Record Breaking Performances for PCST at Southeasterns!
PCST Rewrites Countless Categories of Records at Long Course Southeasterns!
Before a single Tsunami swimmer had even set foot in Nashville, PCST’s long course summer Southeastern Championships was already a record breaking meet! Years ago, I set some personal goals for the team, knowing full well that it would take quite some time for us to get there. Well, we have arrived! Both Coach Brian and I had always wanted to qualify 50 swimmers, bring 40 swimmers, and have a relay in every age group and gender at the SES Championship meet. While we have been getting closer and closer each year, 2013 proved to be a culmination of years of hard work for the Tsunamis as we achieved nearly every goal we had set forth. In fact, we even broke a team record for having the absolute coolest shirts ever at the meet! Our true “Panama City Beach” style airbrushed neon shirts were a HUGE hit with all coaches and swimmers on the deck. We looked gooooooood!
Check out all of the great pre-meet records we broke!
PCST Records Broken Before The Meet
-50 swimmers qualified (previous record 42 in 2012)
-39 swimmers attended (previous record 31 in 2012).....PCST actually had 42 entered in the meet officially
-18 relays attended and 20 qualified (previous record 14 in 2012)
-qualified a relay in every age group and gender for first time ever!
Tsunamis Finish 18th Overall at LC Southeasterns!
Another really cool stat for the Tsunamis was that we began the meet as the 8th largest team at the championships. How great is that? Not too shabby considering there are nearly 70 teams in Southeastern Swimming! One thing, however, that is out of our control is how well other teams swim. Your Tsunamis had TONS of best times and all-time team records (as you’ll see here soon), but we were unfortunate in many circumstances where we finished 9th or 10th (just hundredths of second outside of major team points as you will also soon see). As frustrating as that can potentially potentially be for a coach, it’s actually just fine because we swam so darn well all weekend long! Unfortunately, 18th overall does not even remotely begin to describe how great your Tsunamis were all weekend long, so instead, keep reading to as I do my best to accurately depict just how great we were.
Jonathan Ratliff Qualifies For Prestigious US Open in 200 Fly!
For those of you who do not fully understand just how difficult it is to qualify for the US Open, here’s a quick explanation. The qualifying standards for the 2013 US Open in Irvine, CA are the EXACT same qualifying times that it took to compete in the 2012 Olympic Trials. While Michael Duderstadt was the first ever Tsunami to reach that level, he wasn’t alone for long. An EPIC CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Jonathan Ratliff for skipping right over the incredibly difficult Summer Junior National Championships by qualifying straight for the US Open in the 200 Fly with an astonishing time of 2:03.81. He has now positioned himself as one of the top 200 butterflyers in the entire country for his age. Way to go JRat!!
Duderstadt Claims Another Southeastern Title in 100 Breast!
In 2012, Michael Duderstadt came within a couple tenths of a second of becoming a Southeastern Champion for the first time ever at the summer LC championships. He had to wait until February for that to come to fruition as he won 3 events (100 Br, 200 Br, 100 Fr) at the winter SES meet. Now, Duder has become only the second swimmer in PCST history to win a Long Course Southeastern Championship title, and the first ever to win both a long course and short course race. His time of 1:04.21 in the breast was a second faster than his previous best, and over a second and a half faster than the second place finisher at the meet. It also earned him a second long course US Open qualifying time and helped further secure his position as the greatest swimmer in PCST history (so far………..am I right Tsunamis coming up through the ranks??) Congrats Duder, on yet another amazing SES Championships.
Marisa Ashley Joins Duderstadt and Ratliff With Runner Up Finishes!
To further prove just how great we were at the meet in Nashville, I would like to celebrate our runner-up finishes. Mr. Ratliff and Mr. Duderstadt have put together countless great swims for PCST over the years at the SES Championships. This year was no different as Duder added a 2nd place finish in the 200 IM to his 100 Breast victory, while Jonathan’s US Open qualifying 200 Fly performance earned him a runner-up spot at the meet as well. However, the newest PCST superstar is one of our brightest rising Tsunamis, Marisa Ashley! Her 5:31 in the 400 Free proved that she is one of the top 10 & under swimmers in all of Southeastern Swimming, and we could not be prouder. Congratulations all three of you on your incredible championship meets!
25 PCST Team Records Fall!
My goal coming into the meet was to break 25 team records. Considering how many PCST all-time marks have fallen this summer already, some would have thought me crazy to have such an aspiration. Little did they know! We came to race and continued to smash PCST records left and right. And in case you’re not on stat overload already, the rewriting of many of these team records means that the Tsunamis have now broken roughly 90% of all our all-time records since 2006 when we had the fortunate combination of getting our first full time head coach as well as a beautiful new facility at Frank Brown Park. It’s been amazing to see what we have accomplished, but not as great as it will be to see how fast the future Tsunamis are going to swim.
11-12 Girls Team Records
Maddie Campbell 100 Back (1:14.14) breaks Maddie Campbell (1:15.94) from 2013
13-14 Girls Team Records
Kyla Hallam 50 Breast (37.55) breaks Kyla Halllam (38.05) from 2012
13-14 Boys Team Records
Chad McGuire 100 Breast (1:15.79) breaks Chad McGuire (1:16.38) from 2013
Chad McGuire 200 Breast (2:44.65) breaks Chad McGuire (1:44.69) from 2013
Chad McGuire 200 Breast (2:43.43) breaks Chad McGuire (2:44.65) from 2013
Alex Phlegar 200 IM (2:25.75) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (2:26.69) from 2011
400 Medley Relay (4:38.63) Alex Phlegar, Chad McGuire, Nico Gobel, Cole Tillman breaks
(4:45.46) Michael Whitehead, Dylan Mock, Jonathan Ratliff, Michael Commins from 2009
15-16 Girls Team Records
Kalanne Krause 100 Free (1:02.05) breaks Victoria Hove (1:02.51) from 2010
Kalanne Krause 200 Back (2:28.35) breaks Hannah Retherford (2:31.24) from 2013
Fallon Gelsleichter 200 Fly (2:36.43) breaks Fallon Gelsleichter (2:36.76) from 2013
Senior Girls Team Records
400 Free Relay (4:09.39) Kalanne Krause, Hannah Retherford, Taylor Wilder, Caitlin Myers breaks
(4:14.24) Victoria Hove, Kalanne Krause, Jamie McDonald, Nicole Gazia from 2010
400 Medley Relay (4:45.18) Kalanne Krause, Fallon Gelsleichter, Kat Costin, Caitlin Myers breaks
(4:45.38) Victoria Hove, Astrid Escobar, Jamie McDonald, Kalanne Krause from 2010
Senior Boys Team Records
Michael Duderstadt 100 Free (53.19) breaks Jonathan Mount (53.40) from 1995
Jonathan Ratliff 200 Free (1:56.72) breaks Beau Brothers (1:59.10) from 2009
Jonathan Ratliff 200 Free (1:56.37) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (1:56.72) from 2013
Jonathan Ratliff 400 Free (4:10.46) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (4:14.71) from 2013
Michael Duderstadt 50 Breast (30.23) breaks Michael Duderstadt (30.34) from 2012
Michael Duderstadt 100 Breast (1:04.21) breaks Michael Duderstadt (1:05.29) from 2012
Jonathan Ratliff 100 Fly (58.40) breaks Beau Brothers (58.94) from 2008
Jonathan Ratliff 100 Fly (57.95) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (58.40) from 2013
Jonathan Ratliff 200 Fly (2:04.46) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (2:07.26) from 2013
Jonathan Ratliff 200 Fly (2:03.81) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (2:04.46) from 2013
Michael Duderstadt 200 IM (2:07.87) breaks Michael Duderstadt (2:09.15) from 2012
Jonathan Ratliff 400 IM (4:39.49) breaks Cody Bronnenberg (4:40.93) from 2010
Jonathan Ratliff 400 IM (4:38.65) breaks Jonathan Ratliff (4:39.49) from 2013
Five Different Tsunamis Finish In Top 8 Overall!
As I told you before, the team competition was tough! It’s very difficult for us to swim so well at a meet and end up 18th overall rather than top 15 or even top 12. One of the reasons is because the entire LSC of Southeastern Swimming has gotten considerably better in recent years. This means that times that would have easily finished in the top 8 in the past, are now finishing in the 9-16th ranges. So please, join me in congratulating our top PCST swimmers for their awesome and very difficult to achive Top 8 swims, as well as the tons and tons of other athletes who finished just outside of the scoring mark. (Please note, however, that Senior swimmers in the 9th-16th range scored very valuable points for PCST!)
Top 8 Finishes
Michael Duderstadt; Senior Boys 100 Breast (1st, SES CHAMPION!), 200 IM (2nd), 100 Free (3rd)
Jonathan Ratliff; Senior Boys 200 Fly (2nd), 400 IM (3rd), 200 Free (7th)
Marisa Ashley; 10 & Under Girls 400 Free (2nd)
Chad McGuire; 13-14 Boys 200 Breast (7th), 100 Breast (8th)
Kyla Hallam; 13-14 Girls 200 Breast (7th)
9-16 Swims
Taylor Wilder 1500 Free (16th)
Marisa Ashley 200 Free (9th), 50 Breast (10th), 50 Free (12th), 100 Free (9th), 100 Breast (9th)
Isa Gobel 100 Breast (11th)
Jonathan Ratliff 400 Free (13th), 100 Free (14th), 100 Fly (11th)
Kalanne Krause 200 Back (15th)
Maddie Campbell 100 Back (9th), 50 Back (16th)
Kyla Hallam 100 Breast (9th)
Alex Phlegar 100 Breast (9th), 100 Back (15th), 200 IM (16th), 200 Back (11th)
Kari Troia 200 Breast (11th)
10 & Under Boys 200 Free Relay (16th)
10 & Under Boys 200 Medley Relay (14th)
11-12 Boys 200 Free Relay (15th)
11-12 Boys 200 Medley Relay (15th)
13-14 Girls 400 Free Relay (12th)
13-14 Girls 400 Medley Relay (10th)
13-14 Boys 400 Free Relay (9th)
13-14 Boys 400 Medley Relay (9th)
Senior Girls 400 Free Relay (12th)
Senior Girls 400 Medley Relay (12th)
Senior Boys 400 Free Relay (14th)
Senior Boys 400 Medley Relay (14th)
18 Different PCST Swimmers Earn New All-Time Top 10 Spots!
Ahhhhhh, the all-time top 10 list. My old buddy. Can you believe that nearly half of the PCST swimmers in the meet earned new positions in the all time top 10 list? This is even more impressive because this is a list of the fastest swims in team history regardless of age. So naturally, 12 & unders are not going to make this list very often. This means that a large majority of our 13 & older swimmers are already among the best of all time. And since so many of them have years ahead of them with PCST before they graduate high school, I would imagine this list is going to be completely rewritten here over the next few years. Congratulations to all of our Tsunamis who earned new top 10 times!
Girls New Top 10 Swims
50 Free: Caitlin Myers 3rd (28.62), Kat Costin 9th (29.23)
100 Free: Kalanne Krause 4th (1:02.05), Hannah Retherford 10th (1:03.59)
200 Free: Kalanne Krause 3rd (2:14.42)
400 Free: Taylor Wilder 6th (4:53.37), Kari Troia t-8th (4:55.59)
1500 Free: Taylor Wilder 8th (19:36.40)
50 Back: Kalanne Krause 2nd (33.78), Kari Troia 8th (35.90)
100 Back: Kalanne Krause 2nd (1:09.62), Taylor Wilder 4th (1:12.37), Kari Troia 5th (1:13.72), Maddie Campbell 7th (1:14.14)
200 Back: Kalanne Krause 1st (2:28.35), Taylor Wilder 3rd (2:31.01), Kari Troia 5th (2:37.16), Alexis Hall 8th (2:41.14)
50 Breast: Kyla Hallam 6th (37.55), Michaela Ashley 10th (39.62)
100 Breast: Michaela Ashley 10th (1:23.94)
50 Fly: Kat Costin 5th (32.23)
100 Fly: Kat Costin 3rd (1:09.41), Hannah Retherford 6th (1:10.60)
200 Fly: Fallon Gelsleichter 3rd (2:36.43)
200 IM: Kalanne Krause 3rd (2:33.43), Kari Troia 5th (2:37.88), Kat Costin 10th (2:39.84)
400 IM: Fallon Gelsleichter 4th (5:34.29)
Boys New Top 10 Swims
100 Free: Michael Duderstadt 1st (53.19), Jonathan Ratliff 4th (54.96)
200 Free: Jonathan Ratliff 1st (1:56.37)
400 Free: Liam Alexander 10th (4:35.81)
800 Free: Liam Alexander 6th (9:17.50)
1500 Free: Liam Alexander 6th (18:10.96)
50 Back: Casey Pridgen 5th (31.39), Alex Phlegar 9th (32.90)
100 Back: Casey Pridgen 7th (1:05.23), Alex Phlegar 10th (1:07.04)
200 Back: Alex Phlegar 8th (2:26.48)
50 Breast: Michael Duderstadt 1st (30.23), Alex Phlegar 10th (35.84)
100 Breast: Michael Duderstatd 1st (1:04.21)
200 Breast: Chad McGuire 7th (2:43.43)
50 Fly: Jonathan Ratliff 3rd (27.45), Casey Pridgen 7th (28.58)
100 Fly: Jonathan Ratliff 1st (57.95), Jim Lewandowski 9th (1:02.88)
200 Fly: Jonathan Ratliff 1st (2:03.81)
200 IM: Michael Duderstadt 1st (2:07.87)
400 IM: Jonathan Ratliff 1st (4:38.65)
New Age Group All-Time Top 10 Swims!
If I typed out all of the new all-time top 10 swims for each age group, I would almost certainly have to get surgery on my wrists for carpal tunel syndrome. Did I even come close to spelling that right? For those of you listed below, please go to our website and look up the newly updated rankings to see what event and place in which you have earned a new ranking. And if your name is not on this list, go check out the times anyway so you can figure out what you need to do to get your name on this list!
9-10 Girls: Marisa Ashley, Isa Gobel, Natalie McKenzie
9-10 Boys: Alex Fulton, Noah Vaden
11-12 Girls: Maddie Campbell
11-12 Boys: Sean Adams, Ben Hicks
13-14 Girls: Amelia Talkington, Kari Troia, Kyla Hallam, Michaela Ashley
13-14 Boys: Chad McGuire, Alex Phlegar
15-16 Girls: Hannah Retherford, Kalanne Krause, Alexis Hall, Fallon Gelsleichter
15-16 Boys: Jim Lewandowski, Liam Alexander, Casey Pridgen
Senior Girls: Caitlin Myers, Kat Costin, Lindsey Gurganus, Taylor Wilder, Hali Naggiar
Senior Boys: Michael Duderstadt, Jonathan Ratliff
All in all Tsunamis…………it was a near magical meet. This entire season has been unbelievable, historic and an absolute blast. I cannot begin to explain to you how proud I am that our Tsunami championship team rose from 3 to 50 in just 7 years! I cannot begin to tell you how much of a difference each and every one of you have made in my life. I will be forever grateful and thankful for your continuing presence in my heart and mind. Congratulations to each of you on your incredible success, and keep the ride going for years and years to come! Remember…………..”Do not follow where the path may lead, Go, instead, where there is not path and leave a trail.” Congrats Tsunamis………the future is yours!
CATCH THE WAVE!
Coach Jonathan
