Lots of Wins for PCST at Coast Aquatics Meet!

Four Tsunamis Come Away With High Point Victories At Coast Aquatics Meet In Destin!

For many Tsunamis, the season opener was our developmental meet at Frank Brown Park on August 25th.  However, for many more, the Coast Aquatics Meet in Destin was our first crack at the short course season.  There were plenty of great swims to talk about too.  PCST traveled the short trip down Highway 98 with 32 swimmers to compete against Coast Aquatics, Dothan Dolphins and Maclay Northside Dolphins in an IMXtreme and IMReady competition to teach our young swimmers how to become well rounded racers.  Check out all of those great swims!

Baranowski, Hicks, Phlegar and Wilder Lead PCST With Individual High Point Victories!
As you can see below, PCST had a ton of swimmers finish in the Top 4 for the high point awards.  This particular competition had a stipulation on it that required the swimmers to compete in every event for the IMXtreme or IMReady track put together by USA Swimming if they were to earn points for the overall category.  What that means is that each of our awesome swimmers listed below had to not only finish high in their races, but also had to do each and every event.  So they swam well and succeeded on many levels in Destin!  Congratulations to each of you for your great swims, and a special congratulations goes out to our WINNERS!  We looooooove winning. :)  1st place in their age group went to Peyton Baranowski, Ben Hicks, Alex Phlegar and Taylor Wilder. Well done Tsunamis!
 
1st Place - Peyton Baranowski (11 Girls IMXtreme); Ben Hicks (11 Boys IMXtreme); Alex Phlegar (13 Boys IMXtreme); Taylor Wilder (15&O Girls IMXtreme)
2nd Place - Isa Gobel (9 Girls IMXtreme); Reagan Swindler (11 Girls IMXtreme); Cole Tillman (12 Boys IMXtreme); Chad McGuire (13 Boys IMXtreme); Sarah Adams (14 Girls IMReady); Kalanne Krause (14 Girls IMXtreme); Hali Naggiar (15&O Girls IMXtreme)
3rd Place - Kathryn-Annette McKinney (9 Girls IMXtreme); Sarah Kate Paine (11 Girls IMXtreme); Nico Gobel (12 Boys IMXtreme); Reid Metcalf (13 Boys IMReady); Sophia Dorr (14 Girls IMXtreme)
4th Place - Luke Maggiore (8&U Boys Pentathlon); Hannah Altman (9 Girls IMReady); Josh Dean (9 Boys IMReady); Matt Dean (12 Boys IMReady); Theryn Compoc (13 Girls IMReady)
 
More Tsunamis Win Individual Events at Coast Aquatics Meet!
Check out the following swimmers who won events at the meet in Destin.  For many of them, this was their first competition to open the short course season, so starting off with a win is always a huge plus!  Great job Tsunamis!
 
Individual Event Winners
Nico Gobel (11-12 Boys) - 100 Back
Lindsey Gurganus (13&O Girls) - 500 Free
Cole Tillman (11-12 Boys) - 100 Breast
Taylor Wilder (13&O Girls) - 200 Back, 200 Breast
 
Next up for the Panama City Swim Team will be our always popular Short Course Paradise Invitational September 21-23.  It's a great time of the year to swim fast, so how about we keep the great swims coming at our home meet now?  :)
 
CATCH THE WAVE!

Coach Jonathan