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Breeze · 02-14-2023, 09:19 AM

SAA Conference Championship- RESULTS

Day 2

Because of Bear's shortened schedule this year, he didn't swim at all in the morning session on Day 2.

In the finals here are some of the interesting notes:

500 Free - Neither Ross nor Ethan swam particularly well. Ross finished a distant 4th, and Ethan managed to finish 5th about 7 seconds behind Ross. Both were disappointed in their performance in this event. The big surprise here was Keith Scarbor. Before the season started I had him pegged as a potential distance swimmer, and even though he had never really trained for distance he definitely showed he has the potential. Keith managed to finish 10th overall with a personal best swim of 4:52.68. With his long and smooth stroke he could move up the rankings here quickly.

200 IM - Sam Tate continued to be a force at this meet, with a win in this event, and not just a win - a win by over a full seconds. He completely dominated. Ryan finished 4, only about a quarter of a second out of the medals. Mac managed to finish 11th.

50 Free - Noah ended up tied for 2nd in this event (an unfortunate situation that I'll explain later), losing to last years swimmer of the meet Bryan Sullivan. The amazing thing in this event was the swim of Paxton. This is the same guy who couldn't start the season on time due to a leg fracture, then he got mono, then he got the flu - but regardless - he posted a personal best time of 21.67 and finished 12th. In his career, Paxton on swam sub 22 three times, two of them were during this event - once in prelims and once here. Harrison finished 14th. Every swimmer in this event was sub 22 - those times would have almost put all 16 of these swimmers in the A final in '22. Some of these events were SOOOO much faster than last year.

Bear

200 Free Relay - coming into this event, Bear was scheduled to swim on the A relay. It would likely be his last A relay slot and with that his last shot at a medal. However, following Paxton's fantastic swim in the 50 free, I was concerned he might take Bear's spot. The only thing Bear had going for him was his relay starts. Paxton isn't good at them and Bear is. Ultimately, they left Bear in, and he ended up swimming a 21.46 split. He combined with Noah (20.95 - leadoff), Harrison (20.98), and Sam (20.17) to take 3rd - and earn the bronze. If you're curious - the B team of Alex, Billy, Ethan, and Paxton took 11th. Paxton split a 21.59 from the anchor leg.

02-14-2023, 09:19 AM	#1512
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	SAA Conference Championship- RESULTS Day 2 Because of Bear's shortened schedule this year, he didn't swim at all in the morning session on Day 2. In the finals here are some of the interesting notes: *500 Free* - Neither Ross nor Ethan swam particularly well. Ross finished a distant 4th, and Ethan managed to finish 5th about 7 seconds behind Ross. Both were disappointed in their performance in this event. The big surprise here was Keith Scarbor. Before the season started I had him pegged as a potential distance swimmer, and even though he had never really trained for distance he definitely showed he has the potential. Keith managed to finish 10th overall with a personal best swim of 4:52.68. With his long and smooth stroke he could move up the rankings here quickly. *200 IM* - Sam Tate continued to be a force at this meet, with a win in this event, and not just a win - a win by over a full seconds. He completely dominated. Ryan finished 4, only about a quarter of a second out of the medals. Mac managed to finish 11th. *50 Free* - Noah ended up tied for 2nd in this event (an unfortunate situation that I'll explain later), losing to last years swimmer of the meet Bryan Sullivan. The amazing thing in this event was the swim of Paxton. This is the same guy who couldn't start the season on time due to a leg fracture, then he got mono, then he got the flu - but regardless - he posted a personal best time of 21.67 and finished 12th. In his career, Paxton on swam sub 22 three times, two of them were during this event - once in prelims and once here. Harrison finished 14th. Every swimmer in this event was sub 22 - those times would have almost put all 16 of these swimmers in the A final in '22. Some of these events were SOOOO much faster than last year. Bear *200 Free Relay* - coming into this event, Bear was scheduled to swim on the A relay. It would likely be his last A relay slot and with that his last shot at a medal. However, following Paxton's fantastic swim in the 50 free, I was concerned he might take Bear's spot. The only thing Bear had going for him was his relay starts. Paxton isn't good at them and Bear is. Ultimately, they left Bear in, and he ended up swimming a 21.46 split. He combined with Noah (20.95 - leadoff), Harrison (20.98), and Sam (20.17) to take 3rd - and earn the bronze. If you're curious - the B team of Alex, Billy, Ethan, and Paxton took 11th. Paxton split a 21.59 from the anchor leg. Last edited by Breeze : 02-15-2023 at 07:46 AM.