Rec Plex Meet me in St. Louis Meet Wrap up

Another Long Course Meet in the books and the Tideriders once again are looking strong in the pool.  At the Rec Plex Meet me in St. Louis Meet, the kids swam in two separate Age Groups at this meet, with the 13 & Older in the morning sessions and 12 & Under swimmers in the morning.  They would then separate the athletes by their age groups, thus scoring them correctly.  We once again had over 70% life time best swims as team, and like most meets this year, we had the most athletes entered.  The coaches have been thrilled by the number of families attending meets this season!

In the 8 & Under Age Group, winning events were Sarah Donohue, Sammy Esparza and Graham Zucker.  Placing in the Top 8 were Taylor Hamrah, Morgan Hast, Collin Logsdon and Katie Murdoch.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Joseph Carmody, Luke Gill andBrendan Raskin.  Also swimming in the meet with the 8 & Unders was Piper Hoekel.

In the 10 & Under Age Group, placing in the Top 8 were Koji Barrette, Anna Scott Baur, Danny Gao, Kledi, Kadiu, Madigan Kinsey, Nathan Lin, Amy Pumm, Kaitlyn Rowbottom andMichael Tu.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Nolan Alper-Esko, Margaret Beimdiek, Audrey Dino, Maya Esparza, Sophie Henriksen, Karissa Kantz, Catherine Liao, Graham Mills, Sophie Thompson and Noah Unger.  Also competing with the 10 & Unders were Nicole Alper-Esko, Avery Bantrup, Preston Brouillet, Izzy Destefano, Daniel Geno, Joseph Gill, Peyton Hoekel, Evan Holden, Eric Ji, Sophia King, Cameron McCrary, Andrew Smock, Noah Smock andAlexis Warren.

With the 11 – 12 year olds, winning events were Jack Bodnar and Drew Willmann, while placing in the Top 8 were Aaron Garner, Cami Nourie, Megan Ross andWill Young.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Nancy Hulslander, Katie Knapp, Andrew O’Brien, Elisabeth Ragan and Wil Welch.  Also competing with the 11 – 12 year olds were Lauren Bell, Eva Farria, Martha Geering, Olivia Morales, Hutton Murdoch, Molly Nikkel andLily Ragan.

For the 13 – 14 age group, winning events were Lexi Daniels andIyayi Ogbevoen.  Placing in the Top 8 were Colin Burke, Tiger Chen, Rebecca Corzine, Natalie Crocker, Matthew Hillmer, Jeffrey Martin, Sophia Marusic, Evie Mauze, Abbey Owenby, Nicole Shearing and Colleen Young.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Tristan Belzer, Alexander Benduski, Peri George and Michael Raskin.  Also competing with the 13 – 14 year olds were Brigid Andrews, Claire Brouillet, Sophia Garland, Sydney Giacin, Carlye Goldenberg, Maria Hyrc, Christina Jurotich, Gabriella Kohring, Taylor Korte, Alexa Kouvelis, Caroline Liekweg, Andrea Morales, Sam Porter, Anna Reichert, Elizabeth Roethlisberger, Riley Schelp and Jake Varela. 

In the 15 & older swimmers Will O’Shea andLydia Welty both won individual events.  Placing in the Top 8 were Justin Andrews, Cameron Back, Maggie Cox, Samm Crocker, Ashley Daniels, Sarah Finlay, Nicole Maurer, Taylor Maurer, Christopher Reichert, Grace Stiegemeyer, Gabriela Vieira and Helen Wojdylo.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Benjamin Edwards, Jillian Franks, Meghan Glogoza, Ashley Reichert andCollin Schott.  Also swimming were Jillian Behrens, Peter Crocker, Haley Debandt, Sarah Fauska, Samantha Gill, Mikayla Kempf, Rachel Kokenyesi, Vaios Kouvelis, Andrew Litteken, Morgan Maguire, Michael Nester, Mary O’Leary, Claire Rater, Nicholas Reichert, Lily Reisinger, Jonathan Scholten, Bridget Sheridan andToby Young.