The Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA (FSPY) swim team continued its championship season success at the 2024 YMCA Silver Championships, which took place at the Gloucester Institute of Technology on February 16-18. Team FSPY was well-represented by 43 swimmers and competed with 24 other YMCA teams from across the state. The swimmers’ outstanding races throughout the 3-day meet resulted in countless personal bests, States Championships qualifications, and championship placings.
The following swimmers scored points for Team FSPY by finishing in the Top 16 for their events:
9-10 Individual Events:
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Girls: Samara Bithun (50 Free-16th); Daphne Canaran (50 Fly-14th, 50 Back-4th); Eva Slade (100 Back-4th, 50 Back-7th)
Boys: Matthew Worgan (100 Back-14th, 200 Free-8th, 100 Free-9th, 50 Back-7th)
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11-12 Individual Events:
Girls: Karen Blevins (50 Back-10th); Elle Purse (200 Fly-10th)
Boys: Alexandros Balakrishnan (100 Breast-9th, 200 Back-9th, 200 Breast-9th, 100 Back-4th, 100 Free-15th, 50 Breast-3rd); Sebastian Rodriguez (500 Free-10th, 200 Breast-6th, 400 IM-1st); Charles Yu (200 IM-12th, 500 Free-3rd, 200 Free-6th, 200 Back-5th, 100 Free-8th, 200 Fly-9th)
11-12 Relays:
Girls: Purse, Anastassia Nath, Taryn Fonder, Blevins (200 Free Relay-8th)
Boys: Beck Monteith, Yu, Rodriguez, Alexandros Balakrishnan (200 Free Relay-9th)
13-14 Individual Events:
Girls: Amelia Nath (200 Back-3rd, 200 Free-3rd, 1000 Free-2nd, 200 IM-1st, 100 Fly-2nd); Anna Victorino (200 Back-10th, 200 Free-14th, 1000 Free-5th)
Boys: Achilleas Balakrishnan (200 Back-2nd, 200 Free-3rd, 50 Free-15th, 100 Back-5th, 100 Free-9th, 500 Free-9th); Alex Holston (400 IM-2nd, 1000 Free-6th, 1650 Free-4th, 200 IM-2nd); Jase Villaverde (200 Free-6th, 200 Fly-7th, 500 Free-6th); Benjamin Zhou (100 Breast-10th)
15-18 Individual Events:
Girls: Carolyn Joe (200 Fly-7th); Rachel Kou (400 IM-5th, 200 Breast-6th, 100 Breast-7th, 200 IM-6th, 200 Fly-13th); Meghan Lai (200 Back-3rd, 200 Free-3rd, 100 Free-8th, 100 Back-2nd); Madelyn Lee (100 Fly-10th); Keira St.John (100 Fly-1st, 200 IM-13th, 200 Fly-1st); Shae Trenery (50 Free-16th, 500 Free-9th, 100 Fly-5th, 100 Free-5th, 200 IM-11th)
Boys: Chris Espiritu (400 IM-3rd, 200 Free-13th, 100 Fly-11th); Matthew Iannotta (400 IM-10th, 200 Back-15th, 200 Breast-8th, 100 Fly-12th, 100 Breast-11th, 200 IM-14th); Kyle Karyczak (100 Back-9th, 200 Fly-4th); Brody Linenberg (50 Free-6th); Jason Ma (200 Free-8th, 100 Free-14th, 200 IM-6th); Zac McGeehan (1000 Free-7th); Jayden Zheng (100 Back-4th)
15-18 Relays:
Girls: Trenery, Kou, Joe, St.John (400 Free Relay-4th); Kou, St.John, Lee, Trenery (400 Medley Relay-9th)
Boys: Ma, Espiritu, Iannotta, Zheng (400 Free Relay-6th); Ma, McGeehan, Karyczak, Zheng (400 Medley Relay-3rd)
Congratulations to all the FSPY swimmers!
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, ckarelus@fspymca.org
