Team mission: To develop individuals to their highest potential as athletes and leaders in life.
Team mission: To develop individuals to their highest potential as athletes and leaders in life.
The JETS had a great meet at the Ghostly Gathering. The parents did an exceptional job, as always, hosting a very smooth and fun meet and the kids swam very well. We had 95 kids compete and 94 achieved at least one best time, with a total of 70% of our swims being personal best times. The team as a whole dropped over 28 minutes off our best times. All those time drops really add up! I'm sorry I had to miss the meet on Saturday, but apparently there was a hobo who came in and coached the team for free food. That worked out nicely. Congratulations to all our new swimmers who competed in their first meet, or in new events. Great job to all!
The following swimmer(s) were voted by the coaches to have exemplified the YMCA core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility throughout the course of the swim meet:
Michelle was voted by the coaches for the Y Values Award for the Ghostly Gathering for her efforts to help some newer swimmers through the swim meet process. She helped her teammates find their heat and lane assignments and talked with them before and after some of their races to cheer them up and cheer them on.
Regan was also voted by the coaches as a Y Values Award winner because she stayed throughout the meet, even after she was done swimming, to cheer on the kids in the second session. She also helped as a counter for some of the kids during their 500 race. Great team spirit!
The following swimmers improved their personal best times throughout the course of the meet by more than any other swimmer in their practice group:
Yellow 1: Gerard Sims (dropped 19.54 seconds)
Red: Anthony Sims (dropped 61.84 seconds)
Yellow 2: Ryanne Gorman (dropped 17.35 seconds)
Blue: Grace Gladding (dropped 112.71 seconds)
Green 1: Jessica Davis (dropped 30.26 seconds)
Pre-Senior: Youjia Wang (dropped 85.96 seconds)
Green 2: Max Munch (dropped 48.52 seconds)
Senior: Murphy Hebbard (dropped 133.56 seconds)
We set 4 new Team IMX records at this meet:
Savannah Rubocki and Youjia Wang each qualified for the IMX Games that will be held at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis on November 20-22, 2009. Savannah achieved an IMX score of 2,234 points and Youjia achieved a score of 2,430 points.
We had 20 swimmers achieve a new B time and 14 achieved a new BB time. Congratulations to Savannah Rubocki, Brad Stewart, Emily Thomas and Youjia Wang for achieving new A times. Savannah and Youjia also achieved new AA times along with Alyssa Walsh and Jonathon Yanello. Youjia achieved a new AAA time in his 100 Breast.
Murphy Hebbard, Maria Papes, Brad Stewart, Youjia Wang and Jonathon Yanello each picked up new cuts for the ISI Regional Championships. Savannah Rubocki and Alyssa Walsh got new Y Area Champs times. Savannah, Youjia and Jonathon each picked up new ISI Age Group Championship times as well. Great job!
