ELITE NEWS BULLETIN               3-7-11

 

    “Cultivating Excellence in Academics, Character and Swimming”

 

 

Weekly Memo 3/7/11 Supplement

 

 

FUTURE STARS COMPETE AT MINI-CHAMPS

 

            Elite’s youngest swimmers emulated their elders this past weekend by swimming fabulously at their end of the season championships: New Jersey Swimming’s Mini-Championships 2010 held at Summit YMCA on Sunday.

 

          36 new best times were achieved by 18 Elite swimmers competing in 3 separate sessions (the meet format was altered this year to reduce the amount of time at the meet by each swimmer).

 

            7 year old Dante Soriano was placed highest for Elite in earning a 2nd place finish in the 7 & Under 50 fly (1.00.94).  Dante also finished 7th in the 50 back (54.24).

 

            8 year old Alyssa Levy knocked off nearly 6 seconds from her 100 free time to place 4th (1.22.13). Alyssa followed up with a 7th place finish in the 50 free with her 37.13 second performance.

 

            6 year old Jessica Carchia dropped 6 seconds off her 50 back time (45.87) to post a 5th place finish.

 

            8 year old Jonathan Kao scored a 10 & Under Silver time with his 7th place finish in the 50 back (43.59). Jonathan also placed 6th in the 50 breast (49.54) and 7th in the 50 free (36.97).

 

            8 year old Peter Carchia placed 6th in the 50 fly with his 43.05 swim.

 

            8 year old Will Nash touched 7th in the 100 breast (1.57.72).

 

            Other notable performances:

 

1)      8 year old Tara Balan had 3 best times

2)      8 year old Isabelle Beltran had 2 best swims, dropping more than 3 seconds in both

3)      8 year old Cordelia Burn dropped time in all 3 of her races

4)      8 year old Katarina Dowlin had 2 best times

5)      7 year old Jeffrey Ho scored best times in 2 of his races

6)      8 year old Sophie Lawrence clipped 5 seconds off her 50 fly time & had 3 best swims

7)      8 year old Grace Levey sliced 4 seconds off her 50 back time

8)      6 year old Paige McBoyle had 3 best times

9)      6 year old Shonchori Mukherjee dropped 20 seconds off her 25 breast time and 12.5 off her 25 free time

10)   8 year old Joseph Siracusa had 2 best times

11)   8 year old Grace Zinn earned best times in 2 of her races

 

Full results are posted on the team website.

 

            Swimmers who participated (# in parenthesis is number of best Elite SCY best times): Tara Balan (3), Isabella Beltran (2), Cordelia Burn (3), Jessica Carchia (2), Peter Carchia, Katharina Dowlin (2), Jeffrey Ho (2), Jonathan Kao (3), Hardie Kressler, Sophie Lawrence (3), Grace Levey (2), Alyssa Levy (2), Paige McBoyle (3), Shonchori Mukherjee (2), Will Nash (1), Joseph Siracusa (2), Dante Soriano & Grace Zinn (2).