Featuring 3 new state qualifiers, Aqua Ads still perfect after win at Maryville
“We are thrilled to come out of this meet with 68 best times and three new state qualifiers: Sophie Thompson, Charlie Houston and Elliot Mandl,” Admirals head coach Jessica Abrahamson said.
“Our athletes have been working relentlessly toward their goals, and it’s a joy to see them move up to a new level of competition,” she added.
The combined girls and boys team “now has 18 confirmed state (qualifying) athletes — with several more on the horizon. We are so fortunate to have such a strong team with so much versatility,” Abrahamson said.
“Both our women’s and men’s A relays swept victory in the 200(-meter) medley, 200-freestyle and 400-freestyle relays,” she added.
Kendall Hudgens and Karly Wolfgram “were our top female scorers for this meet, followed closely by Katelyn Kramer, Karolina Nosarzewski, Iris Chen and Allison Pye,” Abrahamson said.
“Camden Gerchar was our top male scorer, followed by Ryder Hicks, Yohan Lepape and Leo Karnitz,” she added. “Charlie Houston won the 400-free with an impressive time of 4:38.90 ...; Evan King and Paul Greene swam a (second- and third-place) finish in the 100-breaststroke. Sawyer Beckman and Hayden Johnson have done exceptionally well this year, and posted best times in freestyle individual events and relay splits.”
Top three in the 100-backstroke were Lady Admirals Kendall Hudgens, Iris Chen and Meira Desai. Finishing 1-2-3 on the boys side were FHS swimmers Yohan Lepape, Leo Karnitz and Ryder Hicks.
“Taylor Webster, Emma Kim and Troy Glecker were our most improved,” Abrahamson said. “They dropped significant time in their individual races.”
For all their success Sunday, “We only had about 46 swimmers available to swim this rescheduled meet during winter break,” the FHS head coach added. “We have over 70 total swimmers. It’s impressive to only have 65 peters of our swimmers come to this meet and pull out a win in a meters pool.”
