Friday Night at the Races Preps Swimmers for Next Level

Friday Night at the Races Preps Swimmers for Next Level
By Maria Zambito
 
Friday Night at the Races   is a great opportunity for CVST to get up and race some local competition as well as see what we need to improve on heading into the bigger meets of the season. With the Central Florida Marlins Invitational   coming up on October 17th in Ocala, Friday Night at the Races served as a big motivator for some of our younger swimmers. They’re excited to be swimming fast now, but are even more excited for what’s to come at later meets with more hard work.
 
One of CVST’s newest swimmers, Parker Wittnebert (5), started us off by dropping almost 10 seconds in his 25 Backstroke to go a speedy 33.23. Following Parker was Olivia Byrne-Garcia (8) going a best time of 28.19 in the 25 Butterfly. Olivia swam with the boys Friday, and though she was nervous she dropped almost 3 seconds. Another new swimmer, John Gleason (8), swam his first meet with us and wore a smile from start to finish in each of his four races. He can’t wait until the next meet so he can say he dropped time too.
 
Tyler Bowles (14) from our Senior 2 Group dropped 3 seconds in his 100 Butterfly to go a 1:20.75 taking first place. Also in our Senior 2 Group, Logan Ingerick (9) went 1:13.89 in his 100 Backstroke dropping 1 second from his best time. In our Silver/Gold Group (Intermediate level), Carly Elliott (8) swam a blazing 25 Freestyle finishing with a personal best time of 21.13. Groupmate Lauren Kenny (13) dropped 2 seconds from her best time last month in the 100 Back to go 1:34.79. Kara Kivenas (12) went a best time of 1:19.15 in her 100 Freestyle followed by a 3 second drop in her 100 Individual Medley to go 1:37.57. Madison Ratchford (8) swam a quick 100 Individual Medley setting a personal best time of 1:57.27. Kaitlyn Labella (9) also swam a swift 100 Individual Medley with a best time of 1:32.00. Brooke Lively (13) swam personal bests in three of her four events going 1:35.78 in the 100 Breast, 1:35.87 in the 100 Butterfly, and 1:24.73 in her 100 Individual Medley.
 
Having an opportunity to swim in a meet on Friday nights instead of practice is a fun way to show off what our swimmers accomplish at practice every day. Our hard work is paying off and we will continue to work hard through the winter to really show off at our championship meets. Swimming fast at Friday Night at the Races was a great way to boost our attitudes going into the three day Ocala Meet. Keep up the hard work CVST!
 
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