Last weekend, almost 200 Sharks brought the heat to the
2026 Spring Blast-Off, hosted by Wildcat Aquatics at Northwestern University! It was a weekend defined by fast water, massive time drops, and some history-making performances that left the competition in the wake. Our Sharks truly lived out the #BetterEveryDay mantra, showing that hard work in training translates directly to excellence in the pool.
🚩 Record Breakers in the Pool!
The highlight of the weekend came from our
Boys 11-12 A Relay teams, who put on a clinic and rewrote the NTA history books! Both the Medley and Freestyle relays shattered standing team records:
- Boys 11-12 A 200 Medley Relay: The powerhouse squad of
Joe Kennedy, Tommy Johnson, Ron Livne, and
Lincoln Tang powered through to a new record of
2:13.04, crushing the previous mark of 2:18.96.
- Boys 11-12 A 200 Freestyle Relay: The speed continued as
Joe Kennedy, Brandon Ko, Teddy Saviski, and
Lincoln Tang combined for a blistering
1:59.57, surpassing the old record of 2:03.98.
🌟 Perfect Meets: 100% Best Times
Achieving a personal best is great, but going a perfect "100% Best Times" across every single event is a feat of true consistency. Congratulations to these Sharks for their flawless performances:
Hayley Baumgarten, Jacqueline Bogusz, Brooks Cain, Nora Caskey, Nina Chukiat, Charlotte Cook, Theo Doolin, Olivia Dutz, Talia Garofalo, Clayton Guloy, Maddie Heiden, Luke Hollyoak, Ourania Kaloudis, Anthony Kowalski, Henry Logan, Emma Malalis, Olivia Marks, Luke Paradise, Aiden Silverberg, Lincoln Sugrue, Quinn Yeoman.
📈 Massive Improvements
Congratulations to the following swimmers who also made significant improvements in several events over the weekend.
Eloise Anderson, Sebastian Ashuev, Maeve Atwood, Asher Bodner, Avi Bodner, Michael Chan, Patrick Chan, Caden Cook, Sylvia Deliduka, Michael Dukach, Esteban Duran, Jacob Feig, Reagan Frankle, Riley Frankle, JP Fredericks, Fabricio Gonzalez Pulido, Ethan Groisman, Lauren Helm, Tommy Johnson, Claire Keyworth, Brandon Ko, Ian Kwak, Daniel Liberman, Shai Livne, Matthew Logan, Addison McNeal, Eric Moldovan, Daniel Nikonchuk, Rachel Pan, Everett Pumphrey, Luka Radisic, Nikola Radisic, Charlie Roth, Ozan Samikoglu, Teddy Saviski, Charles Sears, Dylan Sheynis, Amelia Silverberg, Lincoln Tang, Scarlett Wessel, Yanni Yi, Tyler Zheng.
âš¡ Exceptional Swims & Huge Drops
We saw some truly jaw-dropping time drops that deserve a special spotlight:
- Henry Logan had the swim of the meet, dropping over
25 seconds in his 100 Free!
- Nora Caskey sliced over
20 seconds off her 100 Free time.
- JP Fredericks and
Adam Mallett both saw massive
17% to 19% drops in their 100 Free events.
- Molly Bushell showed incredible improvement in the 100 Back, dropping
24 seconds—a massive 16% improvement!
Great job to all our Sharks! We are back in action this weekend for the
May Madness meet hosted by CWAC at UIC. Let’s keep that momentum going!
#GoSharks #FinsUp #BetterEveryDay
