4 of our swimmers (Michael Cohn, Reef Guerard, Oliver Melvin, and Zachary Wallace) competed Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday in the CA/NV Sectional Championships held at Golden West College in Huntington Beach.

Michael Cohn competed in 6 individual events, making finals for the first time in the 200 back and 200 free.
Michael, Reef Guerard, Oliver Melvin, and Zachary Wallace came together and swim 3 relays for WSSTs first relays at this level!
11 individual swims (relay lead offs count), 8 Best times!
7 individual team records Michael 15-18 200 free, 500 free, 100 back, 200 back, Open 100 back, 200 back, 500 free
3 relay team records (Michael, Reef, Oliver, Zachary) 800 free relay (Reef, Zachary, Oliver, Michael) 400 free relay (Reef, Zachary, Oliver, Michael), 400 medley relay (Michael, Zachary, Reef, Oliver)
Improved USA Swimming Standards Michael – AAAA 200 free; Reef – AAA 100 free
New Far Western Championship Standard Reef 100 free

Hytek Power Point Champion
Michael – 4122 in 6 events

6 of our swimmers (Bennett Bugelli, Jensine Bugelli, Jack Busch, Ciara Franke, Alonso Hernandez-Pinero, and Dominick Wallace) competed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in the Winter Age Group Championships held at Coronado High School.

32 swims (5 in finals!) 24 Best times!
5 team records! Jensine Bugelli – 9-10 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast; Bennett Bugelli – 11-12 50 breast; Alonso Hernandez-Pinero 15-18 100 breast
New Far Western Championship standards Bennett Bugelli – 50 breast; Jensine Bugell – 100 fly
New Junior Olympic Championship standards Bennett Bugelli – 200 IM; Alonso Hernandez-Pinero – 100 breast, 200 breast; Dominick Wallace – 50 free
Improved USA Swimming standards Bennett – AA 50 breast, A 100 ; breast, BB 200 breast; Jensine – AA 100 fly; Jack Busch – AA 50 free; Alonso – A 100 breast, BB 200 breast; Dominick – A 50 fly, 100 fly
Improved San Diego standards Bennett – A 200 breast; Alonso – A 100 breast, 200 breast

Hytek Power Point Champions
Jensine Bugelli – 4104 points in 8 events
Bennett Bugelli – 3427 in 8 events

Great job this weekend at the SBA BC meet in Chula Vista! Louis Britton, Paula Conde-Porto, Minghao Gong, Alex Lovell, Kate MacDonald, Malia Moore, and Valentina Rojas-Posada competed in 23 races over the two day meet.

Louis, Minghao, Alex, and Kate all swam for Wind N Sea Swim Team for the first time! Well done!
20 of the 23 swims were best times! See attached pdf
7 Improved San Diego Imperial Standards! Valentina – B time 100 breast; Louis – B times 100 free and 100 IM; Minghao – B times 100 breast, 100 back, 200 breast, 50 free;
7 Improved USA Swimming Standards! Malia – B time 100 back; Valentina – BB time 100 free and B time 100 breast; Minghao – B times 100 breast, 200 breast, 50 free; Alex – B time 50 free

Hytek Power Point Champions
Minghao – 1164 points in 6 events
Valentina – 556 points in 4 events

Click here for the meet results from last weekend’s meets! The 12 and under Pentathlon on Saturday and the Senior Holiday meet on Sunday.

12 and under Pentathlon
4 swimmers competed in 5 events each. 50 yards of each stroke and the 100 IM Bennett Bugelli, Jensine Bugelli, Rhys Bugelli, and Pierce Dietze
14 of the 20 swims were best times! Rhys Bugelli recorded all 5 swims as best times!
Swimmers totals from all 5 events were compared for overall finishes Pierce – 3rd; Rhys – 5th; Jensine – 6th; Bennett – 20th
5 Team Records Jensine – 50 breast stroke; Rhys – 50 free, 50 breast stroke, 100 IM; Pierce – 50 fly
Hytek Power Point Champion Pierce 2734; Jensine 2355
11 improved USA Swimming Standards Bennett – BB 50 back, A 50 breast; Jensine – BB 50 back, A 100 IM, AA 50 fly, AAA 50 breas; Rhys – B 50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast, 100 IM; Pierce – AA 50 fly
8 improved San Diego Standards Bennett – A 50 back; Jensine – A 50 fly, B 50 back; Rhys – A 50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast, 100 IM; Pierce – A 50 breast
1 New Junior Olympic Qualifying time Jensine – 100 IM
2 New Far Western Championship Qualifying times Jensine – 50 fly; Pierce – 50 Fly

Pierce Dietze, Rhys Bugelli, Jensine B, Bennett B

Holiday Senior Meet
6 swimmers competed in 17 events.
3 Best times with all swims with 2.5 of a best
2 Team Records Michael Cohn’s 200 Fly for 15-18 and Open; Sophia Eliopulos’ 200 backstroke was a new Junior Olympic time standard and improved to an A USA Swimming standard!
Hytek Power Point Champions Sophia Eliopulos – 1648 in 4 events; Michael Cohn – 1268 in 2 events

Well done! Three of our swimmers competed in the C meet in Rancho Bernardo November 5-6. This was the first WSST meet for all three swimmers! Welcome to competitive swimming!

Caetano Garcia (1 event), Natalia Garcia (2), and Nathaniel Parsons (4) combined to swim 7 events!

All 7 swims are Lifetime Best times!

Nathaniel Parsons placed top ten in all 4 of his events with a San Diego B time standard in the 50 free!

Great job last weekend in Coronado! The weather wasn’t very nice but our swimmers did a great job staying warm and swimming fast!

15 swimmers competed in 56 events.
36 of the swims were Best times!
9 team records were broken by two swimmers! Rhys Bugelli – 8 and under boys 500 free, 100 breast, 200 IM; Pierce Dietze – 9-10 boys 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly, 200 IM
Far Western Qualifying standard Pierce Dietze – 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back; Reef Guerard – 200 fly
USA Swimming Improved standards Jensine Bugelli – BB 500 free; Rhys Bugelli – B 100 breast, 200 IM, 500 free; Pierce Dietze – AA 50 free, 50 back, 100 free, 100 back. A 50 fly, 200 IM; Reef Guerard – AA 200 fly; Oliver Melvin – BB 500 free, B 100 breast; James Telford – BB 50 free; Valentina Rojas-Posada – B 200 IM
San Diego – Imperial Improved standards James Telford – B 100 back, 50 free; Oliver Melvin – A 500 fre; Jensine Bugelli – B 100 back; Rhys Bugelli – B 100 breast; Pierce Dietze – A 50 fly, 50 breast

Hytek Power Point Champion
Pierce Dietze – 4219 points in 8 events

Again….well done! Now to get more of our team competing in these events. Next weekend Wind N Sea has 4 swimmers competing in the SDAC C meet. Natalia Garcia, Lindsey Gartner, Caetano Garcia, and Nathaniel Parsons! Get ready to have fun and swim fast!
Paton

21 swimmers competed in 52 races!
28 Best times recorded!
2 Team Records established—Rhys Bugelli – 200 free; Pierce Dietze – 50 free
1 new Junior Olympic cut!—Zachary Wallace – 500 free
6 improved San Diego standards!—Rhys Bugelli – A times in 100 free/50 free; James Telford – B times in 100 free/200 free; Dominick Wallace – A time 50 free; Valentina Rojas-Posada – A time 50 free
8 improved USA Swimming standards!—Rhys – B times 200free/50 free; Pierce Dietze – A time 50 free; Valentina - BB times 100 free/50 fre; James – BB time 100 free, B time 200 free; Dominick – BB time 50 free

Hytek Power Point Champions
Michael Cohn – 2221 points in 4 events
Rhys Bugelli – 1833 points in 4 events

10 swimmers competed in 46 events in the last meet of the summer!
31 Best times!
3 new Junior Olympic time standards Bennett Bugelli – 50 free; Jensine Bugelli – 50 free, 100 free
14 Improved San Diego standards Anthony Bookheimer – A 100 fly; Bennett Bugelli – A 100 IM, 50 fly, 200 IM. B 100 fly; Finn Bugelli – B 50 breast; Jensine Bugelli – A 50 free, 200 IM, 100 free; Danielle Collins – A 100 back; Nicole Collins – B 100 IM; Lexanna Schultz – B 50 breast; Jack Busch – A 50 free, 100 free
14 improved USA Swimming standards Anthony – B 100 breast, BB 100 fly; Bennett – A 100 IM, 50 free, 100 free. BB 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 IM; Jensine – BB 200 IM; Nicki – B 100 IM; Oliver – A 100 free; Lexanna – B 50 back; Jack – A 50 free, 100 free

Hytek Power Point Champion
Bennett Bugelli – 2559 in 6 events

Courtney Gill, Berkeley Miesfeld, and Cienna Miesfeld competed at this meet held at UCSD. They swam 3 events each and all 9 swims were best times!

San Diego improved time standards Berkeley – B times in the 50 and 100 free; Cienna – A times in the 200 IM and 50 free; Courtney - B times in the 50 free and 100 fly
USA Swimming improved standards Berkeley – BB in the 50 free and B in the 100 free; Cienna – BB in the 200 IM; Courtney – BB in the 50 free

Hytek Power Points
Cienna – 1191
Berkeley – 975
Counrtney – 511

Great job this weekend by our 12 Junior Olympic swimmers! It was a bit chilly on Coronado but our swimmers swam fast! As a team, WSST placed 13th of 23 teams that scored points. WSST finished with 333 points. Of teams with less than 20 entrants, we were 4th. The top three teams had 81, 86, and 76 swimmers.

Abby Bertics, Bennett Bugelli, Jensine Bugelli, Michael Cohn, Kelly Collins, Pierce Dietze, Sophia Eliopulos, Reef Guerard, Catherine Leschin, Oliver Melvin, Dominick Wallace, and Zachary Wallace combined to swim 48 individual events and 5 relays.

12 of the individual swims were in Finals (top 8) Abby Bertics – 100 back, 200 back; Bennett Bugelli – 50 breast; Jensine Bugelli – 50 breast; Michael Cohn – 200 free, 50 free, 100 back; Pierce Dietze – 50 free, 100 back, 50 back, 100 free, 50 fly
Our 5 relays scored 108 points!15-18 Men (Reef Guerard, Zachary Wallace, Oliver Melivin, Michael Cohn) swam 800 free relay, 400 medley relay, and 400 free relay
The 400 relays were both Sectional Qualifying times!13-14 Women (Abby Bertics, Sophia Eliopulos, Catherine Leschin, Kelly Collins) swam the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay
Both relays were team records and official JO qualifying times!
42 Best times!Abby – 6, Bennett – 3, Jensine – 2, Michael – 5, Pierce – 10, Sophia – 1, Reef – 7, Dominick – 2, Zachary – 6
26 Individual Team Records were broken!Bennett – 11-12 50 breast; Abby – 13-14 100 back, 100 fly; Pierce – 9-10 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly; Michael – 15-18 50 free, 200 free, 100 back, and Open 200 free, 100 back; Reef – 15-18 and Open 200 fly; Zachary – 15-18 and Open 200 IM, 400 IM
10 Relay records set!13-14 Girls and Open 400 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay; 15-18 Boys and Open 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, and 400 Free Relay
Pierce Dietze earned the most points for WSST. 79 points placing him 5th in his age group.
Zachary Wallace qualified for Sectional Championships in the 400 Freestyle dropping almost 15 seconds!
10 New Far Western Championship times were made! Bennett Bugelli – 50 breast; Michael Cohn – 50 free; Pierce Dietze – 100 back, 50 fly; Reef Guerard – 400 IM, 200 Fly; Zachary Wallace – 400 IM, 100 back, 400 free, 200 back

Hytek Power Point Champions
Michael Cohn – 3842
Zachary Wallace – 3768
Pierce Dietze – 3307
Reef Guerard – 3028

We’re back! Congratulations to Michael Cohn on a great meet! Michael competed at the 2011 Speedo Champions Series CA/NV in Clovis, California. Otherwise known as Sectionals. The meet started Thursday and finished 5 days later with a 5K open water swim. Michael had the best meet of his life (so far)!

He dropped significant times in all 6 events
Moved to within 1 second of qualifying for Junior National Championships in the 100 and 200 back
Became WSST’s first swimmer to make finals at Sectionals! He was already the first WSST swimmer to qualify for the meet itself. He made finals in the 200 back and 100 back!
Improved all of his seed positions!

Day One – Thursday (temps reaching 100 degrees all four days)
200 back – dropped 5.08 seconds in prelims for a 2:10.53! Good for a 13th seed going into finals. Finals are the top 32 swimmers. Michael was seeded 39th.
Finished 15th in finals with a 2:11.38 for 12 points. WSST is on the board!
Both swims were improvements to AAAA USA Swimming times for Michael. 100 free dropped .59 seconds moving from 116th to 107th.

Day Two – Friday
200 free – dropped 2.63 seconds for a 1:58.02.
Finished 38th after being seeded 85th. Just missed swimming again in finals.

Day Three – Saturday
400 free – dropped 6.20 seconds for a 4:13.20.
Finished 49th after being seeded 82nd.

Day Four – Sunday
100 back – dropped 2.57 seconds for a 1:01.13.
Made finals seeded 19th after being seeded 74th.
Dropped more time in finals finishing with 1:00.97! Jr National time is 1:00.09. He finished 22nd scoring more points!
This was a new AAA USA Swimming time standard for Michael.

100 fly – dropped 1.76 seconds finishing 105th. Was seeded 146.
This was also a new AAA USA Swimming time standard for Michael.

Day Five – Monday
Michael competed in the Open Water 5K for the first time. First time for a WSST swimmer ever!
Finished 13th!
We also found out that with Michael’s 800 free sectional qualifying time, he is eligible to compete in next year’s USA Swimming’s Open Water Championships!

All of Michael’s swims were team records, 6 for the 15-18 Male category (100, 200, 400 free, 100, 200 back, 100 fly )and 3 for the Open category (100, 200 back, and 400 free).

Hytek Power points for the six events totaled 4276 and ranged from 637 (100 fly) to 756 (200 back)

So…all in all, Michael had a pretty good meet. WSST is looking forward to seeing who will be our next swimmer to join Michael at the highest levels of USA Swimming! – Paton

Great job at the JCC! 8 of our swimmers competed in the 12 and under ABC Long Course meet. Bennett, Finn, Jensine, and Rhys Bugelli, Ciara and Shauna Franke, Lindsey Gartner, and Cary Perket.

50 swims with 42 best times! 84%
5 team records were broken by Rhys Bugelli! 50 free, 100 free, 50 breast, 100 breast, and 200 IM!
15 improved San Diego Standards! Cary Perket – B time 50 back; Rhys Bugelli – A time 100 free, 50 breast. B time 50 back; ; Bennett Bugelli – A time 100 free, 200 IM. B time 100 back; Jensine Bugelli – A time 50 fly. B time 100 back; Ciara Franke - A time 100 back , 50 free, 50 back. B time 100 breast, 100 free; Shauna Franke – B time 50 free
21 improved USA Swimming standards!Rhys – B time 200 free, 50 breast, 200 IM; Shauna – B time 50 breast, 100 breast; Cary – B time 50 back; Bennett – A time 50 free, 100 free, 50 breast. BB time 100 fly, 200 IM. B time 100 back; Jensine – A time 50 fly. B time 100 back; Ciara – BB time 100 back, 50 free, 100 free, 50 back. B time 100 breast; Shauna – B time 50 free, 100 free

Hytek Power Point Champions
Bennett Bugelli – 3382 points in 9 events
Jensine Bugelli – 2989 points in 8 events

3 of our swimmers made the drive up to Fallbrook for the 12 and over meet. Reef Guerard, Dominick Wallace, and Oliver Melvin (1st USA Swimming meet!). They swam 6 events.

6 splashes – 6 Best times! Reef – 1; Oliver – 4; Dominick -1
2 Junior Olympic Cuts! Reef – 100 free; Dominick – 100 fly
4 Improved USA Swimming standardsOliver – A in 200 free, BB in 50 free, 100 free; Dominick – BB in 100 fly
5 Improved San Diego standards Oliver – A in the 50, 100, 200 frees and B in the 100 breast; Dominick – A in 100 fly

Hytek Power Point Champion
Oliver with 1352 points in 4 events

Congratulations, Michael Cohn, for winning the Coronado Rough Water swim, July 4th!

Click here for some more great pictures of Michael in action!

Michael Cohn swam at the Fran Crippen Memorial Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo. The average age of the top 30 male competitors at that meet was just over 20 years. Michael just turned 18. While Michael didn’t get any best times, he’s faster than he was at this meet last year and on pace to swim fast at the Speedo Sectional Championships in Clovis, CA this July. Two of his swims were AAA, two AA, and one A USA Swimming standards. His Hytek Power Points for the 5 events ranged from 516 to 657 for a total of 2987. His results can be found on our team stats website.

The Bugelli’s (Bennett, Jensine, Rhys, and Finn) and Pierce Dietze competed at the South Bay AB meet in National City.

20 splashes with 14 best times!
7 Team records! Rhys Bugelli – 8 and under 50 free and 100 breast; Pierce Dietze – 9 and 10 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly, 200 IM
1 New JO qualifying time! Jensine Bugelli – 50 fly
1 New Far Western qualifying time Pierce Dietze – 50 back
6 Improved San Diego times Bennett – A 200 free, B 50 fly; Jensine - A 50 free, B 200 free; Rhys – A 50 free, B 50 fly
6 improved USA Swimming times Bennett - BB 200 free; Rhys - B 50 free and 100 breast; Jensine – BB 200 free; Pierce – A 100 back, AA 50 back

Hytek Power Point Champions
Pierce – 3633 in 8 events
Jensine – 1548 in 4 events

13 athletes competed in 50 events
36 best times!
2 new Junior Olympic Qualifying times! Jensine Bugelli – 100 fly; Dominick Wallace – 50 fly
San Diego Imperial Improved Times Bennett Bugelli – A 50 free; Jensine Bugelli – A 100 fly; Sophia Eliopulos – A 200 free, 100 fly, 200 breast; Ciara Franke – A 50 free, 100 bac, 100 breast, 50 back. B 100 free; Rija Voloder – B 100 free; Dominick Wallace – A 50 fly
USA Swimming Improved time standards Sophia – BB 200 free, 100 fly, 200 breast; Ciara – BB 50 free, 100 IM, 100 Back, 50 fly, 100 free, 100 breast, 50 back. B 50 breast; Lexanna Schultz – B 50 breast; Rija – B 100 back; Dominick BB 50 fly

Hytek Power Point Champions
Ciara Franke – 2514 in 9 events
Jensine Bugelli – 1296 in 5 events

Michael Cohn was our only qualifier for this Challenge meet that featured many past and future Olympians.

Michael swam 5 events on Saturday and Sunday. All swims were USA Swimming AA times with the 100 back being a best time and a 15-18 and Open team record. He placed 55th in the 100 back. 72nd in the 200 back. 76th 400 free, 104 100 free, 115 50 free. His Hytek Power Points totaled 3020.

43 races – 25 best times!
6 Team Records (Rija Voloder – 100 back; Danielle Collins – 200 back; Rhys Bugelli – 50 breast; Zachary Wallace – 200 breast, 15-18 and Open 200 IM)
San Diego Imperial Improved times (Danielle Collins – A 200 back; Catherine Leschin – B 200free, 200 IM, 100 breast, 50 free; Rija Voloder – B 100 breast, 100 back; Lynn Zhou – B 100 breast, 50 free, 100 back; Dominick Wallace – B 100 fly, 50 back, 200IM, 100 free
USA Swimming Improved time standards (Danielle – BB 200 back, 200 free, 100 free; Catherine – BB 200 free, 200 IM, 50 free. B 100 breast; Rija – B 100 breast, 50 free, 100 back; Lynn – BB 50 free; Rhys Bugelli – B 100 free; Nicole Collins – B 200 IM; Dominick – B 100 fly, 50 back, 200 IM, 100 free; Zachary – A 200 back, AA 200 IM

Hytek Power Point Champions
Catherine Leschin – 1123 in 4 events
Zachary Wallace – 1103 in 2 events

Great job everyone! It takes quite a bit of work to host these meets. Thanks to all the parents and swimmers that helped us host another great meet! We can’t do this without you.

As always, the official times can be found on our Team Stats website.

27 athletes competed in 101 events and 6 relays!
81 best times! 80%!
1 relay recorded a team record! 10 and under boys 200 Medley Relay (Gavin Rosser, Finn Bugelli, Pierce Dietze, and Billy Otterson)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Ciara Franke – 1182 points in 8 events
Nicola Ivanov – 1099 points in 3 events

29 swims improved to San Diego Imperial B times!
Bennet Bugelli – 500 free, 100 back
Jensine Bugelli – 100 fly, 200 free
Kelly Collins – 200 back, 100 breast, 200 breast, 400 IM
Nicole Collins – 50 breast
John Dowd – 50 breast
Ciara Franke – 50 fly, 100 IM, 200 free, 100 breast
Shauna Franke – 50 breast
Nicola Ivanov – 50 back, 200 IM, 500 free
Cal Leschin – 50 breast, 100 breast
Logan McCarthy – 500 free, 200 free
Malia Moore – 200 IM
Rija Voloder – 100 breast
Dominick Wallace – 500 free, 200 free, 100 breast
Lynn Zhou – 100 fly, 500 free

31 swims improved their USA Swimming time standards!
Antigone Brickman – B 100 free
Bennett Bugelli – BB 500 free, B - 100 back
Jensine Bugelli – BB 200 free, B - 100 back, 500 free
Kelly Colllins – B 200 back, 100 breast, 200 breast, 400 IM
Nicole Collins – B 50 breast
Pierce Dietze – BB 500 free
John Dowd – B 50 breast
Ciara Franke – B 500 free, 200IM, 50 fly, 100 breast
Shauna Franke – B 50 breast, 50 back
Nicola Ivanov – BB 500 free, 200IM, B – 50 back
Cal Leschin – B 50 breast
Logan McCarthy – BB 200 free, 500 free
Malia Moore – B 200 IM
Rija Voloder – B 100 breast
Dominick Wallace – B 500 free, 200 free
Lynn Zhou – BB 500 free, B – 100 fly

7 athletes, 38 swims
19 Best times!
4 Team Records Abby Bertics – 200 fly (13-14 and Open); Pierce Dietze – 50 free and 50 back
2 Junior Olympic Qualifying times Pierce Dietze – 100 breast; Sophia Eliopulos – 100 free
8 improved USA Swimming standards Paula Conde-Porto – BB in the 50 free, B in 100 breast and 200 free; Pierce Dietze – AA in the 50 free; Sophia Eliopulos – A in the 50 fly; Abby Bertics – B in the 200 fly; Catherine Leschin – BB in the 100 free and B in the 100 fly
7 improved San Diego Imperial standards Paula – B times in the 100 back, 50 free, and 200 free; Pierce – A time in the 100 breast; Abby – B time in the 200 fly; Catherine – B times in the 100 free and 100 fly

Hytek Power Point Champions
Sophia – 3692 points in 8 events
Michael – 3546 points in 6 events

Ciara Franke and Malia Moore attending the CAST C meet this past weekend with Coach Jackie. Congratulations to our swimmers! They swam 5 events and achieved Best times in all 5! It would have been a great meet for about 80 of our swimmers to attend.

Ciara swam best times in the 200 free dropping almost 11 seconds and moving up to a USA Swimming B time. Her 50 fly was a best by over 1 second and she dropped 1.5 seconds on her 50 free! The 50 free was a new San Diego B time as well as USA Swimming B time.

Malia dropped almost 8 seconds on her 200 free achieving her San Diego B time! She also dropped close to 10 seconds on her 100 fly!

All of the girls’ races placed them in the top ten at the meet!

Great job ladies!

Jensine Bugelli, Michael Cohn, and Zachary Wallace competed for WSST (Zachary swam unattached due to High School competition rules). With Michael qualifying for finals in all 7 of his events, our swimmers swam 23 races! Jensine swam 2, Zachary swam 7, and Michael swam 14.

17 Best times! All 7 of Zachary’s were bests.
18 Team records were broken! Zachary – 6, Michael – 12
6 improved USA Swimming Standards – Michael added AAA times in the 100/200 flys. Zachary added AAA times in the 100, 200, 500, 1650 frees.
4 new Zone consideration times (only long course times count) – Zachary in the 100/200 backs and the 500/1650 frees.
2 new Far Western Championships for Zachary in the 200 and 500 free (he qualified with long course times)

Michael Cohn finished 4th in the 17–18 boys high point category with 27 points (scoring in all but the 200 free). WSST/Cohn’s 27 points placed the team 40th overall! Again, that’s out of 181 teams with 96 of those teams scoring points.

Hytek Power Points
Michael – 4904 points in 7 events
Zachary – 4258 points in 7 events
Jensine – 1058 points in 2 events

10 swimmers competed in 62 races in our first long course meet of the season.
52 Best times!
31 improved San Diego time standards!
39 improved USA Swimming times standards!
16 New Junior Olympic qualifying times!
4 new Zone times! Jensine Bugelli – 50 breast and Michael Cohn in the 100/200 back and 100 free.
2 new Far Western qualifying times for Zachary Wallace in the 50 and 200 frees.
10 new team records! Pierce Dietze – 5, Zachary Wallace – 5

Hytek Power Point Champions
Pierce – 5297 points in 10 events
Sophia Eliopulos – 4077 in 9 events

8 swimmers competed in 39 events.
21 Best times!
4 improved San Diego standards by Adam Lynn! B times in the 50 fly, 50 back, 100 IM, 200 IM
5 improved USA Swimming standards Nikki Collins – B time 200 free; Adam Lynn – B times 50 fly, 50 back, 200 IM; Malia Moore – BB time 100 IM

Great swimming this past weekend! The weather was not so good on Saturday. Rain, wind, cold….yet our swimmers got up and raced! Sunday was a nicer day as far as the rain went. It was still cold. Especially for those swimming!

Abby Bertics-4 swims, Bennett Bugelli-3, Jensine Bugelli-5, Pierce Dietze-7, Sophia Eliopulos-10, Zachary Wallace-10
37 official swims (relay lead offs)! Two 11-12 Girls’ relays! 11 of 20 swims in finals (Top 8)! 20 of 26 individual swims that scored points (top 16)!
18 of 37 Best Times! Abby -3, Jensine – 4, Pierce – 3, Zachary - 8
Points: Zachary Wallace finished with 73 points! Followed by Pierce Dietze with 37, Sophia Eliopulos with 32, Jensine Bugelli with 31 and Abby Bertics with 19.
2 new Far Western Championship times! Jensine in the 100 Breast and Zachary in the 100 free.
2 new USA Swimming standards! AAs for Jensine’s 100 breast and Zachary’s 200 breast.
1 new Zone qualifying time for Jensine in the 50 breast!
4 Individual Team records! Abby Bertics – 50 free; Pierce Dietze – 50 free; Zachary Wallace – 13-14 200 breast and open 200 breast
2 Relay team records! Sophia Eliopulos, Nicole Collins, Bennett Bugelli, and Malia Moore in the 11-12 Girls 200 Free Relay and Open 200 Free relay. The Free relay finished 11th overall with a 1:59.72 and the Medley relay (same 4) finished 13th.
Wind N Sea finished 14th with 207 points. There were 24 teams that scored points: Jensine was 21 of 43 in her age group; Pierce was 20 of 43; Sophia was 22 of 52; Abby was 30 of 48; Zachary was 12 of 58

Wind N Sea had 10 swimmers compete this weekend at the South Bay 12 and under meet. Talk with Pam and Kayla about how the meet went. From looking at the results, it went great!

Participants were: Bennett Bugelli, Jensine Bugelli, Nicole Collins, Pierce Dietze, Sophia Eliopulos, Courtney Langbort, Adam Lynn, Malia Moore, Valentina Rojas-Posada, and Dominick Wallace.
62 swims, 42 Best times!
Team Records broken by Adam Lynn in the 100 free and Pierce Dietze in the 100 back!
With Junior Olympic Championships just around the corner (entries due today), 3 swimmers added JO cuts! Pierce – 3, Sophia – 6, and Adam – 2 (Adam ages up tomorrow and now needs 11 year old cuts)
USA Swimming Improved standards Bennett – BB in 100 IM, 200 free, 100 free; Pierce – BB in 50 breast, 100 breast, 100 fly; Sophia – AA in the 50 free, 50 back, A in the 100 IM, 50 fly, BB in 50 breast; Malia – BB in 50 back, 100 free, B in 50 fly; Adam – BB in 50 breast, 100 fly; Valentina – B in 100 free, 50 breast
San Diego Imperial Improved Standards Bennett – A in 100 free; Pierce – A in 200 IM, 100 fly, B in 100 breast; Sophia – A in 50 breast; Malia – A in 50 free, 50 back, B in 50 fly; Valentina – B in 100 free, 50 breast; Adam – B in 50 breast, 100 fly

Hytek Power Point Champions
Pierce – 4941 points in 10 events
Sophia – 4187 points in 9 events

Congratulations to our swimmers this weekend! Abby Bertics, Michael Cohn, Sophia Eliopulos, and Reef Guerard.

Michael Cohn qualified for finals in all 6 of his events scoring 33 points. That gave WSST a 19th place finish out of the 24 teams that had finalists in the top 16.

Michael saved his best swims for finals each night with significant time drops in each event. His 200 back was a team record in the 15-18 and Open age groups.

Yesterday went well, a bit of chaos at the beginning (no formal organization of meet), but we made it through without missing an event. Five members of W&S participated: Leo Braga, Clara William, Katelyn McCasland, and Kevin & Nina K. 12 events, all had finish times... a few bumps on the head from backstroke and goggles not staying on at start, but attitudes were good and excitement from receiving ribbons!

Nina: 37.64 (25 Free), 49.17 (25 back)
Kevin: 25.10 (25 free), 31.88 (25 back)
Clara: 51.3 (50 free), 59.10 (50 back), 1:12.79 (50 breast)
Katelyn: 45.75 (50 free), 1:14.64 (50 fly)
Leo: 46.78 (50 free), 57.35 (50 back & 2nd in heat!), 1:19.59 (50 fly - stopped at start to put googles on lost lots of seconds...so sad!

Click here for pictures. Didn't get Katelyn although her enthusiasm was TOP NOTCH!

Proud of all the kids, did their BEST!
Jackie

Click here for the LJRW results PDF file.

Great job this weekend! 6 of our 12 to 14 year old girls competed in El Cajon this weekend. Great weather on Saturday, not so great on Sunday. Not only did each of the girls swim well, but I hear they also got pretty good at playing cards!

6 of our 12 to 14 year old girls competed—Abby Bertics, Danielle Collins, Kelly Collins, Paula Conde-Porto, Sophia Eliopulos, and Lynn Zhou competed in 33 races.
23 were best times! Of those that weren’t best times, one was a DQ and the furthest away from a best time was 2.67. Everyone was consistently swimming well!
Abigail Bertics broke the 11-12 girls 500 free record set in December, 2007 by 11 seconds!
2 new Junior Olympic Qualifying times for Abby in the 500 free and 200 IM.
7 Improved San Diego Imperial standards—Danielle – B 100 fly; Kelly – A 50 free, B 100 fly and 200 fly; Paula – A 100 breast, B 100 fly; Sophia – A 100 breast (dropped 21 sec)
13 Improved USA Swimming standards—Abby – AA 500 free and 200 IM; Danielle – BB 200IM; Kelly – BB 100 fly, 200 IM, and 100 free, B 200 fly; Paula – BB 200 free, 100 back, and 200 IM; Sophia – A 200 IM, BB 100 breast; Lynn – BB 200 free

Hytek Power Point Champion
Sophia Eliopulos – 2576 in 6 events

This past weekend, Wind N Sea has swimmers competing at the Fallbrook BC meet and the SCS Senior meet in Long Beach. All told, 7 swimmers competed in 24 races. 19 of the 24 races were best times!

Michael Cohn competed on Sunday in Long Beach. He recorded a best time in the 50 free breaking his team record. He placed 37th in the 200 free and 58th in the 50 free.

Kevin Korevaar, Catherine Leschin, Bella Otterson, Billy Otterson, Dominick Wallace, and Clara William competed in Fallbrook on Saturday and Sunday.

18 of the 22 swims were best times!
Dominick Wallace improved up to 7 B San Diego time standards. 5 improved B USA Swimming standards.
Cat Leschin improved 1 B SDI time and 1 B USA Swimming time.

Hytek Power Point Champions
Dominick Wallace with 2262 points in 8 events
Catherine Leschin with 781 points in 3 events

Great job this weekend! Zachary Wallace was named to the 2011 All Star team and will compete in Selma, CA January 22-23! Nicole Collins was named first alternate and will be ready to compete if she’s needed!

13 swimmers competed in 56 events. 31 Best times!
9 team records! Pierce Dietze – 100 back; Zachary Wallace – 100 breast, 200 breast, Open 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM; Michael Cohn – 200 breast, 400 IM, Open 400 IM
4 New Far Western Championship Qualifying times (Jensine Bugelli – 50 breast; Michael Cohn – 400 IM; Zachary Wallace – 200 breast, 100 back
2 New Junior Olympic Qualifying times (Michael Cohn – 200 breast; Nicole Collins – 200 IM)
17 Improved USA Swimming standards (Jensine-AA 50 breast; Michael-AA 400IM, BB 200 breast; Danielle Collins-A 100 free; Nicole-A 200 IM; Pierce-A 50 back; Sophia-Ax3 50 free, 200 back, 100 free; Ben Halter-A 100 back; Catherine Leschin-A 100 free, BB 500 free; Zachary-AAx4 200back, 50 free, 100 back, 200 IM; Bennett-B 200 breast
4 Improved San Diego standards (Michael-A 200 breast; Bennett-B 200 breast; Sophia-A 200 back; Catherine-B 500 free

Hytek Power Point Champions
Zachary Wallace – 4191
Michael Cohn – 3472
Pierce Dietze – 3257
Nicole Collins – 2637
Sophia Eliopulos – 2558

Congratulations to Michael Cohn! He competed this past Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues at the Sectional Championships in Long Beach, CA.

Michael was one of just over 1000 swimmers and 113 teams. Michael swam 5 events over the 4 days. His results are online at our Team Stats website or Southern California Swimming’s website.

Best times in all 5 of his events! 200 back, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back
Improved his 100 back to AAA USA Swimming time standard as well as being a new short course Sectional time!
His 5 swims set 8 team records! 5 in the 15-18 age group and 3 in the Open category.

Hytek Power points – 3487
200 back – 728
100 free – 687
200 free – 715
500 free – 700
100 back – 657

Places
200 back – 41st. Last year 63rd
100 free – 89th. Last year 140th
200 free – 44th. Last year 90th
500 free – 44th. Last year 89th
100 back – 50th. Last year did not qualify

7 swimmers competed in the South Bay Aquatics BC meet this past weekend. Over 80 degrees on deck!

Anthony Bookheimer, Pierce Dietze, Elan Ilfeld, Catherine Leschin, Grace Ojeda-Ryan, Rija Voloder, and Lynn Zhou competed.
29 races, 21 Best times! Pierce – 5 and Rija – 4
5 improved San Diego time standards (Pierce with 2 new A times in the 100 IM and 200 Free; Catherine with a A time in the 100 free; Lynn with 2 new B times in the 100 breast and 200 IM)
2 Team Records! (Anthony broke records in the 15-18 year old 200 breast and 400 IM)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Pierce with 2194 points in 5 events
Catherine with 1269 points in 5 events

Saturday’s Pentathlon had 6 swimmers competing in 5 events each. Bennett Bugelli, Jensine Bugelli, Rhys Bugelli, Nicole Collins, Pierce Dietze, and Sophia Eliopulos.

Jensine and Pierce finished 5th in their age groups and received trophies!
14 Best times! All of Sophia’s swims were bests!
SD-I improved time standards (Bennett – B in the 50 fly; Rhys – B in the 50 back; Pierce – B in the 50 breast)
USA Swimming improved standards (Bennett – B in the 50 fly; Jensine – BB in the 100 IM;
JO Qualifying times Jensine Bugelli – 50 fly

Hytek Power Points
Pierce – 2126;
Jensine – 2108
Sophia – 1892
Nicole – 1595
Bennett- 1448
Rhys – 123

Sunday’s Senior Holiday meet had 5 swimmers competing in 17 events. Anthony Bookheimer, Michael Cohn, Danielle Collins, Sophia Eliopulos, Zachary Wallace.

8 Best times! (Anthony – 1, Michael – 2, Daniel – 2, Sophia – 1, Zachary – 2)
4 Team Records! (Zachary – 1000 free; Michael – 50 free, 200 IM, 200 IM
USA Swimming improved time standards (Michael – AA 200 IM; Daniel – A 50 free; Zachary – AA 1000 free
JO Qualifying times (Michael – 200 IM; Sophia 100 back)
Far Western Qualifying time and Zone Qualifying time (Michael – 200 IM)

Hytek Power Points
Michael – 2913 in 5 events
Zachary – 1880 in 4 events
Anthony – 1387 in 5 events
Danielle – 746 in 2 events
Sophia – 465 in 1 event

Great job by our 8 swimmers that competed last weekend at the SDAC C meet at Rancho Bernardo High School! Kennedy Anderson, Jeremy Burgess, Joel Burgess, Ciara Franke, Lindsey Gartner, Elan Ilfeld, Stephany Reichenbach, and Rija Voloder combined to swim 16 races.

14 of those swims were Best times! 88% Bests! (Jeremy achieved a San Diego Imperial Swimming B time in the 100 breast; Ciara achieved the USA Swimming B time in the 100 IM)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Ciara Franke – 302 in 2 events
Joel Burgess – 227 in 3 events
Rija Voloder – 150 in 2 events

Great job swimmers, parents, and coaches! Results, splits, records, etc can be found on our Team Stats website. I also have paper copies in my swim meet folder that I bring to swim meets.

37 athletes competed! 164 individual events! 9 Relays!
103 Best times! 63% Bests!
6 individual Team Records Broken! (Abby Bertics – 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly; Zachary Wallace – 200 breast (13-14 and Open)
5 Relay Records (11-12 and Open 200 Medley Relay (Sophia Eliopulos, Bennett Bugelli, Malia Moore, Abby Bertics); 11-12 and Open 200 Free Relay (Sophia Eliopulos, Bennett Bugelli, Malia Moore, Abby Bertics); Open 400 Free Relay (Cat Leschin, Kelly Collins, Rija Voloder, Danielle Collins))
32 Improved San Diego Imperial Time Standards! (Bennett Bugelli – B, Jensine Bugelli-B, Jeremy Burgess-2xB, Danielle Collins-A, Nicole Collins-A, Paula Conde-Porto-3xB, Sophia Eliopulos-5xA, Adam Lynn-B, 3xA, Malia Moore-B, Zachary Wallace-A, Catherine Leschin-A, 5xB, Grace Ojeda Ryan-B, Rija Voloder-B, Lynn Zhou-A, 3xB)
40 improved USA Swimming Time Standards! (Bertics-AA, BBugelli-B,B, JBugelli-BB, A, JBurgess-BB, B, NCollins-A, Conde-Porto-2xB, 2xBB, Dietze-B, BB, Eliopulos-5xBB, 2xA, Guerard-A, ALynn-2xBB, A, Moore-BB, DWallace-B, ZWallace-BB, A, CLeschin-4xBB, 2xB, Voloder-BB, B, Zhou-2xB, BB)
8 New Junior Olympic Championships Times! (Nicole Collins – 100 breast; Pierce Dietze – 100 IM; Sophia Eliopulos – 50 back; Adam Lynn – 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 fly; Zachary Wallace – 200 fly
1 New Far Western Championship time! (Abby Bertics – 100 free)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Abby Bertics with 4711 points in 8 events
Zachary Wallace with 3454 points in 8 events

5 of our top swimmers competed Saturday in El Cajon. It was one of the warmest meets all summer!

Abby Bertics, Anthony Bookheimer, Michael Cohn, Reef Guerard, and Zachary Wallace combined to swim 24 events. They recorded 7 lifetime bests!

4 Team Records(Zachary Wallace – 100 Breaststroke and the 1650 freestyle (13-14 and Open); Reef Guerard – 100 breaststroke 15-18)
1 new Far Western Championship cut (Zachary Wallace – 1650 free
2 new Junior Olympic cuts (Abby Bertics – 100 breaststroke; Zachary Wallace - 1650 free)
3 new USA Swimming standards (Abby Bertics – A time in the 100 breast; Reef Guerard – BB time in the 100 breast; Zachary Wallace – A time in the 1650 free
2 new San Diego standards (Reef Guerard – A time in the 100 breast; Zachary Wallace – A time in the 1650 free)

Hytek Power Points
Michael Cohn – 3252 in 6 events
Zachary Wallace – 2128 in 5 events
Reef Guerard – 2022 in 5 events
Abby Bertics – 1934 in 4 events
Anthony Bookheimer – 1026 in 4 events

Last week 14 of our swimmers competed in the first meet of the season! Those 14 are well on their way to participating in USA Swimming’s goal of 6 meets every season!

41 races! 28 Best times!
5 improved San Diego Imperial Swimming time standards! (Antigone Brickman – B, Bennett Bugelli – B, Jensine Bugelli – B, Sophia Eliopulos – A and B)
8 improved USA Swimming time standards! (Antigone Brickman – B, Jensine Bugelli – BB, Paula Conde-Porto – BB, Reef Guerard – AA and A, Zachary Wallace – AA and AA)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Zachary Wallace – 2030 in 4 events
Reef Guerard – 1502 in 3 events
Pierce Dietze – 1451 in 3 event

Congrats to our La Jolla Rough Water Swimemers on a job well done! And here they are in order 12 & Unders:

Standing on wall: Abby Waldburger 12, Dana Waldburger 9, Bennett Bugelli 11, Ciara Franke 11, Rhys Bugelli 7, Pierce Dietze 9.
Standing: John Murphy 11, Dominic Wallace 11, Bella Otterson 9, Maya Pratt-Freeman 9, Shauna Franke 8, Jensine Bugelli 9.
Sitting: William Otterson 7, Finn Bugelli 5.
Not pictured: Carmen Ortega 12.

Click here for more great photos taken by our own John Otterson and click here for the front page article in the La Jolla Light.

Our swimmers:
Team high point - Zachary Wallace – 78 points
Individual finalists (top 8 from prelims) – Abby Bertics(1), Jensine Bugelli(1), Michael Cohn(1), Nicola Ivanov(1), and Zachary Wallace(2).
60 individual swims (prelims, finals, relay lead offs), 42 Best times! 70% Best times at a Championship meet is amazing!
Team records – 22 individual (Jensine Bugelli – 50 breast; Abby Bertics – 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly; Nicola Ivanov – 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 breast, 100 breast; Zachary Wallace – 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 breast x 2, 200 IM x 2, 400 IM x 2; Reef Guerard – 100 fly, 200 fly

Team records – 15 relay (11-12 200 free – K Collins, B Bugelli, S Eliopulos, A Bertics; 11-12 200 medley – A Bertics, B Bugelli, K Collins, S Eliopulos (B team also under previous record – Franke, Ortega, Conde-Porto, Waldburger); Open 200 free relay – 11-12 girls A relay from above; Open 200 medley relay – 11-12 from above; 9-10 200 free relay – Dietze, Lynn, Dowd, Ivanov; 13-14 400, 800 free and 400 medley relays – Wallace, Ortega, Waldburger, Guerard; 15-18 400, 800 free and 400 meldey relays – Ortega, Evans, Bookheimer, Cohn; Open 400 free relay – Cohn, Bookheimer, Evans, Ortega; Open 800 free relay – Wallace, Ortega, Waldburger, Guerard; Open 400 Medley relay – Evans, Bookheimer, Cohn, Ortega
Hytek Power Point Champions (Zachary Wallace – 4444 in 8 events;
Michael Cohn – 3585 in 6 events; Reef Guerard – 3397 in 7 events; Abby Bertics – 3383 in 6 events; Nico Ivanov – 3040 in 6 events; Pierce Dietze – 2224 in 5 events)
Special note – Jensine Bugelli’s 50 breast scored 840 points! Highest WSST ever (I think)!

Wait! There’s more
New LC JO cuts (Abby – 50 breast, 100 free; Pierce Dietze – 50 and 100 free
Zone Qualifying times (if Zones hadn’t already been swum) (Abby Bertics – 50 fly; Jensine Bugelli – 50 breast;
Far Western Championship times (Abby Bertics – 50 back; Jensine Bugelli - 50 breast; Nicola Ivanov – 50 breast)

Great job swimming this weekend! We had 15 swimmers compete in 52 events over the weekend. As always, the results can be found on our team stats website.

38 Best times!
8 Junior Olympic Championship cuts! (Kelly Collins – 50 fly and 50 breast; Nicole Collins – 50 free and 100 free; Pierce Dietze – 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM
11 San Diego standards improved ( Danielle Collins – A; Kelly Collins – A; Nicole Collins – A, A, A; Pierce Dietze – A, A; Carmen Ortega – B, B, B; Westin Waldburger – A)
10 USA Swimming standards improved (Danielle – B; Kelly – A, A, BB, BB; Nicole – BB; Pierce – BB, BB; Carmen – B, B)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Pierce Dietze – 2486 in 6 events
Kelly Collins – 2232 in 6 events

Meet High Point
Pierce – 42
Nicole – 28
Kelly - 21

You can follow Michael’s swims online! There’s even video footage of every heat every day!

Michael swam the 800 free Wed around 6:45.Thursday, he swam in the A flight of the 200 back around 10:30am. Then he swam the 100 free in the B flight around 2:45pm. Friday – B flight 200 freestyle around 12:45pm. Saturday – B flight 400 freestyle around 4pm. Sunday – A flight 100 back around 10:00am.

The top 24 from each event swim in finals which look like they will start at 5:30pm on Thursday and Friday. 6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

There were around 1200 swimmers entered in the meet!

Follow the results here. Follow the video here.

8 athletes competed in 43 events
17 Best times!
3 improved San Diego time standards all by Nicole Collins! 2 A times & 1 B
4 improved USA Swimming time standards! (Abby Bertics – 2 x A; Kelly Collins – BB; Nicole Collins – BB)
3 new Junior Olympic qualifying times! (Abby Bertics – 200 and 400 free; Nicole Collins – 100 fly)

Hytek Power Point Champion
Abby Bertics (9 swims for 4364 points)

Congratulations to Michael Cohn! This weekend, he participated in the TYR’s Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, CA. Michael competed in 4 events (100 free, 200 free, 400 free, and 100 back). While he didn’t record any best times, he’s on track for his best long course season yet. He has two more meets (SBA AB, LA Grand Prix) before traveling to Santa Clarita for Sectional Championships in late July. Michael is currently swimming 6 days a week for 4 hours with about an hour each day of dryland. Working hard and still swimming fast!

The results for both meets can be found on our team stats website! Take a look!

11 swimmers competed in 65 events
42 swims were Best times!
1 Team record set by Anthony Bookheimer – 15 to 18 400 IM
2 New Junior Olympic Qualifying times! (Nicole Collins – 50 and 100 Fly)
10 improved San Diego standards (Anthony Bookheimer – A, Nicole Collins – A x 3, Pierce Dietze – B x 4, Sophia Eliopulos – B, A)
14 improved USA Swimming standards (Anthony – B, Danielle Collins – B, Kelly Collins – BB x 2, Nicole Collins – A, Paula Conde-Porto – B, Pierce Dietze – BBx2, Bx5, Emily Nguyen – BB)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Pierce Dietze – 2639
Nicole Collins – 2566

9 swimmers competed in 48 events. 25 Best times!
5 team records all set by (Zachary Wallace – 13-14 800 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, open 100 and 200 breast)
7 improved San Diego standards (Pierce D – Bx3, Pablo O – A, Zachary W – Ax2, Paula C – B)
2 new Junior Olympic times! (Pablo Ortega – 100 free, Zachary Wallace – 50 free)
14 improved USA Swimming standards! (Bennett – BB, Pierce – Bx2, BBx3, Pablo – A, Zachary – BB, A, AAx2, Paula – Bx3)

Power Point Champions
Abby Bertics – 3682 (8 events)
Zachary Wallace – 2921 (6 events)
Jensine Bugelli – 2482 ( 6 events)

(video of A flight swims available on swimnetwork.net)

Michael Cohn competed in 6 events with 3 best times despite Michael’s coach making him workout a total of 6 hours on Thursday prior to the meet
4 records set – 15-18 50 free, 100 free, and 100 back, open 100 back

Hytek Power Points for Michael – 3628 in 6 events

Last year at this meet, Michael had only qualified for 2 events and swam 3 (1 bonus). This year, Michael was eligible for all 6 events and not eligible for any bonus events. His next elite level meet will be the Mission Viejo Meet of Champions held in two weeks.

Great meet this weekend! Thanks for everyone’s help! We couldn’t support swimming in our community without the extra effort. Thanks again!

Results can be found on our team stats website.

Here’s the break down:
25 athletes competed in 80 individual events and 5 relays
63 Best times were recorded for 79% Bests!
19 improved San Diego Imperial time standards (18 B, 1 A) -- Jensine Bugelli, B; Aniko Coggan B and A, Paula Conde-Porto, 4xB, Ciara Franke, 2xB;' Maila Moore, 2xB; Emily Nguyen, 2xB; Sophia Eliopulos, 4xB; Sean Evans, B; Lynn Zhou, B.
19 Improved USA Swimming time standards (12 B, 7 BB) -- Jensine, BB; Aniko, 2xBB; Paula, 3xB; John Dickerson, 2xB; Ciara, B; Malia, 2xB; Sophia, 3xB and 2xBB; Sean, BB; Lynn, B and BB

Hytek Power Point Champions
Sophia Eliopulos – 1494 (5 events)
Ciara Franke – 1010 (7 events)

Just getting going after last week’s Championship in Northern California. Congratulations to our 5 athletes! Abby Bertics, Bennett Bugelli, Michael Cohn, Reef Guerard, and Zachary Wallace! This is the largest group we’ve taken to the meet. The meet featured over 1400 swimmers from around the country. Our group did a great job of handling the crowds, weather, etc. Just imagine, 1400 swimmers, 24 lanes to warmup in. Swimming World TV was there filming finals each day! 6 of Michaels swims are there. I’ve included links to two of them. Notice the difference in the weather between the 1st swim of the meet and the last….

Some highlights…

Our team of 5 swimmers finished in 42nd place with 27 points (only top 8 finishers score points).

Michael Cohn finished 5th in the High Point competition with 27 points.

24 splashes, 13 Best times!
2 improved USA Swimming standards (Abby with a AAA time in the 50 fly; Bennett with a AA time in the 100 breast)
1 new Far Western standard (Bennett swam a short course qualifying time in the 100 breast--had qualified with long course)
1 new unofficial Zone Championship qualifying time--swimmers can only qualify with long course times--(Bennett in the 100 breast)
14 team records (Michael – 10; Abby – 2; Bennett - 2)

Click here for videos of:
Finals, day one – Michael Cohn’s 200 Free, lane 3 (nice and sunny)
Finals, day four – Michael Cohn’s 500 free, lane 3 (background noise is driving rain)

Look online for the official results, records, splits, etc. from our meet in Fallbrook this weekend! Great job to our 5 swimmers! Especially 6 year old Billy Otterson!

5 athletes, 23 events, 17 Best times!
3 Team records (Abby Bertics – 100 fly, 200 back; o Zachary Wallace – 100 breast)
2 new Far Western Championship times (Abby – 100 fly; Reef Guerard – 400 IM)
3 new Junior Olympic times (Abby – 100 free; Zachary – 100 fly, 100 breast)
3 improved USA Swimming standards (Abby – 100 fly – AAA; Reef – 400 IM – AA; Zachary – 50 free – A)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Abby – 3185
Zachary – 3060

9 of our athletes competed in 43 races. 37 of the swims were Best times!
13 improved San Diego standards (Bennett-2, Jensine-4, Pierce-1, Ciara-1, Nicola-3, Pablo-2)
7 New Junior Olympic cuts (Bennett-3, Jensine-1, Nicola-3)
9 Improved USA Swimming standards (Bennett-3, Jensine-4, Pierce-1, Pablo-1)
1 New Far Western Championship time! (Bennett Bugelli in the 100 breast)
13 Team Records! (Bennett-2, Pierce-3, Nicola-6, Reef-2)

Below is the blurb from the San Diego Imperial Swimming website about the meet this weekend. Overall results can be found on that site. Team results can be found on our Team Stats website.

Here’s the break down from a very successful meet –

8 swimmers competed in 45 individual races, 25 Best times for 52% improvement!
3 Team records! (Bennett Bugelli – 50 breaststroke; Dana Zimmer – 200 breaststroke; Nicola Ivanov – 50 breaststroke)
9 Improved USA Swimming Standards! (Abby Bertics A, AA; Bennett Bugelli AA; Reef Guerard AA, AA, AA; Zachary Wallace AA, AA, A)
4 New Far Western Championship standards! (Reef Guerard 200 fly, 100 fly; Zachary Wallace 400 IM, 200 back)

Hytek Power Point Champion
Zachary Wallace – 3330
Abby Bertics – 3274

All 8 swimmers scored points at the meet (only top 16 places score points)! Reef Guerard with 51 points led the way
5 events placed top 8 and competed in finals at night (Abby Bertics – 50 back; Bennett Bugelli – 100 breast, 50 breast; Reef Guerard – 200 fly; Zachary Wallace – 200 back
The team finished 11th overall with 217.5 points (Great with just individual swims! Relays count for double

Well done everyone! Paton

SI website blurb

The 2010 Short Course Junior Olympics concluded yesterday at the Coronado BBMAC pool with enthusiastic crowds cheering on their swimmers, undeterred by the passing rain showers throughout the day. SI age group swimmers combined to set 13 new Junior Olympic records (7 individual and 6 relay), of which 7 (1 individual and all 6 relays) were also fast enough to shatter the existing San Diego-Imperial Swimming LSC record. New records set on Sunday included:

Austin Nguyen of Pacific Swim in the 10&Under Boys 50Y Back
Rochelle Dong of Rancho San Dieguito in the 13-14 Girls 100Y Free
Pacific Swim in the 10&Under Boys 200Y Medley Relay
North Coast Aquatics in the 13-14 Girls 400Y Medley Relay

In the team competition, North Coast Aquatics was crowned the overall meet champion with 3512.5 points, followed by Pacific Swim with 2393.5 and Heartland Swim Association with 1922.5 points (there were quite a few ties in finals this year). Individual High Point winners were:

10&Under Girls: Katelyn Thomas of Rancho San Dieguito
10&Under Boys: Austin Nguyen of Pacific Swim
11-12 Girls: Sarah Nowaski of College Area Swim Team
11-12 Boys: Michael Nathanson of Pacific Swim
13-14 Girls: Ariel Jordan of North Coast Aquatics
13-14 Boys (tie): Jason O’Brien of North Coast Aquatics and Tommy Anderson of College Area Swim Team

The Senior Classic Championships concluded last night. Three full days of trials and finals in Poway. Luckily we had amazing weather!

Abby Bertics, Michael Cohn, and Ben Weston competed for WSST in a total of 21 races including Michael and Ben’s swims in finals.

· 5 Best times, 7 Team records (Bertics – 1, Cohn – 4, Weston – 2), 1 new AAA time (Cohn).

Detailed results are posted on our Team Stats website.

Great job this weekend to our 6 athletes that competed in El Cajon! Mireia Arlandez (first meet!), Danielle Collins, Kelly Collins, Reef Guerard, Pablo Ortega, and Dana Zimmer.

29 events, 21 Bests! 72% improvement!
1 Team record – Dana Zimmer in the 1650
7 improved San Diego time standards (Danielle – B x2, Kelly – B x2, Pablo – A x 2, B x1)
5 improved USA Swimming standards (Danielle – BB; Kelly – BB, BB, B; Pablo – B)

Hytek Power Point Champions
Dana Zimmer – 2594
Kelly Collins – 1759

Detailed results on our Team Stats website!

WSST had a great showing this weekend! Not only at the Grand Prix meet in Long Beach, but also at the Novice meet at the Mission Valley YMCA! Swimmers competing at all levels! Outstanding!

Here’s the email I received from Kayla about the Novice meet:

The meet went really well! Some confusion and kinks at the beginning but it worked out really well! The kids received a ribbon right after they swam with their time on it. Everyone swam well, no upsets! Biggest surprise was Cary! He really impressed me with his speed and stroke technique. Great swim! Many of the swimmers it was their first meet, hopefully they are encouraged to go to more!

Kayla

Ben Weston and Michael Cohn competed at the Grand Prix in Long Beach. Amazing meet! Michael swam 4 events recording 3 best times, 5 team records, a new AAA time in the 100 back, etc. but several Olympians were also competing! I video taped some of the swims and will get those on my computer as soon as I can. Swim Network was also doing a live webcast! Check out their website for race videos, interviews, recaps, etc. swimnetwork.com.

Michael Phelps and Kara Lynn Joyce were staying at our hotel (or were we staying at theirs?). Anthony Bookheimer, Zachary and Dominick Wallace came and watched on Saturday! Jason Lezak autographs everywhere!

Meet results for Michael and Ben are posted on our Team Stats website.

This weekend 7 of our swimmers competed in the All Star Qualifying meet! Abby Bertics, Jensine Bugelli, Bennett Bugelli, Michael Cohn, Dominick Wallace, Zachary Wallace, and Dana Zimmer. They were able to overcome the frigid San Diego weather (70s) and swim well. The results and stats are available on our Team Stats website (see link above).

7 athletes, 42 events, 20 best times
4 new Junior Olympic qualifying standards (Bennett, Jensine, Zachary (2))
6 improved USA Swimming standards (Bennett, Jensine, Zachary (3) all moved up to A times. Michael moved up to a AAA time.)
7 team records broken ( Jensine in the 50 and 100 breast stroke; Abby in the 200 butterfly; Zachary in the 200 breast stroke in his age group and open; Michael in the 1000 free in his age group and open)

Hytek Power Point Champions were:
Zachary with 5067 points and Abby with 4397