Dear GMA athletes, coaches and families,
GMA closed out the Regional Meet today with many best times, new qualifiers, and inside jokes.
Coach Nick described the performances of the Regional Group swimmers as “Amazing, tons of best times”. Some standouts include Nolan Davis who had 100% best times at the meet. Congratulations to him for staying strong for the entire weekend. That’s not easy to do. Caitlin McClellan, who was very sick today, still decided to come and swim. It paid off because she got 2 personal best times and also supported her teammates by swimming fast in the relay. Jacob Crock dropped 7 seconds in the 50 breast today breaking 1:00 for the fist time. I can say from experience that reaching a milestone like that is exciting and rewarding.
The Age Group swimmers had a good day at the pool as well. Sean Chamberlain went a 1:15 in his 100 fly which was 3 seconds faster than his personal best. Sarah Winget had a great 200 backstroke with beautiful dolphin kick. She went a 2:34, dropping 6 seconds. Coach Maria pointed out that Cameron, Grace, Natalie and Nathan all “got cut times and had great races”.
David Wood had another great day in the pool. He dropped time in all of his events and got his second NEAG cut time in the 100 fly. Brandon Philbrick finished off a great weekend of racing as he went best times in all of his events. Brandon also made the decision to time trial the 200 fly as redemption for his race on Saturday. Thanks to his warm-up and cool-down habits throughout the entire meet, he had the stamina to drop 2 seconds.
I would like to extend BIG CONGRATULATIONS to all of our GMA teammates. While I may not have included every GMA team member in my blogs, I know that we each had great swims! What a great weekend filled with fantastic GMA great racing!
There was also exceptional team support at this meet. The ends of GMA lanes were always filled with loudly cheering teammates. This enthusiasm and energy will surely carry through with those of us going on to other championship meets this season.
Dylan
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Thank you Dylan for providing a swimmer's perspective on the meet. We were so glad to have our team captain at the Regional Meet, cheering on your teammates, encouraging ALL of the GMA swimmers and leading by example with your tough racing. WAY TO GO DYLAN!
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