Burrill Named CVST June SOM
Burrill Named CVST June SOM
The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Bodi Burrill as the June Swimmer of the Month. In June the 10 year old Gold Practice Group swimmer raced to 26 personal best times over the course of 5 meets. Bodi began the month by swimming long course (50m pool) at the Tampa Bay Swim Classic hosted by CVST at St. Pete’s North Shore Pool. At the Classic, Bodi swam to 9 best times out of 9 events with a 20 second drop in his 100m Backstroke and a 28 second drop in his 100m Breaststroke. A week later, at the CVST Friday Night at the Races held at Carrollwood Country Club, Bodi swam to 2 more personal best times in his 50 yard freestyle and 50 yard Breaststroke. Bodi returned to Long Course the following weekend at Largo’s Southwest Pool, where he swam to best times in 5 of his 6 events and made finals in his 100m Back, 50m Breast, 50m Fly, 100m Fly, 50m Back, and swam his first 400 meter Freestyle in a timed final event where he placed 8th. Bodi’s biggest time drops came in his 100m Free and 50m Fly where he dropped more than 4 seconds from his previous best times at the Tampa Bay Swim Classic two weeks earlier. Bodi’s fourth meet of the month was the following week at the Carrollwood Country Club in June’s second FRN, where Bodi swam to 4 more best times out of 6 event. Bodi’ s best swim came in the 50yd Backstroke (37.87) where unofficially made his Florida Age-Group Swimming Championship (FLAGS) cut. Bodi Returned to St. Pete’s North Shore Pool for his last Chance to Qualify for FLAGS for his fifth and final meet of the month where he swam to 5 more personal best times including an incredible 100 meter Backstroke where he dropped 7 second’s (1:31.45) to qualify for FLAGS a full 2 seconds under the qualifying standard. For the month, Bodi swam to 75% best times with an average improvement of 7.33%.
Way to go Bodi and Keep up the good work.
