Legendary Southeastern Championships For Tsunamis!

Once Again.......Greatest Long Course Southeasterns Ever!!
I hope it's not getting old for your to read that every summer because it's certainly not getting old to say!  Yes, once again, your Tsunamis have done it.  This long course season, 28 of you and your teammates banded together to become the greatest long course Southeastern Championship team in the history of our program.  The venue was a beautiful new facility at the University of Tennessee and our swimmers took full advantage of the great new pool!

We qualified more swimmers than we've ever qualified in a season (36), we scored more points than we've ever scored (381.5), finished higher than we've ever finished (17th) and made our "Tsunami" like force one to be recognized.  And trust me folks........we're getting recognized.  No longer are we the "up and coming" team out of nowhere.  We have been noticed and teams are starting to expect to see us in those championship finals. 

You should be very proud of yourselves!  HOWEVER.......in my eyes we are just getting started because there are still many great teams ahead of us so let's keep building up the power behind our "Tsunami" wave and move forward towards a Top 10 Finish soon!

Tsunamis Finish with Record 17th Place and 381.5 Points!
Each year since we began the quest forward in Southeastern Swimming, we have continued to increase our team point total.  The way our LSC championship meet is set up, it's very difficult to score points.  Other LSC's (Local Swimming Committees) score each age group through 16th place, making it easier for swimmers to contribute to their team's total.  Southeastern Swimming, however, only scores the top 8 for 14 & Younger and top 16 for Seniors since there are so many of them.  This means you have to really train hard if you want to be a scorer.

Here is the progression we've made over the last 4 summer seasons.
2006 (106.5 points, 24th)
2007 (113 points, 24th)
2008 (174 points, 21st)
2009 (218.5 points, 22nd)
2010 (381.5 points, 17th)

8 Swimmers Finish in Top 8 Championship Finals
10 & Under Girls: Amelia Talkington
10 & Under Boys: Dylan Gandy
11-12 Girls: Kalanne Krause
13-14 Boys: Jonathan Ratliff
Senior Girls: Victoria Hove, Astrid Escobar
Senior Boys: Cody Bronnenberg, Michael Whitehead

The New Team Records Just Kept Coming!
When we started the championship meet, we had already captured well over 100 team records this summer.  Sitting there as the distance events were going on that Thursday afternoon, I knew we had something special coming our way.  As the weekend continued, and the records kept falling, each time I would announce to the kids how many records that totalled for the weekend.  When all was said and done, we had broken 53 team records in a single 4 day meet!  Wow!

10 & Under Girls
Amelia Talkington 50 Free (32.28); previously Carlee McDonald (32.64) in 2003

11-12 Girls
Kalanne Krause 50 Free (28.98); previously Kalanne Krause (29.65) in 2010
Kalanne Krause 50 Free (28.76); previously Kalanne Krause (28.98) in 2010
Kalanne Krause 100 Free (1:03.02); previously Kalanne Krause (1:03.94) in 2010
Kalanne Krause 200 Free (2:18.59); previously Kalanne Krause (2:21.60) in 2010
Kalanne Krause 200 Free (2:16.30); previously Kalanne Krause (2:18.59) in 2010
Kalanne Krause 400 Free (4:57.44); previously Laura Kearns (5:03.88) in 2006
Kalanne Krause 50 Back (35.03); previously Kalanne Krause (35.64)I in 2010
Kalanne Krause 50 Back (34.70); previously Kalanne Krause (35.03) in 2010
Kari Troia  50 Breast (39.51); previously Fallon Gelsleichter (40.65) in 2010
**Fallon Gelsleichter (40.29) was also under the previous record
Hannah Retherford 100 Fly (1:18.12); previously Hannah Retherford (1:18.24) in 2010

15-16 Girls
Victoria Hove 100 Free (1:02.51); previously Nicole Gazia (1:02.72) in 2010
**Nicole Gazia (1:02.66) was also under the previous record
Victoria Hove 200 Free (2:12.31); previously Victoria Hove (2:15.39) in 2010
Victoria Hove 400 Free (4:43.89); previously Nicole Gazia (4:44.32) in 2010
Nicole Gazia 400 Free (4:43.36); previously Victoria Hove (4:43.89) in 2010
Nicole Gazia 800 Free (9:49.53); previously Victoria Hove (9:54.75) in 2010
Victoria Hove 50 Back (34.68); previously Victoria Hove (34.70) in 2010
Victoria Hove 100 Back (1:11.72); previously Victoria Hove (1:12.29) in 2010
Victoria Hove 200 Back (2:32.87); previously Victoria Hove (2:33.98) In 2010
Victoria Hove 50 Fly (32.05); previously Carlee McDonald (32.08) in 2008
Victoria Hove 100 Fly (1:10.49); previously Mary McDermott (1:10.92) in 2009
Victoria Hove 100 Fly (1:08.80); previously Victoria Hove (1:10.49) in 2010
Victoria Hove 200 IM (2:28.21); previously Victoria Hove (2:30.82) in 2010
Victoria Hove 200 IM (2:28.03); previously Victoria Hove (2:28.21) in 2010
Victoria Hove 400 IM (5:13.88); previously Victoria Hove (5:24.59) in 2010

Senior Girls
Astrid Escobar 50 Breast (36.39); previously Astrid Escobar (36.87) in 2009
Astrid Escobar 100 Breast (1:17.76); previously (1:17.80) in 2009
Astrid Escobar 200 Breast (2:45.34); previously (2:46.68) in 2010

11-12 Boys
Chad McGuire 50 Breast (41.50); previously  Greg Greer (42.07) in 2000

13-14 Boys
Jonathan Ratliff 50 Fly (30.98); previously Dylan Mock (32.32) in2010
Jonathan Ratliff 100 Fly (1:05.61); previously Greg Greer (1:06.53) in 2010
Jonathan Ratliff 200 Fly (2:23.42); previously Michael Whitehead in 2010
Jonathan Ratliff 200 Fly (2:21.10); previously Jonathan Ratliff in 2010
Jonathan Ratliff 400 IM (5:06.59); previously Jonathan Ratliff in 2010

15-16 Boys
Evan Escobar 200 Free (2:02.52); previously Kevin Faulhaber (2:04.99) in 2007
Michael Whitehead 400 Free (4:22.96); previously  Evan Escobar (4:23.71)in 2010
Michael Whitehead 800 Free (8:52.36); previously Cody Bronnenberg (9:12.71) in 2009
Michael Whitehead 1500 Free (17:18.55); previously Cody Bronnenberg (17:26.70) In 2009
Michael Whitehead 200 Back (2:19.93); previously Cody Bronnenberg (2:20.41) in 2009
Michael Duderstadt 200 Fly (2:23.84); previously Michael Whitehead (2:25.58) in 2010
Michael Whitehead 200 Fly (2:20.84); previously Michael Duderstadt (2:23.84) in 2010

Senior Boys
Cody Bronnenberg 50 Breast (31.24); previously Cody Bronnenberg (32.30) in 2010
Cody Bronnenberg  100 Breast (1:07.13); previously Cody Bronnenberg (1:08.27) in 2010
Cody Bronnenberg 200 Breast (2:28.42); previously Cody Bronnenberg (2:30.16) in 2010
Cody Bronnenberg 200 Fly (2:17.04); previously Beau Brothers (2:20.78) in 2007
Cody Bronnenberg 200 IM (2:14.47); previously Cody Bronnenberg (2:17.56) in 2010
Cody Bronnenberg 200 IM (2:13.91); previously Cody Bronnenberg (2:14.47) in 2010
Cody Bronnenberg 400 IM (4:42.72); previously Cody Bronnenberg (4:46.24) in 2010

Relay Records
11-12 Girls 200 Free Relay (2:05.09) Kalanne Krause, Hannah Retherford, Fallon Gelsleichter, Alexis Hall
previously (2:07.44) Kalanne Krause, Hannah Retherford, Fallon Gelsleichter, Alexis Hall in 2010
11-12 Girls 200 Med Relay (2:20.02) Kalanne Krause, Kari Troia, Hannah Retherford, Fallon Gelsleichter
previously (2:27.82) Kalanne Krause, Fallon Gelsleichter, Hannah Retherford, Sarah Adams in 2010
Senior Girls 400 Free Relay (4:14.24) Victoria Hove, Kalanne Krause, Jamie McDonald, Nicole Gazia
previously (4:16.32) Nicole Gazia, Kyle Olstad, Mary McDermott, Sara Evans in 2009
Senior Girls 400 Medley Relay (4:45.38) Victoria Hove, Astrid Escobar, Jamie McDonald, Kalanne Krause
previously (4:48.05) Carlee McDonald, Astrid Escobar, Victoria Hove, Nicole Gazia in 2010
Senior Boys 400 Fr Relay (3:43.65) Evan Escobar, Michael Duderstadt, Cody Bronnenberg, Beau Brothers
previously (3:50.72) Kevin Faulhaber, Richard O’Donnell, Michael Perdomo, Beau Brothers in 2008

Tsunami Award Races Come to an Exciting Conclusion
With the Southeastern Championships being the last meet of the season, some of the incredible point races began to unfold and many of them literally came down to the last swim of the season!  Many swimmers jumped into new positions while loads of swimmers improved their current posititions and point totals.  We even had our first EVER Level 11 swimmer in Kalanne Krause.  Her 50 free was faster than the average winning time of the 11-12 Girl's 50 Free from the previous 3 summers!!

10 & Under Girls: Amelia Talkington improves 2^nd(90 points)
10 & Under Boys: Nico Gobel moves into 1^st (81 points); Dylan Gandy moves into 3^rd(56 points)
11-12 Girls: Kalanne Krause improves 1^st (96 points); Hannah Retherford improves 2^nd (86 points); Fallon Gelsleichter improves 3^rd (73 points); Alexis Hall improves 4^th (57 points); Michaela Ashley improves 5^th(49 points)
11-12 Boys: Alex Phlegar improves 1^st (64 points); Chad McGuire improves 2^nd(54 points)
13-14 Boys: Jonathan Ratliff improves 1^st(110 points)
15-16 Girls: Victoria Hove improves 1^st (122 points); Nicole Gazia improves 2^nd (102 points); Jamie McDonald moves into tie for 3^rd(62 points)
15-16 Boys: Michael Whitehead moves into 1st (120 points); Michael Duderstadt improves 3^rd (103 points); Evan Escobar improves 4^th (100 points); JD Clutch improves 5^th(90 points)
Senior Girls: Allison Troia moves into 1^st (72 points); Astrid Escobar improves 3^rd(52 points)
Senior Boys: Cody Bronnenberg improves 1^st (127 points); Beau Brothers improves 2^nd (26 points)

2010 Long Course Tsunami Awards Highest Level Achievers
Level 11: Kalanne Krause (50 Free)
Level 10: Kari Troia (50 Breast, 100 Breast), Amelia Talkington (50 Free), Reis Gordon (100 Fly), Kalanne Krause (100 Free, 200 Free), Jonathan Ratliff (1500 Free, 200 Fly), Michael Whitehead (800 Free, 1500 Free), Chet Seaman (100 Breast, 200 Breast, 400 IM), Astrid Escobar (200 Breast), Cody Bronnenberg (100 Breast, 200 Breast, 400 IM), Beau Brothers (50 Free)

Top Scoring Relay At Southeasterns Wins Autographed Poster By Christine Magnuson and Randall Bal!
Each season I try and come up with a unique award for the highest scoring relay at the Southeastern Championships.  In February, it was an autographed cap by Olympic Champion and World Record holder, Ryan Lochte.  This time around it was an autographed poster by Olympic Silver Medalist and recent National Champion, Christine Magnuson, as well as World Champion Randall Bal!  Congrats to the 11-12 girls for holding off our Senior Boys 400 Free Relay who finished in an impressive 6th place overall!

11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay (5^th Place Overall with a 2:20.02)
Kalanne Krause, Kari Troia, Hannah Retherford, Fallon Gelsleichter

Tsunamis Rewrite Nearly Half of the All-Time Fastest Swims In Team History!
All I can say is just wait until you see how many new swims we have in the all-time top ten list as well as the age group all-time top ten list.  After looking back at our statistics this summer, out of all the Top 10 swims for each event (350 total), over 45% of them came from this summer alone!!  That means that 55% of them came from the previous 3 decades while 45% came from the previous 4 months!  WOW!

Girls
50 Free: Kalanne Krause 3^rd (28.76); Nicole Gazia 4^th(28.77)
100 Free: Victoria Hove 3^rd (1:02.51); Nicole Gazia 4^th (1:02.66), Kalanne Krause 6^th(1:03.02)
200 Free: Victoria Hove 2^nd (2:12.31); Kalanne Krause 3^rd(2:16.30)
400 Free: Nicole Gazia 2^nd (4:43.36); Victoria Hove 3^rd (4:43.89); Kalanne Krause 8^th(4:57.44)
800 Free: Nicole Gazia 2^nd (9:49.53); Allison Troia 6^th(10:11.30)
1500 Free: Allison Troia 3^rd(19:15.86)
50 Back: Victoria Hove 1^st (34.68); Kalanne Krause 2^nd (34.70); Hannah Retherford 5^th(35.95)
100 Back: Victoria Hove 1^st(1:11.72)
200 Back: Victoria Hove 1^st(2:32.87)
50 Breast: Astrid Escobar 1^st (36.39), Nicole Gazia 4^th (38.82), Kari Troia 7^th(39.51)
100 Breast: Astrid Escobar 1^st (1:17.76); Nicole Gazia 6^th(1:22.72)
200 Breast: Astrid Escobar 1^st(2:45.34)
50 Fly: Victoria Hove 1^st (32.05); Jamie McDonald 7^th(33.45)
100 Fly: Victoria Hove 2^nd (1:08.80); Jamie McDonald 6^th(1:12.13)
200 Fly: Jamie McDonald 6^th(2:43.10)
200 IM: Victoria Hove 1^st(2:28.03)
400 IM: Victoria Hove 1^st (5:13.88)

Boys
50 Free: Beau Brothers 2^nd (24.26); Michael Duderstadt 6^th(26.00)
100 Free: Beau Brothers 3^rd (55.04); Evan Escobar 4^th (55.85); Michael Duderstadt 5^th(56.34)
200 Free: Evan Escobar 2^nd(2:02.52)
400 Free: Michael Whitehead 1^st (4:22.96); Jonathan Ratliff 5^th (4:27.35); Michael Commins 9^th(4:38.35)
800 Free: Michael Whitehead 1^st (8:52.36); Jonathan Ratliff 4^th(9:18.27)
1500 Free: Michael Whitehead 1^st (17:18.55); Jonathan Ratliff 4^th(17:41.69)
50 Back: JD Clutch 4^th(32.61)
100 Back: Cody Bronnenberg 2^nd (1:00.58); JD Clutch 5^th(1:06.29)
200 Back: Cody Bronnenberg 2^nd (2:13.95); Michael Whitehead 3^rd (2:19.93); JD Clutch 4^th  (2:20..62)
50 Breast: Cody Bronnenberg 1^st (31.24); Phoenix Rine 6^th (35.21); Evan Escobar 10^th(36.29)
100 Breast: Cody Bronnenberg 1^st (1:07.13); Phoenix Rine 8^th(1:15.44)
200 Breast: Cody Bronnenberg 1^st (2:28.42); Phoenix Rine 6^th(2:44.30)
50 Fly: Cody Bronnenberg 3^rd (28.24); Michael Duderstadt 5^th (29.22), Evan Escobar 6^th(29.82)
100 Fly: Michael Duderstadt 4^th (1:02.82); Evan Escobar 8^th(1:04.34)
200 Fly: Cody Bronnenberg 1^st (2:17.04); Michael Whitehead 3^rd (2:20.81); Jonathan Ratliff 4^th (2:21.10); Michael Duderstadt 6^th (2:23.84); Phoenix Rine 8^th (2:27.17); Shane Young 9^th(2:28.00)
200 IM: Cody Bronnenberg 1^st (2:13.91); Evan Escobar 6^th(2:22.75)
400 IM: Cody Bronnenberg 1^st (4:42.72); Michael Whitehead 3^rd (5:04.11); Jonathan Ratliff 5^th (5:06.59); Michael Duderstadt 7^th (5:11.72)

New Age Group All-Time Top 10 Swims
10 & Under Girls: Amelia Talkington 50 Fr (1^st), 100 Ba (2^nd),
10 & Under Boys: Nico Gobel 50 Fr (8^th), 100 Fr (7^th), 200 Fr (4^th), 400 Fr (2^nd), 50 Ba (6^th), 100 Fl (2^nd); Dylan Gandy 50 Ba (4^th), 100 Ba (5^th), 50 Br (2^nd), 100 Br (2^nd)
11-12 Girls: Kalanne Krause 50 Fr (1^st), 100 Fr (1^st), 200 Fr (1^st), 400 Fr (1^st), 50 Ba (1^st); Fallon Gelsleichter 100 Fr (9^th), 100 Ba (9^th), 50 Br (2^nd), 20 0 IM (7^th); Hannah Retherford 50 Ba (3^rd), 100 Ba (3^rd), 100 Fl (1^st); Alexis Hall 50 Ba (8^th); Kari Troia 50 Br (1^st), 100 Br (2^nd), 200 IM (6^th); Michaela Ashley 50 Br (7^th), 100 Br (9^th)
11-12 Boys: Alex Phlegar 50 Fr (9^th), 50 Ba (7^th), 100 Ba (9^th), 50 Br (3^rd); Chad McGuire 50 Br (1^st), 100 Br (3^rd)
13-14 Boys: Jonathan Ratliff 200 Fr (3^rd), 400 Fr (2^nd), 800 Fr (2^nd), 1500 Fr (2^nd), 50 Fl (1^st), 100 Fl (1^st), 200 Fl (1^st), 400 IM (1^st)
15-16 Girls: Nicole Gazia 50 Fr (2^nd), 100 Fr (2^nd), 400 Fr (1^st), 800 Fr (1^st), 50 Br (2^nd), 100 Br (4^th); Victoria Hove 100 Fr (1^st), 200 Fr (1^st), 400 Fr (2^nd), 50 Ba (1^st), 100 Ba (1^st), 200 Ba (1^st), 50 Fl (1^st), 100 Fl (1^st), 200 IM (1^st), 400 IM (1^st); Jamie McDonald 50 Fl (3^rd), 100 Fl (3^rd), 200 Fl (4^th)
15-16 Boys: Michael Duderstadt 50 Fr (3^rd); 100 Fr (3^rd), 50 Fl (2^nd), 100 Fl (2^nd), 200 Fl (2^nd), 200 IM (8^th), 400 IM (5^th); Michael Commins 50 Fr (6^th), 100 Fr (9^th), 400 Fr (7^th); JD Clutch 50 Fr (9^th), 800 Fr (10^th), 1500 Fr (7^tH), 50 Ba (3^rd), 100 Ba (4^th), 200 Ba (3^rd), 50 Br (10^th), 200 Fl (5^tH); Evan Escboar 100 Fr (2^nd), 200 Fr (1^st), 800 Fr (3^rd), 50 Br (9^th), 100 Br (10^th), 50 Fl (3^rd), 100 Fl (4^th), 200 IM (5^tH); Michael Whitehead 100 Fr (8^th), 400 Fr (1^st), 800 Fr (1^st), 1500 Fr (1^st), 200 Ba (1^st), 200 Fl (1^st), 400 IM (5^t); Shane Young 50 Ba (7^th), 50 Fl (9^th), 200 Fl (4^th); Phoenix Rine 50 Br (6^th), 100 Br (6^th), 200 Br (5^th), 200 Fl (3^rd)
Senior Girls: Allison Troia 400 Fr (7^th), 800 Fr (3^rd), 1500 Fr (3^rd), 50 Br (6^th), 100 Br (5^th), 200 Br (5^th), 400 IM (4^tH); Astrid Escobar 50 Br (1^st), 100 Br (1^st), 200 Br (1^st)
Senior Boys: Beau Brothers 50 Fr (2^nd), 100 Fr (2^nd); Cody Bronnenberg 100 Ba (2^nd), 200 Ba (2^nd), 50 Br (1^st), 100 Br (1^st), 200 Br (1^st), 50 Fl (3^rd), 200 Fl (1^sT), 200 IM (1^st), 400 IM (1^st)

Cody Bronnenberg Qualifies For Highest Level Junior National Championships!Normally when I drive home from Tennessee and our Southeastern Championship meet, I start to reflect on the concluded season and our team's accomplishments.  I use that valuable thinking time in the "Florida Linen" team van to start planning the next season and keep thinking of ways to improve ourselves as a whole.  This summer though, as I was driving home from Knoxville, I didn't get to move on to the next season yet because the summer was not over. 

One of our top seniors, Cody Bronnenberg, qualified for the highest level Speedo Junior National Championships (basically Nationals for 18 & Under swimmers) in the 100 Breast.  In that same day, he got bonus swim qualifying times in the 100 Back and 400 IM, and finished the meet with the 200 Breast bonus cut too.  Sooooooo, while the rest of the team had a week off to get fresh for the next season, Cody was training for the biggest stage he's ever swum on............IRVINE, CALIFORNIA for Junior Nationals!  Andw hat a journey that was. :)

CATCH THE WAVE!

Coach Jonathan