FSPY Swimmers Have Successful Weekend at NJ YMCA State Championships

Fifty-eight of Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA (FSPY)’s 13 years and older swimmers represented the team at the NJ YMCA State Championships. The swim meet took place at Franklin & Marshall College from March 9-12. After a tiring three-and-a-half days of fast swimming, the team persevered to achieve 3rd place overall.

A multitude of personal bests, broken records, and National Championship qualifying times highlighted a weekend of success. The FSPY boys took second place out of the 20 teams that competed, with the FSPY girls taking fourth.

Clare Logan set new team records in the 100 Back (52.99) and 200 Back (1:58.32). Billie Sherratt broke the FSPY 200 Fly record with a 2:01.13. Roman Jones set a new Meet Record for the 50 Free in 20.32.

The following two relays also broke records with extremely fast swims:

• Boys 13/14 200 Medley Relay (Kyle Dripchak, Dylan Lagrimas, Braden Michaels, Aaron Frank) broke the team record with a 1:40.14.
• Girls Open 200 Medley Relay (Logan, Emily Constable, Sherratt, Catherine Ritter) broke the Meet and Pool Records with a 1:42.89.

New YMCA Short Course National Championship qualifying times were made by the following swimmers:

• Elle Cadigan (50 Free)
• Constable (50 Free)
• Dripchak (100 Back, 200 Back)
• Victoria Gee (100 Breast, 200 Breast)
• Owen Higinbotham (400 IM)
• Tim Kou (50 Free)
• Lagrimas (100 Breast, 200 Breast)
• Brooke McAndrew (200 Free)
• Ritter (100 Back)
• Mya Uku (100 Back)

Top 16 Finishers:

The following swimmers placed within the top 16 in their events, scoring points for the team!

13-14 Girls

Normandie Beversluis (6th 100 Breast, 5th 100 Free, 4th 500 Free, 6th 200 IM, 3rd 200 Free, 5th 200 Breast, 7th 50 Free), Tessa DeGennaro (15th 400 IM, 14th 500 Free, 10th 200 Breast), Amy Jiang (15th 200 Back), Rachel Kou (11th 200 Back, 14th 100 Back, 11th 200 IM, 10th 100 Fly).

13-14 Boys

Joshua Cetin (15th 200 Fly), Dripchak (1st 200 Back, 3rd 400 IM, 4th 500 Free, 1st 100 Back, 6th 200 IM, 4th 200 Free, 4th 100 Fly), A. Frank (3rd 100 Free, 2nd 200 Back, 2nd 100 Back, 3rd 200 IM, 3rd 200 Free, 6th 100 Fly, 5th 50 Free), Douglas Gee (14th 100 Breast, 14th 200 Breast), Terry Gould (13th 1000 Free, 14th 500 Free, 7th 1650 Free), Alex Holston (16th 400 IM), Matthew Iannotta (16th 100 Breast), Lagrimas (1st 100 Breast, 4th 200 IM, 12th 200 Free, 1st 200 Breast), Harrison McClure (5th 1000 Free, 4th 200 Back, 6th 400 IM, 5th 500 Free, 6th 100 Back, 2nd 1650 Free, 15th 200 Free), Zac McGeehan (12th 200 Breast), Michaels (11th 200 Back, 10th 100 Back), Sean Stanik (10th 200 Back, 6th 500 Free, 9th 100 Back, 7th 200 Free, 16th 50 Free).

15-18 Girls

Cadigan (14th 100 Breast, 13th 200 IM), Ying Chow (11th 100 Breast, 12th 200 Breast), Constable, (2nd 100 Breast, 2nd 200 Breast), Bridget Davis (1st 1000 Free, 6th 500 Free, 1st 1650 Free, 13th 200 Free), V. Gee (8th 100 Breast, 16th 200 Breast), Phoebe Kaplan (16th 200 Fly), Kayla Kerr (10th 1650 Free), Laura Kim (13th 400 IM, 8th 200 Fly), Lauren Lane (12th 1000 Free, 9th 200 Back), Logan (1st 100 Free, 3rd 200 Back, 1st 100 Back, 2nd 200 IM, 8th 200 Free, 9th 100 Fly, 2nd 50 Free), McAndrew (16th 1000 Free, 15th 200 Free), Ritter (10th 100 Free, 12th 100 Back, 11th 50 Free), Sherratt (5th 100 Free, 1st 400 IM, 1st 200 Fly, 4th 200 IM, 7th 200 Free, 5th 100 Fly), Shae Trenery (9th 1650 Free), Gina Yip (15th 200 Breast).

15-18 Boys

Brandon Calderone (15th 100 Back, 14th 200 Fly), Will Crall (9th 400 IM, 6th 200 IM, 13th 200 Free), Ian Dinesh (13th 100 Breast, 16th 400 IM, 13th 200 Breast), Bradley Frank (16th 100 Free, 13th 100 Back, 11th 50 Free), Will Heinze (9th 500 Free, 1st 1650 Free), Higinbotham (12th 400 IM, 14th 500 Free, 16th 200 Free), Jones (1st 100 Breast, 1st 100 Free, 1st 100 Back, 1st 100 Fly, 1st 50 Free), Colin Kavanagh (16th 100 Breast, 5th 200 Back, 8th 100 Back, 1st 200 IM, 10th 50 Free), T. Kou (13th 50 Free), Tyler McGeehan (6th 100 Breast, 15th 500 Free, 6th 200 Breast), Matthew Sauls (14th 200 Breast), Owen Waibel (7th 100 Breast, 4th 100 Free, 3rd 200 IM, 3rd 200 Free, 4th 50 Free).

Relays:

It was a fifth-place finish for the 13-14 Girls 200 Free Relay (Beversluis, Kou, Jiang, DeGennaro) and a fourth-place finish for the 13-14 Girls 200 Medley Relay (Jiang, DeGennaro, Kou, Beversluis).

FSPY took second in the 13-14 Boys 200 Free Relay (Dripchak, Lagrimas, Michaels, A. Frank) before winning the 13-14 Boys 200 Medley Relay (Dripchak, Lagrimas, Michaels, A. Frank).

The team took second-place in the 15-18 Girls 200 Free Relay (Sherratt, Logan, Constable, Ritter) and fifth-place in the 15-18 Girls 400 Free Relay (Sherratt, Logan, Kim, Ritter). The 15-18 Girls team (Logan, Constable, Sherratt, Ritter) then took the State Championship in both the 15-18 Girls 400 Medley Relay and the 15-18 200 Medley Relay.

The FSPY 15-18 boys swept all four relays, winning the 15-18 Boys 200 Free Relay (B. Frank, Jones, Waibel, Kavanagh), the 15-18 Boys 400 Free Relay (Waibel, Jones, McGeehan, Kavanagh), the 15-18 Boys 400 Medley Relay (Jones, McGeehan, Kavanagh, Waibel), and the 15-18 Boys 200 Medley Relay (Jones, McGeehan, Kavanagh, Waibel).

Congratulations to all FSPY State qualifiers for a great meet! Next, the FSPY National Team will compete at the YMCA Short Course National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, from April 3-7.

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The Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA Swim Team is a year-round competitive team offering professional coaching and technique instruction. For more information, contact Chris Karelus, Head Coach and Director of Competitive Aquatics, 908-889-8880 ext. 129.