Tags was held at the CISD Natatorium in Shenandoah March 1-4. Tags is the fastest Age group, 14 & Under, meet in the state of Texas. You must have qualifying times in order to swim at this meet. Dads Club finished 14^th overall out of 79 teams. Our boys finished 26^th and our girls finished 7^th. We had 26 kids that made the trip and here they are:

 

Isabella Alas, Quinn Belmar, Bailey Bergen, Brynn Bond, Luca Burns, Sophia Cone, Tori Cone, Trey Fischbach, Claire Fischbach, Larkin Helman, Zelie Hughes, Amaury Jayr, Romain Joubert, Kassidy Kitchel, Lexi Lukens, Travis Ly, Lowell Moss, Kara Moss, Renee Nealon, Allison Ortiz, Pryce Pivec, Addison Ramirez, Pearl Reagler, Sydney Smith, Eloise Williamson, Megan Zuanich

 

Individual Finalists

Friday

Kassidy Kitchel starts us off with a 4.14 second drop in the 200 fly to finish 10^th overall in the 11-12 age group. Attack mode.

Larkin Helman lights it up with a 5.91 second drop for the 11-12 boys finishing 7^th. Great start

Sydney Smith starts off her finals with a 3^rd place finish in the 13-14 girls 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.44.

Bailey Bergen was seeded 21^st and finished 15^th in the 10 & under girls 200 free dropping 1.38 seconds. Great job Bailey.

Renee Nealon starts her TAGS off dropping 5.06 seconds in the 10 & under girls 200 free moving up 15 spots to finish 11^th in the state. Wow!

Avery Pham moves from 22^nd seed to 14^th overall in the 10 & under girls 200 free dropping 1.85 seconds. Move on up Avery. Nice!

Kassidy Kitchel is back in finals again, this time in the 11-12 girls 200 free finishing 12^th with a personal best of 2:00.20. Starting to catch fire.

Renee Nealon is back in finals again. She qualified 15^th and finished 10^th overall in the 10 & under girls 100 IM. Nice job Renee.

Larkin Helman was seeded 27^th and finished 12^th in the 11-12 boys 100 IM by dropping 2.74 seconds. Heating up!

 

Saturday

Once again Kassidy Kitchel leads the way with a great swim in the 11-12 girls 200 IM. Kassidy was seeded 16^th and finishes 5^th overall in the state. Awesome!

Larkin Helman makes another A final but this time in the 11-12 boys 200 IM. He finished 8^th overall with a 4 second drop.

Renee Nealon makes the A final and finished 5^th in the state in the 50 free for 10 & under girls. Grip and rip young lady.

Isabella Alas and Megan Zaunich tie in the 13-14 girls 50 free finishing 14^th overall with a time of 24.39. Way to race ladies.

Eloise Williamson has her first TAGS finals swim as an 11 year old and crushes it finishing 9^th overall and winning the B final with a time of 25.49.

Sydney Smith rises to the occasion with a 7^th place finish in the 13-14 girls 200 breaststroke.

Lowell Moss makes his first TAGS and his first TAGS final in the 200 breaststroke dropping 2.06 seconds and finishing 15^th in Texas for 11-12 boys. Great swim.

Renee Nealon drops crazy time, 4.66 seconds, in the 10 & under girls 100 fly to win the B final and place 9^th. Definitely rising to the occasion.

Kassidy Kitchel continues to heat up with a 15^th place finish in the 11-12 girls 100 fly. Girl on Fire!

Larkin Helman drops 1.66 seconds to place 13^th in the 11-12 boys 100 fly. Fantastic!

 

Sunday

Larkin Helman is back in the pool again but this time in the 50 breaststroke. Larkin finished 13^th in his 5^th final of the meet. Stepping up to the moment? I think so.

Avery Pham lights it up again but this time in the 10 & under girls 100 free dropping 1.32 seconds to place 14^th overall in the state. Fantastic swim.

Renee Nealon crushes her 100 free style time by 1.94 seconds and places 11^th in the 10 & under girl’s age group. Awesome.

Kassidy Kitchel also makes her 5^th final of the meet and drops 1.18 seconds in the 100 free for 11-12 girls. Why to race Kassidy!

Larkin grips it and rips it in the 11-12 boys 100 free and places 15^th in the state to finish his 2017 short course TAGS. Way to go young man.

Megan Zuanich races to a 10^th place finish in the 13-14 girls 100 free. She was seeded 27^th and moves up 17 places for her first TAGS as a 13 year old.

Isabella Alas really steps it up in finals going from a 52.91 in prelims to a 52.09 in finals. She moved up 16 places to finish 5^th overall in the 13-14 girls 100 free. This is second on Dads Club for 13-14 year old girls.

Sydney Smith finishes her TAGs with a great swim in the 13-14 girls 200 IM placing 7^th in the state. She just turned 13 a couple weeks before TAGS. Fantastic job Syd.

Avery Pham makes her second final of the night but this time in the 50 fly. Her time of 31.45 placed her 15^th overall. Great swim day Avery.

Renee Nealon makes her last final of the meet in the 50 fly making this her 6^th final of the meet. Her time of 30.75 places her 11^th. Congrats on a great meet.

Kassidy Kitchel and Allison Ortiz had fantastic swims in the 11-12 girls 50 fly. This is Allison’s first TAGS and she stepped up to finish 11^th overall. Kassidy rocks it again placing 10^th. Congratulations girls

Larkin Helman made finals in all 7 of his events. He finished off TAGS coming in 14^th in the 11-12 boys 50 fly. Awesome job.

 

Relays

800 Freestyle   13-14 Girls

8^th-Isabella Alas, Pearl Reagler, Sydney Smith, Kara Moss

400 Freestyle

11-12 Girls

9^th-Kassidy Kitchel, Eloise Williamson, Brynn Bond, Allison Ortiz

13-14 Girls

3^rd -Isabella Alas, Pearl Reagler, Sydney Smith, Megan Zuanich

11-12 Boys

9^th-Larkn Helman, Lowell Moss, Quinn Belmar, Romain Joubert

10 & Under Girls

4th -Addison Ramirez, Renne Nealon, Avery Pham, Bailey Bergen

 

 

200 Medley

13-14 Girls A

11^th-Sophia Cone, Sydney Smith, Pearl Reagler, Isabella Alas

13-14 Girls B

12^th-Lexi Lukens, Zelie Hughes, Kara Moss, Megan Zuanich

11-12 Girls

16^th-Tori Cone, Brynn Bond, Kassidy Kitchel, Eloise Williamson

13-14 Boys

30^th- Pryce Pivec, Trey Fischbach, Amaury Jayr, Luca Burns

11-12 Boys

9^th-Quinn Belmar, Lowell Moss, Larkin Helman, Romain Joubert

10 & Under Girls

9^th- Avery Pham, Claire Fischbach, Renee Nealon, Bailey Bergen

 

200 Free

13-14 Girls

4^th-Isabella Alas, Sydney Smith, Pearl Reagler, Megan Zuanich

11-12 Girls

6^th-Kassidy Kitchel, Eloise Williamson, Brynn Bond, Allison Ortiz

11-12 Boys

11^th-Larkin Helman, Travis Ly, Quinn Belmar, Romain Joubert

10 & Under Girls

2nd -Addison Ramirez, Renne Nealon, Avery Pham, Bailey Bergen

 

400 Medley

13-14 Girls A

9^th-Sophia Cone, Sydney Smith, Isabella Alas, Megan Zuanich

13-14 Girls B

29^th-Lexi Lukens, Zelie Hughes, Kara Moss, Pearl Reagler

13-14 Boys

30^th-Pryce Pivec, Trey Fischbach, Amaury Jayr, Luca Burns

11-12 Boys

11^th-Quinn Belmar, Lowell Moss, Larkin Helman, Romain Joubert

 

Thank you to all our athletes that did a great job of representing Dads club in and out of the water. The coaching staff would like to thank the parents for your continued support. Dads club proud!