Tsunamis Surive Downpour at GPAC Distance Meet!

GPAC Distance Meet Filled With Team Records, Events Winner, Southeastern Qualifying Times, Lightning and Massive Downpours!

Let's face it.................swimming all 9 events 200m through 1500m of every stroke in 2 days was not going to be a piece of cake for any senior swimmer.  Nor would have been swimming 200's of stroke, 400 IM, 800 free, etc for our 9-12 year olds for the first time.  For the Tsunamis, that was too easy so we decided to have Saturday heat and Sunday thunderstorm delays thrown on top of it! :)  However, in spite of it all, the Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club put on a terrific meet in Gulf Breeze, FL and we had loads of great swims this weekend!

PCST Finishes as 2nd Place Visiting Team!

Team Scores
GPAC 661
SWAT 348
PCST 277.5
CTA 271
CMSA 156

Event Champions!
Congrats to the following swimmers who won events at the distance meet this weekend.

Kalanne Krause (11-12 Girls) 1st in 400 IM (5:45.71)
Nicole Gazia (15 & Over Girls) 1st in 800 Fr (10:06.01)
Cody Bronnenberg (15 & Over Boys) 1st in 800 Fr (9:16.43), 1st in 200 Br (2:35.22), 1st in 400 Fr (4:31.02)

New Team Records!
Congrats to the following swimmers who broke team records this weekend in Gulf Breeze!

Kalanne Krause (11-12 Girls) 200 Fr (2:23.54), 200 Ba (2:41.98), 400 IM (5:45.71)
*Hannah Retherford (11-12 Girls) Did not break record but swam a time under the record in 200 Ba (2:43.41)
Victoria Hove (15-16 Girls) 200 Ba (2:33.98)
Michael Whitehead (15-16 Boys) 200 Fl (2:30.22)
Chet Seaman (15-16 Boys) 200 Fl (2:32.88) **2 heats before Michael Whitehead so it still counts!
*Michael Duderstadt (15-16 Boys) 200 Fl (2:32.96) **Under team record also but missed breaking it by 1 heat.
Cody Bronnenberg (Sen Boys) 800 Fr (9:16.43)

New All-Time Top 10 Swims

Girls
200 Free: Victoria Hove 5th (2:19.66)
1500 Free: Nicole Gazia 3rd (19:16.81), Allison Troia 4th (19:23.41), Victoria Hove 7th (19:31.42), Jamie McDonald 10th (20:32.79)
200 Back: Victoria Hove 1st (2:33.98), Kalane Krause 5th (2:41.98), Hannah Retherford 7th (2:43.41), Jamie McDonald 9th (2:47.05)
200 Fly: Victoria Hove 4th (2:41.49), Nicole Gazia 9th (2:54.04)
400 IM: Alllison Troia 6th (5:40.26), Kalanne Krause10th (5:45.71)

Boys
200 Free: Troy vonBlankenburg 10th (2:09.55)
400 Free: Michael Duderstadt 8th (4:38.37)
800 Free: Michael Duderstadt 7th (9:46.96), Chet Seaman 8th (9:47.13)
1500 Free: Chet Seaman 4th (18:35.35), Michael Duderstadt 7th (18:40.78), Troy vonBlankenburg 8th (19:07.94), Jonathan Ratliff 10th (19:16.20)
200 Fly: Cody Bronnenberg 3rd (2:22.21), Chet Seaman 9th (2:32.88), Michael Duderstadt 10th (2:32.96)
400 IM: Chet Seaman 4th (5:11.31), Michael Duderstadt 10th (5:24.14)

 Age Group All-Time Top 10

11-12 Girls: Kalanne Krause 100 Ba (4th), 200 Ba (1st), 400 IM (1st); Hannah Retherford 100 Ba (t-5th), 200 Ba (2nd), 400 IM (3rd); Michaela Ashley 200 Br (2nd), 200 Fl (3rd), 200 Ba (7th), 400 IM (6th); Fallon Gelsleichter 200 Ba (5th), 400 IM (4th), Alexis Hall 200 Ba (6th), 400 IM (7th)
11-12 Boys: Chad McGuire 200 Ba (4th), 400 IM (3rd)
13-14 Boys: Jonathan Ratliff 1500 Fr (3rd)
15-16 Girls: Victoria Hove 200 Fr (4th), 1500 Fr (4th), 200 Ba (1st), 200 Fl (2nd); Allison Troia 200 Fr (9th), 1500 Fr (3rd), 200 Ba (8th), 400 IM (5th); Laura Kearns 800 Fr (8th), Kristen Ratliff 800 Fr (9th), 1500 Fr (10th), 200 Ba (10th), Nicole Gazia 1500 Fr (2nd), 200 Fl (6th), Jamie McDonald 1500 Fr (7th), 200 Ba (5th)
15-16 Boys: Troy vonBlankenburg 200 Fr (5th), 400 Fr (8th), 1500 Fr (6th), 200 Ba (7th), 200 Fl (8th); Michael Duderstadt 200 Fr (6th), 400 Fr (6th), 800 Fr (5th), 1500 Fr (5th), 200 Ba (10th), 200 Fl (3rd), 400 IM (7th); Michael Whitehead 400 Fr (5th), 800 Fr (3rd), 200 Fl (1st); Chet Seaman 800 Fr (6th), 1500 Fr (2nd), 200 Ba (6th), 200 Fl (2nd), 400 IM (3rd), Phoenix Rine 800 Fr (10th), 1500 Fr (9th), Michael Commins 1500 Fr (8th)
Sen Girls: Kyle Olstad 200 Fr (10th), 800 Fr (6th), 1500 Fr (10th), 200 Ba (5th), 200 Fl (5th), 400 IM (6th); Taylor Loyd 1500 Fr (6th), 200 Ba (6th), 200 Br (9th), 200 Fl (6th), 400 IM (7th)
Sen Boys: Cody Bronnenberg 800 Fr (1st), 200 Fl (3rd)

New Southeastern Qualifying Times
Jonathan Ratliff 13-14 Boys (1500 Fr)
Troy vonBlankenburg Sen Boys (200 Fr, 200 Fl)
Michael Duderstadt 15-16 Boys (400 Fr, 200 Br)
Chet Seaman 15-16 Boys (200 Fl, 400 IM)
Kalanne Krause (12) 13-14 Girls (200 Fr, 200 Ba, 400 IM), Sen Girls (200 Ba)
Hannah Retherford (12) 13-14 Girls (200 Ba)
Victoria Hove 15-16 Girls (200 Fl)
Allison Troia 15-16 Girls (400 IM)

CATCH THE WAVE!

Coach Jonathan