Mini FISH Finish 3rd at the 2010 Mini Champs

The FISH entered a total of 17 relays at the Mini Championships. Fifteen of the relays scored points. The relays were fun and exciting and a bit wild. The swimmers all swam their hearts out and posted many personal best times.  The swimmers did a great job staying focused on their tasks despite all the noise and chaos during their events.  Third place finishes were recorded by the 7 and under girls and boys as well as the 8 and under boys.  The 8 and under girls dropped 5 seconds on their entry time and narrowly missed a top 3rd finish in the 200 freestyle relay. 

Top performances at the meet included:

·       Andrew Berstein: 3^rd and 4^th place finishes in the relays, Personal Best time in the 25 Butterfly

·       Johnny Bradshaw: Two 1^st place finishes 25 breaststroke and 25 backstroke

·       Derreck Charles: 4 personal best times.  3^rd place finish in the 100 medley relay

·       Kenny Charles: Swam in his first USA Swimming Meet! Helped his relay team finish 6^th overall.

·       Stephane de Cazotte: Personal bests in 25 Freestyle and 25 Butterfly. 4^th place in 200 Freestyle relay

·       Thomas Dillard: 4 personal best times, dropped 7 seconds in the 25 breast.

·       Amanda Dimeglio: Helped her relays swim to 3^rd and 4^th place finishes.  Personal best in the 25 free.

·       Sarah Dimeglio: 3 personal best times, dropped 5 seconds in the 25 backstroke.

·       Madelyn Donohoe: swam best times in the 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke. Swam lead off in both relays.

·       Thomas Figley: achieved 2 personal best times. Placed 5^th in the 100 medley relay.

·       Olivia Franke: dropped 4 seconds in the 50 butterfly. Placed 4^th in the freestyle relay.

·       Sophia Gianoplus: Swam in her first USA Swimming Meet!

·       Caroline Grass: Swam 3 personal best times and took 3^rd place in the freestyle relay.

·       Clement Greco: achieved 2 personal best times in the backstroke events.

·       Lizzy Gregory: achieved 6 personal best times at the meet. She dropped 10 seconds in the 50 breaststroke.

·       Miles Guth: Dropped 6 seconds in the 50 breaststroke and swam in 2 relays!

·       Jillian Johnson: swam to a personal best in the 50 freestyle, and helped her relays finish in 3^rd/4^th place.

·       Akshay Krishnan: Swam to a personal best time in the 50 freestyle.

·       Daniel Li: Had 3 best times at the meet.  He helped his medley relay finish in 3^rd place.

·       Piper Luczak: Swam in her first USA Swimming meet, and helped out in the 100 medley relay!

·       Edward Lue: Achieved a personal best in the 25 breaststroke.

·       Una Miagkov: dropped 4 seconds in the 25 butterfly, and swam in the 200 freestyle relay.

·       Diya Murthy: achieved 3 personal bests at the meet. Diya placed 2^nd in the 50 backstroke.

·       Dereck Ni: Had 5 best times at the meet and improved his 50 freestyle by 6 seconds.

·       Anna Nielsen: had 5 personal best swims, including a 5 second improvement on the 50 backstroke.

·       Ben Osborne: Had 3 personal bests at the meet! Ben swam well in the 200 freestyle relay.

·       Phillip Pan: Had 2 best times at the meet. Phillip dropped 3 seconds in the 100 I.M.

·       Alan Phillips: achieved 3 personal best times in the backstroke, breaststroke and I.M.

·       Natalie Rongione: Placed 2^nd in the 25 freestyle and help her relay finish in 3^rd place.

·       Nick Sharer: improved his times in the backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke.

·       Haley Smith: Swam her personal best in the freestyle and butterfly.

·       Jake Smith: Achieved best times in 4 events. He dropped 4 seconds in the 50 free and 100 IM.

·       Nick Spicer: Had 4 best time at the meet. Helped his relays to 3^rd/4^th place finishes.

·       Aaron Tingley: achieved 5 personal best times. Had three 6^th place finishes.

·        Ryan Vintimilla: Achieved his best time in the 25 backstroke.

·       Pamela VonSeelen: dropped over 1 second in the 25 freestyle and swam a strong breaststroke leg in the relay.

·       Alex Wang: Achieved his best time in the 50 freestyle.

·       Daniel Wen: Took time off his 50 freestyle and 25 backstroke.

·       Luke Williams: Had personal bests in the I.M., Breaststroke, Backstroke and Freestyle.

·       Michelle Xu: dropped 2 seconds in the 25 freestyle.

·       Rachel Yoon: Had 3 best times at the meet in the freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly.