Mason Makos Update
Monday, March 23, 2009
 
March Meet Results
 
PVS Senior Championships
 
Congratulations to the Senior Championship Participants: Sana Alloo, Jasmine Arzadon, Michael Cosgrove, Jean DeOrnellas, Sean Fletcher, Elizabeth Hall, Theresa Harvey, Patrick Johnson, Amanda Kendall, Pedrom Kheirandish, Joey Kelly, Travis Lauri, Natalie Leake, Elizabeth Lewan, Marcus Martinez, Mitch Phillips, Jake Quartuccio, Shannon Silsby, Peter Slattery, Susha Stone & Shannon Yi.
 
The following swimmers placed at the meet:
Jasmine Arzadon placed 14th in the 100 Fly, 17th in the 200 Backstroke.
Jean DeOrnellas placed 6th in the 100 Fly, 9th in the 200 Free.
Sean Fletcher  placed 1st in the 100 Fly & 3rd in the 200 Free.
Joey Kelly placed 5th in the 200 IM & 14th in the 100 Backstroke.
Natalie Leake placed 17th in the 200 Breaststroke.
Jake Quartuccio placed 20th in the 200 Fly.
Peter Slattery placed 13th in the 200 Breaststroke & 16th in the 100 Breaststroke.
Shannon Yi placed 20th in the 200 Fly.
 
You may use this link to review all the results.
 
 
NCSA Junior National Championships
 
Congratulations to the MAKO Junior National Team: Geoff Bobsin, Jean DeOrnellas, Sean Fletcher, Elizabeth Hall,  Joey Kelly, Amanda Kendall, Natalie Leake & Mitch Phillips.
Our team had the BEST Junior National meet in MAKO history, having many personal best times, breaking multiple team records, and ALL 8 swimmers placed in the Top 8 and brought home at least 1 medal!
 
Sean Fletcher is the Junior National Champion in BOTH the Men's 50 Fly and 100 Fly!
Sean also placed 6th Men's 200 Freestyle Relay, 12th in the 100 Meter Freestyle, 15th in the Men's 400 Meter Freestyle Relay, and 22nd in the 50 Meter Freestyle.
 
Amanda Kendall placed 6th in the 100 Meter Freestyle, 8th in the 50 Meter Freestyle, 8th in the Women's 200 Medley Relay, 11th in the 50 Meter Fly, and 15th in the Women's 200 Meter Freestyle Relay.
Elizabeth Hall placed 8th in the 50 Meter Fly, 8th in the Women's 200 Medley Relay,  15th in the Women's 200 Meter Freestyle Relay.
Natalie Leake placed 8th in the Women's 200 Medley Relay, 15th in the Women's 200 Meter Freestyle Relay & 29th in the 50 Meter Breaststroke.
Mitch Phillips placed 6th Men's 200 Freestyle Relay, 15th in the Men's 400 Meter Freestyle Relay, and 32 in the Men's 50 Meter Freestyle.
Joey Kelly placed 6th Men's 200 Freestyle Relay and 15th in the Men's 400 Meter Freestyle Relay.
Geoff Bobsin placed 6th in the Men's 200 Freestyle Relay and 15th in the Men's 400 Meter Freestyle Relay.
Jean DeOrnellas placed 8th in the Women's 200 Medley Relay and 15th in the Women's 200 Meter Freestyle Relay.
 
You may use this link to review all the results.  Pictures from this meet, taken by Mark Hall, are available on flickr. Thank you, Mark!
 
 
PVS Junior Olympic Swimming Championships
 
Congratulations to all the Junior Olympic Participants:  Rachel Anderson, Amy Berglund, Elise Bourdelais, Noah Carpenter, Sophie Chase, Vincent Cleal, Logan Coulson- Moore, Gillian Crews, Kylie Cuomo, Sarah Graham, Laura Griffin, Maeve Griffin, Alexandra Hunter, Connor Johnson, Matt Jones, Melissa Kratzke, Roman Lowery, Matthew Martinez, Connor McGrath, Claire Miron, James Murphy, Patrick Myers, Miles Oakley, Anna Ober, Will Palfey, Leah Rogers, Rachel Rogers, Logan Ross, Katie Schwindt, Jonathon Shaheen, Alison Spaziani, Joey Spaziani, Gavin Springs, Tyler Springs, Elena Summers, Sean Tkacik, Rachel Ward, Stephanie Wilkinson, Kevin Xu & Lauren Yi.
 
Our team had quite a meet with an abundant of personal best swims and a few team records broken!
 
The following swimmers placed in the finals at the meet:
Rachel Anderson placed 14th in the 13-14 200 Fly.
Amy Berglund placed 3rd in the 11-12 200 & 400 Freestyle Relays, 4th in the 200 Medley Relay, 5th in the 400 Medley Relay,  8th in the 200 Breaststroke, 9th in the 50 Breaststroke, 10th in the 100 Breaststroke,13th in the 100 Free, 15th in the 50 Free, 15th in the 200 Free.
Sophie Chase placed 6th in the 13-14 100 Breaststroke & 11th in the 200 Breaststroke.
Logan Coulson-Moore placed 3rd in the 11-12 50 Back, 3rd in the 200 & 400 Freestyle Relays, 4th in the 200 Free,  4th in the 200 Back, 4th in the 200 Medley Relay, 5th in the 100 Back, 5th in the 400 Medley Relay, 6th in the 100 Free & 6th in the 500 Free.
Gillian Crews placed 10th in the 13-14 100 Fly & 15th in the 200 Fly.
Megan Hickey placed  3rd in the 11-12 200 & 400 Freestyle Relays, 5th in the 400 Medley Relay & 14th in the 50 Fly.
Matt Jones placed 13th in the 13-14 100 Free & 14th in the 100 Fly.
Roman Lowery placed 3rd in the 9-10 50 Fly, 5th in the 50 Back, 6th in the 200 IM, 8th in the 50 Free & 8th in the 100 IM.
Mathew Martinez placed 6th in the 11-12 200, 400 Medley & 400 Freestyle Relays, and 7th in the 200 Freestyle Relays, 10th in the 100 Free, 11th in the 50 Free, and 12th in the 200 Free.
Connor McGrath placed 6th in the 11-12 200, 400 Medley & 400 Freestyle Relays, and 7th in the 200 Freestyle Relays, 13th in the 50 Breaststroke & 14th in the 100 Breaststroke.
James Murphy placed 6th in the 11-12 100 Free, 6th in the 200, 400 Medley & 400 Freestyle Relays, and 7th in the 200 Freestyle Relays, 10th in the 100 Back, 11th in 200 Free, 12th in the 100 Fly & 14th in the 100 IM.
Leah Rogers placed 3rd in the 11-12 50 Fly, 12th in the 100 Fly, 4th in the 200 Medley Relay, 13th in the 50 Breaststroke & 16th in the 50 Free.
Rachel Rogers placed 14th in the 13-14 50 Free.
Gavin Springs placed 8th in the 9-10 50 Back.
Tyler Springs placed 6th in the 11-12 200, 400 Medley & 400 Freestyle Relays, and 7th in the 200 Freestyle Relays.
Rachel Ward placed 3rd in the 11-12 200 & 400 Freestyle Relays, 4th in the 200 Medley Relay, 5th in the 400 Medley Relay, 10th in the 200 Back, 12th in the 50 Free, 12th in the 100 IM, 13th in the 50 Breaststroke & 14th in the 500 Free.
 
You may use this link to review all the results.
 
 
Team Records Broken at Championship Meets
 
Short Course Records
11-12 Girls 50 yd Backstroke (28.78) Logan Coulson-Moore
11-12 Girls 100 yd Backstroke (1:03.26) Logan Coulson-Moore
11-12 Girls 200 yd Backstroke (2:16.95) Logan Coulson-Moore
11-12 Girls 200 yd Freestyle Relay (1:44.69) Logan Coulson-Moore, Megan Hickey, Amy Berglund & Rachel Ward
15-16 Girls 50 yd Breaststroke (29.91) Natalie Leake
Open Girls 50 yd Freestyle (23.32) Amanda Kendall
Open Girls 500 yd Freestyle (5:01.47) Amanda Kendall
Open Girls 50 yd Backstroke (26.15) Elizabeth Hall
Open Girls 100 yd Backstroke (57.49) Elizabeth Hall
Open Girls 50 yd Fly (24.69) Elizabeth Hall
Open Girls 50 yd Breaststroke (29.91) Natalie Leake
Open Girls 200 yd Medley Relay (1:44.42) Elizabeth Hall, Natalie Leake, Amanda Kendall & Jean DeOrnellas
Long Course Records
Open Girls 50 mtr. Freestyle (26.83) Amanda Kendall
Open Girls 100 mtr. Freestyle (57.63) Amanda Kendall
Open Boys 50 mtr. Freestyle (24.45) Sean Fletcher
Open Boys 100 mtr. Fly (54.40) Sean Fletcher
Open Boys 200 mtr. Freestyle Relay (1:36.86) Sean Fletcher, Joey Kelly, Mitch Phillips & Geoff Bobsin
Open Boys 400 mtr. Freestyle Relay (3:34.75) Sean Fletcher, Joey Kelly, Mitch Phillips & Geoff Bobsin
 
 
Pool Closure- Reminder
 
Saturday, March 28- No AM Practices will be held in the competition pool due to the MAKO Spring Invitational Swim Meet.  We will have regularly scheduled Mini Mako practices in the recreational pool at 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
 
 
MAKO Spring Invitational, March 28-29 @ GMU
Please use these links for the timeline and psych sheet.
Saturday:
11&Over Warm-up 7:30 AM Meet Start: 8:30 AM
10&Under Warm-up 1:00 PM Meet Start 1:45 PM
Sunday:
11&Over Warm-up 7:30 AM Meet Start: 8:30 AM
10&Under Warm-up 1:15 PM Meet Start 2:00 PM (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE)
 
 
Volunteers Needed:
I will send out a list with times during each session where we need volunteers for these positions.
Officials
Timers
Concession Stand Helpers
Ribbon/Awards Helpers
Coaches & Officials Hospitality Room
 
Bag Tags- IMPORTANT
 
GMU will no longer permit swimmers to go downstairs to practice if they do not have a bag tag. Please email me if you need a bag tag immediately.
 
Please let Coach Heather know if you have any questions.