The PVS Long Course Champs presented many challenges to the FISH swimmers. These challenges included dealing with an unexpected change of the meet venue and format, swimming under pressure, not having a cool down lane and dealing with the summer heat. However, the FISH swimmers were able to handle these difficulties with great success.
On day one of the meet, problems with the Fairland pool's
pump forced the meet venue to be changed.
The format of the meet went from prelims/finals to only timed finals.
Fortunately, PVS was able to secure the use of another 50-meter pool, the
Audrey Moore pool at Wakefield. Although not an ideal venue, the meet was able to continue.
The change in pool and format actually provided a great learning experience for
the swimmers on how to handle adversity while staying focused on what they were
able to control, their own races.
Impressive Results
Isabella Rongione won the the 10 & Under girls high point award
scoring 117 points out of the possible 120. Isabella also broke the 10 & Under PVS record in the 200
I.M. This record was set almost 20 years ago! She also took an additional 1 second off of her own PVS
record in the 200 freestyle. Isabella went on to win the 400
Freestyle 45 seconds ahead of the field.
Christopher Murphy also dominated the 11-12 boys division by winning the
high point award. In the 50 free
Christopher was a full 2 seconds faster than his closest competitor.
Emily Meilus placed 2nd in the 11-12 year old girls
division. Emily placed 1st in the 200 backstroke and 2nd
in the 50/100 backstroke, 200/400 freestyle and 3rd in the 200 I.M.
More Great Swims
Molly Ellor helped get the 10 & Under girls medley relay off
to a great start with her backstroke.
The team of Molly Ellor, Claire
Wolff, Sydney Harrington and Isabella Rongione placed 1st.
10 & Under girls 200 Medley "B" team of Madelyn Donohoe, Grace Tierney, Diya Murthy
and Anna Liang placed 5th.
Claire Wolff placed 3rd in the 100 Breaststroke.
Grace Qian had huge time drops in her events including 7
seconds in the 100 Breast to score an individual point for the FISH.
Sydney Harrington continued to improve in the Butterfly placing 7th
in the 100 fly and 8th in the 50 fly with personal bests.
Sophia Bernstein swam her only event of the meet, the 50 Breaststroke
with great determination. Sophia took 2.5 seconds off in her event.
Ben Sharer swam personal bests in four events. Ben's 5th
place finish in the 100 Butterfly and 6th place in the 50 butterfly
were fantastic swims.
Nick Spicer showed that is going to be a displayed an ability to
swim his best at a big meet. Nick swam personal best in 50 back, 100 back 50
breast.
Mason Greenblatt recorded personal best times in the 50 breast 50 fly
and 200 IM
11-12 Boys 200 Free Relay: Minyoung Hwang, Mason
Greenblatt, Nick Spicer and Ben
Sharer swam a strong race and scored 14 pts.
11-12 boys 200 Medley Relay placed 2nd in an exciting race with Connor Smith, Mason Greenblatt, Nick
Spicer and Ben Sharer taking 3
seconds of their entry time.
Lea Gwennap swam well throughout the meet. In her 4th
place finish in the 400 freestyle, she not only recorded her best time, but
also qualified for Zones with her 200 split! Lea went on to also qualify for
Zones in the 100 freestyle.
Sydney Harrington had a spectacular 50 fly and achieved her Zones cut
in this event.
Michelle Lovering made the most out of her make up swim recording a
personal best in the 50 Butterfly.
Veronica Wolff took off 6 seconds in the 400 freestyle and finished
3rd in the 200 Fly.
Joanne Fu dropped 18 seconds in the 400 freestyle and placed 5th
in the 200 Fly.
Jessie Smith dropped 7 seconds in the 400 freestyle.
Bryce Huber dropped 1 second in the 50 butterfly and over 7 seconds in her 100 Fly.
Callan Cramer swam personal bests in the 50 and 100 breaststroke
events.
200 Freestyle/200,400 Medley Relay: Chris Murphy, Max Onozuka, Callan Cramer and Alex Lim placed 7th
and beat their entry time by a second.
13-14 girls 1500 Meter Freestyle: This was one of the
strongest events for the FISH at Age Group Champs with the girls scoring a
total of 43 points. The FISH were led by Megan
McCreary, with a fantastic swim that placed her 5th. Megan also
dropped an impressive 41 seconds. Katie
Storch placed 6th and also dropped 10 seconds. Katie was
followed by Alex Cramer who finished
9th with an 11 second improvement and Elizabeth Longosz who finished 10th.
Megan Murphy contributed to team scoring with a strong lead off
swim in the 400 medley relay and her performance in the 400 I.M.
Gerry Wan continued to improve in the breast stroke by
recording a new personal best time.
