ELITE NEWS BULLETIN               12-11-06

 

ELITE YOUTH EXCEL AT HOLIDAY CLASSIC;

LI, KOLOGY, JONES & KATZ REACH TOP 16!!!

 

Twelve Elite 12 & Unders competed this weekend against some of the finest swimmers in New Jersey (and some great swimmers from Long Island, Westchester & Pennsylvania) in the 20th annual Holiday Classic meet held at Rutgers University. Although all 12 athletes swam great, 4 Elite swimmers (Michael Li, Regan Kology, Brent Jones and Zackie Katz) led Elite and broke into the top 16 (and therefore, scored points for Elite!) with their exceptional swimming.

 

In the New Jersey Swimming world, mid-December signals the halfway point of the winter training season. Elite marks this sign post by sending its top swimmers to one of two meets: Elite’s 12 & Under swimming studs compete at the prestigious Holiday Classic Meet. The 13 & Older stars travel to Pittsburgh to compete in a similar meet this coming weekend at the Christmas Invitational.   

 

Twelve year old Michael Li led Elite working his signature event: breaststroke. Michael dropped almost 6 seconds in placing 3rd in the 200 breaststroke (2.34.53). Michael also placed 4th in the 100 breast (1.12.92) and 4th in the 50 breast (33.62).  

 

Ten year old Regan Kology continued her assault on the Elite record book; Regan dropped nearly 5 seconds in the 100 free (1.05.29) in placing 8th . This represents the fastest 10 & Under Girls 100 free in Elite’s 12 year history!! Regan also placed 8th in both the 50 free (29.87) and the 200 free (2.26.25). For the weekend, Regan posted 8 personal best times, qualified for Junior Olympics in 3 additional events (100 IM, 50 back and 200 IM) bringing her JO total to 11 (out of 12 possible events)!!!   

 

 Twelve year old Brent Jones placed in the top 16 in all 3 of his swims: 9th place in the 200 breast (2.54.97), 10th in the 50 breast (36.44) and 15th in the 100 breast (1.21.21).

 

 Nine year old Zackie Katz placed 8th in the 50 breast (40.18) by dropping almost 2 seconds. Katz added to additional Junior Olympic cuts to his schedule: the 100 IM (1.23.06) and the 100 free (1.10.75).

 

Also excelling was 10 year old Andrea Shepard, who after qualifying for Junior Olympics in two events at Distance Derby, added 5 additional events to her resume: 50 back (37.83), 200 Free (2.42.38), 50 Free (31.55), 200 IM (2.58.78) and 100 back (1.20.83).

 

Ten year old Jeffrey Dong also added a Junior Olympic cut time, bringing his total to 4, by his swim in the 100 IM (1.23.41).  

 

Elite’s Boys 10 & Under relays also swam great, placing 10th in both the 200 Medley and 200 Free Relay. The Girls 10 & Under 200 Free Relay placed 12th.     

 

Swimmers who participated were (#  in parenthesis is # of best times): Courtney Brosnan, Jeffrey Dong (2), Juliet Felson (1), Brent Jones (3), Zackie Katz (5), Regan Kology (8), Aaron Levin (1), Michael Li (6), Kara Miller-Radest (1), Dara O’Gorman (1), Andrea Shepard (4) & Kaitlin Stearns (1).

 

Complete results are on the website.

 

MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH, SWIMMERS DECIMATE PREVIOUS METER BESTS;

MILLER-RADEST, O’HARA AND TURKINGTON LEAD WAY:

 

            Meanwhile, back at Morristown-Beard, the remaining Elite Age Groupers (Wavebusters and Marlins) were slaughtering their previous best meter times in a dual meet verses Clifton Boys and Girls Club.

 

            Competing in just 3 events (IM, Free and Butterfly), Elite swimmers crushed their previous best times.

 

            Elite was led by 12 year old Brendan Miller-Radest, 12 year old Evan O’Hara and 10 year old Spence Turkington, who had 7 first place finishes between them. Brendan won all 3 events he competed in: 200 IM (dropping 33 seconds), 100 Free and 100 Butterfly (dropping 23 seconds). Evan won the 200 IM and the 100 Free while placing 4th in the 100 butterfly. Spence won 100 IM (4 second drop) and the 100 Free (10 second drop) and placed 6th in the 100 butterfly.

 

            Also winning events were: 13 year old Greg Keiser (100 butterfly), 9 year old Michelle Pick (50 butterfly) and 11 year old Sarah Weinbrom (100 butterfly).

 

             Placing second were: 12 year old Kristen Fedor (in both the 200 IM and the 100 Butterfly), 15 year old Katie Ragan (in both the 200 IM and the 100 Free), 10 year old Payton Hakes (100 Free), Greg Keiser (200 IM), 12 year old Matt Lemons (200 IM), 12 year old Jessie Lowe (100 Free), 10 year old Cesar Munoz (50 butterfly), 10 year old Nick Pachiolo (100 IM), 11 year old Chris Plunkett (100 butterfly) and 10 year old Taylor Savarese (100 IM).

                            

           Swimmers who participated were: (# in parathesis is number of best SC Meter best times): Arlynn Baer (2), Chris Balbo (2), Megan Balbo (2), Brielle Barba (2), Abbie Bigham (3), Eric Binder (2), Nicole Blum (3), Katie Brosnan (2), Meg Brosnan (3), Keegan Brown (3), Kayla Burakovsky (3), Alexa Burkard (3), Taylor Campolattaro (3), Monica Carty (2), Ethan Cohen (3), Jonny Crowther (3), Elizabeth D’Altrui (3), Amy Duren (3), Sam Duren (2), Anna Elston (2), Helena Elston (1), Brandon Faris (3), Madeleine Faust (3), Kristen Fedor (3), Andrea Ferrell (3), Victoria Fetner (3), Spencer Fisch (3), Erika Fresen (2), Hannah Gleason (3), Joe Gleason (3), Emily Goad (2), Katie Golway (3), Alexandra Gordon (1), Dominique Gordon (3), Rachel Greene (2), Andre Guacelli (3), Julia Guacelli (3), Payton Hakes (3), Scott Harris (2), Alyssa Hartigan (1), Greg Keiser (2), Kirsten Kellstrom (3), Caroline Kelly (3), Lauren Kelly (3), Brandon King (1), Sarah Kleppe (3), Jared Kovacs (3), Emmie Lai (2), Patrick Lai (3), Clark LaRaia (2), Isabel LaRaia (3), Ricky LaSalvia (2), Matt Lemons (3), Brandon Li (2), Jessie Lowe (2), Sarah Lowe (2), Daniela Manzi (3), Marisa Manzi (3), Katie McGrath (2), Matthew Migliozzi (3), Brendan Miller-Radest (3), Colin Miller-Radest (1), Isabella Morreale (3), Cesar Munoz (1), Madison Munoz (3), Dan Muro (3), Julia Muro (3), Caroline Nash (2), Rebecca Niccolai (2), Evan O’Hara (2), Nick Pachiolo (1), Christina Pick (2), Gabrielle Pick (2), Michelle Pick (3), Chris Plunkett (2), Katie Ragan (3), Taylor Savarese (3), Amanda Scherb (1), Jonathan Scott (2), RJ Serruto (3), Bethany Stachenfeld (2), Kaitlin Stearns (3), James Sullivan (2), Erica Takahashi (2), Lexi Tedesco (1), Spencer Todd (3), Sydney Todd (2), Jennifer Torre (3), Rachel Tortorella (2), Spence Turkington (3),  Andrea Tyminski (3), Michael Wang (2), Caroline Watt (3), Sarah Weinbrom (3), Paige Willian (3), Harry Woods (3) & Richard Yu (3). 

 

           Complete results are on the website.

 

HOLIDAY PRACTICE SCHEDULE POSTED:

 

             The holiday practice schedule is now posted on the website under Practice Schedule.

 

TOP ALL TIME TOP 10 TIMES UPDATED:

 

            The Top All-time Top 10 Times has been updated and posted on the website under Top 10 Times.

 

NINE (9) HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAMS TO AFFECT PRACTICE TIMES IN DEC, JAN & FEB; PLEASE CHECK SCHEDULE DAILY!!!!:

 

            During the December, January and February, nine (9) high school swim teams will be using either Newark Academy or Morristown-Beard pools for practices and for meets. These additional teams will affect Elite’s practice schedule virtually every day.

 

            Newark Academy Varsity (Boys & Girls), Newark Academy Middle School and Millburn High School (Boys and Girls) use the Newark Academy prior to and after Elite Swim Practices. On days where these teams have a meet, the Elite schedule will be reduced.

 

            Morristown-Beard Varsity (Boys & Girls), Morristown Middle School and Villa Walsh use the Morristown-Beard School pool prior to Elite Swim Practices.  On days where these teams have a meet, the Elite schedule will be reduced.

 

            Wave Blacks are reminded that practice on Saturday’s will be held from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm at Morristown-Beard School.

           

TWENTY ELITE SWIMMERS HEADED TO PITTSBURGH FOR CHRISTMAS INVITATIONAL; PARENTS: THERE IS ROOM ON THE TEAM BUS FOR YOU!: 

 

            Elite will field a team of 20 swimmers (an increase over the 15 swimmers from last year) for the 45th annual Christmas Invitational Meet to be held Friday, December 15 thru Sunday, December 17 at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

            Swimmers who have qualified are: Danielle Basile, Crissy Condus, Kat Cupka, Chris Dart, Carolyn DeMeo, Priya Duvvuri, Venkatesh Duvvuri, Breana Fitzpatrick, Michelle Franks, Julianne Furdyna, Duncan Hall, Jerel Ho, David Lemons, Ricky Martin, Danielle Martinez, Austin Meszaros, Ali Morreale, Maggie Nelson, Brittany Ross & Michael Strand.

 

            The Christmas Invitational is the oldest “holiday” championship meet in the country. Elite only takes swimmers who are 13 & Older. Elite swimmers who are 12 & Under and have qualified for the Holiday Classic will be entered in that meet, which is held this year on the weekend before at Rutgers.

 

            For the 1st time, Elite has hired a full 50 passenger bus to transport the team to Pittsburgh. Parents who are considering traveling to Pittsburgh are welcome to travel on the bus; in addition, Elite is still holding a few extra rooms at the hotel. Parents whom would like to travel on the bus and/or stay at the same hotel as the team need to get in touch with Bill immediately.

 

LOST AND FOUND:

 

            There is a Lost and Found at Newark Academy which is already overflowing with t-shirts, sweatshirts, goggles, fins, etc. If you have lost something, check out the lost and found. AND put your name on everything you own so it can get back to you!!!