Final Nationals Report

Our SPY National Team made history again by scoring a total of 64 points and placing 21st place overall,
up from last year's 24th place. SPY was the 3rd best team from Ohio. The top team from Ohio was
Countryside, placing 5th with 367 points. Next came M.E. Lyons placing 11th with 223 points.

Now we have 1 year to prepare to place in the top 10 overall and bring home a National title or two!
Our journey towards this goal begins on April 16th. Letters will be sent out this coming week to
each family explaining how our spring and summer training/conditioning program will work.
We hope to have everyone on board for the summer!

News From Nationals-Wednesday Results

Margo Geer comes through again! This time, in the 100 free, Margo swam to a 3rd place finish with a new
Team Record of 50.94! Margo followed that up with a 13th place finish in the 200 back, going 2:04.35.

Anders Samuelson swam a strong 100 free, going 48.89 and requalified for the 2008 Nationals. Both
Mike Pettit and Pat McHugh swam good 200 backstrokes, going 2:04.16 and 2:00.50 respectively! Next
in time trials, Elizabeth Samuelson, A-J Petroff, and Drew keriazes swam to best times in the 100 free,
going 59.85, 58.78, and 53.96 respectively.

There is one day remaining in competition with 4 relays and one individual event for our SPY swimmers.
As of the end of Wednesday night our 2007 National Team had scored over 60 points, beating the record
number of points scored last year!

Nationals Update

History was made on the first night of the YMCA Nationals in Fort Lauderdale! Margo Geer raced to a
2nd place finish in the 100 backstroke, going 56.45, and just missed winning her first National title by
.01 of a second! Margo's silver medal was the highest female swimmer finish in history by a SPY swimmer! Margo then
stepped up to the blocks in the 50 free and came away with a 3rd place finish, going 23.63. There was
a tie for first place at 23.57, so Margo missed her 2nd National title by just .06 of a second!

On the boy's side, Pat McHugh headed into the 100 backstroke seeded 35th, but was determined to
make it back to finals at night. Pat raced to a 53.41 and not only made it back at night, but he made
the big final, placing 8th at the end of prelims! Pat swam to an 8th place finish at night at 53.65!

Lauren Funk raced to a 25.40 in the 50 free; Anders Samuelson placed 68th in the 50 free with a 22.33
while Pat Mchugh placed 118th in the 50 free at 22.66. For the 200 medley relays, our girls went 1:54.97
and placed 63rd, while our guys swam to a 1:41.40 and placed 38th!

Overall, SPY was ranked 12th after the first day of competiton! Last year our National Team ended up
tied for 24th position overall with 60 total points. Our 2007 National swimmers are looking to shatter that
mark by the end of the week!

Updates will be posted as the meet progresses!

SPY Off To Nationals

Our National swimmers are in training for their final short course meet of the season, Y Nationals in
Fort Lauderdale! This year we are taking 10 swimmers to Nationals! Included on the National Team are
Kendra Crew, Lauren Funk, Margo Geer, Anna Jean Petroff, Liz Samuelson, Daniel Gummel, Drew Keriazes,
Pat McHugh, Mike Pettit, and Anders Samuelson.

Within the Team we have 4 rookies in their first individual events! They include Kendra, Lauren, Drew, and
Mike, Anders and Liz will be representing SPY at Nationals for the first time on relays!

Our veteran swimmers include Margo, Pat, Anders, and Daniel, so they will be counted on to lead the
Team at the Nationals!

In 'THE ZONE'

Our SPY Zone swimmers headed to Ohio State for the Great Lakes Zone meet. This meet allows many of
the top swimmers from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and West Virginia to race face to face. SPY's main goal
at this meet is to get one last fast meet to either make National cuts or to just finish up the short course
season.

Drew Keriazes came through in the 200 breast making his first Y National cut in the 200 breaststroke!
This was a hugh accomplishment considering that Drew was out of training for nearly 10 weeks due
to a broken collarbone. Danny Powderley was right on Drew's heels, but just missed the cut in 3 separate
attempts!

With over 1400 swimmers in competition, gold medals were very hard to come by, but both Kendra Crew
and Matt Pettit came away with gold medals, Kendra in the 11-12 50 breast, and Matt in the 10 & under 50
back! Kendra also placed in the top 8 for both the 100 breast and 100 IM. Patrick Greitzer came through
with an 8th place finish in the 100 breast for 13-14 guys. Anders Samuelson came through with an 8th
place as well in the 100 free for 15 & older guys.

Our swimmers who placed in the 9 thru 16 range included Kendra Crew, Drew Keriazes, Matt Pettit,
and Jeff Ross.

Congratulations to our 38 Zone swimmers on a job well done!

AA CHAMPIONSHIPS - A BIG SUCCESS!

The AA Championship Meet is the one time during the winter season where all the team put their best
on the blocks and go head to head to see who the best is in Ohio! SPY finished 5th overall this year
while M.E. Lyons/Anderson walked away with the meet as usual. The only local team ahead of us right
now is Kettering, who finished one spot ahead of us in 4th. But the base that we established this year
with the success that we had will put us on the heels of the Cincinnati teams next year!

We had many highlights this year to be proud of and here is a list of our swimmer's accomplishments:

Congratulations to our 2 new National Qualifiers:
Kendra Crew (12) - 100 breaststroke
Mike Pettit (17) - 200 backstroke

Congratulations to our 8 - Under Girls for being the Team Champions for their age-group
Our Championship group included Anna Carney, Annelise Gibson, Scarlet Koelsch, Lizzy Lohnes, Ali Miller,
Kacie O'Conner, Hanna Rastatter, Cassie Riley, Maddie Shaffer, Ally Simonton, Jenna Snyder, Taylor Stoner,
and Noelle Wiebeck! And we can't forget Coach John for putting this great group together!
Great job being the best!

Congratulations to our new League Record Holders:

Margo Geer (14) - 50 free - 23.50
100 free - 51.91
100 back - 56.23

Kendra Crew (12) - 100 breast - 1:09.52

Congratulations to our Gold Medalists:
Margo Geer - 50 free (23.50), 100 free (51.91), 200 free (1:52.68), 100 back (56.23), 200 back (2:01.93),
200 IM (2:09.85)
Kendra Crew - 50 breast (32.49), 100 breast (1:09.52)
Maddie Shaffer - 25 fly (16.43), 25 free (14.40)
Taylor Stoner - 25 breast (20.27), 100 IM (1:23.80)
Matthew Pettit - 50 back (32.77)
8 & Under Girls 100 Free Relay - Anna Carney, Taylor Stoner, Noelle Wiebeck, Maddie Shaffer
8 & Under Girls 100 Medley Relay - Taylor Stoner, Annelise Gibson, Maddie Shaffer, Anna Carney

Congratulations to our individual Silver Medalists:
Patrick Greitzer, Jeff Ross, Kendra Crew, Matthew Pettit, Maddie Shaffer, and Taylor Stoner

Congratulations to our individual Bronze Medalists:
Cameron Riley, Pat McHugh, Anders Samuelson, Anna Carney, Jeff Ross, and Maddie Shaffer

Congratulations to the rest of our individual Top - 8 Finishers:
Drew Keriazes, Trevor Keriazes, Stephanie Lohnes, Taylor Massie, Kacie O'Conner, Stella Petroff, Mike Pettit, Courtney Speakman, and Chandler Vandiford

Congratulations to our individual Consolation Finalists:
Victoria Burcham, Molly Carney, Ian & Stewart Collins, Justin Crew, Lauren Funk, Daniel Gummel,
Bradley Johnson,Trevor Keriazes, Lizzy & Stephanie Lohnes, Pat McHugh, Stella Petroff, Matt Pettit,
Danny Powderley, Garrett Pringle,Hanna Rastatter, Cassie & Cameron Riley, Spencer & Ben Rowland,
Anders Samuelson, Ally Simonton, Paige Smith,Courtney Speakman, and Noelle Wiebeck.

Congratulations to our individual swimmers who achieved new "cuts":
New Zone Cuts:
Ian Collins (50 back), Matt Pettit (100 IM), Stella Petroff (100 breast & 50 fly), Trevor Keriazes
(200 free & 200 IM),Cameron Riley (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 breast, 50 fly, & 100 IM),
Jeff Ross (100 IM), Spencer Rowland (50 fly), Stewart Collins (100 breast), Danny Powderley
(100 back), Garrett Pringle (200 back & 200 breast).

New Y National Cuts:
Kendra Crew (100 breast) & Mike Pettit (200 back)
New USS Spring National Cuts:
Margo Geer (100 back & 200 back)

Congratulations to all of our swimmers and coaches for making AA's a very successful event!
Now it's on to Zones and Nationals! GO SPY!

SPY WINS "A" CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 5th YEAR STRAIGHT!

Our swimmers made a very impressive showing this past weekend at the A Championships at the
Springfield Y last weekend! SPY had over 100 swimmers in competition and we were well ahead of
the competition by the end of the first day! Our swimmers compiled 18 new cuts that were AA or
higher!

Garrett Pringle led the way by making his Zone cut in the 400 IM, dropping over 20 seconds from
his seed time! Next was Anders Samuelson making 3 new AA cuts, making the 200 free, 200 fly,
and the 200 IM. Alexis Vaske came through with 2 new AA cuts in both the 50 back and the 100 IM.
Daniel Gummel came up with 2 new AA cuts as well, 100 free and 100 back.

Our swimmers that made one AA cut this weekend include:

Scarlet Koelsch - 25 fly
Lizzy Lohnes - 25 fly
Ali Miller - 25 back
Ally Simonton - 100 free
Bradley Johnson - 100 free
John Spencer - 25 breaststroke
Molly Carney - 100 breast
Madison Kavanaugh - 50 back
Liz Samuelson - 50 free
Drew Keriazes - 200 IM

Congratulations to all of our swimmers! We had numerous kids get within tenths of a second of making
new AA cuts, and many others are now within range of making their first AA's next season!

Next our swimmers head for AA's, Zones, and then off to Nationals!

GO SPY!

Last Chance Meet a Big Success!

With a serious ice storm almost ending the meet before it started, the temperatures rose and all
was saved for our Last Chance Meet! Our parents and Coach Mickey did a great job in setting
up for the meet since most of the coaching staff were in Canton at the High School State Meet.
Overall, our kids did a great job in establishing 19 new cuts ranging from AA's all the way up
to one Y National cut!

First we congratulate Joey Mullen for making his first AA time in the 50 fly (34.27)! Next came
Margo Geer, making her National cut in the 100 fly (1:00.20)! Next are our swimmers with new
Zone cuts. This list includes Danny Powderley in the 200 breast (2:26.01) and Pat McHugh
in the 100 fly (56.71)!

Our swimmers with new AA cuts include:

Anna Carney - 25 back - 21.09
Annalise Gibson - 50 free - 39.87
Cassie Riley - 100 free - 1:27.26
Ally Simonton - 50 free - 39.88
Jenna Snyder - 25 free - 17.59
Courtney Speakman - 200 free - 2:40.52
Alexis Vaske - 50 fly - 37.82
Kacie Miller - 100 back - 1:17.02
Stella Petroff - 100 free - 1:04.82
Amelia Samuelson - 100 free - 1:03.90
Spencer Rowland - 100 fly - 1:18.93
Drew Keriazes - 100 fly - 59.75
Pat McHugh - 200 free - 1:54.41
Chris Neely - 200 back - 2:13.52
Garrett Pringle - 100 breast - 1:07.65

A great job by all of our swimmers, coaches, and parents!

The "A" Championships are next so let's get ready to put on a great meet and make it a huge success!

GO SPY!

HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS / MARGO GEER STATE CHAMP - 50 FREE/100 FREE:

The Ohio High School State Championships feature the fastest high school swimmers in the State and
some of the fastest high school swimmers in the country! SPY is proud to announce that we have
produced one of the fastest female sprinters in the country in Milford Center Fairbanks freshman
Margo Geer! Margo came in seeded first in both the 50 and 100 free for Division II, so it was a
question of just how fast will she go and can she beat the Division I champion as well. In the
50 free, Margo raced to a gold medal at 23.60, and just missed defeating the D-I champ by a few
hundreths of a second! But in the 100 free Margo took the gold at 51.34 and also defeated all
D-I challengers! Margo becomes the first State Champion from SPY in nearly 30 years, and she
does it twice in one meet!

Our next individual qualifier was Kenton Ridge sophmore Lauren Funk, enjoying her first trip to
the State Championships! Lauren swam a strong 50 free, placing 12th overall in a 25.12! Next in
the 100 free, Lauren went 56.24, placing 22nd overall, moving up 2 spots from her 24th place
seeding! Next year we might see a 1 - 2 finish by our girls in both the 50 and 100 frees!

On the boy's side, both Pat McHugh and Anders Samuelson led the first ever Catholic Central
boy's 200 free relay to a 16th finish in finals and had a strong showing in the 200 medley as
well, but finished out of the finals. So this was a big step for the Central program, next year
both individuals and relays should be in the points!

Congratulations to all of our high school swimmers, regardless of your level of success!
This should be motivation for you to train even harder over the summer and next year so
that you move on to the next level in your swimming career!

High School Districts

Our SPY swimmers did an outstanding job at this year's District Championships! Swimmers
use the District meet to qualify for the State Championships in Canton.

Our girls swam at 93% best times and made numerous new Y Championship cuts along the way!
Freshman Margo Geer led the way with 2 more record setting swims in the Central Ohio District!
First Margo swam a 23.54 in the 50 free, setting not only the District Record, but the State Record
in that event as well! Next was the 100 free and another District record, winning in a time of 51.41,
just missing the State Record of 51.1! Both of these swims have Margo seeded first at the State
Championships!

In the Southwest District Championships, Kenton Ridge sophmore, Lauren Funk was our next
State qualifier. Lauren swam the 50 free in a 24.65, making both her first Y National cut and seeding
her 8th at the State Championships! Next in the 100 free, Lauren swam a 55.66, getting her the
24th seed at the State Championships and ever so close to her 2nd Y National cut! Dayton
Carroll freshman Taylor Massie is headed to State on her 200 medley relay and swam a 1:13.78
in the 100 breast and made her Zone cut! A couple of our girls making some huge drops included
Liz Samuelson in the 200 IM (2:27.06) and Victoria Burcham in the 100 back (1:04.65), a new
Zone cut & 200 IM (2:26.70). The rest of our District qualifiers included Paige Smith in the 100 breast
for Division I, Taylor Massie in the 500 free, Liz Samuelson in the 100 breast, Maureen Day in the
100 back and 200 IM, and Alicia MacLeod in the 100 back. District relay swimmers included Kara
Greitzer and Corrin Klang.

On the boy's side, with only 1 division, it's very tough to make it to the State Championships.
Our boys swam at nearly 100% best times and just missed qualifying 2 for State in individual
events, but did get 2 relays qualified! Catholic Central junior Anders Samuelson swam a lifetime
best 22.02 in the 50 free and made alternate in that event. Next was Central sophmore
Pat McHugh in the 100 back, 54.24 and making alternate! Both Anders and Pat did help
Catholic Central qualify their first ever boy's relays to State, making both the 200 medley
and 200 free relays.

All of the swims at Districts were outstanding and our boys picked up numerous Y
Championship cuts along the way! Making Y National cuts were Anders in the 50 free
and the 100 free (48.78), Pat in both the 50 free (22.28) and the 100 back. Greenon
sophmore, Danny Powderley made a Zone cut in the 200 free, going 1:51.59, Fairborn
sophmore Garrett Pringle made Zones in both the 200 IM (2:06.49) and the 100 back (57.26),
Emmanuel Christian senior Daniel Gummell made a Zone in the 100 fly (56.19), Greenon
junior Mike Pettit made Zones in the 100 back (56.40), Central senior Chris Neely made a
Zone in the 100 back as well (57.66), and North sophmore Drew Keriazes made Zones
in the 100 breast (1:03.21).

So an outstanding performance by all of our high school athletes!

SPY Wins 2nd Dual Meet of the Year

Our swimmers kept up their winning ways be soundly defeating the visiting Kettering Y by a score of
971 - 315! Our kids are continuing to add to our list of AA and Zone cuts at each opportunity!

Our new Zone qualifiers included:
Jeff Ross - 50 back - 32.38
Mike Pettit - 100 back - 56.59
Danny Powderley - 200 IM - 2:08.79

New AA cuts were established by:
Kacie O'Conner - 100 IM - 1:41.23
Hanna Rastatter - 100 IM - 1:41.90
Cassie Riley - 25 back - 21.11
Chandler Vandiford - 25 free - 17.78
Stephanie Lohnes - 50 free - 32.30
Courtney Speakman - 50 free - 32.73 & 100 IM - 1:23.21
Madison Kavanaugh - 100 fly - 1:18.17
Trevor Keriazes - 500 free - 6:20.34
Cameron Riley - 100 back - 1:16.67 & 50 fly - 33.13
Mike Pettit - 50 free - 24.06 & 100 free - 51.74
Danny Powderley - 50 free - 23.92 & 100 back - 59.94

Congratulations to all of our swimmers for a great meet!

A big thanks goes out to Julie Carney and Pat McHugh for helping out with the 8 & unders since
Coach John was under the weather for the meet. And another big thanks to all the parents that
helped out with set-up, breakdown, concessions, and meet management. Another successful
meet to add to our record!

12 HOURS REMAININGN TO SIGN-UP FOR A Championship

THIS THURSDAY, FEB 22nd, Yep, that 's right ...TOMORROW. You must do the log in and click
the events by 10pm EST. For those on military time 22 hundred hour!

FYI:
8 and Under swimmers may swim 4 individual events.
9 and Older Swimmers may swim 6 individual events.
If a swimmer has a AA time, they may not swim in that particular event.
If you may still edit and add events until the deadline on directathletics.
Any 8 and under with 4 or more AA times may not swim at "A" Championship
Any 9 and OLDER swimmer with 6 or more AA times may not swim at "A" Championship.
Any swimmer receiving a AA time at LAST CHANCE MEET on Sunday. The coaches will edit those
entries immediately after the meet, because SPY must submit our entries to the league and the meet
championship director. Otherwise, Mary Jane McHugh or coaches cannot edit anything after they
are sent off; because the Championship meet is run by the league, SPY is only providing location
and timing equipment. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO DECK ENTRIES AT ANY CHAMPIONSHIP
MEETS & NO CHANGES CAN BE MADE AFTER WE SUBMIT OUR TEAM'S ENTRIES.

Kettering Valentine Invitational

Our swimmers did a good job in picking up new AA times as we get closer to the championship season!
Our neww AA cuts were achieved by:

Kacie O'Conner - (8 - under) - 50 free = (39.47) & 100 free (1:29.82)
Dakota Stoner - (8 - under) - 25 free (17.85)
Stephanie Lohnes - (9 - 10) - 100 free (1:12.88)
Courtney Speakman - (9 - 10) - 100 free (1:13.21)
Molly Carney - (11 - 12) - 50 back (34.69) & 100 back (1:18.28)
Stella Petroff - (11 - 12) - 100 IM - (1:13.15)
Cameron Riley - (11 - 12) - 200 free (2:20.03) & 100 IM (1:14.80)
Allison Lohnes - (13 - 14) - 100 free (59.37)
Congratulations to all of our swimmers making their new cuts!
We also had a few swimmers with some outstanding drops in certain events. These included:
Kirsten Beals dropping 8 seconds in the 50 free, and she just turned 6.
Audrey Shaffer dropped 3 seconds in her 25 breast at only 6 years old.
Jacob Woeber dropped 3 seconds in the 25 fly.
Audrey Bonn dropped nearly 7 seconds in the 100 IM.

Nice job by all of our swimmers!

YMCA Championship Meets

There are 132 swimmers who have attended the NEEDED 3 meets in order to participate in YMCA
Championships.

The SPY team focus is to have 100% participation at the championship meets. This has been to
goal for all SPY team members to participate and display the BEST SWIMS at the season's end!
THIS IS WHEN ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND JOY OF MONTHS OF TRAINING ARE CELEBRATED
IN THE POOL. The coaches LOVE THE TIME OF SEASON!

Several swimmers who are still short 1 meet did sign up for the LAST Chance. That is great.
Remember, you participate in the meet to have the meet count.

The following individuals still need one meet. LAST CHANCE is your opportunity. Talk to your coach
by the end of Monday night to get you in the meet!

Swimmers not signed up and need this meet:
Amanda Bredenfoerder
Ross Davis
Kara Greitzer
Kourtney Koehler
Aidan Smith
Kevin To
Erica Klang
Mia Simonton

Swimmers who are now ineligible to participate in Championships:
Jeremy Dobbins
Sam Jergens
Manisha Nezhad
Robit Nezhad
Philip Shoulvin
Alison Dave
Hira Bashir
Sarah Thorton


Please note: any swimmer not advancing onto AA swim Championship your last practice for the winter
season will be Thursday, March 1st!

SPY HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS ARE IMPRESSIVE @ SECTIONALS

All of our high school swimmers were in competition this past weekend at their respective Sectional meets, attempting to move on to the District finals this coming weekend at Miami University. Fairbanks freshman, Margo Geer, swimming at the Worthington Sectional in Columbus, set the pool on fire in the 50 free! Margo clocked a 23.75, breaking the Sectional record and qualifying her for the USS Spring Nationals! Her time would have been the fastest seeded time in last year's State prelims for either division! Next Margo went back to work on the 100 free, going 52.20 and setting another Sectional record!

From there we move on to the Centerville Sectional in which our only girls in Division I went to work to qualify for Districts. North High sophmore Paige Smith came up big in the 100 breast, going 1:10.90 and qualified for this week's Districts, and is just 1 second off her first Y National cut as well! North sophmore, A-J Petroff was impressive as well, going 1:05.80 in the 100 fly, just missing making Districts, b ut going 2 seconds under her previous lifetime best. Maria Pettit, a freshman at

On the boy's side, Fairborn sophmore, Garrett Pringle had 2 impressive swims and qualified for Districts in both. Garrett did best times in both the 200 IM (2:08.65) and the 100 back (57.71).

Next we go to the Springfield Sectionals which were held at the Wittenberg natatorium. The girls had to deal with late night swimming since the meet started at 5:30 and ran until 10:00! Leading the way for the girls was Kenton Ridge sophmore Lauren Funk, winning both the 50 free (25.46) and the 100 free (56.61) in lifetime best times and both times are just off her Y National cuts as well! Lauren will also be leading KR in the 200 and 400 free relays! Dayton Carroll freshman Taylor Massie dropped over 6 seconds in her 500 free (5:44.84) to make districts, as well as qualifying in the 100 breaststroke at 1:15.24, and is on both the 200 medley and 400 free relays for Carroll. Urbana freshman Victoria Burcham was a 2 event qualifier as well, making the 100 back (1:06.90) and the 200 IM (2:32.78). Catholic Central sophmore Maureen Day was our next double qualifier, making the 100 back (1:08.39) and the 200 IM (2:37.83), as well as the 400 free and 200 medley relays. Next was Cent
ral
sophmore Liz Samuelson, qualifying in both the 100 breast (1:15.14) and the 200 IM (2:31.47), along with the 200 medley relay. Our final girl for individual events was Shawnee sophmore Alicia MacLeod, making the 100 back (1:12.06).

Our relay only qualifiers include Kourtney Koehler, Kara Greitzer, and Corrin Klang on Central's 400 free relay. Kourtney and Kara also made Central's 200 medley relay.

Our SPY swimmers that had great performances but did not move on to Districts included Arianne Wilt, Miriam Barcus, and Amanda Bredenfoerder.

On the guy's side, the Catholic Central Sectional Champions were led by sophmore Pat McHugh winning the 100 back in a time of 54.98 and setting a new Sectional Record! Central senior Chris Neely followed Pat into the finish with a second place (58.23) and an automatic qualification into Districts. Central junior Anders Samuelson was our lone double District qualifier, making both the 50 free (23.07) and the 100 free (50.04). Our single event qualifiers were led by North sophmore Drew Keriazes winning the 100 breast and Emmanuel Christian senior Daniel Gummell winning the 100 fly. Drew took first in a lifetime best 1:04.29, and just off the Y Nationals qualifying time! Daniel took the 100 fly in a time of 57.15. Next we had Greenon sophmore Danny Powderly in the 200 free (1:55.11), and Greenon junior Mike Pettit in the 100 back (58.52).

Central's Pat McHugh and Anders Samuelson will be leading the Sectional champion 200 Medley and 200 Free relays to Districts, While Chris Neely will be on the 400 free relay.

The rest of our SPY swimmers that did a great job at Sectionals included Ashton Atkins, Stewart Collins, Ross Davis, Boris Hinderer, Rohit Nezhad, Philip Shouvlin, Jeremy Dobbins, Kevin To, and David To.

Congratulations to all of our SPY swimmers and their great accomplishments this past weekend!

SPY SWIMMERS HAVE IMPRESSIVE RESULTS IN YMCA TOP - 16 RANKINGS

The National YMCA calculates the fastest 16 times in each event for each gender for each age-group. SPY swimmers had an impressive number of rankings for the past short course season! Here is a list of our rankings:
Kendra Crew (9 - 10):
2nd - 50 breast (34.17)
2nd - 100 breast (1:17.31)
5th - 100 IM (1:09.38)
6th - 100 free (1:01.27)
7th - 200 IM (2:33.94)
9th - 50 back (32.76)
11th - 50 free (28.28)
13th - 200 free (2:17.82)

Patrick Greitzer (11 - 12):
6th - 50 breast (31.82)
7th - 100 breast (1:10.30)

Margo Geer (13-14):
1st - 100 free (51.94)
2nd - 50 free (23.84)
4th - 100 back (59.08)
8th - 200 back (2:08.63)
11th - 200 free (1:55.63)
11th - 200 IM (2:10.86)

John Petroff (15 - 18)
4th - 200 fly (1:52.15)
5th - 100 fly (50.86)

RELAYS:
5th - 9 - 10 girls - 200 medley relay - 2:18.10
(Christina Lohnes, Kendra Crew, Molly Carney, Samantha Wilt)
10th - 15 - 18 boys - 400 medley relay - 3:33.80
(Pat McHugh, Marcus Geer, John Petroff, Brent Hitchcock)
15th - 15 - 18 boys - 200 medley relay - 1:37.95
(Pat McHugh, Marcus Geer, John Petroff, Anders Samuelson)
Congratulations to all of our swimmers earning Top-16 recognition!

Time to Sign-Up

Once again it is time to sign up for meets!
Key Dual Meet on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 17th HOME Springfield YMCA
DEADLINE: Monday Feb. 12th 10pm.
You need to mark your attendance, the coaches will select the events.
Last Chance Meet on Sunday morning, Feb.25th HOME - Springfield YMCA
DEADLINE: Sunday Feb. 18th 9pm

High School gives not going onto STATE Champioship should sign up for these meets.
Remember 3 YMCA meets are needed to swim at any YMCA Championship. USS Meets do not count.

GO TO DIRECT ATHLETICS

SPY Takes 1st Dual Meet of the Season!

Here is a new feature we will be publishing after every meet! The new "Meet Report" will give some fun facts and accomplishments related to the meet.

This past Saturday SPY hosted it's first dual meet of the year against the Beavercreek Y! SPY had nearly 90 swimmers in competition, a very good number considering that this did not include any of our high school swimmers, kids in other sports, and losses due to illness. Our kids did a great job defeating Beavercreek by a score of 4566.5 to 2753.5!

We had 3 new swimmers make their first "AA" cuts for the year; Grant Osborn in the 50 breaststroke (45.31), Seth Seibert in the 50 fly (38.91), and Robbie Ashbaugh in the 50 breast (40.66). Next we had a number of new "AA" cuts that were achieved by swimmers who had already made cuts at past meets, this list includes:
Elizabeth Lohnes - 25 back - 21.29
Kacie O'Conner - 50 free - 39.47
100 free - 1:29.82 Noelle Wiebeck - 100 IM - 1:41.51
Justin Crew 50 free - 32.96
200 free - 2:42.44
50 fly - 38.09
Madison Kavanaugh 50 fly - 34.36
Amelia Samuelson - 100 fly - 1:17.68
100 IM - 1:13.94
Trevor Keriazes - 50 fly - 34.18
Cameron Riley - 100 breast - 1:26.57
Chris Vandiford - 500 free - 5:46.84
200 IM - 2:25.32

We had numerous swims that were within tenth's of a second of being new "AA" cuts! So let's get everyone working hard so we make those cuts at the next few meets! So overall a great job by our swimmers, parents, and coaches!

Upcoming Meet Schedule

Remember our upcoming meet schedule:

High School Sectionals - 2/8 - 10 @ various locations
KEY Valentine Invitational - Sunday - 2/11 (this coming weekend) (high school swimmers not going to Districts and needing to get their 3 - Y meets in should try to enter this meet)
High School Districts - 2/16 - 17 @ various locations
SPY dual meet against Kettering Y - Saturday - 2/17 (@ home) (high school swimmers not going on to State should be in this meet if you have not done your 3 - Y meets yet)
High School State Meet - 2/23 - 24 in Canton
SPY "Last Chance" Meet - Sunday - 2/25 (@ home)
"A" Championships - March 2 - 4 @ SPY

Announcements Page

Check out the Announcements page for up-to-date practice times.

Video Stroke Clinic

Over 100 of our SPY swimmers went through the Video Stroke Clinics that were hosted by SPY during the holiday break. These swimmers were video-taped in their strokes and then viewed their swims afterwards. A lot of mistakes were seen and corrected so that our kids are practicing correct techniques in workout and in meets to reach their optimum potential. This is just one of the many new features we are offering this year to give our swimmers an edge over other programs! If yiu did not take advantage of these clinics, they will be offered again during the upcoming season at different times.

SPY Team Office

Within the next week our new SPY Team office will be up and running! The coaching staff will now have a place to call home when not on the deck for practice. The office is located just past the enterance to the big gym. We will have office hours during the week when parents can call or stop in to speak with Coach Bruce or leave a message for any of the other coaches.

Practice Schedule

FRIDAY - Seniors = 4 - 6 PM
9 - 12's = 6 - 7:30 PM
8 - unders = 6:15 - 7:30 PM

SATURDAY - SENIORS = 7:30 - 9:30 AM
9 - 12's = 8 - 9:30 AM