After a crazy year of ups and downs, our 13 & over swimmers were finally able to compete at a championship meet!  The Magnolia Aquatic Club Winter Invite was held December 4^th-6^th 2020 at the Michael D. Holland Aquatic Center in Magnolia, TX. This was a prelims/finals competition, with the top 40 swimmers in advancing to finals. Of those in finals, the top 16 swimmers scored points for their respective teams. Congrats to the following swimmers for earning their second swims in finals for Dad’s Club!

13-14 Girls

Anna Bandmann – 34^th 200 Back

Jade Belmar – 27^th 200 Back, 33^rd 100 Fly, 12^th 400 IM

Elle Burke – 19^th 50 Free, 25^th 100 Free, 34^th 200 Free, 30^th 500 Free, 18^th 100 Back, 18^th 200 Back, 20^th 200 IM

Ava Ceraudo – 13^th 50 Free, 33^rd 200 Free, 21^st 500 Free, 27^th 100 Back, 13^th 100 Breast, 9^th 200 Breast

Katie Czelusta – 23^rd 50 Free, 34^th 100 Free, 37^th 200 Free, 29^th 500 Free, 29^th 100 Back, 18^th 100 Breast, 19^th 200 IM

Claire Fischbach – 15^th 100 Breast, 12^th 200 Breast, 33^rd 200 IM

Anais Jayr – 40^th 500 Free, 35^th 100 Back, 25^th 100 Fly, 15^th 200 Fly

Andrea Lessmann – 30^th 200 Back, 32^nd 100 Breast

Reese Painter – 37^th 50 Free, 38^th 100 Free, 31^st 100 Back, 22^nd 200 Back, 33^rd 100 Breast, 23^rd 200 IM

Avery Pham – 35^th 50 Free, 25^th 200 Back

Brooke Powers – 33^rd 100 Back, 21^st 100 Breast, 15^th 200 Breast, 29^th 200 IM, 10^th 400 IM

Addison Ramirez – 32^nd 200 Back

Citlali Rivera – 21^st 200 Fly

Marie Walsh – 17^th 200 Fly

Jimena Watson – 32^nd 100 Free, 12^th 200 Free, 19^th 500 Free, 6^th 1000 Free, 6^th 100 Fly, 4^th 200 Fly

13-14 Boys

Cameron Brenton – 34^th 50 Free, 13^th 100 Back, 19^th 200 Back

Benjamin Farahbod – 23^rd 200 Back, 33^rd 100 Breast, 25^th 200 Breast, 33^rd 100 Fly, 25^th 200 IM, 15^th 400 IM

James Hackney – 24^th 200 Back, 17^th 400 IM

Finnian Helman – 38^th 50 Free, 37^th 200 Free, 25^th 500 Free, 22^nd 100 Breast, 17^th 200 Breast, 37^th 100 Fly, 23^rd 200 IM

Noah Kim – 22^nd 500 Free, 32^nd 100 Back, 40^th 100 Fly, 18^th 200 Fly, 28^th 200 IM

Max Lee – 37^th 50 Free, 39^th 100 Free, 26^th 100 Breast, 22^nd 200 Breast, 29^th 100 Fly, 14^th 200 Fly

Nathan Moss – 18^th 500 Free, 33^rd 100 Back, 34^th 100 Breast, 34^th 100 Fly, 12^th 200 Fly, 22^nd 200 IM

Karl Nolte – 39^th 200 Free, 28^th 100 Back, 22^nd 200 Back, 38^th 100 Fly, 16^th 200 Fly, 26^th 200 IM

Preston Pham – 33^rd 100 Free, 19^th 100 Back, 21^st 100 Fly

Reid VanderVoort – 34^th 100 Free, 14^th 200 Breast, 19^th 200 IM

Colby Williams – 17^th 50 Free, 24^th 50 Free, 27^th 200 Free, 14^th 500 Free, 7^th 100 Back, 4^th 200 Back, 20^th 100 Fly

15 & Over Girls

Nabila Argueta – 19^th 100 Free, 29^th 200 Free, 10^th 200 Fly, 10^th 200 IM

Yana Bacha – 6^th 50 Free, 26^th 100 Free, 9^th 100 Back, 10^th 100 Fly

Stephanie Birkelbach – 10^th 500 Free, 19^th 100 Fly, 11^th 200 Fly, 18^th 200 IM

Lexie Lukens – 7^th 100 Free, 9^th 200 Free, 4^th 500 Free, 4^th 100 Back, 3^rd 200 Back, 8^th 100 Fly

Grace Markovich – 1^st 50 Free, 3^rd 100 Free, 3^rd 200 Free, 2^nd 500 Free, 14^th 100 Fly

Kara Moss – 6^th 100 Breast, 1^st 200 Breast, 5^th 200 Fly, 3^rd 200 IM

Roxana Nolte – 2^nd 1000 Free

Grace Oggero – 16^th 50 Free, 14^th 100 Free, 20^th 200 Free, 17^th 500 Free, 8^th 1000 Free

Allison Ortiz – 9^th 50 Free, 8^th 100 Free, 5^th 10 Fly

Shannon Tyler – 19^th 200 Free

Isabel Wabnitz – 23^rd 100 Free, 22^nd 100 Back

Derby Watson – 20^th 500 Free, 17^th 100 Breast, 11^th 200 Breast, 13^th 200 IM

Lindsay Wong – 25^th 50 Free, 26^th 200 Free, 12^th 500 Free, 17^th 100 Fly, 9^th 200 Fly, 17^th 200 IM

15 & Over Boys

Quinn Belmar – 12^th 200 Free, 9^th 500 Free, 3^rd 200 Back

Leighton Chapman – 29^th 200 Free, 15^th 500 Free, 11^th 1000 Free, 16^th 200 Back

Lennox Choi – 8^th 100 Back, 6^th 100 Fly, 7^th 200 Fly

Oliver Grossman – 16^th 100 Free, 4^th 100 Back, 5^th 200 Back, 14^th 100 Fly

Daniel Itkins – 3^rd 50 Free, 15^th 100 Free, 10^th 100 Back

Amaury Jayr – 4^th 100 Free, 6^th 100 Back, 1^st 100 Fly

Edward Lo – 14^th 100 Breast, 12^th 200 Breast, 13^th 200 Fly, 15^th 200 IM, 13^th 400 IM

Sawyer Manies – 25^th 50 Free

JP McCann – 5^th 50 Free, 13^th 100 Free, 3^rd 100 Breast, 5^th 200 Breast

Josh McLean – 6^th 1000 Free, 9^th 200 Back, 17^th 100 Breast, 8^th 400 IM

Brayden Mi – 32^nd 50 Free, 18^th 100 Breast

Dylan Michaels – 10^th 100 Free, 6^th 500 Free, 7^th 1000 Free

Lowell Moss – 22^nd 50 Free, 7^th 100 Breast, 8^th 200 Breast, 13^th 200 IM, 7^th 400 IM

Ian O’Neil – 12^th 100 Breast, 9^th 200 Breast, 12^th 100 Fly, 3^rd 200 Fly, 7^th 200 IM, 3^rd 400 IM

Max O’Neil – 19^th 100 Free, 18^th 200 Free, 8^th 500 Free, 10^th 1000 Free, 6^th 200 Fly

Ethnan Pedro – 28^th 100 Free, 31^st 200 Free, 17^th 500 Free, 13^th 100 Fly, 8^th 200 Fly

Nicholas Pettit – 20^th 50 Free, 32^nd 100 Free, 25^th 100 Breast, 23^rd 200 Breast, 27^th 200 IM, 16^th 400 IM

Pryce Pivec – 18^th 50 Free, 9^th 100 Back, 10^th 200 Back

Shrikar Thangavel – 18^th 100 Free, 13^th 500 Free, 25^th 100 Fly, 11^th 200 IM

Kenneth Tuan – 21^st 50 Free, 25^th 100 Free, 20^th 100 Breast, 200 IM

William Walker – 27^th 100 Free

Justice Wenz – 26^th 50 Free, 4^th 100 Breast

Kevin Williams – 7^th 50 Free, 11^th 100 Free, 16^th 200 Free, 5^th 500 Free, 16^th 100 Fly

The Dad’s club men and women combined for 1033.5 pts and a 2nd place finish. 3^rd place was 299 points behind. Congrats to everyone for a job well done! Finally, we would like to recognize those athletes who were able to qualify for the TAGS, Sectionals, and NCSA Juniors Championships. Congrats to the following athletes for achieving new time standards:

Yana Bacha – 100 Back Sectionals Bonus

Amaury Jayr – 100 Free Sectionals Bonus, 100 Fly NCSA Juniors

Grace Markovich – 100 Free Sectionals, 200 Free Sectionals, 500 Free Sectionals

JP McCann – 200 Breast Sectionals

Ian O’Neil – 200 Fly Sectionals

Max O’Neil – 200 Fly Sectionals Bonus             

Colby Williams – 50 Free TAGS Bonus, 100 Back TAGS Bonus, 200 Back TAGS Bonus

What a great meet! The coaches were all satisfied with how their swimmers performed and persevered. This has been a tough year all around and we at Dad’s Club are thankful to be training hard in practice and competing in a Championship meet again. Congrats to all who competed and raced hard this weekend!