NJ Swimming requests that Zone applications be sent in now.

All swimmers who are planning on attending Summer LC Zones are encouraged to please submit their applications now, even 

if they have not qualified yet.  

Update forms can be submitted at a later date with additional entries etc.  If you determine at a later date, prior to JOs, 

that you will not attend, you will be able to contact the NJS Office and withdraw your application and have all monies refunded.

Having teams, coaches and athletes apply early, it will enable the NJS Office to start the entire process much sooner.
 

Link to all Zone information and forms

Full letter from NJ Swimming office

NC Charlotte UltraSwim Meet

Congratulations To Darren Ankosko!

Darren Ankosko will be representing SAC at the USA Swimming Olympic Trials this summer, as he qualified in the 400m Freestyle with a time of 3:59.33. 

Scarlet Happenings 

A lot has been happening here at Scarlet, and this summer promises to be the most exciting one in our history.  To catch up - as reported earlier, Scarlet had another swimmer qualify for the Olympic Trials which will begin June 29 in Omaha, Nebraska.  Ashley Steenvoorden swam to the 800 Free cut out in Santa Clara, CA with a time a 8:49.25.  To see a video of Ashley's swim click here (Ashley is in Lane 6 - Lane 1 is at the top).  Her swim also broke the 15-19 and Open team records in the event.  Ashley has recently returned from the National Open Water Select Camp in Fort Myers, FL where she was one of twelve women invited.  Invites were sent to the top 12 swimmers in the USA in the 1500 free.  Ashley is currently ranked 34th in the world in this event.  This is her first time in the World Top 50 and she is the fourth Scarlet swimmer since 2004 to be ranked this high.

Later this week, Dylan McDermott will be heading to Buffalo for the Eastern Zone Select Camp. Dylan is one of 28 male athletes to be selected for the camp which is for the Zone's top 13-14 year olds.  Recently Head Coach Tom Speedling returned from Oxford, OH where he was the Head Coach for the Central Zone Select Camp.   In other exciting news for Scarlet, Tom was also named to the United States staff of the World Youth Championships Team.  After the Olympic Trials are complete, Tom will head to Monterrey, Mexico with Team USA for the meet which will run until July 13. 

The long course season is underway and the last few weeks have seen some fast early season swimming from Scarlet swimmers.  Recent meets have included the Memorial Day meet and our Heat Madness meet which was again a great success due to the hard work of our parents.  Thanks to everyone who helped out on another long day and special thanks to the people who stayed around through all of the usual weather delays.  At the Heat Madness meet, Eric Stobbe broke two 11-12 boys team records in the 200 free (2:13.05) and 50 back (32.13).  In addition, there were many new Eastern Zone times achieved over the course of the two weekends -congratulations to the swimmers below who achieved this!

Julien Zhu 

Justin Torres 

Joanna Han 

Nick Riepe 

Alex Galinskiy 

Jess Nolan 

Hannah Perna 

Erin Henn 

Taylor Wiedecker 

Kevin Wang

Matt Lu 

Kristine Ng 

Chris Cipolla 

Melanie Leonhard 

Kevin Jan 

Michael Laguna 

Dan Zinoviev 

Susan Xiong 

Christina Petrelis 

Christie Clarke

Summer Schedule

The summer schedule is now posted in the practice schedule section. 

Santa Clara Grand Prix Meet

Congratulations To Ashley Steenvoorden!

Ashley Steenvoorden will be joining Kristen Steenvoorden at the USA Swimming Olympic Trials this summer, as she qualified in the 800 Freestyle with a time of 8:49.25. 

Latest Results

Ohio State Grand Prix

Thirteen Scarlet swimmers participated in the Toyota Grand Prix at Ohio State University.  Many of USA Swimming's top were in attendance.  Michael Phelps competed alongside 2004 Olympians Katie Hoff, Brendan Hansen, Aaron Piersol, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Neil Walker.  Rounding out the field in Columbus, Ohio were Olympians Erik Vendt, and 2007 World Championships team members Kate Ziegler, Eric Shanteau, and Dan Madwed.  Check the meet website link below for full  results.  Scarlet highlights are below:

Ashley Steenvoorden placed 6th in the 800 free (8:56.36) and 8th in the 400 free (4:21.70).

Kristen Steenvoorden placed 12th in the 400 IM (5:00.50), 21st in the 400 free (4:27.14), 21st in the 200 back (2:25.90), and 22nd in the 800 free (9:15.58) .

Missy Lang placed 18th in the 200 breast (2:44.10), and 20th in the 100 breast (1:15.60).

Ohio State Grand Prix meet website

Eastern Zones

Taylor Wiedecker represented New Jersey at the Eastern Zone meet in Buffalo, NY and came away with a top 8 finish and a new best time in the 500 Free (5:27.08).  Congratulations!

Scarlet Alumni News

There is not only great success here at Scarlet, but our alumni are starting their drives toward the NCAA and Olympic Trial meets.  The links and swimmers to watch are below.

Congratulations to Rebecca Soni for sweeping the breaststroke events at the women's NCAA Championships.  Reb won the 100 in a time of 59.18 on Friday and then she made history on Saturday by becoming just the fourth woman to win the 200 breast three times (she has won it all three years she has been at USC) and she did it in an NCAA meet record time of 2:06.32.  Rebecca now owns two of the three fastest times ever swum in the 200 yard breast!  The New York Times has taken notice and put together an article on her  - see the article here.  Women's NCAA Championship site is here. 

The men's NCAA Championships will be held from March 27-29 and Scarlet has two alumni in the meet - Bobby Savulich of Michigan and Darren Ankosko of Virginia.  Bobby will be swimming the 50, 200 and 100 freestyles.  Bobby was the Big ten conference champion in the 100 (42.89) and 200 freestyle (1:35.40).  Darren is entered in the 500 free (4:21.72) and 400 IM (3:52.67) as well as a member of the 800 free relay.

Finally, from April 1-6 the Canadian Olympic Trials will take place in Montreal.  Stefan Hirniak will be trying to make the Olympic Team in his best event, the 200 Fly, where he has been ranked in the top 20 in the world and is a candidate for the 800 free relay.  He is also expected to swim the 100 fly and 100 Free.   Link to Canadian Trial site is here.

Scarlet News

For the fifth consecutive year Scarlet has been named a Silver Medal Club in the USA Swimming Club Excellence Program!

The USA Swimming Excellence in Club Swimming Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in operation, performance, and for their support of the sport and USA Swimming. This program strives to meet the following objectives:

• Promote the development of comprehensive age group and senior swimming programs;
• Provide ways that USA Swimming can better assist, encourage, and motivate our member clubs to strive for the highest ideals of development and performance; 
• Encourage USA Swimming’s most successful clubs and professional coaches to become leaders in the sport through involvement in local and/or national governance.

Congratulations to the entire Scarlet family on five years of excellence! 

JO Weekend

Scarlet swimmers were outstanding over the three day JO weekend!  The results included two new Rutgers pool records, thirteen new team records, one new summer US Open cut, four new spring junior national cuts, five new sectional cuts, one zone team member, and 289 new best times.  SAC swimmers from every group did a fantastic job - great work by all swimmers and coaches!  Highlights are below.

Ashley Steenvoorden led the way again with two Rutgers pool records in the 500 free (4:46.53), and 1650 (16:25.55).  The 500 free time is also a new 15-19 and open team record as well as a summer US Open qualifying time.  Ashley broke four team records in the meet.  In addition to the 500, she broke the 200 free record (1:50.47) which was also a 15-19 and open team record.  Capping off the weekend was a new spring junior cut in the 200 IM (2:09.21).

Kristen Steenvoorden broke four team records as well.  Her 4:21.84 in the 400 IM broke Rebecca Soni's 15-19 and open team records and she broke an eight year old 15-19 and open team record in the 100 fly (56.56).  Kristen also swam to two new spring junior cuts in the 200 fly (2:04.18) and 200 back (2:06.75).

Veronica Feltrin swam to her second spring junior cut in the 500 free with a time of 5:01.01.

New sectional cuts went to Melissa Co (200 fly - 2:10.18), Erin Henn (200 fly - 2:11.00), Kevin Jan (200 fly - 1:59.76), Kristine Ng (200 breast - 2:28.20), and Miranda Steel (1650 - 17:46.74).  

Kevin Wang made the boys 13-14 100 back team record his own (he had tied it earlier this season) with a time of 58.10.

The relays were also great as four relay team records were broken over the weekend led by the 13-14 boys who continue to break records and show a glimpse of a great future.  The 13-14 boys 400 free relay of Nick Ankosko, Dylan McDermott, Kevin Jan, and Kevin Wang swam to a new record of 3:26.97, and the same four swam to a new 400 medley record of 3:51.67. 

In the 800 free relay Ashley Steenvoorden, Kristen Steenvoorden, Veronica Feltrin, and Alexa Hetzel broke a ten year old 15-19 and open team record with a time of 7:30.04.

Taylor Wiedecker who won the 11-12 girls 1650 and finished second in the 1000, and 500 will represent New Jersey at the Eastern Zone meet April 3-5.

Once again, a salute to the swimmers and coaches who made the weekend a memorable one!

More Results

The past weekend featured Scarlet swimmers in both the Sectional meet and the 11-12 Silver/Bronze meet.  In both meets there were outstanding swims as we make our way toward the final championship meets this weekend at JO's and April 4-6 at the Ohio Grand Prix.  Meet highlights are below.

Sectionals

Scarlet swimmers swam to four new team records and two new spring junior national cuts over the four day meet. 

Ashley Steenvoorden led the way with four team records as she scored in all seven of her events.  She placed third in the 1500 (16:51.60 new 15-19 and open team record and split 8:55.62 at the 800 for a new 15-19 and open team record in that event).  Ash also placed 6th in the 200 Free (2:06.23), 7th in the 400 Free (4:27.17), 8th in the 100 Free (59.90 - new spring junior cut!), 13th in the 800 Free (9:08.08), 15th in the 400 IM (5:07.10), and 16th in the 200 IM (2:28.79).

Kristen Steenvoorden finished 8th in the 200 IM (2:23.95), 11th in the 1500 (17:35.83), 13th in the 400 IM (5:03.11), and 16th in the 100 Fly (1:05.43).

Austin Steel finished 9th in the 200 Free (1:57.53), 11th in the 400 IM (4:43.37), 14th in the 100 Back (1:02.06).

Melanie Leonhard finished 12th in the 800 Free (9:16.46) and 15th in the 1500 (17:45.42 - new spring junior cut!).

In his first sectional meet Chris Cipolla dropped 8 seconds in his 200 Breast and qualified for his first sectional final with a 6th place finish in the event (2:30.70).

Missy Lang finished 9th in the 200 Breast (2:41.57).

Sectional meet website

11-12 Silver/Bronze Meet

There were fourteen new JO cuts 98 new best times achieved over the weekend by the 11-12 squad.  Great job by swimmers and coaches!   Swimmers who swam to new JO cuts are listed below.

Karen Castaneda               Ashley Illenye

Nick Riepe                         Kyle Terracciano

Ashley Corley                    Olivia Ling

Meet  Results

The past weekend  was filled with fast swimming as Scarlet swimmers competed in the 13 and over Silver/bronze meet as well as the 8 and under Championships.  In the 13 and over meet 16 swimmers posted 31 new JO times and overall there were 240 new best times. The swimmers who achieved new JO times are listed below.  In the mini meet, the SAC little ones swam to 31 new best times.  Congratulations on a great weekend!

Christie Clarke                      Nick Ankosko

Jean Park                             Matt Lu

Kristine Ng                            Tim Gorka

Emily Piekarski                     Kevin Wang

Jessica Nolan                       Alessandra Felloni

Miranda Steel                      Courtney Corley

Melissa Co                            Dan Zinoviev

Mike Laguna                        Justine Grilli

9-10 Silver/Bronze Meet

Congratulations to all the swimmers who attended this past weekend's 9-10 meet. Scarlet swimmers produced 60 new best times and 13 new JO cuts during the meet.  The swimmers who achieved new JO times are listed below.  Great job!

Casey Le                           Dana Park

Kenisha Liu                       Julien Zhu

Eric Ng

Meet Results

The last few weekends were busy as SAC had swimmers in several different meets - all with great results.  At the February Splash meet Kevin Wang equaled the 13-14 100 back team record set by Austin Steel with a time of 58.85.  Over the course of the past two weekends thirteen swimmers added new JO cuts.  They are listed below.  Congratulations on more fast swimming!

Elias Mloukhiyeh                         Joanna Han                         Daniel Gayetsky       

Ashley Corley                              Nick Ankosko                       Andrew Newsome

Ashley Illenye                             Christie Clarke                     Eric Ng

Olivia Ling                                   Kristine Ng                          Mike Laguna

Julianne Torres         

Berkeley Dual Meet

Thanks again to the parents who helped out at the BAC dual meet - thank you note from the meet director is in the current news section.  Congratulations go to Eli Bogomolny for breaking his third team record of the season with a time of 18.01 in the 8 and under boys 25 fly.  Great job!  

Burgdorff Meet

This past weekend's Burgdorff meet was another in a great string of meets this season for Scarlet swimmers.  The meet was highlighted for Scarlet by Kristen Steenvoorden who achieved her first Olympic Trial cut in the 400 IM with a time of 4:55.45.  Scarlet currently has three swimmers, who are alumni, vying for positions in this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing (Rebecca Soni and Bobby Savulich for the USA and Stefan Hirniak for Canada) and now Kristen will join the US swimmers at the Trials in Omaha, Nebraska this summer.  Congratulations on a great achievement - hard work and sacrifice does indeed pay off!!

Kristen's swim was the highlight, but there were many other outstanding swims as well.  There were three new team records set in the meet, all in the 13-14 boy's age group.  Alex Galinskiy set the 50 Free record for the second time in two weeks (last week's was scy at Winterfest, this week's was lcm) with a time of 26.81.  Alex also teamed up with Dylan McDermott, Nick Ankosko, and Kevin Jan to break the 800 free relay record (8:47.25), and the same four broke the 400 free relay record as well (3:56.22).

Ashley Steenvoorden added another sectional cut to her program in the 200 IM with a time of 2:29.08.

There were several swimmers who achieved new Summer LC zone times as well.  All four training groups which had swimmers in the meet had swimmers achieve a zone time or better- excellence across the board!!  Below are the swimmers who swam to new zone times:

Ashley Corley                           Justin Torres                    Nick Riepe

Bernadette D'Alonzo                Susan Xiong                    Christie Clarke 

Kristine Ng                                Melissa Co                       Hannah Perna

Jess Nolan                                Alex Galinskiy                 Dylan McDermott

Kevin Wang                              Kevin Jan

Congratulations again to our swimmers and coaches for another great job!

Winterfest

Our annual Winterfest meet was again a great success.  Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to help make the meet run smoothly.  We did an outstanding job!  In the pool, SAC swimmers swam well after the heavy vacation training.  During the meet, there were three new team records set, and four new sectional times achieved.  In addition there were many new JO times.  Highlights are below:

Eli Bogomolny broke two boys 8 and under team records in the 100 free (1:22.27) and 50 back (42.08).  In addition, Alex Galinskiy broke the boys 13-14 50 free record with a time of 23.28.

New sectional times were achieved by Stephanie Ng (1000 free - 10:37.44), Michael Rong (200 breast 2:14.89), Austin Steel (100 Fly - 53.66), and Kristen Steenvoorden (100 Back - 1:00.16).

New JO qualifying times went to:  

Ashley Corley                           Justin Torres               Christie Clarke                    Alexa Hetzel

Daniel Gayetsky                       Casey Le                     Melissa Co                          Melanie Leonhard 

Joanna Han                              Eric Ng                        Courtney Corley                 Dylan McDermott

Ashley Illenye                           Julien Zhu                  Alessandra Felloni              Meagan McLaughlin

Olivia Ling                                Kenisha Liu                Alex Galinskiy                    Holly  Rebovich

Nicholas Riepe                         Dana Park                   Michael Laguna                 Austin Steel

Anthony Steenvoorden             Jeffrey Wu                  Drew Newsome                  Dan Zinoviev

Julianne Torres

Congratulations to everyone on a great weekend!

Holiday Classic

Scarlet had another outstanding weekend at the Holiday Classic meet!  The team finished second overall in the meet and there were 311 new best times achieved.  Over the long weekend, there were four team records broken and SAC swimmers grabbed five new spring junior cuts, and eight new sectional cuts.  Highlights from the meet are below.

Melanie Leonhard achieved her first spring junior national cut in the 500 free with a time of 5:01.19.

Austin Steel swam to four new spring junior cuts in the 100 back (51.69), 200 back (1:52.84), 200 IM (1:55.74), and 400 IM (4:06.76).

New sectional times went to Chris Cipolla (200 Breast 2:14.64 - first time qualifier!), Bernadette D'Alonzo (swept the 13-14 breaststrokes, the 200 in a new sectional cut of 2:25.84), Andrea King (200 Free - 1:55.38), Missy Lang (200 Fly - 2:09.58), Holly Rebovich (200 Free - 1:55.89), Austin Steel (200 Fly - 1:59.76, 100 Free  - 48.10) and Ashley Steenvoorden (200 fly - 2:11.14).  

Ashley Steenvoorden followed up on her 10th place finish at US Nationals proving why she is the most dominant distance freestyler in New Jersey today and the best in Scarlet history by sweeping the distance events and swimming to a new team record in the 15-18 and open 500 Free in a time of 4:51.78.  She now owns every senior distance free team record.

The 13-14 boys also showed signs of good things to come as they smashed two team relay records.  The team of Kevin Wang, Alex Galinskiy, Kevin Jan, and Dylan McDermott broke the 400 medley relay record in 3:51.78 and then Alex, Dylan and Kevin Wang teamed with Nick Ankosko to break the 400 Free relay record in a time of 3:28.07.  

Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches for a great weekend!

Holiday Classic results

Latest Results

The past weekend was a busy one with several meets going on for many swimmers.  There were some fast early season swims at all three weekend meets.  During the weekend thirteen swimmers produced 19 new JO qualifying times. Results are posted in the meet info and results section.  Highlights are below:

Swimmers who achieved new JO qualifying times over the weekend were:

Eric Ng                               Justin Torres 

AJ Horta                             Joanna Han

Nick Riepe                         Ashley Corley

Christina Petrelis               Hannah Perna

Christie Clarke                   Jessica Nolan

Justine Grilli                      Jean Park

Matthew Lu  

In alumni news - Rebecca Soni (University of Southern California) was named the Pac-10 swimmer of the month (click here for press release) as she broke the NCAA record in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:07.08.  This is the second fastest time in history in the event.  Look for more info in the coming months on Reb and other Scarlet alumni as the Olympic Trials for the United States and Canada approach.  This will be an exciting summer with Olympic Team spots on the line!    

Short Course National Championships

The USA Swimming Short Course National Championship meet in Atlanta, Georgia on the campus of Georgia Tech resulted in two team records and the highest place finish for a Scarlet swimmer ever in a distance event.  Scarlet was represented by five swimmers - Kristen Steenvoorden (1650 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM), Ashley Steenvoorden (1650 Free, 500 Free), and Missy Lang (100, 200 Breast) who swam individual events, and Alexa Hetzel and Veronica Feltrin as relay swimmers in what was an extremely fast meet that saw several American records broken.  

There were several strong early season swims in the meet highlighted by Ashley's 10th place finish in the 1650 free with a new 15-18 and open team record of 16:25.32.

For full meet results check the site below.

Scholastic All America Team

Congratulations to the Scarlet swimmers who were named to the 2006-2007 USA Swimming Scholastic All America Team.  The Scholastic All-American Team is comprised of high school student-athletes, who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, and have competed in an individual event in the 2006 Summer Speedo Championships Series (summer sectionals), 2006 ConocoPhillips Nationals, 2006 Junior Swimming Championships, 2006 U.S. Open, 2007 Speedo Champions Series (spring sectionals), and 2007 Spring Championships. The award is based on a point system for grades and competition.

Scarlet had ten swimmers qualify for the team this season:

Ali Christie -  2nd year selected                                   Andrea King -  1st year

Andrew King - 2nd year selected                                 Missy Lang -  1st year

Austin Steel -  2nd year selected                                 Alena Pollitt -  1st year

Tara Henn - 1st year                                                   Jill Rann -  1st year

Alexa Hetzel -  1st year                                              Renae Sharkey -  1st year

Calling all officials

Parents - have you considered becoming an official??  The benefits include free entry into meets, avoiding fighting for seats in the stands, and being close to the action during meets.  Officiating also counts toward your family's timing at meets Scarlet does not host.  We hope parents of swimmers of all ages will become officials, but there is a dire need in New Jersey for parents of 12 and under swimmers to officiate, as many teams are having difficulty hosting meets due to the shortage.  If you would like more information on how to become an official contact Jill Christen at jcchristen@patmedia.net. 

Championship Meet Results - Part 2

The end of the season produced more fast swimming as Scarlet swimmers competed at the NJ Junior Olympics, US Nationals, Junior Nationals and Zones.  Seven team records were broken in these meets bringing the final season total to 35 new team records!  Results are below:

JO's 

Scarlet hosted the meet and thanks to our parents it ran smoothly despite the rain delay that caused the reconfiguration of the meet events.  Scarlet finished second overall, swam to 11 new sectional cuts, four team records, had a high point winner, and achieved 145 new best times.

Swimmers who achieved new sectional cuts were Andrew King (200 IM - 2:16.76), Melanie Leonhard (400 Free - 4:34.92, 800 Free - 9:24.54, 1500 - 18:04.40), Stephanie Ng (400 IM - 5:16.79, 200 Fly - 2:27.67), Nick Petrelis (200 Breast - 2:35.93), Jill Rann (400 Free - 4:36.46, 1500 - 18:12.74), and Michael Rong (200 Breast - 2:37.75, 1500 - 17:22.09).

Dylan McDermott, Nick Ankosko, Kevin Jan, and Alex Galinskiy swam to a new team record in the 13-14 800 Free relay with a time of 8:55.97.  Individually, Joanna Han broke 10 and under records in the 200 IM (2:50.52) and 400 Free (5:31.75) and Taylor Wiedecker broke the 11-12 800 Free record with a time of 10:25.72.

Congratulations to Stephanie Ng who was the high point winner in the girls 13-14 age group.  Other SAC swimmers to finish in the top 10 were Joanna Han (2nd 10 and under), Kristine Ng (8th 11-12), Dylan McDermott (9th 13-14), and  Andrew King (2nd 15 and over).

Nationals

In Indianapolis Scarlet had four swimmers competing in individual events (Darren Ankosko, Missy Lang, Ashley Steenvoorden, Kristen Steenvoorden) at the National Championships, but the relays were also strong as SAC swam to two new team records in the 800 Free relay event.  The men started it off with a new 15-19 team record as Darren Ankosko, James Capparell, Austin Steel, and Andrew King finished 21st in a time of 7:44.65.  The women swam the next day led off by Kristen Steenvoorden's new spring junior cut (2:08.37) and Veronica Feltrin, Alexa Hetzel, and Ashley Steenvoorden finished for a new 15-19 team record of 8:35.88. 

At the Junior meet in Indy, five Scarlet swimmers competed individually (James Capparell, Missy Lang, Austin Steel, Ashley Steenvoorden, Kristen Steenvoorden).  Two relay swimmers took advantage of the time trials to achieve one new spring junior cut (Alexa Hetzel 400 IM - 5:09.46) and one new sectional cut (Renae Sharkey 400 Free - 4:36.70).  

Zones

Five of the Scarlet swimmers who qualified for the Eastern Zone meet chose to extend their season and compete in Buffalo.  The five swimmers who traveled to represent New Jersey were Nick Ankosko, Alex Galinskiy, Ashley Illenye, Kevin Jan, and Kevin Wang.  In the meet Kevin Jan finished fourth in the 13-14 200 Fly (2:21.03), and 8th in the 100 Fly (1:03.35 - new team record!!).   

Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches on another great season!

Championship Meet Results - Part 1

Scarlet had swimmers competing the last few weekends in the first of the championship meets that conclude the summer long course season.  The results so far have been outstanding with meets taking place in New Jersey (12 and under/13 and over Silvers) and in Maryland (sectionals).  Highlights are below: 

Sectionals

At the sectional meet Scarlet finished second overall in the Men's, Women's, and Combined team championship.  SAC swimmers won three events and there were two team records set in the meet, one new summer national cut, four new summer junior national cuts, and six new spring junior national cuts.

Darren Ankosko finished second overall in the men's high point standings as he won the 400 free (4:03.04), finished third in the 400 IM (4:33.56), 5th in the 200 Free (1:55.74), 800 Free (8:28.97) and 1500 (16:24.10),  6th in the 200IM (2:10.43), and 15th in the 100 Free (54.16).

Kristen Steenvoorden finished third overall in the women's high point. Kristen won the 400 IM in a new summer national cut of 4:57.57 to claim her first sectional title.  She also finished 5th in the 200 Fly (2:22.17 - new spring junior national cut), 6th in the 200 IM (2:22.98), 7th in the 800 Free (9:10.01) and 100 Fly (1:04.89),and 13th in the 1500 (17:45.41), and 200 Back (2:26.68).

Ashley Steenvoorden finished fourth overall in the women's high point.  Ash finished 2nd in the 1500 (17:08.69), 3rd in the 800 (8:58.26), 4th in the 400 Free (4:26.53), 5th in the 200 Free (2:07.72), 6th in the 400 IM (5:06.75), and 23rd in the 100 Free (1:00.61).

James Capparell finished 6th in the 400 Free (4:06.67 - new summer junior national cut), 9th in the 200 Free (1:56.42 - new summer junior national cut), and 800 Free (8:33.69), 12th in the 400 IM (4:41.34 - new summer junior national cut), 16th in the 1500 (16:44.34), and 19th in the 200 IM (2:13.08 - new spring junior national cut).

Austin Steel finished 7th in the 200 Free (1:57.07 - new summer junior national cut), 10th in the 800 (8:34.45) and 1500 (16:32.21- new spring junior national cut), 14th in the 400 Free (4:09.41 - new spring junior national cut), and 200 Back (2:12.02), 16th in the 100 Back (1:01.37 - new spring junior national cut), and 18th in the 400 IM (4:45.17).

Missy Lang finished 6th in the 200 Breast (2:40.63), 10th in the 100 Breast (1:13.67), and 17th in the 400 IM (5:11.29).

Andrew King finished 11th in the 100 Breast (1:08.75), and 12th in the 200 Breast (2:31.48).

Holly Rebovich finished 9th in the 800 Free (17:34.00), 18th in the 400 Free (4:32.20), and 800 Free (9:21.25).

Kristina Helmers finished 9th in the 400 IM (5:08.41), 18th in the 200 IM (2:27.47), and 24th in the 100 Fly (1:05.87).

Renae Sharkey finished 15th in the 200 Back (2:27.38), and 22nd in the 100 back (1:08.55).

Veronica Feltrin finished 20th in the 1500 (18:00.45), 22nd in the 100 Free (1:00.52), and 20th in the 800 Free (9:21.53).

Alexa Hetzel finished 21st in the 400 IM (5:13.53).

Andrea King finished 19th in the 1500 Free (17:56.55).

The men's 800 Free relay (Darren Ankosko, James Capparell, Austin Steel, Andrew King) finished first (7:49.80), just missing the meet and pool record SAC set two years ago at this meet but breaking the 15-19 team record.  The same four also finished 4th in the 400 Free relay (3:37.94) and 5th in the 400 Medley relay (4:04.27) also a new 15-19 team record. 

The women's 800 Free relays finished third (8:38.66 - Ashley Steenvoorden, Kristen Steenvoorden, Veronica Feltrin, Alexa Hetzel) and 9th (8:51.02 - Andrea King, Holly Rebovich, Renae Sharkey, Kristina Helmers), the 400 Free relay's finished fourth (4:02.48 - Veronica Feltrin, Ashley Steenvoorden, Kristen Steenvoorden, Kristina Helmers) and 10th (4:06.15 - Andrea King, Holly Rebovich, Renae Sharkey, Alexa Hetzel). the 400 Medley finished fourth (4:28.46 - Renae Sharkey, Missy Lang, Kristina Helmers, Veronica Feltrin).   

Complete meet results are available here.

Also visit swimmingworldmagazine.com for daily recaps of the meet.

Silvers

Over the last two weekends the 12 and under and 13 and over silver meets took place.  Over the two weekends 23 Scarlet swimmers achieved 31 new JO cuts and there were 152 new best times.  The swimmers who achieved Junior Olympic cuts are listed below:

Eric Ng                     Justin Torres             Scott Huang                       AJ Horta

Nick Riepe               Susan Xiong             Christina Petrelis                Kevin Jan

Hannah Perna         Miranda Steel           Amalan Krishnamoorthy     Erin Henn

Ryan Terracciano    Melanie Leonhard    Chris Cipolla                       Melissa Co

Nick Ankosko          Alessandra Felloni     Justine Grilli                       Tim Gorka

Nick Petrelis           Connor Pollitt             Aleksandr Galinskiy

Meet Results

All of the available meet results are now posted from meets in the last two weeks.  Highlights of some of the meets are below.

Summer Sizzle

Scarlet won the team championship for the third consecutive year.  SAC swimmers also set two meet records during the weekend.  The boys 800 Freestyle relay of Austin Steel, James Capparell, Darren Ankosko, and Andrew King broke their own meet record, set last year, with a time of 8:11.58.  The girls 400 medley relay of Renae Sharkey, Missy Lang, Kristina Helmers, and Veronica Feltrin also broke a meet record with a time of 4:36.07.

Santa Clara 

The International Invitational meet at Santa Clara featured several world record holders and a deep and fast field from around the country and the world.  Scarlet brought nine swimmers to the meet.  On the first day of competition, Ashley Steenvoorden broke the 15-18 and open team records in the 1500 Free with a time of 17:05.59 finishing 18th overall.  SAC results from this meet as well as the Summer Sizzle meet and the Summer Solstice meet are now available.   The end of the season is just around the corner so keep up the fast swimming!

Scarlet Excellent Again!

Scarlet has been named a Silver Medal National Club of Excellence for the fourth consecutive year!   The USA Swimming Excellence in Club Swimming Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in operation, performance, and for their support of the sport and USA Swimming. This program strives to meet the following objectives:

• Promote the development of comprehensive age group and senior swimming programs;
• Provide ways that USA Swimming can better assist, encourage, and motivate our member clubs to strive for the highest ideals of development and performance; 
• Encourage USA Swimming’s most successful clubs and professional coaches to become leaders in the sport through involvement in local and/or national governance.

This program’s goal is to embrace leadership and excellence in up to 200 of USA Swimming’s top member clubs. The program provides funding and support to the clubs and recognizes the club development system as integral to achieving excellence.  For more info on the program and a list of awarded clubs click here.

Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches for helping our club to receive this honor for the fourth time! 

Results Update

The end of the season was busy as Scarlet had swimmers competing in Orlando, FL in the NCSA Junior Nationals and in Long Island at the USA Swimming Spring Championships and the Eastern Zone Championships in Buffalo.  There were also several alumni who competed in the NCAA Championships and other international meets.  Highlights are below.

At the Junior National meet in Orlando, Missy Lang swam to a summer national cut in the 200 Breast finishing 9th overall in 2:16.89.  Missy also finished 17th overall in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:04.50. 

At the USA Swimming Spring Championships Kristen Steenvoorden finished in 23rd in the 400 IM (5:01.16) and Ashley Steenvoorden finished 20th overall in the 1500 (17:16.37).

In the Eastern Zone meet, Kevin Wang broke two team records.  Kevin finished 8th in the 11-12 50 Back in a new team record of 28.77 and finished 11th in the 100 Back in a new team record of 1:03.11.

At the women's NCAA Championships, Rebecca Soni (University of Southern California) defended her title in the 200 Breast winning in a time of 2:08.23 and finished sixth in the 100 Breast (1:00.63) earning All America honors for the second year in a row.

In the men's meet, Stefan Hirniak (University of Virginia) finished in 10th place in the 200 Fly (1:44.96) and Bobby Savulich (University of Michigan) earned All America honors for the first time in the 800 Free relay.

Rebecca and Stefan continued their seasons internationally as Reb swam for the United States in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool against Australia finishing second in the 200 Breast (2:24.70) the second fastest time in the world this year, and third in the 100 Breast (1:07.81) the sixth fastest time in the world this year.  Only two women in American history have ever been faster in the 200 Breast than Rebecca and she is now the 11th fastest woman of all time.  The Duel in the Pool will air in the USA on NBC Saturday, April 21 from 2-3 p.m. (EST), and Sunday, April 22 from 4-6 p.m. (EST).

Stefan traveled to the Canadian National Championships and finished second in the 200 Fly (1:58.76), the 24th fastest time in the world this year, and qualified to compete for Canada in the Pan Am Games this summer in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Junior Olympics 

Scarlet had a fine weekend of swimming in the NJ Junior Olympics.  SAC swimmers accounted for 160 new best times, one new spring junior cut, five new sectional cuts, and two team records.  

Veronica Feltrin achieved her first spring junior cut in the 50 Free (24.55) and finished 10th overall in the 15 and over high point.

New first time sectional qualifiers were Michael Rong (1000 Free 9:59.46), and Stephanie Ng (200 Back 2:08.86). Stephanie was third overall in the 13-14 women's high point.  Additional sectional times were achieved by Andrea King (1650 Free - 17:39.75 - winning the event, and 200 Free 1:55.98) and Andy King (500 Free - 4:46.35).  Andy finished 6th overall in the 15 and over men's high point.    

Kevin Wang broke two 11-12 boys team records in the 50 Back (29.14) and 100 Back (1:03.79). and finished 8th overall in the 11-12 men's high point.

Melanie Leonhard finished 8th overall in the 13-14 women's high point, helped by her sweep of the distance free events. 

Congratulations to Kevin Wang and Kevin Jan will represent NJ Swimming at this week's Eastern Zone Championships in Buffalo, NY as a result of their performances at the JO meet.  

Great job by all swimmers!

Sectionals

Scarlet had a successful weekend at Harvard University in the Speedo Sectional meet. Scarlet finished fifth in the meet out of the 125 teams entered.   SAC swimmers won two events, achieved three new spring national cuts and five new spring junior national cuts and one team record.  Highlights are below:

Ashley Steenvoorden won two events (1650 Free - 16:32.40 team record and 1000 Free - 9:53.02) finished 8th in the 400 IM (4:28.98), 9th in the 500 Free (4:55.67), and 11th in the 200 Free (1:52.95), and 21st in the 100 Free (53.74).  Ashley finished third overall in the female high point race.

Kristen Steenvoorden achieved two new spring national cuts (1650 FR - 4th place - 16:49.95, 400 IM - 4th place - 4:24.61), and also finished 8th in the 1000 Free (10:11.30), 13th in the 200 IM (2:09.00), 19th in the 200 Breast (2:24.45), and 22nd in the 100 Fly (58.22).  

Missy Lang achieved a new spring national cut in the 100 Breast (9th place - 1:04.27),  a new spring junior national cut  200 IM (18th place - 2:09.45) and finished 5th in the 200 Breast (2:19.83).

James Capparell swam to a new spring junior national cut in the 400 IM (8th place - 4:07.13), finished 4th in the 500 Free(4:35.59), 5th in the 200 Free(1:42.65), 11th in the 1650 Free (16:13.01), and 17th in the 1000 Free (9:38.48).     

Holly Rebovich achieved a new spring junior national cut in the 500 Free (18th place - 5:02.67), and finished 9th in the 1650 Free (17:05.99), and 11th in the 1000 Free (10:15.17).

Alexa Hetzel achieved a new spring junior national cut in the 1650 Free (14th place - 17:20.12).

Maegan McLaughlin achieved a new spring junior national cut in the 200 Breast (17th place - 2:22.47).

Austin Steel finished 5th in the 1000 Free (9:28.47), 22nd in the 200 Free (1:44.10), 24th in the 500 Free (4:43.40), and 23rd in the 200 Back (1:57.25).

Andrew King finished 14th in the 200 Breast (2:11.05), 19th in the 400 IM (4:10.19), and 20th in the 100 Breast (1:00.48).

Ali Christie finished 15th in the 1000 Free (10:23.46), and 24th in the 1650 Free (17:36.87).

Veronica Feltrin finished 20th in the 200 Free (1:54.34).

Joanna Pogogeff finished 22nd in the 200 Free (1:54.54).

Click here for the swimmingworldmagazine.com story on the meet.

13 and over Silver/Bronze

The Silver/Bronze meet at Rutgers was long, but Scarlet swimmers were outstanding during the weekend.  In all, 26 swimmers swam to more than 50 new JO cuts at the meet.   There were 242 new best times achieved at the meet overall. The swimmers who achieved new gold cuts are listed below.  Congratulations to all swimmers on a great weekend!

Melissa Co                                           Courtney Corley

Erin Henn                                             Melanie Leonhard

Brigitte Malivert                                   Stephanie Ng

Jessica Nolan                                      Emily Piekarski