The Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA (FSPY) swim team was represented by 56 of their 13 years and older swimmers at the 2024 NJ YMCA State Championships. The swim meet took place from March 7-10 at Franklin & Marshall College, with over 20 teams from around the state in attendance. The team combined for a fantastic overall 4th place, with the FSPY boys taking 5th and the FSPY girls finishing 3rd. The meet was a great showcase of all the hard work these swimmers have put in throughout the long season, with plenty of fast swims, personal bests, and new National Championship qualifying times!
Jane Kavanagh swam outstandingly this weekend, highlighted by her new team records for the 13/14 100 Free (51.06), 200 Free (1:51.74), 13/14 500 Free (5:05.13) and 13/14 200 IM (2:04.91). Senior swimmer Billie Sherratt earned a new team record in the 15-18 400 IM with a time of 4:20.66. Braden Michaels also had a record-setting meet, breaking the FSPY 13/14 100 Back record with a 52.87 and the FSPY 13/14 200 Back record with a 1:53.96.
Sean Stanik qualified for his first YMCA Short Course National Championships in the 500 Free (4:43.91) and 200 Free (1:44.69). Maddie Goret achieved another qualifying time, swimming a 4:35.13 in the 400 IM. Kavanagh’s record-breaking 500 Free swim also earned her another qualification. Harrison McClure added more events to his qualifications, swimming a 4:11.89 in the 400 IM, a 53.81 in the 100 Back, and a 16:17.71 in the 1650 Free. Michaels’ team records in the 100 Back and 200 Back were also fast enough to qualify for the meet.
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The following swimmers placed in the Top 16 of their individual events, scoring points for FSPY!
13-14 Girls:
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Emma Crall (200 Back-7th, 400 IM-9th, 100 Back-15th, 200 IM-15th, 100 Fly-10th); Tessa DeGennaro (100 Breast-13th, 400 IM-12th, 500 Free-9th, 200 Breast-11th); Mary Ferreiro (1000 Free-14th, 100 Free-14th, 200 Back-3rd, 100 Back-8th, 50 Free-9th); Zoe Ilagan (100 Free-12th, 200 Fly-15th, 200 Free-16th, 100 Fly-12th, 50 Free-12th); Amy Jiang (100 Free-10th, 500 Free-7th, 200 IM-13th, 200 Free-7th, 100 Fly-15th, 50 Free-14th); Kavanagh (100 Breast-4th, 100 Free-1st, 500 Free-1st, 200 IM-2nd, 200 Free-1st, 100 Fly-8th, 50 Free-1st); Amelia Nath (1000 Free-16th); Janice Yip (100 Free-15th, 400 IM-7th, 200 Fly-4th, 200 IM-11th, 200 Free-12th, 100 Fly-3rd)
13-14 Boys:
Terry Gould (1000 Free-3rd, 200 Back-11th, 500 Free-4th, 200 Fly-7th, 1650 Free-2nd); Michaels (100 Free-3rd, 200 Back-1st, 100 Back-2nd, 200 IM-2nd, 200 Free-2nd, 100 Fly-4th, 50 Free-5th)
15-18 Girls:
Normandie Beversluis (200 IM-15th); Elle Cadigan (200 Breast-4th, 50 Free-13th); Ying Chow (200 Breast-11th); Emily Constable (100 Breast-3rd, 100 Free-10th, 200 IM-14th); Victoria Gee (100 Breast-8th, 200 Breast-15th); Goret (400 IM-13th, 200 Breast-7th); Laura Kim (400 IM-16th, 200 Fly-3rd); Clare Logan (100 Free-6th, 200 Back-4th, 100 Back-3rd, 100 Fly-9th, 50 Free-4th); Brooke McAndrew (1000 Free-14th, 500 Free-10th); Catherine Ritter (100 Free-9th, 100 Back-13th, 200 Free-6th, 50 Free-9th); Sherratt (1000 Free-1st, 100 Free-5th, 400 IM-1st, 200 Fly-1st, 200 IM-4th, 200 Free-3rd, 200 Breast-5th); Mya Uku (100 Back-12th); Chloe Yu (100 Fly-16th)
15-18 Boys:
Brandon Calderone (400 IM-4th, 200 Fly-5th, 100 Fly-11th); Corey Calderone (1000 Free-14th); Ian Dinesh (100 Breast-9th, 200 Breast-8th); Kyle Dripchak (200 Back-6th, 400 IM-12th, 100 Back-14th); McClure (1000 Free-6th, 200 Back-8th, 400 IM-6th, 500 Free-4th, 1650 Free-1st, 200 Free-16th); Tyler McGeehan (100 Breast-3rd, 100 Free-16th, 200 IM-13th, 200 Breast-5th, 50 Free-14th); Stanik (500 Free-8th, 200 Free-12th); Owen Waibel (100 Breast-8th, 100 Free-1st, 200 IM-5th, 200 Free-2nd, 50 Free-3rd)
Relays:
13-14 Girls: Ferreiro, Kavanagh, Ilagan, Jiang (400 Free Relay-3rd); Ferreiro, Kavanagh, Yip, Jiang (400 Medley Relay-5th)
13-14 Boys: Achilleas Balakrishnan, Michaels, Dylan Mora, Gould (400 Free Relay-7th); Michaels, Mora, Alex Holston, Gould (400 Medley Relay-7th)
15-18 Girls: Meghan Lai, McAndrew, Brooke Labarge, Chow (200 Free Relay-6th); Ritter, Logan, Constable, Sherratt (400 Free Relay-3rd); Logan, Sherratt, Kim, Ritter (400 Medley Relay-2nd)
15-18 Boys: Michael Fisher, Logan Swenson, B. Calderone, Tim Kou (200 Free Relay-4th); Stanik, McGeehan, Fisher, Waibel (400 Free Relay-3rd); McClure, McGeehan, Swenson, Waibel (400 Medley Relay-3rd)
Congratulations to all FSPY swimmers on a successful weekend! Next, FSPY qualifiers will be competing at the YMCA Short Course National Championships from April 2-6 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Good luck to the FSPY national team!
The Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA swim team is a year-round competitive team offering high-quality professional coaching and technique instruction. For more information, please contact Chris Karelus, Head Coach and Director of Competitive Aquatics at 908-889-8880 x 129 and ckarelus@fspymca.org.
