Head Coach Jenn Ciulla of Madison had good things to say about the swimmers efforts:
All of the 8 and unders
were prepared
to race the best they could. They were only practicing for 6 weeks but
they have been great listeners and try so hard at practices. When we
all arrived at the meet, the swimmers were excited but nervous about
getting into the water to compete. After calming nerves and making
every
swimmer comfortable, they competed better than I could have imagined.
Not
one swimmer missed an event, and everyone of them got out of the pool
with a smile on their face. I was so excited for them as they came
over to me after every race to ask how they did, all I could say was
"Excellent swim, I am soooo proud of you, keep up your enthusiasm and energy for all your races."
Veteran MCSC swimmer Patrick Bauer from Morristown led the
club with a 2nd Place in the M7 25Back and a 7th in the
M7 25Fly. Bauer improved time in all 3 events he competed, dropping 7.25
seconds in the M8&U 50Free, 1.47 in the 25Back and 8.6 in the 25Fly.
Also from Morristown were new athletes Maggis Servais and
Kate Sullivan. Servais made Best Times in the W8 25Free cutting 4.77 seconds to
20.50 and 2.19 seconds in the W8 25Back. Sullivan dropped 1.15 in the W7 25Free
finishing in 26.19.
From Morris Twp, new MCSC athlete Joey Caffrey cut 2.34 in
the M7 25Free and also swam in the M7 25Breast and M7 25Back. His 25Back finish
was in 28.45.
From Madison, Matthew Raudelunas finished with new Best
Times in the M7 25Free in 24.94 and M7 25Back in 30.99 competing for the 1st
time with the MCSC..
New MCSC swimmers from Morris Plains, Rachel Ahlmeyer cut
4.55 seconds in the W8 25 Back to finish in 24.78 and 2.33 in the W8 25Free to
finish at 21.38. Bianca Karpinski cut time in all 3 of her events, finishing
4.49 seconds faster in the W8 25Breast in 33.41, 3.36 faster in the W8 25Free
in 18.96 and finished the W8 25Back at 25.12.
From Mendham, new MCSC swimmer Brian Handen finished his M7
25 Free in 41.49 and M7 25Back in 43.31.
New Denville athletes made Best Times in 8 of their 10
events. Molly Shaffer improved in her 3, cutting 5.05 in the W8 25Breast to
finish at 28.09, 1.13 better in the W8 25Free to finish at 21.1 and 1.87 better
in the W8 25Back. In her first competition, Juliann Stiles swam to a 32.22
finish in the W6&U 25 Free. Michael Stiles sliced time in his 3 events
finishing in the Top 20 in each. He took 7.71 from the M8 25Breast to finish in
27.15, 4.38 in the M8 25Free at 18.59 and 3.66 in the M8 25Back for a 24.78
finish. New MCSC athlete James Koppelmann took 10.54 from the M8 25Breast to
finish in 33.65. He finished the M8 25Free in 27.00 and 27.74 in the M8 25Back.
From Randolph, new MCSC swimmer Brian Hermes improved in his
3 events, posting an improvement of 5.04 to finish 22.93 in the M7 25Free,
11.12 faster to finish 35.77 in the M7&U 25Breast and 5.51 better for a
28.77 in the M7 25Back. Jeremy Meyer, also new, swam to a new Best Time in the
M7 25Back in 29.28, an improvement of 1.40 and also swam to a 33.11 finish in
theM7 25Free.
From Jefferson, Taylor Good improved in 2 events, a 3.32
improvement for a 43.89 finish in the W8&U 50Free and a 22.68 for a Top 10
finish in the W8 25Back.
From Kinnelon, Ankit Khosla cut time in 2 events competing
for the first time for the MCSC. Khosla swam to a 23.22 time in the M8 25Free
cutting 4.75 seconds and a 29.01 finish in the M8 25Back, 5.27 faster.
From East Hanover, Dennis Oussenko improved 3.71 seconds in
the M7 25Free to finish at 33.11 and finished the M7 25Back in 27.06. Reagan
Lyle improved in 2 events, cutting 4.59 with a 26.55 finish in the M8 25Free
and 10.45 from the M8 25Back to finish in 27.62, a 38% improvement!
The Ridgewood Y Breakers Swim Club sponsored the Gingerbread
Meet at the 25Yard Pool facility. The Morris County Swim Club has 140 active members
and is a year-round NJ Swimming / USA Swimming Club team but also has a variety
of short-length programs available for competitive swimmers ages 6 – 19. Obtain
additional MCSC information at MCSCNJ.COM.
