ELITE NEWS BULLETIN               07-25-05

 

SUCCESS CONTINUES FOR ELITE AT CHAMPSIONSHIPS:

DART 29TH  AT SECTIONALS, MESZAROS QUALIFIES FOR ZONES, 8 ADD JO CUTS AT SILVERS, 14 INDIVIDUAL MEDAL WINNERS:        

 

          Building upon last weekend’s impressive 12 & Under results (10 additional JO cut times), the 13 & Older Elite swimmers performed brilliantly this past weekend at both the Sectionals Long Course competition in Maryland and the Silver Long Course competition held at Rutgers. 

 

            Representing Elite in the Mens Open 100 meter backstroke at the Speedo “Super Sectionals” held at Saint Mary’s College in Maryland, 14 year old Chris Dart rocketed to a 29th place finish (out of 56 competitors) with a 1.02.68 time. This time represented Chris’s best time so far this season and it inched him closer to the NJ state record for 13-14 year old boys. Chris will have an opportunity to better that record this weekend during JO’s. Results of the meet can be viewed at cbacswimming.org.

           

            Back in New Jersey, Chris’s teammates were emulating his swim with brilliant performances of their own. Eight swimmers posted 23 additional Junior Olympic cut times while fifteen separate Elite swimmers were medal winners (Top 8 place finish).

 

            -with a blistering 26.25 time in the 50 free, 16 year old Austin Meszaros not only qualified for JO’s and won the event, but also qualified to represent New Jersey Swimming at the Eastern Zone Meet to be held in mid-August in Buffalo, New York with his swim. Austin also won the 200 Free in a 2.10.53 time. Austin finished 2nd in the 100 Fly (1.08.21) and the 200 IM (2.35.21) and 3rd in the 400 Free (4.44.89). Five of Austin’s 6 swims this weekend were JO cut times.

 

            -16 year old Crissy Condus and 17 year old Nick Trojanowski both performed the rare feat of qualifying for 2 Junior Olympic events during a single swim!!! While stroking to a 1st place finish in the 800 Free in a 10.08.47 time, Crissy swam fast enough to qualify for the 400 Free in the front end of her swim. Not to be outdone, Nick followed in the very next heat with a 2nd place finish in the 800 free (9.42.20) and also qualified for the 400 in his front end with a 4.45.26 front split. Condus added two other JO cut times (100 fly-1.13.37-3rd place & 200 IM-2.42.88-3rd place) while Nick also added two additional JO cut times (50 free-27.77-7th place & 200 free-2.12.29-3rd place)

 

            -14 year old Colleen Mason cruised to a 1st place finish in the Girls 13-14 400 IM with a 5.48.75 swim (and a JO cut time). Colleen added two other JO times with her 4th place finishes in the 100 back (1.17.67) and 200 breast (3.12.09

 

            - 14 year old Brittany Ross churned to a 1st place finish in the Girls 13-14 200 Butterfly with an impressive 2.42.23 time (6 seconds under the cut time). Brittany added a 2nd place finish in the 100 butterfly (1.15.03) and a 3rd place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1.28.38). Both swims were JO cut times.   

 

            -despite starting full time training for the 1st time ever this past spring, newcomer Megan Mataga earned 3 medals by placing 4th in the Girls 15 & Over 100 meter back, 5th in the 100 breast and 7th in the 200 breast. All three swims just missed JO cut times.

 

            -competing in just two events (since she has qualified for 9 events already in JO’s), Maggie Beaudouin glided to a 3rd place finish in the Girls 13-14 200 Breast (3.10.08) and a 4th place in the 100 breast (1.28.93).

 

            -12 year old Danielle Martinez posted her 1st JO cut time this summer with a 7th place finish in the 100 back (1.18.96)

 

            -Kim Jones churned to a JO cut time and a 7th place finish with her 1st JO cut time in the 100 butterfly (1.16.52)

 

            Also earning medals were 1) Alex Gonszalez placed 6th in the Girls 15 & Over 200 Back  2) Lindsay Scott placed 4th in the Girls 15 & Over 400 IM 3) Katie Bohan placed 6th in the Girls 15 & Over 1500 free and 4) Will Peters placed 8th in the Boys 15 & Over 100 breast.

 

            Those who participated were: Lindsay Anderson (3), Daniele Basile (5), Maggie Beaudouin (2), Katie Bohan (5), Crissy Condus (5), Victoria D’Altrui (4), Corey Deatly (1), Tad Deatly (3), Claire DiGiacomo (2), Venkatesh Duvvuri (6), Mickey Ennis (4), Cassandra Farnow (6), Lauren Fedor (3), Julianne Furdyna, Dana Gilbert (2), Alex Gonzalez (5), Kim Jones (4), Tara Juliano (3), Victoria Keiser (3), Kirsten Kellstrom (5), Katie Kilcullen (1), Brandon King (4), Danielle Martinez (3), Colleen Mason (5), Megan Mataga (5), Katie McCullough (3), Shayla McDonnell (2), Austin Meszaros (6), Kendall Murray (3), Will Peters (5), Brittany Ross (5), Amanda Scherb (4), Lindsay Scott (3), Veronica Smith (3), Erica Takahashi (4), Lexi Tedesco (3), Nick Trojanowski (5) & Kayla Wolonsky (4).     

           

REMINDER: ROSTER SPOT DEPOSITS DUE MON, AUGUST 1ST:

 

            Swimmers and parents are reminded that the deposit to reserve a roster spot on Elite’s 2005-06 Winter Squad are due Monday, August 1st. Deposits should be mailed to Bill at 32 Prospect Street, Summit, New Jersey 07901.

 

            In addition to reserving a roster spot, the swimmer’s deposit triggers the purchases of each swimmer’s team uniform (this season: a racing suit, two personalized Elite racing caps, two t-shirts and a sweat shirt).

 

            Swimmers who fail to reserve their spot but who would like to train with Elite next season will be required to tryout for Elite on Tuesday, September 6th at Newark Academy.  

 

SUMMER FINALE-JO’S NEXT WEEKEND:

 

            Elite will send 27 swimmers into competition in 90 events against New Jersey’s finest this coming weekend at the annual Long Course Junior Olympics.

 

            Representing Elite will be: Danielle Basile, Maggie Beaudouin, Crissy Condus, Chris Dart, Carolyn Demeo, Shelby Dixon, Priya Duvvuri, Cassandra Farnow, Alex Gonzalez, Emmie Lai, Michael Li, Andrea Luallen-Egg, Danielle Martinez, Colleen Mason, Austin Meszaros, Brittany Ross, Nicki Ross, Lindsay Scott, Veronica Smith & Nick Trojanowski.