Congrats to SYS for winning an astounding 7th combined team championship at the YMCA Nationals this week in Greensboro, NC.
Outstanding swims came from Danielle Valley, who won four golds, along with Sophie Cattermole, Hannah James, and Taylor Katz. Matt O’Donnell, Carter Page, and Drew Clark also scored major points for the team. Spence Atkins and Ellie Berdusco finished well in the mile, along with Valley who set a new national Y record with a time of 16:04.69.
Bethany Leap and Nancy Hu along with Liam McKane place well in Fly, scoring even more points for SYS. Finally, the boy;s 400 Free Relay, with Alex Katz, Peyton Leeson, McKane, and Thomas Rutherford, helped secure the overall team victory.
Check out the number of SYS swimmers who placed well with 216 Y teams in attendance:
GIRLS
200-individual medley – 57, Niamh O’Grady 2:10.08.; 73, Samantha Smithburger 2:11.28.
100-freestyle – 81, O’Grady 53.34.
200-butterfly – 39, Madison Jean 2:07.90; 40, Laura Toth 2:07.91; 54, Kara Plocharsky 2:09.48; 102, Faryn Duff 2:13.82.
1,650-free (mile) – 4, Spence Atkins 16:25.61; 8, Ellie Berdusco 16:45.78; 10, Lara Hernandez-Tome 16:53.95; 16, Grace Patrice 17:09.55; 17, Camerson Davis 17:10.49; 19, Joanna Murphy 17:17.23; 20, Michelle Dols 17:23.24; 21, Kara Plocharsky 17:25.26; 29, Amber Stich 17:37.67.
BOYS
200-individual medley – 36, Campbell Lee 1:56.14; 45, Patrick Wall 1:57.02; 53, Thomas Rutherford 1:58.01; 57, Justin duTriel 1:58.12.
200-butterfly – 39, Santi Ruvira 1:56.45; 77, Austin Katz 1:59.57; 84, Hayden Aristizabel 2:00.07; 102, Ian Amistoso 2:1.85; 116, Keanan Dols 2:03.37.
1,650-free (mile) – 13, Dirk Hamel-Wood 16:01.28; 17, Peyton Leeson 16:05.89; 26, John Pelton 16:21.47; 34, Daniel Erlenmeyer 16:31.95; 36, Hayden Aristizabel 16:31.96.
USA Swimming has announced their picks for the 2012 Jr. Pan Pac Championship team, and leading the way are Florida swimmers Becca Mann (CAT), Danielle Valley (SYS) and Alex Katz (SYS). Steve Brown (SYS) will also travel to Hawaii as a coach for the team. The Jr. Pan Pac team is for the best non-Olympians based in their Olympic Trials performances. All must be aged 13-18. Congrats to all!
| Men | Women |
| 1. Matt Ellis- 100 Free, 100 fly | 1. Chelsea Chenault- 200 Free |
| 2. Max Grodecki- 100 Free | 2. Julia Anderson- 200 Free |
| 3. Jackson Miller- 200 Free | 3. Kathryn Kinnear- 100 Fly |
| 4. Peter Brumm- 200 Free | 4. Becca Mann 200 fly, 400 Free, 400 IM, 800 Free, 10K |
| 5. Evan Pinion- 400, 1500 Free | 5. Olivia Smoliga- 100 Back, 50 Free |
| 6. Corey Okubo- 200 Fly | 6. Annie Zhu- 100, 200 Breast, 200 IM |
| 7. Jack Conger- 100, 200 Back | 7. Celina Li- 200 IM |
| 8. Will Licon- 100, 200 Breast | 8. Simone Manuel- 50, 100 Free |
| 9. Chase Kalisz- 200, 400 IM | 9. Cierra Runge- 100 Free |
| 10. Erik Risolvato- 50 Free | 10. Kylie Stewart- 100, 200 Back |
| 11. Maclin Davis-100 fly | 11. Leah Smith – 400 Free |
| 12. Gunnar Bentz- 400IM | 12. Danielle Valley – 800 Free |
| 13. Andrew Seliskar- 200 IM | 13. Dana Grindall – 100 fly |
| 14. Eric Ronda- 200 Breast | 14. Courtney Weaver- 200 fly |
| 15. Justin Wright- 200 fly | 15. Jillian Vitarius- 200 back |
| 16. Ted Singley- 1500 free | 16. Sarah Hasse- 100 Breast |
| 17. Janardan Burns- 400 free, 10K | 17. Anne Lazor- 200 Breast |
| 18. Kyle Darmody- 50 Free | 18. Rachel Zilinskas-800 Free, OW |
| 19. David Heron- 10K | 19. Kaitlin Jones- 200 Back |
| 20. Bryan Dragonosky- 10K | 20. Kathleen Baker-100 back |
| 21. Alex Katz- 200 Back | 21. Meghan Kingsley- 200 fly |
| 22. Ty Stewart – 100 back | 22. Brooke Lorentzen- 10K |
| 23. Gage Crosby – 100 breast | 23. Allie Szekely |
Coaching Staff:
Women:
Tim O’Brien
Allison Beebe
Bob Kizer
John MOrse
Men:
Jason Turcotte
Paul Stafford
Steve Brown
Yuri Suguiyama
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