ANOTHER SCARLET GRAD SEEKS OLYMPIC BERTH

Today starts the Canadian Olympic Trials and Stefan Hirniak - the Canadian National Record Holder in the 200 fly - is seeking to become the second Scarlet graduate to swim in the Olympics.

Stefan is the top seed in the 200 free and 200 fly and is also scheduled to swim the 100 fly and 100 free.

Meet results and information can be found here at the Swimming Canada website.

Good luck!!

JUNIOR OLYMPICS

The JO weekend was a tremendous success for our swimmers as we continued our consistent strong swimming for yet another year! Overall the team repeated last year's third place finish. During the weekend there were three team records, 17 new sectional cuts (with 5 first time qualifiers!), and 192 new best times.

New sectional times were coming in waves as the following swimmers swam to new cuts - Kevin Doo (200 fly 1:59.82 - first time qualifier!), Eric Ng (200 fly - 2:00.57 - first time qualifier!), Kristine Ng (200 free - 1:55.98), Christina Petrelis (1000 free -10:34.34), Nick Riepe (500 free - 4:45.82, 200 fly - 1:59.59, 1650 free - 16:31.16), Julianne Torres (200 free - 1:54.07, 100 free 53.52 - first time qualifier!), Justin Torres (200 fly - 159.40, 200 breast - 2:13.03, 400 IM - 4:14.20 - first time qualifier!), Karen Wang (100 fly - 59.14), Julien Zhu (200 IM - 2:10.82, 200 fly - 2:10.04, 200 breast - 2:26.93, 400 IM - 4:30.06 - first time qualifier!).

New team records were set by the following swimmers -

Kevin Doo (13-14 100 fly - 54.03), Erik Kral (13-14 50 free - 23.30), and the 13-14 boys 400 free relay (Erik Kral, Kevin Doo, Justin Torres, Eric Ng - 3:26.12).

Congratulations to swimmers and coaches for another great season - hard work adds up to consistently great results year after year!

RESULTS UPDATE

The past few weekends have been filled with fast swimming as our swimmers have been amassing team records, JO cuts, best times in the waning days of the short course season. Highlights of the great work done by our swimmers is below -

Columbus Grand Prix

Ashley Illenye, Kristine Ng, and Eric Stobbe made the trip out to Ohio State University to compete in a Long Course Grand Prix against some of the top swimmers in the world. In addition to National Teams from several other countries, there were also United States Olympians in attendance including Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Matt Grevers, Allison Schmitt, and Elaine Breeden. Our swimmers swam to six new best times, a 2012 summer Junior national cut, and a Team Record during the weekend.

Eric qualified for his first Grand Prix final in the 200 back and finished fifth overall with a 2012 Summer Junior National time of 2:07.64. That time is also a new 15-19 team record. Congrats!

Silver Bronze Meets

Back in New Jersey, our swimmers have been churning out JO cuts and best times at the Siilver Bronze meets. In total 22 Scarlet swimmers achieved 32 new JO cuts and our swimmers achieved 476 new best times!

Swimmers who achieved new JO cuts were -

Daniela Vega, Diana D'Souza, Katelyn Chen, Aubrey Marish, Kathryn Doo, Maxwell Wang, Christopher Gillooly, Shay Mallick, Jordan Chen, Thomas Lee, Ricky Gupta, Catherine Alabanza, Eric Ng, Nick Riepe, Henry Chen, Colleen Kurtz, Cynthia Wu, Audrey Zhou, Erik Kral, Jonathan Jen, Karen Castaneda, and Joanna Han.

Great job by our outstanding swimmers and coaches!!!!

Alumni Update

One of the ways to measure the success of our mission statement is to see if we are producing athletes and people that go on to be successful after leaving Scarlet. Our alumni are proving that not only is our team getting better, but we are getting better and better every year at fulfilling our mission statement. The alumni page is being updated over the next few weeks to encompass as many of our former swimmers as we can. The list of schools they attended and swam at should have every current SAC swimmer excited for their own future.

Before we get to the swimming, there was some great news on the academic front as former Scarlet swimmer Monica McKinnon announced that she has been accepted into Harvard Law School. Congratulations Monica! Good luck!

There were many alumni in action over the past few weeks of the college conference championships and there were too many outstanding performances to go over them all. A few snapshots of the highlights are below -

Scarlet had eight former swimmers at the Big Ten Championships. Ashley and Kristen Steenvoorden led Minnesota to the Women's Big Ten Conference Championship with several outstanding swims. Ashley was named First Team All Big Ten as she won the 500 Free in 4:38.00, was 8th in the 200 free (1:47.62) and second in the mile (16:06.96). Ashley will be one of the favorites in the 500 free and the mile at the women's NCAA Championship meet March 13-15 in Auburn, AL.

Kristen finished 6th in the 500 (4:42.77), 10th in the 400IM (4:41.56), and 9th in the mile (16:20.07).

Melissa Lang, swimming for Michigan, was 18th in the 100 breast (1:02.91), and 20th in the 200 breast (2:15.79).

On the men's side, Nick Ankosko and Chris Cipolla were a big part of Penn State's meet with several outstanding swims. Nick, a freshman, finished 7th in the mile in 15:05.32 and was 17th in the 500 free (4:20.99). We are now waiting to see if Nick made the NCAA Championship meet as his mile time is one of the top in the country.

Chris swam to a 14th place finish in the 400IM with a time of 3:51.57, and was 12th in the 200 breast in 1:59.74.

Freshman Alex Galinskiy, swimming for Drexel University, was the Colonial Athletic Association Champion in the 200 free with a time of 1:37.96. Alex also finished 11th in the 100 free with a time of 45.72.

At the women's Ivy League Championships Bernadette D'Alonzo of UPenn was 24th in the 100 free (53.02 - Bernadette went a 51.99 to win a swim off for 24th earlier!) and Erin Henn of Dartmouth was 18th in the 1000 free with a time of 10:23.92.

Great job to all of our alumni who represented their schools and our club with their usual toughness and success!

Zone Select Camp

Congratulations to Justin Torres who has been selected to attend the Eastern Zone Select Camp May 31-June 3 at The University of Maryland - Baltimore County in Baltimore, MD.

USA Swimming sponsors four Zone Select Camps. USA Swimming seeks to identify the emerging young athletes in each Zone, offering them a unique motivational and educational experience. The Zone Select Camps are viewed as an integral step for athletes to move from the local and Zone level onto to the national scene. For more info on the Zone select Camps click here.

Championship Season Begins

Its that time of year again! The championship meets are upon us and our youngest swimmers got us off to a great start at the Mini Championships.

At the meet our 8 and unders swam to 42 new best times and one new team record.

Congratulations to Daniel Badaway for setting a new team record in the 8 and under 50 free with a time of 34.80. The 9-12 Silver/Bronze meet was this past weekend and the results were impressive. Look for updates on all the Silver/Bronze meets coming soon!

Again, great job to swimmers and coaches!

Scarlet Named Silver Medal Club

For the sixth time in club history, Scarlet has been named a USA Swimming Silver Medal Club. The focus of this program is to identify and reward USA Swimming Clubs that have achieved a high level of athlete performance. Scarlet was one of only two teams in New Jersey to achieve 2012 Silver Medal status. No New Jersey clubs achieved Gold Medal status this year.

For a complete list of all the USA Swimming clubs that achieved Gold, Silver or Bronze status and a description of the program click here.

Great job to swimmers and coaches!

SCARLET UPDATE

The year 2012 is going to be an exciting one for the USA and for Scarlet. Our swimmers are off to another great start with several meets being contested in the last few weeks along with our typical holiday training schedule. Here is a brief recap of the action -

The CeraVe meet was the first long course meet of the new season, and our swimmers showed why this is going to be a great summer for Scarlet. Coming off of two huge training weeks over the holidays, our swimmers achieved two new sectional cuts and 98 new best times over the weekend. The sectional cuts went to Kristine Ng (100 free - 1:01.79), and Nick Riepe (100 fly - 1:00.83).

Swimmingworld Magazine covered the event on their website with news stories and a live feed of the event. Click this link for the event landing page where you can see video of the meet races and articles on the meet. Swimmingworld also featured Head Coach Tom Speedling talking about our club's success in one of their articles - click here to read the feature.

Our Winterfest meet was a great success. From top to bottom, the meet was run smoothly starting with the meet sign up and right through the meet administration. Our parents are amazing at coming together and putting on a huge meet like this and making it look easy. In the pool the swimmers did their job swimming to a whopping 419 new best times! Great job by everyone!

At the Holiday Classic meet, Scarlet swimmers raced to two new sectional cuts, three new team records, and 182 new best times over the weekend.

New sectional cuts went to Kristine Ng in the 500 free (5:02.58) and Nick Riepe in the 200 fly (2:00.78).

New team records were set by our 13-14 boys 200 medley relay (Kevin Doo, Justin Torres, Eric Ng, Erik Kral) with a time of 1:51.58, the 13-14 boys 200 free relay (Justin Torres, Erik Kral, Kevin Doo, Eric Ng) with a time of 1:39.09, and the 13-14 girls 800 free relay (Cynthia Wu, Catherine Alabanza, Julien Zhu, Karen Wang) with a time of 8:03.44.

Soni and Steenvoorden Compete for Team USA at Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool

The streak continues! Continuing our run of having Scarlet alumni at every major International competition in the world, Olympic Champion Rebecca Soni and 2011 National Champion Ashley Steenvoorden will represent Team USA at the Duel in the Pool in Atlanta, GA Dec 16-17.

The event features Team USA against a European All Star team. Scarlet had two swimmers in this past summer's World Championships in Shanghai, China, one in the World University Games in Shenzhen, China, two in the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and now two in the Duel in the pool. Our club's mission statement of achieving success at the National and International level is clearly being met!

For Complete coverage of the Duel in the Pool on the link below.

Mutual of Omaha Duel in the pool complete coverage. GO USA and GO SCARLET!

Savulich and Steenvoorden Compete for Team USA at Pan Am Games

The Pan American Games are being held in Guadalajara, Mexico this week, and former SAC swimmers Bob Savulich and Ashley Steenvoorden are participating as members of Team USA. 

On the first day of competition, Savulich won a silver medal as a member of the 4x100m Freestyle Relay team.  Savulich's split time for his leg of the relay was 48.33.

In addition, Bob Savulich qualified for the finals of the men's 100m Freestyle with a time of 49.58 and placed 7th overall.

Ashley Steenvoorden also qualified for the finals in her event - 400m Freestyle - with a time of 4:19.16 and finished eigth overall.

On the final day of swimming competition in the pool, Bob Savulich earned his second silver medal of the meet, as a member of the 4x100 Medley Relay team.

Scarlet Finishes Long Course Season With a Bang!

Scarlet's mission is to provide an environment that fosters National and International success for our swimmers. The summer of 2011 proved that we are fulfilling that mission statement as well as we ever have, as our swimmers competed all over the world in every major international competition. The results highlighted below from our alumni have been outstanding at the World Championships in Shanghai, China where our former swimmers (Rebecca Soni, Stefan Hirniak) won four medals - three gold and one bronze and had a swimmer on the 400 medley relay that set a new American Record, the World University Games in Shenzhen, China (Bobby Savulich) - one Gold and one Silver Medal, and October's Pan American Games where Ashley Steenvoorden and Bobby Savulich will compete for Team USA.

Back at home we had six swimmers represent Scarlet at the National Championships and five swimmers at the Junior National Championships. Those two meets produced three team records, one new super sectional cut, and 13 new best times.

The Scarlet hosted New Jersey Junior Olympic meet was a tremendous success due to the hard work of the parents who made this four day trials/finals meet run like clockwork. The amount of preparation and work that went into this was extraordinary. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a great experience. In the pool, the swimmers were equally great, swimming to one new Olympic Trial cut, three new junior national cuts, seven new super sectional cuts, six new team records, and 194 new best times.

USA Swimming National Championships

Scarlet was represented at the meet by Nick Ankosko, Chris Cipolla, Taylor Curado, Alexa Hetzel, Missy Lang, and Jacquelyn Ward. Nick swam to new team records in the 15-19 and open 1500 free with a time of 15:58.57.

USA Swimming Junior National Championships

Scarlet was represented at juniors by Christie Clarke, Alex Galinskiy, Scott Huang, Kristine Ng, and Eric Stobbe. In the meet Eric swam to a new team record in the 15-19 200 back (2:08.31). Eric also used a time trial to swim to a new super sectional cut in the 100 fly (59.49).

New Jersey Junior Olympics

Chris Cipolla swam to a new Olympic Trial cut in the 200 breast with a time of 2:19.48. The time was also a new 15-19 and open team record.

New junior national cuts went to Alex Galinskiy (100 fly - 57.09 and 200 fly - 2:07.89) and Scott Huang (200 breast - 2:26.07).

New Super Sectional cuts were achieved by Joanna Han (200 IM - 2:28.08), Scott Huang (200 IM - 2:16.20), Ashley Illenye (100 fly - 1:06.43 and 1500 free - 17:37.96 - the 1500 free is a new 13-14 team record!), Kristine Ng (100 fly - 1:06.63), Karen Wang (200 fly - 2:27.61), and Kevin Wang (100 free - 55.48).

Mary Moser swam to a new team record in the 15-19 100 free (58.71) and tied the 15-19 50 free record, held by Scarlet alum and Princeton graduate Katie Miller, with a time of 27.24.

The 15-19 boys 400 medley relay record went down as well as Eric Stobbe, Chris Cipolla, Alex Galinskiy, and Nick Ankosko smashed it by nearly 5 seconds with a time of 3:59.43.

Eastern Zones

Three Scarlet swimmers chose to extend their season and represent New Jersey at the Eastern Zone meet. Great job to Diana D'Souza, Eric Ng, and Michael Wu!

Great finish to the season! 2012 is an Olympic year - London is calling!

Savulich Wins Two Medals at WUG

The World University Games are being held in Shenzhen, China this week, and former SAC swimmer Bob Savulich is representing our nation as a member of Team USA.  As such, Savulich swam the anchor leg of the gold medal winning 4x100m Freestyle Relay in last night's finals (3:15.85).  Said Savulich, “[The United States] has a long history of successful relays.  We wanted to win this gold medal for our country and become part of the examples that have inspired us.”  Savulich's split time for his leg of the relay was 48.88.

In action at the WUG on Tuesday, Bob Savulich qualified for the finals of the men's 100m Freestyle with a time of 49.90.  In the evening's finals, Bob ended up finishing 7th in a time of 49.97.

In the final day of swimming competition at the World University Games, Bob Savulich earned a Silver medal as a member of the USA 400m Medley Relay team.

Steenvoorden Wins National Championship!!!

Scarlet alum, Ashley Steenvoorden, earned her first USA Swimming Nationals title on Tuesday evening (Aug 2nd) in the women's 400m Freestyle.  Ashley's winning time was 4:07.63.

Steenvoorden concluded her 2011 National Championships with a 5th place finish in the 800m Freestyle.  Ashley's time in the finals was 8:36.83.

Click here to view the video replay of Ashley's 400m Freestyle swim.

Also making it to Finals at Nationals was Scarlet alum, Bob Savulich.  Savulich finished 5th in the men's 100m Free with a time of 49.39.

TV Broadcast Schedule:

(Check Universal Sports daily programming schedule for re-playing of these programs.)

Scarlet at FINA World Championships

Two Scarlet alumni are in Shanghai, China for the FINA World Championships this week. Olympic Champion and American Record holder Rebecca Soni is competing for Team USA in the 50, 100, and 200 Breast. Look for her also to do the breaststroke leg on the 400 medley relay. Rebecca is currently ranked number one in the world in the 100 and 200 Breast. Candian National Record holder Stefan Hirniak is representing Team Canada. Stefan has shortened his program from his original entry and will swim the 200 fly and 800 free relay. Stefan is currently ranked 23rd in the world in the 200 fly.

Check out all the results at the World Championships Page.

Results - Rebecca has established herself as the most dominant female breaststroker in the world, winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 breast, and grabbing a bronze in the 50 breast. She was also part of the gold medal winning 400 medley relay team (along with Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer, and Missy Franklin) that set a new American Record with a time of 3:52.36).

Stefan swam to a 25th place finish in the 200 fly, and was the anchor on Canada's 800 freestyle relay which finished 10th.

Championship Season Begins

Scarlet swimmers have begun their final drive to the end of the 2010-2011 season. The last two weekends were filled with best times and new JO cuts as the 12 and unders and 13 and overs swam in the Silver/Bronze meets. Over the course of two weeks, thirteen swimmers compiled 19 new JO times, and there were 282 new best times achieved. Swimmers who achieved new JO cuts are listed below. Great job! Let's get ready to swim fast, and host, the last New Jersey meet of the season this weekend at JO's!

New JO cuts went to - Daniela Vega, Matt Gold, Lauren Tran, Michael Wu, Diana D'Souza, Aubrey Marish, Jordan Chen, Colleen Kurtz, Emily Zhu, Julianne Torres, Paolo Mesde, Christina Petrelis, and Melissa Co.

Long Course Results

The long course championship season is here, and the season has been another great one for our swimmers to date. It is exciting for several reasons as we have swimmers attending many different meets throughout the country, and we are now in an exciting new partnership with the Rutgers women's team and their staff. Below are some results to catch up on before we start our drive to the end of the season. Working backward from last weekend -

Southern Zone Sectionals

Twenty nine Scarlet swimmers made the trip down to Gainesville, FL for the southern zone sectional meet. When the weekend was over, the team had finished ninth overall out of 44 teams and had achieved one senior national cut, four junior national cuts, three super sectional cuts, six team records, and 77 new best times. Highlights are below -

Nick Ankosko swam to his first senior national cut in the 800 free with a time of 8:20.14 - the sixth fastest time in the country for his age group. Nick also swam to a top 10 time with a 4:02.08 in the 400 free the 10th fastest time in the country.

Junior National times went to Christie Clarke in the 1500 (17:19.15 - 11th fastest time in the country), Alex Galinskiy in the 200 free ( 1:55.20) and Eric Stobbe in the 100 back (59.85 - ninth fastest in the country and a 15-19 team record) and 800 free (8:31.36 - 10th fastest time in the country). Eric also swam to the 13th fastest time in the country in the 200 back (2:09.93 - new 15-19 team record).

New super sectional times went to Bernadette D'Alonzo in the 1500 (17:52.96), Nick Riepe also in the 1500 (17:02.19), and Kevin Wang in the 400 free (4:11.02).

In addition to Eric's two records above, Mary Moser broke the 15-19 and open 100 fly record with a time of 1:03.12, and the boys 200 medley relay of Eric Stobbe, Scott Huang, Alex Galinskiy, and Nick Ankosko broke the 15-19 and open team records with a time of 1:53.90.

Summer Sizzle - 7 in a row!!!

Scarlet won the team championship at the Summer Sizzle meet for the seventh year in a row. While the meet is certainly not a focus meet, especially for our senior swimmers who swam in the meet at the highest yardage volume of their training season, the results were still strong as our swimmers amassed 174 new best times and three new super sectional cuts - two by Alex Galinskiy (100 fly - 1:00.52, 200 fly - 2:12.40) and one by Kevin Wang (200 free - 2:01.10).

Heat Madness

Scarlet swimmers continued the fast swimming the next weekend at Heat Madness with 199 new best times. The swimming was only part of the story as our parents put on another great meet, making the chaos of organizing and working look easy, and allowing the swimmers from all teams to have a great experience. Great job by all!

Memorial Day Weekend and prior

The long course season started with a bang as Scarlet swimmers swam in the Tiger Challenge Meet, the Memorial Day Meet at Rutgers, and the Grand Challenge in Irvine, CA. Between the three meets, there were 159 new best times achieved, as well as  two team records by Kevin Doo. Kevin Doo broke the 11-12 200IM record with a time of 2:27.43 at the Memorial Day Meet, and the 400IM record with a time of 5:14.11 at the Tiger Challenge meet.

More Great Results!

Three Scarlet swimmers continued their season in Buffalo, NY representing New Jersey on the Zone team. Kevin Doo, Justin Torres, and Karen Wang accounted for 116 individual points toward New Jersey's total of 796.5! The totals for the Scarlet swimmers in the meet were extremely impressive - one New Jersey State Record, six team records, and four event champions, including a 1-2 sweep of the boys 11-12 200 fly by Justin Torres and Kevin Doo. Highlights are below -

Justin Torres set a New Jersey State record in the 11-12 200 IM with a time of 2:04.94 - he was the zone champion in the event. That time was a team record as well, one of five he set at the meet. The others were the 100 free (52.30), 200 fly (2:04.29 - zone champion), 200 free (1:52.90), and 200 breast (2:20.53 - zone champion). Justin also anchored New Jersey's zone champion 400 free relay which broke the eastern zone record.

Kevin Doo was the zone champion in the 11-12 50 fly (26.02), where he set new a team record, and swam the butterfly on New Jersey's zone champion 200 medley relay.

Great finish to the short course season!

Championship Season Continues

Scarlet swimmers were outstanding this past weekend at the New Jersey Junior Olympics. Our team finished third, scoring 2079.5 evenly balanced points - 1041.5 for the women and 1038 for the men. The overall numbers were impressive as eight swimmers were NJ state champions in 20 events, there were 15 team records set, 19 new sectional times, and 230 best times. Typically our senior level swimmers would swim limited events at JO's if they swam at all, but the travel schedule this season allowed for our entire senior team to swim. Even though many of these swimmers did not rest for this meet, their presence, combined with the age group swimmers, allowed us to show that we are extremely strong when we come together. Great job by everyone!

Highlights from the weekend are below -

New Jersey State Champions

The following swimmers were champions in their events - Nick Ankosko (1650 free), Kevin Doo (50 fly), Joanna Han (200 IM, 200 fly, 200 breast, 400 IM), Ashley Illenye (100 fly), Kristine Ng (200 breast), Eric Stobbe (200 back), Justin Torres (200 free, 400 IM, 100 fly, 100 IM, 100 free, 200 fly, 200 IM, 100 breast, 500 free), and Julien Zhu (200 and 400 IM).

Team Records

Individual team records were set by Kevin Doo (11-12 200 back - 2:12.56, 1000 free - 10:51.16), Eric Stobbe (15-19 and Open 200 back - 1:51.63), Justin Torres (11-12 200 free - 1:53.03, 400 IM - 4:27.92, 100 IM - 58.87, 100 free - 52.45, 200 fly - 2:05.50, 200 IM - 2:06.63, 100 breast - 1:05.43, 500 free - 5:05.24), and Julien Zhu (400 IM - 4:43.31). Two relay records were set as well. The 13-14 800 free relay (Ashley Illenye, Safee Belbina, Karen Wang, and Joanna Han) set a new mark of 8:08.30, and the 11-12 boys 200 medley relay (Eli Bogomolny, Henry Chen, Kevin Doo, and Justin Torres) set a new mark of 1:56.64.

Sectional Times

New sectional times went to - Nick Ankosko (100 free - 48.06), Alex Galinskiy - (100 fly - 51.61), Joanna Han (200 IM - 2:09.42, 200 fly - 2:09.98), Scott Huang (400 IM - 4:09.58, 200 back - 1:58.22), Ashley Illenye (100 fly - 58.15, 200 fly - 2:09.97, 500 free - 5:06.38), Christina Petrelis (1650 free - 17:37.41), Nick Riepe (1000 free - 10:00.84 - first time qualifier!), Eric Stobbe (100 fly - 53.58, 200 IM - 1:59.37), Karen Wang (200 fly - 2:10.13, 400 IM - 4:36.24 - first time qualifier!), and Kevin Wang (400 IM - 4:10.99, 500 free - 4:40.62, 100 fly - 53.61, 200 fly - 1:58.14).

Individual High Point

Scarlet had a number of swimmers in the top 10 in the individual high point scoring led by Justin Torres the 11-12 high point winner with a perfect 180 points - he won every event he entered! Others in the top 10 were - Julien Zhu - third 11-12 girls, Kevin Doo - third 11-12 boys, 13-14 girls - Joanna Han second, Karen Wang third, Ashley Illenye ninth, Christie Clarke eighth 15-19 girls, and 15-19 boys - Eric Stobbe second, Kevin Wang sixth, Nick Ankosko seventh, Scott Huang eighth, and Alex Galinskiy ninth.

Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches for a fast weekend of swimming!

Championship Season

Scarlet swimmers have been racking up best times and Junior Olympic qualifying times in the three short course silver/bronze meets over the last three weekends while the seniors swam to best times and summer Junior National cuts in the Indianapolis Grand Prix meet. Highlights are below -

Indianapolis Grand Prix

Our National Team began its travel season in preparation for the end of summer meets with the Indianapolis Grand Prix. Congratulations to Christie Clarke (200 fly - 2:19.58) and Nick Ankosko (1500 free - 16:10.40) swam to new summer junior national cuts over the weekend.

Silver/Bronze meets -

Over the three silver/bronze weekends, Scarlet swimmers achieved 399 new best times and 15 swimmers achieved 28 new JO qualifying times. Swimmers who achieved new JO times were -

Charles Chen, Amaya Renzulli, Jasmine Ling, Shay Mallick, Audrey Zhou, Thomas Li, Michael Wu, Catherine Alabanza, Henry Chen, Eli Bogomolny, Dan Gayetsky, Erik Kral, Eric Ng, Cindy Shi, and Samantha Soto.

Great job! Good luck at JO's and Zones!

College Conference Championships

The Scarlet Aquatic program is set up to produce swimmers who not only excel in the pool, but in the classroom as well. Our current class of 2011 is a testament to this ideal. Here are the swimmers who have committed to a college for the fall - Bernadette D'Alonzo will be attending the University of Pennsylvania next year. She will be joined in the Ivy League by teammate Susan Xiong who will be attending Columbia University. Christie Clarke has accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Minnesota, Hannah Perna will attend the University of Connecticut, and Nick Ankosko will be joining several teammates from Scarlet at Penn State University. There are more signings to come - stay tuned!

Meanwhile our alumni continue to show why our program works - we have many swimmers in power conferences scoring for their teams. Week two features the Men's Big Ten Championships where James Capparell and Chris Cipolla are representing Penn State and Austin Steel is swimming for Indiana University. In the Ivy League Championships, Tara and Erin Henn are swimming for Dartmouth, in the Colonial Athletic Association Maegan McLaughlin is swimming for Towson University, and in the Mid-American Conference Renae Sharkey is swimming for the University of Buffalo.

Last weekend the women's BigTen Championships featured Ashley and Kristen Steenvooorden from Minnesota, Alexa Hetzel and Brynja Winnan from Penn State University, and Melissa Lang from the University of Michigan. In the ACC conference, Holly Rebovich from the University of Maryland, and Andrea King from Boston College swam last weekend, in the MAAC conference, Melanie Leonhard swam for Rider University and Nick and Deanna Petrelis represented Loyola University, and in the Patriot League Alena Pollitt and Jill Rann for swam for Lehigh University, and Andrew King swam for NYU in the University Athletic Association.

Good luck to all of our alumni this weekend! Keep track of all the action at collegeswimming.com championship central.

NJ Senior State Championships

Scarlet won the team championship this past weekend at the Senior State Championship meet with the help of fast in season swimming combined with the superb efforts of our parents who combined with the parents of EEX and BMS to make the meet a real opportunity for February competition. Great job running the meet to our fantastic parent group! In the pool our swimmers swam to 60 new best times and three team records. Once again it was Justin Torres continuing the 11-12 boys assault on our record books. Justin set new team records in the 200 breast (2:23.56), 200 fly(2:07.88), and 200 free (1:54.93). Congratulations on more great results!

January Update

Scarlet swimmers are busy preparing for the upcoming championship season. We get a taste of it this weekend as our senior swimmers enter the New Jersey Senior State Championship meet against other NJ teams who, like SAC, will be training hard and using the meet to tune up for later on in March. Remember that we are co-hosting the meet, so parents with swimmers entered in the meet are required to work the meet in some capacity. Job sign up will be at the pool as the meet is not a huge undertaking like our typical meets.

Looking back, the month of January was a successful one for our club. Below are some highlights -

Winterfest - Thanks to all of the parents who helped out with the running of the annual Winterfest meet. It was another well run weekend, and our parents hard work made the job of the swimmers and coaches easier. In the pool our swimmers swam to 338 new best times and three team records by 11-12 year olds Justin Torres and Kevin Doo. Justin swam to new records in the 50 free (24.69), and 100 IM (1:00.56). Kevin's new record was in the 100 backstroke (1:02.07). Congratulations on a great weekend!

Cera-Ve - In the annual long course meet, Scarlet swimmers achieved 100 new best LC times, and once again Justin Torres was a team record breaker. Justin swam to a new record in the 11-12 200 IM (2:28.06).

Rutgers College Conference Carnival - The 11-12 boys 200 yard medley relay team of Eli Bogomolny, Henry Chen, Kevin Doo, and Justin Torres broke our team record by over three seconds with a time of 1:57.02 during the Rutgers Varsity meet, which also featured Scarlet alumni Ashley and Kristen Steenvoorden of the University of Minnesota, and Melanie Leonhard of Rider University.

Great job and we look forward to a great championship season!

Holiday Classic

Scarlet swimmers were in great early season form at Holiday Classic this past weekend. During the three day meet, SAC swimmers swam to one New Jersey State Record, eleven team records, five new sectional cuts, and 260 new best times. Highlights are below -

The 11-12 team of Jeffrey Ho, Henry Chen, Justin Torres, and Kevin Doo broke a 21 year old State Record in the 400 medley relay with a time of 4:25.04. That same foursome also set the team record in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:51.17.

Justin Torres had a great meet, swimming to six individual team records (500 free - 5:11.46, 100 free - 53.80, 200 breast - 2:28.69, 200 free - 1:55.61, 200 fly - 2:11.62, and 400 IM - 4:39.20).

Team records also were set in the 13-14 800 free relay (Karen Castaneda, Joanna Han, Ashley Illenye, Karen Wang) with a time of 8:13.82, and the foursome of Audrey Zhou, Dana Park, Julien Zhu, and Catherine Alabanza set team records in the 11-12 400 medley relay (4:35.36) and 400 free relay (4:02.17).

New sectional cuts went to Bernadette D'Alonzo (500 free - 5:06.80, 1650 - 17:41.71), Ashley Illenye (1650 - 17:49.22), and Stephanie Ng (500 free - 5:06.80, 1650 - 17:54.14).

Congratulations on a great weekend of early season swimming.

USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team 

Each year USA Swimming recognizes its members who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up of high school student athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and have achieved the required time standard in an individual event.

To be eligible for this recognition, swimmers must have completed 10th, 11th, or 12th grade and must be a USA Swimming member athlete.

This season Scarlet had four swimmers make the team. Congratulations to Bernadette D'Alonzo (2nd year selected), Erin Henn (1st year selected), Melanie Leonhard (3rd year selected), and Holly Rebovich (3rd year selected).

Great Finish to Season!

The end of the season was a successful one as our swimmers performed well in meets all over the country. Highlights are below:

Junior Olympics (Updated 9/7/10)

Thanks again to the team parents who volunteered their time and made donations to our hospitality. The effort of the parents is what makes us able to run great meets. Our swimmers were outstanding in the pool as we swam to over 200 best times, had four new summer junior national cuts, two new short course national cuts, eleven new sectional cuts, four New Jersey State Records, and FOURTEEN team records.

Eric Stobbe was the star of the meet swimming to FOUR NEW JERSEY STATE RECORDS and setting NEW TEAM RECORDS in 10 EVENTS. In addition he qualified for the summer junior national meet in the 200 backstroke and had two more sectional qualifying times. New State and Team records were set in the 200 back (2:08.46 - new summer junior national cut), the 800 free (8:36.08), the 200 free (2:00.20), and the 100 back (1:00.96). Eric set new team records in the 100 fly(1:01.46), 400 free (4:14.18), 100 free (56.20), 400 IM (4:43.80 - new sectional cut), 200 fly (2:11.94 - new sectional cut), and 1500 free (16:44.04). Eric swam to cuts in all distances and all strokes proving that his training prepares him for whatever event he enters - this is a good lesson for our younger swimmers!

New summer junior cuts went to Christie Clarke in the 400 free (4:24.37) and Kristine Ng in the 200 breast (2:39.19) and 400 IM (5:00.35). Both of Kristine's swims were also short course national qualifying times.

New sectional cuts went to Bernadette D'Alonzo (400 free 4:31.30, 200 free 2:09.21), Joanna Han (100 breast 1:18.23), Ashley Illenye (800 free 9:28.63, 1500 free 18:12.16), Kristine Ng (800 free 9:29.08), Kevin Wang (400 free - 4:17.06), Brynja Winnan (100 free 1:00.97), and Susan Xiong (200 back 2:28.95).

New team records also went to Justin Torres in the 11-12 200 Breast (2:52.28), 200 IM (2:32.07), and 400 IM(5:20.03) and to the 10 and under boys 200 free relay (Shay Mallick, Jordan Chen, Matt Gold, Charles Chen) with a time of 2:25.14.

Zones

Eleven Scarlet swimmers chose to extend their season and represent New Jersey at the Eastern Zone championships in Rockville, MD. Our swimmers came away with 22 new best times, seven of the swimmers swam to top 16 finishes, and we had one Eastern Zone Champion.

Justin Torres was the zone champion in the 200 fly with a time of 2:27.84. He dropped three seconds from his entry time to win the event! Justin also finished 4th in the 400 free, 6th in the 200 free, 8th in the 200IM, 11th in the 100 fly and 10th in the 100 free. In addition, the following swimmers also represented the New Jersey All-Stars (top 16 swims are also listed):

Safee Belbina (10th 1500 free, 11th 800 free), Karen Castaneda (13th 1500 free, 14th 800 free), Erik Kral, Kevin Doo (7th 200 fly), Henry Chen, Joanna Han (2nd 200 breast, 3rd 400IM, 4th 100 breast, 9th 200 fly), Karen Wang (12th 200 fly, 15th 400IM, 16th 1500 free), Matt Gold, Julien Zhu (4th 200IM, 9th 200 breast, 11th 400 free, 14th 200 fly, 16th 100 breast), and Jasmine Ling.

Junior Nationals

Nine Scarlet swimmers made the trip across the country to Irvine, CA to swim in the USA Swimming Junior National Championships. Scarlet was represented by Christie Clarke, Kristine Ng, Brynja Winnan, Stephanie Ng, Bernadette D'Alonzo, Nick Ankosko, Chris Cipolla, Eric Stobbe, and Alex Galinskiy. During the meet our swimmers swam to one new short course national cut, two new long course junior cuts, one new short course junior cut, and one New Jersey State Record.

Chris Cipolla swam to a new short course national cut in the 400IM with a time of 4:34.15.

Chris (200IM - 2:11.31) and Nick Ankosko (800 free- 8:29.04) used their bonus events to swim to new long course junior national cuts and Nick swam to a new short course junior national cut in the 1500 free (16:16.73).

Eric Stobbe used the last meet of the season to reset one of his newest State Records in the 100 back (1:00.92).

A look back at these results points to fast swimming in all events and all distances at all ages. Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches on another great season!

Also, look for our alumni as they compete in the Pan Pacific Championships starting on August 18th in Irvine, CA. American Record Holder Rebecca Soni who holds the fastest times in the world this year in the 100 and 200 breast will look to get her World Records back in those events, and World Record Holder Stefan Hirniak will compete for Canada. Good luck!

Meet Roundup

The final championship meets of the season are almost here! This summer has been a strong one so far for SAC swimmers. Check out the highlights below:

Summer Sizzle - Six in a row!

Scarlet won the team championship for the 6th year in a row. In the meet Julien Zhu broke an 11-12 team record in the 200 fly with a time of 2:38.19. Scarlet swimmers also swam to 197 new personal best times in the meet.

Southern Zone Sectionals - Gainesville, FL

Scarlet swam to a 9th place finish (out of 45 teams) in the meet. Nick Ankosko achieved his first Summer Junior National cut in the 400 free with a time of 4:06.75. Kristine Ng (400 IM - 5:02.51) swam to new short course junior national cuts and Eric Stobbe swam to a super sectional cut in the 400 IM with a time of 4:52.25.

Silver/Bronze Meets

Over the two silver/bronze weekends 19 Scarlet swimmers swam to 30 new JO cuts. New gold times went to Karen Wang, Joanna Han, Dan Gayetsky, Samantha Soto, Jeffrey Wu, Ashley Illenye, Karen Castaneda, and Scott Huang in the 13 and over meet. The weekend before, Charles Chen, Jordan Chen, Kenisha Liu, Audrey Zhou, Michael Wu, Eli Bogomolny, Aubrey Marish, Victoria Ling, Shay Mallick, Jeffrey Ho, and Henry Chen swam to new gold cuts in the 12 and under meet.

Congratulations and good luck at JO's this weekend!

Barcelona Mare Nostrum

Head Coach Tom Speedling will be heading to Barcelona this week for the Barcelona leg of the Mare Nostrum Series. Coach Speedling is the Head Coach of the Men's USA National Youth Team comprised of 44 swimmers. Click here to see the complete roster and staff. Go USA!

Summer Practice Schedule

Below is the schedule for summer 2010. Schedule starts Monday June 28. All practices will be held at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center.

SR 2 - Monday-Saturday 7AM-10:30AM/Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 5-7PM

SR 1A - Monday-Saturday 8:15AM-11AM

SR 1B - Monday-Saturday 7AM-9:45AM

SR Prep - Monday-Friday 9AM-11AM

JR 2 - Monday - Friday 9AM-11AM

Note that June 28-June 31 SR1A, SR Prep, and JR 2 practices will end at 10:30AM due to swim camp.

Memorial Day Meet

The Memorial Day weekend is the unoffical start of summer and instead of going to the beach Scarlet swimmers took the opportunity to swim to one New Jersey State Record, two team records, and 115 new best times.

Eric Stobbe continued to rewrite the New Jersey record books with a new State Record in the 100 back. His time of 1:02.12 is also a new 13-14 boys team record.

Eli Bogomolny broke his own record in the boys 10 and under 50 fly with a time of 35.38.

Last week in the Hall Sprint short course yard meet Charles Chen broke three 8 and under team records in the 50 breast (43.15), 50 fly (37.43), and 100 fly (1:24.23).

Congratulations on the start of a great summer racing season!

Zone Select Camp

Congratulations to Scarlet swimmers Joanna Han and Eric Stobbe who have been selected to attend the Eastern Zone Select Camp May 20-23 at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. USA Swimming sponsors four Zone Select Camps. USA Swimming seeks to identify the emerging young athletes in each Zone, offering them a unique motivational and educational experience. The Zone Select Camps are viewed as an integral step for athletes to move from the local and Zone level onto to the national scene. For more info on the Zone select Camps click here.

The 22 Scarlet swimmers who qualified for individual events at sectionals spent last weekend in Columbus, OH for the Columbus Grand Prix at Ohio State University. Following the lead set by USA Swimming, the senior team has made LC swimming it's main focus since December. Instead of attending one of the SCY sectional meets, (we define sectionals as the Northeast sectional meet where the cuts are more difficult than any in the country) we attended the LC Grand Prix meet. Long Course swimming is the true measure of a swimmer's ability. Swimmers must have LC times to qualify for the Olympic Trials, the National Team, the World Youth Team, the National Select Camp, and the Zone Select Camp. None of those can be achieved with SCY times.

Competing against some of the world's top swimmers, our team did a great job, amassing three new Summer Junior National Cuts, three new SC Junior National cuts, one new Super Sectional cut, one New Jersey State Record, one team record, and 53 new best times.

New Summer Junior National cuts went to Chris Cipolla (400 IM - 4:37.40, 100 breast - 1:07.55), and Alex Galinskiy (100 free - 53.07).

New SC Junior National cuts went to Nick Ankosko (100 free - 53.99), Christie Clarke (200 fly - 2:20.47), and Bernadette D'Alonzo (100 free - 59.24).

Eric Stobbe smashed his own New Jersey State and team Record in the 200 back swimming to a time of 2:09.87. His old record was 2:13.44. His swim ranks him as the 30th fastest swimmer of all time in his age group. Eric also swam to a new Super Sectional cut in the 400 free (4:17.12).

For results of the entire meet, plus on-demand videos from finals go to Swimnetwork.com.

JO WEEKEND

Congratulations to all the swimmers and coaches for a great JO weekend!  Scarlet had a great team showing despite our senior team essentially skipping the meet as they prepare for the Ohio State Grand Prix meet.   Even with that, Scarlet swimmers swam to one New Jersey State Record, four team records, two new SCY Junior National cuts, six new sectional cuts, and 190 new best times.  In addition, two age group swimmers will be attending Zones April 1-3.  Highlights are below.

Eric Stobbe, who was unrested as he prepares for the Ohio State Grand Prix, swam and won three events at the JO meet.  He broke a 15 year old New Jersey State Record in the 13-14 200 back with a time of 1:51.96.  This time ranks as the 15^th fastest time ever swum by an American 13-14 year old boy.  This time is also Eric’s first SCY Junior National cut.  Eric also broke the team record in the 13-14 200 fly (1:57.34 – new sectional cut), and led off the boys 13-14 400 medley relay in a team record in the 100 back (54.19) as the boys team of Eric, Scott Huang, Nick Riepe, and Dan Gayetsky destroyed our team record with a time of 3:44.80 (old record was 3:51.67).

Christie Clarke achieved the SCY Junior National cut as well in the 500 free with a time of 4:56.90.

New sectional times went to Joanna Han (400 IM - 4:34.61), Scott Huang (1650 – 16:28.06, 500 free – 4:46.05), Kristine Ng (200 fly – 2:08.50), and Kevin Wang (200 free – 1:46.36). 

Congratulations also to Karen Wang and Julien Zhu who will be attending the Zone meet April 1-3.

Great job to all and remember - the summer season has already started!  Let’s get back to work!

GET OUT THE VOTE!

SCARLET AQUATIC ALUM REBECCA SONI IS NOMINATED FOR THE 80th ANNUAL AAU SULLIVAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING AMATEUR ATHLETE.

See the article at USA Swimming showing her accomplishments and how to cast your vote for Rebecca. ( Go to USA Swimming)

CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON IS HERE!

The Championship season is in full swing and Scarlet swimmers are churning out best times and new JO cuts every weekend.  Through the past few silver/bronze weekends SAC swimmers have achieved 361 new best times and 24 swimmers have achieved JO cuts in 33 events.  New JO cuts have gone to:

Victoria Ling             Tara Reddy               Matt Gold                  Jasmine Ling

Shay Mallick              Ricky Gupta              Julianne Torres         Joanna Han

Karen Wang              Karen Castaneda      Scott Huang               Dan Gayetsky

Kendrick Liu             Melissa Co                  Justine Grilli              Tim Gorka

Erik Kral                   Jeffrey Ho                  Emily Zhu                  Casee Le

Kenisha Liu               Kevin Doo                  David Kim                 Thomas Li

Congratulations and keep up the fast swimming!

SEASON SUMMARY

Computer problems have led to a lack of updates on meet results, but those problems are now fixed and the last few months should not go overlooked.  There was one NJ State Record set and there were 13 new team records set since December.  Eric Stobbe reset his own 13-14 team and NJ State Record in the 200 meter back at the CeraVe Invite with a time of 2:13.44.  In that meet Eric also broke 13-14 team records in the 100 back (1:02.81) and 100 free (56.25).  Eric also broke the team record in the 100 yard back at Holiday Classic with a time of 54.60.  Charles Chen has rewritten the 8 and under record book with new team records in 7 events.  Charles now holds the records in the following events: 25 free (15.27), 25 fly (17.63), 50 free (34.86), 50 fly (38.14), 50 breast (45.07), 100 free (1:16.26), and 100 IM (1:28.90).  Eli Bogomolny has also been hammering the butterfly record books with two new team records in the 10 and under 200 fly (2:39.63), and the 50 fly (31.18). 

Scarlet finished as the top New Jersey team overall in both the Holiday Classic and CeraVe Invitational meets.  In the Holiday Classic meet there were many new meet qualifiers for meets from sectionals up to Nationals.  They are listed below:

Kristine Ng – First time SCY National Qualifier in 200 breast, SCY JR National qualifier 400IM, sectional qualifier 1000 free, 200IM. Melanie Leonhard was a SCY Junior National qualifier in the 1000 free.

Sectional qualifying times went to Chris Cipolla in the 200IM,  Alex Galinskiy in the 200IM, 400IM and the 200 fly, Scott Huang in the 100 and 200 breast, Hannah Perna in the 1000 free, Eric Stobbe in the 200 free, Kevin Wang in the 100 back, and Susan Xiong in the 1000 free. 

SCARLET ALUMN COMPETE AT RUTGERS COLLEGE CARNIVAL MEET

Former Scarlet swimmers Ashley & Kristin Steenvoorden and Lovette Leonhard were among the top level collegiate swimmers who competed in this weekend's SwimmingWorld College Carnival meet at Rutgers. Also competing in the meet were several All-Americans, NCAA qualifiers and Olympians.

On Friday evening SAC's 11-12 Girls & Boys medley relays also competed against some of the other top relays in the state.

To view videos of the swims from the meet, click here.

SCARLET SWIMMER IN THE NEWS

Scarlet's latest National Team member - Ashley Steenvoorden - is featured on the USA Swimming website this week.

Click here to read the interview.

EARLY MEET RESULTS

There have been a flurry of early season meets, and Scarlet swimmers are starting the year off on a great note. In the early season meets SAC swimmers have achieved two new sectional cuts, a NYC Open meet record, 18 new JO cuts, and 382 new best times. Highlights are below.

At the Sonny Werblin Invitational, new sectional cuts were achieved in the 1650 free by Susan Xiong (17:50.32), and Hannah Perna (17:51.32).

Chris Cipolla broke the meet record at the NYC Open in the LCM 200 breast with a time of 2:33.15.

New JO cuts have been achieved by the following age group swimmers

Julien Zhu                Emily Zhu               Justin Torres               Kevin Doo               Jeffrey Wu

Erik Kral                  Karen Wang           Casee Le                     Eli Bogomolny         Shay Mallick

Swimming at a high level is a gateway into the college of your choice and the fall signing date is approaching rapidly for athletes. Several Scarlet swimmers have made their calls to college coaches to committ for next fall. Chris Cipolla has committed to Penn State University, and Holly Rebovich has committed to the University of Maryland. Congratulations! There are more to come, so look for updates in the upcoming weeks!

SCHOLASTIC ALL AMERICAN TEAM

Congratulations to the Scarlet swimmers who were named to the 2009 USA Swimming Scholastic All American Team. The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th-12th grade USA Swimming members who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus Time Standard or swim in a selected disability championship meet or the Open Water National Championships. The Scarlet swimmers who made the team are Missy Lang (third consecutive year), Melanie Leonhard (second consecutive year), Holly Rebovich (second consecutive year), and Bernadette D'Alonzo (first year). Great job and congratulations for showing that swimming and academics go together!

NEWEST SCARLET ALUMNI

Good luck this year to the Scarlet Class of 2009. We had a small but successful class with three swimmers leaving us for college this fall. Missy Lang accepted an athletic scholarship to swim for the University of Michigan, Ilya Galinskiy will be swimming for Boston University, and Namib Walcott is attending Penn State University. Congratulations and good luck!

Championship season ends as one of our best ever

The 2008 Olympic summer was a hard one to match but our 2009 LC championship season will go down as one of our best ever as our club continues to show that we are fulfilling our mission statement of having success at the highest levels of swimming. Scarlet swimmers and alumni ended the long course season with the following achievements -

Two World Records, two American Records, ten NJ State Records, and 34 team records. Two of our alumni swam in the World Championships in Rome and two are members of the USA Swimming National Team.

World/American Records and National Teamers

Our last two banquet speakers - both SAC alumni - have produced more evidence that we are fulfilling our mission statement and producing world class athletes here at Scarlet -

Rebecca Soni swam to a new World and American Record in the 100 breast at the World Championships in Rome in a time of 1:04.84 - becoming the first woman in history to break 1:05. She also swam to a new American Record in the 50 breast in a time of 30.11.

Stefan Hirniak was part of Canada's 800 freestyle relay which broke the short course meter World Record at the British Grand Prix in Leeds, England. Stefan split a 1:43.41 on his leg. He becomes the second swimmer Scarlet has produced to break a World Record.

Rebecca Soni will continue her run on the USA Swimming National Team and this season she will be joined by Ashley Steenvoorden who qualified based on her performance in the 800 free at the World Championship Trials in Indianapolis and the 400 free at the US Open.

Meet Results

Junior Olympics

Many, many thanks to the parents who volunteered and helped us run the newly formatted four day trials/finals JO meet. The meet was the fastest one in recent memory and allowed swimmers from all over the state to have a real championship meet to end their season or qualify for bigger meets in August. Our swimmers were outstanding as we swam to one new state record, nine team records, five spring junior cuts, four sectional cuts and 194 new best times.

Eric Stobbe swam to a new State and team record in the 13-14 200 back with a time of 2:14.14. Eric also set team records in the 800 free (8:47.72) and 100 back (1:03.41). Joanna Han set four team records in the 11-12 400 IM (5:20.74), 200 fly (2:39.15), 200 IM (2:33.21), and 200 breast (2:48.76). Ashley Illenye set two team records in the same event as she swam to the 800 free record in 10:00.57 while completing a team record in the mile (18:46.63).

New spring junior cuts went to Christie Clarke (200 free - 2:07.51), Bernadette D'Alonzo (50 free - 27.62, 100 free - 59.44), Alex Galinskiy (100 free - 53.85), and Holly Rebovich (200 fly - 2:23.15).

New sectional cuts went to Nick Ankosko (100 free - 55.28), Joanna Han (200 breast - 2:48.76 - first time qualifier!), Elias Mloukhiyeh (200 breast - 2:38.26 - first time qualifier!), and Hannah Perna (200 fly - 2:25.92 first time qualifier!).

Sectionals

Our sectional team swam to a 7th place overall team finish in Buffalo, NY at the super sectional meet. SAC swimmers achieved one new short course national cut, two new spring junior cuts, four new sectional cuts, and 53 new best times during the weekend.

Brynja Winnan swam to her first short course national cut in the 100 back with a time of 1:06.47.

Christie Clarke (17:43.65) and Erin Henn (17:43.78) swam together for the entire 1500 and both achieved a new spring junior cut in the event.

New sectional cuts went to Simone Christen (100 fly - 1:07.38), Alex Galinskiy (100 breast - 1:11.87), Erin Henn (100 free - 1:01.01), and Holly Rebovich (400 IM - 5:13.13).

Top 16 finishes went to:

Nick Ankosko - 6th 800 free (8:38.09), 7th 1500 (16:32.93).

James Capparell - 3rd 200 IM (2:09.31), 16th 100 free (53.69), 5th 200 free (1:55.19), 2nd 400 IM (4:35.45).

Veronica Feltrin 10th 100 free (58.96).

Melanie Leonhard 11th 1500 free (17:35.08).

Kristine Ng 10th 200 breast (2:42.42).

Holly Rebovich 12th 1500 free (17:35.78), 12th 800 free (9:16.38).

US Open

Kristen and Ashley Steenvoorden competed in the US Open in Federal Way, WA and came away with eight team records and seven NJ State records. Ashley broke team and State records in the 200 free (2:01.03), 400 free (4:10.14), and 1500 free (16:26.50). The swims were 15-18 and open state records and 15-19 and open team records. Kristen broke the 15-19 and open team records and the 15-18 state record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:49.01.

Junior Nationals

Seven Scarlet swimmers traveled from sectionals in Buffalo, NY to Federal Way, WA to compete in the USA Swimming Junior Nationals. At the meet there were three new short course national cuts and one new sectional cut achieved.

Missy Lang swam to new short course national cuts in the 200 breast (2:38.33) and 400 IM (5:03.17) and Christie Clarke swam to her first national cut in the 100 fly (1:04.23) - a great achievement as Christie started the season in September without even having a sectional cut!

Chris Cipolla swam to a new sectional cut in the 200 IM with a time of 2:14.82.

Zones

Congratulations to the nine Scarlet swimmers who chose to continue their season and compete in the Eastern Zone meet. Competing in zones means valuable extra weeks of training and competing that will benefit these swimmers into next year. Great job to our zone team listed below:

Eli Bogomolny

Ashley Illenye

Jasmine Lee

Kenisha Liu

Nick Riepe

Julianne Torres

Justin Torres

Karen Wang

Emily Zhu

Congratulations and great job to our swimmers, coaches and parents who helped make this season a memorable one!