ORCAS Elude Shark Attack and Ignite Feeding Frenzy
The Rochester Swim Club ORCAS participated in the 2011 Shark Attack B/C open meet hosted by the Northfield Bull Sharks in Northfield, Minnesota.
The ORCAS braved the first significant snowfall of the year to make it to the meet and were glad they made the trip. They swam 65% best times, achieved new 37 new C times, 45 B times, 24 A times & 1 new State qualifying Champ time. No team scores were kept.
The following swimmers had outstanding performances and were named Swimmer of the Meet:
8 & U: Alonso Montori, Dominic Mullen, Lisa Nakayama, Nick Pittner and William Roden
9-10: Pranhav Anandaro, Sofia Gradilone, Morgan Kram, Morgan Radtke
11-12: Leo Alfred, Richelle Bondoc, Maddi Damario, Bram Eide, Grace Hugeback, Preethi Kaliappan, David Kong, Victor Montori, & Alex Zhang.
13 & O: Natalie Boyce, Gretta Dowdy, Peyton Schneider & Lilly Tabatabai
Individual results are as follows:
8 & U
Chen, Shannon: 6 -2 Best Times, 2 Top 16 Finishes; *Montori, Alonso: 6 – 3 Best Times, 3 Top 8 Finishes; Chen, Bryan: 7 – 2 Best Times, 2 Top 2 Finishes, 2 New A Times; Hathaway, Allie: 7 – 1 Best Time, 2 Top 5 Finishes, 1 New B Time; Cory, Kaeden: 8 – 1 Best Time, 1 Top 3 Finish; Koplin, Siri: 8 – 2 Best Times, 5 Top 8 Finishes; *Mullen, Dominic: 8 – 4 Best Times, 4 Top 2 Finishes, 1 New Champ Time; Ritz, Kjerstin: 8 – 2 Best Times, 3 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New B & C Times; *Roden, William: 8 – 6 Best Times, 6 Top 5 Finishes, 1 New A,B & 2C Times; Werts, Ethan: 8 – 2 Top 8 Finishes.
9-10
Dilaveri, Minerva: 9 – 1 Best Time; Erickson, Emma: 9 – 1 Best Time, 1 Top 16 Finish; *Gradilone, Sofia: 9 – 7 Best Times, 1 New C Time; Grothey, Nico: 9 - 3 Best Times, 1 Top 16 Finish; Hamm, Audrey: 9 – 3 Best Times; Hilleshiem, Rena: 9 – 1 Best Time; Hinz, Cat: 9 – 4 Best Times, 1 New C Time; Kaliappan, Asha: 9 – 6 Best Times, 4 Top 5 Finishes, 1 New A & B Times; *Kram, Morgan: 9 – 8 Best Times, 7 Top 16 Finishes, 5 New C Times; Montori, Juan Pablo: 9 – 5 Best Times, 8 Top 8 Finishes, 2 New B Times; Olivier, Nathan: 9 – 2 Best Times; Scott, Rory: 9 – 2 Best Times, 1 New C Time; Sprow, Reese: 9 – 2 Best Times; Tautges, Carly: 9 – 6 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes, 2 New B Times; Vanderwiel, Saskia: 9 – 3 Best Times, 7 Top 16 Finishes ;Yao, Christine: 9 – 2 Best Times; *Anandarao, Pranav: 10 – 8 Best Times, 8 Top 8 Finishes, 3 New B Times; Avula, Ashwin: 10 – 2 Best Times, 2 Top 16 Finishes; Brytowski, Abby: 10 – 2 Best Times; Cory, Logan: 10 – 3 Best Times, 1 Top 16 Finishes; DeLone, Sarah: 10 – 4 Best Times, 2 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New A Time; Flood, Jack: 10 – 5 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New C Time
Groth, Charlotte: 10 – 4 Best Times, 1 New C Time; Hathaway, Emma: 10 – 3 Best Times, 3 Top 16 Finishes, 1New B Time; Humke, Thomas: 10 – 2 Best Times, 1 Top 16 Finish, 1 New C Time;
Iyer, Varun: 10 – 2 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New C Time; Johnson, Aleia: 10 – 2 Best Times; Johnson, Sam: 10 – 2 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes; Kumar, Sandhya: 10 – 4 Best Times
Larson, Ben: 10 – 2 Top 16 Finishes; Levenick, Alissa: 10 – 4 best Times, 5 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New A Time; *Nakayama, Lisa: 10 - 7 Best Times, 7 Top 5 Finishes, 6 New B Times; *Pittner, Nick: 10 – 8 Best Times, 7 Top 5 Finishes, 5 New A & 1 B Time; *Radtke, Morgan: 10 – 4 Best Times, 5 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New C Time; Werts, Arianna: 10 – 4 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New B & C Time; Wilhorn, Gabe: 10 – 2 Best Times, 2 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New C Time; Yao, Marcus: 10 – 3 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New B Time.
11-12
*Alfred, Leo: 11 – 8 Best Times, 8 Top 8 Finishes, 2 New B Times; Below, Kayelynn: 11 – 3 Best Times; Caples, Mara: 11 – 7 Best Times, 8 Top 5 Finishes, 1 New A & 2 B Times; Church, Eli: 11 – 3 Best Times, 4 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New B & C Time; Cima, Julia: 11 – 7 Best Times, 6 Top 16 Finishes; *Damario, Maddi: 11 – 6 Best Times, 5 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New B Time; Durst, Kassie: 11 – 2 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New B Time; *Eide, Bram: 11 – 4 Best Times, 4 Top 3 Finishes, 4 New B Times; Eide, Josiah: 11 – 2 Best Times, 3 Top 16 Finishes; French Farley, Amber: 11 – 4 Best Times, 5 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New A & B Time; Grimes, Meghan: 11 – 6 Best Times, 5 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New B Time; Johnson, Ethan: 11 – 3 Best Times, 2 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New C Time; *Kaliappan, Preethi: 11 – 6 Best Times, 8 Top 16 Finishes; Kobenan, Tereva: 11 – 5 Best Times, 2 New C Times; Leibovich, Carolyn: 11 – 3 Top 16 Finishes; *Montori, Victor: 11 – 7 Best Times, 7 Top 8 Finishes, 3 New B Times; Oettinger, Tim: 11 – 6 Best Times, 2 Top 16 Finishes, 3 New C Times; Roden, Richard: 11 – 7 Best Times, 6 Top 8 Finishes, 3 New B Times; Singh, Anish: 11 – 4 Best Times, 1 Top 5 Finish, 1 New C Time; Vanderwiel, Alexander: 11 – 3 Best Times, 2 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New C Time; *Zhang, Alex: 11 – 8 Best Times, 7 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New B & 2 A Times; Abdul Rashid, Amanina: 12 – 4 Best Times, 5 Top 8 Finishes; *Bondoc, Richelle: 12 – 7 Best Times, 7 Top 8 Finishes; Brandt, Dana: 12 – 2 Best Times, 3 Top 16 Finishes,
Chen, Brendan: 12 – 4 Best Times, 4 Top 5 Finishes, 2 New A Times; Flaada, Dee: 12 – 4 Best Times, 4 Top 5 Finishes, 1 New A Time; Hames, Molly: 12 – 4 Best Times, 6 Top 8 Finishes, 1 New A Time; *Hugeback, Grace: 12 – 6 Best Times, 6 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New C Time; Kong, David: 12 – 6 Best Times, 1 Top 16 Finish, 1 New C Time; Larson, Ellen: 12 – 1 Best Time, 4 Top 16 Finishes; Levenick, Bridget: 12 – 1 Best Time, 1 Top 16 Finish; Mer, Elie: 12 – 7 Best Times, 6 Top 8 Finishes, 2 New B & 1 C Time; Sha, Neil: 12 – 5 Best Times.
13 & O
DeLone, Jonathan: 13 – 3 Best Times, 4 Top 8 Finishes; *Dowdy, Gretta: 13 – 8 Best Times, 10 Top 8 Finishes, 5 New A Times; Eide, Mira: 13 – 1 Best Time; Kamath, Amika: 13 – 4 Best Times, 5 Top 16 Finishes, 2 New B Times; Marker, Maddie: 13 – 4 Best Times, 5 Top 16 Finishes; *Schneider, Peyton: 13 – 6 Best Times, 6 Top 8 Finishes; Sharp, Brenna: 13 – 3 Best Times, 6 Top 16 Finishes; *Tabatabai, Lily: 13 – 6 Best Times, 9 Top 8 Finishes, 2 New B Times; VanDyke, Jena: 13 – 7 Best Times, 10 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New A & B Time; *Boyce, Natalie: 14 – 4 Best Times, 4 Top 16 Finishes, 2 New B Times; Kamath, Marielle: 14 – 3 Best Times, 5 Top 16 Finishes, 1 New A Time.
The ORCAS will host the annual 8 & Under Invite on December 17th at the Olmsted County Recreation Center.
Happy Holidays from all the coaches, swimmers & parents of the Rochester Swim Club ORCAS.