Columbia Summer Invite Re-cap
Thirty-one Hammerheads trekked to Columbia June 16-18 for the Columbia Swim Club Summer Invite. There were 175 Best times, 17 new District cuts, 23 new Bonus cuts, 31 new Champs cuts and 2 new team records!
80% Best Times or Better
-Madeline Briggs (6/6) 100% -Deacon Gutshall (9/10) 90%
-Makaila Hayes (9/11) 82% -Julian Locke (5/6) 83%
-Zach Mendez (8/10) 80% -Brooke Nichols (6/6) 100%
-Brady Poss (6/7) 86% -Garrison Wells (15/15) 100%
-Clara Wilson (10/10) 100% -Griffin Wilson (3/3) 100%
-Justin Woodland (4/4) 100% -Camden Youngblood (5/6) 83%
Notable Swims
-Alex Briggs returned to finals in the 100 Fly and 50 Free
-Mads Briggs shaved over 8.5 seconds in her 100 Back and over 9 seconds in her 100 Fly for a District cut. She also earned District cuts in the 50 Fly and 50 Free.
-Elisa DeCaro picked up a Districts cut in her 200 IM.
-Claire Dierker returned to Finals in 5 events – taking first in 100 Free and 200 Free. At Finals, she dropped over 7 seconds in her 100 Back for a Champs cut. She also returned in 50 Free and 100 Breast and picked up a Champs cut in 50 Breast and Bonus cut in 50 Back.
-Isaac Dierker picked up Bonus cuts in 100 Free and 400 Free and a District cut in 200 Fly. He returned to Finals in 200 Back where he picked up a Bonus cut.
-Kim Greene picked up a District cut in 100 Free, a Bonus cut in 200 IM and a Champs time in 400 Free. She returned to Finals in 200 Back.
-Deacon Gutshall returned to Finals in 3 events: 100 Back, 200 Free and 200 Back (Bronze!) He also shaved over 11 seconds in his 400 Free and cut over 14 seconds in his 800 Free for a Champs cut in that event.
-Makaila Hayes picked up Champs cuts in all 4 of the events she swam at Finals: 200 Breast, 100 Free, 100 Fly and 50 Free. She also picked up a Champs cut in the 400 Free.
-Henry Johnson swam his first 200 IM and returned to Finals in 50 Free and 200 Back (after an over 8 second shave!)
-Roman Lewis returned to Finals in 100 Back, 200 Free and 50 Free. He picked up a Bonus cut in the 100 Back.
-Julian Locke swam his first 100 Back and earned a Bonus cut while doing so. He also picked one up in the 50 Back. Julian placed in the top 8 in 3 of his events: 50 Breast, 50 Back and 100 Breast.
-Jacey McGraw returned to Finals in 100 Back and 200 IM earning 2 new Champs cuts. She also picked up a Champs cut in the 800 Free and a Bonus in the 50 Free.
-Neala McHugh cut over 8.5 seconds in her 400 Free. She returned to Finals in 6 events: 200 Breast, 100 Back, 100 Free, 200 Free (new Champs cut!), 100 Fly and 200 Back.
-Zach Mendez swam to Silver in the 1500 Free and Bronze in the 800 Free. He also returned to Finals in 100 Back and 200 Free earning new Champs cuts in those events. He shaved over 18 seconds in his 400 IM for another Champs cut.
-Brooke Nichols picked up 2 new Districts cuts in 200 Breast (after an over 11 second shave!) and 200 IM.
-Brady Poss placed in the top 8 in 4 of his events: 50 Free, 100 Back, 50 Fly and 50 Back. He shaved over 28 seconds in his 200 Free and over 10 seconds in his 100 Free. He picked up 5 new Bonus cuts and a District time!
-Rainier Realina returned to Finals in 100 Breast and 200 Back (1st time ever!)
-Raphael Realina returned to Finals in 3 events: 200 Free, 100 Breast and 200 Back. He also picked up a Bonus cut in his 100 Free.
-Kemper Roberts cut almost 16 seconds in his 400 IM for a new Champs cut. He returned to Finals in 6 events: 200 Breast (Bronze!), 100 Back, 200 IM, 200 Free, 100 Breast (Bronze!) and 200 Back (new Bonus cut and Bronze!)
-Kennedy Roberts swam her first 200 Fly. She also returned to Finals in 100 Back and 200 Back. Bonus cuts were earned in 100 Back, 100 Free and 50 Free.
-Hannah Stewart returned to Finals in 100 Back, 100 Breast and 200 Back.
-Isaac Stewart returned to Finals in 6 events: 200 Breast (over 8 second shave and Bonus cut), 100 Free (Champs cut), 200 IM, 100 Fly (Districts cut), 50 Free and 200 Back (Districts cut)
-Elaina Wells shaved over 7 seconds in her 200 Fly and returned to Finals in her 100 Fly.
-Garrison Wells swam his first meet as a Hammerhead and finished out his last days as a 13-14 with a bang! He swam to 1st place in 4 events (100 Back, 100 Free, 200 Free and 100 Fly) and to 2nd in 50 Free. He also returned to Finals in the 200 IM. Additionally, he broke 2 team records in the 50 Fly (29.57) and 50 Back (30.83)
-Neil Williams finished in the Top 8 in all 7 of his events (50 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast and 100 Free.) In his 200 IM, he shaved 11.5 seconds to earn a Champs cut.
-Clara Wilson returned to Finals and earned Champs cuts in 200 Breast (1st time swimming & Bronze!) and 100 Breast (after an over 8 second shave!). She also picked up a Champs cut in 50 Fly, a Bonus cut in 50 Breast, and a pair of District cuts in 100 Back and 200 IM.
-Griffin Wilson swam his first 50 Free and 50 Fly and picked up a new Districts cut in his 50 Breast.
-Justin Woodland shaved over 13.5 seconds in his 200 Free and returned to Finals in 200 Back.
-Camden Youngblood picked up 3 new District cuts: 200 Breast, 100 Back and 50 Free.
Team Records
Garrison Wells – 13-14 Boys – 50 Fly – 29.57
Garrison Wells – 13-14 Boys – 50 Back – 30.83
