Spooktacular recap
Sixty Hammerheads raced at the 2018 COOL Spooktacular in Gladstone, MO. The team swam to 151 best times, 19 District cuts, 3 Championship Bonus cuts, and 4 Championship cuts. On to the highlights…
80% Best Times or Better
- Isabell Butler (6/6) 100% - Livia Campanella (2/2) 100%
- Jon Greene (4/5) 80% - Kim Greene (6/6) 100%
- Natalia Leffler (2/2) 100% - Brody Williams (3/3) 100%
Notable Swims
- Brayden Adams sprinted to a Championship cut in the 200 breast.
- Gavin Ballinger raced to a District time in the 100 free.
- Erik Bergstrom swam his first 1000 free.
- Alex Briggs made his 200 back District cut, grabbed a Bonus cut in the 100 free, and raced to Champs in the 200 fly.
- Isabell Butler swam her first 100 free, 50 breast, and 50 fly.
- Livia Campanella raced her first 100 back.
- Adam Conrad dropped a crazy 50 seconds in his 1000 free.
- Dakota Cruz cruised to Districts in the 200 IM.
- Isaac Dierker swam his first 1000 free and made Districts on the first try.
- Devlin Dusek-Ainsworth swam his first 100 free, 50 back, and 50 fly.
- Zach Gerdes raced his first 50 fly.
- Kim Greene made two District cuts in the 50 breast and 50 free.
- Brooklynn Hays sprinted to a Bonus time in the 100 free.
- Arielle Janssens raced her first 1000 free to earn a Championship cut.
- David Keightley swam his first 100 fly and 200 IM, and cut over 10 seconds in his 100 back.
- Natalia Leffler raced her first 50 free and 100 breast.
- Jacey McGraw cut over 13 seconds for a District cut in the 200 free.
- Neala McHugh swam her first 100 back.
- Kendall Newton sprinted to a big 20 second drop in the 200 free, raced her first 200 back for a District cut, and swam her first 200 fly.
- Emma Owen grabbed a Bonus cut in the 200 IM.
- Ella Pasquini raced to three new District cuts in the 100 free, 50 free, and 50 fly.
- Clay Pilliard dropped a huge 65 seconds for a Championship time in the 1000 free.
- Maddie Prater raced to a 16 second cut in the 50 breast.
- Rainier Realina swam his first 100 free and 100 IM, and cut 7 seconds in the 50 free.
- Raph Realina earned a District cut in the 100 free.
- Henry Snider swam his first 200 breast for a District cut.
- Octavious Soriano made his District cut in the 50 back.
- Hannah Stewart cut over 17 seconds for a District cut in the 200 breast, made Districts on her first try in the 200 back, and raced her first 1000 free.
- Isaac Stewart sprinted to a District cut in the 50 free, and swam his first 100 back.
- Jon Wolf dropped a solid 20 seconds in the 200 free, another 12 in the 200 breast, and raced his first 100 fly.
- Johnny Woodruff dropped some crazy amounts of time: a huge 61 seconds in the 200 back, 41 seconds in the 200 breast, raced his first 1000 free, and cut 21 seconds in the 200 free.
- Jake Zupan sprinted to an 8 second drop for Districts in the 100 breast.