MCSC Swimmers Reach For New Goals!


Led by 1st Place finishers Patrick Bauer, Stephanie Harris, Allison Vilchinsky and Jamie Viotto, the MCSC set many Best Times at the Jersey Gator Invitational meet on November 25. Harris and Viotto set Gold Times, qualifying them for entery at the NJ Short Course Junior Olympics in March 2008.


Earning Silver times were Anna Baccaglini, Patrick Bauer, Fara Cohen, Zander Fife, Courtney Good, Julai Hall, Nicole Harris, Stephanie Harris, Caroline Hersh, Hollie Hopf, Shannon Hughes. Brian Stiles, Jessica Stiles, Allison Vilchinsky, Jamie Viotto and Leanne Zaug.

In all, the athletes swam to 101 Best Times in the Short Course Yard pool including all of their events for Anna Baccaglini, Patrick Bauer, Matthew Carey, Jessily Crispyn, Noah Dodge, Matthew Finkelstein, CArlos Guevara, Julia Hall, Stephanie Harris, Hollie Hopf, Tommy Johnson, Alanna Lenihan, Brigid Lenihan, Dennis Oussenko, Cort Schroth, Annie Shaffer, Molly Shaffer, Brian Stiles, Michael Stiles and Jamie Viotto. Congratulations to all of the swimmers!

For: Morristown Area

Viotto & Bauer Power Club


Patrick Bauer and Jamie Viotto each scored 2 1st place finishes to lead the Morris County Swim Club at the Jersey Gator Invitational at Blair Academy.


From Morristown, Patrick Bauer garnered 1st Place finishes in the M8&U 100IM in 1:38.09 and the 25 Free in 16.69.2 and added a Silver Championships qualifying time in the 50 Back, with a 43.55. The Silver Times qualifies swimmers for the Silver Championships, the final qualifying meet for the NJ Swimming Junior Olympics to be held in March. Lauren Goldhirsch improved in her 3 events, a 40.29 W10&U 50 Free, 51.28 50 Back and 51.70 50 Breast. Julia Hall dropped time in her 3 events and earning Silver Times with a 1:31.22 100IM, 35.29 50 Free and 42.33 50 Back. Caroline Hersh swam to a Silver Time in the W10&U 100IM with a 1:34.28 for a 9th place and finished the 50 Free in 36.59 and 50 Breast in 49.16 both 9th place. Tommy Johnson scored Best Times in 3 events, a 2:35.86 M13&O 200 Free, 31.59 50 Free and an 8thth place 25 Free in 19.52 and Brigid with a 16th in the 25 Back in 26.54. Ryan Trackenberg set Best Times in the M10&U 50 Free in 53.45 and 50 Back in 57.67. Amber Zorn earned a W11-12 100 Free time of 1:27.49, 50 Breast in 50.94 and 50 Back in 48.88. place 2:56.19 200 Back. Maddie Lapsley cut time in the W13&O 50 to finish 32.54 and also earned 1:11.98 in the 100 Free and 3:05.43 in the 200 Back. Alanna and Brigid Lenihan both did well in the W8&U 25 Free and Back events, with Alanna with a 7


From Morris Twp, Jamie Viotto earned Gold Times and 1st place in the M10&U 50 Fly in 35.64 and 100IM in 1:22.26. The Gold Times qualify the swimmer for the NJ Swimming Junior Olympics in March. Viotto also placed 2nd in the 50 Back with a 39.05. Sister Jacie followed up with her own strong showing at the meet. Viotto placed 3rd in the W13&O 200 Fly with 2:44.76, 5th in the 200 Free in 2:15.50 and 14th for the 200IM in 2:42.83. Brother Justin placed 5th in the M8&U 25 Back in 25.66, 8thth for the 25 Breast in 32.50. Brother Jordan swam the M8&U 25 Free in 29.23 and 25 Back in 37.60. in the 25 Free in 18.67 and 12


From Convent Station, Fara Cohen earned Silver Times in her 3 events, a 1:33.38 in the W10&U 100IM, a 6th place 34.47 in 50 Free and 47.93 in the 50 Breast.


From Morris Plains, Rachel Ahlmeyer continued her streak of Best Times with 3 in the Gators meet. She dropped 7.59 seconds in the W10&U 50 Fly to finish in 46.72, finished in 39.99 in the 50 Free and 44.75 in the 50 Back. Meaghan Ferguson completed her 1st meet with the MCSC with a W11-12 100 Back in 1:43.58, 100 IM time of 1:43.44 and 50 Free in 38.61.


The meet was attended by NJ Swimming club teams, which are a part of USA Swimming, the governing body for swimming, including the Olympic team, in the United States. The Distance Derby took place November 17-18. More information is available at the team website, www.mcscnj.com.




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For Roxbury

Demirel Sets Pace at Distance Derby


Alina Demirel of Mt Arlington improved her times in five of five events at the Distance Derby held at Newark Academy to pace the Morris County Swim Club to 55 new Best Times in 64 swims. She had strong races in the W10&U 200 Free in 3:16.89 dropping 18.16, 100 Breast in 1:55.21, slashing 19.84, 100 Free in 1:26.13 cutting 10.27, 100 Back in 1:41.38 and 100IM in 1:36.26.


Demirel also competed for the MCSC at the Gator Invitational held at Blair Academy. She swam a 1:39.74 in the W10&U 100IM, 40.94 50 Free and 53.66 50 Breast.


From Succasunna at the Gator Meet, Hollie Hopf earned a Silver Time with a 5th place in the W10&U 50 Free in 34.31 and also top 20 finishes in the 50 Back in 45.36 and 50 Breast in 50.19. The Silver Time qualifies the swimmer for the Silver Championships, the final qualifying meet for the NJ Swimming Junior Olympics to be held in March. Kristin Andlauer sped to 6th place finishes in 18.00 for the W8&U 25 Free, 22.67 in the 25 Back and did well with a 29.36 in the 25 Breast. Julia Bresney finished the W8&U 25 Free in 29.27 and 33.29 in the 25 Back. Patrick Rose earned a 1:37.40 M10&U 100IM, 39.42 50 Free and 50.12 50 Back. Jessica Scillia swam to Best Times in the W13&O 50 Free in 40.02 and 100 Free in 1:33.73, while brother Jonathon swam to Best Times in the M13&O 50 Free in 36.47 and 100 Free in 1:25.27.


The meets are hosted by NJ Swimming club teams, which are a part of USA Swimming, the governing body for swimming, including the Olympic team in the United States. The Distance Derby took place November 17-18 and the Gator Invitational on November 25. More information is available at the team website, www.mcscnj.com.




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From Chester, the Dodge boys made their debut with the MCSC and earned 4 top 20 finishes. Topping the list was a 5th place finish for Noah in the M10&U 50 Breast. He also placed 16th in the 50 Free in 37.93 and 21st in the 50 Breast. Nick placed 18th with a 28.76 M13&O 50 Free and 20th in the 100 Free.


From Long Valley, Gabrielle Coleman earned a 9th place finish in the W8&U 25 Free with a 20.32, 10th place in the 25 Back with 23.62 and 12th place in the 25 Breast with 28.49.


For: Randolph

Randolph Athletes Swim With Gators


The Morris County Swim Club took part in the Gator Invitational Swim Meet held at Blair Academy.


From Randolph, Matthew Finkelstein earned 6th place in the M10&U 100Im with a 1:36.17 and dropped time in the 50 Back to finish in 46.28. He also swam the 50 Free in 39.86. Sister Stacy cut time in her W13&O 200 Back with a 3:05.31 and finished Free events in 33.36 for the 50 and 1:12.62 in the 100. Lexi Krynicki dropped 4.98 to finish the W13&O 200 Back in 2:58.03 and finished 32.54 in the 50 Free and 3:10.97 in the 200 Breast. Cori O’Shaughnessy swam her 1st meet with the MCSC before switching over to her High School squad with a W13&O 200 Free in 2:39.97, 31.12 50 Free and 2:47.26 200 Back. Ben Zweig took 6th place in the M13&O 200 Back with a 2:44.0, an 11th in the 200 Free in 2:30.58 and 19th in the 50 Free in 28.82.


The meet was attended by NJ Swimming club teams, which are a part of USA Swimming, the governing body for swimming, including the Olympic team, in the United States. The Gator Invitational took place November 25. More information is available at the team website, www.mcscnj.com.


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For: Mendham & Chester

Vilchinsky Takes First!


From Mendham, Allison Vilchinsky took 1st place in the W11-12 100 Fly in 1:15.25 and 2nd in the 50 Fly in 33.78, competing for the Morris County Swim Club at the Gator Invitational. Both times were Silver Times that qualify the swimmer for the Silver Championships, the last chance for qualifying for the NJ Junior Olympics. She also earned a 12th place in the 100 Free in 1:08.60. Bizze Handen dropped 4.07 in the W11-12 100 Free to 1:28.35 and 6.77 in the 100 Breast to 1:53.50 and also earned a 1:43.93 in the 100IM. Natalia Lalin swam the W8&U 25 Free in 29.46 and 25 Back in 29.67.


From Chester, the Dodge boys made their debut with the MCSC and earned 4 top 20 finishes. Topping the list was a 5th place finish for Noah in the M10&U 50 Breast. He also placed 16th in the 50 Free in 37.93 and 21st in the 50 Breast. Nick placed 18th with a 28.76 M13&O 50 Free and 20th in the 100 Free.


From Long Valley, Gabrielle Coleman earned a 9th place finish in the W8&U 25 Free with a 20.32, 10th place in the 25 Back with 23.62 and 12th place in the 25 Breast with 28.49.


The meet was attended by NJ Swimming club teams, which are a part of USA Swimming, the governing body for swimming, including the Olympic team, in the United States. The Gator Invitational took place November 25 at Blair Academy. More information is available at the team website, www.mcscnj.com.



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For: Denville, Rockaway, Montville

Harris Sisters Take Silver & Gold


From Denville, Stephanie Harris earned a Gold and 2 Silver Times while sister Nicole gathered 3 Silver Times at the Gators Invitational Meet in Blairstown.


Stephanie took 1st place and Gold in an exciting W10&U 50 Breast to finish 42.01 and 2 3rd places in the 100IM in 1:28.62 and 33.39 in the 50 Free. The Gold Time qualifies the swimmer for the NJ Swimming Junior Olympics meet in March. The Silver Times qualify the swimmers for the Silver Championships, the last chance for qualifying for the NJ Junior Olympics. Nicole swam to a 4th place in the W13&O 200 Back in 2:34.02, a 9th with 28.43 in the 50 Free and 13th in the 200 Free in 2:16.51. Anna Baccaglini earned two Silver Times, with a 2nd place in the W11-12 100 Back in 1:16.26 and a 5th place 50 Free in 30.13. Shannon Hughes earned a Best Time and Silver in the W13&O 50 Free and 14th place in 28.72 and 200 Breast in 3:10.25 for 12th place. Hughes also swam 1:05.52 in the 100 Free. James Koppelmann improved 2.94 in the M10&U 50 Back to 59.11. John O’Boyle took 7th in the M10&U 50 Back with a 44.37 and also a 38.04 50 Free and 55.92 50 Breast. Cort Schroth finished 5th in the M13&O 200 Free in 2:06.38, 9thth in the 100 Free with 58.73. Annie Shaffer dropped over 2 seconds in both the W13&O 200 Free to finish 2:46.44 and 200 Back in 3:06.45 and also had a 36.56 50 Free. The Stiles clan set new marks at the Gators meet. Brian earned Silver Times in all 3 events with a 2nd place in te M13&O 200 Back, a 5th place 200IM in 2:27.15 and 8th place 100 Free in 58.38. Sister Jessica scored 3rd place with a 1:23.87 W11-12 100 Fly, 7th place and Silver Time 100 Free in 1:06.12 and 15th place 100 Breast in 1:39.58. Brother Michael took a 4th place with a 49.42 M10&U 50 Breast and a 10th place 44.34 50 Fly. Sister Juliann scored a 13th in the W8&U 25 Free in 22.68 and dropped 3.94 for a 35.70 25 Breast. in the 50 Free in 27.05 and 17


From Rockaway, Carlos Guevara made his MCSC debut with a 2:26.01 M13&O 200 Free, a 29.16 50 Free and 1:05.54 100 Free, all finishes beating his seed times. Jake Keszthelyi swam to a 47.90 M10&U 50 Free, 57.29 50 Back and 58.06 50 Breast.


From Montville, Jessily Crispyn swam to a 47.57 in the W10&U 50 Free and 53.21 in the 50 Back.


From Parsippany, Jason Jin swam the M11-12 50 Breast in 53.07, 50 Back in 41.19 and 50 Free in 37.01.


The meet was attended by NJ Swimming club teams, which are a part of USA Swimming, the governing body for swimming, including the Olympic team, in the United States. The Gator Invitational took place November 25 at Blair Academy. More information is available at the team website, www.mcscnj.com.



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From Madison, Kristina Beaudouin turned in a Best Time of 2:25.66 in the W13&O 200 Free and also did well in the 50 Free with a 29.31 and 200 Back in 2:44.34. Matthew Carey swaam the M10&U 50 Free in 36.73, 50 Back in 48.94 and 50 Breast in 52.38. Zinta Putenis went 1:16.34 in the W13&O 100 Free, 1:32.24 in the 100IM and 2:45.59 in the 200 Back.


From Chatham, Zander Fife set a Best Time in the M13&O 200 Free with a 2nd place finish of 2:01.39 and good for a Silver Time, qualifying him for the Silver Championships at Rutgers in March. He also earned a 2ndth in the 50 Free in 25.59. Marie Psomas Jackloski dropped 11.87 to finish the W11-12 100 Free in 1:16.34. She also finished the 100IM in 1:32.24 and 50 Free in 35.34. Harry Townsend set a Best Time of 48.40 in the M10&U 50 Free. in the 100 Free in 55.75 and a 5


Easy Hanovers Dennis Oussenko slashed 26.72 to finish 1:52.14 in the M8&U 100IM for a 4th place, earned 6th with a 17.93 25 Free and 8th place 25 Breast in 26.83.


From Florham Park, Leanne Zaug earned a 10th, 12th and 14th place in the W13&O 200 Free with a Silver Time of 2:16.34, 50 Free Silver Time of 28.44 and 100 Free 1:03.38, respectively. The Silver Times qualify the swimmer for the Silver Championships, the last chance for qualifying for the NJ Junior Olympics. Amanda Wisolmerski placed 10thth place in the M13&O 200 Free in 2:50.97, finished the Free in 30.93 and 100 Free in 1:15.24. in the W13&O 200 Breast with a 3:06.23. She also dropped 7.81 to finish the 200 Free in 2:22.25 and had a 30.66 50 Free. Sister Chrissy swam a 2:38.45 200 Free, 3:14.64 200 Back and 34.98 50 Free. Austyn Zaug earned 15


From Whippany, Laura Bloemeke swam her first meet for the the MCSC with a 2:42.75 in the W13&O 200IM, 1:11.03 in the 100 Free and 3:06.57 in the 200 Breast.



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