Update from Coach Schultz...
The Falcon Swim Team swam at ASU's Mona Plummer Pool Saturday on Oct. 6th. The team had amazing results and are continuing to improve in all areas of their events.I am so proud to coach them and to see their personal improvements Notable swims included:
Women's 400 Free Relay qualified with a Provisional time for State. The Relay team consisted of Kennedy Muhs, Grace Clark, Erin Morley and Deven Meyers. Kennedy also qualified for state in the 100 free with a fast time of 57.89.
The women also improved their 200 medley relay time by over 5 seconds (this is also a state qualifying time) consisting of Kennedy Muhs, Annika Clark, Erin Morley and Grace Clark.
Madison Payne, Tressa Enterline, Angelina Filas, Holly Garrett and Deven Meyer had 3-6 second improvements in their 50 and 100-freestyle events. Erin Morley had an incredible 100 butterfly race and dropped 8 seconds.These drops are unheard of for seasoned swimmers and Erin is just plain fast right now.
Dani Meyers dropped 9 seconds on her 100 backstroke and her turn over rate was perfect.
Kennedy Muhs went into the 200 Individual Medley, placed 8th, moved up to 6th overall and qualified for the state meet in that event as well. She currently has qualified in 5 individual events and 2 relays. She will have some deciding to do in the next few weeks as to which events she will be competing in at State on November 3rd.
Grace Clark tried the 100 backstroke for the first time this year and ended up in the top 20 at the meet and swam a fast 1:09.87 dropping over 10 seconds off her entry time. Grace will also swim multiple events at state. Annika Clark continues to perfect her breaststroke and dropped 5 seconds off her best time taking her to the top 20 as well. She is also looking to qualify for the state meet in November.
Swimmers on the boys' side were dropping time in all of their races. Going under 30 seconds in the 50 free were Scott Sorensen and Josef Johnson in the relay.
Ender Trevena, Curtis Cherry, and Darrien Smith also dropped over 3 seconds on the 50 free.Tom Filas recorded a great 100 free time at 1:22.30, dropping 9 seconds off of his best time. This is amazing improvement in such a short race.
In the breaststroke Vinnie Caggiula and Scott Sorensen dropped 8 and 13 seconds respectively. The boys are really improving at fast rates and it shows the dedication and hard work they are putting in at practice is really paying off at the meets. They are learning how to swim the races and their stroke form is improving.
The Falcon Swim Team will be competing in 2 more meets before state and we are continuing to put work in for the next few weeks before we start to taper. With this being our first year of competition, the kids are really motivated to post good times that will establish our first school records for the sport. I really think this is motivation for them to swim fast at every meet.
