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