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Nicholas Rushlow, Hurricane Swimmer, heads to the National Spelling Bee for the fifth time!
Congratulations to Nicholas, five time Fairfield County Spelling Bee Champion!
Click to view Nicholas' National Spelling Bee page and tune it at the end of May to cheer Nicholas on!
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Youth Triathlon Clinics
Ross Hartley, the Breaker’s and Jr. Ripple’s coach, will be putting on a three session triathlon clinic for all interested NAAC swimmers, ages 8-18. The clinics will take place on Saturday afternoons during the month of May. Each clinic will last approximately an hour and half, from 2-3:30pm, and cover different aspects of the sport of triathlon. On the last session, participants will complete a mini-triathlon, swimming in the high school pool, biking around New Albany School’s campus, and running on the high school track.
- · Saturday May 19: An introduction to triathlons. First, the swim portion of the race. Participants will watch a video about Ross’s career and learn the basics of the sport covering equipment, nutrition, and the history of the sport. The kids will then hit the pool to briefly practice open water swimming. Second, participants will practice the biking and running portions of a triathlon. The young triathletes will learn about safe cycling and then hit the trails around the schools to practice. Participants will then head to the track and learn about pacing and “smart running”.
Required Equipment: swim suit, goggles, bicycle, helmet, running shoes, socks
- · Saturday May 26: Participants will learn about and practice transitions. Participants will also prepare for the triathlon the next weekend, by swimming in the high school pool and then running on the track.
Required Equipment: bicycle, helmet, running shoes, socks, swim suit, goggles
- · Saturday June 9: Participants will compete in a mini-triathlon! Based on attendance, there may be a couple waves of competitors to ensure safety. Participants will complete around a 200 swim in the pool following the outline of the pool, bike about 3 miles around the New Albany schools on the path, and then a half of a mile on the track. All participants will receive an award for completing the triathlon.
Required Equipment: bicycle, helmet, running shoes, socks, swim suit, goggles
Clinic Costs - $20 per session or $50 for all 3 sessions. Please register and pay online so that we can get an idea of numbers attending per session.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
2012 Junior Nationals Team
Coach John Coffman, Chase Honeycutt, Lori Davis, Miranda Donley, Frederick Jenny, Coach Stephanie Donley
| Ohio Junior Olympics! Congratulations to Miranda Donley! 
100 Backstroke, 100 Individual Medley Ally Wharton Lowers Two Records!  Girls 11-12 50 Breastroke and Girls 11-12 100 Breastroke! Congratulations! Pearson Spychalski Chalks a New Breastroke Record!  Boys 11-12 100 Breastroke Congratulations! Mia Lachey Sets a New Freestyle Record!  Girls 9-10 100 Freestyle Congratulations! |
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2012 Ohio Junior Olympics March 9th – 11th Bowling Green, Ohio
New Albany Aquatics Club sent 35 swimmers to compete with the 784 best swimmers from 39 clubs from across Ohio at the 2012 Ohio Junior Olympics Short Course Championships that took place from March 9th through the 11th at Bowling Green State University Natatorium. The NAAC earned a 10th place finish among all clubs. Miranda Donley won the Girls’ 2012 Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet, set two meet records and won the Girls 11 – 12 year age group division. The NAAC placed three swimmers in the top ten in their respective age groups. These were:
Miranda’s two meet records that were also State of Ohio records for 11 – 12 Girls in the 50 Fly in 25.77 seconds and in the 50 Freestyle in 24.28 seconds. Achieving these times, Miranda competed in NCSA Junior Nationals as a 12-year old with NAAC swimmers In addition, there were ten new NAAC team records set at the meet by four different swimmers. These new records are as follows:
Top 16 Individual Event Finishes:
- Olivia Bergmann – Finals in 4 of 7 events with 3 in Championship Heat: 50 Breast 8th, 50 Fly 8th, 100 Breast 16th and 100 Fly 6th - Mia Lachey – Finals in 7 of 7 events with 5 in Championship Heat: 50 Breast 11th, 50 Fly 7th, 200 Free 9th, 100 Breast 7th, 50 Free 6th, 100 IM 6th and 100 Free 5th - Abby Yakam – Finals in 2 of 4 events: 50 Breast 12th and 100 Breast 10th
- Thomas Lennox – Finals in 1 of 7 events with 1 in Championship Heat: 100 Breast 7th
- Miranda Donley – Finals in 7 of 7 events with all 7 in Championship Heat: 100 Back 2nd, 50 Fly 1st, 50 Free 1st, 100 IM 1st, 100 Free 1st, 100 Fly 1st and 50 Back 2nd - Ally Wharton – Finals in 4 of 7 events with 2 in Championship Heat: 50 Breast 4th, 100 Breast 5th, 100 IM 15th and 200 IM 12th - Jessica Zaper – Finals in 2 of 7 Events: 100 Breast 15th and 50 Back 12th
- Andrew Bernsdorf – Finals in 1 of 7 events: 100 back 15th - Pearson Spychalski – Finals in 7 of 7 events with 3 in Championship Heat: 50 Breast 8th, 100 Back 9th, 50 Fly 5th, 100 Breast 11th, 100 IM 3rd, 200 IM 9th and 100 Fly 10th Of the 3 swimmers that made it back to Finals in all 7 of their events, these swimmers logged more than 1,000 yards in 3 days at competition speeds: Mia Lachey 1,100 yards; Miranda Donley 1,400 yards and Pearson Spychalski 1,700 yards
Top 16 Relay Finishes:
Congratulations to the Entire NAAC State Team! |
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Olivia Bergman Alaina Bernsdorf Emily Borchers Alicia Donley Miranda Donley Kennedy Gabor Jada Johnson Samantha Kass Ava Lachey Mia Lachey Liza Lennox Lauren Sadler Marlee Scholten Peyton Spychalski Ally Wharton Abby Yakam Jessica Zaper |
Alex Arlin Andrew Bernsdorf Mikey DeAscentis Andrew Donley Patrick Doyle George Economus Ethan Halpern Jared Kass Thomas Lennox Andrew Levine Tommy Morris Wyatt Ross Pearson Spychalski Jake Stone Nate Stone Austin Wharton |
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2012 Tim Myers Ohio Senior Championships March 2 – 4, 2012 New Albany Aquatics Club sent 18 swimmers to compete in the 2012 Ohio Seniors Championship the weekend of March 2nd – 4th at the Ohio State McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion to face competition from 31 swim clubs from across the state. New Albany placed 18th in overall points with the Women’s team placing 23rd and the Men’s team placing 13th. For this meet, the top 25 places receive points. New Albany had 3 swimmers deliver top 25 swims:
All three of these same swimmers have qualified for and are headed to the NCSA Jr. National Swimming Championships in Orlando, Florida March 21-25, along with our Jr. National qualifier from the Junior Olympic State Championships, 12 year old Miranda Donley. Congratulations and good luck to our swimmers on the National stage!!
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Barbara Kay Championships!
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2012 Barbara Kay Mini Championships March 3 – 4, 2012 New Albany won runner-up at the 2012 Barbara Kay Mini-Meet State Championships for 8 & Under swimmers the weekend of March 3rd and 4th. The NAAC sent 51 swimmers to the meet to compete against 365 swimmers from 19 other clubs from across the state, including clubs from Lake Erie and Southeastern districts that do not compete in the Ohio Junior Olympic 14 & Under State Championships. The heart, desire and improvement our youngest swimmers showed this weekend was cheered on by parents, coaches and team members. Nearly everyone dropped time and set new personal bests in the last meet of the year. We had 18 swimmers place in the top 12 in at least one event and had 5 swimmers place in the top 12 in every event in which they competed: Elyse Bergmann, Jack Gastineau, Ava Lachey, Darden Spychalski and Julia Zaper. Congratulations to Ava Lachey who won the high point champion plaque in the 8 Year Old Girls division. This was her 3rd year in a row as a Girls age group high point winner having won it as a 7 and 6 year-old.
Congratulations to the Swimmers of the Meet! Breakers:
Jr. Ripples:
Ripples:
Waves:
Tsunami:
Individual Event Top 12 Finishes in their divisions:
- Morgan Halpern – 25 Free 10th, 25 Breast 11th, 50 Free 4th and 25 Back 5th - Ashlyn Morr – 50 Free 12th
- Luke Aragon –50 Free 11th - Jack Gastineau – 100 IM 3rd, 25 Free 10th, 25 Breast 3rd, 50 Free 9th, 25 Back 5th, 25 Fly 7th - Kaden Kist – 50 Free 12th, 25 Back 11th and 25 Fly 2nd - Chris Rogers – 25 Breast 10th, 50 Free 10th and 25 Back 3rd
- Sidney Arlin – 100 IM 10th, 25 Free 10th, 50 Free 11th and 50 Breast 11th - Elyse Bergmann – 50 Fly 4th, 100 IM 5th, 25 Free 8th, 25 Breast 7th, 50 Back 9th, 50 Free 7th, 25 Back 6th, 25 Fly 5th and 50 Breast 9th - Calie Demers – 50 Fly 10th, 25 Breast 6th, 25 Back 12th, 25 Fly 12th and 50 Breast 12th - Mimi Economus – 50 Fly 6th, 100 IM 7th, 25 Breast 9th, 50 Back 5th, 50 Free 10th, 25 Back 5th, 25 Fly 8th and 50 Breast 5th - Carly Meeting – 100 IM 8th, 25 Breast 10th, 50 Free 12th, 25 Back 10th and 50 Breast 10th - Katie O’Shaughnessy – 25 Back 9th and 25 Fly 10th
- Colin Rogers – 50 Fly 12th - Darden Spychalski – 50 Fly 7th, 100 IM 6th, 25 Free 6th, 25 Breast 8th, 50 Back 7th, 50 Free 6th, 25 Back 8th, 25 Fly 9th and 50 Breast 5th
- Ava Lachey – 50 Fly 1st, 100 IM 1st, 25 Free 2nd, 25 Breast 4th, 50 Back 1st, 50 Free 1st, 25 Back 2nd, 25 Fly 4th, 50 Breast 2nd and 100 Free 1st - Emma Yakam – 50 Fly 9th - Julia Zaper – 50 Fly 4th, 100 IM 6th, 25 Free 6th, 25 Breast 8th, 50 Back 7th, 50 Free 3rd, 25 Back 10th, 25 Fly 2nd, 50 Breast 7th and 100 Free 3rd
- Jack Lira – 50 Fly 7th, 25 Free 5th, 50 Back 3rd, 50 Free 12th, 25 Back 12th and 25 Fly 3rd |
Two Records Broken!
Ava Lachey  Girls 8 and under 50 back |
Miranda Donley  Girls 11 & 12 200 IM |
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Time Trials for 2012 Ohio Junior Olympics took place on the evening of February 22nd at Upper Arlington pool. The NAAC sent 29 swimmers to achieve an individual state cut or improve an existing state time. For many of these swimmers, this race was just 2 days after their 3-day Regional Championship meet. The fantastic news is that the NAAC had 8 swimmers either achieve a new state cut or improve an existing state cut in 13 events. As a result, the NAAC has a total of 33 swimmers going to States including both individual event and relay qualifiers. Ava Lachey and Miranda Donley set two new team records. Individual Event Ohio Junior Olympic Qualifying Times:
- Olivia Bergmann – 50 Fly and 50 Free - Mia Lachey – 50 Fly and 50 Free - Abby Yakam – 200 IM
- Miranda Donley – 50 Back and 200 IM
- Wyatt Ross – 50 Breast
- Andrew Bernsdorf – 100 IM - Andrew Donley – 100 Breast and 100 IM - Pearson Spychalski – 50 Breast and 100 Fly The New Albany Aquatics Club 2012 Ohio Junior Olympic State Team:
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Olivia Bergman Alaina Bernsdorf Emily Borchers Alicia Donley Miranda Donley Kennedy Gabor Jada Johnson Samantha Kass Ava Lachey Mia Lachey Liza Lennox Lauren Sadler Marlee Scholten Peyton Spychalski Ally Wharton Abby Yakam Jessica Zaper |
Alex Arlin Andrew Bernsdorf Mikey DeAscentis Andrew Donley Patrick Doyle George Economus Ethan Halpern Jared Kass Thomas Lennox Andrew Levine Tommy Morris Wyatt Ross Pearson Spychalski Jake Stone Nate Stone Austin Wharton |
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The Regional Championships took place on February 18th – 20th, over the long weekend (aren’t all swim-meet weekends long?) that included President’s Day. The NAAC sent 79 swimmers to compete in the Upper Arlington pool with other area teams that included UA, Ohio State, Greater Columbus and Bobcat Swim Clubs.
In this championship meet, the swimmers entered try to achieve Ohio Junior Olympic state qualifying standards to move on to the state meet and many cap off the season with their best swims of the winter. For many of our 14 and under swimmers this is their biggest championship meet of the season! This meet was also an opportunity for swimmers to compete in morning preliminaries and return in the evening for finals for a top 12 finish, opening up opportunities given that swimmers cannot compete in preliminary events where they have an OHJO time. The terrific news is that the NAAC had plenty of both – OHJO cuts and swimmers returning for finals. Overall, the NAAC had 13 swimmers achieve new state cuts in 26 events. That is awesome!!! Many of these were the first individual cuts these swimmers ever achieved. The NAAC also brought 46 swimmers back for evening Finals. This was the first time many of our swimmers had an AM swim followed by sleep or rest in order to return for their PM swim each day for three days in a row, just like OHJO’s. The NAAC 10 & Under Girls and Boys each placed two swimmers in the top three high points. Abby Yakam finished 2nd in points with 109.5 and Jada Johnson was close behind, finishing 3rd in points with 107. Ausitn Wharton finished 1st with 124 points and Mikey DeAscentis finished 2nd with 118 points. Congratulations to the Swimmers of the Meet: Ripples:
Waves:
Tsunami:
Hurricane:
Individual Event Ohio Junior Olympic Qualifying Times:
- Olivia Bergmann – 100 Back, 50 Free and 100 Free - Jada Johnson – 50 free and 50 Back - Marlee Scholten – 50 Back - Abby Yakam – 100 IM
- Mikey DeAscentis – 200 IM and 100 IM - Thomas Lennox – 200 Free and 100 Free - Austin Wharton – 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM and 100 IM
- Alicia Donley – 50 Breast - Samantha Kass – 50 Breast - Ally Wharton – 100 Back, 50 Fly and 100 Free - Jessica Zaper – 100 Free
- Andrew Bernsdorf – 100 Back and 500 Free - Andrew Donley – 50 Breast, 50 Back and 100 Back
Individual Event Top 12 Finishes in their divisions:
- Alaina Bernsdorf – 100 Back 4th, 50 Fly 9th, 200 IM 3rd, 100 IM 6th, 100 Fly 2nd and 50 Back 9th - Jillian Bingman – 200 IM 7th - Maddy Brandon – 50 Fly 11th - Jada Johnson – 100 Back 2nd, 50 Fly 10th, 200 Free 3rd, 50 Free 2nd, 100 IM 5th, 100 Free 3rd and 50 Back 1st - Marlee Scholten – 100 breast 2nd, 50 Free 5th, 100 IM 3rd and 100 Free 6th - Peyton Spychalski – 100 back 9th, 50 Fly 5th, 50 Free 12th, 200 IM 4th and 100 Fly 1st - Abby Yakam – 100 Back 5th, 50 Fly 4th, 50 Free 4th, 200 IM 2nd, 100 IM 1st, 100 Free 4th and 50 Back 5th -
- Alex Arlin – 50 Breast 10th, 100 Back 8th and 100 Breast 11th - Mikey DeAscentis – 50 Breast 8th, 100 Back 2nd, 100 Breast 6th, 50 Free 1st, 200 IM 2nd, 100 IM 1st and 50 Back 1st - George Economus – 50 Breast 9th, 100 Back 3rd, 100 Breast 9th, 50 Free 11th, 100 IM 8th, 100 Free 6th and 50 Back 7th - Ethan Halperin – 50 Breast 7th, 50 Fly 4th, 100 Breast 8th, 50 Free 6th, 100 IM 4th and 100 Free 3rd - Jared Kass – 50 Fly 1st, 50 Free 5th, 100 IM 5th and 50 Back 10th - Thomas Lennox – 200 Free 1st - Andrew Levine – 50 Fly 8th, 50 Free 12th and 100 Free 11th - Tommy Morris – 100 Free 12th and 50 Back 11th - Wyatt Ross – 50 Breast 4th and 100 Breast 7th - Ethan Scharver – 100 Back 10th - Austin Wharton – 50 Breast 3rd, 100 Back 1st, 50 Fly 2nd, 100 Breast 2nd, 200 IM 1st, 100 IM 2nd and 50 Back 2nd
- Emily Borchers – 100 Fly 10th - Alicia Donley – 100 IM 8th, 100 Fly 2nd and 50 Back 12th - Elle Gower – 200 IM 10th and 100 Fly 11th - Samantha Kass – 50 Breast 1st, 100 Breast 4th and 200 IM 12th - Morgan Pankow – 200 Free 10th, 200 IM 9th and 100 Fly 9th - Lauren Sadler – 50 Breast 12th - Jane Taylor – 200 Free 12th - Ally Wharton – 100 Back 1st, 50 Fly 1st and 100 Fly 3rd - Jessica Zaper – 500 Free 3rd and 100 Free 2nd
- Andrew Bernsdorf – 500 Free 2nd, 50 Free 3rd, 100 IM 2nd and 100 Free 1st - Andrew Donley – 100 Breast 1st, 50 Free 4th, 100 IM 3rd and 100 Free 2nd - James Grodesky – 50 Breast 12th, 100 Back 11th, 50 Fly 11th and 100 Breast 8th - Nate Stone – 200 IM 2nd and 100 Free 4th
- Molly Berend – 200 Back 3rd, 100 Fly 5th, 50 Free 4th, 200 Free 7th, 100 Free 6th and 100 Back 8th - Grace Fruth – 200 Breast 11th - Grace Gower – 200 Back 2nd, 200 Breast 8th, 50 Free 10th, 200 IM 5th and 100 Back 4th - Carolyn Gurd – 100 Breast 8th, 200 Back 7th, 200 Breast 7th, 50 Free 8th and 100 Free 8th - Charlotte Lennox – 100 Breast 4th, 200 Back 8th, 200 Breast 4th and 100 Back 11th - Deryn Murphy – 200 Breast 9th, 200 Free 12th, 100 Free 12th and 100 Back 10th - Eleanor Smith – 100 Fly 3rd, 50 Free 5th, 100 Free 10th and 100 Back 9th - Grace Taylor – 200 Back 4th, 100 Fly 6th, 50 Free 6th, 200 Free 8th, 100 Free 9th and 100 Back 3rd
- Carson Barnes – 100 Fly 7th, 100 Free 11th and 100 Back 9th - Jordan Gundlach – 100 Breast 1st, 500 Free 5th, 50 Free 2nd, 200 Free 2nd, 100 Free 2nd and 100 Back 1st - Charlie Henry – 100 Breast 6th, 500 Free 6th and 400 IM 4th - Tre Johnson – 100 Fly 11th and 200 Breast 8th - Camilo Leon Marin – 100 Breast 9th, 100 Fly 5th, 50 Free 4th and 200 Free 11th - Alex Stark – 200 Free 10th and 200 IM 8th |
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