A+ Meet
- February 4-6, 2022
- Brown Deer, Wisconsin
- Results (PDF)
SwimSwam’s hanging this meet’s report card up on the fridge, thanks to some speedy swimming from Midwest age groupers.
The A+ meet, held February 4-6 in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, featured the Evanston, Illinois-based NASA Wildcat Aquatics at the top of the team scores with 367.50 points. Aquajets Swim Team, from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, came in second with 334.50 points, and Wisconsin-based Elmbrook Swim Club finished out the podium with 285.50 points.
There were also a number of meet records. In the open meet, Kaelyn Gridley, 17, with the Wildcats beat the 200 breast meet record by .35 with her time of 2:10.25. Gridley beat current Minnesota senior Haley Spencer’s time of 2:10.55, set in 2014. EBSC’s Campbell Stoll, 16, also earned the meet record in the 100 fly with her time of 53.16, beating current ASU swimmer Ruby Martin’s 53.27 from 2018. In addition, Stoll also won the 200 fly (1:58.52).
In the 13-14 meet, John Paul Brostowitz with SSTY broke the 100 back meet record with his time of 51.65, defeating Andrew Lin’s 2018 time of 52.29.
Schroeder YMCA’s Maggie Dickinson, 11, took everyone to school, earning her first YMCA National cut in the 100 back as the lead leg in the 11-12 girls 400 medley relay with her time of 59.05. The relay came in third overall with a time of 4:20.24, though Dickinson had the fastest backstroke split in the field.
In the 13-14 age group, SSTY’s Alana Berlin swam a Futures cut in the 50 free (23.58) and 200 back (1:59.86). Avery Luedke also earned Futures cuts in the 500 free (4:58.56) and 100 back (56.96).
EDI’s Cate Pawlaski won the 100 breast (1:03.55) and 200 breast (2:20.18), swimming Futures cuts in both. Annabelle Wentzel from the Aquajets won the 100 fly (55.53) and 200 fly (2:04.10), swimming Futures cuts in both. In the 100 fly, Wentzel was just three-tenths of a second from the meet record.
Sam Wolf of Verona Area Swim Team and Tristan Furlow of the Wildcats each won four individual events. Wolf won the 50 free (21.70, AAAA time), 100 free (47.59, AAAA time), 100 breast (59.10) and 200 IM (1:54.48, Futures cut)
Furlow won three in the 13-24 meet: the 200 free (1:44.44), 200 back (1:55.80), 400 IM (4:05.07, Futures cut). He also won the 500 free in the open meet with a time of 4:37.75, just a few tenths from the Futures cut.
There were three double event winners in the open meet. Lucy Thomas with EBSC won the 50 free in 22.78 (Summer juniors cut, personal best) and the 100 breast in 59.89 (Summer nationals, personal best), the latter of which is her first time under 1:00. In both, she was close to a meet record. Fellow teammate Maggie Wanezek won the 100 back (52.04) and the 200 back (1:55.08), both Summer Juniors cuts.
Katie McCarthy with EDI won the 500 free (4:52.68) and the 1000 free (10:04.25).
SSTY’s Sam Lorenz won three individual events in the open meet: the 100 back (48.94), 200 back (1:47.17) and 100 fly (50.01), all three of which are Summer Juniors cuts.
In the 8&U meet, Aquajets’ Josey Solt, 8, won the 50 free (34.08) and 50 fly (41.24), also placing 2nd in the 100 free (1:15.74). Livy Solt, 10, also performed well in the 10&U events, winning the 50 free (27.22), 200 free (2:14.31).
Rose McDougall, 8, from the YMCA of the Chippewa Valley, won the 100 free (1:15.54), 50 back (40.90), and 100 IM (1:30.15) at the 8&U meet.
Teddy Vaughan with the Wildcats and Jackson Polasky with Mako Aquatics were top of their class with their performances in the 8&U group. Polasky won the 50 free (31.24), 100 free (1:10.67), 50 fly (35.30), and 100 IM (1:22.53). Vaughan won the 50 back (37.76) and 50 breast (44.49).
Oregon Community Swim Club’s Baya Burke came out on top in the 10&U 100 free (1:02.27), 50 back (32.28), and tied with the Wildcats’ Palinee Piriyakulvej in the 100 breast (1:20.98). Piriyakulvej also won the 50 breast in 35.65.
The 10&U girls group had two other multiple event winners: Avery Musick in the 100 back (1:08.40) and 100 fly (1:08.22), and Emma Sina in the 100 IM (1:11.86) and 200 IM (2:28.27).
On the boys side, Quincy Laufenberg with Madison Aquatic Club won four individual events: the 50 free (28.83), 100 free (1:02.06), 100 back (1:10.21), and 200 IM (2:32.49).
In the 11-12 competition, the Wildcats’ Grace Koenig-Song walked away with five event wins, in the 100 free (53.24), 200 free (1:59.14), 100 breast (1:08.40), 50 fly (26.64), and the 100 IM (59.99). In the latter two races, Koenig-Song was within a second of beating the meet record.
Max Garbacz with OCSC won four individual events: 100 back (1:01.37, AAA time), 50 breast (31.27), 100 breast (1:07.71), and the 200 IM (2:12.38).
While SwimSwam’s looking forward to spring break, we’re glad these students-erm, athletes-are still performing well.