Events 1 through 12 (Day One) New England Athlete Results

A GREAT DAY TO BE A CHESHIRE CT SEA DOG!!  First Place Finishes on Day One: Lauren Solernou, Cheshire CT, Women's 100 LC Meter Backstroke; Travis McNamara, Cheshire CT, Men's 400 LC Meter Freestyle; Austin Mizzell, Cheshire CT, Men's 50 LC Meter Breaststroke; New Meet Record in the Women's 200 LC Meter Medley Relay with a time of 1:59.83 earned by Cheshire CT athlete's Lauren Solernou, Kim Jerome, Hollis Capuano and Mikki Morr; and earning First Place in the Men's 200 LC Meter Medley Relay Cheshire CT were Jack Pretto, Austin Mizzell, Travis McNamara and Ben Smith.

New England Rankings through Event 12:  Women's:  #3 Cheshire CT, #11 Wilton CT, #23 Andover MA, #25 North Shore MA, #35 Burbank MA  Men's:  #2 Cheshire CT, #7 North Shore MA, #9 Wilton CT, #14 Bath Area ME, #28 Andover, MA, #31 Laurel East-Hartford  Combined Team Rankings:  #2 Cheshire CT, #9 Wilton CT, #11 North Shore MA, #14 Andover MA

Events 13 through 21 and Event 44 (Day Two) New England Athlete Results

The two teams with the largest number of swimmers at this meet are the Wilton Wahoo's and North Shore Sharks. More fun facts about this meet can be found on the meet website.

No first place finishes today but a lot of points were scored! New England Rankings through Event 44:  Women's:  #6 Cheshire CT, #13 Wilton CT, #24 North Shore MA, #28 Andover MA, #31 Greenwich CT, #39 Hamden-North Haven CT, #39 Burbank MA, #42 Greater Holyoke MA  Men's:  #2 Cheshire CT, #9 North Shore MA, #11 Wilton CT, #26 Bath Area ME, #28 Andover MA, #37 Laurel East Hartford CT, #41 New Canaan CT, #41 Greenwich CT  Combined Team Rankings:  #3 Cheshire CT, #10 Wilton, CT, #11 North Shore MA, #23 Andover MA, #27 Greenwich CT

Events 23 through 32 (Day Three) New England Athlete Results

Kudo's to the Maine Swimmers!  With just one swimmer each, two teams from Maine are ranked #26 and #51 in the Men's Team Scores on Day 3. James Wells from the Bath Area Family YMCA (Long Reach Swim Club) has scored 40 points with a 4th place 50 LC Meter Butterfly, 5th place in the 100 LC Meter Backstroke and 8th place 50 LC Meter Freestyle. Brian Batson finished 14th in the 400 LC Meter IM, earning the Down East Family YMCA Dolphin's spot in the Men's Team Scores. Congratulations!

New England Rankings through Event 44:  Women's:  #3 Cheshire CT, #11 Wilton CT, #22 North Shore MA, #24 Andover, MA, #36 Greenwich CT, #43 Burbank MA, #43 Hamden-North Haven CT, #47 Greater Holyoke MA;  Men's:  #3 Cheshire CT, #7 Wilton CT, #11 North Shore MA, #26 Bath Area ME, #30 Andover MA, #36 Hamden-North Haven CT, #42 New Canaan CT, #42 Laurel East Hartford CT, #47 Greenwich CT, #51 Down East ME  Combined Team Rankings:  #3 Cheshire CT, #7 Wilton CT, #11 North Shore MA, #24 Andover MA, #31 Hamden-North Haven CT, #33 Greenwich, CT.

Events 33 through 42 and Event 22 (Day Four) New England Athlete Results

courtesy of Floswimming Once again big congrats to our CDOG friends in Cheshire CT. An awesome 1st place finish by Austin Mizzell in the 100 LC Meter Breastroke and 1st place in the Men's 400 LC Meter Medley Relay by Cheshire's Jack Pretto, Austin Mizzell, Travis McNamara and Ben Smith.Video interviews with Austin Mizzell, Travis McNamara and Lauren Salerno are available on the Floswimming website.

New England Rankings for the Meet:  Women's:  #3 Cheshire CT, #9 Wilton, CT, #25 North Shore MA, #26 Andover, MA, #40 Greenwich CT, #43 Hamden-North Haven CT, #46 Cape Cod MA, #46 Burbank MA, #51 Greater Holyoke MA;  Men's:  #3 Cheshire CT, #7 North Shore MA, #11 Wilton CT, #23 Bath Area ME, #32 Andover MA, #34 Laurel East Hartford CT, #36 Hamden-North Haven CT, #39 Northwestern CT, #47 New Canaan CT, #51 Greenwich CT, #53 Down East ME;  Combined Team Rankings:  #3 Cheshire CT, #8 Wilton CT, #9 North Shore MA, #23 Andover MA, #32 Hamden-North Haven CT, #29 Greenwich CT.

Congratulations to all of the New England Athletes who qualified and participated in the 2008 YMCA National Long Course Championships. Special thanks to your parents for shuttling you back and forth to practice and meets over the years, siblings who sit poolside all day during meets, your coaches, YMCA staff, officials and team volunteers working on your behalf, the team back home who has been cheering you on this week (and all season) and of course the National YMCA Swimming and Diving Staff who put this meet together. WELL DONE EVERBODY!!

• •CONNECTICUT • •
CHESHIRE, 20 Athletes, 97 Events, 10 Relays • Kalla Bjornberg • Hollis Capuano • Julia Courtney • Madeline Froehlich • Kim Jerome • Alexander Koukos • Alex Kron • Travis McNamara • Austin Mizzell • Parker Moody • Micki Morr • Stephanie Nguyen • Karen Novak • Catherine Patrell • Jack Pretto • Anthony Sabre • Christian Sinchi • Ben Smith • Lauren Solernou • Lizzy Visconti •
EAST HARTFORD, 17 Athletes, 56 Events, 10 Relays • Jeff Arace • Zach Auclair • Callie Barkley • Courtney Bogue • Kelsey Boucher • Jonathan Burr • Shannon Burr • Matt Harding • Julia Harris • Andrew Jackwin • Matthew Kaminski • Ricky Lessard • Aubrey Orozco • Nick Purrington • Eric Spazzarini • Emily Thomesen • Abby Zocco •
GREENWICH, 6 Athletes, 22 Events, 5 Relays • Samantha Heyman • Sam Hill • Morgan Karetnick • Christine McGuire • Eric Ronda • Emily Weir •
HAMPDEN, 6 Athletes, 23 Events, 1 Relay • Aaron Cubells • Bobby Dietter • John King • Conner Maher • Rebecca Maher • Lauren Meyer •
NEW CANAAN, 15 Athletes, 60 Events, 9 Relays • Lulu Belak • Sam Berizzi • Evan Ciecimirski • Derrian Duryea • Perri Finnican • Jack Forese • Anna Gryglewska • Livi Kroll • Brooke Lacey • Jay Margherio • Katie Orem • John Santoro • Allie Skaperdas • Sasan Tehrani • Austin Wolff •
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX, 2 Athletes, 2 Events • Dylan Heer • Peter Horton •
SOUTHINGTON, 1 Athlete, 2 Events • Tamara Bystrak •
WATERBURY, 8 Athletes, 10 Events, 1 Relay • Kelly Dullard • Andrew Garrity • Edward Garrity • Teresa Garrity • Nicholas Kobani • Hayden Osborn • Joe Polaco • Natasha Zupkus •
WESTERN CT, 16 Athletes, 37 Events, 7 Relays • Alex Bleber • Zach Carfi • Nathan Dembowski • Maggie Heaton • Wesley Hood • Abben Hung • Nicholas Karadimas • Mike LaDelfa • Matt Lassogna • Heather Librizzi • Kathleen Mariese • Kate O'Leary • Maddy Smart • Brian Sniffin • Matt Sorena • Julie Wallerstein •
WILTON, 38 Athletes, 124 Events, 10 Relays • Jenn Abbot • Shannon Ahearn • Maggie Archer • Victoria Arel • Eliza Bollinger • Tom Brown • Taylor Byerly • Kelly Caggainello • Ryan Cahalane • Caitlin Cole • Jazzi Cooper • Brendan Deveney • Conor Deveney • Shelby Fortin • Dana Generre • Andrew Golankiewicz • Brad Harder • Robby Harder • Emily Healey • Caroline Higgins • Sophie Homby • Kelly Hyde • Maddy Irwin • Alyssa LaFrenierre • Megan Lattimer • Timothy Lattimer • Adam Lebovitz • Danielle Leprine • Dan Mangan • Colleen Moore • KC Moss • Felipe Munoz • Sidney Palmer • Morgan Scarth • Spencer Scarth • Lili Shainis •

• •MAINE • •
BATH AREA, 1 Athlete, 4 Events • James Wells •
DOWN EAST, 1 Athlete, 8 Events • Brian Batson •

• •MASSACHUSETTS • •
ANDOVER, 14 Athletes, 69 Events, 10 Relays • Whitney Adrian • Allison Alwan • John Belanger • Peter Belanger • Paul Bimmler • Teri Faller • Brendan Fortin • Ryan Fortin • Paul Hunter • Meghan McGuirk • Rachel Moore • Ben Morris • Matt Nutter • Julia Torabi •
BURBANK, 5 Athletes, 25 Events, 5 Relays • Nysa Casha • Salena Casha • Amina Meho • Bryan Walcker • Michelle Walcker •
CAPE COD, 5 Athletes, 19 Events, 1 Relay • Alex Dropo • Tim McGrath • Casey Ostrander • Erica Smrcina • Camille Young •
GREATER HOLYOKE, 10 Athletes, 39 Events, 5 Relays • Catriona Coppler • Taryn Dooley • Pat Geraghty • Karissa Gorman • Jakki Guenther • Kara Lacoste • Patrick Larrow • Timothy Ramos • Anna Strzempko • Maky Sullivan •
GREATER WESTFIELD, 1 Athlete, 1 Event • Zach Benoit •
HAMPSHIRE, 2 Athletes, 4 Events • Stephanie Dill • Daisy Letendre •
HOCKOMOCK, 1 Athlete, 2 Events • Carl Roycroft •
NORTH SHORE, 37 Athletes, 119 Events, 9 Relays • Megan Alexander • Ryan Alexander • Aaron Athanas • John Bateman • James Black • India Boland • Brian Bouvier • Tim Bouvier • Brian Brennan • Benjamin Collins • Sara Daher • Desirae Deveaux • Katherine Foley • Suzanne Foley • Zach Hamer • Joseph Hines • Thom Josephson • Katelyn Kidney • Tyler Lareau • Riley LeBlanc • Robyn McCarthy • Rory McCarthy • Colleen McCormack • Molly McSweeney • Ted Millet • Toireasa Millet-Rafferty • Amy Needham • Emily Needham • Kelley O'Connor • Ryan Pitcairn • Andrew Reid • Julie Shea • Patrick Shea • Sara Shea • Jennifer Trodden • Devin Whear •
SOUTH SHORE, 15 Athletes, 48 Events, 8 Relays • Bernadette Byrne • Taylor Ellis • Ryan Fahey • Luka Grujic • Bridget Hasson • Erica Hasson • Eleanore Johnson • Hannah Kane • Tyler Lueck • Colleen O'Neil • Kathryn Page • Elliot Penson • Loren Phinney • Meg Powers • David Yazbeck •

• •NEW HAMPSHIRE • •
MANCHESTER, 1 Athlete, 2 Events • Cole Hogg •

• •VERMONT • •
BURLINGTON, 3 Athletes, 6 Events • Sam Boardman • Ariel Jarvis • Nick Spaniel •

Congratulations to all of our New England YMCA Swimmers!!

Rick & Leslie
neyswim@yahoo.com