Tempo, Tempo, Tempo!

Some outstanding team spirit and many PB’s highlighted Age Group 3’s Chappy’s weekend! The group swam it’s way to an eye popping 191 best times despite a chilly morning and some back to back events! After getting well-acclimated to the new normal the first month of the season, the group focused on bringing fast tempo into their swims and found a great deal of success in doing so! The swimmers below really stood out and are the Chappy’s athletes of the meet!

10 & Under: 

Josie Gans: Josie has been working extremely hard at practice and had an outstanding meet, swimming five best times out of a possible six events. Highlights of her meet included a two second drop and heat win in her 50 free (37.79), and two 20 second drops in her 100 back (1:39.13) and 100 breast (1:52.09). She also swam best times in her 50 back (46.99) and 50 breast (50.94). 

Isaac Li: Isaac finished his meet a perfect six for six in best times and finished in the top 10 in all six events he competed in! Isaac finished 3rd in the 50 back, dropping over 3 seconds and making his first JO cut (35.71). He also dropped 17 seconds in his 200 free (2:36.74) and maintained fast tempo throughout the race! Isaac also swam new best times in the 100 back (1:19.62),100 IM (1:20.32), 50 fly (36.60) and 50 free (32.32). 

11-12:

Angelina Zhang: Angelina finished her meet a perfect six for six in best times while making her first 11-12 Silvers cut in the 200 breast, where she dropped 7 seconds to go a new best time of 3:10.05. In her second 200 of the weekend, Angelina dropped 5 seconds in the 200 back (2:51.65)! She also swam best times in the 50 back (36.83), 100 back (1:19.89), 50 breast (42.36), and 100 IM (1:21.61). 

Tyler Ip: In what was a highly contested swimmer of the meet award in the 11-12 boys group, Tyler swam his way to six new best times, which included a massive (and extremely responsible!!!) 30 second drop in the 200 freestyle (2:35.30). He also had a huge 17 second drop in the 100 IM (1:21.36)! Tyler also swam best times in the 50 free (31.91), 50 fly (38.62), 100 back (1:19.81) and 50 breast (42.49)! 

Honorable Mentions: 

Jimmy Duffy: Jimmy swam a perfect meet with six new best times and dropped a total of 30 seconds across his six events which included the 50 back, 100 IM, 50 Fly, 100 Free, 100 Back, and 50 Breast. 

Avery Lai: Avery (Aves) finished her weekend a perfect six for six and had huge drops in the 100 IM (13 seconds) and 100 breast (13 seconds). Aves also made her first Silvers cuts in the 50 back (40.76) and 100 back (1:29.57). 

Ali Mohammad: Bragging rights in the Mohammad house definitely belonged to Ali this weekend! Swimming in the Saturday session, Ali had three heat wins and three best times, one of which included a JO cut in the 50 back (37.29)! The other two swims included a 19 second drop in the 100 IM and 12 second drop in the 100 free. 

Hunter Nacewicz: Hunter swam six best times on the weekend and got under the 1:30 mark in the 100 breast for the first time (1:29.98) and swam his first 200 free in a very well swam 2:36.44! 

Chris Leigh: Kicking it up another gear in the practice pool has really paid off for Chris starting this season, as he swam five new best times! Chris had a huge 10 second drop in the 200 free (2:38.97) and narrowly missed Silvers in the 50 breast (41.18) and 100 breast (1:31.18). 

Mia Ryzhikov: The group’s youngest member swam six new best times and had drops of over 3 seconds in the 50 breast (56.37) and 100 free (1:30.66). She also swam new best times in the 50 back, 100 IM, 25 fly and 25 free! 
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Sophie Ngai: Soph-A-Loph, AKA The Noodle Arm Queen, AKA Unicorn 3000, swam six best times this weekend! She had drops of 13 seconds in the 200 free (2:55.44) and 16 seconds in the 100 IM (1:28.62). Soph-A-Loph also swam best times in the 50 back, 50 free, 100 back and 50 breast! 

About The Group

Age Group 3 is a group within our Age group program. The athletes within this team consist of those 12 & under swimmers who can demonstrate proficiency in the 4 competitive swimming strokes and have achieved a 400 point value for swims credited by the USA Swimming evaluation system. They are capable of following a workout designed for this level. Age Group 3 Team has practice 4 times a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Members of this team are encouraged to attend practice as often as possible, however, there is no attendance requirement. 

mlennon@longislandswimming.com - Michael Lennon is the Coach of Age Group 3