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AQUA CREST STILL THE BEST IN THE COUNTY!!!
Aqua Crest scored 8th overall, (the best Palm Beach county finish) at the Total Teamware Winter Championships last weekend. All of the Tsunamis had some awesome swims with almost all lifetime best times. Congratulations Tsunamis! Aqua Crest had two Highpoint Award winners. Rhi Jeffrey 1st place, and Andrew Meeder 3rd place. Winter Championship event winners were Rhi Jeffrey (50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 free and 100 fly), Andrew Meeder, Katie Marsh (200 breast), and Courtney Gallo (1000 free). Awesome racing Tsunamis!!! Our top ten finalists included: Stevie Lynn, Hunter Smith, Kirstie Jeffrey, Alison Templin, Jenna Gallo, Andrew Meeder, Jay Van Zee, Doug Miller, Katie Marsh, Rhi Jeffrey, Kyle Klein, and Joe Skuba. Oustanding swimming Tsunamis! Our relay teams also added a lot of team points. The Tsunamis had great relay slpits and finishes! Congratualtions to our top ten relays: 10 & under boys (Shawn Warner, Connor Fitzpatrick, Hunter Smith, Ken Farrington, and Nicholas Van Zee) 11-12 girls ( Mariah McGovern, Caitlin Salerno, Lindsey Meeder, Danielle Smith, and Fallon Fitzpatrick) 13-14 girls ( Kirstie Jeffrey, Morgan Manousos, Jenna Gallo, and Keshia Vazquez) senior girls (Rhi Jeffrey, Jenny Marsh, Kelly Klein, Courtney Gallo, and Katie Marsh). Congratulations on a great season ! Get ready for winter training!!!!!! Because you can always be stronger and faster!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR US OPEN TSUNAMI SWIMMERS
Rhi Jeffrey, Katie Marsh, and Courtney Gallo made the long trip to Seattle to compete at the US Open. They competed with some of the best swimmers in the country, and handled it like pros. Congratulations Tsunamis!!
TSUNAMIS HIT GATOR COUNTRY
The Tsunamis had some terrific in season swims and some lifetime best times at the Gator Swim Club Invitational. Rhi Jeffrey won the 50 and 100 free with awesome in season times. Katie Marsh also improved her in season times and took home two second place finishes in the 100 and 200 breast. Lifetime best times were swum by Kirstie Jeffrey and Joe Skuba in the freestyle events as they inched their way closer to the US Open cuts. Other finalists with very impressive times included: Courtney Gallo, Andrew Meeder, Jay Van Zee, Kyle Klein, and Jenna Gallo. Kelly Klein, Samantha Palaigos, and Heather Robert also had good in season swims. The 12 and unders had some amazing competition but they stepped up and had some awesome swims. Hunter Smith placed in the top 8 of all of his races with all best times. Best times were also swum by Danielle Mannweiler, Becca Hendricks, Fallon Fitzpatrick, Shawn Warner, Danielle Smith, Mariah McGovern, and Lindsey Meeder. Congratulations Tsunamis! We look forward to fast swimming at our upcoming championship meets!! We would also like to thank the families that made a donation toward the coaches travel to Gainesville, we really appreciate your support.
THREE TSUNAMIS EARN HIGHPOINT AWARDS AT THE HIGHLANDER INV. IN ORLANDO!!!
Congratualtions to Shawn Warner, Andrew Meeder and Rhi Jeffrey for taking home the first place high point award. Congratulations to all of the Tsunamis who had some outstanding swims: Mckenzie Stoner, Tatum Fitzpatrick, Sara Senderling, Bianca Rossano, Nashali Vazquez, Healy Dwyer, Courtney McGovern, Shawn Warner, Connor Fitzpatrick, Taylor Piper, Devin Stoner, Becca Hendricks, Stevie Lynn, Ken Farrington, Joey McGovern, Becca Aker, Fallon Fitzpatrick, Lindsey Meeder, Mariah McGovern, Keshia Vazquez, Jonathan Scott, Jenna Gallo, Kirstie Jeffrey, Andrew Meeder, Doug Miller, Zeke Zylberberg, Rhi Jeffrey, Kelly & Kyle Klein, and Joe Skuba. Thanks for making the trip! We had a great time and enjoyed some awesome swims!! Congratulations!
AQUA CREST SWIMMERS SWIM RECORD BREAKING TIMES
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL COUNTY MEET
Congratualtions to all of our swimmers who participated in the high school county championships!!! Rhi Jefffrey broke the 100 & 200 free records. Katie Marsh broke an 18 year old record in the 100 breast! Rhi, Kirstie, and Courtney broke the 200 free relay record. Congratulations Tsunamis!! We had a lot of swimmers in finals: Courtney Gallo, Kirstie Jeffrey, Andrew Meeder, Rhi Jeffrey, Jenny Marsh, Katie Marsh, Kelly&Kyle Klein, Tom Reynolds, and Lindsey Meeder. Next up...Districts-GO AQUA Swimmers!!!!!
FALL IS HERE..
Time for new gear, new pictures and one great costume party!! October is a busy month for the Tsunamis. Please remember that the team outfitting is on October 8th 4:30-6:30 p.m.. Team pictures will be on October 15th. Individual shots begin at 4p.m. and the team picture is at 4:45 p.m.. All swimmers must have a team suit to be in the picture. Also, our annual Halloween costume party will be Monday, October 27th at 5 p.m.. Prizes will be awarded to the top 4 costumes. Parent vs. swimmer races will follow, and then there will be pizza and drinks. See you there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TSUNAMIS BACK INTO THE TRAINING MODE......
The Tsunamis are back in the water improving their strength as they set up for the winter season championship meets. The Tsunamis had some terrific swims already with their first races of the season, swimming a lot of life time best short course swims. We look forward to some fast swimming and good times in Orlando! Good Luck Tsunamis!!!!!
TSUNAMIS OUT OF CONTROL DURING SUMMER 2003
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Tsunamis have really out done themselves this season. Rhi started it out in Barcelona, earning two gold medals for the USA. Rhi swam a lifetime best split of 54.7 in the 400 free relay, and another lifetime best split of 1:59.1 in the 800 free relay. The 800 free relay of Rhi, Benko, Munz, and Komisarz had the second fastest relay in history breaking the American mark and just missing the world record! Rhi also made it to the final 8 in her individual 200 free. Quite a feat for the rookie on the National team! Congratualtions Rhi!
Riding that exciting wave, the Tsunamis exploded with speed at the FGC Junior Olympics.
The Tsunami Girls team placed 3rd and the team placed 6th overall (the highest of any Palm Beach County team). At the meet the Tsunamis had 14 National Top 16 times and won 13 events.
Our FGC Junior Olympic event winners included: Jenna Gallo (400 free, T16 time), Nick Manousos (400 free, 200 free,100 breast), Katie Marsh(200 & 100 breast T16 times) Jay Van Zee (50 free T16 time), Joe Skuba (50 & 100 free T16 times), 11-12 girls 200 medley relay of Danielle Smith, Keshia Vazquez, Jenna Gallo, and Mariah McGovern, 13-14 girls 200, 400 medley & 200 free relay (T16 times) of Kirstie Jeffrey, Katie Marsh, Rachael Desantis, and Morgan Manousos.
Other T16 times: Nick Manousos in the 1500, Kirstie Jeffrey in the 50 & 100 free, and the 13-14 girls 400 free relay of Kirstie Jeffrey, Katie Marsh, Morgan Manousos, and Rachael Desantis.
Aqua Crest had two high point award winners. Jenna Gallo placed 2nd in the 11-12 girls category and Katie Marsh placed 3rd in the 13-14 girls category. Congratualtions girls!!
The Tsunamis also added more swimmers to the sectional team. Jenna Gallo (100, 200, and 50 free) and Keshia Vazquez ( 100 breast) were our youngest additions. And new teammate Jay Van Zee made it in the 50 & 100 free. Tsunamis Rule!!!
Finals were filled with Tsunami top 8 finalists. Devin Stoner, Stevie Lynn, Evan Blair and Hunter Smith represented the 10 & unders. The 11-12's were strong with Jenna Gallo, Keshia Vazquez, Danielle Smith, Mariah McGovern, and Nick Manousos in top 8. 13-14's in finals were: Katie Marsh, Rachael Desantis, Kirstie Jeffrey, Andrew Meeder and Jay Van Zee. 15-16's ruled the pool with Joe Skuba, Courtney Gallo, Kelly Klein, and Kyle Klein. And in the Open category scoring in many events, Jenny Marsh.
Courtney Gallo Qualifies for the US Open in the 1000 free
Courtney went to a time trial after JO's in Ft. Lauderdale and swam a lifetime best and US Open qualifying time-Awesome swimming Courtney!!
Aqua Crest will be represented at the Zone Meet in Ft. Lauderdale by Katie Marsh, Jay Van Zee, and Jenny Marsh. Congratulations on making the team!!! Swim Fast!!!
Overall our team was outstanding with almost all lifetime best times. We have many up and coming stars!!! We are so proud of all of you!
Tsunamis swim fast at Division II's with Junior Olympic Qualifying times!!!!
The Tsunamis added more swimmers and events to its JO roster at the Division II meet at FAU. Joey McGovern took home gold in the 50 back with a JO time. Nicholas Van Zee was right behind him with a JO cut in the 50 back.
Other JO qualifiers included: Connor Fitzpatrick (200 free, 200 IM and 100 breast), Shawn Warner (200 free and 100 back) and Michael Van Zee (50 free).
Joey, Connor, Nicholas, Shawn, Michael, Becca Hendricks, and Max Jameson qualifed for the top 8 finals. Congratulations swimmers!!
Lifetime best times were also swam by Rachael Mittel, Monica Kornstein, Danielle Mannweiler, and Dylan Gallo. Great season Tsunamis!
P.S. many thanks to Jacque Fitzpatrick for sending in the additonal JO entries-great job!
Katie Marsh Finals at Sectionals
Thursday night Katie took home a fifth place in the 200 breast with a great in season time of 2:42 just a bit off her lifetime best time. As one of the youngest swimmers in the heat, she swam a very smart race. Saturday night, against basically the same field she brought home a fourth place with a 1:15.52. This was a lifetime best time breaking the 1:16 barrier for the first time. Congratualtions Katie! Other strong swims for the weekend included Joe Skuba in the 50, 100, and 200 free, and Jenny Marsh in the the 100 breast.
Rhi departs for World Championships
Rhi flew out Tuesday (7/8) to meet up with the USA National Team as they embark on their journey to swimming fast at the World Championships in Barcelona. She will be in France for the first week and then on to Barcelona where she begins competitng on July 20th. Rhi will be swimming the 200 free and the 400 & 800 free relays. We are all wishing her the best of luck! GO RHI!!!
Good Luck to the Tsunami Sectional Team!!!!
Congratulations to our sectional qualifiers: Courtney Gallo, Joe Skuba, Kelly Klein, Kyle Klein, Morgan Manousos, Katie Marsh, Jenny Marsh, Andrew Meeder, Rachael Desantis, and Kirstie Jeffrey. We are looking forward to some fast swimming in Ft. Lauderdale!! (7/10-7/13) GO TSUNAMIS!! Check out results http://flst.com
Aqua Crest Gearing up for the Championship Season
This is our favorite time of year-the time when all of the hard work makes sense to us all!!!! The Tsunamis have had a solid summer of meets. The Ft. Lauderdale Age Group Invitational was their last chance to test the waters before the big meets, and the swimmers really stepped up and swam well. Rhi Jeffrey, Jenny Marsh, Courtney Gallo, had some terrific swims for the 15 & over girls. Joe Skuba, Nathan Van Zee, Jay Van Zee, and Andrew Meeder had fast in season lifetime best times. Katie Marsh took home a victory in the 200 breast. Kirstie Jeffrey had an outstanding 100 free for the 13-14 girls. The 11-12's were very strong, Nick Manousos, Jenna Gallo and Keshia Vazquez returned for finals. Mariah McGovern, Caitlin Salerno, Danielle Smith, and Lindsey Meeder swam great lifetime best times. Fallon Fitzpatrick led the 10 & under girls returning for finals in almost all of her events. Stevie Lynn had terrific butterfly swims, competing in finals in the 50 & 100 fly. Devin Stoner also had best long course times. Hunter Smith had an awesome 50 free for the 10 & under boys. Evan Blair swam a lifetime best in the 100 fly and placed 9th overall. Connor Fitzpatrick and Shawn Warner swam under the JO time in the 100 free! Congratulations Tsunamis!! Here we come JO's!!!
Tsunami 12 & unders swimming fast at the BC short course Invitationals!!
Champions in the making, Aqua Crest is tuning up some younger swimmers and they are ready to emerge onto the JO level. Courtney McGovern, Connor Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Van Zee, and Shawn Warner are having a great season as some of the top 8 & unders in the county. Becca Hendricks, Danielle Mannweiler, Healy Dwyer, Joey McGovern, and Matthew Stoner are acheiving lifetime best times in season!! Mckenzie Stoner and Tatum Fitzpatrick are our strong 6 &under swimmers. And a welcome to our newest competitive swimmers: Bianca Russano, Grant Dunham, and Danielle Jacobs! Great Swimming Tsunamis!!
AQUA CREST GIRLS WIN SENIOR MEET!!!!!
(team was 4th overall)
The Tsunami girls had some outstanding swims in Ft. Lauderdale to claim a meet victory! Rhi Jeffrey won the 50,100,200 and 400 free with great in season times. Katie Marsh took home gold with great races in the 100 and 200 breast. Courtney Gallo was second in the 1500 with a lifetime best time. Jenny & Katie Marsh, Courtney Gallo and Rhi Jeffrey finished with a 3rd place in the 200 Free Relay. Joe Skuba placed 4th in the 50 free with an awesome time. Kelly Klein and Kyle Klein had outstanding 100 fly races. Samantha Palaigos, Andrew Meeder, Tom Reynolds, and Heather Robert had some great in season swims in the free events. Morgan Manousos finished the meet with an outstanding 200 IM. The 12 & unders: Nick Manousos, Keshia Vazquez and Jenna Gallo swam lifetime best times.
SURF & SUN COCOA BEACH 2003 SUMMER SEASON KICK OFF!!!
It wouldn't be the summer if we didn't begin it with our annual trek to RON JON'S-participate in the mad dashes for the TRIVIA questions (which our team won the majority of I do believe!)- and watch those famous DANCES at the start of the meet (they really went all out this year with the village people)!!!!
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the meet, it was a great meet to ease into the season. However, the Tsunamis refused to ease into it, they turned in some great opening season times!! Katie Marsh went a lifetime best in the 200 IM, 50 free, and the 400 free. Kirstie Jefffrey also swam an LTB in the 400 free. Andrew Meeder had great free events and his fastest 100 breast. Nick Manousos had LTB'S in the 400 free and the 100 breast and went on to win the high point award for the 11-12 boys (as an 11 year old!) Rhi proved she is more than just a world class freestyler by turning in a great 200 fly and a terrific come from behind win in the 200 IM. Danielle Smith, Wyatt Pechter, and Jenna Gallo started the season with many outstanding swims for the 11-12's. Hunter Smith, Ken Farrington, and Shawn Warner scored top 8 in the 10 & under boys events. Courtney McGovern, Becca Hendricks, and Danielle Mannweiler also turned in many lifetime best times.
AQUA CREST ANNUAL BANQUET
RESCHEDULED FOR SAT. MAY 10TH @4:30
Due to the inclement weather last Saturday, the banquet will now be held May 10th. The Tsunamis will hold the annual team banquet at the Boynton Beach ocean park south pavilion. All families are welcome to hit the beach early, however parking is free after 4 p.m.. The food and festivities will start around 4:30 p.m.. Please look for your banquet form in your box and be sure to sign up to bring in your favorite recipe for our cookout. Also, any volunteers for set up, cooking and clean up are much appreciated!!!! We look forward to a great celebration-the Tsunamis have a lot to celebrate this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See you there!
TEAM USA DEFEATS THE AUSSIES 196-74!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Team USA had some outstanding swims on Sunday at Indianapolis! One of those included the womens 400 free relay. Aqua Crest's Rhi Jeffrey along with Lindsey Benko, Natalie Coughlin, and Jenny Thompson set an American US Open record with a time of 3:38.95. Rhi had the 3rd fastest split on the relay swimming a 55.10. Rhi also took a 5th in the 100 free and a 4th in the 200 free. You can catch all of the energy and incredible swims from all of team USA on NBC Saturday April 12, 3-4:30 p.m. and Sunday April 13, 1:30-3 p.m. The 400 free relay will be the first event on Saturday! You can see a picture of the relay on the usswim.org website under the Duel in the Pool section/swimcam gallery. Congratulations Rhi! GO USA!!!!!
AQUA CREST HAS ITS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday night in Indianapolis, Rhi faced a tough field of 100 freestylers including olympian, Lindsey Benko. Seeded first going into finals, Rhi showed a lot of maturity and stuck to her race taking the first 50 out smooth in a 27.4. Turning 6th at wall, she poured on the speed while all of the other swimmers began to lose their momentum and charged into the wall to out touch Benko for first place with a time of 55.2 (her second 50 was a 27.7). After her victory she got to speak to the crowd and say how incredibly happy she was! Congratulations Rhi!! You can check out her victory picture at the usswim.org website under the events page. Go to spring nationals then click on candid photos.
Thursday the battle continued. Rhi tied for first in the preliminaries. Assigned to lane 5 two lanes over from Benko in the finals, Rhi stuck to her game plan again smooth through the first 100 going out in 100.6 and at the third 50 touched 6th with Benko out of sight and over 2 seconds ahead. But then Rhi turned it on again and chased down the field by the 75 and was catching Benko at an incredible pace. It just fell a little short . Rhi touched only 5 tenths behind Benko to take home a second place (coming home in 100.5). Great swimming Rhi!!!!
AQUA CREST HAS ITS FIRST NATIONAL RELAY!!!!
The Tsunamis competed in the 800 free relay Friday. Courtney, Kelly, Kirstie and Rhi swam to a 33rd place out of 42 teams! For their first national competition they handled the pressure well, swam great and made a lot of new friends! Congratulations!!
Saturday, Rhi swam the 50 free and placed 8th with a lifetime best time! Nationals had a lot of "1sts" for the Tsunamis and a lot of awesome swimming!! Great swimming Aqua Crest!!!!
TSUNAMIS QUALIFY 5 SWIMMERS FOR THE FGC ALL STAR TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Tsunamis had five swimmers who placed in the top four in their events at the Junior Olympics which qualified them for the ALL STAR team. Congrtulations to Katie Marsh, Rachael Desantis, Nick Manousos, Jenna Gallo, and Keshia Vazquez. They will compete as part of the FGC in a duel meet against the Florida swimming association. They will compete at the Indian River Community College in Ft. Pierce on Saturday, April 5th! Good Luck Tsunamis!!
GOOD LUCK TO OUR NATIONAL TEAM
Individual Qualifier & USA National Team member for Duel in the Pool, Rhi Jeffrey. 800 free relay qualifiers: Kirstie Jeffrey, Kelly Klein and Courtney Gallo. The Tsunami National Team will be taking off for Indianapolis Monday, March 31st. GO TSUNAMIS-GO USA!!!
TSUNAMIS 7TH AT FGC JUNIOR OLYMPICS-4TH IN WOMEN-1ST IN PALM BEACH COUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our team proved at Plantation last weekend that quality really is better than quantity. We had some awesome swimming all weekend long. Congratulations to Katie Marsh for making the US Open cut in the 200 breastroke!!! Congratualtions to Andrew Meeder and Morgan Manousos for making their sectional cuts in the 200 breast. Lindsey Meeder took home two golds and the first place high point award for the 10 & under girls. The 10 & under girls free relay (Devin Stoner, Fallon Fitzpatrick, Stevie Lynn and LIndsey Meeder)swam to an exciting first place finish. Courtney Gallo(500,800, 1650 free) Katie Marsh (200 breast), and Nick Manousos (500 free) took home golds! Top 8 finalists included Kyle Klein, Andrew Meeder, Katie Marsh, Nick Manousos, Kelly Klein, Jenny Marsh, Jenna Gallo, Keshia Vazquez, Kirstie Jeffrey, Rachael Desantis, Fallon Fitzpatrick, Stevie Lynn, and Hunter Smith. All of the Tsunamis swam to lifetime best times!!! Congratualtions to all of the Tsunamis with outstanding performances: Shawn Warner, Evan Blair, Connor Fitzpatrick, Devin Stoner, Danielle Smith, Mariah McGovern, Caitlin Salerno, Morgan Manousos, Heather Robert, Tom Reynolds, and Aaron Mittel.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR JUNIOR OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
Good Luck at Plantation March 27-30
Aaron Mittel, Kyle Klein, Jenny Marsh, Rhi Jeffrey, Heather Robert, Kelly Klein, Courtney Gallo, Katie Marsh, Morgan Manousos, Kirstie Jeffrey, Rachael Desantis, Samantha Palaigos,Andrew Meeder, Jenna Gallo, Danielle Smith, Keshia Vazquez, Mariah Mcgovern, Caitlin Salerno, Wyatt Pechter, Nick Manousos, Lindsey Meeder, Fallon Fitzpatrick, Stevie Lynn, Devin Stoner, Hunter Smith, Connor Fitzpatrick, Shawn Warner, and Evan Blair.
TSUNAMIS HAVE 3 DIVISION II CHAMPIONS-AND AWESOME SWIMMING WITH MANY LIFETIME BEST TIMES!!!
The Tsunamis took home 5 golds this past weekend at Coral Springs. Leading the way was Devin Stoner with victories and JO cuts in the 200 free, 200 im, and the 50 breast. Heather Robert had two victories one in the 200 free (which was a JO cut) and the 500 free. Samantha Palaigos also took a victory in the 500 free and made her JO qualifying time in the 200 back. Zeke Z., Caitlin S., Connor F., and Shawn W., all made finals and swam lifetime best times. In the preliminaries, Rachael M., Danielle M., Becca H. and Brianna R. all had awesome swims and lifetime best times. Congratulations Tsunamis you make us proud!!!
Tsunami girls place 9th, Aqua Crest finishes with an overall 14th place (best ever-and we haven't even shaved yet!)
Sectional meet getting faster..........
The Tsunamis are getting into the groove as the Speedo Southern Sectionals get on the way. Thursday evening the distance events began the meet. Rhi placed 3rd in the 1650 and Kelly swam a great time in her 1650. Kyle swam the 1000 in his first ever sectional competition. The girls 200 free relay had a terrific 8th place finish (must be in the genes: Jenny & Katie: Kirstie & Rhi ). The girls 200 medley relay (Rhi, Katie, Rachael, and Kirstie) placed 14th.
Friday a.m.: Everyone feeling a little more acclimated, the Tsunamis had a strong prelim session. Rachael had a great 400 IM, the 200 freestyle event showcased some strong swims by Rhi (qualifying 2nd), Jenny, Kirstie, Kelly, and Aaron. Katie qualified in the top 8 in the 100 breast and Keshia (the rookie) swam a lifetime best in the 100 breast.
Friday p.m.: Rhi put on a clinic in the 200 free, swimming it in her classic form. She took the first 100 out with the field in a 54.9 and then pummeled the competition in the 2nd 100, negative splitting her race by returning in a 52.5. Her 1:47.47 broke the 13 year old sectional record. After her 200 free, Rhi came back and swam a lifetime best in the 100 fly placing 10th. Katie also had an impressive swim Friday night, placing 7th in the 100 breast with an awesome time of 1:07.04. The girls 800 free relay (Courtney, Kelly, Rhi and Kirstie) turned in a 9th place finish to conclude the session.
Sat & Sun Prelims: All of the Tsunamis turned in some good times leaving the meet with good momentum going into the championship meets. Rachael swam a strong 200 breast and 200 fly. Jenny, Kirstie, and Aaron swam a great 50 and 100 freestyle events with in season best times. Kyle finished the meet well with a 17:20 in the 1650. Courtney and Kelly also had great distance swims in the 500 and 1000. Rhi qualified for finals in the 50, 100, and 500 free. And Katie made it in 8th for the 200 breast.
Sat & Sun Finals: Rhi made her mark in the sectional record books once again in the 50/23.14 & 100/50.03 freestyle breaking former olympian Nicole Haislett's records. And speaking of olympians, Rhi out raced Brooke Bennett in the 500 to take the victory and a personal best of 4:47.06. Katie finished the meet off in style swimming an awesome 200 breast with a personal best in season time of 2:23.00, and moved up to 5th place! Tsunamis Rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Complete results can be found at yteamorlando. Great job Tsunamis!!
CONGRATUALTIONS TO THE TSUNAMIS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2003 SPRING SECTIONAL TEAM! GOOD LUCK IN ORLANDO!
Rachael Desantis, Courtney Gallo, Kirstie Jeffrey, Rhi Jeffrey, Kelly Klein, Kyle Klein, Jenny Marsh, Katie Marsh, Aaron Mittel, Heather Robert, and Keshia Vazquez
2-16/2-16 TSUNAMI AGE GROUPERS AWESOME AT PLANTATION
The 12 & unders made a vast improvement from their swims in Jacksonville. This is a great indicator as we head into the last phase of the season. Jenna Gallo took home a first place in the 200 free with a lifetime best of 2:04, and broke a 1:00 in the 100 with a 58.9. Lindsey Meeder and Fallon Fitzpatrick placed top 5 in in most of their events for the 10 & under age group with many lifetime best times. Devin Stoner also had lifetime best times embarking on more JO cuts. The boys picked up more cuts. Hunter Smith made an A cut and JO cuts in all of his events. Evan Blair picked up the 50 back JO cut and had all lifetime best times. Right on the bubble, Connor Fitzpatrick just missed the JO times and had great swims. Shawn Warner had a lifetime best in the 100 free. Keshia Vazquez took a 2nd in the 50 breast and a 4th in the 100 breast. Danielle Smith, feeling a little more comfortable in the 11-12 age group had 7 out of 8 lifetime best times. Mariah McGovern had some fast freestyle swims in the 50 and 100. Overall, it was a laidback but fast meet. But the fastest is yet to come! For complete results go to swimpst.com.
02-14/02-16 TSUNAMIS ON TRACK AT SENIOR INVITATIONAL
The senior meet proved to be a good indicator of how everyone is coming along in the season. Everyone had some terrific in season long course swims. For this time of year, coming off some intense training, the Tsunamis really stepped up and raced well. For complete results go to swimpst.com. Next stop sectionals!!! Go Tsunamis!!!
MANY THANKS TO THE TSUNAMI PARENTS AND SWIMMERS WHO VOLUNTEERED AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!! WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!
The meet went very smooth and fast on Saturday thanks to the parents and swimmers who volunteered their time to help support the Tsunamis. Even though it was only part of the team participating, we really appreciate everyone coming together and helping. Many thanks to our timing crew of swimmers, the timing console team (with all of the expertise) Jim Mittel, Laurie and Glen Meeder, our inside computer wizard (making it look easy) Mim Desantis, the hostess of concession Lisa Lynn, our ice donators Ken and Shawn Blair, runner Christine Smith posting results( we know how scary it can be to post in a clan of parents awaiting times ), our fabulous greeters Jackie Fitzpatrick and Debbie Stoner, and the concession crew Lisa Ritota, Janet Crump and others who gave a helping hand. We would also like to thank those families who donated the concession $. Tsunami parents you are much appreciated! We look forward to another great home meet in September.
02/08/03 HOME POOL ADVANTAGE = FAST TSUNAMIS!!
Not only did the meet go fast, so did the Tsunamis!!! The PBC BB-C invitational held at Aqua Crest on Saturday turned out some terrific swims!!! Congratualtions to all of the Tsunamis! We had some swimmers embarking upon JO cuts, reaching BB time standards, and dropping their times! Incredible, considering it's February!
Evan Blair, Connor Fitzpatrick, Ken Farrington, Devin Stoner and Joey McGovern all are on the brink of JO cuts-let's build the Tsunami JO team! Rachael Mittel, Shawn Warner, Dylan Gallo, Jamie and Stephen Fleishman, Tatum Fitzpatrick, Courtney Crump, Brianna Ritota, Becca Hendricks, Danielle Mannweiler, Courtney McGovern, Wyatt Pechter, Shanti Ezrine, and Zeke Zylberberg all had many lifetime best times. Great swimming Tsunamis! Individual results can be found at the team bulletin board.
1/25/03 1ST ANNUAL TSUNAMI BLUE VS. BLACK INTERSQUAD MEET
A GREAT SUCCESS!!!!!
The first annual intersquad meet in Tsuanmi history was close from start to finish. The toss of the coin decided the coaches for each team. Scott had Blue, and Holly had Black. The Blue team line up consisted of: Rhi Jeffrey, Jenny Marsh, Kyle Klein, Tom Reynolds, Heather Robert,Rachael Desantis,Keshia Vazquez, Rachael Mittel, Lindsey Meeder,
Stevie Lynn,Shawn Warner, Dylan Gallo, Brianna Ritota,Ken Farrington, Taylor Gibson, Stephen Fleishman, and Matt Stoner. The Black team roster included: Aaron Mittel, Courtney Gallo, Kelly Klein, Katie Marsh, Andrew Meeder, Zeke Zylberberg, Samantha Palaigos, Jenna Gallo, Devin Stoner, Fallon Fitzpatrick, Hunter Smith, Connor Fitzpatrick, Danielle Mannweiller, Becca Hendricks, and Jamie Fleishman.
After the 200 freestyle events both teams were tied. Blue took over from there leading by 15-25 points throughout the rest of the events. However, Black stayed close enough to have it come down to the final event: a 250 yd free relay with an 8&under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, and a senior swimmer. The points would be doubled for the winning relay and there would not be any points for second place. Black had a chance, but they were up against a tough Blue relay team: Shawn, Lindsey, Keshia, Rachael D. and Rhi. The Black relay swimmers were: Conner, Fallon, Jenna, Andrew, and Aaron. The teams were tied on the first leg. Then Blue took a lead, but Andrew wasn't going to go out with a fight. He split a 24(personal best) to give Aaron a slight lead. Aaron had his work cut out for him, Rhi was ready to chase him down. Rhi had an awesome swim, but Aaron held her off to take the victory for the Black team. Black team won the 1st intersquad meet--who will it be next year?
After an afternoon of racing, the Tsunamis took on another sport-bowling! The team had a great time just hanging out together away from the pool.
1/17/03 TSUNAMIS FAST AT THE FIRST MEET OF THE SEASON
The Tsunamis traveled north to Jacksonville for their season opener. After xmas training, it would prove to be a hard task to get back into racing. However, the Tsunamis excelled to lead the team to an overall 4th place finish, and a girls 3rd place finish. For inspiration the Tsunamis got to meet Josh Davis, Olympic gold and silver medalist. Rhi Jeffrey was a senior first place high point award winner.
The 8 & under boys were lead by Connor Fitzpatrick, Shawn Warner, and Matt Stoner. Shawn had some terrific swims taking a third place medal, and "Conan" was the only 8 year old to swim the 500 free, he also turned in life time best times. Matt also had lifetime best times. The 8 & under girls were represented by Tatum Fitzpatrick, she too turned in some fast swims. The 10 & under age group got off to a great start with a first place finish Friday night by Lindsey Meeder in the 500 free. Fallon Fitzpatrick had a great 2nd place finish in the 50 fly. Stevie Lynn and Devin Stoner also had lifetime best times. Hunter Smith swam great, capturing some lifetime best times. The 11-12's also had a great start of the season with some lifetime best swims. Jenna Gallo had an awesome 500 and Nick Manouos finished the meet with a lifetime best 1500 competing in the senior category. Rachael Mittel and Danielle Smith also turned in good in season swims.
Katie Marsh led the 13-14 girls with two first place finishes in the 100 and 200 breastroke. Kirstie Jeffrey swam a fast 3rd place 200 free. Morgan Manousos and Samantha Palaigos both had outstanding 500 free's on Friday night. Andrew Meeder placed in the top five in most of his events for the 13-14 boys, with solid in season times. The senior's also had some great swims: Rhi Jefffrey and Jenny Marsh began the meet with some terrific 500's, Heather Robert turned in a lifetime best in the 200 breast, Courtney Gallo and Kelly Klein swam a lot of distance events and had solid swims. Speaking of distance, Kyle Klein also finished the meet with a good 1500 despite the 100 degree water temperature! And Aaron Mittel turned in some super in season times in the 50 & 100 free.
It was great to get out of the area, race some other teams and just have a good time together. We really had a fun time and great swims despite the cold, the lost dinner reservation, and the pungent smell of the indoor chlorine air! The turn out was great! We thank all of the families that endured the drive, the air, the long sessions (especially the milers on sun p.m. who had to stay late)! We appreciate the time and commitment to your swimmers-it is much deserved by the swimmers who continue to commit themselves everyday!
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