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FSPY Piranhas Swam Fast at “Pumpkin Chill” Meet!

Congrats to all

On Sunday, October 6, The Fanwood Scotch Plains YMCA swim team, The Piranhas, competed in Mountain Lakes at the “Pumpkin Chill”. This Meet was for 12 or under swimmers. Swimming in a 6 lane, 25 yard pool at the Lakeland Hills YMCA, The Piranhas earned ten 1st places! Swimmers who place in the top 16 of an event earn points for the team. Listed below are FSPY swimmers who finished in the top 16.

9 - 10 Year Olds
Simone Barber (4th 50 Free, 8th 50 Back, 6th 50 Fly)
Samara Bithun (8th 200 Free, 5th 50 Fly)
Joseph Cuomo (5th 200 Free, 3rd 50 back, 3rd 50 Back)
Philip Czarnik (12th 50 Breast)
Maya Downing (10th 50 Free)
Hudson Edwards (4th 50 Free, 2nd 50 Breast)
Liliana Jucha (7th 50 Free, 3rd 100 Free, 10th 50 Back)
Leshan Li (11th 50 Breast)
Derek Liu (2nd 50 Free, 6th 100 Free, 10th 50 Back)
Holly Lopez (9th 100 Free, 13th 50 Back)
Preston Lubenow (8th 50 Free, 7th 100 Free, 15th 50 Back)
Gabriela Lukov (4th 200 Free, 2nd 50 Breast, 2nd 100 IM)
Isabella Manfredi (9th 200 Free, 3rd 50 back, 2nd 50 Fly)
Brooklynn Mihansky (1st 50 Free, 6th 50 Back, 3rd 100 IM)
Miranda North (11th 50 Free, 8th 100 Free, 12th 50 Back)
Mason Pena (13th 50 Free, 11th 100 Free)
Jack Piskadlo (6th 50 Breast, 1st 50 Fly, 6th 100 IM)
Miles Rodriguez (12th 50 Free, 12th 100 Free)
Walt Roskin (7th 50 Free, 13th 50 Back, 4th 50 Fly)
Avery Ruberto (5th 200 Free, 3rd 50 Breast, 4th 100 IM)
Rhea Saxena (7th 100 Free, 11th 50 Back, 7th 50 Fly)
Joseph Stevenson (9th 50 Free, 8th 100 Free)
Andrew Tong (14th 50 Back, 8th 50 Breast, 9th 100 IM)
Gianna Verba (2nd 50 Free, 7th 50 Back, 7th 100 IM)
Alexandra Wu (16th 50 Back, 16th 50 Breast)
11-12 Year Olds
Max Andreoli (6th 50 Yard Back, 2nd 50 Yard Fly, 4th 200 Yard Free)
Alex Balakrishnan (2nd 100 Yard Free, 1st 100 Yard Breast, 1st 100 Yard Fly)
Elinor Beversluis (12th 100 Yard Free, 9th 50 Yard Back, 7th 50 Yard Free)
Aarav Borade (4th 50 Free, 13th 100 Free, 6th 50 Breast)
Kaylee Chung (4th 200 Free, 3rd 50 Breast, 6th 100 Breast)
Emma Dinesh (10th 50 Free, 15th 100 Free, 11th 100 Back)
Calvin Dupuis (9th 200 Free, 2nd 50 Back, 2nd 50 Back)
Milan Fevrier (1st 50 Free, 1st 100 Free, 1st, 50 Fly)
Sage-Alyssa Isleta (3rd 50 Free, 4th 100 Free, 3rd 100 Breast)
Catherine Kavanagh (3rd 100 Free, 2nd 50 Breast, 1st 100 Fly)
Sophia Lee (14th 200 Free, 6th 50 Back, 15th 100 Breast)
Chelsea Li (9th100 Free, 9th 100 Back, 11th 100 Breast)
Quinn Lindskog (10th 50 Back)
Charlie Lowder (1st 50 Free, 4th 100 Back, 3rd 100 Breast)
Sophia Lukov (4th 100 Back, 2nd 100 Breast, 2nd 100 Fly)
Daniel Ma (3rd 50 Free, 10th 100 Free, 6th 100 Breast)
Anastasia Nath (10th 200 Free, 5th 100 Back, 7th 100 Breast)
Keira Neser (11th 100 Free, 12th 100 Breast, 4th 100 Fly)
Robert North (8th 200 Free, 4th 50 Back, 6th 100 Fly)

Mathew Perlak (11th 100 Free, 10th 200 Free, 10th 100 Back)
Noah Rodgers (8th 50 Back, 5th 50 Fly)
Eva Slade (7th 100 Free, 9th 100 Breast, 7th 50 Fly)
Amelia Wylie (13th 100 Free, 13th 100 Back, 8th 50 Fly)
Jayden Yip (1st 100 Back, 2nd 100 Breast, 2nd 100 Fly)
Emmaline Yong (9th 50 Free, 10th 100 Back)

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The Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA swim team is a year-round competitive team offering high quality professional coaching and technique instruction. For more information, contact Chris Karelus, Head Coach and Director of Competitive Aquatics, 908-889-8880 x129 or ckarelus@fspymca.org.

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