Dear Parents and Swimmers,
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The eight-and-under swimmers took Grand Traverse by storm!
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They scored 1629 points to second-place Flint’s 574.
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We won 21 events and five out of the six relays. This will certainly raise our swimmers’ aspiration levels and help them to set new goals for future seasons.
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Our first places include three new team and meet records set by Reid McCuiston in the 8 and under 25 free, 25 fly and 25 back. The freestyle record was originally set in 1985!
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Our other individual state champions were…
Emerson Hitchcock 7 and under 100 IM
Teddy Howe 8 and under 100 IM and 50 free
Luke Olsen 5 and under 25 free
Shay Kaplan 6 and under 25 free and breast
Emily Bailey 7 and under 25 and 50 free
Jake Brown 7 and under 25 free, 25 fly and 100 free
Leyre Bonel-Muras 8 and under 25 free
Ivy Uyeda 6 and under 25 fly
George Howe 6 and under 25 fly and breast
Catie Samouelian 8 and under 25 fly
Trip Anderson 7 and under 50 free
Grant Ley 5 and under 2, 5 back.
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I see a lot of new names here!! Several of these swimmers have extended their season by qualifying for Y 9 and up States, Zones and MAGS.
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Thank you to Jodi Iacco and Kate and Tim Bassett for the eight and under goodie bags. Everyone went home with a smile on their face. Thank you to Traverse City for hosting their first-ever championship meet. I think they did a very good job. I am VERY jealous of their pool!!
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Now we are preparing for our nine and up state meet. Our board, led by our meet managers, Dennis Jackson and Liz Solomon have worked overtime to put on a great competition. A great deal of the respect the program is accorded is due to the great meets we present. I am very grateful to our board for leading
this initiative.

Kevin