The Storms Did Not Stop AAAA at Beach Bash
Beach Bash Recap
The weather didn't put a damper on AAAA's swimming at the 2012 Beach Bash. We had 40 athletes compete in the meet in Topeka and it was a perfect way to kick off the month of June for competing.
This meet was a great training and racing meet. Several of our elite and eclipse athletes used their races to gain experience, work on details, and practice racing in poor weather conditions.
Some highlights:
-Carter Stacey achieved her first 13-14 D1 time standard in the 800 free. She also swam 4 personal best times.
-Cierra Campbell swam two personal best times.
-Grace McCalla swam the distance events for the first time. (800 and Mile) She also swam 4 personal best times.
-Susan Frick swam all personal best times in all 7 of her events coming very close to achieving D2 Time standards.
-Ava Cormaney added more events for D2’s swimming personal best times in all three events she competed in.
-Brandon Bunting swam the 400 free and 200 backstroke for the first time.
-Canaan Campbell swam personal best in the 100 and 200 breaststroke.
-Claire Campbell, Emily Venters, and Danny Christie swam personal best times, (AAA times), finished in the Top 3 in their age group and took home first place finishes.
-David Christie swam a personal best in the 100 breaststroke.
-Gretchen Frick swam personal best times in 100 back, 200 back, and 200 breast.
- Simone Herlihy swam 5 personal best times and finished at the top of her age group in her events.
-Stephen Johnson cut time in his events, swam personal bests, and swam more D1 cuts.
-Kara Kranawitter swam the 800 free for the first time, just missing the D1 cut by tenths of a second. She swam a personal best time in the 200 free, 100 back, and 100 fly.
-Ben Maloun swam 3 personal bests, getting closer to D1 cuts.
-Mary Reed-Weston swam her first mile and 400IM outdoor and dropped 6 seconds in her 200 breast.
-Valentina Rivera swam 5 personal best times, coming close to D1 time standards.
-Hunter Robinson swam his first meet of the season dropped plenty of time and swimming all personal best times in his 7 events.
-Miranda Rohn has been working on her sprinting and it was clear she loves to race. She swam a best time in the 50 free.
-Janet Stefanov swam 3 personal best times and added events to her D1 line up.
The swimmers in stars, comets, and asteroids did a great job of swimming personal best times. For some swimmers this was their first long course meet. It was evident that being able to train outside in Lawrence has really improved our racing at meets.
-Marian Frick swam 7 personal best times, added more events to D1’s, and had first place finishes.
-Isaac Springe swam his first swim meet of the season and his first meet long course. He came close to achieving D2 time standards. He competed in six different events.
-Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck qualified for D2's swimming personal best times in all 7 of his events.
-Jacob McCalla placed in the Top 8 in two of his individual events as a 7 yr old. He also swam 100 meters long course for the first time.
-Klaire Starver swam her first long course meet of the season. Congrats!
-Nick Maloun swam the 400 freestyle, 200 back, and 200 breast for the first time.
-Faith Baxter swam all personal best times in all four events.
-Maleena Hatfield swam 5 personal best times, getting closer to D2 cuts.
-Hobbs Herlihy swam his first long course meet, placing in the Top 8 for his age group. He also swam 100 meters long course for the first time.
-Maggie McCalla swam the 100 fly and 200 IM long course for the first time. She also swam personal best times.
-Finneas Nesbitt-Daly swam a personal best time in his 100 free cutting over 10 seconds.
-Rachel Nikolov swam 2 personal best times.
-Smitha Ramesh swam 5 personal best times and you could tell she worked hard the KU swim camp.
-Diego Rivera swam 3 personal best times and just missed D1 cuts.
AAAA had the opportunity to participate in relays in almost every age group. This demonstrated how the team has grown and the wide range of ages on our team. The relays were a blast to watch.
The Beach Bash was full of storms and delay, but that did not stop AAAA from swimming personal bests, qualifying for D1’s and have a fun time. AAAA was well represented at the 2012 Beach Bash and the improvements made during the meet are a promising sign for a great summer season!
GO AAAA!
