TVSC Swimmers Compete at Short Course Age Group Championships

13 TVSC Swimmers competed at the Short Course Age Group Championship against over 130 other teams from all over the east coast at Webster Aquatic Center in Webster, NY.  Here are some of the highlights and accolades they achieved at the competition.           

10^th Place Combined Overall out of 136 scoring teams with 454 Points (2^nd out of Metro Teams)

4^th Place Boys Team out of 102 scoring teams with 421 Points (2^nd out of Metro Teams)

Girls Team 23 Points (9^th out of Metro Teams)

Boys Top 3 Scorers

Trevor Green led the boys with 103 points (5^th Overall in 13-14 boys, Top Scoring 13-year-old boy)

Brayden Savas - 55 Points

Ethan Placencia-Nazareno – 30 Points

Women Top 3 Scorers

Ava Emmerich led the girls with 18 points

Lila Monti – 4 Points

Amelia Griffin – 3 Points (Unattached-TVSC)

Giuliana Vavalle – 1 Point

Day 1

Trevor Green, Brayden Savas, Sergei Boudreau and Ethan Placencia-Nazareno placed 1^st in the 400 Free Relay with the race coming down to Ethan out-splitting Scarlet Aquatic Club’s anchor leg by over 3 seconds.  Ryan Sommerstad dropped 22 seconds in the 1650 to earn a 6^th place overall finish, clocking a 17:10.44.

Day 2

Trevor placed 5^th in the 100 Fly, Brayden placed 8^th in the 400 IM and Brendan Miller placed 16^th in the 100 Free (Fastest time for 11 year olds).  Trevor also placed 12^th in the consolation final of the 200 Free and Giuliana Vavalle finished 20^th in the consolation final of the 200 Free to get the TVSC girls on the scoreboard. 

Day 3

Trevor used a great last underwater kick out to take first place in the 200 IM (1:58.99), besting two other swimmers by .02 and .34 seconds.  Ethan won the consolation final in the 200 IM clocking a 2:02.97.  Trevor and Brayden both swam in the A Final of the 100 backstroke placing 6^th and 9^th respectively. Brendan added a 12^th place finish in the 11-12 50 Back, clocking a 28.79 (a full second better than his seed time).  Ethan finished 18^th place in the 50 Free, and Ava finished 16^th place in the 500 Free.  Ryan earned a 16^th place finish and bettered his personal best time for the 3^rd time in one day after winning a dramatic swim-off just to earn a spot in the consolation final.  Joseph Monahan closed out the night with a 6^th place finish in the 200 Fly, clocking a 2:16.81 (nearly 10 seconds better than his seed time of 2:25.40 and climbed from 24^th seed to finish 6^th place).

Day 4

Amelia Griffin started the night with an 18^th place finish and best time in the 200 Back.  Trevor placed 2^nd in the 200 Back while Johnny Casalinuovo placed 15^th in the consolation final.  Lila Monti dropped over a second in a half in the consolation final of the 200 Breast for a 17^th place finish (was seeded 27^th).  Sergei Boudreau earned a 13^th place finish in the 200 Breast.  Ethan touched the wall first in the consolation final of the 100 Free, clocking a 49.74.  Brayden and Trevor closed out the meet finishing 5^th and 9^th place in the 200 Fly.

Other Relay Highlights:

The relay combo of Brayden, Ethan, Sergei and Trevor also placed 2^nd in the 200 MR and 400 MR, along with a 4^th place finish in the 200 Free Relay.