Congrats SHARKS Swimmers. We had some fantastic swims on Sunday at the AA Challenge Meet. Captain - Jyasi Daniel swam 4 PB's including his first 400 free under 5 minutes (4:58) = (4x100 Free @1:15). He also went sub 1:20 in the 100 Breast, 1:07 in the 100 Fly and dare I say it, he has now joined the Double 0 club in the 100 Free, (1:00.95). Thats what we call, a Great Meet.
The Sharks Guys Squad won the 200 Free Relay (Chris, Kyle, Daron and Jaeden) and the squads biggest drop of the meet was Jakob (Jakey) in the 100 IM. He crushed his old 100 IM time by 16 seconds (in 4 months) and he also bettered his time in the 100 Free and 50 Back by 6 seconds. he capped off the meet by swimming his first 50m Fly in a meet. Keep it up Jakey, sky is the limit.
The Lady Sharks dominated the 100 free and top performer Katelin Samuel shaved over 1.3 seconds off her previous PB. She also went under 33 seconds (32.94) in the 50 Fly and 1:20 in her 100 fly (1:18) for the first time. In a nail biting finish, she was just 0.13 seconds shy of a "AA" time in her 50 Free (31.42). She also won both 50's and the 100 Fly, making her the only swimmer to have the overall fastest times in 4 events at the meet. Way to go Katie! Katie's best friend and training partner Eden Crick also had a great 50 fly & was within three tenths of a second of a "AA" time standard, (34.5)
Big props to Ashna for swimming her first 50 Fly, Natalya for swimming a complete Breaststroke line up (50, 100 & 200) and Maya for her impressive streak of top finishes in the 50m fly dating back to December.
The Lady Sharks squad biggest time drop came from Adriana (Adri the colorful fish) in the 200 IM with a 17 second drop (3:38) from her time in December. Adri took the smartest approach and put a lot of time into improving her weakest stroke, breaststroke, and because of that, she also dropped over 5 seconds in her 100 breast and is now way under 2 minutes. When you love the water, there are no limits to your potential, keep those gills wet Adri.
These are just some of the highlights from the meet. Please go to www.slasa.info (one of the best swimming websites), to see all the results and the slide show put together by the best sports photographer on island, Chris Huxley.
The best quote of the meet came from Daron, minutes after he swam his first 200 Free. He said, "Why did you take so long to put me in the 200 Free, it's so much better than the 200 Back". Who else is up for crushing a 200 Free? (Anything is possible).
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