Tsunami Round-Up Re-cap
Before we get to the re-cap of the Tsunami Round-Up, 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.
Due to the Blue Wave October Invitational times not loaded into the system before the Tsunami meet, Meet Mobile may reflect a larger drop or add than the actual results because the seed times were old. Please keep this in mind when reading the highlights below.
New times standards for the 14 & Unders can be found here and the time standards for the Senior Group can be found here.
We know that this can be confusing, so please reach out to your swimmer’s coach via email.
Now on to the highlights!!!!
NLU was represented by 46 swimmers at the Tusnami Annual Fall Round-Up in Gladstone, October 14-16. There were 147 Best Times, 9 new District cuts, 11 Champs Bonus cuts, 6 new Champs cuts and 22 new Senior Champs cuts.
80% Best Times or Better
{athletes listed here dropped time in 80% or more of their legally swam events}
(improved events/total events)
-Noah Bernard (5/6) 83% -Ashton Canovi (3/3) 100%
-Raymond Canzonere (5/6) 83% -Zelik Carpenter (5/6) 83%
-Lucy Chute (4/4) 100% -Kiefer Conrad (1/1) 100%
-Noelle Diehl (1/1) 100% -Noah Greenlee (7/8) 88%
-Evelyn Keane (3/3) 100% -Piper Kobs (9/10) 90%
-Jake Maiseroulle (4/4) 100% -Zach Mendez (7/8) 88%
-Breckyn Shaw (8/8) 100% -Mia Sulzen (4/5) 80%
-Griffin Wilson (4/5) 80%
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}
- Noah Bernard dropped over 11 seconds in his 50 Breast to pick up a new Champs cut in that event. He also qualified for Champs in 100 Breast and swam his first 50 Fly.
-Nick Bracken has 4 new Senior Champs cuts in 500 Free, 200 Back, 200 Fly and 400 IM.
-Ashton Canovi swam his first 200 Free.
-Maxen Claerhout-Nuttall dropped over 31 seconds in his 100 Fly.
-Elisa DeCaro earned a Champs-Bonus cut in her 200 Free.
-Claire Dierker swam her first 400 IM.
-Alex Foot qualified for Districts in 200 Back.
-Noah Greenlee swam his first 100 Back and qualified for Districts while doing so. He also swam his first 50 Back.
-Gracie Hayes earned a Districts cut for her 100 IM.
-Makaila Hayes aged up and made Senior Champs times in her 3 events: 500 Free, 200 Fly and 400 IM.
-Jia Hurst earned a new Champs-Bonus cut in her 200 IM and swam her first 200 Breast.
-Henry Johnson swam his first 500 Free.
-Evelyn Keane tried 50 Breast for the first time.
-Grace Keane dropped over 12 seconds to pick up a Districts cut in the 100 Back.
-Jakeb Kobs dropped over 14 seconds in his 500 Free and over 25 seconds in his 400 IM. He earned Senior Champs times in 200 Fly, 400 IM and 200 Free.
-Piper Kobs was victorious in 8 of her 10 events. She dropped over 51 seconds in her 400 IM to pick up a Champs time and also earned a Champs time in her 500 Free.
-Harmony Lucas swam her first 100 Fly and picked up a Districts cut while doing so. She also earned a Districts cut in 100 IM and has a Champs-Bonus in 50 Free.
-Jacey McGraw dropped over 12 seconds in her 200 Fly and earned Senior Champs times in that event in addition to the 200 IM, 200 Back and 200 Free.
-Neala McHugh picked up 3 new Champs-Bonus cuts in 100 Back, 50 Fly and 50 Back. She also earned a Districts cut in the 100 IM.
-Zach Mendez dropped over 9 seconds in his 100 Breast and over 11 seconds in his 400 IM. He picked up Senior Champs times in those 2 events in addition to his 200 Fly.
-Leo Nguyen dropped almost 9 seconds in his 200 Free. He also picked up a Champs cut in his 200 IM and a Champs-Bonus cut in his 100 Back.
-Sean Nguyen dropped over 28 seconds in his 500 Free. He picked up Champs Bonus times in that event in addition to 200 IM, 200 Back and 200 Breast. He swam his first 200 Fly.
-Zoe Prado dropped over 24 seconds in her 200 Free.
-Ellie Reece dropped almost 12 seconds in her 50 Fly and over 10 seconds in her 100 Free.
-Kieran Ross swam his first 500 Free and 200 Back.
-Ruby Sharp swam her first 100 Back.
-Breckyn Shaw swam her first 200 Back and 200 Free. She also dropped over 11 seconds in her 200 Breast.
-Hannah Stewart qualified for Senior Champs in all 5 of her events: 500 Free, 200 Back, 200 Fly, 400 IM and 200 Free.
-Isaac Stewart was victorious in his 50 Breast.
-Neil Williams qualified for Champs in 50 Fly and Districts in 100 IM.
