After a couple weekends of watching our age groupers shine, our older athletes had their opportunity to strut their stuff. Short Course Champs III, our champs meet for our 13 and overs, was held on March 1^st – 3^rd at the Don Cook Natatorium in Sugar Land, TX. This was a prelims/finals competition, with the top 24 swimmers in each age group 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 and scoring points for Dad’s Club!

13-14 Girls

Stephanie Birkelbach – 14^th 200 Fly

Brynn Bond – 5^th 50 Free / 3^rd 100 Free / 16^th 100 Fly / 1^st 100 Back / 4^th 200 Back / 13^th 400 IM

Kassidy Kitchel – 4^th 50 Free / 1^st 100 Free / 3^rd 200 Free / 1^st 1000 Free / 2^nd 100 Back / 1^st 400 IM

Alexandra Lukens – 8^th 50 Free / 13^th 100 Free / 3^rd 500 Free / 4^th 100 Back / 5^th 200 Back / 6^th 200 IM

Grace Oggero – 4^th 1000 Free / 11^th 50 Fly

Allison Ortiz – 3^rd 100 Fly / 9^th 200 Fly / 15^th 400 IM

Pearl Reagler – 10^th 50 Free / 10^th 200 Free / 6^th 500 Free / 6^th 50 Fly / 7^th 200 Back

Lindsay Wong – 10^th 100 Fly / 5^th 200 Fly / 7^th 100 Breast / 6^th 200 Breast / 11^th 200 IM / 10^th 400 IM

13-14 Girls 400 Free Relay – 1^st – Brynn Bond, Allison Ortiz, Alexandra Lukens, Pearl Reagler

13-14 Girls 400 Medley – 1^st – Pearl Reagler, Lindsay Wong, Allison Ortiz, Brynn Bond

13-14 Boys

Quinn Belmar – 15^th 200 Free / 14^th 200 Fly / 11^th 100 Back / 4^th 200 Back 

Reece Bends – 15^th 100 Free

Luca Burns – 7^th 100 Free / 1^st 100 Back / 2^nd 200 IM

Larkin Helman – 3^rd 100 Fly / 9^th 200 Fly / 2^nd 200 Back / 1^st 200 IM / 1^st 400 IM

Amaury Jayr – 5^th 200 Free / 1^st 50 Fly / 2^nd 200 Fly / 9^th 100 Back / 5^th 200 Back / 5^th 200 IM / 6^th 400 IM

JP McCann – 1^st 50 Breast / 1^st 100 Breast / 1^st 200 Breast

Lowell Moss – 7^th 50 Breast

Ethnan Pedro – 16^th 100 Free / 12^th 50 Fly / 7^th 100 Fly / 13^th 200 Fly

Kevin Williams – 8^th 50 Free

13-14 Boys 400 Free Relay – 3^rd – Larkin Helman, Reece Bends, Kevin Williams, Amaury Jayr

13-14 Boys 400 Medley Relay – 1^st – Larkin Helman, JP McCann, Amaury Jayr, Kevin Williams

National Prep swimmers with coach John at hype dinner for Champs III

15 & Over Girls

Maddie Baird – 11^th 50 Back

Alyssa Basaldua – 16^th 50 Fly / 7^th 50 Breast

Isabelle Hardie – 11^th 50 Breast / 15^th 100 Breast

Kendall Hoffman – 4^th 100 Breast / 4^th 200 Breast / 10^th 200 IM  

Zelie Hughes – 6^th 50 Free / 3^rd 50 Breast / 5^th 100 Breast / 6^th 200 Breast

Wednesday Hunter – 16^th 500 Free

Grace Markovich – 8^th 50 Fly / 14^th 200 Fly / 16^th 400 IM

Kate Mischlich – 13^th 200 Breast

Roxana Nolte – 8^th 100 Free / 11^th 200 Free / 7^th 50 Fly / 9^th 200 Fly / 10^th 100 Back / 7^th 200 Back / 13^th 200 IM / 6^th 400 IM

Peyton Pivec – 10^th 50 Back / 15^th 200 Back / 8^th 50 Breast / 11^th 100 Breast

Lane VanderVoort – 15^th 200 Fly

15 & Over Girls 400 Free Relay – 7^th – Roxana Nolte, Laura Sanders, Grace Markovich, Lucy McLean

15 & Over Girls 400 Medley Relay – 5^th – Roxana Nolte, Kendall Hoffman, Grace Markovich, Wednesday Hunter

15 & Over Boys

Keagan Firenza – 9^th 1000 Free / 15^th 100 Fly / 14^th 100 Back

Trey Fischbach – 5^th 50 Breast / 5^th 100 Breast / 2^nd 200 Breast / 7^th 200 IM / 4^th 400 IM

Noah Fisher – 13^th 50 Back

Spencer Locascio – 15^th 50 Back / 13^th 50 Fly

Jimmy Maher – 11^th 200 Back

Kyle McDonald – 15^th 100 Free / 12^th 200 Free / 8^th 500 Free / 8^th 50 Fly / 12^th 100 Fly

Pryce Pivec – 5^th 100 Back / 6^th 200 Back / 10^th 200 IM

Luke Reed – 11^th 100 Free / 3^rd 200 Fly / 1^st 100 Breast / 1^st 200 Breast

Joey Wendt – 3^rd 50 Free / 3^rd 100 Free / 1^st 50 Back

Justice Wenz – 4^th 50 Breast / 4^th 100 breast / 3^rd 200 Breast / 15^th 400 IM

15 & Over Boys 400 Free Relay – 3^rd – Noah Fisher, Kyle McDonald, Keagan Firenza, Luke Reed

15 & Over Boys 400 Medley Relay – 1^st – Pryce Pivec, Justice Wenz, Luke Reed, Noah Fisher

Once the waves were settled and the points tallied, Dad’s Club emerged on top! The second-place team was over 200 points behind. Congrats to everyone for a job well done!

We’d also like to take this opportunity to congratulate some of our Individual High Points. Our 13-14 girls really stepped it up this weekend, as Dad’s Club came away with the top 3 scorers in that age group. Congrats to Kassidy Kitchel (1^st), Alexandra Lukens (2^nd) and Brynn Bond (3^rd) for their amazing accomplishment! The boys did not disappoint either, as Amaury Jayr placed 3^rd in the 13-14 Boys age group.

Finally, we would like to recognize those athletes who made big steps and qualified for the next level of their swimming career. Congrats to the following athletes for achieving new time standards:

Brynn Bond – TAGS 50 Free, 100 Back

Trey Fischbach – Sectionals 200 Breast

Larkin Helman – TAGS 200 IM, 400 IM

Amaury Jayr – TAGS 200 Fly

Kassidy Kitchel – TAGS 100 Free, 1000 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM / Sectionals 400 IM

JP McCann – TAGS 100 Breast, 200 Breast / Sectionals 100 Breast

Roxana Nolte – Sectionals 200 Fly

Allison Ortiz – TAGS 100 Fly

Luke Reed – Sectionals 200 Fly, NCSA Juniors 100 Breast, 200 Breast

Justice Wenz – Sectionals 200 Breast

The coaches were extremely pleased with the attitudes and fierceness that our swimmers displayed this weekend. Despite having to deal with a high number of swims and unideal warm up/warm down conditions, our athletes persevered and carried themselves like champions. Congrats again to everyone who competed at this meet!