July 23, 2013 Newsletter - Cary Barracudas

Barracuda News1 st Edition Summer 2013Last Week is a Busy OneThe last week of the season comes fast and is really busy.With meet entries due on Monday, a dual meet with Woodstockon Tuesday, our inter-squad meet on Thursday, conferencemeet on Saturday, and the end of the season banquet onSunday, it makes for quite a finish at the end of the season.On Tuesday we lost a close battle with Woodstock on a hotmuggy night. The bugs were fierce and we battled a cloudypool and by the last few events you couldn’t even see what wasgoing on after the sun slipped away. We still managed to have100 best times at that meet.At the inter-squad meet it was interesting to see what eventseach swimmer picked for themselves. We offered a widevariety of events and the kids took advantage of swimmingsome events they don’t always get to swim.At the conference meet we had a total of 319 swims. Of thoseswims, 179 of them were best times for the season. Wedropped down one place from last year’s results. Next seasonwe will prepare to climb back up. As a result from this meet,McHenry will move to the “B” conference and The Crystal LakeCountry Club will join the “A” conference.It was fun seeing everyone at the banquet and the kids reallyseem to enjoy themselves. I can’t believe the season is overalready.July 23rd, 2013ConferenceSummaryTeam ScoreDeKalb 2622.50Geneva 1503Woodstock 1286Cary 1204Huntley 1076McHenry 857.50

The 8 and UnderCornerAt Woodstock Avery Ochwat dropped 4.84 seconds in her 50 free.Zachary Borth dropped 8.98 seconds in his 25 back. KameronFadden dropped 4.26 during his 100 back. Kyle Eggebratendropped 8.18 seconds in his 25 breast. The boys Medley Relaytook 1 st place against Woodstock, (Jake Stogis, Teddy Burseth,Kameron Fadden, Kyle Eggebraten). Ashley Celentano won the 6and under 25 free, Emily won the 8 and under 25 free, KameronFadden and Teddy Burseth went 1-2 in the 25 fly, KameronFadden won the 50 free, and Kameron Fadden also won the 25back.Kameron Fadden set the 25 SCM Fly record at the inter-squadmeet swimming next to coach Riley Stone. Logan Stwarz becamethe youngest swimmer to compete in the 200 free at 7 years old.At conference, Nathan Fournier dropped 4.99 seconds in the 6and under 25 free, Rose Rezac dropped 7.15 in the 8 and under25 free, Rose also dropped 31.59 in her 50 free, Megan Streitdropped 10.20 in the 50 free, Sarah Niederkorn dropped 29.53 inthe 50 free, Kyle Eggebraten dropped 9.40 in the 50 free, JackPavlis dropped 4.36 in the 25 back, Luke Boldwyn dropped 4.80in the 25 back. The 8 and under boys Medley relay of Jake Stogis,Teddy Burseth, Kameron Fadden, and Colton Faulkner won theevent by over 2 seconds.At the banquet this years award winners were:Most Outstanding Swimmers for the 6 and under were: AshleyCelentano and Jack Pavlis, Most Improved Swimmers wereAllison Smith and Nathan Fournier, Extra effort awards went toEmma Black and Caden Ayotte. For the 7-8 year olds the MostOutstanding swimmers were: Paige Walsh and Kameron Fadden,Most Imporved were Megan Streit and Brandon Baser, and theExtra Effort awards went to Elana Smith and Colton Faulkner.Smiling Faces is what it is all aboutA Special ThanksI want to thank outgoing president JenElrod for her time and dedication to theBarracuda Team. There were countlesstext messages, emails and phoneconversations throughout the year abouthow to make the Barracudas a betterexperience for our swimmers. I havelearned a lot over the last two years andyou will be missed. Thanks to KristenFadden, Kelly Conneen, Shelly Walsh,Melissa Havard, Robin Burseth, JenniferLarry, Mike Gaynor, Jennifer Pilut, KellyBlack, and past president Sue Sheehan foryour continued support for our swimmers.Welcome new president Shelly Walsh. Wewill continue to strive for our Barracudateam to make it the best possibleexperience for everyone.b9 and 10 looks good as manywill not age up next seasonAt Woodstock, Kaitlyn Bruhn dropped 4.57 seconds duringher 50 free, Carson Eggebraten dropped 6.63 in his 50 fly,Sam Naatz also dropped 8.07 on his 100 free, Hunter Pearsondropped 8.72 on his 100 free, and Ashton O’Rourke dropped5.71 on his 100 free. The Girls Medley Relay of Nora Gaynor,Audrey Boldwyn, Sarah Niemann, and Nikki Swain won theyevent. Blake Stawarz won the 50 free, Carson Eggebratenwon the 100 free, Blake Stawarz also won the 50 back andthe boys 200 free relay of Carson Eggebraten, Ben Fejer, KyleOchwat, and Blake Stawarz won the event as well.At conference, Evan Bergoff dropped 4.02 seconds in his 50free, Gerhig Auer 4.02 in the 50 free, Ashton O’Rourke 4.18 inthe same event. Blake Stawarz dropped 4.25 in his 50 fly,Meaghan Dodge dropped 11.72 seconds in her 100 free,Ashton O’Rourke dropped 5.44 in his 100 free, Kyra Volstad dropped 4.51 in her 50 back, Meaghan Dodgedropped 5.24 in her 50 back, Leslie Fornek dropped 7.33 in her 50 back.At the banquet the Most Outstanding Swimmer were: Sarah Niemann and Carson Eggebraten. The MostImproved Swimmers were: Meaghan Dodge and Gerhig Auer and the Extra Effort awards went to: AudreyBoldwyn and Blake Stawarz.2

Thank YouParentsOn behalf of the coaching staff I would liketo thank all the parents who worked thispast season to make our home meets asuccess and went above and beyond whatwas expected at away meets. Without thehelp of a dedicated parents, we could notmake this happen for our kids.Thank you all for your generous gift thatthe coaches received at the banquet.Words cannot explain our gravitated.Thanks to everyone who sent pictures inthat made making the newsletter a lotmore appealing and fun. I can’t believe itsalready over, I look forward to next season.11-12 NewsAt Woodstock, Emma Boldwyn dropped 12.82 inher 100 free, Erick Christensen in his 100 free; JoshClaypool dropped 7.62 in his 50 back. The boys 200Medley Relay of Matt Burseth, Kolin Fadden, ThomasConneen, and Drew Kundmann won the event. DrewKundmann won the 50 free, Sajel Dhindsa won the100 free, Sajel also won the 50 back, Lucas Naatz wonthe 50 back, Thomas Conneen won the 50 breast, andthe Boys Free Relay of Thomas Conneen, DrewKunmann, Lucas Naatz, and Kolin Fadden won theevent.At the inter-squad meet, Emma Hatfield andThomas Conneen swam the 200 breast.At DeKalb, Lainey Burseth dropped 3.37 in her 100IM, Sajel Dhindsa dropped 3.38 in her 100 free, KolinFadden dropped 3.45 in his 100 free, AmandaMatthaei dropped 9.64 in her 50 back, Danny Floresdropped 3.60 in his 50 back, and the swim of themeet goes to Noah San Juan who dropped 17.67seconds and placed in the 50 breast.At the banquet, the most Outstanding swimmerswere: Sajel Dhindsa and Thomas Conneen. The mostImproved Swimmers were: Lainey Burseth and NoahSan Juan. The Extra Effort award went to EmmaBoldwyn and Lucas Naatz.3