The following are the 2010-2011 Scholastic All-Americans. These are athletes that participate at the highest levels in the classroom and in the pool simultaneously. The Sharks tied The Bolles School and Tampa Bay Aquatics for the most Scholastic All-Americans in Florida. For more information please check out USA Swimming‘s page. Congratulations and kudos to: Nicholas Caldwell, Matthew O’Donnell, Juliana Bugatti, Mckenzie Clark, Cameron Davis, Rachel Harrington, Taylor Katz, and Kathryn Woolbright.
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Club Excellence Ranking 2011
In USA Swimming’s Club Excellence Program for 2011, the Sharks have been ranked 7th overall. This is a true reflection on the program, YMCA, coaches, and most importantly the athletes. This puts us first in the state of Florida and one of the smaller teams on the list. We would not be as successful as we are without the combined efforts of every parent, athlete and coach. This is a great accomplishment, Go Sharks!
Car Wash a Success!
The SYS car wash on Saturday was a success with donations that totaled $688.00, and almost all of the swimmers who qualify for Senior Champs, Sectionals and Y-Nats, participated. Our group effort on Saturday helped to make our travel expenses more affordable, and we had some fun, too!
These donations, as well as the donations we collect from our next three car washes on January 7, February 4, and March 3, will help defray travel costs for all of the swimmers competing in the above mentioned meets this winter and spring. A special thank you to Joe for having all of the supplies and hoses ready for us. We appreciate it!
B Champs Results
Gator Meet 2011 Results
The Sharks travelled to Gainesville to compete in the GSC Holiday Classic over the December 2-4 weekend. Traditionally one of the faster meets on the fall schedule the Sharks had a clean sweep of the Team Awards finishing 1 for Combined, Girls and Boys Team Scores.
A number of Sharks won events including Alexander Gusev who won all nine individual events he entered in the Boys 10 & under including: 200FR, 50FY, 100IM, 200IM, 50FR, 50BK, 100BK, 100FR, and 100FY – Congrats Alexander!! Other individual event winners: Grace DiMeo 15-16 Girls 100FY and 200FY; Nancy Hu 13-14 Girls 100FY, 100FR and 200FY; Hannah James Girls 15-16 Girls 200FR and 500FR; Austin Katz Boys 11-12 200FR, 500FR and 100BK; Bethany Leap Girls 15-16 400IM; Campbell Lee Boys 13-14 400IM; Liam McKane Boys 15-16 200IM; and Matt O’Donnell Boys Senior 1650FR. Congrats!!
With the Sharks HOSTING the Spring Florida Age Group Championships (FLAG – or for the rest of us that can’t make the leap – JO’s) on March 8-11, our Athletes continue to ensure SYS will be well represented at our home pool. Making new cuts: Jason Brzozowski (1); Samantha Cahoone (1); Alex Cela (1); Jack Clark (2); Genesis Dolgetta (3); Keanan Dols (1); Michelle Dols (2); Joie Eckhard (1); Cole Firlie (3); Matthew Garcia (2); Nicholas Hernandez-Tome (1); Paige Lewandrowski (1); Carla Motta (1); Matthew Nutter (1); Samantha Smithburger (2); Amber Stich (1); Angela Szabo (1); and Katelyn Viera (1).
Making new Senior Champ cuts: Hayden Aristizabal (1); Gannon Davis (7); Christian Rauch (1) and Santi Ruvira (1).
A total of 15 Athletes made new Short Course Y National cuts: Spence Atkins (500FR); Gannon Davis (100FY, 200IM, 200FY); Grace DiMeo (200FR, 50FR, 500FR); Kelsey Frantz (50FR); Nancy Hu (200FR); Hannah James (100FR); Will Kazokas (200FY); Campbell Lee (400IM, 200IM, 500FR, 200FY); Matt O’Donnell (200FY); Carter Page (500FR); Christian Rauch (200BK, 200FY); Lexy Rabon (200FY); Amber Stich (500FR); Laura Toth (400IM); and Andy Watts (200IM).
Last but maybe most impressive, three Shark records were broken over the weekend: Nancy Hu set the new Girls 13-14 record in the 200FY with a time of 2:02.03; Bethany Leap set the Girls 15-16 200BR record with a time of 2:20.30; and Alexander Gusev set the record in the Boys 9-10 200IM with a time of 2:23.63.Congrats to all our Athletes on a terrific meet!
Gator Meet 2011 Results Gator Meet 2011 Individual Shark Results
Turkey Meet 2011 Results
The Turkey Meet attracted 842 athletes from 18 teams – Thank you again to all our volunteers for making the weekend a great success!
The Sharks overall had a terrific weekend and had eleven high point award winners: Grace Hu (8 & under girls); Cole Firlie (8 & under boys); Alexander Gusev (9-10 boys); Austin Katz (11-12 boys); Nancy Hu (13-14 girls); Campbell Lee (13-14 boys); Hannah James (15-16 girls); Alex Katz (15-16 boys); Taylor Katz and Ashlee Linn (17 & over girls); Will Kazokas(17 & over boys). Congratulations to all our high point winners!
The Sharks also had a number of Athletes make cuts for upcoming championship meets: Making new JO cuts: Patrick Amistoso (1); Scott Barcomb (1); Savannah Barr (3); Aaron Brown (1); Alex Cela (8); Drew Clark (3); Josh Coker (1); Genesis Dolgetta (3); Keanan Dols (2); Michelle Dols (1); Cindy Dong (1); Daniel Erlenmeyer (2); Brendan Firlie (2); Cole Firlie (2); Matthew Garcia (1); Olivia Graham (3); Lara Hernandez-Tome (1); Olivia Hoefling (1); Zachary Kishpaugh (1); Paige Lewandrowski (1); Carla Motta (3); Kristen Nutter (3); Carter Page (1); Grace Patrice (1); Kate Patrice (1); Isabella Penkwitz (3); Brett Riley (2); Connor Shoemaker (5); Matthew Smithburger (2); Samantha Smithburger (1); Zachary Szmania (3); Katelyn Viera (1); Alexander Webster (1); Emma Weyant (1); and Sarsen Watmore (1).
Making new Senior Champ cuts: Grace DiMeo (2); Dirk Hamel-Wood (1); Hannah James (6); Dave Lattimer (2); Peyton Leeson (1); Derek Pridemore (1); Thomas Rutherford (1); Santi Ruvira (1); Laura Toth (1); and Andy Watts (1).
The Sharks also had three Athletes make new Short Course Y National cuts: Hannah James (500FR; 1000FR; 1650FR; and 200FY); Will Kazokas (400IM); and Campbell Lee (1650FR). Great job Hannah, Will and Campbell!
Kelsey Frantz Signs With West Virginia University
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Shark Swimmer Kelsey Frantz has committed to swim with West Virginia University, a Division I school, next fall. Congratulations to Kelsey and her family!
Andy Watts Commits to Gardner Webb
Andy Watts has committed to swim at Gardner Webb University in the fall 2012 season, under Head Coach Mike Simpson, who is also a former Shark swimmer. Congratulations to Andy and his family!
Welcome to the New Sharks Website!
Welcome to sarasotasharks.org! If you still have sysharks.org in your browser, it now points to this site, so you can enter either URL and end up in the same place.
We hope you like the look and feel of the new site. There are several pages that are not yet complete, and currently much of the archival material is unavailable. We’ll be working behind the scenes to make sure that all the Sharks history you could access at the old site is available on the new site.
Please join us in saying a huge THANK YOU to Bob Clark for his decade of maintaining the team website. His dedication and attention to detail gave the Sharks an invaluable working tool to keep us informed, organize the staffing of our meets, preserve our history and recognize our amazing swimmers. Bob will be sorely missed for many reasons, the website being only one. We have extremely high standards to meet with the new site and ask for your patience as we develop it. Please send any suggestions you have to the webmaster.
High School Regions Psych Sheets
The Regional psych (selection) sheets and District meet results are now available:
1A 1A Region 3 Psych Sheet 1A District 8 Full Results Individual Results
2A 2A Region 3 Psych Sheet 2A District 9 Full Results Individual Results
3A 3A Region 2 Psych Sheet 3A District 6 Full Results Individual Results