Dear Canterbury Swim Team,

That was an amazing start to the season. While we had a slight delay from the weather, once the meet got underway our swimmers swam super-fast. Even though we didn’t win the meet, the coaches were very impressed with all our swimmers. We were able to win 5/10 relays showing that we are just as fast as Burkwood but not quite as big. We had so many swimmers go personal bests, and so many swimmers step out of their comfort zones and try new events. On top of that we had many swimmers swimming in their first meet ever. Congrats Everyone!

Not only did our swimmers do an amazing job in the pool, they raised 683 pounds of food for those in need! This combined team effort shows the impact we can have on the community when we all work together. The 11 and up swimmers won the contest, so they will get to choose their own warm up at Mondays practice where there will be donuts for all swimmers!

Quadruple Winners

Snake Boyd

Maddie Bynum

Elizabeth Cribbs

Drew Hotem

Kate Hotem

Aidan Jacobs

Lane Jacobs

Emmett Weeks

Triple Winners

Zachary Carroll

Jake Collawn

Lizzie Danforth

Aidan Duffy

Jackson Eakes

Savannah Eakes

Emily Lionberger

Lila Weeks

Coaches Highlights

Coach Zach – Despite it being her first meet ever and only being 9 years old, Olivia Hutchings swam one of the hardest events, the 100 freestyle. Even though she choked on water on the first 50, she still finished and race and impressed all the coaches. Great Job Olivia.

Coach Patrick – “My favorite was Reid Hart’s 25 freestyle. This was his first event as a Canterbury Croc and it was a last minute add after his baseball game was cancelled. Reid was in the starting position on the blocks for almost two minutes before his head was ready, and continued that focused energy throughout the race. He was flyin! Great Job Reid, way to go.”

Coach Claire – “I can’t decide, so I have two favorite swims. Scarlett Tucker’s first ever event at her first ever meet was 100 freestyle and she even did a flip turn! She did amazing and I was just really pleased with how well she swam.

Olivia Bruber’s first 50 breast was also incredible. I was so happy to see so much improvement just from her first practice to the first meet. Her confidence has grown dramatically and I was really happy and excited to see her try a new event.”

Coach Aidan – “My favorite swim was Noah Kragel’s 100 freestyle. With a massive 20 second time drop it was awesome to watch Noah hit a best time this early in the season”

Coach Lauren – “My favorite swim was Graham Bruber’s first ever 100 free, his goggles fell off but he finished the race and still had great sportsmanship, then swam the rest of his events.”

Coach Lizzie – “My favorite swim was Gwendolyn Pedraza’s 25 free. She was super nervous at first but ended up doing amazing! Congrats Gwendolyn.”

New Records

Elizabeth Cribbs broke the Canterbury record in the 50 M fly previously set in 2005 by Teresa Dula with a time of 31.60 seconds!

Coach Aidan broke the GRAL record in the 100 M breaststroke by over a second and a half with a time of 1:04.14!

We also had a lot of new Champs Qualifiers!

Lane Jacobs – 100 Free, 50 back, 50 fly

Emmet Weeks – 100 Free, 50 back, 50 fly

Maddie Bynum – 100 Free, 50 fly

Caroline Smyers – 100 Free, 50 free

Anne Eakes – 100 Free

Lila Weeks – 100 Free

Claire Francis – 100 Free

Drew Hotem – 100 Free

Lindsey Price – 50 Free, 25 fly

Emily Lionberger – 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast

Nick Chupp – 100 Free, 50 back

Ryan Price – 50 back

Hazel Wells – 50 back, 50 free

Jackson Eakes – 50 Back

Jake Collwan - 50 Back, 50 fly, 50 free

Kate Hotem – 100 Breast

Aidan Jacobs – 50 free

Practice times for morning practice starting June 21^st will be released shortly. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]

Go Crocs!

Very Respectfully,

Coach Zach