Voorhees Maxfield Invitational Re-cap
Twenty-nine Hammerheads trekked to Topeka to compete in their first long-course meet of the season at the Voorhees Maxfield Invitational on April 21-23. There were 112 best times, 53 District cuts, 39 Bonus times, 24 Champs cuts and 3 new team records!
80% Best Times or Better
-Wyatt Allen (6/6) 100% -Raymond Canzonere (5/5) 100%
-Nyema Clemons (6/6) 100% -Isabelle Collop (4/4) 100%
-Alex Foot (5/6) 83% -Deacon Gutshall (7/7) 100%
-Finley Harold (6/6) 100% -Gracie Hayes (6/6) 100%
-Chase Kindle (4/4) 100% -Jake Maiseroulle (4/4) 100%
-Kian McHugh (7/7) 100% -Neala McHugh (8/8) 100%
-Zoe Prado (3/3) 100% -Ellie Reece (4/4) 100%
-Kennedy Roberts (6/7) 86% -Tony Schneeberger (7/8) 88%
-Makenna Toyne (4/4) 100%
Notable Swims
-Nyema Clemons earned a District cut in her 50 Free
-Elisa DeCaro earned Bonus times in 6 of her events: 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Free, 200 Breast and 200 Back.
-Claire Dierker earned 3 Champs cuts: 100 Free, 200 Free and 50 Fly and 5 Bonus times: 50 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 50 Free and 100 Breast.
-Alex Foot dropped over 13 seconds in his 200 Free for a new District cut. He also picked up 2 Districts cuts in 100 Free and 100 Fly. He also swam his first 400 Free.
-Kimberly Greene earned a District cut in 200 Free and 5 new Bonus cuts in 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Back and 400 Free. She swam her first 400 IM and picked up a Bonus cut in that event, also.
-Deacon Gutshall picked up a District cut in his 1500 Free, Bonus cuts in 200 Free, 400 IM, 100 Free and 400 Free (1st place!) and Champs cuts in 100 Back and 200 Back (1st place!)
-Finley Harold earned 3 District cuts: 100 Back, 100 Breast and 100 Free.
-Gracie Hayes swam 4 events for the first time and picked up Districts times while doing so: 200 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 Back and 400 Free. She also earned a Districts cut in 50 Free.
-Justin Hendricks earned a Districts cut in 100 Free.
-Henry Johnson picked up a Districts cut in his 100 Free.
-Chase Kindle swam to 3 new Districts times in 50 Free, 50 Fly and 100 Back.
-Jakeb Kobs earned a Bonus cut in 50 Free and 3 Districts cuts in 100 Back, 100 Fly and 100 Free.
-Piper Kobs swam to 4 new Bonus cuts: 200 IM (1st place!), 50 Free (1st place!), 200 Free and 400 Free. She also earned 4 new Champs cuts in 100 Back (1st place!), 200 Fly, 100 free and 100 Fly.
-Jake Maiseroulle shaved crazy amounts of time and earned new cuts in the process: over 8 seconds in his 100 Free to earn a Bonus cut, over 7 seconds in his 50 Breast to earn a Districts cut and over 30 seconds in his 200 IM to earn a Champs cut. He also earned a Champs cut in 50 Back.
-Jacey McGraw earned Districts cuts in 100 Back and 100 Free and Bonus cuts in 200 Free and 200 Back.
-Kian McHugh had a great weekend: he shaved over 13 seconds in his 100 Free, cut 7 seconds in both his 50 Breast and 50 Free to earn Districts cuts, shaved over 16 seconds in his 100 Breast to earn a District time and shaved over 13 seconds in his 50 Fly for another Districts time. He swam his first 200 Free and while swimming his first 100 Fly, he earned a Champs cut!
-Not to be outdone by her brother, Neala McHugh also shaved significant amounts of time! An almost 10 second drop earned her a Champs cut in 100 Free; she dropped over 20 seconds in her 200 IM for a Bonus time; an over 11 second shave in the 100 Breast earned her a Districts cut and she picked up a Bonus cut after her 11 second cut in 100 Back. She also picked up a Districts cut in 50 Breast, Bonus cut in 50 Fly and Champs cut in 50 Back.
-Zach Mendez picked up 4 new District times: 200 IM, 50 Free, 100 Back and 100 Fly and 3 new Bonus cuts in 200 Free, 100 Free and 200 Back.
-Zoe Prado swam to 3 Districts cuts in 50 Free, 100 Back and 200 Free.
-Ellie Reece picked up 3 Districts cuts in 100 Free, 100 Fly and 50 Back.
-Kemper Roberts raced to a new District cut in 200 Back, 2 Bonus times in 100 Back and 100 Free and 3 new Champs cuts in 200 IM, 200 Free and 100 Breast (1st place!)
-Kennedy Roberts shaved over 21 seconds to earn a District cut in 200 IM. She also picked up Districts times in 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Free and 200 Breast. Her 200 Back race earned her a Bonus cut in 200 Back.
-Tony Schneeberger earned a District time in 50 Free and shaved over 8 seconds in his 200 Free.
-Hannah Stewart swam to District times in 200 Free, 100 Back and 100 Breast. She earned Bonus cuts in 200 IM and 50 Free.
-Isaac Stewart earned Champs cuts and a clean sweep of 1st place in all 7 of his events: 400 Free, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 200 IM (an over 11 second shave!) , 50 Free, 100 Breast and 200 Free. He earned 3 new team records in 400 Free, 100 Free and 50 Free.
-Makenna Toyne picked up a new Districts cut in 100 Back.
New Team Records
Isaac Stewart –11-12 Boys - 400 Free – 4:54.76
Isaac Stewart – 11-12 Boys - 100 Free – 1:03.27
Isaac Stewart –11-12 Boys - 50 Free – 28.53
