The first swim and dive meet of the season was a great success! Everyone has worked so hard even with the delayed start of the season due to the pool being down for 2 days. The boys have really embraced the challenge and I am extremely proud of them all for what they have achieved.
What was even amazing was we had some already qualify for States and the team came through even without competing in all the available events! Our opponent was Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA).
- 200 Medley Relay:
- A Relay – Zach Hall; Jake Phetteplace; Kelsten Hudson; Leon Qin came in 2nd place and scored 5 points. A strong swim by Kelsten as he battled in the butterfly.
- B Relay – Jack Hatch; Jerry Li; Jaeden Frick; John Classen came in 4th place!
- 50 Freestyle:
- John Classen came in 1st overall. He qualified for States and dropped 0.25 seconds from last year!
- Leon Qin came in 2nd overall. He also qualified for States and dropped 0.52 seconds!
- Kelsten Hudson came in 3rd overall, scored 5 points and just missed out on qualifying for States. However, with the strong effort in his earlier event, the next meet we’ll have him fresh and ready to go!
- Jack Hatch dropped 0.81 seconds!
- Thanh Nguyen in his first ever swim meet came in 5th for Hargrave with a time of :31.74
- Andy Li just missed out on beating last year’s personal best.
- Jack Alviani did a great job in his first swim meet.
- Jacob Crowdle dropped an impressive 5.81 seconds!
- Manzi Victor swam his first ever swim meet. He did a great job on taking on this new challenge.
- Shawn Masese finished off the Hargrave Team with a phenomenal 8.69 seconds!
- 100 Butterfly:
- Will Shen was our sole swimmer in this event. Everytime his head popped up, the crowd cheered. It was a great moment to see Hargrave and FUMA come together to cheer on a fellow swimmer. Will finished 3rd and set a new personal best!
- 100 Freestyle:
- Jake Bradley came in 1st for Hargrave and 3rd overall. Jake dropped a wow 14.04 seconds!
- Archie Hooper scored 3 points and just missed out on his personal best from last year.
- Thanh Nguyen scored 1 point and did great at this event!
- Kyle Conlon had a good swim and he looks promising for the next meet.
- 200 Freestyle Relay:
- A Relay – John Classen; Jack Alviani; Kelsten Hudson; and Leon Qin came in 3rd overall. These guys are starting to warm up and find their stride.
- B Relay – Jaeden Frick; Shawn Masese; Jerry Li; and Will Shen came in 5th overall. Jaeden Frick lead off time was :28.49 which was a 1.07 seconds drop!
- 100 Backstroke:
- Zach Hall came in 1st overall and dropped 0.97 seconds from his seasonal best of last year
- Jack Hatch came in 4th and scored 3 points. He also dropped 6.92 seconds
- Jacob Crowdle was on par to drop a good time but unfortunately a technicality caused him to be disqualified. I am extremely excited to see his performance and to come back stronger at the next meet.
- 100 Breaststroke:
- This was a strong neck-and-neck with Jerry Li coming in 2nd overall.
- Jake Bradley came in 5th overall and dropped 1.11 seconds!
- Jake Phetteplace in his first breaststroke event showed a lot of promise as he continues to improve
- Jack Alviani was a strong contender across multiple events. He had a steady meet.
- Andy Li rounded off the team and did extremely well to complete the entire event.
- 400 Freestyle Relay:
- A Relay – Zach Hall; Will Shen; Kyle Conlon; and Archie Hooper came in 2nd overall. Zach’s lead off time was :57.68.
- 1 meter diving:
- Alex Moore was our only diver who had 6 qualifying dives and he scored 207.80
- Rounding out the exhibition dives (and their first ever dive meet!):
- Kelsten Hudson – 151.55
- Hayden Thornton – 111.05
- Zach Hall – 109.90
- Kyle Conlon – 102.10
- John Classen – 100.20
FUMA – 131
HMA – 67
