The
FISH swim team is off to a great start at the 2010 Eastern Zones SC
Championships in Webster, NY.
The
first race of the day in which the FISH swimmers dominated, was the Women's 10
& Under 100 Yard Freestyle.
Emily Meilus swam a personal best time of 56.88 (breaking the PVS Resident Record) and took second place. Isabella Rongione came in third with a
time of 57.82.
The Women's
100 Yard Freestyle race seemed just to be a warm-up for the FISH swimmers. Only a few hours later, Isabella
Rongione, Emily Meilus, and Michelle Owens faced each other in the Women's 10 &
Under 500 Yard Freestyle race. And
what a race it was!! They all took
time off and Isabella Rongione set yet another breath-taking record with a time
of 5:25.23, dropping nearly 3 seconds off her recent best time swum at the
Junior Olympics, taking first place.
Just in case you didn't know, 5:26.22 was Elizabeth Beisel's Zone record - she
went on to the 2008 Olympics! Emily Meilus came in
second, also with a fantastic best time of 5:27.44, taking nearly five seconds
off of her best time which she achieved at the Junior Olympics just two weeks
ago. Michelle Owens took sixth
place making her best time a 5:46.75 after swimming a tough 200 IM earlier.
In
the Women's 10 & Under 50 Fly, Joanne Fu swam a personal best time of 30.21, taking
5th place. She keeps getting faster and faster! The taper must have worked.
In
the Women's 10 & Under 200 IM, Michelle Owens took fourth place with a best
time of 2:26.80. This is a fantastic time. She really is tough in all four strokes.
On
the men's side, 11 & 12 Men's 100 Freestyle, Christopher Murphy took second
place with a fast time of 52.71.
In the Women's 10 & Under 200 Freestyle Relay, Isabella Rongione and Emily Meilus had amazing splits and Potomac Valley took first place with a time of 1:49.28.
In the Men's 11&12 400 Freestyle Relay, Christopher Murphy let off the relay and Potomac Valley took first place with a time of 3:32.06.
Congratulations to all! Let's see what tomorrow brings!
