Welcome To The
S P Y
Home Page
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
2 - 08 - 10 - Masters Update:
Masters swimmers please check the Masters page for new information !!!
2 - 08 - 10 - Upcoming Meets:
The Championship season for high school swimming begins this week as boy's Sectionals compete on Friday and girl's Sectionals on Saturday.
SPY has it's last dual meet of the season against the Countryside Y here at SPY. Should be a very competitive meet as we are looking to keep our dual meet record all in the win column!!!
REMEMBER: All swimmers - if you need to get another Y meet in to be elligible Y Championship meets, you need to get into the dual meet ASAP! This would include any high school swimmers that are finished with high school swimming after their Sectional meet is finished.
2 - 04 - 10 - Meet Report: UCY Invitational:
By scoring nearly 1000 points, SPY nearly doubled the score of the next closest team and wins again by taking the UCY Invite for the 2nd year in a row! Our gold medalists included: Kirsten Beals, Morgan DeWitt, Miranda Hampton, Morgan Massie, Gavin Mickelson, Ali Miller, Aman Ngqakayi, Gabe Rastatter, Laramie Reed, and Emma Sampson!
Plenty of new "cuts" were made as well! For AA's we had new cuts from: Grace Buckley (25 free, 25 breast), Megan Galluch (25 free), Natalie Narcelles (25 back, 25 fly), Carson Chaffee (25 free), David Johnson (25 breast), Grace Seibert (50 free, 100 free), Anna Tingley (100 IM), Morgan Massie (50 fly), Ryan Groehl (50 fly), Jack Sheehan (100 free, 50 fly), John Spencer (100 free), Courtney Speakman (100 free), Gabe Rastatter (100 back ), and Seth Seibert (100 fly). For our Zone Team, Aman Ngqakayi made his first cut in the 50 breast!
The biggest "loser" for the meet was Carly DeLong, dropping over 22 seconds in her events! Other "losers" included Abi Baldridge (-13.6), Clair Spriggs (-12.6), and Josh Gummell (-11.1).
2 - 03 - 10 - Deadlines:
Entry deadline for the Countryside dual meet = SUNDAY, 2/7 - All entries are made on Direct Athletics - High school swimmers not moving on to Districts can be in this meet, so sign up if you do not think you will be moving on!
Championship Shirt orders = due THURSDAY, 2/11 - put your order and check in the "Stella Petroff" file in the SPY room.
1 - 30 - 10 - Meet Report - Kettering City:
SPY had a small but strong group in competition at the KCST Medals Invitational over the weekend of January 22nd. A number of new cuts were achieved as our Championship teams continue to grow! For our "AA" Championship team, new cuts were achieved by Courtney Speakman (1650 free), Micah Haynes (50 fly), John Spencer (50 back), Blaire Cain (100 back), and Maddi Gaier (200 IM). Our Zone team added Hans Schubert (500 free, 200 fly), Morgan DeWitt (100 back), Alyssa Rogers (50 breast), and Laramie Reed (50 breast).
Top finishers included Miranda Hampton (400 IM, 100 back, 200 free, 200 back, 200 IM), Josh Haynes (200 fly), Morgan Massie (50 breast), Gavin Mickelson (50 back, 200 IM, 100 free, 100 back, 50 free, 200 free), Ian Mickelson (200 breast), Ali Miller (50 free, 100 IM, 100 free, 50 back), and Laramie Reed (200 IM),
For our biggest "loser" at the meet, Maddi Gaier took the honors for the girl's, dropping 16.7 seconds in her individual events. On the boy's side, Micah Haynes dropped 14.2 overall.
1 - 25 - 10 - Countryside Dual Meet:
Here is the latest information on our upcoming dual meet with the Countryside Y.
NEW DATE : Saturday, February 13th
TIME: warm-ups at 4:00 - meet to begin at 5:00 !
LOCATION: Here at SPY
Please mark this change on your calenders. The entries will be posted on Direct Athletics soon!
High School swimmers will be able to attend this meet if they do not move on to Districts. This will count as 1 of the 3 required Y meets that you need to have for Championships. There are a few of you that need both this meet along with the "Last Chance" meet on February 28th to meet your minimum commitment.
1 - 18 - 10 - Meet Report: Powel-Crosley:
SPY took the top team trophy for the 2nd year in a row at the Powel-Crosley invitational. With over 1000 swimmers in competiton, SPY scored 3091 points to win the meet! Blue Ash was 2nd at 2157 points, the Beaumont Y coming in 3rd at 1891 points. In the high point age-group rankings, Morgan Massie won the 11-12 girls high point award!
Plenty of new cuts were made over the weekend as well. Joining our Zone team are Joshua Haynes (200 fly), Grace Seibert (50 breast), and Maddie Kearns (50 breast). Additional Zone times were achieved by Ali Miller (50 back), Emma Sampson (50 free, 100 free, 50 back), Maddie Shaffer (50 free, 200 free), Abi Thompson (200 IM), Chandler Vandiford (100 breast), Trevor Keriazes (500 free), and Ian Mickelson (200 breast). New members on our AA Championship Team include Amber Southward (100 free), and Christian Narcelles (25 free, 25 back, 25 fly, 100 IM). Additional AA times were achieved by Grace Seibert (100 IM), Natalie Narcelles (25 breast), Charlie Thompson (50 free, 25 back, 25 fly), Anna Tingley (50 back), Morgan Massie (500 free), Aman Ngqakayi (100 IM), Paul Schubert (200 IM), TJ Borawski (200 free), Matt Pettit (200 free), Seth Seibert (200 IM), Mary Kallinicou (400 IM), and Taylor Massie (400 IM).
We had plenty of "losers " in the time drop department. The 2 top "losers" came out of the Senior group this time, Alexis Yirak dropped 88.3 seconds in her individual events, while Seth Seibert dropped 37.8 seconds for the boys! Other top "losers" included Ryleigh Brown (-31.7), Justin Crew (-29.8), Maggie Bruce (-25.1), Natalie Shaffer (-24.6), Catherine Sheehan (-24.5), Amber Southward (-23.8), and Carly DeLong (-22.2).
1 - 18 - 10 - Coach's Classic Sunday Results:
SPY swimmers had another outstanding day at the Classic! Central junior Patrick Greitzer raced to 1:00.37 and a 2nd place finish in the 100 breast. Shawnee freshman Kendra Crew picked up where she left off on Saturday night, by taking 3rd in the 100 breast (1:05.74), and 4th in the 200 IM (2:11.11). Yellow Springs sophomore Elizabeth Malone placed 8th in the 200 fly (2:15.98), while Central sophomore Allison Lohnes took 10th in the 200 back (2:10.79).
For the 200 medley relays, Shawnee girl's (Justice Spicer, Kendra Crew, Molly Mullen, Jordan Dockter) placed 13th at 1:58.36. The Central boy's relay (Stewart Collins, Pat Greitzer, Jeff Ross, Chip Samuelson) took 13th as well in a time of 1:45.55.
1 - 16 - 10 - Coach's Classic Saturday Results:
The Coach's Classic is currently going on both Saturday and Sunday. Prelims are held at 7 different locations, then the top 16 overall head to Cincinnati for finals. This is the largest high school meet of it's kind in the country with over 3000 swimmers involved! Our SPY swimmers had some outstanding results last night at finals! Leading the way was Shawnee freshman Kendra Crew in the 200 breaststroke (2:22.57), just getting out touched by .36 for the gold medal! Right with Kendra in the 200 breast was Catholic Central junior Patrick Greitzer, placing 3rd overall (2:12.87) and was running the field down on the last 25!
The Shawnee girl's 400 medley relay (Justice Spicer, Kendra Crew, Molly Mullen, Kacie Miller) placed 13th overall (4:17.90). The Catholic Central boy's 400 medley relay (Stewart Collins, Patrick Greitzer, Jeff Ross, Chip Samuelson) placed 15th overall (3:52.41). In the 400 IM, Kendra Crew placed 7th overall (4:40.69), while sophomore Elizabeth Malone from Yellow Springs took 10th (4:44.70)! In the 50 free, Catholic Central sophomore Chip Samuelson took 16th overall (22.97). Malone came back in the 100 fly, placing 15th at 1:01.42. Next in the 100 back, Catholic Central sophomore Allison Lohnes placed 11th (1:01.27), while Shawnee freshman Justice Spicer placed 16th (1:04.26). In the 200 breast, Springfield High junior Chris Vandiford took 8th over all (2:19.52).
Prelims and finals go on again on Sunday!
1 - 13 - 10 - Reed Represents Ohio:
SPY 10 & under swimmer, Laramie Reed, travelled with the Ohio Team to the Mid-States Quad Meet this past weekend in Indianapolis. This was Laramie's first experence being selected for an All-Star team. All-Star teams come in from 4 states and go head to head during the 2 day meet. Reed posted some great times, hitting lifetime best times in her 50 fly (35.94) and her 200 IM (2:44.03). Reed's best finishes were 14th in both the IM and the 100 breast (1:27.97). Congratulations to Laramie and her first All-Star experience!
12 - 20 - 09 - Meet Report: MAKOS Invitational:
Our SPY swimmers were well prepared for the final meet of 2009 as we added 60 new championship cuts along with 3 new Team Records, 1 meet record, and 1 high-point winner! Miranda Hampton led the way by breaking 2 Team Records in the 13-14 girls division, the 100 fly (59.16) and the 200 fly (2:12.62)! Miranda also broke the meet record in the 100 back, swimming to a 58.06, breaking the previous meet record of 58.6, held by teammate Margo Geer! Hampton earned the high-point award for the 13-14 girls division! Our 3rd Team Record of the meet was broken by Margo Geer in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.59).
Our National Team gained a number of new swims for this coming April! Miranda Hampton again led the way by making 4 new Y National cuts (200 free, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM). Matthew Abeysinghe made his first Y National cut in the 500 free! Elizabeth Malone added 3 new National cuts (100 fly, 200 fly, 400 IM)! Kendra Crew added a new cut in the 100 free! Margo Geer added the 100 breaststroke to her list of National cuts! Patrick Greitzer and Chris Vandiford both added the 200 breaststroke cut to their growing list of National cuts!
Our Zone Team grew as well with the following new cuts: Emma Sampson (100 IM), Morgan DeWitt (100 breast), Abi Thompson (50 fly, 100 fly), Dillon Abeysinghe (200 free), Gavin Mickelson (50 free), Justice Spicer (200 back), Trevor Keriazes (100 breast), Matthew Pettit (400 IM), Mary Kallinicou (200 breast), Elizabeth Malone (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM), Ian Mickelson (100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 breast, 200 IM), and Chip Samuelson (50 free, 100 breast).
Next is our AA Championship Team: swimmers making new cuts included: Kirsten Beals (100 IM), Kyle Abeysinghe (200 free), Morgan DeWitt (200 free), Alyssa Rogers (100 breast, 100 fly), Jordan Dockter (100 back, 400 IM), Courtney Speakman (200 IM), TJ Borawski (50 free, 100 free, 100 breast, 200 IM), Ian Collins (200 back, 100 fly), Trevor Keriazes (50 free, 200 free, 400 IM), Matthew Pettit (100 free), Allison Lohnes (50 free, 100 free), Taylor Massie (100 breast, 200 breast), Molly Mullen (100 breast), Stella Petroff (100 breast), Jacob Dockter (1000 free), Patrick Greitzer (100 fly), and Chip Samuelson (100 free, 100 fly).
Finally in our biggest "loser" competition, Jacob Dockter was the biggest "loser" of all, dropping over 57 seconds in his individual events! For the girl's, Miranda Hampton was on top again, dropping over 24 seconds in her events! The rest of our outstanding "losers" included: Trevor Keriazes (-44.1), Matt Abeysinghe (-24.9), Emma Sampson (-23.2), Ian Mickelson (-22.1), Nathan DeWitt (-17.3), and Chris Vandiford (-14.4).
Overall, SPY placed 5th out of 36 team and over 1400 swimmers our best finish ever!
12 - 15 - 09 - Meet Report: SPY Invite:
With over 725 swimmers in our Invitational this year, that made this year's Invite one of the largest in our history! Our parents and Y staff did an outstanding job running the meet without a problem!
Our SPY swimmers did an outstanding job in the pool as well by winning the meet by over 1000 points. All of our Championship Teams grew as well. Our new "AA" Championship swimmers included Natalie Narcelles (25 free, 50 free, 100 free, 100 IM), and Ragen Engle (50 breast, 100 breast, 50 fly). Our Zone Team added Ali Miller (200 free), and Kacie O'Conner (50 free).
Swimmers adding new events for "AA"s included: David Johnson (25 free), Jacob Kearns (100IM), Ali Miller (100 IM), Laramie Reed (50 back), Anna Tingley (200 free), Kyle Abeysinghe (100 free, 50 breast), Doug Klang (50 back), Morgan DeWitt (500 free, 100 back, 100 breast), Maddi Gaier (50 back), Annelise Gibson (100 free), Stephanie Lohnes (50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 100 breast), Morgan Massie (100 back), Alyssa Rogers (100 IM), Abi Thompson (100 free, 100 fly), Paul Schubert (100 back ), Chandler Vandiford (100 breast, 50 fly), Jordan Dockter (200 back, 200 breast, 200 IM), Justice Spicer (500 free), Ian Collins (50 free, 200 IM), Trevor Keriazes (100 free, 200 breast), Joey Mullen (100 back, 200 IM), Gabe Rastatter (100 free), Hans Schubert (500 free, 200 fly), Victoria Burcham (200 back), Allison Lohnes (100 fly, 200 IM), Patrick Greitzer (400 IM), Ian Mickelson (100 fly), Jeff Ross (100 back), and Chris Vandiford (500 free).
Swimmers adding new Zone events included: Laramie Reed (100 free, 200 free), Morgan DeWitt (100 fly), Morgan Massie (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 IM), Maddie Shaffer (100 free, 100 fly, 100 IM), Abi Thompson (50 back, 100 back), Dillon Abeysinghe (100 free, 50 fly), Matthew Abeysinghe (50 free), Mary Kallinicou (100 breast), and Jeff Ross (400 IM, 200 back).
And our National Team picked up 2 more swims by Margo Geer in the 500 free and 100 fly.
For our "biggest loser" competition, we had plenty of "losers"!!! this meet. Rachel Meyer was the top "loser" by dropping over 108 seconds in her individual events! For the boy's, Christian Narcelles was the top "loser" by dropping 53.3 seconds in his events! Now for a list of the rest of our big "losers" : Zoey McKinley (-62.8), Catie Cox (-49.9), Hans Schubert (-49.4), Ragen Engle (-46.4), Natalie Shaffer (-39.1), Doug Klang (-35.9), Mary Stute (-33.7), Megan Galluch (-32.7), Madeleine Stahl (-30.8), Natalie Narcelles (-30.1), Taylor Ford (-26.5), Sarah Snapp (-26.4), Bradley Johnson (-26.2), Kaylee Dockter (-24.9), Mia Simonton (-24.5), Jack Sheehan (-24.1), Carter Mayhan (-21.6), Conner Kelly (-20.7), and Gabe Rastatter (-20.5).
Our high point winners for the meet include:Jacob Kearns (8 & under boys), Laramie Reed (9-10 girls), Maddie Shaffer and Morgan Massie (11-12 girls), Gavin Mickelson (11-12 boys), Miranda Hampton (13-14 girls), and Allison Lohnes (15 - over girls).
12 - 15 - 09 - Junior National Results:
After 3 days of competition, our swimmers put up some great results! On Thursday, Margo Geer ended up 3rd in the 50 free with a 22.86, her best "in season" time ever! Our 400 medley relay of Geer, Kendra Crew, Elizabeth Malone, and Miranda Hampton finished 25th overall and just missed setting a new Team Record, going 3:53.87, just off the Team record mark of 3:53.47 set at Y Nationals last spring!
On Friday, Team Records started dropping! First in the 200 free, Margo finished 3rd overall with a new Team Record and a new Ohio Swimming Record of 1:47.01. Next came Kendra Crew in the 100 breaststroke, going in seeded 72nd overall and the 5th fastest 14 year old. Crew finished with a new Team Record of 1:04.25 and a 23rd overall placing! On top of that, Kendra was the fastest 14 year old overall! Our last swim of the night was Margo in the 100 back, going 54.77 in the morning and finishing 7th at night with a 55.34!
Saturday, the final day of competition, Margo Geer led the field in the 100 free in prelims, posting a 49.56 for the top seed. In the 200 breast, Kendra Crew raced to a 2:20.44 and a 31st place finish. For finals, Geer raced to a 49.40 and a 2nd place finish overall.
11 - 30 - 09 - Meet Report: Beavercreek Inv.:
SPY swam away with another 1st place Team Trophy this past weekend at the Beavercreek Invite! Swimming in short course meters did not stop our athletes from performing at their best! Our AA Championship Team grew by 7 new members including: Kacie O'Conner (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 back, 100 IM), Stephanie Lohnes (50 back, 50 breast), Paul Schubert (50 back), Gabe Rastatter (50 free), Allison Lohnes (100 back, 200 back), Jacob Dockter (500 free), and Josh Haynes (400 IM).
New AA cuts were achieved by Maddi Gaier (100 back), Kirsten Beals (50 free), Emma Reed (50 free, 25 back, 25 breast, 25 fly), Jacob Kearns (25 free, 50 free), Morgan DeWitt (100 free, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 IM), Morgan Massie (100 breast, 200 breast), Alyssa Rogers (50 free), Maddi Shaffer (100 free), Justice Spicer (1000 free, 100 breast), Matt Pettit (200 back, 50 free, 100 fly, 200 IM), Hans Schubert (50 free, 200 IM, 400IM), and Elizabeth Malone (50 free, 100 back). New Zone cuts were achieved by Emma Sampson (200 free), Justice Spicer (200 free), and Allison Lohnes (100 & 200 back).
In our "loser" competiton, we had a large number of swimmers losing big numbers! But our biggest "loser" was Kaylee Dockter, dropping over 51 seconds in her individual events! For the boys, Hans Schubert took the "loser" honors, dropping 47.6 seconds! Our other top "losers" included: Maddi Gaier (-43.2), Jacob Dockter (-40.1), Justice Spicer (-34.7), Ragen Engle (-30.7), Catie Cox (-27.1), Abby Castle (-26.5), Nickolas Fannin (-25.9), Rodney Ratliff (-22.9), Carter Mayhan (-22.0), Brian Rexroth (-18.9), Lucas Davis (-18.4), Jason Cook (-16.9), Conner Kelly (-14.8), Andrew Johnson (-13.8), and Doug Klang (-13.7).
11 - 30 - 09 - Meet Report: Mark Braun Invite:
SPY swimmers travelled up to Cleveland to swim in the very competitive Mark Braun Invitational last weekend. Winning 14 events overall with only 10 swimmers was very impressive and shows the quality of the swimmers that we are now developing here at SPY.
Our team was led by Miranda Hampton making her first Y-National cuts! Miranda made her National cuts in the 100 back, 200 back, and 100 fly! Making a new Y National cut was Kendra Crew in the 400 IM. Making new Zone cuts were Laramie Reed in the 100 IM and Dillon Abeysinghe in both the 100 and 200 IM's. New AA cuts were achieved by Chris Vandiford in the 100 fly; Chandler Vandiford in the 200 free; and Miranda Hampton in the 400 IM.
The biggerst "loser" for the meet was Matthew Abeysinghe, dropping over 27 seconds in his individual events! Dillon Abeysinghe was not far behind, dropping over 20 seconds in his events!
11 - 17 - 09 - Swimming for Success Donations:
For swimmers and groups to get credit for their donations to go towards awards, we need to have all funds collected by Monday, November 30th. Please turn in all donations to any member of our coaching staff! Thank you for your support of our program and our swimmers !!!
The awards included: top producer = $300, 2nd = $200, 3rd = $100, plus the top producing training group gets a free pizza party at a time to be determined.
11 - 11 - 09 - Meet Report - Upper Arlington:
SPY returned to the Columbus area for the 2nd year in a row to race different teams that we do not face during the course of our season. Our swimmers did an excellent job attaining numerous new time standards for the spring championship season! Our newest qualifiers for the AA Championship Team include Morgan DeWitt (200 IM, 50 free, 50 back), Maddi Shaffer (50 fly, 50 free, 200 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 200 IM), Seth Seibert (100 breast), and Victoria Burcham (100 back). The newest Zone Team members include Quinn Mickelson (200 back), Morgan Massie (200 IM, 50 breast), Morgan DeWitt (200 IM), Chandler Vandiford (200 IM), and Joey Mullen (100 fly).
New AA cuts were achieved by Morgan Massie (50 back), Abi Thompson (200 free, 50 back, 200 IM), Dillon Abeysinghe (500 free, 400 IM), Chandler Vandiford (50 back), Courtney Speakman (200 back, 100 breast, 400 IM), Matt Abeysinghe (200 breast), and Joey Mullen (100 free, 200 fly),
New Zone cuts were established by Chris Vandiford (200 breast), Pat Greitzer (200 breast), Elizabeth Malone (400 IM), Kyle Abeysinghe (50 free), Dillon Abeysinghe (50 back), Justice Spicer (400 IM), and Matt Abeysinghe (100 free, 100 back ). Remaking her Y-National cut in the 200 IM was Kendra Crew.
Our biggest "loser" of the meet was Seth Seibert, dropping over 17 seconds in his individual events. Other good drops included Justice Spicer (-12.9), Alyssa Rogers (-12.3), Josh Haynes (-10.7), and Abi Thompson (- 10.6).
11 - 10 - 09 - Meet Report: MCY Dual Meet:
SPY continued it's domination in the dual meet competiton by downing MCY by a score of 837 - 171. We had 6 new swimmers join the ranks of our "AA" Championship Team. Our newest members include Emma Reed (25 free, 100 IM), Charlie Thompson (25 free), Doug Klang (50 fly), Morgan Massie (50 free, 200 free, 100 IM), Abi Thompson (50 free, 50 fly, 100 IM), Jack Sheehan (50 free), and Joey Mullen (50 free, 100 fly). Making additional cuts were Laramie Reed (50 free, 200 free), Gavin Mickelson (100 free), John Spencer ( 50 free), Chandler Vandiford (100 free, 50 breast), Hans Schubert (200 free), Ian Mickelson (100 free), Quinn Mickelson (100 back), and Chris Vandiford (200 IM).
Our "biggest losers" of the meet included Maddie Kearns (-18.6), Madelyn Stahl (-18.3), Alyssa Rogers (-15.6) Nickolas Fannin (-14.7), Laramie Reed (-14.0), Amber Southward (-13.6), Zoey McKinley (-13.5), and Ryan Groehl (-10.7).
10 - 27 - 09 - Meet Report: Clippers Halloween Invite:
SPY swimmers had an excellent showing as we travelled out of state for our first USS meet of the early season! Even with a small group of swimmers, we managed to win 26 individual events and place in the top 3 in 41 events! Our gold medalists include Margo Geer (200 free, 100 free, 200 back, 200 IM, 50 free), Kendra Crew (100 breast, 100 free, 200 IM, 200 breast, 50 free), Matthew Abeysinghe (200 free, 100 fly, 200 back, 400 IM, 200 IM), Miranda Hampton (200 free, 100 fly, 200 fly), Kyle Abeysinghe (100 back, 100 IM, 100 fly, 50 free, 50 back), Laramie Reed (50 breast, 100 breast), and Chris Vandiford (100 breast).
Leading the way with new cuts for the year was Margo Geer, making her USA Swimming National cuts in the 50 and 100 free; Y-National cuts in the 200 free, 100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM. Chris Vandiford earned his 2nd trip to Y-Nationals by making his cut in the 100 breast along with a Zone cut in the 400 IM! New Zone times were made by Kendra Crew (100 back, 400 IM), Miranda Hampton (200 back, 200 fly), Justice Spicer (100 back), Matthew Abeysinghe (500 free, 200 back, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM), John Spencer (100 free, 50 breast), and Kyle Abeysinghe (50 back, 50 fly, 100 IM).
New "AA" cuts were achieved by Jordan Dockter (100 breast, 100 fly), Justice Spicer (50 free, 200 back), Ian Mickelson (50 free, 200 IM), Ali Miller (50 fly), Laramie Reed (50 fly), Kyle Abeysinghe (50 free), and John Spencer (100 IM).
TheTeam Record book has it's newest update! Miranda Hampton set a new Team Record in the 13-14 girls 200 butterfly, going 2:14.26 and breaking the old record (Jennifer Malone) from 1997 of 2:19.46
Our "biggest loser" for the meet with a drop of over 46 seconds in his individual events was Jacob Dockter! Other good drops came from Miranda Hampton, Matt Abeysinghe, and Kyle Abeysinghe!
10 - 22 - 09 - Meet Report: KEY Invitational:
SPY started it's 2009 - 2010 season off with a very impressive showing at the KEY Invitational! SPY walked away with the top Team Trophy as we did last year, so we are picking up right where we left off last spring!
Now we start charting the growth of our "AA" Championship Team, "Zone" Championship Team, and our Y National Championship Team. We start our "AA" Team with 33 swimmers qualifying at their first opportunity of the season! Our list includes: Kirsten Beals, David Johnson, Jacob Kearns, Maddie Kearns, Ali Miller, Laramie Reed, Emma Sampson, Grace Seibert, Anna Tingley, Andrew Johnson, Alyssa Rogers, Dillon Abeysinghe, Justin Crew, Gavin Mickelson, Aman Ngqakayi, Chandler Vandiford, Kendra Crew, Miranda Hampton, Courtney Speakman, Justice Spicer, Matt Abeysinghe, Ian Collins, Trevor Keriazes, Matthew Pettit, Hans Schubert, Mary Kalliniicou, Elizabeth Malone, Patrick Greitzer, Ian Mickelson, Quinn Mickelson, Jeff Ross, Chip Samuelson, and Chris Vandiford.
Our Zone Team qualifiers include: Emma Sampson, Dillon Abeysinghe, Gavin Mickelson, Kendra Crew, Miranda Hampton, Matt Abeysinghe, Matt Pettit, Elizabeth Malone, Patrick Greitzer, Jeff Ross, Justice Spicer, and Chris Vandiford.
And for our 2010 YMCA National Team, we have both Kendra Crew (100 & 200 breaststroke) and Patrick Greitzer (100 breaststroke) qualified to head to Ft. Lauderdale in April!
We are already breaking the record books as well! Dillon Abeysinghe broke the first Team Record of the year in the 11-12 boys 200 backstroke (2:25.56)! We also broke numerous meet records on our way to the top placing!
Our "biggest loser" competition got off to a great start with big drops in every age-group! But our "losers" of the meet were Seth Seibert, dropping over 62 seconds in his individual events; Conner Cox, dropping over 51 seconds; John Littell, dropping over 48 seconds. For the girl's, the top "loser" was Ryleigh Brown, dropping 35.5 seconds in her events! Other great drops included Ryan Groehl (28.1), Maddie Kearns (21.6), Grace Seibert (21.6), Sarah Snapp (21.1), and Aman Ngqakayi, (20.3).
10 - 22 - 09 - Geer Signs Scholarship:
Margo Geer just signed her letter of commitment to attend the University of Arizona this fall! Geer, one of the most highly recruited seniors during the past year, had many full scholarships offered to her. Margo decided that U of A was the best fit for her for both her swimming career and higher education!
CONGRATULATIONS MARGO !!!
GOOD LUCK AS A WILDCAT NEXT FALL !!!
10 - 16 - 09 - Winners - Winners - Winners:
The SPY Booster Board just held it's annual drawing for all members who had their complete fees package paid by September 30th. AND THE WINNERS ARE:
Free Y membership - Maddi Gaier !
Free short course Program Fees - Kacie Miller !
Free $150 into their Escrow Account - Josh Gummel !
Free Concession Fee - Adriana Lugo !
Next are the results of this summer's "Swimming for Success" fundraiser and the top 3 producers:
1st Place - Abi and Charlie Thompson !
2nd Place - Natalie and Christian Narcelles !
3rd Place - Aman Ngqakay !
A very big "THANK YOU" to all who participated this summer! Let's make this fall's "Swimming for Success" even better than the last 2 summers! Your generous support is helping to make our program one of the rising stars in both Ohio Swimming and USA Swimming!
9 - 25 - 09 - SPY Swimmers Tops in the Nation:
Each year the YMCA of the USA releases it's "TOP 10" swimmer lists for each age during the previous short course season (2008-2009). Our SPY swimmers are climbing the ranks rapidly against all other Y teams in the country! These are times that were done strictly at YMCA meets, not included are high school or USS championships. Here are our swimmers and their rankings for this past season in each age bracket:
Gavin Mickelson - (11) - 8th in the 100 backstroke (1:06.32)
Matthew Pettit - (12) - 6th in the 100 backstroke (1:01.90)
10th in the 50 backstroke (28.82)
Kendra Crew - (13) - 3rd in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.93)
3rd in the 200 breatstroke (2:23.48)
Kendra Crew - (14) - 2nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.13)
3rd in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.27)
10th in the 200 individual medley (2:09.79)
Patrick Greitzer - (15) - 8th in the 100 breaststroke (59.91)
10th in the 200 breaststroke (2:13.01)
Margo Geer - (16) - 1st in the 200 backstroke (1:59.28)
2nd in the 100 freestyle (50.58)
2nd in the 200 individual medley (2:04.02)
2nd in the 50 free (22.86)
3rd in the 100 fly (55.90)
3rd in the 100 backstroke (55.24)
9th in the 200 freestyle (1:53.77)
Margo Geer - (17) - 1st in the 50 freestyle (22.68) - National Record
1st in the 100 freestyle (49.02) - National Record
1st in the 200 freestyle (1:47.21)
1st in the 100 backstroke (54.19) - National Record
Lauren Funk - (17) - 4th in the 50 freestyle (23.54)
Patrick McHugh - (18) - 7th in the 100 backstroke (51.29)
8th in the 200 backstroke (1:54.90)
Congratulations to our SPY swimmers and their fine performances this past season!
9 - 24 - 09 - SPY Apparel Order Form:
Click here for a downloadable/printable SPY apparel order form.
9 - 14 - 09 - Head Coach Receives Award:
Our Head Coach Bruce Patmos received a 2009 American Swimming Coaches Association Award of Excellence. This is an award given out to coaches around the country who place a swimmer in the top 8 at finals in a National Championship Meet! At the Short Course National Championship last December, Margo Geer placed 6th in the 100 free (49.26) and 7th in the 50 free (22.81).
9 - 07 - 09 - SPY Swimmers Ranked High:
Spy swimmer Margo Geer has earned her 3rd placing on the USA Swimming National Youth Team (formerly the National Junior Team) ! Geer made the National Team for both the 50 meter free (25.88) and the 100 meter free (55.68).
For the past high school season, Margo Geer was ranked #1 in the country for the 50 free (22.40), and 3rd in the country for the 100 free (48.99)!
For the 2008 - 2009 high school season, SPY had 2 swimmers ranked as High School All-Americans. Both Margo Geer and Pat McHugh were honored by the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) for their excellence in both the pool and the classroom!
Congratulations to both Margo and Pat on these honors!
1 - 30 - 09 - National Rankings:
United States Swimming annually ranks the best swimmers in the country for each age-group and each event so swimmers can see how they fare against the rest of the country. USA Swimming used to rank by age-groups and list the fastest top-16 in the country. Now the swimmers are being ranked by their current age, not age-group, and are only being ranked up to the top-10 for each age.
SPY can now boast 2 Nationally Ranked swimmers in our program! Both Margo Geer and Kendra Crew made the Top-10 list for last year's (2007-2008) rankings in short course (25 yards).
Margo Geer is ranked as both a 15 and a 16 year old with her March birthday. Geer as a 15 year old is ranked 4th in the 50 free (23.35), 4th in the 100 free (50.30), and 7th in the 200 back(1:59.56). As a 16 year old and with only 1 short course meet at that age, Geer is ranked 8th in the 100 free (50.20), and 9th in the 100 back (55.73).
Kendra Crew made her first National Ranking as a 12 year old, taking the 10th spot in the 100 breast (1:07.98). All of our rankings were the fastest swimmers in Ohio! Congratulations to both Margo and Kendra!!!!!
03 - 14 - 08 - SPY REACHES SILVER MEDAL STATUS IN CLUB EXCELLENCE!
For the first time in the history of SPY, we have reached Silver Medal Status in the USA Swimming Club Excellence Program! This a program where USA swimming honors the top 200 USS Programs in the country. Last year SPY attained Bronze Medal Status, meaning we were climbing the ladder towards being one of the Top 200 clubs based on performance at the National level, club organization, club leadership, and coaching staff. Being a Silver Medal Club, we will be eligible for grants to help further the development of our program for the future! Go the USA Swimming website to read more about the Club Excellence Program.
02 - 07 - 08 - NATIONAL AGE-GROUP TOP 16 - Long course results:
These are the National rankings for the 2006 - 2007 long course season which ended in August with the U S Nationals in Indianapolis. Margo Geer again proved that she is one of the best 15 year old girls in the country. Here are her results and rankings compared to the rest of the country:
13 - 14 GIRLS - 50 free - 27.23 - Ranked 15th
15 - 16 GIRLS - 50 free - 26.68 - Ranked 16th
100 free - 57.11 - Ranked 11th (Olympic Trials Cut)
100 back - 1:04.04 - Ranked 12th (Olympic Trials Cut)
Congratulations to Margo and her successes over the past long course season!
01 - 30 - 08 - National Age - Group Top 16 - Short course results
The national rankings are out for the 2006 - 2007 short course season, and Margo Geer proves again how strong she ranks among the best in the country. The Top 16 Rankings are comprised of all USS and Y swimmers and their best times within each age-group. Then top 16 in each event are listed annually to show who the best in the country are. Margo's rankings come in the 13-14 age-group since all of last year's short course season she was 14. Here are her rankings:
50 FREESTYLE - 23.50 - RANKED 2nd
100 FREESTYLE - 51.34 - RANKED 6th
100 BACKSTROKE - 56.23 - RANKED 6th
200 BACKSTROKE - 2:01.93 - RANKED 11th
Congratulations to Margo and her latest accomplishments!
|
