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12 Westchase Swimmers Help TBAY to Runner up Title at FLAGS..

 12 swimmers from Westchase attended the FLAGS Meet in Clearwater the weekend of February 18-20. FLAGS formerly known as Junior Olympics stands for Florida Swimming Age Group Championships. Once again Sarasota Y took the team title with TBAY in 2nd. Tampa Bay Aquatic Swimmers scored 1,428 points earning the Team Runner Up award. 380 of those points were scored by TBAY at Westchase Swimmers! Kendal Allen, Zachary Bennett, Ava & Paige Carter, Ryaan Hatoum, Kory & Kyle Kimura, Casey Knowles Jabari Ramsey, Austin Sellers, Jonathan Valancius & Jocelyn Williams all represented Westchase at this very fast meet. This was a Prelim/ Finals Meet. With Prelims in the morning, where over 100 swimmers in some events are scrapping for the Top 16 spots to qualify for the evening Finals. We had a good showing in Finals from Westchase. For the 11-12 Girls Paige Carter finished 3rd in the 100 Breaststroke, 4th in the 100 IM, 7th in the 50 Free, 8th in 200 IM & 6th in the 50 Breaststroke. Also in the 11-12 Girls Casey Knowels made finals, taking 11th place in the 50 Free, 13th in the 100 Free & 16th in the 200 Free. For 11-12 Boys Jabari Ramsey took 7th in the 50 Breast, 8th in the 100 Breast & 16th place in the 50 Fly and 100 IM. For the 13-14 Girls Jocelyn William took 13th in the 200 Butterfly. The 13-14 Boys saw Austin Sellers taking 10th in the 200 Breast & 13th in the 100 Breast. Also for the 13-14 Boys Kyle Kimura took 4th in the 500 Free, 6th in the 100 Free, 7th in the 200 IM, 8th in the 400 IM & 10th place in the 50 Free. Kyle along with Casey Knowles & the Carter sisters Ava and Paige all scored Gold Medals on TBAY relays! The TBAY 10 & Under Boys Relay that took two 7th Place Finishes were all Westchase Swimmers Ryaan Hatoum, JonJon Valancius, Kory Kimura & Zachary Bennett!

  Out of 47 Prelim Races our Westchase Swimmers turned in 45 New Best Times!! ( thats like 99.9 % Best Times ) Link up here for results...

26 Westchase Swimmers Attend area 3/5 Championships......

Whats the biggest, longest meet, with the most swimmers entered every Spring? Why The Area 3/5 Championships held in Sarasota, March 18 to 20. 26 of the over 1000 swimmers entered were from Westchase. This meet has been set up as a Championship meet for Non-"JO" swimmers. You are not allowed to swim any event you have a FLAG Cut in. Westchase had 4 Indvidual Champions, they were Ava Carter for the 50Breast & 100 IM, Kory Kimura in the 25 Back, Taylor Anderson in the 50 Freestyle & Kendal Allen in the 100 Fly. new FLAG Cuts were scored by Kendal Allen in the 100 Fly & 500 Free, Zachary Bennett in the 50 Breast, Taylor Anderson in the 50 Free & Ava Carter in the 50Breast, 100 IM, 100Free & 100 Breast. Other Westchasers' to make it to Finals included Lindsey Valancius, Jocelyn Williams, Jimmy Dang, Austin & Lauren Sellers, Ben Parker, Kendal Clarke & Kayli Diaz. Next Up Winter Haven in April. For cmplete results link up here..http://sysharks.org/results/area35311full.pdf 

Kyle Kimura & Paige Carter Attend ALL Star Meet

 Based on their performances at this Springs Florida Swimming Age Group Championships, Paige Carter & Kyle Kimura have been selected to attend the "All Star " Dual Meet between Florida Swimming LSC & Florida Gold Coast Swimming LSC, in Ft Peirce the weekend of March 25-27. This is an annual dual between the best swimmers from each LSC. Florida Swimming has never lost!!

I am sure Paige & Kyle will represent us well! 

Kyle Kimura Selected To National Diversity Camp In Colorado Springs..

USA Swimming has announced the roster for the 2011 Diversity Select Camp. Thirty-six swimmers from across the country have been selected for the camp, which will take place May 5-8 at the Olympic Training Complex in Colorado Springs. Westchases Kyle Kimura was amoung 5 swimmers from Florida to make the camp. Each spring, USA Swimming invites athletes from under-represented populations to participate in a three-day camp program at The Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, which includes pool training, motivational and education sessions and team-building activities. Selection is based on times swum at USA Swimming-sanctioned events.The qualifying times are very fast too!

 The purpose of the camp is to instill a vision of success and inspire athletes from ethnically under-represented populations to become leaders in the sport. It is USA Swimming’s goal to empower athletes from ethnically under-represented populations and their coaches to:

• Demonstrate the viability of multicultural success in swimming. 
• Achieve performance excellence at every level of the sport. 
• Expound the benefits and value of participating in the sport of swimming. 
• Assist in recruiting more swimmers and coaches from diverse ethnicities to the sport of swimming. 
• Be positive leaders and role models that others from multicultural backgrounds can emulate.

This year’s pool of applicants was especially strong and deep, making qualification more competitive than ever. Everyone at Westchase is very proud of Kyle!

Kyle Kimura & Coach Kelley Allen Attend Camp At OTC....

Kyle Kimura was one of 32 athletes who qualified for the 2011 USA Swimmings Diversity Camp at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Colorado Springs, May 5th to 8th. The qualifying times were very fast so to be selected was a great honor for Kyle. As Kyles coach, I was able to attend the camp as well. Kyle said the training is very hard at that high of an altitude, he found it hard to breath just warming up! Think of how flat Tampa is, then imagine swimming 3 hour practices under the shadow of Pikes Peak (the highest spot in the continental states). While Kyle was busy practicing in OTC pool, I was spending up to 6 hours a day in class rooms, learning things from some of the brightest minds in swimming to today! The last day of camp the swimmers & coaches toured the Garden of Gods State Park. Kyle & myself had a great time at this camp & both of us came away with an experience of a life time. 

Westchase Swimmers Have Had A Busy Summer So Far.....

 School may be out for the summer but or Westchase Swimmers have not been on a break. We have had a busy June with swimmers attending meets in Largo, Lakeland, Ft Lauderdale & St Pete. We started June with the Largo Lightning Invitational meet. Westchase was the only TBAY Branch attending & took the 5th Place Team Title with out doing a single relay. We had several Top 10 Point Finishers at Largo, they include..8&Under Boys Kory Kimura was 2nd and Joshua Bennett finished 3rd. 10 & Under Girls saw Ava Carter finish 3rd & Zachary Bennett finished 3rd in 10 & Under Boys as well. 11-12 Girls had Paige Carter 1st and Kendal Allen finishing 4th in the points race. 11-12 Boys we had Jabari Ramsey scoring the 5th place spot. For the 13-14 Boys Austin Sellers swimming only 6 events finished 7th in the points. The Next weekend Austin & Lauren Sellers, Kyle & Kory Kimura attended the International Age Group Meet in Ft. Lauderdale, while the rest of team went to the TBAY Meet in Lakeland. We had several Top 10 point Finishes in the Lakeland Meet. They include Carolina Ricciardi 4th in the 8 & Under Girls, Joshua Bennett taking the 8th place spot in the 8 & Under Boys. 10 & Unders had Ava Carter & Zachary Bennett taking 1st Place for the Girls and Boys. 11-12 Girls had Paige Carter and Kendal Allen taking 1st & 2nd Place. Jabari Ramsey scored enough points to take 1st Place in the 11-12 Boys. In the 13-14 division we had Taylor Anderson taking 7th place for the Girls and Harrision Keane getting the 8th place spot for the Boys. Harrision also made his first FLAGS Cut in the 13-14 Boys 200 Free too. The last meet before the Championship Season starts was the LasT Chance Meet in St Pete on the July 4th weekend. Once again Westchase was the only TBAY Branch in attendance & pulled off another 5th place team finish. Once again we had several Top 10 Point Scorers including, Carolina Ricciardi 6th Place (8& Under Girls) Kory Kimura 1st Place, Joshua Bennett 9th Place (8&Under Boys) Ava Carter 2nd Place (10& Under Girls) Paige Carter 3rd Place, Kendal Allen 6th Place (11-12 Girls) Casey Knowles 5th Place (13-14 Girls) Kyle Kimura 5th Place (SR Boys) Next Meets up are FLAGS (formerly called JO's) in Orlando, July 14-17 and SR Champs in Fort Peirce July 22-24. Good Luck to all Westchase Swimmers!  

A Good Championship Season For The Westchase Crew.....

 As the summer long course season draws to a close, the swimmers of Westchase can look back proudly at our acomplishments at the recent championship meets. Westchase sent 10 swimmers to FLAGS (Florida Age Group Chamionships) in Orlando, July 14 to 17, to help TBAY to the 3rd Place Team title! These ten swimmers were Kendal Allen, Taylor Anderson, Zachary Bennett, Ava & Paige Carter,  Ryaan Hatoum, Kory Kimura, Casey Knowles, Jabari Ramsey & Austin Sellers. Austin Sellers was the only TBAY Inividual Champion, winning the 13-14 Boys 200 Meter Breaststroke! Paige Carter had two 2nd Place finishes in the 11-12 Girls 100 Breaststroke & the 11-12 Girls 200 IM. Paige Carter was selected for the Florida Swimming Zone Allstar team based on her perfomance at FLAGS. The next weekend of July, the 21st to the 24th saw Kyle Kimura & Jocelyn Williams heading to SR Champs in Ft. Peirce. Sr Champs is the state championships for 15 & Older swimmers. Both Jocelyne & Kyle made it back to finals to help TBAY to a 3rd Place Team finish there as well. The Area 3 Meet and the Tamp Summer Swim League Championships are the only meets left this summer.

Westchase Swimmer Picked For Florida Swimming All Star Zone Team......

At the end of every summer, the best young swimmers from around the Southern United States meet for the Speedo Southern Zone Championships. This year the meet was held in Cary, North Carolina at the Triangle Aquatic Center, from July 26th to the 31st. All Star teams from North & South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, West Virgina & Florida converged in the Raleigh Area for a very fast week of swimming.  Florida Swimmings All Star Team was chosen from the results of this summers Age Group Championships held recently in Orlando. Westchases Paige Carter had a great FLAGS Meet & was picked as one of the top 11-12 Girls in the state! Paige had a great time at the Zone meet & swam very well, taking 10th place in the 11-12 Girls 50 meter Breaststroke. Page also anchored the Florida Swimming 11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay earning a Bronze Medal as her relay finished 3rd. Paige helped Florida Swimming to a 2nd Place Team Title! 

15th Annual Sweet September Meet......

The Westchase crew headed across the bay to the Countryside Country Club in Clearwater, the weekend of September 9th to 11th, for the 15th Annual Sweet September Meet. This weekend also marked the 10th anniversery of the 9-11 Attacks in NYC, and a moment of silence was observed by all before the start of the meet on Sunday. 33 Westchase swimmers swam very well for this early in the long short course season. Loads of Personal Best Times were achieved and we had several high point winners too! High Point winners for the 8 & Unders were, Carolina Ricciardi 4th Place girls, her sister Bruna took 8th Place. 8 & Under Boys saw Joshua Bennett taking the 5th place high point. 10 & Unders we had Ava Carter & Zachary Bennett winning the Girls and Boys divisions with Kory Kimura taking the 2nd Place Trophey for the 10 & Under Boys. Jabari Ramsey won the 1st place High Point for 11-12 Boys, while Lauren Sellers and Christopher Quach took 7th Place on both the Girls & Boys side. The 13-14 Girls saw a 1-2-3 High Point Sweep with Paige Carter, Casey Knowles & Kendal Allen. Kendall Clarke finished 8th. The 13-14 Boys Austin Sellers swam to a 3rd Place finish and Richie Bui took the 8th Place spot. In the Senior Division Jocelyn Williams was first for the Girls & Michael Melendez was 1st for the Boys with Mason Reinhart finnishing 3rd. The next meet up is the City of Tampa Nike Meet in early October.

TBAY-Westchase Takes 2nd Place Team Title At City Of Tampa Nike Meet...

 The weekend of the 7th & 8th saw some great swimming at The City of Tampa Nike Invitational Swim Meet, it also saw some of the worst weather I can ever remember for early October. The wind gust were well over 25 knots on Saturday & the driving rain fell non stop on Sunday. The Westchase swimmers were the only TBAY branch to attend this meet at the Bobby Hicks Pool in Tampa. The 28 swimmers from Westchase were able to score anough points to take home the 2nd Place Team Title, behind Gulf Coast Swim Team and just ahead of the host team South Tampa Aquatics. Despite the foul weather the Westchase Kids did great. Heat winners were awarded pumpkins from a pumpkin patch & we took quite a few home with us! We had several Top 10 Point scorer's as well. For the 8 & Unders Carolina Ricciardi was 5th for the girls & Joshua Bennett was 6th for the boys. Ava Carter & Kory Kimura both took 3rd Place in the 10 & Under Girls and Boys age group. For the 11& 12 Girls, Lauren Sellers finished 8th in the points race. For the 11 & 12 Boys, Zachary Bennett finished 4th with Christopher Quach grabbing the 9th Place spot. Paige Carter and Austin Sellers won the Senior Girls & Boys divisions. Kendal Allen finished 8th in the Sr Girls & Michael Melendez was 9th in the SR Boys Points. Next Meet Up ..The Halloween Meet in Largo. 

Spooktacular Halloween Meet For Westchase Swimmers...

The Westchase swimmers attended the annual Halloween Meet in Largo, in Mid-October. TBAY had 157 swimmers in the meet, 30 of them were from the Westchase Branch. Our swimmers competed in 174 events and brought home loads of ribbons,medals & Ghost Heet Winners as well as 88 New Best Times. Thats just over 50% of the swims being best times, not bad for this part of the swim season. Our 30 swimmers helped TBAY to the 2nd Place Team Title, to bring home one of the coveted custom made Halloween themed High Point  trophey's. Top 10 point finishers in their age groups were: Carolina Ricciardi 1st Place 8 & Under Girls, Ava Carter took 6th Place in the 10 & Under Girls Points. Kory Kimura took 9th Place for the 10 & Under Boys. Jabari Ramsey was 2nd Place in the 11-12 Boys Division, Paige Carter won the 13-14 Girls Point battle & Austin Sellers was 6th in the 13-14 Boys. Kendal Allen swimming in the SR Girls scored anough to take the 4th place spot! Next Meet up in Clearwater Nov 4th & 6th.

Good Luck High School Swimmers.....

Good Luck to the Westchase high school swimmers going to Districts and hopefully Regionals and States in their respective classes.

The high school swimmers from TBAY@ Westchase  are representing several high schools in the Tampa Bay area this year.  The Westchase swimmers are: Taylor Anderson (Fr – Mitchell H.S. - 2A), Jimmy Dang (So- Jesuit H.S. -2A), Kayli Diaz (Fr- Hillsborough H.S. -2A), Harrison Keane (Fr- Berkeley Prep -1A), Kent Kimura (Jr- Jesuit H.S. -2A), Kyle Kimura (So- Plant H.S. -3A), Michael Melendez (Jr- Tampa Catholic -1A), Ben Parker (Jr- Jesuit H.S. -2A), Austin Sellers (Fr- Jesuit H.S. -2A), and Jocelyn Williams (So- Land O Lakes H.S. -2A). Kyle Kimura Broke A 16 year old Plant High School Team Record in the 100 Fly & Taylor Anderson broke the Mitchel High School record for the 50 Free!!! 

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options 2009 Swim News

Turek & Sellers Help Lead Florida Swimming To Victory... - Edit

August 3, 2009

 Having been a Florida Swimming Zone Team Coach twice myself, '04 in Ft. Lauderdal & '06 in Atlanta I know first hand how intence and gruling and exciting this week long meet can be. From getting on the team bus on Monday, the 800's on Tuesday to the Open Water Swims on Sunday! It is a long meet but it is a lot of fun too. The parade of teams & trading of team gear on Saturday is awsome! And meeting swimmers & coaches from all over the Southern United States is something you can never forget! We are very lucky this year to have two of our Westchase swimmers on the Florida Zone Team. Florida Swimming has now won the Southern Zone meet three years in a row & our two swimmers were a huge part of that victory! Michelle Turek took 2nd place in the 11-12 Girls 100 Meter Free & the 11-12 Girls Open Water Swim! Michelle also placed 3rd in the 11-12 Girls 200 & 400 Free as well as being on the 3rd place 200 FR Relay & 4th place 11-12 Girls Florida Swimming 200 Medlay Relay. Austin Sellers was a big point scorer as well. Placing 8th in both the 11-12 Boys 50 & 100 Meter Breaststroke events & taking 7th place in the 11-12 Boys Open Water Competition. We at Westchase are very proud of these two athletes!

Attachments:Southern Zone's Complete ResultsSZ Open Water Results

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Westchase Swimmers Score Big At Area 3/5 Championships..... - Edit

August 3, 2009

 27 Westchase swimmers represented Tampa Bay Aquatics at the recent Area 3/5 Championships held the last weekend in July at St. Petes North Shore Pool. We had several indvidual event winners & loads of new Junior Olympic qualifing times made! Westchase Medalist include- 8 & Under Boys Ryaan Hatoum scored a silver in the 25 Yard Breaststroke. Kendall Allen took 1st in the 10 & Under Girls 100 IM & made her JO cut. She took 2nd in the 10 & Under Girls 50 & 100 Free making both of those JO cuts! Kendal also took 3rd in the 50 Breaststroke. Also medalling for the 10 & Under Girls was Paige Carter. Paige took gold in the 9-10 Girls 50 Free, 100Free, 100 Back, 50 & 100 Breaststroke. She took 2nd in the 9-10 Girls 200 Free & 3rd in the 200 IM making the Junior Olympic cut in every race she swam! Elle Hazlett took a bronze medal in the 9-10 Girls 100 Fly as well. The 11-12 age group saw lot of awards going to the Westchase kids. On the Girls side Julia Cogdill took the silver medals in the 500 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back And a bronze in the 100 Back. Julia made here JO cuts in those events plus the 200 IM, 50 Free 100Fly & the 100 Free. The 11-12 Boys saw Ian Hazlett getting a third place medal in the 200 IM. His brother Tristan Hazlett took the bronze in the 11-12 Boys 500 Free. Tristan also met the JO time standard in the 500 Free,50 Free, 100 IM, 200 Free & 100 Free as well. Sujay Pillai swimming in his last 11-12 meet took home gold in the 11-12 Boys 500 Free, 100 Fly, 100 IM & 50 Fly. He took 2nd in the 100 & 200 free, making the JO cuts in every race he swam! The 13-14 Year old swimmers swam great as well!  Christiaan Hazlett took 1st place in the 13-14 Boys 50 Free & 2nd place in the 100 Fly,200 Fly 3rd place in the 500 Free,400 IM, 200 IM & 200 Free. Christiaan made his JO cuts in 100 Fly, 500 Free,200 IM & 200 Free.  For the 13-14 Girls Jocelyn Willaims took two Silvers, placing 2nd in the 200 Free & the 200 Breast. She made her Junior Olympic cut in the 200 Breast as well as 200 Back & 200 IM. Magret Shumake rounded out the 13-14 Girls medalist taking second in the 200 Back third in the 200 Free & third in the SR girls 200 Breast. Margret made her JO cuts in the 500 Free, 200 Back & 200 Breast. Bella Cogdill, Jimmy Dang,Jabari Ramsey, Matthew & Noah Reinhart all qualified for the evening Finals based on their morning Prelim swims.  

Attachments:Complete Area 3/5 Results

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Kent Kimura & Matthew Dieffenthaller July Swimmers of the Month... - Edit

July 27, 2009

  Swimmers of the month for July are Kent Kimura from the Age Group Program & Matthew Dieffenthaller for the Novice Group! Both these young swimmers stood out with their practice & meet performance in July to capture this month's SOM honors! Kent Kimura has had perfect practice attendance in July and every race he swam over this summer was a personal best time in every meet! Matthew Dieffenthaller joined the Novice Group this spring and has evovolved into on of the stand out swimmers in this group! He works very hard every day & it show's when he swimming in a meet! Great Job boys! Remember I am always trying to catch people doing somthing great & looking for August Swimmer of the Month... 

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Turek & Sellers Named To Florida Swimming's Zone Team.... - Edit

July 22, 2009

  Westchase swimmers Michelle Turek & Austin Sellers have been named to Florida Swimming's Southern Zone All-Star Team. They will be competing in Orlando at the International YMCA from July 28 to August 1st. They will be swimming in the 11-12 year old divisions againts All-Star Swimmers from all over the Southern United States. This is a big meet with teams from North & South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennissee, Louisiana & Texas! Michelle & Austin were chosen for the Florida Team based on the performance at the past two Junior Olympics!   

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Westchase Swimmers Help TBAY To A Second Place Team Finish At JR. Olympics.... - Edit

July 21, 2009

  TBAY at Westchase swimmers charged into FT Myers with a mighty pirate "AARRRRR" To help Tampa Bay Aquatics to a 2nd Place Team Finish behind the Sarasota YMCA Sharks. Leading the charge was Michelle Turek winning the 11-12 Girls 50 & 100 Meter Free. Michelle tied the state record in the 100 Free that was set by former TBAY swimmer Chelsea Nauta in 2001! Michelle also took 2nd place in the 11-12 Girls 200 & 400 Meter Freestyle events. Also scoring silver medals from Westchase were Austin Sellers in the 11-12 Boys 50 & 100 Meter Breaststroke events, Jared Young took 2nd in the 11-12 Boys 100 Back as well as 9 year old Jabari Ramsey placing 2nd in the Boys 10 & Under 50 Breaststroke! Jared & Jabari each took home a bronze medal as well. Jared Young in the 11-12 Boys 400 Freestyle and Jabari Ramsey in the 10 & Under 100 Breast. Kyle Kimura who just turned 13 was a member of the TBAY 13-14 Boys State Record setting 400 Free Relay as well as winning the Consilation Finals in the 13-14 Boys 200 Meter Individual Medlay. Michelle Turek, Austin Sellers, Jared Young, Kendall Allen, Sujay Pillai and Paige Carter were all on medal winning relays as well! Complete meet results can be seen at this link... 

Attachments:2009 Long Course JO Results

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15 Westchase Swimmers Qualify For Junior Olympics..... - Edit

July 14, 2009

Holy Cow!!! 15 swimmers from Westchase have qualified for Florida Swimmings Summer Junior Olympics! These young dedicated athletes worked very hard the past few months to end their Long Course 50 Meter Season at one of the fastest Age Group Meets in the country! Congratulations to Kendal Allen, Paige Carter, Julia Cogdill, Nicole Harder, Christiaan Hazlett, Elle Hazlett, Tristan Hazlett, Kyle Kimura, Sujay Pillai, Jabari Ramsey, Austin Sellers, Margret Shumake, Michelle Turek, Jocelyn Williams & Jared Young! Bella Cogdill & Lauren Sellers were also invited to swim on some girls relays so that makes 17 Westchase swimmers heading to Ft. Myers this weekend to compete at the Gulf Coast University Aquatic Center!  Good Luck & Swim FAST!!!!

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Westchase's Michelle Turek Breaks Chelsea Nuata's State Record.. - Edit

June 24, 2009

TBAY at Westchase swimmer Michelle Turek had a very good Largo meet last weekend, which was highlighted by a record breaking swim in the 11-12 Girls 50 Meter Free. Michelle won the event in a time of 27.41. That beats former TBAY & current University of Georgia swimmer Chelsea Nautas old record of 27.57 set back in July of 2001! The time of 27.41 makes Michelle the current number one ranked 11-12 Girl in the United States in the 50 Meter Free. Kyle Kimura had a great meet as well, ending his 11-12 years by winning every event he was in and along the way earning the 1st Place High Point award for the 11-12 Boys age group! Other High Point winners in Largo were Matthew Deifenthaller taking 3rd place 8 & Under Boys with Kory Kimura & Zachary Bennett taking the 4th & 5th place honors! Jabari Ramsey won the 10 & Under Boys 50 Breast, 100 Breast & 200 IM to help him get a 4th Place High Point finish. 2nd in the 11-12 Boys High Point behind Kyle was Jared Young. Austin Sellers won the 11-12 Boys 50 & 100 Meter Breaststroke to help him to a 4th Place High Point finish as well. The swimmers swam well in the record heat & look forward to our next meet in St. Pete!  

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Westchase Crew of 32, swim well at St Pete's Friday & Saturday at the Races.... - Edit

May 26, 2009

32 Westchase swimmers braved the stormiest weather in years to travel to St Pete's North Shore Pool for St Pete's Friday & Saturday at the Races. With only a few weather delays, the meet  ran very smooth. Our crew of 32 swam in 154 races & turned in 89 new Personal Best Times with only one DQ! That is very good considering we only had one practice the week leading up to the meet due to rain & lightning during practice times!  Individual events were won by Kyle Kimura ( 11-12 100 Back,50 Free, 100 Fly & 100 Free) Michelle Turek (11-12 100 Back, 50 Fly, 50 Back) Jabari Ramsey(10 & Under 50 Fly, 50 & 100 Breast)  & Paige Carter who won the 10 & Under Girls 100 Breast! New Junior Olympic Cuts were made by Christaain Hazlett (13-14 100 Fly & 100 Free) Jared Young & Michelle Turek each made their 11-12 800 Free cuts for Junior Olympics in in Ft Myers this July! The next meet up is The Largo " Lightning Invitational" June 19-21 at Largo's S.W. Complex. Meet info is posted at the Swim & Tennis Center on the team bullitin board. 

 

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Westchase Swim Team Scores High at AreaSwim Meets - Edit

May 4, 2009

TBAY @ Westchase kicked off the Long Course (Meter) Season with 39 swimmers participating in the Rowdy Cup Swim Meet hosted by the Winter Haven Stingrays during the weekend of April 17-19, the most swimmers that Westchase has ever sent to a swim meet.  TBAY took first place and won the Rowdy Cup this year with 764.50 points.  Westchase contributed 67% of those points (508.5) while 4 Westchase swimmers won trophies!  Tristan Hazlett won 1^st place in the Boys 10 & Under division, Michelle Turek won 1^st place in the Girls 11 & 12, Kyle Kimura took 1^st place in the Boys 11 & 12 and Austin Sellers placed 2^nd in the Boys 11 & 12.

In the Boys 8 & Under, Victor Cogdill placed 5^th overall, with a 3^rd in the 50m Free, 5^th in the 50m Breast and 50m Back.  Zachary Bennett placed 7^th overall, with 3^rd in the 50m Fly and 6^th in the 50m Breast.  In the Boys 10 & Under division, Tristan Hazlett earned 83 points placing 1^st overall with a 1^st in the 50, 100 & 200 Free, 50 & 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM 2^nd in the 50 & 100 Back and 3^rd in the 50 Fly.  Jabari Ramsey placed 4^th overall with a 1^st place in the 20 Fly, 2^nd in the 50 Breast, 3^rd place in the 100 Fly & 100 Breast.  Ian Hazlett placed 5^th overall with 33 points.  Victor, Jabari and Chris Quach assisted TBAY to place 3^rd in the Boys 10 & Under Medley Relay.

In the Girls 10 & Under, Paige Carter swam the 50m Breast for the first time ever and placed 8^th with a time of 48.72 seconds, qualifying to compete in the Junior Olympics!  She also assisted TBAY to place 2nd in the Girls 10 & Under 200 Free Relay.  Elle Hazlett placed 8^th in the 200 IM and Kendall Allen assisted TBAY to place 2^nd in the 200 Medley Relay.  Lauren Sellers assisted TBAY to place 9^th in the 200 Medley Relay.

In the Girls 11 & 12 division, Michelle Turek earned 71 points placing 1st overall, with a 1^st place in the 50, 100, 200 Free, 200 IM, 2^nd place in the 400 Free and 3^rd in the 50 & 100 Fly and 50 Back.  Jocelyn Williams placed 4^th overall with 2^nd in the 50 & 100 Breast, and 200 IM.   Julia Cogdill earned 20 points placing 7^th overall and took 1^st in the 50 Breast and 2^nd in the 100 Breast.   All 3 girls helped TBAY earn 1^st place in the Girls 11-12 200 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay.   Tiffany Quach assisted the team to place 3^rd in the 200 Medley Relay and 4^th in the 200 Free Relay.

In the Boys 11 & 12 division, Kyle Kimura earned 84 points for TBAY placing 1^st  overall with a 1^st place in the 50, 100, 200 & 400 Free, 50 & 100 Back, 50 & 100 Fly and 200 IM, and 2^nd in the 50 Fly.  Austin Sellers earned 62 points placing 2^nd  overall with a 1^st place in the 50 & 100 Breast, 2^nd in the 200 IM & 400 Free and 3rd in the 100 Free.  Both boys helped TBAY earn 1^st place in the Boys 11-12 200 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay races. Sujay Pillai placed 8^th overall, earning 20 points, and along with Noah Reinhart, he assisted TBAY to place 2^nd in the 200 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay.  Efa Demir and Matthew Reinhart assisted TBAY to place 4^th in the 200 Medley Relay, while Matthew and Andrea Stevao assisted the team to place 5^th in the 200 Free Relay.

The Girls 13&14 Division was tough but Margaret Shumake earned 11^th overall placing 4^th in the 100 Breast, 5^th place in the 200 Breast & 400 IM and 7^th in the 400 Free.  Margret and Nichole Harder assisted the team to place 4^th in the 200 Free Relay.  Christian Hazlett took 6^th in the 400 IM and 7^th in the 200 Breast and 400 Free. Kent Kimura placed 8^th in the 200 Breaststroke.  Ben Parker also competed dropping time in many races.

Two weeks later, the swimmers competed at the WFLA Spring Open on May 1-3 in Largo.  In the Boys 8 & Under, Victor Cogdill placed 6^th in the 50 Free & 50 Breaststroke, and 7^th in the 50 Backstroke.  Ryaan Hatoum placed 8^th in the 50 Breast.  Zachary Bennett placed 8^th in the 50 Free!  Kory Kimura the only 6 year old from Westchase that competed swam in 4 races long course races, posting very fast times! Two of those races were 100 meters long, the 100 Free and 100 Back.

In the Boys 10 & under, Tristan Hazlett placed with a 2^nd in the 50&100 Breast, 3^rd in the 50 Free, 4^th in the 200 IM & 100&200 Free, 5^th 100 Back, 7^th in the 50 Back, and 8^th in the 50&100 Fly.  Ian Hazlett took 5^th in the 50 Breast, 7^th in the 100 Breast and 100 Back.  Jabari Ramsey placed 1st in the 50 & 3rd in 100 Breast, 7^th in the 50 Fly, 8^th in the 200IM.  Jabari and Chris Quach helped the TBAY team place 4^th in the 200m Freestyle relay, while an entire TBAY relay of Westchase swimmers, Victor Cogdill, Zachary Bennett, Michael Gomez, Calvin Ziglar, and John Dang placed 8^th in the 200 Freestyle Relay.

In the Girls 10 & Under, Paige Carter swam the 100m Breaststroke in 1:43.81 for the very first time and made another Junior Olympic cut time! Paige then swam the 50 Fly placing 5^th and receiving her 3^rd JO cut time!  Elle Hazlett placed 4^th in the 50 Fly.  Paige then assisted the TBAY A Team to place 1^st in the 200 Medley Relay.  Paige and Kendal Allen also helped the TBAY B Team place 2^nd in the 200 m Freestyle Relay and Lauren Sellers helped the TBAY C Team place 8^th in the 200 Freestyle relay.  Kendal also assisted the TBAY B Team to place 6^th in the Girls 10 & under 200 Medley relay.  Margaret Parker and Lindsey Marian also competed and improved their times in many races.

Once again, Kyle Kimura took 1st place overall in the Boys 11-12 group scoring 78 points for TBAY, placing 1^st in the 100 Fly, 200IM, 50, 100,200&400Free and 50 Back, 2^nd in the 50 Fly & 100 Back and 8^th in the 50 Breaststroke.  Austin Sellers placed 1st in the 100m Breaststroke, 2^nd in the 50 Breast, 3^rd in the 200IM, 4^th in the 200 Free, 5^th in the 100 Fly, 6^th in the 100 Free, 8^th in the 50 Fly and 800 Free.   Jared Young placed 2^nd in the 200&400 Free, 3^rd in the Back, 4^th in the 50 Fly, 100 Free & 200IM and 5^th in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke.  Sujay Pillai placed 6^th in the 50&100 Breast and assisted the TBAY B Team to place 3^rd in the 200 Medley relay and 4^th in the 200 Freestyle relay.  Jared, Austin and Kyle helped the TBAY A Team score 1^st in the 200 Freestyle relay and 200 Medley.  Efa Demir helped the TBAY C Team place 6^th in the 200 Medley Relay.  Noah Reinhart and Matthew Reinhart assisted the TBAY C team to place 7^th in the 200 Freestyle relay.  Mason Reinhart also competed and showed fast times.

In the Girls 11-12 group, Michelle Turek placed 1^st in the 200 Free, 5^th in the 50 Fly and 6^th in the 100 Back.   Julia Cogdill placed 3^rd in the 50 Breaststroke and assisted the TBAY team to place 6^th in the 200 Freestyle relay.  Michelle and Julia helped the TBAY A Team place 2^nd in the Girls 11-12 200 Medley Relay.  Tiffany Quach and Maddie Strasen also competed, improving their times as well.

In the Girls 13-14 group, Jocelyn Williams placed 3^rd in the 400IM and 6^th in the 200 Fly.  Margret Shumake placed 1^st in the 200 Breaststroke and 3^rd in the 100 Breaststroke.  In the Boys 13-14, Christiaan Hazlett placed 1^st in the 400IM and 7^th in the 100 Fly.  Kent Kimura placed 4^th in the 400IM.  Bella Cogdill, Nicole Harder, Ally Strasen, Jimmy Dang and Ben Parker also competed showing improve in their races.  Congratulations to all of the swimmers for working so hard.

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2009 Westchase All-Star Team - Edit

May 3, 2009

Florida Swimming once again defeated Florida Gold Coast at the All-Stars Meet in Indian River Community College on April 4-5 in Fort Pierce, Florida. The final score was Florida Swimming 734 and Florida Gold Coast 538. The scoring system only awarded points to the top two swimmers from each team regardless of overall place and only the top three relays.

Florida Swimming selected 135 swimmers from various swim clubs in the state to compete on their all-star team. The team was separated into three age groups, 10 and Under, 11-12 and 13-14, for boys and girls. Twelve swimmers from Tampa Bay Aquatics (TBAY) competed on Florida Swimming’s All-Star team, six of whom came from the TBAY Westchase swim team. The TBAY Westchase swimmers earned points that contributed to Florida Swimming’s win and brought home several medals.

Among Girls 11-12, Michelle Turek represented the women of Westchase by taking first place in the 50 and 100 Free, third in the 200 Free and seventh in the 500 Free. She also assisted the Girls 11-12 to place first in the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay.

Among Boys 11-12, Kyle Kimura placed in five events, the 50 and 100 Fly, 200 Free, 200 IM and 500 Free, and third place in the 100 Free. Kyle helped the Boys 11-12 team to place first in the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay. Austin Sellers placed second in the 100 Breast, and took third place in the 50 Breast and 100 IM. Austin also assisted Boys 11-12 to place third in the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay. Jared Young, a young 11-year-old, placed sixth in the 200 IM, seventh in the 50 Back and eighth in the 100 Back.

Among Boys 10 and Under, Tristan Hazlett placed third in the 100 Free, fifth in the 50 Free, sixth in the 200 IM and eighth in the 200 Free. Tristan also helped the Boys 10 and Under place second in the 200 Free Relay. Jabari Ramsey placed fourth in the 50 Breast and seventh in the 100 Breast.

Congratulations to our Westchase TBAY All Stars!

Little Flippers Starts May 4th

Coach Kelley's Dolphin Tales

Michelle Turek Breaks Chelsea Nauta's State Record

Turek & Sellers Help Florida Swimming's Zone Team to Victory

Lindsey Marian Strikes Silver in Canada

Sweet September Meet High Point Winners

Sweet September

Paige Carter Wins Bronze At Southern Zone Meet

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Michelle Turek Continues Her Record setting Ways

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Swim-O-Ween @ Berkley Prep

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TBAY's 3rd Annual Beach Swim

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4 Westchase Swimmers Represent TBAY At Senior Champs In Orlando.....

4 swimmers from our Westchase pool helped TBAY take the 2nd Place Team title at the very fast Florida Swimming Senior Championships in Orlando, February 23-26. This is the state championships for swimmers 14 & older. TBAY took 2nd behind the Boles School Sharks and in front of the 3rd Place Sarasota Sharks(as you can see we were surrounded by Sharks) This is a very fast meet with even Olympians Ryan Lochte & Peter Vanderkay in attendence.Westchase Swimmers Jocelyn Williams, Austin Sellers, Ben Parker and Kyle Kimura all qualified for this meet and swam best times in almost every race!Austin Sellers was our top point scorer taking 4th place in the 14-16 Mens 200 Breast with a six and a half second time drop! Austin also finished 6th in the 14-16 Mens 100 Breast too! Kyle Kimura made it back to Finals in every event, topping out with an 8th Place finish in the 14-16 Mens 100 Free. Kyle also won the Consilation Final of the 14-16 Mens 400 Free, leading the race from the start to finish! Overall it was a very good meet for our swimmers.

Westchase's Michelle Turek Makes It To Finals AT Summer Junior National Meet...

 Westchase's thirteen year old Michelle Turek went to Irvine, California to compete in the Junior National Champoinship for 18 years and younger swimmers. Michelle raced in the 100 Free on Tuesday, August 10th, She was ranked 89th, after an amazing Prelim swim, Michelle qualified 18th and made the "C" Final! She finished 24th in the 100! Thursday she swam the 200 Free where she was ranked 83rd & on Friday Michelle competed in the 50 Free where she was ranked 59th and finished 49th overall.  Michelle was the only 13 year old in Finals! Complete results from Juniors here...

http://www.star-meets.org/results/Juniors/2010/

Turek Wins Two Golds At Southern Zone Championships.....

Turek Swims Big in Atlanta....

Kyle & Ava Win High Points in Largo....

TBAY Lakeland Meet High Point Winners From Westchase

2010 Swim News

Kimura & Ramsey Lead The Charge At Summer Junior Olympics

Kyle Kimura Anchors State Record Breaking 400 Free Relay

10 Year Old Jabari Ramsey Breaks Junior Olympic Record Which Was 9 Years Old

2010 Westchase Summer Junior Olympic Crew

Ava & Kory Take High Point At TSL Meet

TBAY Takes Team Title At Tampa Swim League Championships....

Westchase Area 3-5 Swimmers End the Summer Season On A High Note...

2010 Sweet September Meet

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8 Year Old Kory Kimura Makes His First 10 & Under JO CUT!

Congratulations To Westchase High School Swimmers..

Congratulations to Jocelyn Williams, Freshmem at Land O' Lakes .. who qualified for the 100 Breast & 200 IM at the Florida High School State Swimming Championships & Kyle Kimura, Freshmen at Plant, who was voted "Outstanding Swimmer" by his team mates.  And a big Congratz to our other Westchase High School Swimmers.. Sujay Pillai FR  Hillsborough High, Jimmy Dang FR.  Jesuit, Kent Kimura SO. Jesuit, Ben Parker SO. Jesuit & Harrison Keane at Berkeley Prep.  

Kendal Allen Area 3/5 Champ, 11-12 Girls 100 Fly

Westchase Swimmers Have "Good Times" At Gasparilla Meet....

In This Economy The $ 1.50 Per Event Meet Was A Great Idea....

 Times are tuff, so with most meets charging $ 3 to $ 5 dollars per event the $ 1.50 Per Event Meet at St. Pete's North Shore Pool was a welcome change! As we all know attending an outdoor meet in January is a like the roll of the dice, as you never know what the conditions will turn up being like! We got really lucky and both Saturday & Sunday the weather was in the Mid to Upper 60's! We had 25 swimmers from Westchase in attendance. Top 5 finishes were turned in by Ava Carter, 5th in the 50 Free and 2nd in the 100 Free for 10 & Under Girls. Paige Carter took 3rd in the 50 Free,50 Back, 50 Fly & 50 Breaststroke as well as 5th in the 100 Back for 11-12 Girls! Kasey Knowles placed 3rd in the 100 Back 4th in the 50 Free & 200 IM for the 11-12 Girls. Kendal Allen also 11-12 scored two 5th place finishes in the 50 Fly & 200 IM. Jocelyn Williams took 3rd in the 200 Fly & 5th in the Sr Girls 100 Fly. Kory Kimura placed 2nd in the 8 & under 50 Free, and 2nd in the 10 & Under 50 & 100 Back, also a 4th place finish in the 50 Fly. Zachary Bennett took 1st in the 10 & Under 50 Back, 3rd in the 50 Free & 100 IM, 4th in the 100 Back & 5th in the 100 IM. Jonathan Valancius took three 5th place finishes, in the 10 & Under Boys 50 Free, 50 Breast & 100 IM. Also in the 10 & Under Boys Ryaan Hatoum took 3rd in the 50 Breaststroke. 11-12 Boys saw Jabari Ramsey take a 2nd place finish in the 50 Free, and Christoper Quach taking 3rd in the 100 Fly & 4th place in both the 50 & 100 Backstroke! New JO Cuts were made by Kory Kimura & Zachary Bennett, both achieving their 50 Back Cuts!!! Next meet up is the TBAY Gasparilla  Races at Tampa Prep. For complete results from the $ 1.50 Meet link up here....http://midnightsports.com/2011/20110115spa/EventResults/

May Was A Fast Month At Westchase....

Westchase Swimmers Get Rowdy In Winter Haven....

 26 Westchase swimmers attended the annual Rowdy Cup Meet in Winter Haven, the weekend of April 15-17. The meet is named in honor of Olympic Swimmer, NBC Sports Commentator & Winter Haven native Rowdy Gaines.This is our first long course 50 meter meet of 2011. 27 teams were in attendance this year , with teams from as far away as Costa Rica & Mexico competing. With only two of the seven TBAY branches at the meet (Westchase & Lakeland) TBAY came away with the First Place Team Title and an awsome trophey too! (The coveted Rowdy Cup) The two Tampa Bay Aquatics branches scored a total of 593 Points to beat out the 2nd Place Team,  Brandon Swim & Tennis who scored 356 Points. Our 26 swimmers swam in 174 races and scored 140 New Personal Best Times!!  High Point Trophey winners were Kory Kimura 1st Place 8 & Under Boys, Paige Carter 1st Place 11-12 Girls, Kendal Allen 2nd Place in 11-12 Girls, Jabari Ramsey, 1st Place in the 11-12 Boys & Kyle Kimura, 1st Place in the 13-14 Boys. Other Top Ten Point Scorers in their Age groups were Zachary Bennett 5th Place, 10 & Under Boys, Kory Kimura the 8 Under High Point Winner also finished 7th in the 10 & Under Boys too! Ava Carter took 4th Place, 10 & Under Girls, Casey Knowles, 4th Place 11-12 Girls, Jocelyn Williams, 4th Place 13-14 Girls, Kayli Diaz 9th Place 13-14 Girls & Austin Sellers, 5th Place in the 13-14 Boys catagory. I was very pleased with how our swimmers performed and how well they represented Westchase & Tampa Bay Aquatics. Our next meet up is in Largo, Mothers Day Weekend! 

Westchase Swimmers Shine At Floridas Spring Junior Olympics....

 Westchase swimmers capped off their short course yards season by helping TBAY to a 3rd Place Team finish at Florida Swimmings Age Group Championships in Sarasota March 8th to 11th. Formerly known as Junior Olympics this meet is the State Championships for swimmers in Florida age 14 & younger. This meet is one of the fastest age group meets in the country, just qualifying for this meet is quite the accomplishment. Westchase had 11 swimmers qualify this year. That includes Kendal Allen, Taylor Anderson, Zachary Bennett,  Ava & Paige Carter, Kayli Diaz, Ryaan Hatoum, Kory Kimura, Casey Knowles, Jabari Ramsey and Lauren Sellers. We also had Richi Bui and Zuri Ramsey invited to swim on relays too. Jabari Ramsey had a great meet winning the 11 and 12 Boys 100 Breaststroke, 50 Breaststroke & 100 IM. Ava Carter won the 10 & Under Girls 50 yard Breaststroke as well. Top swimmers of the meet in each age group will represent Florida Swimming in the annual All-Star Meet later this month in Ft. Peirce. This year 3 Westchase swimmers will be attending. Jabari Ramsey, Ava & Paige Carter. This was a great way to end our season!

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