July 2009 Archives

Written by Coach Megan

Megan McCreary has emerged as an outstanding and dedicated swimmer this summer.

Megan began swimming at age 7 for her local swim team, the Langley Wild Things.  After finding a love for swimming, Megan began as a Mini FISH at 9-years-old.  From there, she has moved up in the ranks of the FISH Swim Team and will be a Terrific FISH in the fall.

Megan is a diverse swimmer and says that her favorite events are the 50 free, 100 free, 200 IM, and 400 IM.  In addition, she qualified for Age Group Champs for the 400 free the first time she swam 

Written by Coach Josh

While Saturday was a small session for the Fish with only 9 swimmers, there was nothing small about their performances.

Amy Owens continues to have a strong meet with a 7^th place finish in the 400 freestyle in a time of 5:14.41, a drop of nearly 20 seconds from her previous time of 5:32.59! Congratulations Amy! Chris Murphy also continues to impress following up his pair of 3^rd place finishes with a 2^nd place in the 400 freestyle in 4:45.01.

The foursome of Megan Murphy, Katie Neubig, Ellie Belilos and Elizabeth Longosz represented the Fish well in the 1500 free by taking 6^th, 7^th, 8^th and 10^th places and dropping a combined time of nearly 3 minutes! Also joining the list of time drops was David Gent in the 400 freestyle when he went from a 5:56.83 to a 5:48.36.

Today is the final day of the championship meet, which is sure to bring many more outstanding performances for the Fish.

Written by Coach Josh

The FISH continued their success on Friday at Age Group champs, placing numerous swimmers in the top 16 and having a number more qualify for finals.

Some outstanding swims from the morning sessions included Amy Owens dropping 3 seconds in her 200 fly from 3:03.05 to 3:00.13, Ryan Lucas dropping 3.5 seconds in the 100 breaststroke from 1:41.05 down to a 1:37.70, and Claire Wolff having a fantastic swim in the 100 breaststroke dropping nearly 8 seconds from 1:51.24 all the way down to 1:43.77! Another swimmer who has been having a great meet is Bryce Onozuka, he has been getting career best times in chunks, and things were no different in the 100 breaststroke when he dropped an astounding 9 seconds from 2:00 to 1:51.51!

As for the finals session, the Fish again, were well represented. Veronica Wolff was the first swimmer to demonstrate the Fish's ability by taking 9^th place overall in the 200 butterfly in a time of 2:58.40. Jason Fu and Chris Murphy each collected their second top 5 finishes by each taking 3^rd place in the 100 breaststroke and 50 backstroke respectively. Rounding out our top 8 finishers were Michelle Owens taking 7^th in the 100 breaststroke in 1:37.15, 4^th in the 200 freestyle in 2:38.54, and Megan Murphy taking 8^th in the 100 back with a time of 1:12.86.

Also, Isabella Rongione won the 200 freestyle in 2:27.45, which continues her undefeated streak at this year's championship meet.

Be sure to wish all these swimmers congratulations if you have the opportunity to see them.

The PVS Long Course Age Group Championships are well underway and our swimmers are truly looking like FISH in water.

Due to the great effort of our swimmers this summer they are performing beautifully in the pool recording numerous season and lifetime best times. Some highlights include Michelle Owens taking 5^th place in the 50M breaststroke in a time of 44.59 seconds, and 6^th place in the 100M freestyle in 1:14.13. Jason Fu also had a top 5 finish in the 50M breaststroke, taking 4^th place overall in a time of 37.56. Chris Murphy showed some strength in the 100M freestyle by being the only 11 year old to make finals and then muscling his way to a 3^rd place finish in a time of 1:02.26.

Possibly the greatest highlight of them all was Isabella Rongione's finishing a perfect 3-for-3 in her finals appearances and heading into Fridays races undefeated. Isabella motored through the pool in the 100 freestyle in a time of 1:07.87, the 50 butterfly in 33.80, and the 200 Individual Medley in 2:47.21, dropping a combined 11.36 seconds along the way!