At the New Jersey State Meet on December 17th and 18th, the 8 and Unders really shined.  One thing that really impressed the coaches was their team spirit.  Even though the swimmers were not sitting by the pool we were racing in, there were many times the coaches saw swimmers cheering for their teammates in the pool, whether it was after their race or leaving the team area to show their support.  It was great to see! :) Another thing that impressed the coaches was the number of best times.  This meet went very quickly, with swimmers not getting much of a rest in between events, but still every swimmer dropped time this weekend!

Biggest Time Drops of the Weekend
*Sydney Kaiser: 0.32 seconds in the 50 Backstroke
*Georgie Wilson: almost 4 seconds in the 25 Backstroke
*Rebecca Han: 4.5 seconds in the 50 Breaststroke
*Abigail Zane: almost a second in the 25 Butterfly
*Sarah Crysler: more than a second in the 25 Backstroke
*Beth Strachan: almost 8 seconds in the 100 I.M.
*Tess Coffey: more than 5 seconds in the 25 Butterfly
*Tommy Stankus: almost 2 seconds in the 100 Freestyle
*Ryan Cortes: more than 4 seconds in the 50 Freestyle
*Aidan Groff: almost 2 seconds in the 50 Breaststroke
*Aidan Peters: 1.5 seconds in the 100 I.M.
*Eamon Coffey: 2 seconds in the 25 Backstroke
*Ethan Albert: almost 26 seconds in the 50 Backstroke

Top 10 Finishes
6 and Under:
*Ryan Cortes: 1st in 25 Freestyle, 2nd in 50 Freestyle, 25 Backstroke and 25 Breaststroke, and 3rd in 25 Butterfly
*Eamon Coffey: 6th in 25 Backstroke and 25 Freestyle, 7th in 25 Breaststroke

7-8
*Georgie Wilson: 1st in 25 and 50 Butterfly, 3rd in 25 Freestyle, 4th in 25 Backstroke, 5th in 100 I.M., and 7th in 50 Freestyle
*Abigail Zane: 5th in 25 Butterfly and 10th in 25 Backstroke
*Sydney Kaiser: 9th in 50 Butterfly
*Aidan Peters: 10th in 25 Freestyle


Congratulations to all the swimmers and keep up the good work!