Labella Leads CVST At ATAC Meet
Labella Leads CVST At ATAC Meet
CVST headed up to Florida State University this past weekend (Jan. 24-26) for the Mac Crutchfield Invitational, hosted by the Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club (ATAC). It was a great meet for CVST, held in the Leach Center, on campus. The team was led by strong performance from 8 year old, Kaitlyn Labella, who won five events and place second in two others and brought home the 8&Under Girls Individual High Point Trophy.
There were many strong individual performances from CVST over the weekend, and here are a few:
Mabry Bishop (9) dropped over 8 seconds in both her 200 Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley while Tyler Bowles (13) dropped almost 9 seconds in his 200 Backstroke and older brother, Zack Bowles (15) went best times in 8 of his 9 events. Alex Freund (8) had a big 50 Breaststroke cutting just over 6 seconds from his previous best and his brother Don Freund (13) had big drops in his 200 Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley, Carla Garrett (11) had a huge 200 Freestyle cutting over 13 seconds from her previous best, while Sophia "Bubbles" Hasara (11) dropped over 10 seconds in both her 100 Backstroke and 50 Butterfly. Emma Herron (12) dropped big in the 100 Backstrone cutting over 5 seconds from her previous best time and Logan Ingerick (10) continues to dro time in his 500 Freestyle slashing another 3 plus seconds off his best. Sean Kenny (9) swam a great 200 Freestyle besting his previous mark by over 3 seconds while neighbor Brooke Lively (12) dropped an amazing 31+ seconds in her 200 Freestyle. Owen Mackenzie (13) had a fast 100 Butterfly, dropping almost 8 seconds in the event, and Daryl Pickerell (15) had a solid 200 Individual Medley dropping over 3 seconds in the event. Jayden Repak (8) did a great job, dropping in all of his events including 12 seconds in his 50 Breaststroke. Savannah Rude (10) had her own cheering section and some great swims, including the 100 Individual Medley where she dropped over 11 seconds. Henry Walz (11) continues to slash time from his events with two huge drops of about 19 seconds in his 100 Individual Medley and 20+ seconds in the 200 Freestyle.
CVST's 10&Under Boys Relays also scored big swims. The relays made up of Sean Kenny, Jayden Repak, Alex Freund and Logan Ingerick picked up big Third Place finishes in both the 200 Freestyle Relay and the 200 Medley Relay.
It was a great weekend for the CVST squad, with a number of new Championship Meet Qualifying Times, a ton of personal best times and a slew of hardware brought home.
For complete results from the meet, Click Here.
