James E. Taylor High School, 20700 Kingsland Blvd, Katy, Texas 77450, United States
April 2023 Distance Challenge Results
We have just entered the long course season. Long course, for those who are new to the sport, takes place in pools whose course is over double the length of a short course pool (by about 11%). Swimmers are allowed to travel underwater 15 meters off each wall (regardless of which course it is), which allows those who are very good at streamlining and underwater dolphin kick, to have to swim very little. Generally, all they really have to be good at is the underwater stuff to win races, as the dolphin kick can be faster than even fast freestyle swimmers.
Long course, however, changes the whole game plan. Not only are there half the number of walls / turn opportunities, swimmers actually have to be able to swim in order to win races. The difference between short course and long course – especially for our Thunder swimmers -- comes down to having great technique and being in excellent shape. Swimmers needed to kick-start their Long Course season by getting in shape quickly – especially as our current season is relatively short.
Throughout the month of April, our Thunder swimmers participated in the annual distance challenge. Each practice we held, we kept track of every yard our swimmers completed, totaled them up each week, awarded the weekly winners and then totaled the entire month for each swimmer.
Swimmers who achieved over 100,000 yards by the end of April were presented with a certificate as members of the 100 K Club.
Month Winners from each group were:
Thunder 1 Girls: Regan Olson Boys: Asher Lin
Thunder 2 Girls: Madison Wood Boys: Gavin Pilkinton
Thunder 3 Girls: Abigail Chambers Boys: Alex Gilson
Thunder 1 & 2
Lin, Asher 140,425
Salazar, Santi 134,165
Freeman, Nick 124,675
Olson, Regan 124,410
Bruno, Luke 121,055
Wood, Madi 108,200
Schlorholtz, Ella 107,220
Leonardi, Ana 103,690
Sood, Anneliese 102,975
Pilkinton, Gavin 100,150
Carpenter, Nikki 86,350
Cabaddu, Bianca 85,300
Sackash, Kellyn 85,250
Woody, Norah 81,075
Sackash, Kaelyn 79,450
Rios, Alex 64,700
Adey-Peters, Olivia 54,650
Onthuam, Alyssa 51,650
Kpakote, Alexandre 45,950
Gore, Tristan 39,000
Milne, Sydney 38,125
Dolci, Luca 32,500
Richardson, Lance 27,200
Lyon, Brendan 26,950
Altayev, Ablai 12,150
Reyes, Camilla 8,900
Munoz, Stacey 2,000
Thunder 3:
Alex Gilson 97,800
Abigail Chambers 93,400
Bo Cheadle 80,800
Grayson Ruppert 75,000
Seth Grayson 72,400
Mathias Rivera 70,700
Ezequiel Turcios 62,150
Sophia Cruz 55,000
Sara Pirela 50,050
Byron Sood 49,400
Evan Schlorholtz 49,700
Ethan Wong 45,500
Andrew Tran 42,250
Ariana Ferro 38,800
Alex Huang 34,800
Ruchi Badami 29,850
Alan Altayev 26,050
Emily Toups 24,650
Chloe Chui 17,300
Connor Wilson 13,150
Goal Setting
2023-24 Goal-Setting Meetings
August 21, 22, & 23 from 6 PM to 7 PM at the Creekstone pool. 22004 Eagle Meadow Drive in Katy.
Sign up for your Goal Setting Meeting with your coach here:
Thunder Team Dinner
Thunder Team Dinner
Friday, October 21st after practice. The Feast Buffet; 1707 N Fry Road. RSVP below
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