Mid Wach Psyche sheets 2020

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Westford Academy meet 1.11.20

Saturday's meet with Westford Academy had it all. Including the Chelmsford boys team! But we didn't swim them so let's move to what TGD did.
Both Hannes divers made their sectional meet with an impressive outing. The boys raced in exhibition relays which help put the 200 Free Relay at states and drop the team record! The rest of the meet belong to the lady swimmers of TGD. Ro Dudevoir made states in the 100 Fly and helped the team lower their state qualifying 200 medley relay. Riley raced under the minute mark in the 100 Free. And Alice raced closer the state cut in the 500. All in all a fast meet to say the least. Now lets get to the swimmers/divers of the meet.

Cam Watelet: In what was a TGD meet dominated by the ladies,  Cam made his mark in the two relays. Cam swam anchor in the 200 Free Relay that helped the team drop 4 seconds. 2 seconds faster that the state cut. He also swam the fly leg for our relay and cheered the girls on the whole meet. Way to go Cam!
Abigail had a great meet though she didn't swim her usual events. She won the 50 Free with a sectional qualifying time, and then lowered the state qualifying time leading off the medley relay. Abigail also raced the 100 fly for her season best time and anchored the girls 400 relay. Known for her DJ skills at the pool, Abigail always keeps the pool rocking. Nice Job Abigail!
Mia lead off the meet with a, then, season high score off the 1 meter. Her dives are always succinct especially her twists that she does with ease. Making the sectionals meet with her efforts, Mia spent rest of the meet pumping up her teammates and and even joking with the other team's divers. What a cool competitor. Congrats Mia!
Emma is equally as easygoing and chill and her strokes show it. Her long smooth freestyle garnered her a season best in the 50 free. She then tried her talents in the 100 back for the first time. Only a sophomore, you can already see Emma finding her form just as Mid-Wach champs rolls around the corner. Awesome job Emma!

Practice Changes: Check the calendar

Friday, January 17th Practice is cancelled.
The next two Wednesdays, January 22nd and January 29 practices have been moved up to 5:30. No dry-land. Just swimming!

Sectionals Schedule is being finalized. So far we know:

Sectional meet is at Springfield College on Sunday 2/9 (women in the morning, men in the afternoon...as of right now...that could change).

States are on Sat. 2/15 Women (Div 1 evening, 7:30 start; Div 2 afternoon); Sun 2/16 Men (Div 1 evening, 7:30 start; Div 2 afternoon)

Two New TGD Records!

This week saw some fast swimming, but let's start this with the diviers. Congrats to Mia and Courtney Hannes for making sectionals Saturday at the Westford meet. Both scored well above the 165 points needed and Courtney hit her all time high with 188.90. Well done divers!

Tuesday saw Gavin Duhamel drop his 50 Free time to a new GD record 23.47.  Gavin is sure to drop that record some more on his way to the state tournament.

Saturday, the boys took advantage of their 200 Free Relay exhibition by dropping the GD team record to a 1:34.41. This gives the men's team its third and final state qualifying relay.

More news on Saturday's meet once we announce the SOTM.  Go TGD!!

Nashoba Meet: an absolute Cannonball of fun and fast times.

Who doesn't love a cannonball during the dive events?! So girls took the win and showed some dominance in doing so. The boys lost but pushed a very very very strong team to do some uncharacteristic things to pull off a win. All around, a very competitive meet and one that garnered several season bests. On the girls side, 2 state cuts were made, 4 sectional cuts were made or lowered, and 4 league cuts were made or lowered.
On the boys side, 2 Relays made states, 2 sectional cuts were made or lowered and 2 League cuts were made or lowered.
SOTM

Alice Loucraft: The NM swimmers are no joke. They have made the SOTM 3 weeks in a row! Alice busted through a best time in the 500 to get that much closer to a State cut. She also can dangerously close to the state breaststroke cut as well. And it is no surprise that she helped our relay team get their first state cut. Did I mention she is pretty good? Did I have to? Great job Alice!
Megan Barulli: I have known Megan all four years at Tyngsborough. 3 as a swimmer and 1 as her teacher. She is always committed to the task at hand. For this meet, we needed her swim the 500. Not her favorite, but she did a great job. AND that was right before she swam a best time in the 100 free. Megan doesn't just show up . She comes to race! Excellent Job Megan!
Courtney Hannes makes diving look easy. This week was twist week and she killed it. Doing degree of difficulties higher than most, Courtney is unfazed and simply launches off the board with the greatest of ease. She won her event in case you were wondering and now, only needs 1 more strong showing to make it to Sectionals. Grreat Job Courtney!
Oliver Erz: is a freshman on the team that loves to swim breaststroke. He dropped himself some time in the 100 breast getting closer to that league cut and did the same in the 200 IM. He is learning to be versatile and taking it seriously as we head into some big meets. Oliver also busted out some great times in the Medley and 400 free relay. Nice Job Oliver.

Onto Westford! (Ladies)

1.2.20 Men and Women Win against Shrewsbury making it 4 in a row for men and women!

Did we just win another one? Wow! 4-0 for both teams! it came the hard way. Girls won by 6 points. Earning big scores in the 100 back and breast at the end really did the trick. 

Boys didn't do too shabby either winning 7 of the 11 events competed in that evening. Let's get to swimmers of the meet shall we?

Ashleigh Siciliano has always been the ultimate teammate and competitor. Against Shrewsbury she proved it in spades. She had her hand in 13 of the teams 96 points. A versatile swimmer, Ashleigh swam 200 IM, 500 Free and raced the butterfly and sprint freestyle in the medley and 200 free relay respectively. What can't she do? Well, smile about it apparently (photo spartan). Well done Ashleigh!

Amelia Koval is a transplant from the Leominster team but we have treated like our own. Always supportive and focused, Amelia raced an impressive 50 Free good for 2nd, lead off backstroke in the winning 200 Medley relay, Anchored the top TGD 200 Free relay and scored mungo points in the 100 backstroke event. Glad to have you on our team Amelia!

Kirsten Sjoberg is yet another versatile swimmer. Happy to race the 200 Free and 100 Fly yet swims breast for the medley relay and Leads off our top 400 Free relay. All around, a great performance for Kirsten S. this meet. Adding to a total 4 events qualified for Mid-Wach and a part of several Sectional cut time for the relay, Kirsten can expect to be very busy well into February. Nice job!

Lucas Ferreira: What a meet! Swam the 200 Free for the first time and didn't sink! Also scored for us in the 100 Breast. It wasn't long ago that Lucas was only swimming 50's. Way to step up in so many ways! Lucas also raced the third leg of our top 400 free relay against Shrewsbury. Awesome Job Lucas! So happy Lucas is just stepping up in every way.

Up next is Nashoba who beat both the girls and boys last year. Time for some redemption I think! Go TGD!!