Level 1- Zones Select Camp Participant, USA Swimming Junior National Championships Qualifier, TAGS Individual Champion, Southern Senior Zones Individual Champion, Futures Individual Finalist (top 16), National Open Water Champ Participant, National Diversity Select Camp Participant

Emma Clark

Andreas Mason

Renee Nealon

Level 2 -National Select Camp, Gulf Record(Individual & Relay), Senior Zones Record, Futures Champion, USA Swimming Junior National Champion, National Championships Qualifier, US Open Water Top 8 Finisher, USA Swimming Top 10( fastest top 10 times in the country per event and age bracket)

Isabella Alas

Aria Bernal

Brynn Bond

Noah Czelusta

Kassidy Kitchel

Ellie Mcleod

Laura Saunders

Sydney Smith

Elloise Williamson

Megan Zuanich

Sydney Buchman

Level 3-National Championship Finalist(top16), US Open Championship Finalist(top 16), National Age Group Record(Individual & Relay), National Open Water Champion, Olympic Trials Qualifier, World Championships Trials Qualifier

Caleb Duncan

Way to go Dad's Club!

Our swimmers placed 10^th in the overall team scores out of over 100 teams from across the country. This is the highest placing Dad’s Club has achieved in the history of the meet.

Participants:

Girls

Isabella Alas, Sydney Buchman, Emma Clark, Ellie McLeod, Sophie Newell, Lexi Pickens, Sydney Smith, and Megan Zuanich

Boys

David Alas, Alex Culligan, Noah Czelusta, Trey Fischbach, Andreas Mason, Luke Reed, Will Sampson, Bob Timuruly, Justice Wenz, and Max Zuanich.

Individual Finalists

Isabella Alas 50 free, 100 free

Sydney Buchman 100 breast

Emma Clark 100 back, 200 back

Noah Czelusta 50 fly,100 fly  100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM

Andreas Mason 50 fly , 100 fly

Ellie McLeod 50 free, 100 free, 50 breast, 100 breast

Sydney Smith 100 free

Max Zuanich 50 back

Swim of the session

We continued our tradition of recognizing the best performance of each session at national meets. There are many factors in choosing the best swim of the session which include: time dropped, placing, splitting, execution of the race, determination, overcoming obstacles, etc.

Tuesday

-          Prelims – Isabella Alas’ 100 free.  This was Alas’ first Winter Jr. National qualifying time and her first time under 58 seconds.  Her time of 57.66 is also a 13-14 team record.

-          Finals – Sydney Smith’s 100 free. Smith joined Alas in getting her first Winter Jr. National time and breaking the 58 second barrier.

Wednesday

-          Prelims – Will Sampson’s 100 back. Will swam a best time, executed and split his race better than before all while making new tweaks to his stroke.

-          Finals – Noah Czelusta’s 100 breast. This was Czelusta’s first A final at a national level meet. His time of 1:04.75 was also a new 17-18 team record.

Thursday

-          Prelims – Bob Timuruly’s 200 free. Timuruly made big improvements on his race execution from the previous 200 free he swam the night before during the 800 free relay.

-          Finals – David Alas’ anchor in the 400 free relay.  Alas stepped up as the anchor of the 400 free relay. His split of 53.87 was his first sub 55 and 54 split!

Friday

-          Prelims – Andreas Mason’s 100 fly.  This was Mason’s first Winter Jr. National cut. His effort also earned him a second swim in finals.

-          Finals – Noah Czelusta 100 fly. Noah achieved a Summer Jr. National cut and became only the 3^rd 17-18 swimmer in Dad’s Club history to break the 56 sec barrier.

Saturday

-          Prelims – David Alas, Andreas Mason, Sophie Newell, and Lexi Pickens last swim before college.  All four swimmers had their last swim before going off to college within 10 minutes of each other.  Witnessing a swimmer’s last swim before they go off to college is special, but having four in a row made it extra emotional.

-          Finals – Noah Czelusta’s 200 IM. Noah earned a 3^rd swim of the session by swimming a phenomenal 200 IM in the Championship final. His time of 2:07.54 ranks him as the 3^rd fastest 17-18 Dad’s Club boy in history.

Team Records

Isabella Alas – 13-14 50 free 26.62

                          13-14 100 free 57.66

Ellie Mcleod – 17-18 100 free 56.75

                           Open 50 breast 32.70

Noah Czelusta – 17-18 100 breast 1:04.75

                             17-18 200 breast 2:23.49

Isabella Alas, Ellie Mcleod, Megan Zuanich, Sydney Smith -Girls Open 200 free relay 1:46.27

Ellie Mcleod, Isabella Alas, Sydney Smith, Megan Zuanich - Girls Open 400 free relay 3:51.32

Special thanks go out to our parent chaperons – Wai-Kwan Alas and Annette Zuanich.

Alek Argueta, Nabila Argueta, Luisa Bandmann, Alyssa Basaldua, Jeffrey De Groot, Cade Duncan, Caleb Duncan, Keagan Firenza, Kendall Hoffman, Zelie Hughes, Wednesday Hunter, Amaury Jayr, Grace Markovich, Dylan Michaels, Kate Mischlich, Kara Moss, Roxana Nolte, Peyton Pivec, Pryce Pivec, Shannon Tyler, Jett Walker, Joey Wendt

Individual Finalists:

Alek Argueta – 200 Breast/3^rd, 50 Breast/4^th, 400 IM/27^th, 100 Breast/7^th, 200 IM/31^st

Nabila Argueta – 200 Fly/18^th, 400 IM/21^st, 100 Fly/31^st, 200 IM/22^nd

Jeffrey De Groot – 100 Free/10^th, 200 Back/5^th, 50 Back/6^th, 200 Free/3^rd, 100 Back/10^th, 200 IM/5^th

Cade Duncan – 50 Back/9^th, 100 Back/23^rd, 50 Free/14^th

Caleb Duncan – 100 Free/2^nd, 200 Free/4^th, 100 Fly/4^th, 50 Free/1^st

Keagan Firenza – 50 Free/29^th

Zelie Hughes – 200 Breast/31^st, 50 Breast/13^th, 100 Breast/19^th

Amaury Jayr – 200 Fly/26^th, 50 Fly/31^st

Grace Markovich – 200 Fly/21^st, 50 Fly/19^th, 100 Fly/20^th, 50 Free/20^th

Kara Moss – 200 Fly/15^th, 200 Free/22^nd, 100 Breast/18^th, 200 IM/20^th

Roxana Nolte – 100 Free/20^th, 200 Fly/6^th, 200 Free/19^th, 100 Back/14^th, 100 Fly/6^th, 200 IM 15^th

Peyton Pivec – 200 Breast/20^th

Pryce Pivec – 200 Back/24^th, 100 Back/14^th

Jett Walker – 100 Free/14^th, 50 Back/5^th, 200 Free/16^th, 100 Back/21^st, 50 Free/16^th

Joey Wendt – 50 Free/25^th

Relays:

Women’s 200 Meter Medley A Relay – 16^th Place – 2:09.69

Roxana Nolte, Zelie Hughes, Grace Markovich, Kara Moss

Women’s 200 Meter Medley B Relay – 24^th Place – 2:14.18

Luisa Bandmann, Alyssa Basaldua, Nabila Argueta, Kate Mischlich

Men’s 200 Meter Medley A Relay – 5^th Place – 1:51.87

Jeffrey De Groot, Alek Argueta, Amaury Jayr, Cade Duncan

Men’s 200 Meter Medley B Relay – 18^th Place – 1:58.06

Pryce Pivec, Dylan Michaels, Keagan Firenza, Jett Walker

Women’s 200 Meter Freestyle A Relay – 11^th Place – 1:55.04

Roxana Nolte, Kara Moss, Zelie Hughes, Grace Markovich

Women’s 200 Meter Freestyle B Relay – 25^th Place – 2:02.51

Nabila Argueta, Wednesday Hunter, Kendall Hoffman, Kate Mischlich

Men’s 200 Meter Freestyle A Relay – 2^nd Place – 1:37.39

Caleb Duncan, Cade Duncan, Jeffrey De Groot, Jett Walker

Men’s 200 Meter Freestyle B Relay – 13^th Place – 1:44.35

Keagan Firenza, Pryce Pivec, Amaury Jayr, Joey Wendt

Mixed 200 Meter Medley Relay – 13^th Place – 2:05.70

Joey Wendt, Peyton Pivec, Alek Argueta, Wednesday Hunter

Women’s 800 Meter Freestyle Relay – 12^th Place – 9:03.56

Nabila Argueta, Grace Markovich, Kara Moss, Roxana Nolte

Men’s 800 Meter Freestyle Relay – 11^th Place – 8:20.82

Keagan Firenza, Cade Duncan, Amaury Jayr, Jett Walker

Women’s 400 Meter Freestyle Relay – 12^th Place – 4:09.51

Roxana Nolte, Nabila Argueta, Grace Markovich, Kara Moss

Men’s 400 Meter Freestyle Relay – 6^th Place – 3:40.24

Keagan Firenza, Cade Duncan, Jeffrey De Groot, Jett Walker

Women’s 400 Meter Medley A Relay – 19^th Place – 4:45.73

Roxana Nolte, Zelie, Nabila Argueta, Kara Moss

Women’s 400 Meter Medley B Relay – 26^th Place – 4:52.63

Luisa Bandmann, Peyton Pivec, Grace Markovich, Kate Mischlich

Men’s 400 Meter Medley A Relay – 5^th Place – 4:02.80

Jeffrey De Groot, Alek Argueta, Caleb Duncan, Cade Duncan

Men’s 400 Meter Medley B Relay – 19^th Place – 4:15.60

Pryce Pivec, Amaury Jayr, Jett Walker, Keagan Firenza

Wrapping up the 2019 Long Course season for our age group program was the Texas Age Group Swimming Championship, held in Austin, TX. This is the premier meet for young swimmers, as it features the best 14 and under swimmers in the State of Texas. It was a long and grueling meet – 4 ½ days of competition – but Dad’s Club swimmers stepped up in true fashion, stringing together numerous fantastic swims. We had 17 swimmers in attendance; 13 of them swimming individual events. Our individual qualifiers were:

Brynn Bond – 50 Free / 100 Free / 100 Back

Tori Cone – 50 Back / 100 Back / 200 Back

Claire Fischbach – 50 Breast / 200 Breast

Kassidy Kitchel – 50 Free / 400 Free / 100 Fly / 200 Fly / 200 Breast / 200 IM / 400 IM

Lexi Lukens – 400 Free / 100 Back / 200 Back

JP McCann – 100 Breast / 200 Breast

Lowell Moss – 200 Breast

Renee Nealon – 50 Free / 100 Free / 200 Free / 50 Fly / 100 Fly / 50 back / 50 Breast

Allison Ortiz – 100 Fly

Lexi Smith – 50 Free / 100 Free

Sydney Smith – 200 Free / 100 Fly / 100 Breast / 200 Breast / 200 IM

Eloise Williamson – 100 Free / 200 Free / 400 Free / 50 Fly / 100 Fly / 50 back / 200 IM

Megan Zuanich – 50 Free

Rounding out our TAGS roster were relay only swimmers Quinn Belmar, Bailey Bergen, Ian O’Neil and Avery Pham. Qualifying for TAGS is no easy feat, and we are proud of all of our Dad’s Club swimmers who made it to this meet!

As a team, Dad’s Club finished the competition tied for 12^th place. Given that there are over 80+ teams from across the State of Texas represented at this meet, overall team standings always ends up being a fierce competition. We’d like to acknowledge our athletes who placed in the Top 16 in their respective individual events, scoring points for the team.

Brynn Bond – 14^th 100 Back

Tori Cone – 6^th 50 Back / 9^th 100 Back / 14^th 200 Back

Kassidy Kitchel – 12^th 100 Fly / 11^th 200 Fly / 14^th 200 Breast / 11^th 200 IM / 10^th 400 IM

Lexi Lukens – 16^th 200 Back

JP McCann – 6^th 100 Breast / 15^th 200 Breast

Renee Nealon – 1^st 50 Free / 1^st 100 Free / 2^nd 200 Free / 1^st 50 Fly / 3^rd 100 Fly / 2^nd 50 Back / 7^th 50 Breast

Lexi Smith – 3^rd 50 Free / 12^th 100 Free

Sydney Smith – 7^th 200 Free / 8^th 100 Fly / 9^th 100 Breast / 7^th 200 Breast / 5^th 200 IM

Eloise Williamson – 3^rd 100 Free / 1^st 50 Fly / 1^st 100 Fly / 16^th 200 IM

Megan Zuanich – 2^nd 50 Free

Special recognition to Renee Nealon and Eloise Williamson for coming away as TAGS Champions! Finishing as the fastest in the State in their respective age groups, Renee won the 50 Free, 100 Free and 50 Fly, while Eloise took Gold in the 50 Fly and 100 Fly. Congrats ladies!

Competitive swimming is all about reaching the next level of the sport. For two young ladies, they made that happen by qualifying for NCSA Junior Nationals, a rare occurrence amongst age group athletes. Kassidy Kitchel earned her first NCSA cut in the 200 IM and Eloise Williamson notched her first cut in the 100 Fly. Congrats to these two girls on this amazing accomplishment!

Dad’s Club has a long standing tradition of putting together dominant relays, and this season proved no different. Relays score double the points at this meet and therefore are a big contributing factor to our overall team score. This year we had 9 out of 11 relays score in the top 16!

11-12 Girls 200 Free Relay – 2^nd – Eloise Williamson, Tori Cone, Avery Pham, Bailey Bergen

11-12 Girls 400 Free Relay – 7^th – Eloise Williamson, Tori Cone, Avery Pham, Bailey Bergen

11-12 Girls 400 Medley Relay – 9^th – Tori Cone, Claire Fischbach, Eloise Williamson, Avery Pham

13-14 Girls 200 Free Relay – 2^nd – Sydney Smith, Brynn Bond, Kassidy Kitchel, Megan Zuanich

13-14 Girls 400 Free Relay – 2^nd – Sydney Smith, Brynn Bond, Kassidy Kitchel, Megan Zuanich

13-14 Girls 800 Free Relay – 5^th – Lexi Lukens, Sydney Smith, Brynn Bond, Kassidy Kitchel

13-14 Girls 200 Medley Relay – 5^th – Brynn Bond, Sydney Smith, Kassidy Kitchel, Megan Zuanich

13-14 Girls 400 Medley Relay – 6^th – Lexi Lukens, Sydney Smith, Kassidy Kitchel, Brynn Bond

13-14 Boys 400 Medley Relay – 16^th – Quinn Belmar, Lowell Moss, Ian O’Neil, JP McCann

Championship meets always bring out the best in our swimmers. Often times, it brings out the best that Dad’s Club has ever seen. Congrats to Eloise Williamson, who tied the 11-12 Girls LCM 50 Free Team Record with a time of 28.04. Eloise also set a new team record in the 11-12 Girls LCM 50 Fly (28.72) and 100 Fly (1:04.42)! Renee Nealon set a team record in the 10 & Under Girls LCM 100 Free (1:04.94) and 200 Free (2:25.08). Renee also set a team record in the 10 & Under Girls LCM 50 Back (35.83), beating out the existing record by only 0.01!

Also breaking team records were our 13-14 Girls relays. 4 of the 5 relays swum by these ladies were the fastest that a Dad’s Club relay has ever swum for this age group! Shout out to these girls for their amazing accomplishment!

13-14 Girls 200 Free Relay – Sydney Smith, Brynn Bond, Kassidy Kitchel, Megan Zuanich

13-14 Girls 400 Free Relay – Sydney Smith, Brynn Bond, Kassidy Kitchel, Megan Zuanich

13-14 Girls 800 Free Relay – Lexi Lukens, Sydney Smith, Brynn Bond, Kassidy Kitchel

13-14 Girls 200 Medley Relay – Brynn Bond, Sydney Smith, Kassidy Kitchel, Megan Zuanich