BWST October Invitational Re-cap
Before we get to the re-cap of the BWST October Invitational, we want to bring attention to a few things regarding time standards. The Decathlon results were processed before the new time standards for Age Groups (10&Under, 11-12 and 13-14) were pushed to the teams by Missouri Valley. Therefore, there were kids who had district or champs cuts according to the old standards but no longer have those cuts. The bulletin board in the aquatic center lobby now has the most up to date qualifications of each swimmer. When a swimmer ages up (ie: turns 11, 13 or 15) they need to meet the next level of qualifications before they can compete at Districts or Champs in the spring. We will remove their tag from the bulletin board and update with a new age-group tag if they have achieved a time in their new age group.
To the parents of our 15 & Over Swimmers: Just this past week, Missouri Valley released their “Senior” time standards (formerly called “Open”.) The biggest change in this age group, is they are no longer offering a Districts meet for this age. All qualifying times will be considered “Senior Champs” times. For example, the old qualifying time for Districts for 15&Over Girls 50 Free was 32.49. Now that same time of 32.49 is the new qualifying time for this new Senior Champs meet. The only thing that changed is 15&Overs will all be at one meet only.
We know that this can be confusing, so please reach out to your swimmer’s coach via email.
The new times standards for the 14 & Unders can be found here and the times standards for the Senior Group can be found here.
Now on to the highlights!!!!
45 Swimmers competed in Platte City at the Blue Wave October Invitational on October 1st and 2nd. There were 151 Best Times, 11 District times, 10 Champs-Bonus times, 12 Champs times and 16 Senior Champs times. A lot of swimmers picked up new events and swam them for the first time! Way to go!
80% Best Times or Better
{athletes listed here dropped time in 80% or more of their legally swam events}
(improved events/total events)
-Harper Bowser (1/1) 100% -Logan Broek (1/1) 100%
-Claire Dierker (4/5) 80% -Mallory Dunaway (3/3) 100%
-Alex Foot (5/6) 83% -Sophia Hall (8/8) 100%
-Henry Johnson (5/5) 100% -Kian McHugh (4/5) 80%
-Zach Mendez (6/7) 86% -Leo Nguyen (7/8) 88%
-Grace Pickett (4/5) 80% -Owen Pudenz (2/2) 100%
-Ellie Reece (3/3) 100% -Tony Schneeberger (3/3) 100%
-Isaac Stewart (6/6) 100% -Mia Sulzen (5/6) 83%
-Addyson Trowbridge (4/5) 80% -Jacob Zupan (5/6) 83%
Notable Swims
{athletes listed here swam an event for the first time, dropped 8 seconds or more in a single event, achieved a time standard for the first time in an event, swam to victory or placed top 8 in a prelim/finals or championship meet, broke a record or other noteworthy accomplishments}
-Avery Ball swam her first 50 Fly, 200 Free and 100 Fly.
-Logan Broek swam his first 500 Free
-Zelik Carpenter swam his first 50 Breast
-Alexandra Claerhout-Nuttall swam her first 50 Fly
-Elisa DeCaro won her 200 Back and 100 Back and picked up a new Champs cut in the 100 Free.
-Claire Dierker won her 50 Free, picking up a Champs cut while doing so. She also won her 500 Free after dropping over 12 seconds.
-Mallory Dunaway picked up a Champs-Bonus cut in the 100 Breast and a Districts cut in the 50 Back.
-Natalie Dunaway is headed to Senior Champs in the 100 Free and 200 Breast. She dropped over 17 seconds in her 200 Breast!
-Baily Farmer dropped over 14 seconds in her 100 IM.
-Alex Foot dropped over 19 seconds in his 500 Free.
-Kim Greene tried the 1000 Free for the first time and not only did she win 1st, but she is headed to Senior Champs in that event! She also won her 500 Free and picked up a Senior Champs time in it and the 50 Free.
-Noah Greenlee swam his first 100 IM.
Sophia Hall swam her first 100 IM and 200 Free.
-Gracie Hayes dropped almost a minute in her 500 Free!!!!! She also dropped over 16 seconds in her 200 Free and won her 100 Breast.
-Jia Hurst swam her first 200 Back and 200 Fly, qualifying for Champs-Bonus times while doing so.
-Henry Johnson swam his first 200 Back, dropped over 22 seconds in his 200 Free and picked up a Districts cut in his 100 Free.
-Harmony Lucas swam her first 200 IM. She also picked up Districts cuts in 50 Fly, 50 Breast and 50 Free. She now has Champs-Bonus times in 100 Free, 100 Back and 50 Back (1st place!)
-Jacey McGraw won her 200 Free and 200 Breast and is headed to Senior Champs in 5 events: 400 IM, 200 Free, 1000 Free, 200 Breast and 500 Free.
-Kian McHugh dropped almost 10 seconds in his 100 Back and over 8 seconds in his 100 IM.
-Neala McHugh earned Districts times in 50 Breast and 50 Back.
-Zach Mendez picked up Senior Champs times while swimming the 200 Back, 1000 Free and 200 Breast for the first time. He also picked up Senior Champs cuts in his 200 Free and 500 Free. He was victorious in 6 out of 7 of his events.
-Teagan Mitchell won her 100 Free and 100 Back and after an over 30 second drop in her 500 Free, she is headed to Champs in that event.
-Leo Nguyen won 7 out of 8 of his events.
-Sean Nguyen dropped over 11 seconds in his 200 Free to earn a Champs-Bonus time. He also tried 200 Back and 200 Breast for the first time.
-Grace Pickett has a new Districts cut in the 50 Breast.
-Morgan Pickett tried 50 Fly for the first time and dropped over 12 seconds in her 50 Back and 50 Free.
-Owen Pudenz swam his first 50 Back and 50 Free.
-Rainier Realina is headed to Districts in the 100 Free and improved his 50 Back time to a Champs-Bonus cut.
-Ellie Reece tried 200 IM for the first time.
-Tony Schneeberger dropped over 22 seconds to earn a Senior Champs time in the 200 Back. He also dropped over 22 seconds in his 200 Free.
-Isaac Stewart swam to new Champs cuts in 50 Fly, 500 Free and 200 Free. He was victorious in 4/6 of his events.
-Maverick Stilwell swam his first 200 Free.
-Mia Sulzen tried 3 new events: 100 Free, 100 IM and 50 Back.
-Makenna Toyne dropped over 11 seconds in her 100 Breast.
-Addyson Trowbridge tried 100 Free, 50 Fly and 50 Breast for the first time.
-Justin Woodland dropped almost 19 seconds in his 200 Free and over 8 seconds in his 200 Back, but a whopping 53 seconds in his 500 Free!
-Jacob Zupan shaved over 18 seconds in his 200 Free and over 10 seconds in his 200 Breast.
