As part of our Senior Training Camp to Hawaii, 31 Sharks competed in the Hawaii Senior State Championships and the Western Zone Open Water Championships in Maui last weekend, before hopping over to Oahu for some more swimming adventures!
Our girls placed second in the meet, our boys placed third, and we got second place combined! We also won the Visiting Team Aloha Spirit Award, which was given to the visiting team who exhibited the most love, gratitude, kindness, and sportsmanship during the four day meet.
High Point Leaders & Winter Junior Cuts
Our Sharks came to race, and the leaderboard proved it:
- Congratulations to
Sylvia Deliduka for placing 2nd in the individual High Point, and to
Charles Sears for placing 4th!
- Congratulations to
Sylvia Deliduka for hitting her Winter Junior Cut in the 50 Free, and to
Nicholas Drcha for achieving his very first Winter Junior Cut in the 50 Free!
100% Best Times
A massive shoutout to the swimmers who got faster every single time they hit the water! The following Sharks achieved 100% best times across all of their events:
Katelyn Andrus,
Sebastian Ashuev,
Shai Livne,
Benjamin McDougal,
Eric Miclea,
Violet Schumacher.
Best Time Machines
Consistency is key! Congratulations to the following Sharks for achieving several best times over the course of the meet:
Grace Brackin,
Nicholas Drcha,
Kaira Ghai,
Claire Keyworth,
Matthew Logan,
Eric Moldovan,
Maia Perry,
Liv Samson,
Michael Saviski,
Beatrice Schaeffer,
Jack Schneider,
Evelyn Schumacher,
Dylan Sears,
Jordana Segel,
Ryan Tolentino.
Exceptional Swims
We saw some absolutely incredible breakthroughs this weekend, with athletes dropping huge chunks of time in some of our most difficult events:
- Beatrice Schaeffer shaved a huge 58.08 seconds off her 1500 Free, as well as double-digit drops in her 400 Free (10.96 seconds) and 400 IM (11.18 seconds)!
- Jordana Segel dominated the 1500 Free, dropping an impressive 49.19 seconds!
- Michael Saviski crushed his 1500 Free, shedding 44.49 seconds!
- Violet Schumacher also took on the 1500 Free, dropping an incredible 25.84 seconds!
- Daniel Nikonchuk paced his 400 Free perfectly to drop 20.05 seconds!
- Shai Livne dropped a massive 19.39 seconds in his 400 IM and another 14.08 seconds in his 400 Free!
- Benjamin McDougal had a stellar meet, dropping 15.25 seconds in the 400 IM, 13.16 seconds in the 400 Free, and 11.83 seconds in the 200 Fly!
- Liv Samson sprinted her way to an impressive 12.52-second drop in the 50 Fly!
- Sebastian Ashuev dropped 10.71 seconds in his 200 Breast!
- Evelyn Schumacher took off 10.54 seconds in her 400 Free!
- Eleanor Tolentino dropped 10.29 seconds in her 400 IM!
- Samuel Cast flew through his 100 Fly to drop 8.53 seconds!
