Stillwater Competes at Age Group Championships

This weekend, 7/27-7/29, nine swimmers will represent the Stillwater YMCA at the Long Course Age Group Championship Meet in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  This is the championship meet for qualifying swimmers within the Oklahoma LSC.

The psych sheets can be found here.

You can follow your teammates through live results found here.

Clark Qualifies for Zones

Congratulations to Ryan Clark who achieved his first ever Zone qualifying times.  Ryan qualified in the 50 freestyle (32.29), 100 freestyle (1:13.15), 50 butterfly (36.21), and 100 butterfly (1:21.60) at the Stars of Summer Meet.

Ryan has earned the opportunity to represent Stillwater YMCA and the Oklahoma LSC at the Central Zone 14 & Under Championships in Columbus, IN from August 3-5.

Munteanu Qualifies for Age Group Championships

Congratulations to Vlad Munteanu who achieved his first ever Age Group Championship qualifying times.  Vlad qualified in both the 50 freestyle (36.20) and 50 breaststroke (48.07) at the Stars of Summer Meet.

Stars of Summer Top Performances

Below are the top performances based off improvement as a percentage of time:

Girls

• Ceci Smith - 50 Butterfly, 8.97% improvement
• Ceci Smith - 200 IM, 6.80% improvement
• Ceci Smith - 50 Breaststroke, 6.46% improvement
• Savanna Barth - 100 Butterfly, 6.29% improvement
• Dewi Blose - 200 Freestyle, 5.07% improvement

Boys

• Francisco Ochoa - 100 Breaststroke, 7.98% improvement
• Vlad Munteanu - 50 Breaststroke, 7.20% improvement
• Vlad Munteanu - 50 Backstroke, 6.41% improvement
• Ryan Clark - 100 Butterfly, 6.07% improvement
• Jacob Tree - 400 Freestyle, 5.37% improvement

Stillwater YMCA Swimmers of the Month-June

Congratulations to our following Swimmers of the Month for June:

YMCA Division: Matt McKay
Matt had the highest attendance out of anyone on the swim team for the month of June.  His commitment has benefited him by his improvement in his favorite strokes: freestyle and backstroke.  Although breaststroke is Matt's least favorite stroke, he has remained focused on bettering himself to become a complete all-round swimmer.  Congratulations Matt!

USA Division: Ben Cowles
Ben began the long course season training with the Silver group.  However, by June, his work ethic and dedication resulted in his promotion to the Gold group.  Ben's hard work was not only noticed by the coaching staff, but two of his teammates suggested that Ben be awarded Swimmer of the Month for June.  Congratulations Ben!

June 30th Invitational Top Performances

Below are the top performances based off improvement as a percentage of time:

Girls

• Emily Carman - 25 Breaststroke, 27.55% improvement
• Mackenzie Martin - 50 Breaststroke, 24.30% improvement
• Gwendolyn Mendez - 25 Butterfly, 16.11% improvement
• Anna Khanov - 50 Freestyle, 14.89% improvement
• Kaitlyn Stapp - 50 Butterfly, 9.71% improvement

Boys

• Adam Barth - 100 Freestyle, 18.78% improvement
• Max Khanov - 50 Freestyle, 14.97% improvement
• Ben Cowles - 100 Backstroke, 10.89% improvement
• Jun Yu - 50 Freestyle, 8.08% improvement
• Gavin Sires - 50 Freestyle, 7.93% improvement

The full results can be found here.