True Blue Igloo Recap
41 Hammerheads competed in Topeka, KS at the TSA True Blue Igloo January 7-9, 2022. There were 163 Best Times, 23 new District cuts, 24 new Bonus cuts and 6 new Champs cuts.
80% Best Times or Better
-Alex Briggs (9/9) 100% -Lucile Chute (4/4) 100%
-Maddyson Cox (3/3) 100% -Grace Crigger (2/2) 100%
-Justin Hendricks (7/7) 100% -Neala McHugh (8/8) 100%
-Brooke Nichols (12/12) 100% -Lucas Nichols (8/8) 100%
-Oliver Sias (13/13) 100% -Henry Snider (4/4) 100%
Notable Swims
-Alex Briggs returned to finals in 3 events on Saturday and was victorious in the 100 Fly and 400 IM
-Collin Burton grabbed a District cut in the 100 Breast and swam again at finals in his 3 events on Saturday
-Lucile Chute dropped over 9 seconds in her 100 IM
-Claire Conrad made it to finals each day and treated herself to a new District time in the 200 Back
-Maddyson Cox swam in her first meet as a Hammerhead
-Elisa DeCaro returned to finals both days and earned a District cut in her 100 Breast and 2 Champs-Bonus times in 100 Back and 200 IM
-Claire Dierker returned to finals both days and grabbed 3 new Champs-Bonus times in 100 Free, 200 Free and 500 Free
-Isaac Dierker improved his times at finals in all 5 of his events, was the champion of the 100 Free and grabbed a Champs-Bonus time for his 100 Fly
-Makaila Hayes picked up a Champs time swimming the mile (1650 Free) for the first time! She also swam again in finals each day in all 6 of her events, victorious in the 100 Free and 100 Back
-Justin Hendricks returned to finals in 200 Free and 100 Breast
-Jia Hurst was the champion of the 200 IM, 100 Back and 100 Free at Finals. She returned in 2 other events
-Ava Johnson swam 16 laps of Butterfly on Sunday – 8 at prelims and 8 more at finals!
-Henry Johnson returned to finals in all 3 of his events on Sunday
-At finals, Megan Kindle shaved 13 seconds off her prelims seed time to pick up her District cut in that event. She returned to finals in 4 other events, and with her efforts in her 200 Free final, earned a shiny new Champs-Bonus cut
-Olivia Kindle swam again in finals in all 6 of her events, 2 of which earned her Champs-Bonus cuts: 200 Free and 200 IM
-Roman Lewis was victorious in the Mile (1650 Free) – [worth mentioning: he was the ONLY male who showed up] but he earned a Champs time while doing so. He also earned a District time in his 100 Breast at finals and was victorious in the all-NLU heat of the 200 Free
-Kian McHugh swam his heart out all 3 days and was the champion of the 8&Under boys 25 yard Breast, Free & Fly. He also competed in his first 50 Fly and 100 breast.
-Neala McHugh not only aged up and celebrated her 11th birthday at the meet, but she earned District cuts in her new age group in the 50 Fly and 100 Fly. She competed in finals in 2 events
-Gabriel Meitler grabbed a District time for his 50 Free and returned to finals both days in 3 events
-Leo Nguyen dazzled the crowd with victories in 5 of his 6 events
-Sean Nguyen swam again at finals in all 6 of his events, finishing as the champion in the 50 Fly
-Brooke Nichols returned to finals in all 6 of her swims, picking up various District and Champs-Bonus times along the way. She even managed to shave a ridiculous 15+ seconds from morning to night in her 500 Free and she swam her first 400 IM
-Lucas Nichols swam again at finals in 3 of his events on Saturday and punched his ticket to Districts in 5 events
- Joslyn Perry is the proud owner of a new District time in the 50 Free and was the first to the wall in 50 Breast and 100 Breast
-Clay Pilliard returned to finals Saturday night in 3 events and was victorious in the 200 Back
-Raphael Realina swam again at Finals 6 times over the course of the weekend and picked up 3 Champs-Bonus times in the process – one of which was for the 400 IM which he swam for the first time! He was the champion of 3 events
-Kieran Ross started off the weekend working on his 100 Free District time and not only earned it at prelims, but dropped more time at Finals to improve even more! He swam again at finals in 4 events
-Oliver Sias swam again at finals 6 times and earned new District cuts each time
-Henry Snider returned to finals on Saturday and is the owner of 3 new Champs-Bonus times
-Hannah Stewart raced again at finals in each of her events and was the first one to the wall in the 200 Breast
-Isaac Stewart swam at finals in 3 events and was the fastest 11-12 year old boy in the 50 Free and 500 Free
