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.
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SCARLET SWIMMER IN THE NEWS
Scarlet's latest National Team member - Ashley Steenvoorden - is featured on
the USA Swimming website this week.
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
UPDATE
SCARLET COLLEGE COMMITTMENTS
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!
UPDATE
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!
UPDATE
NEWEST SCARLET ALUMNI
Good luck this year to the ScarletClass 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!
UPDATE
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).
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!
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2009 National Championships/World Championship Trials
Scarlet Aquatic Club's mission is to foster national and international competition and to provide opportunities for our swimmers to reach the highest levels of the sport. The last few seasons have produced results that prove that we are doing what we set out to do, and the past weekend at the USA National Championships/World Championship Trials in Indianapolis and at the Canadian World Championship Trials in Montreal was another great one for our club.
In Indianapolis, Rebecca Soni set a new American Record in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:05.34 smashing the previous mark of 1:06.20. Rebecca also won the 200 Breast with a time of 2:20.38 giving her two events in which she is a huge favorite at next week's World Championships in Rome. Both times are the fastest in the world this year.
Ashley Steenvoorden broke two New Jersey State Records and 6 team records during the meet. Ashley finished third in the 800 free in a time of 8:31.95, which broke a 25 year old NJ State Record and finished 3/10 of a second out of second place and a spot on the World Championship team. Ashley's time is the 22nd fastest in the world this year. She also swam to a 10th place finish in the 400 free with a time of 4:10.95, a 15-19 and open team record. Her split of 2:05.38 at the 200 broke the 15-19 and open team records in that event as well.
Darren Ankosko swam to two new team records in the open 400 free where he finished 13th in a time of 3:54.38, and the 400 IM where he finished 20th, setting a record in the AM with a time of 4:27.32.
Kristen Steenvoorden broke two team records in the 15-19 and open 400 IM with a time of 4:51.77 good for 22nd place. Her time of 8:52.24 in the 800 free was also good for 22nd place.
Bobby Savulich swam to a 13th place in the 100 free with a time of 49.24 and a 23rd place finish in the 50 free with a time of 22.86.
In Montreal, Stefan Hirniak qualified for the Canadian World Championship team in the 400 free relay finishing fourth in the 100 with a time of 49.98. Stefan also finished sixth in the 200 free with a time of 1:49.01, third in the 100 fly (53.53), and fifth in the 200 fly (2:00.64).
Good luck to Rebecca and Stefan in Rome!! Check back for the TV broadcast schedule on NBC.
Click below for official results from USA and Canada World Championship Trials.
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Summer Sizzle
Summer Sizzle weekend was another strong one for our swimmers as Scarlet won the overall team title for the fifth consecutive year. During the weekend SAC swimmers swam to two new summer junior national cuts, one new spring junior national cut, nine new super sectional cuts, one team record and two meet records. In addition, sixteen age group swimmers swam to 23 new JO cuts and four swam to five new zone cuts. Highlights are below:
Missy Lang (100 breast - 1:13.75) and Austin Steel (200 free - 1:55.10 - meet record) both swam to new summer junior national cuts.
Brynja Winnan swam to a new spring junior cut in the 100 fly (1:05.74).
New sectional cuts went to Christie Clarke (100 free - 1:01.39, 200 fly - 2:26.97, 100 fly 1:06.87), Bernadette D'Alonzo (100 free - 1:00.97), Alex Galinskiy (100 free - 54.93), Missy Lang (200 fly - 2:25.22), Christina Petrelis (200 fly - 2:27.11 - first time qualifier!), Stephanie Ng (200 fly - 2:26.32), and Austin Steel (100 fly - 59.66).
Joanna Han broke her own team record in the 11-12 400 IM with a time of 5:25.57.
The 400 free relay of Bernadette D'Alonzo, Veronica Feltrin, Christie Clarke, and Holly Rebovich also broke a meet record (set in 2006 by Scarlet) with a time of 4:05.77.
New Zone cuts went to: Eli Bogomolny Karen Castaneda Joanna Han Nick Riepe
New JO cuts went to: Eli Bogomolny
Karen Wang
Samantha Soto
Julien Zhu Elizabeth Chang Casee Le Henry Chen Emily Zhu
Justin Torres Jeffrey Wu Megan McDermott Eric Ng Kenisha Liu
Nick Riepe Ashley Illenye Michael Soumar Julianne Torres Scott Huang
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Memorial Day Meet
Instead of spending the weekend at the shore, Scarlet swimmers spent the weekend at Rutgers swimming in the Memorial Day meet with great success. The totals for our swimmers were five team records, two meet records, and one new sectional cut. In addition, nine swimmers achieved fifteen new zone cuts, and sixteen swimmers achieved 30 new JO cuts. Not bad for a May meet where no one was rested! Highlights are below:
New team records went to Eric Stobbe in the 13-14 200 free (2:03.87) and 100 back (1:04.67), Julien Zhu in the 10 and under 100 fly (1:18.79), and to Kristen Steenvoorden in the 15-19 and Open 100 Fly (1:03.57).
New meet records were set by Ashley Steenvoorden in the 800 free (8:50.89) and Darren Ankosko in the 200 free (1:52.20).
Eric Stobbe also swam to a new sectional cut in the 1500 free (17:21.63).
New zone cuts went to: Julien Zhu, Henry Chen, Ashley Illenye, Kenisha Liu, Joanna Han, Eli Bogomolny, Kevin Doo, Emily Zhu, Scott Huang
New JO cuts went to:b> Samantha Soto, Jeffrey Wu, Julianne Torres, Karen Wang, Ashley Illenye, Emily Zhu, Scott Huang, Justin Torres, Casee Le, Liz Chang, Eli Bogomolny, Michael Wu, Nick Riepe, Kenisha Liu, Jasmine Lee, Daniel Naumenko, Megan McDermott, Elias Mloukiyeh, Eric Ng, Oscar Lee, Henry Chen
Congratulations on a great start to the long course season!
UPDATE
2009 Zone Select Camp
USA Swimming has selected the swimmers eligible to participate in the 2009
Zone Select Camps. Congratulations to Kristine
Ng for being selected to represent the eastern zone in her
age group! Kristine was
selected based on her performance in the 400 IM last summer.
To read about the Zone Select Camp
selection criteria click here.
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NCAA Championships
Scarlet alumni were outstanding at the 2009 men's and women's NCAA
Championships. In continuing our tradition of excellence here and
on into college, our club had more swimmers at the two meets than any
other club in New Jersey, with three swimmers in the women's
meet, and two in the men's meet. Our swimmers did not only
qualify for the meet, they ended the college season with four being
named NCAA All Americans - two were
first team All Americans (top eight finishers), and two were second team
(finished 9th - 16th).
Rebecca
Soni (Southern Cal) led the way winning the 100 and 200
breaststrokes breaking the NCAA meet record in both with a time of 58.36
in the 100 and 2:05.48 in the 200. Reb
also swam on USC's third place 400 medley relay and the 13th place 200
medley relay. Rebecca's victory
in the 200 was the fourth year in a row she has won the event - a feat
accomplished by only ten other swimmers in NCAA history. She is
the only one to ever win the 200 breast four years in a row.
Ashley
Steenvoorden (Minnesota) swam the 500 free, and 1650 free -
finishing 9th in the 1650 with a time of 16:02.57 to achieve All
American status.
Kristen
Steenvoorden (Minnesota) swam the 500 free and 400 IM.
In
the men's meet, Bobby Savulich
(Michigan) was a member of three top eight finishing relays - the 400
free relay (6th), the 200 medley relay (7th), and the 400 medley relay
(8th), and also swam on the 11th place 200 free relay.
Darren
Ankosko (Virginia) swam to a 15th place finish in the 500
free (swam a 4:15.95 morning swim to qualify for his All American
status). Darren also swam the
1650 free at the meet.
Congratulations
to all of our alumni for another great season!
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JO Weekend
Congratulations to our swimmers and coaches who finished another successful weekend at
the New Jersey Junior Olympics. There were fast swims all weekend
from all age groups as our club showed tremendous depth and
toughness. Over the weekend our swimmers achieved three new
spring junior national cuts, eight new sectional cuts, four team
records, and 229 new best times!
New
spring junior cuts went to Bernadette
D'Alonzo in the 100 free (52.84), Alex
Galinskiy in the 200 free (1:41.84), and Melanie
Leonhard also in the 200 free (1:53.23).
New
sectional cuts were achieved by Christie
Clarke (200 back - 2:08.03, 1650 free - 17:37.70), Bernadette
D'Alonzo (200 free - 1:54.64), Alex
Galinskiy (50 free - 21.84, 500 free - 4:47.07), Holly
Rebovich (400 IM - 4:33.23), and Kevin
Wang (200 back - 1:59.03 - first time qualifier!).
New
team records were set individually by Justin
Torres in the 10 and under 50 free (28.62), and 100 fly
(1:10.42) and Julien Zhu in the 10
and under 100 fly (1:10.17 - this record has stood since 1992 and was
set by SAC founder Sue
Anderson's daughter - congrats on breaking one of our oldest
records!). We also had a relay record in the 10 and under women's
200 free relay as Audrey
Zhou, Kenisha Liu, Megan McDermott, Julien Zhu
swam to a new record time of 2:01.48.
Great
job by everyone. Now get ready for long course - the summer starts
now!!
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Sectionals
Sixteen swimmers
represented
Scarlet at Harvard University in Boston
in the sectional meet last Thursday
through Sunday. After graduating sixteen seniors last year, this
was the youngest team we sent to sectionals in a long
time. Only two seniors attended and more than half of
the team was made up of sophomores in high school and younger. The
results from our young squad were outstanding as the team swam to nine
new spring junior national cuts, seven new sectional cuts, and 51 new
best times.
Holly
Rebovich had a breakout meet, swimming to three new spring
junior cuts. Holly finished
6th in the 1650 free (16:51.71), 6th in the 1000 free (10:08.70), and
10th in the 500 free (4:57.73).
Missy
Lang swam to a new spring junior cut in the 200 fly
(2:04.69), and finished 8th in the 100 breast (1:04.33), 12th in the 200
breast (2:20.47), 14th in the 400 IM (4:27.72), and 18th in the 200 IM
(2:07.67).
Nick
Ankosko grabbed his first two spring junior cuts in the 1000
free (9:38.79), and 500 free (4:37.64 - 16th place), and used a bonus
swim to get another sectional cut in the 1650 free
(16:16.49).
Melanie
Leonhard - recovering from a recent bout with mono - swam to
a new junior cut in the 1650 free (17:17.82), and a new sectional cut in
the 200 free (1:55.75). Melanie
also finished 10th in the 1000 free (10:15.79), and 12th in the 500 free
(4:59.05).
Christie
Clarke, in her first sectional meet, swam to a new spring
junior cut in the 200 free (1:53.95), and a new sectional cut in the 200
back (2:10.23). Christie also
finished 16th in the 500 free (5:00.46).
Bernadette
D'Alonzo swam to another spring junior cut in the 50 free
with a time of 24.46.
New
sectional cuts also went to Alex Galinskiy
(100 free - 47.39), Erin Henn (1650
free - 17:36.05), Stephanie Ng (100
back - 1:00.04), and Kristine Ng
(100 breast - 1:08.22).
Congratulations
on a great meet and a bright future!
The
championship season has gotten off to a good start with the
Silver/Bronze meets and Sectionals now completed (highlights above and below).
Now
let's look forward to a terrific short course season ending meet this coming
weekend at the NJ State Championships (JOs)!
Scarlet
Last Chance Qualifier
Three
Scarlet swimmers swam to new 3
sectional cuts and one spring junior national cut in the Last Chance
meet. Christie Clarke dropped
8 seconds in the 500 free to blow past the sectional cut and achieve her
first spring junior cut with a time of 4:59.77. Alex
Galinskiy swam to his first sectional cut in the 200 free
with a time of 1:44.02 and Susan Xiong
also achieved her first sectional qualifying time in the 200 back with a
time of 2:10.19.
13-19
Silver/Bronze Meet
Swimmers who achieved new JO cuts were:
Melissa Co
Jasmine Lee
Julianne Torres
Nick Riepe
Mathew Lu
Daniel Naumenko Elias
Mloukhiyeh
Michael Laguna
Scott Huang
Alessandra Felloni
11-12
Silver/Bronze Meet
Swimmers who achieved new JO cuts were:
Karen Castaneda
Liz Chang
Ashley Illenye
Sam Soto
Karen Wang
Emily Zhu
Eric Ng
9-10
Silver/Bronze Meet
At
the 9-10 meet, six swimmers swam to 10 new JO cuts and 110 new
best times! Swimmers who achieved new JO cuts were:
Megan
McDermott
Kenisha
Liu
Audrey
Zhou
Eli
Bogomolny
Henry
Chen
Thomas
Li
Mini
Championships
The
8 and unders had a great weekend at their championship meet swimming to 56
new best times! Congratulations to Jasmine
Ling for winning the 100 breast!
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College Conference Championships
This
is the time of year for college conference championships and our alumni
are doing the usual outstanding job of representing Scarlet.
Below is the link to CollegeSwimming.com where there is conference
central homepage. Check out the usual high level results from our alumni, who are proving that our
program continues to prepare swimmers to achieve at the highest levels
and sets the standard for success at the senior and
college level!
There
are too many swimmers and great results to go over everyone but
highlights from the first few weeks include:
Rebecca
Soni(University of Southern California) broke the American
Record in the 200 breast at the Pac-10 Championships with a time of 2:04.75.
Rebecca currently also holds the World
Record in the 200 meter breast. She also broke the NCAA
record in the 100 breast with a time of 58.10.
Ashley
Steenvoorden(University of Minnesota) won the Big Ten
Championship in the 1650 free with the second fastest time in the
country this year (15:55.78 - school record and University of Michigan
pool record! - out in 9:36 at her 1000 split!).
Ashley finished second in the 500 free with a time of 4:39.85
- also a school record. Ashley
will go into the NCAA Championships as the second seed in the 1650 free!
Kristen
Steenvoorden(University of Minnesota) finished 13th
in the 500 free with a time of 4:45.98, and 13th in the 400 IM with a
time of 4:15.29 both times well under the NCAA "B" standard at
the Big Ten Championships. Kristen
swam a time trial this past weekend in the 400 IM and went a 4:12.80 -
giving her a better shot to be selected for the NCAA meet.
Lovette
Leonhard(Rider University) was the runner up in the
500 free at the MAAC Championships with a time of 5:01.52 and finished
third in the 1000 (10:20.52) and 1650 free (17:16.41 - school
record!). Lovette also was
part of the conference champion 800 free relay at the ECAC championships
which was also a conference record.
Darren
Ankosko(University of Virginia) started out the ACC
Championships with a bang finishing 5th in the 500 free
with a time of 4:17.79 - well under the NCAA "B"
cut. Darren achieved another
"B" cut in the 400IM with a time of 3:47.00 for fourth place,
and then finished 10th in the 1650 in a time of 15:14.04 - another
"B" cut.
Bobby
Savulich(University of Michigan)won the Big Ten
Championship in the 100 free with a time of 42.87. In
addition, he finished 5th in the 200 free (1:35.40) and 4th in the 50
free (19.51). Bobby was also
on the Big Ten Champion 200 free, 400 medley, and 400 free
relays.
Click
here to check out all the results at CollegeSwimming.com.
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February Splash
Last
weekend's February Splash meet was another success as Scarlet
swam to one new sectional cut, one team record, 18 new JO cuts, and
229 new best times - all in a one day meet! Highlights are
below:
Stephanie
Ng swam to another sectional cut, this one in the 200 fly,
with a time of 2:09.95.
Justin
Torres broke the 10 and under boys team record in the 50 back
with a time of 34.06.
The
following swimmers achieved new JO cuts:
Henry
Chen
Jeffrey Wu
SamanthaSoto
David
Kim
Daniel Naumenko
Kenisha
Liu
Kristine Ng
Eli
Bogomolny
Julianne Torres
Karen
Wang
Elias Mloukiyeh
Elizabeth
Chang
Connor Pollitt
Eric
Ng
Nick Riepe
UPDATE
Scarlet Alumni Update # 2
Our
alumni routinely show that Scarlet
produces high level swimmers who go to greater heights in college, and
the latest is Ashley Steenvoorden
who was named the Big Ten Conference Swimmer of the Week. Ashley's
performance in the Quad Duals against Purdue, Illinois, and
Wisconsin was dominant enough to garner her first swimmer of the week
honor. Ashley is currently
ranked third in the nation in the 1650 free.
Congratulations!
Scarlet
currently has swimmers on the following top 25 ranked teams -
Women
Men
#9
USC**
#4 Michigan**
#10
Minnesota
#7 Indiana
#15
Penn
State #15 Virginia
#19
Princeton**
#20 Penn State
**
denotes Scarlet swimmer is team captain
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Scarlet Alumni Update
Our
meet results each season point to a continued tradition of excellence
every year at Scarlet, and our
alumni show that we produce college swimmers who are successful in the
pool and are recognized as leaders by their peers in college.
There are currently six Scarlet swimmers
listed below who are captains of their Division I college swim
teams. Congratulations to these swimmers for being recognized
and for showing that Scarlet
produces top level swimmers and people!
Meghan
Capparell Princeton University
Kelsey
Foy
University of Rhode Island
Tim
Gusick
Fordham University
Katie
Morrison
Dartmouth College
Bobby
Savulich
University of Michigan
Rebecca
Soni
University of Southern California
The
NCAA Championship season is approaching. Check the site for
updates as Scarlet will be well represented
at the college conference championships and will also have a number of
men and women in the Division I Championship meet!
UPDATE
CeraVe Invitational
At
the CeraVe Invitational this past weekend Scarlet
swimmers competed against the top swimmers in the Northeast in a long
course format. In the meet there were two new sectional cuts,
one new team record, six age group swimmers swam to nine new zone cuts,
and overall SAC swimmers achieved 114 new
best times.
Simone
Christen was a first time sectional qualifier in the 200 fly
with a time of 2:28.47. Erin Henn
added another sectional event to her list, also in the 200 fly, with a
time of 2:27.83.
Justin
Torres broke the 10 and under boys 50 backstroke record with
a time of 38.50.
The
following swimmers swam to new summer zone times:
Dana
Park
Julien
Zhu
Ashley
Illenye
Elias
Mloukiyeh
Joanna
Han
Kevin
Doo
Congratulations
to everyone on some tired but fast swimming!
UPDATE
TYR Winterfest
Thank
you to all of the parents who worked this past weekend to make the TYRWinterfest meet as big and
successful as it was. All of the volunteers from the timers,
computer operators and everyone else including the famous hospitality
helped the meet again be a huge success.
Thanks
also to the SAC officials and to the
officials from other clubs who volunteered their time. Some New
Jersey meets suffer from a lack of officials, but our meet had so many
officials volunteer that there were not enough positions available for
all of them to work in some sessions. Your time is much
appreciated.
The
meet was also a success in the pool as Scarlet
swimmers swam to 365 new best times and 16 swimmers added 21
new JO times. The swimmers who added JO times were:
Nick
Riepe
Jasmine Lee
Daniel
Naumenko
Anthony Steenvoorden
Taylor
Wiedecker
Justine Grilli
Karen
Wang
Megan McDermott
Julien
Zhu
Ashley Illenye
Kenisha
Liu
Karen Castaneda
Joanna
Han
Julianne Torres
Kevin
Doo
David Kim
Congratulations
to everyone on another great Winterfest weekend!
UPDATE
Meet Updates
The
past few weekends were busy ones as far as meets go as our swimmers
competed in four different meets with many fine results. The highlights are below.
Holiday
Classic
Scarlet
swimmers swam to 8 new sectional cuts (four swimmers were
first time sectional qualifiers), two spring junior cuts, three team
records and 231 new best times. In addition SAC
swimmers swam to 41 new JO cuts.
Bernadette
D'Alonzo was a first time spring junior national qualifier in
the 100 breast (1:06.80) and achieved a sectional cut in the 100 free
(53.81).
Missy
Lang swam to a new spring junior cut in the 100 fly (58.34).
New
sectional times went to Nick Ankosko
(first time qualifier - 200 free - 1:45.63, 500 free - 4:45.90), Chris
Cipolla (1000 free - 10:00.54), Christie
Clarke (first time qualifier - 1000 free 10:35.86), Erin
Henn (first time qualifier - 1000 free - 10:31.91), and Eric
Stobbe (first time qualifier - 100 back - 54.70, 200 back -
1:56.63). Eric's times in the
100 and 200 backstrokes were 13-14 boys team records as
well.
Oscar
Lee also swam to a new 11-12 boys 200 breast record with a
time of 2:33.69 taking 12 seconds off his best time and nearly 5 seconds
off the old record!
Swimmers
who achieved new JO times were:
Henry
Chen
Karen Wang
Kenisha
Liu
Elizabeth Chang
Megan
McDermott
Emily Zhu
Karen
Castaneda
Justin Torres
Ashley
Illenye
Kevin Doo
Oscar
Lee
Julien Zhu
Nick
Riepe
Jasmine Lee
Julianne
Torres
Matt Lu
Mike
Soumar
Kristine Ng
AGUA
Holiday Qualifier
At
the AGUA holiday meet Scott Huang
swam to a new JO cut in the 200 IM, and
Jasmine Lee made a JO cut in the 1000 Free.
Gridiron
Meet
Five
swimmers achieved new JO cuts at the one day Gridiron meet! Those
swimmers were:
Liz
Chang
Kevin
Doo
Oscar
Lee
Michael
Soumar
Julianne
Torres
Congratulations
to swimmers and coaches!
UPDATE
USA Swimming Top 10/World Top 100
The
USA Swimming 2007-2008 Top Ten lists are finalized and there were
several Scarlet swimmers who
achieved this ranking - the Top 10 replaces the Top 16 list.
In addition, Ashley Steenvoorden was
the fourth SAC swimmer since 2004 to
be ranked in the World Top 100! Congratulations!
Judy Sharkey will be holding a level 5 Stroke and Turn class at Rutgers in the SWRC on Tuesday November 25, 2008 at 6 PM. Anyone interested in becoming an official may attend this class. The class runs for about 2 1/2 hours. Anyone interested should email Judy at jmsharkey@aol.com. Officiating fulfills your work requirement for SAC.
Any SAC parent who is an official is eligible to receive a free shirt from our sponsor TYR. If you would like a shirt, email official's coordinator Jill Christen at jcchristenbeach@comcast.net with your shirt size.
UPDATE
Golden Goggles
Scarlet's
Rebecca Soni
was
honored with two Golden Goggle awards, the Breakout
Performer of the Year Award and the Female Performance of
the Year Award for her stellar performance in the 200m
breast at the Olympics in 2008. The USC senior took home a
total of three Olympic medals in Beijing, a gold in the
200m breast and silvers in the 100m breast and 400m medley
relay.
Rebecca
broke the world record in the 200m breast, and defeated
heavy favorite Leisel Jones of Australia to win her first
gold.
UPDATE
More Meet Results
Congratulations
to all of the swimmers who participated in the Andy O'Grady Meet this
past weekend. Scarlet swimmers
achieved 146 new best times and nine swimmers added new JO
cuts! The swimmers who achieved JO times are listed
below. Keep up the good work!
Oscar
Lee
Kenisha Liu
Karen
Castaneda
Eli Bogomolny
Ashley
Illenye
Maya Gulliksen
Megan
McDermott
Henry Chen
Kevin
Doo
UPDATE
Meet Update
The
last few weekends had Scarlet
swimmers in action in New Jersey and in New York and there were some
solid early season swims. At the Fall Festival meet, eight SAC
swimmers achieved new JO qualifying times. Those swimmers are
listed below:
Michael
Soumar
Kevin
Doo
Scott
Huang
Oscar
Lee
Elias
Mloukhiyeh
Dan
Naumenko
Julianne
Torres
Emily
Zhu
At
the NYC Open this past weekend Scarlet
swimmers swam against some of the top teams in the Northeast in a field
which included a 2008 US Olympian (Elizabeth Beisel) and several
National Junior Team members. At the meet there were three team
records set in the 13-14 boys age group. Kevin
Wang set a new team record in the 200 back with a time of
2:02.38, but it only lasted a short time as Eric
Stobbe broke it in the next heat with a time of
2:02.19. Kevin rebounded the
next day and broke his own team record in the boys 100 back with a time
of 57.06. Congrats to all on some nice early season
swimming!
UPDATE
Scholastic All Americans
USA
Swimming has announced the selection of its Scholastic All-America Team
for 2007-08. Scarlet
had eight swimmers qualify for this honor - only one other team
in New Jersey had eight swimmers qualify! Congratulations to Austin
Steel (3rd
consecutive year), Alexa
Hetzel (2nd
consecutive year), Andrea
King (2nd
consecutive year), Missy
Lang (2nd
consecutive year), Melanie
Leonhard (1st
year), Holly
Rebovich (1st
year), Ashley
Steenvoorden (1st
year), and Kristen
Steenvoorden (1st
year). The success of these swimmers proves that academic
excellence and athletic excellence are not mutually exclusive.
Well done!
UPDATE
Meet Update
Last season, Scarlet swimmers set 56 new team records and four new New Jersey State records. The new season is off to a good start as Kevin Wang began the season by breaking the 13-14 boys 100 back record with a time of 57.94 at the Sonny Werblin Invitational last weekend. Congratulations!
