New Trier Aquatics brought the speed to the Triple Crown meet hosted by Swift Aquatics at Niles North High School this past weekend. Our swimmers demonstrated incredible depth and versatility, racking up personal bests and challenging themselves in new events.
Personal Best Performances!
The pursuit of improvement never stops! A massive congratulations to the
28 swimmers who achieved perfection this weekend, posting 100% personal best times in every single one of their valid swims.
100% Best Times: Thomas Kennedy (7), Daniel Sheynis (7), Amelia Silverberg (7), Cecily Clifton (6), Maksim Goldberg (6), Lea Haugen (6), Ian Hennig (6), Penny Hilton (6), Anders Lane (6), Georgia Weber (6), Daniela DiRico (4), Clint Iversen (4), Michael Saviski (4), Nora Chukiat (3), Andrew Diep (3), Chandler Giang (3), Clayton Guloy (3), Luke Hollyoak (3), Adam Mallett (3), Thomas Owen (3), Vivienne Roberts (3), Ella Sharping (3), Anna Somin (3), Margaret Thompson (3), Benjamin Wagner (3), Emily Worthington (3), Myrta Xenos (3), Chloe Yue (3), William Baumeyer (2), Adriana Davis (2), Jordan Ko (2), Julia Miller (2), Robert Rose (2), Caroline Barhight (1), Everett Pumphrey (1).
We also want to celebrate the many other swimmers who posted a huge number of personal bests this weekend. Tremendous job by: Avi Bodner, Benjamin McDougal, Ryan Nowicki, Adam Bodner, Patrick Chan, Ian Kwak, Eric Miclea, Yanni Yi, Eloise Anderson, Bianca Areas, Eleanor Augustine, Caden Cook, James Harlin, Max Hennig, Lucy Lahey, Aaron Langdon, Daniel Liberman, Ron Livne, Claire Marchevsky, Ari Narasimha, Mark Pop, Scarlett Wessel, Nora Caskey, Charlotte Cook, Maximilian Dudek, Michael Dukach, Fabricio Gonzalez Pulido, Abigail Logan, Araad Maher, Emma Malalis, Aiden Molinski, Luka Radisic, Adam Serbest, Asher Vdovets, Yana Weber.
First-Time Event Successes
Stepping up to new distances and strokes is a major milestone. Congratulations to these swimmers for successfully completing events for the very first time!
First-Time Swims:
- Ozan Samikoglu: 1000 Freestyle
- Leo Chen &
Ari Narasimha: 400 IM
- Zara Bullock: 200 Butterfly
- Savannah Leskinen: 100 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, and 100 Fly
- Hanley Byrne: 100 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast
- Tai Yu: 100 Freestyle
- Caden Cook, Clint Iversen, Mari Rice, Emma Malalis: 200 IM
Exceptional Performances
NTA swimmers were touching the wall first and dropping massive time all weekend. Here are just a few of the standout performances:
- Thomas Kennedy (14): Dropped nearly two seconds in the
100 Breaststroke (1:05.90), posting a highly competitive time for his age.
- Daniel Sheynis (14): Delivered a fantastic
400 IM (4:35.77), dropping over 12 seconds to clock a very impressive time.
- Vincent Manson (10): Put up a blazing
2:27.63 in the
200 Freestyle, showing remarkable speed for a 10-year-old.
- Cecily Clifton (12): Continues to fly, hitting a
29.06 in the
50 Butterfly, a time that ranks her highly among her peers.
- Jordana Segel (14): Posted a strong
4:50.17 in the
400 IM, demonstrating elite versatility and endurance.
- Eric Miclea (14): Cracked a fast
50.54 in the
100 Freestyle, a time that signals serious sprinting power.
- Scarlett Wessel (8): Swam a quick
17.91 in the
25 Butterfly, showing she is well ahead of the curve.
- Lincoln Tang (12): Went a swift
34.08 in the
50 Breaststroke, backing it up with strong swims across the board.
- Thomas Johnson (12): Impressed with a
32.95 in the
50 Breaststroke, establishing himself as a breaststroker to watch.
- Joseph Kennedy (12): Showed great aerobic capacity with a
5:27.50 in the
500 Freestyle.
- Alyssa Liberman (10): Dropped time to hit
34.46 in the
50 Butterfly, a time drop that shows excellent progression.
- Luka Radisic (13): Swam a strong
1:04.87 in the
100 Butterfly.
Congratulations to all our swimmers on another fantastic weekend of racing. Keep up the hard work!
