Tristan Gandy Becomes District Champion!

8 & Unders Lead the Way at District Championships!

Tristan Gandy Brings Tsunamis a District Champion for Two Years in a Row! 
 For the 2nd year in a row, PCST has a District Champion!  Last year, Amelia Talkington proved that she was one of the best 8 & Under swimmers in all of Southeastern Swimming.  This year, Tristan Gandy has kept the streak alive.  His victory in the 8 & Under Boys 25 Breast was a great one!  Even better is that Tristan is only 7 years old and will be even better next year!  Congratulations Tristan!

5 Tsunamis Bring Home Championship Medals for 8 & Unders!
As I mentioned before, Amelia Talkington brought home many medals for the Tsunamis last year.  This year we had 5 swimmers bring home Southeastern Championship Medals from the 8 & Under District Meet!  That just shows that we're not a team with only one or two fast swimmers anymore, we're getting MANY very fast swimmers in each age group!  Even better is that we had 2 girls' relays finish in the top 4 this year to get medals too!  Oh yeah, and they missed the team record in both of those races by only a couple tenths of a second.  So close!  Awesome job Tsunamis!

Tristan Gandy 1st (District Champion! 25 Breast), 2nd (50 Breast)
Heidi Retherford 5th (50 Free, 25 Breast), 6th (50 Breast), 7th (50 Back, 25 Fly), 8th (100 Free)
Katie Hapgood 8th (50 Free), 4th (200 Fr, Rel, 200 Med Rel)
Marisa Ashley 8th (25 Breast), 4th (200 Fr, Rel, 200 Med Rel)
Emmie Muschek 4th (200 Fr Rel, 200 Med Rel)

9 Swimmers Have New Age Group All-Time Top 10 Swims!
The all-time top 10 list for each age group is quickly becoming incredibly tough to get into!  Each meet that goes by, the list gets just a little bit more presigious.  Having 9 swimmers achieve times that make them among the best in the history of the team for their age group is pretty awesome for one weekend!

8 & Under Girls
Heidi Retherford 50 Free (8th), 50 Breast (8th)
Marisa Ashley 50 Fly (9th)

8 & Under Boys
Tristan Gandy 25 Breast (5th), 25 Fly (10th), 100 IM (7th)

10 & Under Boys
Dylan Gandy 100 Back (3rd), 200 IM (5th)

11-12 Boys
Denver Dangerfield 50 Free (10th), 500 Free (8th)

13-14 Boys
Nate Reyes 1650 Free (10th)

15-16 Boys
Michael Duderstad 50 Free (5th), 100 Free (7th), 100 Fly (7th), 200 Fly (8th)
Max White 200 Free (9th), 100 Back (10th), 400 IM (6th)
Troy vonBlankenburg 100 Back (8th), 200 Back (10th), 200 Fly (7th)

Duderstadt Qualifies For Southeastern Championship; 3 Others Get New Cuts!
At the ATAC meet, Michael Duderstadt got very close to a handful of Southeastern cuts.  Now, Michael has a handful of Southeastern cuts!  He only started swimming at the beginning of the high school season and has quickly become one of the top swimmers on the team!  We are very proud of Michael, Dylan, Troy and Max for achieving new Southeastern Championship qualifying times over the weekend in Gulf Breeze!

Michael Duderstadt 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Fly
Dylan Gandy 100 Back, 200 IM
Max White 400 IM
Troy vonBlankenburg 200 Fly

New Tsunami Awards
I strongly encourage all of our swimmers to keep track of their Tsunami Awards points!  It's fun to keep track of your progress and any swimmer who competes in every single event available for their age group during this short course season will receive an equipment mesh bag with the PCST team logo screened on it!  They are really cool, so definitely make a point of swimming every event before the Tsunami Awards end July 31st!  If you want to see where your points are coming from at practice, you can ask Coach Jonathan at practice or check the front pocket of the notebook of rankings on the table at GCCC.

Level 6: Michael Duderstadt (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Fly)
Level 4: Jake Cauthen (50 Free), Rigell Toole (50 Free, 100 Breast), Jordan Toddy (50 Back)
Level 3: Annika Reppen (50 Back)
Level 1: Brady Hughes (50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM); Lexi Persons (200 Free)

Tsunami Award Improvements
Jake Cauthen +18 points, Shannon Doyle +18 Points, Michael Dudestadt +11 Points, Ethan Rine +11 Points, Isa Gobel +10 Points, Brandon Templeton +9 Points, Katie Hapgood +8 Points, Denver Dangerfield +6 Points, Emmie Muschek +5 Points, Brady Hughes +5 Points, Annika Reppen +4 Points, Dylan Gandy +4 Points, Jordan Toddy +4 Points, Anna Miller +4 Points, Rigell Toole +4 Points, Nate Reyes +4 Points, Max White +3 Points, Josh Vaden +3 Points, Alexis Hall +3 Points, Meredith Schoppe +3 Points, Troy vonBlankenburg +2 Points, Heidi Retherford +2 Points, Anabella Sweat +2 Points, Nathan Schoppe +2 Points, Shane Young, Marisa Ashley, Tristan Gandy, Hampton Toole, Nico Gobel, Michaela Ashley, Lexi Persons +1 Point

Brady Hughes and Lexi Persons Compete In First Meet Ever!
I was especially proud of Brady and Lexi for their terrific swims in their first every official PCST meet!  Both of you did a superb job in your events and looked like veteran swimmers already.  Congratulations on your great swims guys!  I can't wait to watch both of you in the next meet!

CATCH THE WAVE!

Coach Jonathan