyn Atkins, Spence Atkins, Patrick Bowers, Rees Cattermole, Cameron Davis, Keanan Dols, Faryn Duff, Nancy Hu, Campbell Lee, Liam McKane, Carter Page, Kara Plocharsky, Patrick Wall, Andy Watts, and Roman Zaremba. Full Meet Results and Individual Shark Results are now posted. McKayla Lightbourn Becomes Newest U.S. Olympic Trial Qualifier - 3/29/08Senior 1 swimmer McKayla Lightbourn swam a 2:20.09 in the finals of the 200 meter IM Saturday night at the Carifta Games in Aruba to become the newest Shark U.S. Olympic Trial Qualifier. Great job McKayla! Coach Shofe Named 2007 Florida HS Swimming "Coach of the Year" - 3/27/08Riverview High School and Shark Head Coach Larry Shofe was recently named the Florida Dairy Farmers Girls' Swimming Coach of the Year for the 2007 Florida High School season. Coach Shofe led the Riverview HS girls' team to their second consecutive FHSAA 3A State Championship in 2007. The Press Release is posted. Congratulations to Coach Larry Shofe! Following Our Collegiate Sharks - 3/20/08Sixteen collegiate swimmers who swam for the Sarasota YMCA Sharks competed in their recent conference championships for NCAA and NJCAA. Three swimmers, Ashley Largo (Arkansas), Lindsey Largo (West Virginia), and Ryan Crete (U of Florida) qualified to swim in the NCAA Championships. This elite championship selects the fastest men and women in the nation from each event during the collegiate season. The men's NCAA championship meet will be held March 27-29th in Seattle and the women's championship will be held March 20-22nd in Columbus, Ohio. Shark swimmer results from their conference championships are posted HERE. The link to the live Women's NCAA Championship Results is posted HERE. Shark Girls Win Sectionals - Team 2nd - 3/16/08The Sharks took 40 Junior and Senior team members to Orlando for the Speedo Southern Sectionals held March 13th thru 16th at the International YMCA Aquatic Center. When the water had settled the girls came away with a win, the boys held on for 4th place, and the combined team ended up 2nd overall among a strong field of swimmers. On an individual basis, Ashlee Linn became the newest Shark Olympic Trial Qualifier breezing to a 1:04.50 in the 100 meter backstroke (0.09 below the cut); she will join Corinne Showalter, Austin Detra and Shark collegians Ashley Largo and Ryan Crete at the Trials this summer. Corinne also remade her Trial cut in the 400 free. In addition, several Shark records were broken including: Katheryne Muth who reset her own Girls' 15-16 50 meter free mark with a 27.26; Ashlee Linn who broke two 1980's era Shark records in the Girls' 15-16 100 free (59.48) and 100 back (1:04.50) as well as the Girls' Open/Senior marks in the 50 (30.48) and 100 meter back; McKayla Lightbourn who set new marks in the 200 IM (2:20.60) in both the Girls' 15-16 and Open/Senior categories; and Drew Crete setting a new mark in the 50 back in the Boys' Open/Senior category with a 29.40; in Relays, the Girls' 200 free relay team of Muth, Linn, Sara Conner and Showalter set a new mark with a 1:49.08 and the Girls' 400 medley relay team of Linn, Lightbourn, Showalter and Muth set a new mark with a 4:24.47; the Boys' 200 medley relay team of Crete, Tyler Revels, Mark Cox, and Austin Detra set a new mark with a 1:53.10. New Senior National cuts were made by McKayla Lightbourn (200 IM) and Ashlee Linn (100 back). New U.S. Open cuts were made by Blair Collins (200 back), McKayla Lightbourn (200 IM), Ashlee Linn (100 back), and Corinne Showalter (400 & 800 free). New Junior National cuts were made by Blair Collins (100 & 200 back), Shelby Leonard (100 back), McKayla Lightbourn (200 IM), Ashlee Linn (200 free, 100 & 200 back), Katheryne Muth (50 free), Rocky Raybon (200 fly & 400 IM), and Corinne Showalter (200 & 400 IM, 400 & 800 free, 200 fly). Top 3 individual point getters for the Sharks were: Girls - Corinne Showalter (T-10th place); McKayla Lightbourn (T-22nd); and Ashlee Linn (T-26th); Boys - John Orban (36th); Austin Detra (T-54th); and Drew Crete (T-67th). Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, and Team Scores are now available. Sharks Earn Gold Medal Club Status - 3/12/08Coach Shofe has announced that USA Swimming has released the final rankings of their 2008 Club Excellence Program and the Sarasota Sharks were named a Gold Medal Club. We are the first YMCA swim team to achieve the Gold Medal level. Only 16 swim teams are classified nationally as Gold Medal clubs for 2008; the Sharks are the only Gold Medal team in Florida. This ranking allows the Sharks to apply for up to $12,000 in funding from USA Swimming. This achievement was made possible through the summer performances of Shark swimmers as well as our attendance at USA Swimming national competitions. More information is available from the USA Swimming website. Congratulations to the entire Shark organization - swimmers, coaches, and parents!! Area 3/5 Results - 3/9/08The Sharks hosted the Spring Area 3/5 Championships over the March 7th-9th weekend at the Selby Aquatic Center. Sixteen teams and almost 700 swimmers took part in this "below J.O. cut" meet. When it was all done, sixteen Sharks had made new J.O. cuts and one new Shark record was set. Ian Amistoso broke the old Shark record in the 11-12 boys 200 yard breaststroke by six seconds, in addition, he set a new Florida Swimming SC record in the same event. Sixteen Sharks made new J.O. cuts including: Alex Catena (200 breast); Jack Clark (100 free); Phil Czupryna (200 breast); Justin duTreil (200 IM); Jordan Fortin (50 & 100 back); Matthew Garcia (200 IM); Karl Hegwein (200 breast); Natalie Hegwein (200 free); Peyton Hunkapiller (200 free); Yusuf Kadibhai (100 & 200 back, 100 breast); Vanessa Knoch (200 IM); Tyler O'Brien (50 free, 100 IM, 100 breast); Rachel O'Grady (50 breast); Matthew Pelton (100 breast); Pablo Suarez (50, 100 & 200 free, 200 back, 400 IM); and Charlotte Wilhelm (200 back). The Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page are now available. Sharks Win 4th Straight Senior Champs - 3/2/08Following the successful J.O. outing by the younger Sharks the prior weekend, the 15 & over Sharks got their turn in Clearwater and came away with their fourth straight Florida Swimming Senior Champs title. The Sharks swept all three titles (boys, girls, and combined) at the four day meet held at the Long Center Feb. 28th thru March 2nd. Ashlee Linn set four new short-course Shark records in the girls 15-16 and open categories with a 50.86 in the 100 free and a 56.22 in the 100 back. Corinne Showalter set a new Florida Swimming Senior Champ record in the 200 fly with a time of 2:01.19. Finishing in the top 10 of their age group high point competition were: 15-16 girls - Lauren Piper (1st place), Ashlee Linn (3rd place), Mckayla Lightbourn (5th place), and Katheryne Muth (8th place); Senior girls - Corinne Showalter (T-7th place) and Sara Conner (T-7th place); Senior boys - Austin Detra (3rd place) and John Orban (T-6th place). Finishing in the top 3 of their individual events were: Mark Cox (2nd - 200 fly); Drew Crete (2nd - 400 IM); Kirt Davis (3rd - 1650 free); Austin Detra (1st - 1000 & 1650 free, 2nd - 500 free, 3rd - 200 fly); Marissa Harrington (1st - 1650 free, 3rd - 1000 free); Matt Kaminske (2nd - 1650 free); Mckayla Lightbourn (2nd - 200 breast); Ashlee Linn (1st - 100 free, 2nd - 100 & 200 back, 200 free); Katheryne Muth (3rd - 50 & 200 free); John Orban (3rd - 400 IM); Lauren Piper (1st - 100 back, 2nd - 200 fly & 400 IM, 3rd - 200 back, 200 IM, 100 fly); Raquel Raybon (3rd - 200 fly, 500 & 1000 free); Corinne Showalter (1st - 200 fly & 1000 free); and John Silvers (1st - 1650 free, 3rd - 500 & 1000 free). Ashlee Linn made new Junior National cuts in the 100 & 200 back, and the 100 free. Making new Y-National cuts were: Tim Bradley (100 free); Pat Czupryna (400 IM); Fernando Gutierrez (400 IM); Mufaddal Kadibhai (200 back); and John Silvers (500 & 1650 free). The Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, and Team Scores are now posted. Sharks go on a Feeding Frenzy at J.O.'s - 2/25/08
With their largest J.O. team ever (76 qualifiers), the Sharks captured their 5th straight Florida Swimming Junior Olympics title in convincing fashion racking up a total of 3,186.5 points and beating 2nd place Bolles by more than 1,000 points. The four day meet was held February 21st thru 24th in Clearwater and featured 52 teams from around Florida. Top point getters for the Sharks were Ian Amistoso (105 pts.) for the boys and Spence Atkins (104 pts.) for the girls. Once again, the Sharks had a balanced meet as they won 4 of 6 age group team categories, yet had no age group individual high point champions. All in all, it was a great weekend for the 14 & under Sharks, as three J.O. records were broken, 12 Shark records fell, national cuts were made, and numerous lifetime personal bests were achieved. The Shark relays broke three Junior Olympic records: the 10 & under girls 200 free relay team of Spence & Shealyn Atkins, Nancy Hu, and Samantha Smithburger broke the old record by almost a full second but were out-touched by the Fast Lane Aquatics team who set the new record; the boys 11 & 12 relay team of Roman Zaremba, Ian Amistoso, Liam McKane, and Patrick Wall set two new J.O. records in the 200 medley (1:53.01) and the 400 medley (4:05.07) relays. The old J.O. 400 medley relay record was broken by over 7 seconds by the boys. Twelve new Shark records were set (7 relays and 5 individual): the 10 & under girls relay team of Atkins, Atkins, Hu, and Smithburger smashed the 200 free (1:54.16) and the 200 medley (2:09.50) Shark records; the girls 13 & 14 400 medley relay team of Shelby Leonard, Ashley Reid, Rachel Harrington, and Cha-cha Bugatti broke the old Shark record with a time of 3:57.83; the boys 11 & 12 relay team of Amistoso, Zaremba, Wall, and Rees Cattermole broke the 200 free (1:43.05) and the 400 free (3:47.97) records, while the boys 11 & 12 relay team of Zaremba, Amistoso, McKane, and Wall broke the 200 medley (1:53.01) and 400 medley (4:05.07) Shark records - the 400 by over 12 seconds. As for individual Shark records: Shealyn Atkins reset the girls 10 & under 100 yard backstroke record with a 1:07.28 while her sister, Spence Atkins, reset the girls 10 & under 100 yard breaststroke record with a 1:16.75; Spence Atkins and Nancy Hu both broke the 10 & under girls record in the 100 fly with Hu setting the new mark with a time of 1:06.64; and finally, Ian Amistoso broke two of his own 11 & 12 boys Shark records in the 50 breaststroke (30.45) and the 100 breaststroke (1:05.64). Top ten overall point finishers in their respective age groups were: 10 & under girls - Spence Atkins (3rd), Nancy Hu (4th), and Shealyn Atkins (5th); 10 & under boys - Campbell Lee (5th) and Patrick Bowers (8th); 11 & 12 girls - Kara Plocharsky (9th); 11 & 12 boys - Ian Amistoso (3rd), Patrick Wall (5th), and Roman Zaremba (9th); 13 & 14 girls - Cha-cha Bugatti (3rd), Ashley Reid (4th), Shelby Leonard (7th), and Rachel Harrington (8th); and 13 & 14 boys - Tucker Atkins (T-3rd) and Derek Pridemore (T-8th). Finishing in the Top 3 of their individual events were: Ian Amistoso (Double JO Champ - 50 & 100 breast, 2nd place - 50 & 100 fly and 200 IM); Shealyn Atkins (JO Champ - 100 back, 2nd place - 50 back, 3rd place - 100 & 200 free); Spence Atkins (JO Champ - 50 fly; 2nd place - 100 breast, 100 fly, 100 & 200 IM, 3rd place - 50 breast); Tucker Atkins (JO Champ - 100 fly, 2nd place - 200 IM, 3rd place - 100 & 200 free); Cha-cha Bugatti (JO Champ - 400 IM, 2nd place - 500, 1000 & 1650 free, 3rd place - 200 back); Rees Cattermole (3rd place - 50 free); Cameron Davis (2nd place - 200 free, 3rd place - 1000 free); Nancy Hu (Double JO Champ - 100 fly & 200 IM, 3rd place - 50 fly); Campbell Lee (2nd place - 200 & 500 free, 100 back, 3rd place - 50 back); Shelby Leonard (Double JO Champ - 100 & 200 back, 3rd place - 100 fly); Liam McKane (3rd place - 100 IM); Jesi Piper (3rd place - 200 breast); Kara Plocharsky (3rd place - 100 & 200 free); Derek Pridemore (2nd place - 200 back); Ashley Reid (Double JO Champ - 100 & 200 breast, 3rd place - 200 & 400 IM); Patrick Wall (2nd place - 500 & 1000 free, 100 breast, 3rd place - 200 free & 200 IM); and Roman Zaremba (3rd place - 100 back). New Senior and Junior National Cuts were made by Cha-cha Bugatti in the 1000 free and a Junior National Cut in the 1650 free. New Spring YMCA National Cuts were made by: Tucker Atkins (200 IM); Rebekah Baker (200 breast & 400 IM); Meghan Buckley (50 & 200 free); Jacque Garcia (400 IM); Ava Jones (1000 free); Tori Kontor (200 fly); Joanna Murphy (500, 1000 & 1650 free); Jesi Piper (200 breast & 500 free); Derek Pridemore (500, 1000 & 1650 free, and 200 back); Ashley Reid (100 back); Andy Watts (1000 free); and Charlotte Wilhelm (100 free). Congratulations to the Shark swimmers, coaches, and parents. Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, Team & Individual Scores, and Photos are now available. *Note that in the Individual Shark Results, legal splits (if personal bests) are included and Y-Nat cuts are marked. Legal splits can be identified by the 3 or 4 digit event number, where the last 2 digits represent the actual event number from which the split was obtained. Saturday Last Chance Results - 2/18/08The Sharks held a "Last Chance Meet" on February 16th in order to give swimmers one more opportunity to make those J.O. cuts. Eight Sharks came through and made new J.O. cuts including: Reid Colett (500 free), Matthew Garcia (100 back), Peyton Hunkapiller (100 fly), Bethany Leap (50 & 100 back, 100 fly), Peyton Leeson (50 & 500 free, 100 breast), Tyler O'Brien (50 breast), Rachel O'Grady (50 free, 100 fly), and Kaylin Searles (100 fly). Congratulations to these swimmers! The Individual Shark Results and the Full Meet Results are posted. Y-State Results - 2/11/08
The Sharks took almost 200 swimmers to Orlando the weekend of Feb. 8th thru 10th and won their 4th straight and 22nd overall Florida YMCA State Championship Title. The Sharks scored a whopping 11,982 points compared to 2nd place Marion County's total of 2,923. The Sharks scored more than 50% of the total available points in the meet. Ian Amistoso continued his Shark record-breaking streak resetting his 11-12 boys 100 yard breaststroke record by 0.04 seconds. CORRECTED - Finishing in the Top 5 of their age groups were: 8 & under girls - Cindy Dong (2nd) and Kaelin Balagh (3rd); 8 & under boys - Michael Knoch (2nd), Tyler Habib (4th), and Matthew Smithburger (5th); 10 & under girls - Spence Atkins (1st), Shealyn Atkins (2nd), Samantha Cahoone (3rd), Sophie Cattermole (4th), and Samantha Smithburger (5th); 10 & under boys - Campbell Lee (1st), Patrick Bowers (2nd), Keanan Dols (4th), and Carter Page (5th); 11 & 12 girls - Charlotte Wilhelm (1st), Kara Plocharsky (2nd), Cameron Davis (3rd), Gabby Theofanous (T-4th); 11 & 12 boys - Ian Amistoso (1st), Patrick Wall (2nd), Roman Zaremba (4th), and Liam McKane (5th); 13 & 14 girls - Ashlee Linn (2nd), Cha-cha Bugatti (3rd), Shelby Leonard (4th), and Rachel Harrington (5th); 13 & 14 boys - Tucker Atkins (2nd), Derek Pridemore (4th), Andy Watts, (T-5th) and Gregg Cesaroni (T-5th); Senior girls - Lauren Piper (1st), Corinne Showalter (2nd), Sara Conner (3rd), and Katheryne Muth (5th); Senior boys - John Orban (2nd), Drew Crete (3rd), Mark Cox (4th), and Kirt Davis (5th). Making new Y-Nat cuts were: Sara Conner, Rebecca Evenson, John Orban, and John Silvers. Making new J.O. cuts were: Hayden Aristizabal, Tucker Atkins, Rebekah Baker, Ellen Berdusco, Cha-cha Bugatti, Sarah Cahoone, Lisa Cesaroni, Alex Clark, Jack Clark, Mckenzie Clark, Reid Colett, Phil Czupryna, Talia Daniel, Grace DiMeo, Keanan Dols, Lily Donoghue, Justin duTreil, Daniel Erlenmeyer, Eric Erlenmeyer, Matthew Garcia, Megan Griffiths, Karl Hegwein, Natalie Hegwein, Ava Jones, Yusuf Kadibhai, Peyton Leeson, Drew Maddy, Liam McKane, Niamh O'Grady, Rachel O'Grady, John Pelton, Matthew Pelton, Lexy Raybon, Kaylin Searles, Samantha Smithburger, Jetta Wright, Chyna Yelding, and Roman Zaremba. The Full Meet Results, the Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page are now posted. Orlando IMX Meet Results - 1/30/08The Sharks took 50 age group swimmers to the Team Orlando IMX Challenge Meet held January 25th thru 27th at the Lake Brantley pool in Altamonte Springs. New J.O. cuts were made by: Sophie Cattermole (100 back), Jack Clark (100 IM), Natalie Hegwein (100 fly), Vanessa Knoch (50 breast), Carter Page (100 free & 100 IM), Samantha Smithburger (100 fly), Andy Watts (200 back), and Roman Zaremba (100 breast). Individual Event Winners were: Cameron Davis (100, 200 & 500 free, 100 back, and 200 & 400 IM), Keanan Dols (100 fly & 100 back), Faryn Duff (50 & 100 fly), Tyler Habib (50 breast), Natalie Hegwein (50 back), Nancy Hu (50 fly), Michael Knoch (25 & 50 free, 25 & 50 fly, and 50 back), Bethany Leap (50 breast), Carter Page (50 back and 200 free), and Patrick Wall (200 free). Also finishing in the top 3 of at least one of their events were: Rees Cattermole, Sophie Cattermole, Jack Clark, Cameron Davis, Keanan Dols, Faryn Duff, Tyler Habib, Natalie Hegwein, Nancy Hu, Michael Knoch, Bethany Leap, Tyler O'Brien, Carter Page, Matthew Pelton, Anna Schmitz, Matthew Smithburger, Samantha Smithburger, Gabby Theofanous, Patrick Wall, Andy Watts, Chyna Yelding, and Roman Zaremba. We have not been provided with IMX high point winners for this meet nor have we been provided with corrected results (there appears to be errors in the 13-14 girls 100 breaststroke results). Should we receive additional or corrected information on this meet, we will post it. The Full Meet Results and the Individual Shark Results are posted as we received them. Kirt Davis Added to Zone Select Camp - 1/29/08Senior 1 swimmer Kirt Davis has been added to the list of Sharks who have been invited to the 2008 USA Swimming Southern Zone Select Camp. Kirt, along with teammates Cha-cha Bugatti, Jesi Piper, and Ashley Reid, will be joining 52 other elite young swimmers from around the South at the camp to be held May 29th thru June 1st in Chapel Hill, NC. Selection is based upon fastest event times and total IMX Power Point scores from May 1st to August 31st. The complete list of swimmers is posted. Congratulations to these swimmers!
Senior Circuit Meet Results - 1/20/08Over 150 swimmers braved the cool temperatures for the chance to swim in the first long course meet of 2008 at Selby. Highlights of the meet included Ian Amistoso smashing the old Florida Swimming record in the 11-12 boys 200 meter breaststroke by almost 3 seconds with a 2:45.64 and at the same time resetting his Shark record in the event, and Ryan Lochte, from the Daytona Beach Speed, setting three new Selby long course pool records (200 free, 100 back, and 400 IM). Ian may have been the youngest boy swimmer entered in the meet, but he swam like a pro, making USA Swimming Top 10 cuts in the 12 year old category in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Being a current Florida Swimming recordholder puts Ian in elite company with former Sharks Annie Babicz (7 records), Kim Linehan (4 records), and Jeff May (1 record), and Shark teammate Corinne Showalter (2 records).
The Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page from the Senior Circuit Long Course Meet held January 18th thru 20th are available. Coaches' Team Manager Results file is also available. ^back to top |
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