Tsunamis Finish 3rd Overall At ATAC Meet!
Tsunamis Are "HOT" As They Finish As The 2nd Place Visiting Team At ATAC!
While I may not have been able to attend the June ATAC Long Course Meet this year (my first time missing that meet in over 12 years!!), I still felt like I was there as I continued to receive great news from our coaches, parents and swimmers about all of our awesome swims. The consensus was that we were HOT! Yes..........we were hot because it was June in Tallahassee, haha..........very hot from what I understand. But we were also HOT because our swimmers were lighting it up in the pool! The team broke a small handful of team records, made drastic updates to our All-Time Top 10 list, came home with some hardware and had a great time in the process. Well done Tsunamis!
PCST Finishes 3rd Overall!
For a meet that had over 400 swimmers from 20 teams from the Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Michigan and Virginia areas, it's pretty easy to say that there was some great competition in Tallahassee this year. While it was a long foregone conclusion that the ATAC program would dominate their own meet by having over 3 times as many swimmers as the next largest team, the 2nd place overall team (aka "Visiting Team Champion") was up for grabs. While PCST has won that position in the past, we came in a very respectable 2nd place behind the newly formed Coast Aquatics (formerly known as Emerald Coast Aquatics and Bluewater Barracudas). We are very proud of such a high team finish at a meet with so many teams and swimmers! Well done Tsunamis!
For a meet that had over 400 swimmers from 20 teams from the Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Michigan and Virginia areas, it's pretty easy to say that there was some great competition in Tallahassee this year. While it was a long foregone conclusion that the ATAC program would dominate their own meet by having over 3 times as many swimmers as the next largest team, the 2nd place overall team (aka "Visiting Team Champion") was up for grabs. While PCST has won that position in the past, we came in a very respectable 2nd place behind the newly formed Coast Aquatics (formerly known as Emerald Coast Aquatics and Bluewater Barracudas). We are very proud of such a high team finish at a meet with so many teams and swimmers! Well done Tsunamis!
Team Scores
1st ATAC (7109.5)
2nd Coast (3086.5)
3rd PCST (2423.5)
1st ATAC (7109.5)
2nd Coast (3086.5)
3rd PCST (2423.5)
4 Swimmers Break 13-14 Girls 200 Breast Team Record At Once!
These days, it is becoming increasingly difficult to break a PCST team record. But recently, our 13-14 girls age group has launched an all out assault on the team records! The best part is that it's not just one girl breaking all the records, it's a handful of girls! In particular, at the ATAC meet we had 4 Tsunamis swim under the previous 200 Breast record set by Kyle Olstad in 2007. We went from nobody breaking that record in 5 years to 4 girls in the same meet. Congratulations to the following swimmers for all smashing the 3:00 barrier in that 200 Breast. Michaela Ashley, Fallon Gelsleichter, Kyla Hallam, and Kari Troia all swam under the record, with Hallam being the first and fastest to do so, giving her the record with a 2:55. This is yet another incredible "first" for PCST and we have never had 4 swimmers under a record at the same time.
These days, it is becoming increasingly difficult to break a PCST team record. But recently, our 13-14 girls age group has launched an all out assault on the team records! The best part is that it's not just one girl breaking all the records, it's a handful of girls! In particular, at the ATAC meet we had 4 Tsunamis swim under the previous 200 Breast record set by Kyle Olstad in 2007. We went from nobody breaking that record in 5 years to 4 girls in the same meet. Congratulations to the following swimmers for all smashing the 3:00 barrier in that 200 Breast. Michaela Ashley, Fallon Gelsleichter, Kyla Hallam, and Kari Troia all swam under the record, with Hallam being the first and fastest to do so, giving her the record with a 2:55. This is yet another incredible "first" for PCST and we have never had 4 swimmers under a record at the same time.
All New Individual PCST Team Records
Kyla Hallam 13-14 Girls 200 Breast (2:55.24) breaks Kyle Olstad (3:00.14) from 2007
Fallon Gelsleichter 13-14 Girls 400 IM (5:35.52) breaks Victoria Hove (5:40.77) from 2008
Jonathan Ratliff 15-16 Boys 200 Fly (2:11.68) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (2:13.73) from 2011
Jonathan Ratliff 15-16 Boys 400 IM (4:53.85) breaks Chet Seaman (4:54.02) from 2010
Fallon Gelsleichter 13-14 Girls 400 IM (5:35.52) breaks Victoria Hove (5:40.77) from 2008
Jonathan Ratliff 15-16 Boys 200 Fly (2:11.68) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (2:13.73) from 2011
Jonathan Ratliff 15-16 Boys 400 IM (4:53.85) breaks Chet Seaman (4:54.02) from 2010
All New Relay PCST Team Records
10 & Under Girls 200 Med Rel (2:51.39) Reagan Swindler, Isa Gobel, Sarah Kate Paine, Bailey Brady breaks
(2:58.41) Heidi Retherford, Kari Troia, Amelia Talkington, Marisa Ashley from 2010
10 & Under Girls 200 Fr Rel (2:33.19) Marisa Ashley, Isa Gobel, Reagan Swindler, Sarah Kate Paine breaks
(2:58.41) Heidi Retherford, Kari Troia, Amelia Talkington, Marisa Ashley from 2010
10 & Under Girls 200 Fr Rel (2:33.19) Marisa Ashley, Isa Gobel, Reagan Swindler, Sarah Kate Paine breaks
(2:35.41) Amelia Talkington, Kari Troia, Heidi Retherford, Molly Grace Bradford from 2010
11-12 Boys 200 Fr Rel (2:17.03) Reid Metcalf, Ben Hick, Matt Dean, Nico Gobel breaks
(2:18.64) Matt Dean, Reid Metcalf, Cole Tillman, Nico Gobel from 2012
11-12 Boys 200 Fr Rel (2:17.03) Reid Metcalf, Ben Hick, Matt Dean, Nico Gobel breaks
(2:18.64) Matt Dean, Reid Metcalf, Cole Tillman, Nico Gobel from 2012
2 Tsunamis and 1 Relay Win Overall Events At ATAC!
Congratulations to the following swimmers who won overall events at the always ultra competitive summer ATAC meet! I love it when Tsunamis are the best of the best!
Event Wins at ATAC
Taylor Wilder 15-16 G 200 Back
Taylor Wilder 15-16 G 200 Back
Jonathan Ratliff 15-16 B 200 Free & 400 Free
10&U Girls 200 Medley Relay (Reagan Swindler, Isa Gobel, Sarah Kate Paine, Bailey Brady)
14 Different PCST Swimmers Finish In Top 10 High Point Rankings!
At the end of the day, once all the individual points are tabulated, they rank the swimmers based on their total performance from all of their races. PCST is proud to report that three of our swimmers finished in 3rd overall in their age group. A special congratulations goes out to Jonathan Ratliff (15-16 Boys), Nicole Gazia (Sen Girls) and JD Clutch (Sen Boys) for their great swims at the ATAC meet.
All Individual High Point Top 10 Finishes
3rd Place - Jonathan Ratliff, Nicole Gazia, JD Clutch
3rd Place - Jonathan Ratliff, Nicole Gazia, JD Clutch
4th Place - Alex Fulton, Sarah Kate Paine, Fallon Gelsleichter
5th Place - Taylor Wilder
6th Place - Reagan Swindler
7th Place - Amelia Talkington
8th Place - Alysiah Stock
9th Place - Luke Maggiore, Kyla Hallam
10th Place - Ella Hicks, Alexis Hall
New PCST All-Time Top 10 Swims
I told you our swimmers made an assault on the All-Time Top 10 list for all ages! Check out all of our new fastest swims in team history. A special congratulations goes out to Jonathan Ratliff for swimming the fastest 200m fly in team history!
I told you our swimmers made an assault on the All-Time Top 10 list for all ages! Check out all of our new fastest swims in team history. A special congratulations goes out to Jonathan Ratliff for swimming the fastest 200m fly in team history!
Girls
50 Free: Kyla Hallam 6th (29.15)
100 Free: Taylor Wilder 9th (1:04.50)
100 Back: Taylor Wilder 4th (1:14.30)
200 Back: Alexis Hall 9th (2:45.88)
100 Breast: Alysiah Stock 4th (1:19.65)
200 Breast: Kyla Hallam 5th (2:55.24), Kari Troia 6th (2:57.03), Fallon Gelsleichter 8th (2:57.95)
200 Fly: Fallon Gelsleichter 9th (2:50.71)
400 IM: Fallon Gelsleichter 5th (5:35.52)
50 Free: Kyla Hallam 6th (29.15)
100 Free: Taylor Wilder 9th (1:04.50)
100 Back: Taylor Wilder 4th (1:14.30)
200 Back: Alexis Hall 9th (2:45.88)
100 Breast: Alysiah Stock 4th (1:19.65)
200 Breast: Kyla Hallam 5th (2:55.24), Kari Troia 6th (2:57.03), Fallon Gelsleichter 8th (2:57.95)
200 Fly: Fallon Gelsleichter 9th (2:50.71)
400 IM: Fallon Gelsleichter 5th (5:35.52)
Boys
100 Fly: Jonathan Ratliff 6th (1:02.05), Casey Pridgen 8th (1:03.54)
200 Fly: Jonathan Ratliff 1st (2:11.68)
200 IM: Jonathan Ratliff 6th (2:19.90)
400 IM: Jonathan Ratliff 3rd (4:53.85)
100 Fly: Jonathan Ratliff 6th (1:02.05), Casey Pridgen 8th (1:03.54)
200 Fly: Jonathan Ratliff 1st (2:11.68)
200 IM: Jonathan Ratliff 6th (2:19.90)
400 IM: Jonathan Ratliff 3rd (4:53.85)
**To view a complete list of the All-Time Top 10 rankings for all ages and for each individual age group, please check out our "Team Ranking" section on the top toolbar of the homepage for our website.
Congratulations to all of our Tsunamis for yet another dominating performance at the summer long course ATAC meet! Let's start training even harder now so we can come home with a 1st place visiting team finish in 2013!
CATCH THE WAVE!
Coach Jonathan
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