Piranha Press
Week 1
What an UNBELIEVABLE start to the summer swim season. The weather was great, the competition was fierce, we have the coaching dream team, the music was on-point and it resulted with a WIN!!
FINAL SCORE: 265-218
It was great to see so many smiling people yesterday and to see how much our team has grown this year. We have 138 swimmers on the team and see many new families and kids. Welcome to our Piranha family!
Being new Swim Team Reps we found out quickly that a swim meet cannot run so smoothly without the help of our parent volunteers. A big thank you to Terri Schultz - ribbons. Cornelia McKenna - table workers. Danielle Villagomez - food concessions. Marie Depew - Spirit Wear. Emil Gerardi - Road Kill. Kevin McKenna - Timers, etc. Jill Garofalo - however Stephanie Radday willingly stepped in this week. Rachel Swanson - a beautifully sung Star Spangled Banner. Brian Dausch and Troy Schultz - Friday night set-up assistance. Our certified Stroke and Turn Officials - Bob Betkey, Heather Raley, Eric Swanson and Rami Villagomez. And Danielle Cirinicione - veteran skillz application.
**A special shout-out goes to Shawn Hurley and his “wizarding skills” with the computer and Patrick Connor for stepping in DJ Jazzy John’s shoes and doing a fantastic job announcing.
It was exciting to see many different accomplishments made across the pool whether it was a first swim meet, dropping time in an event, swimming a new stroke, diving off the diving block or qualifying for Strahele’s. Keep up the good work Piranha’s!
It looks like Shawn Hurley has to do some adjusting on the record board because there were a few new records set yesterday.
Congratulations to:
Eva Villagomez [11-12]
50 Back 33.50 (team & pool)
50 Fly 32.87 (team)
Kacey McKenna [15&O]
100 Free 1:02.48 (team)
50 Back 31.11 (team & pool)
50 Fly 30.55 (team)
Grace Scharper, Ava Vercollone, Mary Marquez, Eva Villagomez [11-12]
Relay 2:03.44 (team & pool)
There were some exciting “Heat Sweeps” FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD place wins:
-6&Under Girls, 25Free - Ruby Stanley, Katelyn Ma and Signe Hellmers
-8&Under Girls, 25Free - Hartley Vercollone, Kendall Raley and Camille Schwarb
-9-10 Girls, 50Free - Madeline Ryan, Maya Raley and Naomi Segall
-15 & Over Girls 100Free - Casey McKenna, Emma Schultz and Peyton O’Brien
-15 & Over Boys 50Breast - Tommy Hurley, Ryan Merani, Andrew Dausch
There will be lots of information to come this week regarding the team picture, the Novice Meet and much much more. Please, please, PLEASE sign up to volunteer in at least one way for the up-coming swim meet. Next Saturday is HOME meet VS. Crofton. We will be sending out Sign-Up Genius links again soon. Be on the lookout!
Reminder: Don’t forget to MARK YOUR CALENDAR for Tuesday, July 9th for the Jason Lezak Swim Clinic. Follow this link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4eaca62fa3fd0-jason
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Amanda and Nicki