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Commonwealth Current Fall Kick-Off Meet Report

Matt Baxter

Commonwealth Current

Fall Kick-Off @

Haverhill HS

Friday, October 3rd – 5th

 

Porpoises got the season off a great start with our first official meet hosted by Commonwealth Current. With just a few weeks of practices and training and preparation our swimmers competed very well, with many of our age group swimmers from Porpoise Ready, Challenge, and Achieve posting new personal best times, and New England championship meet qualifying times, while our senior, Porpoise Performance swimmers posted very respectable early season times while competing very well. Additionally, it was great to watch our swimmers support and cheer for each other, particularly our Porpoise Achieve and Challenge boys group.

Congratulations to Gigi Bean (Performance, 1,000 Free), Liam Elward (Performance, 400 IM & 1,000 Free), Owen Muarer (Performance, 400 IM & 1,000 Free) for pushing themselves to competing in the longer distances available in their age group.

Keep up the good work Porpoises! Next meets coming up soon are next weekend at Cape Elizabeth and then the always fun Dorsi Reynolds memorial at UVAC, VT!

 

Individual Times Performances

Oliver Anderson (10) 100 Breaststroke 1:55.78 25 Free 17.65 50 Back 49.41 50 Free 41.12 100 Free 1:36.86 100 IM 1:50.19 50 Back 50.17 50 Breaststroke 53.32

Thomas Barrera (10) 100 Back 1:20.85 100 Breaststroke 1:37.89 100 Free 1:14.06 100 IM 1:24.03 200 Free 2:39.91 50 Back 35.51 50 Fly 39.61 50 Free 32.30

Gavin Baxter (13) 400 IM 5:32.40 100 Back 1:09.18 100 Free 1:01.55 1000 Free 12:23.89 200 Free 2:13.44 50 Back 33.02 50 Free 28.15

Reese Baxter (9) 100 Back 1:30.16 100 Breaststroke 1:53.74 100 Free 1:18.18 100 IM 1:28.56 200 Free 2:52.07 50 Back 40.64 50 Breaststroke 51.32 50 Fly 39.19 50 Free 35.46

Ellie Bayes (10) 100 Free 1:36.99 25 Back 23.50 25 Fly 21.64 25 Free 18.00 50 Breaststroke 1:01.96

Gigi Bean (14) 100 Breaststroke 1:19.85 100 Fly 1:11.64 100 Free 1:03.50 1000 Free 13:05.04 200 Breaststroke 2:55.61 200 Free 2:20.16 200 IM 2:36.15 50 Free 28.57

Addy Benner (10) 100 Free 1:43.41 100 IM 1:51.34 50 Breaststroke 1:04.37

Clara Benner (7) 25 Back 27.76 25 Free 27.14

Lillian Boneparth (11) 100 Back 1:29.57 100 Breaststroke 1:39.87 100 Free 1:19.33 100 IM 1:31.05 200 Free 2:52.63 50 Free 37.37 500 Free 7:28.80

Rose Boneparth (9) 100 Back 2:00.84 100 Breaststroke 2:41.10 100 Free 1:37.69 100 IM 1:56.80 200 Free 3:33.00 50 Back 52.28 50 Breaststroke 59.83 50 Fly 1:00.64 50 Free 44.53

Alice Bose (9) 100 Back 1:41.67 100 Free 1:38.20 100 IM 1:44.06 50 Breaststroke 53.75

Cecilia Bose (6) 25 Back 29.33 25 Breaststroke 33.71 25 Free 27.90

Louise Davis (11) 100 Back 1:18.92 100 Breaststroke 1:41.45 100 Free 1:05.69 100 IM 1:21.22 200 Free 2:28.10 50 Free 30.12

Theo Davis (9) 100 Breaststroke 2:01.80 100 Free 1:34.82 100 IM 1:40.95 200 Free 3:18.37 25 Breaststroke 22.39 50 Back 50.33 50 Breaststroke 51.62 50 Free 41.05

Liam Elward (14) 400 IM 5:53.52 100 Back 1:17.64 100 Free 1:08.53 1000 Free 13:19.85 200 Free 2:23.13 200 IM 2:45.37 50 Free 29.99

Isla Galvin (9) 100 Free 1:56.92 100 IM 2:02.70 25 Breaststroke 25.39 25 Fly 26.76 50 Breaststroke 55.66 50 Free 48.19

Amelia MacDonald (15) 400 IM 5:21.61 100 Fly 1:10.50 100 Free 1:02.24 1000 Free 12:08.30

Andrew Marvin (17) 500 Free 5:25.09 100 Back 1:02.18 100 Fly 59.61 100 Free 50.07 200 Back 2:17.42 200 Free 1:54.33 50 Free 22.98

Owen Maurer (14) 400 IM 5:51.88 100 Back 1:11.59 100 Breaststroke 1:24.60 100 Free 1:02.31 1000 Free 12:35.12 200 Back 2:34.60 200 Free 2:15.48 50 Free 28.28

Penelope Maurer (17) 500 Free 5:58.07 100 Back 1:10.87 100 Breaststroke 1:13.87 100 Fly 1:10.33 100 Free 1:00.35 200 Breaststroke 2:40.47 200 IM 2:27.35 50 Free 27.58

Willa Moran (12) 100 Breaststroke 1:42.17 100 Free 1:22.14 100 IM 1:39.36 200 Free 2:57.80 50 Free 37.96

Cora Record (9) 200 Free 3:22.37 25 Breaststroke 26.97 25 Fly 24.58 50 Back 49.66 50 Free 43.67

Emmett Record (11) 100 Breaststroke 1:37.18 200 Free 2:29.55 50 Back 39.50 50 Free 32.77

Iris Record (6) 25 Back 23.88 25 Free 43.44 50 Free 1:39.62

Peyton Richards (10) 100 Back 1:33.45 100 Breaststroke 1:35.18 100 Free 1:22.07 100 IM 1:26.96 200 Free 3:01.14 50 Back 43.39 50 Breaststroke 44.06 50 Fly 39.61 50 Free 35.14

Riti Saavedra Shubert (14) 100 Breaststroke 1:52.76 200 Free 3:17.77 50 Free 39.36

Lina Shingiro (9) 100 Free 2:01.17 25 Breaststroke 29.39 25 Fly 21.96

George Soucy (10) 100 Breaststroke 1:52.15 200 Free 3:05.25 25 Breaststroke 23.33 25 Fly 19.65 50 Back 41.25 50 Free 37.06

Olive Soucy (9) 25 Breaststroke 26.01 25 Fly 21.96 25 Free 16.96 50 Free 44.28

Sam Sprague (15) 400 IM 5:20.02 100 Back 1:09.48 100 Fly 1:09.75 1000 Free 11:47.67 200 Back 2:30.75 200 Free 2:06.29 200 IM 2:34.04 50 Free 26.12

Joey Sweitzer (9) 100 Back 1:26.30 100 Breaststroke 1:44.44 100 Free 1:22.57 100 IM 1:23.49 200 Free 2:53.56 50 Back 40.46 50 Breaststroke 46.07 50 Fly 45.96 50 Free 35.34

Michael Turner (9) 100 Breaststroke 2:41.32 100 Free 2:09.26 25 Back 27.66 25 Free 22.64 50 Back 1:01.59 50 Breaststroke 1:16.89 50 Free 59.80

Carter VerLee (15) 100 Back 58.64 100 Breaststroke 1:04.39 100 Fly 55.27 100 Free 49.92 1000 Free 10:50.52 200 Breaststroke 2:21.93 200 Free 1:48.70 50 Free 23.32

Breen Whelan (15) 100 Back 1:08.73 100 Breaststroke 1:20.25 100 Fly 1:15.48 100 Free 1:03.48 200 Back 2:30.88 200 IM 2:31.75 50 Free 28.36

Ben Zaslavsky (16) 400 IM 4:53.52 100 Back 1:07.33 100 Fly 1:03.48 100 Free 55.17 1000 Free 11:13.67 200 Back 2:26.12 200 Breaststroke 2:44.05 200 Free 1:59.80 200 IM 2:21.97 50 Free 26.18

*Italic times in blue indicate new personal best time

*If there is a missing time posted it is due to disqualification

 

New USA Swimming National Age Group (NAG) Time Achievements

Oliver Anderson (10) 50 Breaststroke B Thomas Barrera (10)  50 Fly BB Gavin Baxter (13) 400 IM B 1000 Free B Reese Baxter (9) 100 Breaststroke B 100 Free BB 100 IM BB 50 Breaststroke B Gigi Bean (14) 100 Breaststroke BB 100 Fly B 1000 Free BB 200 IM BB Alice Bose (9) 100 IM B 50 Breaststroke B Louise Davis (11) 100 Back BB 100 Free BB 200 Free BB Andy Marvin (17) 500 Free BB 100 Fly BB 200 Back B Owen Maurer (14) 1000 Free B 200 Back B Cora Record (9) 200 Free B Emmett Record (11) 200 Free B 50 Free B Peyton Richards (10) 100 Back BB 200 Free B 50 Free BB George Soucy (10) 100 Breaststroke B 50 Back BB Sam Sprague (15) 400 IM B 1000 Free BB Joey Sweitzer (9) 100 Back BB 50 Fly B Carter VerLee (15) 100 Breaststroke A 100 Fly A 1000 Free A 200 Breaststroke A Ben Zaslavsky (16) 400 IM BB 200 Breaststroke B 50 Free BB

 

New England Swimming Championship Meet Time Achievements

Oliver Anderson (10) 100 Breaststroke

Thomas Barrera (10) 100 Back, 200 Free, 50 Free

Gavin Baxter (13) 400 IM, 1000 Free

Reese Baxter (9) 50 Free

Ellie Bayes (10) 100 Free, 50 Breaststroke

Gigi Bean (14) 100 Breaststroke, 100 Fly, 200 IM,1000 Free

Adelaide Benner (10) 100 IM

Clara Benner (7) 25 Back, 25 Free

Lillian Boneparth (11) 100 Back, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Free

Alice Bose (9) 100 Free

Cecilia Bose (6) 25 Breaststroke

Louise Davis (11) 100 Back, 100 Free, 200 Free

Theo Davis (9) 200 Free

Liam Elward (14) 1000 Free, 200 Free, 50 Free

Isla Galvin (9) 50 Free

Andrew Marvin (17) 500 Free, 200 Back

Owen Maurer (14) 1000 Free

Willa Moran (12) 50 Free

Cora Record (9) 200 Free

Emmett Record (11) 200 Free

Iris Record (6) 25 Back

Peyton Richards (10) 200 Free

George Soucy (10) 50 Free

Sam Sprague (15) 400 IM, 100 Fly, 1000 Free

Joey Sweitzer (9) 100 IM,200 Free

Carter VerLee (15) 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke, 100 Fly, 1000 Free

Ben Zaslavsky (16) 200 Breaststroke

 

*Bronze highlight indicates NEW NES BRONZE qualification, Silver NES SILVER, and YELLOW NES Age Group…previous times already achieved in past year are not posted as they still qualify.