Riptide Ramblings: Championship Recap

Kelly & Matt Murphy

 

Welcome to another edition of the Riptide Ramblings! This is a regular newsletter for Riptide Swim Team to communicate our teams’ successes and what is happening throughout the season. This edition includes a recap of our championship season! Congrats to our swimmers at Bronze, Silver, and State Championships. 


 

Team News

SAVE THE DATES

  • Spring Fling Starts April 14: Registration and more information here

  • End-of-Season Survey: Respond by March 23 here.

  • End-of-Season Banquet: April 27th, 1-4 pm. Register Here.

    • We are looking for YOUR pictures for our season-ending presentation at the banquet. You can submit your season photos on this form. 

  • Sunkissed National Meet: March 27-30

    • Our swimmers just completed their difficult “Black Week” and are coming down the stretch for the big meet. You can send individual swimmers inspirational messages through this form. These messages are special and mean a lot to our swimmers. 


YMCA Championships

 

The regular season ends with the YMCA Championship Meets in February and March. These meets all have qualifying times, which you can see HERE. Each of our swimmers has an opportunity to swim in a championship meet whether it be bronze, silver, or state’s. We are so proud of each swimmer who achieved their goals for the season. 

 

Coach Scott always says that swimmers receive what they put in. Swimmers who set realistic goals and then put the work into practice will see great results, and this season was no exception. We honor those who made finals and set records in this newsletter. We know every swimmer had moments of success and joy throughout their season, and we can’t wait to honor each swimmer at our banquet. 

 

February 1 - 8&U State Championships

 

Congrats to all of our 8 and Under Swimmers. Specifically, we want to highlight our top 10 finishers. 

 

  • Jack Bobkowski 2nd in 25 Breast and 100 IM, 3rd in 50 Free

  • Aarna Srinath 3rd in 50 Free and 7th in 25 Fly

  • Timoteo Aguirre 4th in 25 Fly and 8th in 25 Back

  • Sofia Zeinab dos Santos 8th in 25 Breast

  • Khai Salim-Ginn 9th in 25 Free

  • Bryce Agustin 9th in 25 Fly

  • Avril Ortiz 10th in 25 Fly


 

Jack Bobkowki's 100 Breast of 1:40.64 is an 8&U Boys TEAM RECORD!

 

Timo Aguirre set his first team record in breaking the 8&U 100 Fly record by 14 seconds with 1:29.58!

 

Both Jack and Timo attended the 10&U State Championships; it's the first time since 2006 that we've sent multiple 8&unders to States in the 10&under age group!

 

February 8-9 - Bronze State Championships

Congratulations to our swimmers at Bronze championships who made Silvers times!

  • Helen Askelson- 13-14 Girls 100 Breast

  • Howie Askelson- 15-18 Boys 50 Free & 200 Breast

  • Harrison Clark- 15-18 Boys 200 Back

  • James Deng- 11-12 Boys 50 Fly & 100 Fly

  • Isabella Diaz- 13-14 Girls 200 Fly

  • Tessa Dreher-Agner- 9-10 Girls 50 Free

  • Elena Kislina- 9-10 Girls 50 Free

  • Esha Kumar- 9-10 Girls 100 Fly

  • Morgan Lawrence- 11-12 Girls 200 Breast

  • William Norton- 9-10 Boys 50 Free & 50 Back

  • Zoey Saunders- 13-14 Girls 100 Back


 




 

Congratulations to all of our Swimmers who finished top 3 at Bronze:

 

  • Elena Kislina 1st 50 Free 9-10 Girls

  • Esha Kumar 1st 100 Fly 9-10 Girls

  • Zoey Saunders 1st 100 Back 13-14 Girls

  • Helen Askelson 1st 100 Breast 13-14 Girls

  • James Deng 1st 100 Fly 2nd 200 Free &50 Fly, 500 Free 11-12 Boys

  • Howie Askelson 1st 50 Free 2nd 200 Breast 15&Over Boys

  • Prishaa Pushkarna 2nd 100 Fly 9-10 Girls

  • Anastasiia Kislina 2nd 100 Fly 13-14 Girls

  • Isabella Diaz 2nd 200 Fly 3rd 500 Free 13-14 Girls

  • Taylor Huggup 2nd 100 Fly 15&Over Girls

  • Matthew Shelford 2nd 100 Fly 9-10 Boys

  • Morgan Lawrence 3rd 200 Breast 11-12 Girls

  • Giuliana Zsamba 3rd 200 Fly 13-14 Girls

  • William Norton 3rd 50 Back 9-10 Boys

  • Harrison Clark 3rd 100 Back and 200 Back 15& Over Boys

  • John Domasica 3rd 100 Fly 15&Over Boys

  • Dev Goel 3rd 200 Fly 15&Over Boys

 

February 14-16 - Silver State Championships

Congratulations to these swimmers who made States during Silvers:

  • Claire Deng Girls 9-10 100 IM

  • Liam Dobbs Boys 11-12 50 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 100 IM

  • Tanina Dreher Girls 11-12 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Fly

  • Justin Freyer Boys 13-14 50 Free

  • Hannah Kaplan Girls 11-12 100 Free, 100 IM, 200 IM

  • Elena Kislina Girls 9-10 50 Fly

  • Avya Kumar Girls 11-12 100 Back

  • Emily Lozada Girls 9-10 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly

  • Alexander Maliev Boys 13-14 200 Breast

  • Liliana Martinho Girls 11-12 50 Breast

  • Ella Ninal Girls 13-14 100 Breast

  • Avika Pandey Girls 11-12 100 Free, 50 Fly

  • Jack Rogers Boys 13-14 100 Fly

  • Zoey Saunders Girls 13-14 100 Fly

  • Kayli Stefanowicz Girls 11-12 200 Free

 

Congratulations to those Swimmers at Silvers who finished top 3: 

  • Emily Lozada 1st 100 Fly 2nd 200 Free 9-10 Girls

  • Liam Dobbs 1st 100 & 200 Breast

  • Hannah Kaplan 2nd 200 IM 3rd 100 IM 11-12 Girls

  • Zoey Saunders 3rd 100 Fly 13-14 Girls

February 21-23 - 12&U State Championships 

After Bronze and Silvers, it's down to the 19 Riptide swimmers age 12&under who achieved the highest NJ YMCA qualifying times! In the final standings, we were 11th place with 357 points. All our point-scorers (i.e., finished top-16) are listed below!


 

 

  • Timo Aguirre Boys 10&U 100 Fly, 14th, 1:27.58 (also a Riptide TEAM RECORD for 8&U Boys).

  • Jacob Arocho Boys 11-12 200 Fly, 12th, 2:32.75.

  • Claire Deng Girls 10&U 100 Fly, 13th, 1:25.93. Girls 10&U 50 Fly, 16th, 36.00.

  • Lawrence Deng Boys 10&U 200 IM, 8th, 2:48.34. Boys 10&U 50 Breast, 11th, 42.67. Boys 10&U 200 Free, 9th, 2:29.34. Boys 10&U 100 IM, 8th, 1:16.47. Boys 10&U 100 Breast, 11th, 1:32.40.

  • Tanina Dreher Girls 11-12 200 Back, 15th, 2:30.57 (personal best of 2:29.44 in prelims).

  • Phoebe Eliopoulos Girls 10&U 100 Fly, 4th, 1:20.04. Girls 10&U 100 Back, 10th, 1:16.93. Girls 10&U 200 Free, 9th, 2:26.52. Girls 10&U 100 IM, 15th, 1:18.54. Girls 10&U 50 Back, 13th, 35.61.

  • Hannah Kaplan Girls 11-12 100 Breast, 14th, 1:20.14 (personal best of 1:18.34 achieved earlier in the day in a swim-off).

  • Zainab Khan Girls 11-12 100 Fly, 10th, 1:06.60. Girls 11-12 200 Fly, 5th, 2:26.67. Girls 11-12 50 Fly, 10th, 29.94.

  • Avya Kumar Girls 11-12 100 Fly, 11th, 1:06.62. Girls 11-12 50 Fly, 14th, 31.00 (30.76 in prelims).

  • Emily Lozada Girls 10&U 100 Fly, 9th, 1:24.14.

  • Gideon Murphy Boys 11-12 200 Free, 12th, 2:07.66. Boys 11-12 200 Back, 11th, 2:23.17.

  • Nika Saroka Girls 11-12 200 Free, 4th, 2:03.73. Girls 11-12 50 Breast, 6th, 33.62. Girls 11-12 100 Fly, 2nd, 1:02.32. Girls 11-12 200 IM, 3rd, 2:18.27 (NEW TEAM RECORD). Girls 11-12 200 Fly, 2nd, 2:19.54 (NEW TEAM RECORD). Girls 11-12 50 Fly, 2nd, 27.75 (NEW TEAM RECORD). Girls 11-12 100 IM, 4th, 1:05.13.

  • Girls 10&U 200 Medley Relay. 13th, 2:35.67. Elena Kislina, Phoebe Eliopoulos, Claire Deng, Emily Lozada.

  • Girls 10&U 200 Free Relay. 9th, 2:14.82. Phoebe Eliopoulos, Claire Deng, Elena Kislina, Emily Lozada.

  • Girls 11-12 200 Medley Relay. 5th, 2:07.36. Tanina Dreher, Nika Saroka, Zainab Khan, Hannah Kaplan.

  • Girls 11-12 200 Free Relay. 6th, 1:53.96. Hannah Kaplan, Tanina Dreher, Zainab Khan, Nika Saroka.

  • Boys 11-12 200 Free Relay. 12th, 1:57.28. Jacob Arocho, Liam Dobbs, Riley Agustin, Gideon Murphy.

March 6-9 - 13&Over State Championships 

We often have limited participants in 13&O States due to SunKissed training, but the following swimmers still came away with points at the highest-level 13&O NJ YMCA meet of the season!

  • Kait Hall, Girls 15&O 1650 Free, 8th, 18:18.24 (NEW TEAM RECORD).

  • Kevin Hall, Boys 13-14 200 Breast, 7th, 2:20.84.

  • Alex Maliev, Boys 13-14 100 Back, 8th, 57.51. Boys 13-14 50 Free, 15th, 23.85 (personal best 23.69 in prelims).

  • Caleb Murphy, Boys 13-14 100 Fly, 14th, 59.76 (59.17 in prelims).

  • Boys 13-14 200 Medley Relay, 10th, 1:51.10. Alex Maliev, Justin Freyer, Jack Rogers, Daniel Lazarev.

  • Boys 13-14 200 Free Relay, 9th, 1:38.45. Caleb Murphy, Alex Maliev, Jack Rogers, Kevin Hall.

March Madness Practice Calendar

          

















 

Swimmers of the Month: January

 

Tiny Tide

Khai Salim-Ginn – Always engaged at practice, Khai asks for feedback and applies it.


Lucas Cheung – Lucas has worked hard throughout the season, and its shown in his improvements along the way.




 

Tidal Wave 

Colton Freyer – Colton has really grown throughout the season and has learned to like pushing himself at practice. 

Sofia dos Santos – Sofia brings enthusiasm and effort to every practice.

Junior 1

Elena Kislina – Elena has become more focused on the sport throughout the season, becoming one of our fastest 9-10s in the process. 

Carter Cintron – In his first year in the sport, Carter worked hard before starting to come into his own in January, with best times in all strokes and a Bronze qualifying time.

Junior 2

Rhea Moye – Rhea continues to improve now and throughout the season, a result of her quietly consistent effort. 

Aditya Bhattacharjee – Aditya always looked for ways to improve all season and racked up many best times in January before moving up to Seniors for Nationals practice.

Senior 1

Giuliana Zsamba – Determined to finish the season strong, Guiliana worked hard and competed consistently in multiple distance events almost every weekend.

Alexander Maliev – Now practicing more often with Senior 2, Alex has gone to the next level by focusing on small details and finding every possible change to improve.

 

Senior 2

Gianna Socio – Despite returning from injury, Gianna started the season in January by staying positive and giving 100% effort.

Oliver Roesener – Oliver is swimming above his level at practice and showing great potential for next season.