FSPY Swim Team Makes a Splash at 2022 Champions Classic

Over 125 swimmers from the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA (FSPY) Swim Team joined swimmers from Lakeland Hills YMCA (LHY) and host team Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCY) for the 2022 Champions Classic on October 22-23, 2022 in Perth Amboy, NJ. The 2-day, 6-session meet was the first invitational meet for this swim season and FSPY swimmers are off to a promising start with many personal best times and new team records.

Roman Jones set four new team records in the 15-18 Boys 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke and 100 Butterfly.

The top 16 swimmers in each individual event scored points for their team. Scoring points for FSPY in their individual events are the following:

9-10

Sara Asokumar – 50 Breast (10th); Alex Balakrishnan – 100 Free (2nd), 100 Breast (1st), 50 Back (5th), 50 Free (5th), 100 Back (2nd); Kaylee Chung – 100 Free (1st), 50 Fly (6th), 50 Back (8th), 100 IM (3rd), 100 Fly (2nd); Emma Dinesh – 100 Breast (5th); Lucas Felix – 50 Back (16th); Milan Fevrier – 100 Free (2nd), 50 Fly (13th), 50 Back (13th), 100 IM (16th), 50 Free (5th), 50 Breast (15th); Ryan Fitzsimmons – 50 Free (11th); Sage-Alyssa Isleta – 200 IM (7th), 50 Fly (7th), 50 Back (3rd), 50 Free (3rd), 100 Back (1st); Nicole Kanu – 100 Free (4th), 50 Back (10th); Chelsea Li – 100 Free (10th), 100 Breast (4th), 50 Free (16th), 100 Back (9th); Charlie Lowder – 100 Free (6th), 50 Back (15th), 100 IM (13th), 50 Free (9th), 50 Breast (12th); Sophia Lukov – 100 Free (3rd), 100 Breast (1st), 50 Back (12th), 100 IM (9th), 50 Free (8th), 50 Breast (4th); Daniel Ma – 100 Free (9th), 100 Breast (3rd); Stassi Nath – 200 IM (9th), 50 Fly (8th), 50 Back (16th), 100 IM (7th), 100 Fly (3rd), 100 Back (4th); Keira Neser – 100 Free (13th); Serene Riaz – 100 Free (9th), 50 Free (15th), 100 Back (7th); Eva Slade – 100 Free (11th), 50 Free (11th), 100 Back (8th); Amelia Wylie – 100 Free (16th), 100 Back (11th); Ethan Yang – 200 IM (8th), 50 Fly (13th), 100 IM (11th), 50 Breast (10th), and Jayden Yip – 100 Free (3rd), 50 Back (7th), 50 Free (7th).

11-12

Achilleas Balakrishnan – 100 Free (3rd), 50 Back (1st), 200 IM (7th), 100 IM (4th), 100 Back (1st), 200 Free (2nd); Juliet Bickoff – 100 Breast (13th); Sabrina Bogatz – 100 Free (16th), 50 Back (15th), 100 Back (7th), 200 Free (11th); EJ Colville – 100 Breast (7th), 50 Breast (16th); Juliet Felix – 100 Breast (12th); Mary Ferreiro – 100 Free (3rd), 50 Back (3rd), 200 IM (7th), 100 IM (3rd), 50 Free (3rd), 100 Back (3rd); Rose Ferreiro – 100 Free (13th), 50 Back (10th), 50 Free (11th), 100 Back (8th), 200 Free (15th); Jayden Fevrier – 200 Fly (1st), 50 Breast (15th), 200 Free (9th); Camille Keeler – 100 Free (7th), 50 Fly (2nd), 200 IM (10th), 100 IM (7th), 100 Fly (4th), 100 Back (6th); Jayden Le – 100 Free (9th), 100 Breast (8th), 200 IM (16th), 100 IM (10th), 100 Fly (7th), 200 Free (12th); Lucy Magee – 100 Breast (7th), 100 IM (15th), 50 Breast (8th), 100 Back (11th); Sebastian Rodriguez – 100 Breast (16th), 100 Back (8th); Muhammad Sayani – 50 Fly (11th), 100 Breast (4th); Vihaan Singh – 100 Breast (10th); Janice Yip – 100 Free (1st), 100 Breast (1st), 200 IM (1st), 100 Fly (1st), 100 Back (2nd), 200 Free (1st), and Ivy Zhang – 100 Breast (16th).

13-14

Normandie Beversluis – 200 Free (8th), 100 Breast (6th), 50 Free (3rd), 100 Free (7th), 200 IM (5th); Joshua Cetin – 200 Fly (9th), 50 Free (12th), 100 Back (15th), 100 Fly (12th); Tessa DeGennaro – 200 IM (12th); Kyle Dripchak – 100 Breast (11th), 50 Free (5th), 200 Back (2nd), 100 Free (10th); Melanie Dripchak – 100 Breast (12th), 100 Back (4th), 200 IM (11th); Aaron Frank – 100 Breast (1st), 50 Free (3rd), 200 Back (1st), 100 Free (1st), 200 Breast (4th), 100 Fly (7th); Douglas Gee – 200 Fly (11th), 100 Back (8th); Terry Gould – 200 Back (11th), 100 Back (7th); Annika Jeena – 200 Breast (9th); Amy Jiang – 200 Free (10th), 50 Free (13th), 200 Back (5th), 100 Free (9th), 100 Back (8th), 200 IM (13th); Rachel Kou – 100 Breast (10th), 200 Back (6th), 100 Free (15th), 100 Back (5th); Harrison McClure – 200 Free (6th), 200 Back (2nd), 100 Free (6th), 100 Back (2nd), 200 IM (6th); Zac McGeehan – 100 Breast (7th); Tyson Moose – 50 Free (10th), 100 Free (16th), 100 Back (11th), 100 Fly (15th); Amelia Nath – 200 Back (15th), 100 Back (15th), 100 Fly (15th); Sean Stanik – 100 Free (11th), 200 IM (16th), and Anna Victorino – 200 Breast (7th).

15 and over

Elle Cadigan – 100 Breast (3rd), 50 Free (14th), 100 Free (8th), 200 Breast (2nd), 200 IM (4th); Ying Chow – 100 Breast (5th); Emily Constable – 100 Breast (1st), 50 Free (13th), 100 Free (10th), 200 Breast (1st); Will Crall – 100 Breast (13th); Kate Curran – 200 Free (5th), 200 Fly (4th), 100 Free (13th), 100 Back (11th), 100 Fly (12th); Bridget Davis – 200 Free (13th), 200 Back (14th); Ian Dinesh – 100 Breast (4th), 200 IM (10th); Natalie Dripchak – 100 Breast (15th), 200 Breast (10th); Bradley Frank – 100 Breast (15th), 50 Free (8th), 100 Free (12th), 100 Back (10th); Will Heinze – 200 Back (7th); Roman Jones – 100 Breast (1st), 50 Free (1st), 100 Free (1st), 100 Fly (1st); Phoebe Kaplan – 200 IM (12th); Kyle Karyczak – 100 Fly (14th); Colin Kavanagh – 100 Breast (10th), 50 Free (5th), 200 Back (1st), 100 Free (4th), 100 Back (2nd); Kayla Kerr – 200 Fly (5th); Laura Kim – 200 Back (13th), 100 Free (16th); Tim Kou – 50 Free (13th), 100 Back (16th); Brooke Labarge – 200 Free (14th); Meghan Lai – 200 Back (9th), 200 IM (10th); Lauren Lane – 200 Free (10th), 200 Back (7th), 100 Back (7th); Katherine Li – 100 Breast (16th); Clare Logan – 200 Free (3rd), 50 Free (1st), 200 Back (4th), 100 Back (2nd), 100 Fly (2nd); Brooke McAndrew – 200 Free (11th), 200 Fly (12th), 100 Free (11th), 100 Back (8th), 200 IM (15th); Tyler McGeehan – 200 Free (10th), 100 Breast (2nd), 50 Free (15th), 200 Breast (2nd), 200 IM (8th); Catherine Ritter – 50 Free (6th), 100 Free (12th), 100 Back (12th); Matthew Sauls – 100 Breast (9th), 200 IM (7th); Billie Sherratt – 200 Free (1st), 200 Fly (1st), 50 Free (10th), 100 Free (2nd), 100 Fly (1st); Logan Swenson – 200 Free (12th), 50 Free (11th), 100 Free (14th), 200 IM (15th); Shae Trenery – 200 Free (8th); Owen Waibel – 200 Free (3rd), 100 Breast (3rd), 50 Free (2nd), 100 Free (3rd), 100 Fly (7th); Gina Yip – 100 Breast (7th), 100 Free (14th); Chloe Yu – 200 Back (16th); 200 IM (14th), and Clara Yu – 100 Breast (12th).

New mixed relay records across all age groups were also made at this meet.

K. Chung, Jayden Yip, S. Nath, Alex Balakrishnan – 9-10 200 Mixed Medley Relay (3rd)

M. Ferreiro, M. Sayani, Janice Yip, Achilleas Balakrishnan – 11-12 Mixed Medley Relay (2nd)

A. Frank, N. Beversluis, K. Dripchak, A. Jiang – 13-14 Mixed Medley Relay (2nd)

C. Logan, E. Constable, R. Jones, O. Waibel – 15-18 Mixed Medley Relay (1st)

Jayden Yip, S. Nath, Alex Balakrishnan, S-A. Isleta – 9-10 200 Free Relay (2nd)

J. Fevrier, Achilleas Balakrishnan, M. Ferreiro, Janice Yip – 11-12 200 Free Relay (2nd)

K. Dripchak, N. Beversluis, A. Jiang, A. Frank – 13-14 200 Free Relay (2nd)

O. Waibel, R. Jones, C. Logan, B. Sherratt – 15-18 200 Free Relay (1st)

The team returns home for its first dual meet of the season as the Girls Black and Boys Black teams face LHY on Saturday, October 29. The Girls Red and Boys Red teams head to County College of Morris for their first dual meet on Saturday, November 5 against the Randolph YMCA (RANY) Swim Team.

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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, at 908-889-8880 x 129.