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Lindsay Gendron raises total to 3 qualifiers
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WAVES News Updates


Are You Ready to Rise to the Challenge?
New coaching staff for age group swimmers...See who's joining us now!

If you want to get TOUGH and get FAST...
Lots of new and exciting things coming to the WAVES this Fall...at a pool near you!


Rising Stars Results
Good racing at intra-squad pentathlon format meet

>> results

New Time Standards
AA: Drew Frey 200 FS; Kayla Orendorff 100 BK
A: Clayton Hamilton 200 IM; Shane Kelly 200 IM; Kayla Orendorff 200 IM; Amy Weisenfelder 200 IM; Michael Wolfe 100 IM, 100 BK

100% Best Times
: Drew Frey, Clayton Hamilton, Gaby Hundman, Kyle Kiper, Megan McManus, Kayla Orendorff, Camdyn Zook


Club Excellence Swims updated April 8, 2008
7,229 points so far this season...8 Club Excellence swims...How many will you contribute?

926 points, Lindsay Gendron, 400 FS, 4:18.23, Ohio Grand Prix
922 points, Monica Drake, 400 FS, 4:18.85, Missouri Grand Prix
918 points, Monica Drake, 200 FS, 2:03.93, Missouri Grand Prix
914 points, Monica Drake, 800 FS, 8:51.54, Missouri Grand Prix
897 points, Lindsay Gendron, 800 FS, 8:57.37, Ohio Grand Prix
896 points, Lindsay Gendron, 200 FS, 2:05.70, Ohio Grand Prix
882 points, Monica Drake, 100 FS 58.32, Missouri Grand Prix

874 points, Caitlin Hamilton, 800 FS 9:05.47, Missouri Grand Prix

>> Club Excellence time standards


Lindsay Gendron Qualifies for Olympic Trials
4:18.23 wins B final, is 5th fastest 400 FS overall in Grand Prix meet

>> meet page
>> results


Day 2 results
400 FS: Lauren Eytalis 4:26.87 best time in C final
200 FS: Lauren Eytalis 2:11.74 split in 400 prelims is best time
50 FS: Lindsay Gendron 27.03 in C final is Junior Nationals cut and team record
Day 1 results
800 FS: Lindsay Gendron, 8:57.37, adds 897 Club Excellence points
800 FS: Lauren Eytalis, 9:07.00, best time, 12th place
200 FS: Lindsay Gendron, 2:05.70, best time, 2nd in C final
200 FS: Lauren Eytalis, 2:12.65, best time


WAVES are Silver Medal Club in 2008
USA Swimming ranks team as high achiever, 4th straight year

>> Club Excellence ranked teams


5 WAVES are Scholastic All Americans
Katie Childs, Monica Drake, Lauren Eytalis, Caitlin Hamilton, Lissa Tommerdahl

>> application for Scholastic All American 2007-2008 season

Y State Results  
Michael Wolfe 2nd in 200 IM, best times in all events, qualifies for Zones, and biggest time drop

>> WAVES results, splits and improvements, boys meet
>> WAVES results, splits and improvements, girls meet
>> full results, Saturday boys meet
>> full results, Sunday girls meet

Melissa Pish finished 3rd in the 25 BK; Hannah Yuan swam best times in all three of her events and was 8th in the 25 BK

WAVES finalists, top 8
Kyle Kiper, 50 FS, 7th; 100 FS, 8th; 100 IM, 8th; Michael Wolfe, 200 IM, 2nd, 200 FS, 7th; Emily Finamore, 50 FS, 7th; 100 FS, 8th; Melissa Pish, 25 BK, 3rd; Alex Haag, 100 BF, 5th; Karan Somasundaram, 100 IM, 5th; Reid Byers, 25 BF, 5th; Mandy Penland, 100 BS, 6th; Drew Frey, 100 FS, 7th; 9-10 200 free relay, 7th, Kyle Kiper, Karan Somasundaram, Spencer Penland, Mike Weisenfelder; Hannah Yuan, 25 BK, 8th

New time standards
AAA: Michael Wolfe, 200 IM; Karan Somasundaram, 100 IM; Kyle Kiper, 100 IM
A: Tommy Clegg, 500 FS


WAVES Win 6 Events at Sectionals
Monica Drake sets three meet records on way to winning girls High Point award

Monica Drake, Lindsay Gendron, Caitin Hamilton, Lauren Eytalis,
win 800 and 400 free relays.

>> WAVES best times
>> full results with splits

Highlights
1st, 800 free relay, 7:25.48, meet record and 4th fastest 15-18 time in USA this season
1st, 400 free relay, 3:29.96
1st, 100 FS, 49.88, Monica Drake, meet record
1st-2nd, 200 FS, Drake 1:48.46 meet record; Lindsay Gendron 1:49.31
WAVES sweep top 4 spots in 500 FS

1st, 500 FS, Drake, 4:44.19, meet record
2nd, 500 FS, Caitlin Hamilton, 4:52.85, qualifies for Junior Nationals
3rd, 500 FS, Gendron, 4:55.69
4th, 500 FS, Lauren Eytalis, 4:57.18, first time under 5 minutes
1st, 1650 FS, Hamilton, 16:41.86


Justin Wolfe Wins IHSA 100 BF
WAVES athlete goes 49.72 as state champion

>> IHSA results
>> results with splits


 
Swim Meets
IU Senior prelim-final
May 9-11, Fri-Sun
Indiana Univ
Results & Splits
full meet results
WAVES splits
BSC age group
May 16-18, Fri pm-Sun
Indiana Univ

WAVES entries
Fishers prelim-final
Jun 26-29, Thu pm-Sun
Fishers, IN
WAVES entries
USA Olympic Trials
Jun 29-Jul 6, Sun-Sun
Omaha

Junior Nationals
Aug 4-8, Mon-Fri
Minneapolis
Zones
Aug 6-10, Wed-Sun
IUPUI, Indianapolis
meet page
Wed check in schedule
order of events
May Birthdays
5/9 Grace Ariola
5/16 Cece Holmes
5/16 Ryan Kiper
5/22 Emma Rutledge
5/27 Spencer Penland

WAVES Parent Board
May 15, 6:45pm at YMCA
Jun 19, 6:00pm at YMCA
Jul 17, 6:00pm at YMCA