2012 Season Highlights

 

 Kicker Classic!

The New Albany Aquatics Club hosted Kicker Classic “B” Meet took place on February 12th.  The NAAC sent 93 swimmers to compete with swimmers from Ohio State, Worthington, Dynamo, Bobcat and Cambridge Y Swim Clubs.  The results reflected the progress that our swimmers have made from all of their practice throughout the year.  Many swimmers competed in their first 50 and 100 yard events while others competed in their initial breaststroke or butterfly events. 

Congratulations to the swimmers of the meet !

Breakers:

  • Charlotte Baker
  • Luke Haffer
  • Kaden Kist
  • Caelan Knettler
  • Stella Lee
  • Ashlyn Morr
  • Colin Morr
  • Chris Rogers
  • Jonny Wong

Junior Ripples:

  • Luke Aragon 
  • Ben Goodman
  • Catherine Gurd
  • Ellie Haffer
  • Morgan Halpern
  • Kameron Kist
  • Evie Morris
  • Colin Rogers

Ripples:

  • Jack Gastineau  
  • Mackenzie Henry
  • Arjun Kohli  
  • Matthew Lombardi
  • Carly Meeting
  • Kyla Picano  
  • Patrick Doyle 

Waves:

  • Maddy Brandon  
  • Sunnie Fireman
  • Ethan Yudovich 
  • Nicole Grandinetti  
  • Reuben Hollington

Individual Event Top 10 Finishes in their divisions:

  • Age 6 & Under Girls:

-        Charlotte Baker – 25 Free 7th

-        Lily Goodman – 25 Back 10th

-        Morgan Halpern – 25 Free 1st, 25 Back 4th and 100 IM 2nd

-        Becca LeMay – 25 Free 5th and 25 Back 7th

-        Ashlyn Morr – 25 Free 9th and 50 Free 2nd

  • Age 6 & Under Boys:

-        Luke Aragon – 25 Free 7th, 25 Back 9th and 25 Breast 7th

-        Jack Gastineau – 25 Free 3rd, 25 Back 4th, 25 Breast 2nd and 50 Free 4th

-        Luke Haffer – 25 Free 8th

-        Kaden Krist – 25 Free 6th, 25 Back 7th and 50 Free 5th

-        Conner Lofthouse – 25 Breast 6th

-        Jed Lory – 25 Fly 2nd

-        Chris Rogers – 25 Free 4th, 25 Back 2nd, 50 Free 3rd and 25 Fly 1st

  • Age 7 - 8 Girls:

-        Elyse Bergmann – 50 Free 6th and 100 IM 7th

-        Calie Demers – 25 Back 8th

-        Mimi Economus – 100 Free 8th

-        Olivia Havorka – 25 Breast 6th

-        Ava Lachey – 25 Free 1st, 25 Breast 1st and 25 Fly 1st  

-        Maddy Rosenberg – 25 Free 8th, 50 Free 7th and 25 Fly 6th

-        Julia Zaper – 25 Back 6th, 100 Free 3rd, 50 Free 2nd and 100 IM 1st

  • Age 7 - 8 Boys:

-        Billie Gastineau – 25 Breast 4th and 100 IM 4th

-        Ben Goodman – 100 IM 8th

-        Kam Kist – 100 IM 7th

-        Sam LeMay – 25 Back 10th and 25 Fly 10th

-        Jack Lira – 50 Free 3rd, 50 Fly 2nd and 100 IM 2nd

  • Age 9 - 10 Girls:

-        Jacqueline Bowling – 50 Free 8th, 50 Fly 5th and 50 Back 9th

-        Maddy Brandon – 100 IM 6th

-        Emily Dornsife – 50 Back 10th

-        Crew Jochems – 100 Free 6th

-        Livy Meeting – 50 Back 5th

-        Lilian Muszynski – 100 IM 8th and 50 Breast 3rd

-        Evie Samanich – 50 Free 6th and 100 Free 3rd

-        Marlee Sholten – 50 Free 2nd and 50 Breast 2nd

  • Age 9 – 10 Boys:

-        Alex Arlin – 100 IM 10th, 50 Breast 6th and 100 Breast 4th

-        Will Borchers – 50 Fly 7th

-        Nick Carlson – 50 Breast 5th, 50 Fly 5th and 50 Back 9th

-        Patrick Doyle – 100 IM 7th, 50 Free 7th, 50 Fly 4th and 50 Back 3rd

-        Andrew Levine – 100 IM 9th, 50 Breast 8th, 100 Free 5th and 50 Back 10th

-        Matthew Lombardi – 50 Free 9th

-        Tommy Morris – 50 Free 4th, 100 Free 3rd, 50 Fly 2nd and 50 Back 5th

-        Wyatt Ross – 100 IM 6th, 50 Free 8th, 50 Breast 3rd and 100 Breast 3rd

-        Ethan Sharver – 100 Free 10th

  • Age 11-12 Girls:

-        Alicia Donley – 50 Breast 1st and 50 Free 3rd

-        Sunnie Fireman – 50 Breast 10th

-        Claire Gordon – 50 Free 9th, 100 Free 6th, 50 Fly 9th and 100 Fly 3rd

-        Mahnaz Amini Kelley – 100 Free 10th  

  • Age 11-12 Boys:

-        Hunter Conn – 100 IM 8th and 50 Fly 8th  

-        Reuben Hollington – 100 IM 9th and 50 Breast 6th

-        Ethan Yudovich – 100 IM 5th and 50 Back 7th

  • Age 13 – 14 Girls:

-        Annie Moosavian – 100 IM 3rd, 50 Free 6th, 100 Free 7th and 100 Fly 2nd

Last Ditch Meet

Eight and Under Girls Achieve a New Relay Record!



Julia Zaper, Jillian Bingman, Emma Yakem and Ava Lachey

Girls 8 and under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
 

Ava Lachey Sets a New Record!

 

Girls 8 and under 200 Freestyle

 

The Ned Reeb Memorial “Last Ditch” Meet, the last non-B meet before Regional Championships, took place February 3rd – 5th at Columbus Academy.  NAAC was represented by 63 swimmers who, despite the hard training that continued up to the meet, took third place overall among ten area teams with two-thirds of our swimmers earning points for the team (i.e. top 12 finish).  Our young swimmers continued to perform well in the pool with 39 individual events swum at Ohio Junior Olympic Standards or better and 14 of those qualified for Central Zone Standards.

 NAAC had two individual age group high point winners:
Ava Lachey for Girls 8 & Under and Pearson Spychalski for Boys 11 -12. 

New Albany also had two new club records set at this meet:

  • Ava Lachey set a new Girls 8 & Under 200 Freestyle record in 2:43.57 that was previously held by her big sister, Mia, who set it last year at the 2011 Kelly German Meet in 2:44.68.
  • Ava Lachey, Jillian Bingman, Emma Yakem, Julia Zaper set a new girls 8 and under 200 Freestyle Relay Record in 2:36.16 eclipsing the record from 2009!

The swimmers of the meet are as follows:

Waves:

  • Nick Carlson
  • Julia Zaper

Tsunami:

  • Maci Bingman
  • Mercedes Crestanello
  • Julia Grandinetti
  • Tommy Hancock
  • Tre Johnson

Hurricane:

  • Grace Fruth
  • Grace Gower
  • Carolyn Gurd
  • Charlotte Lennox
  • Elaine Susi

Individual Event Top 12 Finishes in their divisions:

Age 8 & Under Girls:

-        Jillian Bingman – 100 IM 7th, 50 Free 9th, 50 Breast 8th, 50 Back 4th, 50 Fly 6th, 100 Free 11th

-        Ava Lachey – 100 IM 1st, 200 Free 1st, 50 Free 1st, 50 Breast 1st, 100 Back 1st, 50 Fly 1st, 100 Free 1st and 50 Back 1st   

-        Emma Yakam – 100 IM 5th, 50 Back 10th, 50 Fly 5th, 100 Free 10th, 50 Breast 2nd, 50 Free 8th and 100 Breast 1st

-        Julia Zaper – 100 IM 3rd, 100 IM 4th, 50 Back 8th, 50 Fly 1st, 100 Free 6th, 50 Breast 6th and 50 Free 5th  

Age 9 - 10 Girls:

-        Olivia Bergmann – 100 IM 2nd, 50 Free 9th, 50 Breast 4th, 100 Back 9th, 50 Fly 2nd, 100 Free 8th, 50 Back 9th, 100 Breast 3rd and 200 Free 5th   

-        Alaina Bernsdorf – 100 IM 10th, 200 IM 1st, 100 Breast 6th and 50 Breast 8th

-        Jada Johnson – 50 Free 11th, 50 Back 8th, 200 Free 10th, 100 Free 9th, 200 IM 8th and 100 IM 12th  

-        Mia Lachey – 100 IM 6th, 200 Free 3rd, 50 Free 7th, 50 Breast 3rd, 100 Back 5th, 50 Fly 3rd, 100 Free 2nd, 50 Back 3rd and 100 Breast 2nd

-        Morgan Pankow – 500 Free 1st, 50 Free 6th, 50 Breast 10th, 100 Back 4th, 50 Fly 7th, 50 Back 5th and 100 Breast 9th  

-        Marlee Scholten – 50 Breast 11th, 100 Free 12th, 50 Back 6th, 100 Breast 12th and 200 IM 10th

-        Peyton Spychalski – 50 Fly 11th

-        Abby Yakam – 50 Breast 1st, 50 Back 12th and 200 IM 4th

Age 9 - 10 Boys:

-        Mikey DeAscentis – 100 Breast 5th, 50 Back 9th, 100 Free 8th, 100 Back 11th, 100 IM 4th, 200 Free 10th, 50 Breast 10th, 200 IM 6th and 50 Free 7th  

-        George Economus – 200 Free 12th

-        Ethan Halperin – 100 IM 12th, 200 Free 11th, 50 Fly 9th, 100 Free 11th and 100 Breast 11th

-        Jared Kass – 50 Fly 8th, 100 Free 9th and 200 IM 11th

-        Thomas Lennox – 100 IM 2nd, 200 Free 3rd, 50 Free 4th, 50 Breast 4th and 100 Back 1st

-        Wyatt Ross – 100 Breast 12th

-        Austin Wharton – 100 IM 9th, 200 Free 9th, 100 Fly 5th, 50 Free 8th, 50 Breast 8th, 100 Back 12th, 100 Free 4th, 50 Back 12th, 100 Breast 6th and 200 IM 3rd  

Age 11-12 Girls:

-        Alicia Donley – 50 Breast 7th, 100 IM 9th, 50 Back 12th and 100 Breast 7th

-        Miranda Donley – 200 IM 1st, 200 Fly 1st, 50 Breast 2nd, 100 Free 1st, 50 Free 1st, 100 Fly 1st, 100 Breast 2nd and 200 Free 2nd

-        Elle Gower – 100 Fly 11th

-        Samantha Kass – 50 Breast 6th and 100 Breast 12th

-        Lauren Sadler – 500 Free 12th

-        Jane Taylor – 500 Free 11th

-        Ally Wharton – 200 IM 3rd, 50 Fly 7th, 100 Back 3rd, 200 Breast 2nd, 100 Free 3rd, 50 Free 4th, 100 Fly 3rd and 200 Free 5th

-        Jessica Zaper – 500 Free 4th, 50 Fly 2nd, 200 Fly 3rd, 100 Fly 2nd, 100 IM 4th, 50 Free 5th, 50 Back 3rd and 100 Breast 4th

Age 11-12 Boys:

-        Andrew Bernsdorf – 200 IM 3rd, 200 Fly 3rd, 100 back 4th, 100 Free 4th, 100 IM 4th, 50 Free 7th, 100 Fly 4th and 50 Back 5th

-        Andrew Donley – 50 Fly 7th, 100 Back 3rd, 100 IM 5th, 50 Free 6th, 50 Back 4th and 100 Breast 4th

-        Pearson Spychalski – 200 IM 1st, 200 Fly 1st, 50 Breast 1st, 100 Free 1st, 50 Free 2nd, 100 Fly 1st, 200 Back 2nd and 100 Breast 2nd  

Age 13 – 14 Girls:

-       Bella Brown – 50 Fly 8th and 50 Breast 9th

-      Grace Fruth – 50 Fly 12th and 50 Breast 8th

-          Grace Gower – 50 Fly 6th, 100 Back 11th, 50 Breast 5th, 200 Back 5th and 50 Back 5th

-          Carolyn Gurd – 50 Fly 11th, 200 Breast 11th, 50 Back 6th, 100 Breast 10th and 200 Free 10th 

-        Charlotte Lennox – 200 IM 9th, 50 Breast 1st, 50 Back 7th and 100 Breast 7th

-        Deryn Murphy – 50 Fly 7th, 200 Breast 9th, 100 Fly 12th and 200 Free 11th

-        Eleanor Smith – 50 Fly 3rd, 100 Back 12th and 100 Free 9th

-        Grace Taylor – 500 Free 9th, 5 Fly 5th, 100 Back 7th, 50 Breast 6th, 100 Fly 9th, 200 Back 4th and 50 Back 3rd

Age 13-14 Boys:

-        Carson Barnes – 50 Fly 1st, 100 Back 8th, 50 Breast 7th, 100 Free 11th, 50 Free 10th, 100 Fly 7th and 50 Back 3rd

-        Tommy Hancock – 50 Breast 12th

-        Charlie Henry – 200 IM 5th, 50 Fly 5th, 100 back 11th, 200 Breast 7th, 50 Free 12th, 200 Back 7th, 100 Breast 12th and 200 Free 9th

-        Tre Johnson – 50 Fly 10th, 50 Breast 6th and 50 Back 6th

Individual Event Ohio Junior Olympic Qualifying Times:

Age 9 - 10 Girls:

-        Olivia Bergmann – 50 Breast and 200 Free   

-        Mia Lachey – 100 IM, 200 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Back, 50 Fly, 50 Back and 100 Breast

-        Morgan Pankow –100 Back

Age 9 - 10 Boys:

-        Thomas Lennox – 100 IM, 50 Breast and 100 Back

Age 11-12 Girls:

-        Miranda Donley – 50 Breast and 100 Breast

-        Ally Wharton – 200 IM and 50 Free

-        Jessica Zaper – 50 Back and 100 Breast

Age 11-12 Boys:

-        Andrew Bernsdorf – 200 IM and 100 Fly

-        Pearson Spychalski – 50 Breast, 50 Free and 100 Breast

      Individual Event Central Zone Qualifying Times:

Age 9 - 10 Girls:

-        Olivia Bergmann – 100 IM and 50 Fly

-        Mia Lachey – 100 Free

-        Abby Yakam – 50 Breast

Age 11-12 Girls:

-        Miranda Donley – 200 IM, 100 Free, 50 Free and 100 Fly

-        Ally Wharton – 200 Breast

             -     Jessica Zaper – 50 Fly and 100 IM

Age 11-12 Boys:

-       Pearson Spychalski – 200 IM


Kelly German Meet!


Team Records Broken!


Ally Wharton
Congratulations on TWO New Records!

 
Girls 11-12 50 and 100 Breastroke Records!!!

Ava Lachey
Congratulations on a new IM Record!



Girls 8 and under 200 IM
 

Seventy NAAC swimmers competed at the 2012 Kelly German Memorial Meet at Thomas Worthington on January 20th – 22nd. Our swimmers represented New Albany well, taking 1st place overall in points, against fierce competition from nine central Ohio swim teams.  The time and effort in the practice pool and dryland are really showing benefits.  We had 30 swimmers place in the top 12 in the morning or afternoon sessions to enable them to return in the evening for either the consolation or championship final heats and get points for the team.  In addition, we had four high-point winners in their respective age groups, 41 individual events swum at Ohio Junior Olympic standard times, 17 individual events swum at Central Zone standard times and even two individual events swum at Sectional standard times – our NAAC swimmers are getting faster and faster all the time!

New Albany also had Three new club records set at this meet:

  • Ava Lachey smashed the Girl’s 8 & Under 200 IM record that stood for nearly seven years by more than 11 seconds with a time of 3:03.43. The previous record belonged to India Sherman of 3:14.56 set at Regional Champs on 2/25/2005.
  • Ally Wharton broke two records.  She set a new Girls 11-12 50 Breaststroke record with a time of 32.08 seconds, also breaking India Sherman’s previous record time of 32.24 seconds set at the State Championships on 3/14/2008.
  • Ally also broke the Girls 11-12 100 breaststroke record in the morning preliminaries and returned that evening to set the new record of 1:10.37, improving the previous record by more than one second.  The previous record was also owned by India Sherman with a time of 1:11.66 and was set at UA Triple Crown meet on 1/10/2009.

The swimmers of the meet are as follows:

Ripples:                                                         

  • Elyse Bergmann
  • Cali Demers

Tsunami:

  • Frances Cheung                    
  • Angelica Christiansen
  • Mike DeAscentis
  • Elizabeth Hancock
  • Marlee Scholten

Waves:

  • Alex Arlin
  • Abby Carlson

Hurricane:

  • Elyse Gower
  • Tre Johnson
  • Thomas Lennox
  • Nate Stone
  • Grace Taylor




January B Meet!

We sent 45 swimmers to compete in the GCSTO B meet on Sunday, January 15th, at Columbus Academy.  Our swimmers age 5 – 11 competed with other clubs from around Columbus.  Most of our swimmers dropped time and achieved new personal bests as they get ready for the Barbara Kay Mini Meet 8 & Under Championships on March 3rd and 4th or the Regional Championships for ages 10 – 14 on February 18th – 20th.

Swimmers of the Meet!


Breakers:

  • Caelan Knettler
  • Luke Haffer
  • Jed Lory
  • Marcus Schwartz
  • Becca LeMay
  • Mara DeAscentis
  • Lily Goodman

Jr. Ripples:

  • Ben Goodman
  • Makana Knettler
  • Kiara Crumbley
  • Alexandra Hurt
  • Megan Klingerman
  • Addison Scharver
  •  Natalie Dupperre

 


Ripples:

  • Sydney Arlin  
  • Juliana Hurt  
  • Alex Jacoby  
  • Jasmine Kelley
  • Sarah Klingerman
  • Gwyneth Lee  

Waves:

  • Danielle Hall
  • Livia Meeting
 





 

Individual Event Top 10 Finishers:

Age 8 & Under Girls:

  • Maddy Rosenberg: 25 Free 8th and 25 Fly 7th 

Age 8 & Under Boys:

  • Ben Goodman: 25 Breast 7th
  • Makana Knettler: 50 Free 10th  
  • Sam LeMay: 100 IM 8th
  • Jack Lira: 25 Free 5th , 100 IM 5th , 25 Breast 6th and 50 Free 5th
  • Garrett Neale: 50 Free 9th 

Age 9-10 Boys:

  • Wil Borchers: 50 Fly 10th
  • Alek Jacoby: 100 IM 9th

Age 11-12 Girls:

  • Mahnaz Amini Kelley: 50 Back 9th  

Age 11-12 Boys:

  • Jonny Wong: 50 Back 9th

Triple Crown Meet!

 
Fifty-six NAAC swimmers competed in  the Upper Arlington Triple Crown Invitational swim meet on January 7th and 8th.  This was a unique meet since swimmers are grouped in 3 divisions – Kentucky, Preakness and Belmont based on seed times, thus the link to the Triple Crown.  Our swimmers represented the NAAC well by competing hard, placing high in the standings and setting both Ohio Junior Olympic and Central Zone qualifying times.  These results were all the more impressive considering these kids were just coming off of the rigorous Christmas break training that each group was doing.

Swimmers of the Meet
 

Ripples

Mimi Economus

Bizzie Levine

Maddie Rosenberg

Katie Ryan

 

Waves

Alexa Dornsife

Darden Spychalski

Jimmy Lapsley

Evie Samanich

 

Tsunami

Mikey DeAscentis

George Economus

Shradda Pingali

Sam Kass

Austin Wharton

 

Hurricane

Carly Shocket

Ally Wharton

Abby Yakam

 

Individual Event Top 3 Finishes in their divisions:

  • Age 8 & Under Girls:

        Olivia Havorka – 25 Fly 3rd

        Ava Lachey – 25 Free 1st, 25 Fly 2nd, 25 Back 1st and 50 Free 1st

   Katie O'Shaughnessy -- 25 Fly  2nd

        Maddy Rosenberg – 25 Free 1st, 25 Fly 1st and 25 Back 3rd

        Emma Yakam – 25 Breast 2nd and 50 Free 1st

        Julia Zaper – 25 Fly 1st

  • Age 8 & Under Boys:

-        Darden Spychalski – 25 Fly 2nd

  • Age 9-10 Girls:

-        Olivia Bergmann – 50 Back 1st, 200 Free 2nd and 100 Free 3rd  

-        Jada Johnson – 50 Free 1st, 50 Fly 1st, 50 Back 1st, 100 Free 1st and 100 IM 1st

-        Mia Lachey – 50 Fly 3rd, 50 Back 3rd, 100 Free 2nd and 100 IM 2nd

-        Peyton Spychalski – 50 Fly 3rd and 200 Free 2nd

-        Abby Yakam – 50 Breast 3rd and 100 IM 3rd

  • Age 9-10 Boys:

-        Alex Arlin – 50 Breast 1st

-        Mikey DeAscentis – 100 Free 1st

-        Ethan Halperin – 50 Breast 3rd and 100 Free 2nd

-        Thomas Lennox – 50 Back 3rd, 200 Free 2nd, 100 Free 3rd and 100 IM 1st  

-        Jake Stone – 100 Free 3rd and 100 IM 2nd

  • Age 11-12 Girls:

-        Miranda Donley – 50 Free 1st, 100 Fly 1st, 100 Back 1st, 100 Breast 2nd, 100 Free 1st and 200 IM 2nd

-        Ally Wharton – 50 Free 2nd, 100 Fly 2nd, 100 back 2nd and 100 Breast 1st

  • Age 11-12 Boys:

-        Pearson Spychalski – 50 Free 2nd, 100 Fly 2nd, 100 Back 1st and 200 IM 1st

Individual Age Group Top Point Finishes (across all divisions):

  • Age 8 & Under Girls: Ava Lachey 29 points
  • Age 9-10 Girls: Jada Johnson 39.5 points
  • Age 9-10 Boys: Thomas Lennox 28.5 points
  • Age 11-12 Girls: Miranda Donley 42 points
  • Age 11-12 Boys: Pearson Spychalski  29 points

 Individual Event Ohio Junior Olympic Qualifying Times:

  • Age 9-10 Girls:

-        Olivia Bergmann – 50 Back and 50 Breast

-        Mia Lachey – 50 Back, 50 Breast and 100 Free

-        Morgan Pankow –  100 Free and 100 IM

-        Marlee Scholten – 50 Back

-        Abby Yakam – 50 Breast

  • Age 9-10 Boys:

-        Thomas Lennox – 100 IM

  • Age 11-12 Girls:

-        200 Medley Relay – Ally Wharton, Samantha Kass, Miranda Donley and Lauren Sadler

-        200 Free Relay – Alicia Donley, Ally Wharton, Kennedy Gabor and Miranda Donley

-        Ally Wharton – 50 Back and 50 Free

  • Age 11-12 Boys:

-        Pearson Spychalski –  50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Breast, 100 Free and 200 IM

-        Andrew Bernsdorf – 100 Fly

 Individual Event Central Zone Qualifying Times:

  • Age 9-10 Girls:

-        Mia Lachey – 100 IM 

  • Age 11-12 Girls:

-        Miranda Donley – 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Free and 200 IM

-        Ally Wharton – 100 Breast

  • Age 11-12 Boys:

-        Pearson Spychalski – 100 Back