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Pilot Aquatics goes Bananas in Volunteer Invitational 2010
Knoxville TN
06-22-2010
PACK Swimming action continued this past weekend as Pilot hosted The 2010 Volunteer Invitational. Nine separate teams competed Friday through Sunday with athletes , ages 12 and under competing in a timed final, and 13 and older athletes swimming under the prelims/finals format.
One hundred and thirty Pilot athletes showed in full force throughout the weekend as they rallied to position themselves for the upcoming Longcourse Championship season.
Over 87% of the 135 Pilot swimmers who participated in the meet swam life-time personal best swims, landing 71 of those athletes with qualifying standards for the Southeastern Championship held here in Knoxville July 22-25th.
“This meet was a huge success for our team,” Head Coach Jim Rumbaugh says. “We knew this meet was a huge opportunity for us to show ourselves what we are made of. We still have much to work on in preparation for our championship meets, but I believe our success at this meet has really given us a positive boost in that direction.”
Pilot Aquatic Club action will continue in 2 weeks at the Baylor Bullfrog Invitational in Chattanooga Tennessee. Swimmers looking to qualify for Southeasterns will focus their energies towards this meet and joining forces for a home-hosted championship meet. GO PACK!!!
116 Pilot Swimmers with Life-time Best times :
Caleb Allen (17), Maddie Arthur (10), Will Arthur (13), Christian Baker (15), Hayden Baker (17), Matthew Bales (12), Anna Banick (13), Mary Margaret Banick (11), Addison Bond (12), James Bretscher (14), Chase Brown (10), Summer Brown (15), Jana Bruckbauer (11), Hayden Burns (13), Brandon Calfee (15), Caleb Carr (13), Reese Catron (10), Spencer Catron (10), Eddie Ceausu (9), Nicole Ceausu (11), Anna Chaloux (16), Andy Chance (12), Derek Connolly (14), Marisa Connolly (15), Abigail Cooper (13), Peter Cooper (10), Ashley Darby (13), Jenny Darby (17), Mary Kate Darby (8), Michael Darby (10), Simone Digby (10), Jake Dovgan (15), Matt Dovgan (13), Zeke Duck (18), William Edwards-Gunter (8), Eli Engle (10), Micah Engle (9), Sydney Fitzgerald (11), Lucy Forturn (14), Allison Fowler (15), Rachel Fowler (15), Emily Galdun (17), Abraham Gale (12), John Paul Gaylor (17), Drew Gill (17), Spencer Gill (17), Chris Glafenhein (13), Brian Glatt (16), Chris Goodman (15), Courtney Graff (12), Minnie Harrigan (10), Alex Hines (11), Cam Holcomb (10), Jace Howanitz (20), Kloee Keener (8), Will Kerr (13), Christina Klouda (13), Josiah Klouda (11), Chelsea Kyle (17), Nick Lambson (14), Alli Lapps (12), Bryar Long (13), Maddie Luchsinger (13), Blake Macnair (16), Amanda Martin (13), Ellie Martin (13), Emma Martin (8), Stephen Martin (10), Taylor Martin (12), Zac Mason (19), Bethany McNabb (13), Parker Miles (15), Grant Mills (17), Charlie Morton (10), Jade Morton (12), Ben Myhre (16), John Myhre (14), Miles Nauss (18), Macy Neros (9), Fallon Parker (16), Libby Penn (10), Mary Frances Penn (8), Evan Pinion (15), Hannah Pinion (17), Braeden Price (11), Dylan Rasnick (16), Kaylie Rasnick (14), Trenton Reed (12), Trecy Rochelle (13), Abigail Rumpp (10), Ethan Sanders (10), Lindsay Sanders (9), Owen Sanders (12), Lauren Sapp (13), Addison Smith (8), Quinn Smith (13), Amelia Stucke (12), Sam Sullivan-Moore (12), Tori Beth Sullivan (8), Isaac Taylor (17), Adam Thomas (13), Madison Thomas (15), Jake Tidwell (12), Stephanie Tymoszuk (11), Derek Vaughan (14), Samantha Walker (13), Mia Wallace (16), Camilla Wang (14), Glenna Whaley (11), Olivia Whillock (10), Natalie Widmer (11), Hayden Williams (10), Madeleine Wolfenbarger (10), Clarence Wong (14), Jon Woo (15), Nicholas Woo (13)
71 Pilot Athletes swam times qualifying them for Longcourse Southeastern Championships:
Caleb Allen (17), Maddie Arthur (10), Will Arthur (13), Christian Baker (15), Hayden Baker (17), Matthew Bales (12), Anna Banick (13), Mary Margaret Banick (11), Addison Bond (12), James Bretscher (14), Chase Brown (10), Summer Brown (15), Reese Catron (12), Eddie Ceausu (9), Derek Connolly (14), Marisa Connolly (15), Ashley Darby (13), Jenny Darby (17), Michael Darby (10), Simone Digby (10), Eli Engle (10), Lucy Fortune (14), Allison Fowler (15), Rachel Fowler (15), Abraham Gale (12), John Paul Gaylor (17), Drew Gill (17), Spencer Gill (17), Brian Glatt (16), Chris Goodman (15), Courtney Graff (12), Alex Hines (11), Cam Holcomb (10), Jace Howanitz (20), Will Kerr (13), Chelsea Kyle (17), Nick Lambson (14), Alli Lapps (12), Bryar Long (13), Blake Macnair (16), Stephen Martin (10), Zac Mason (19), Bethany McNabb (13), Charlie Morton (10), Jade Morton (12), Ben Myhre (16), John Myhre (14), Macy Neros (9), Fallon Parker (16), Libby Penn (10), Evan Pinion (15), Hannah Pinion (17), Dylan Rasnick (16), Kaylie Rasnick (14), Trenton Reed (12), Abigail Rumpp (10), Ethan Sanders (10), Owen Sanders (12), Lauren Sapp (13), Addison Smith (8), Sam Sullivan-Moore (12), Isaac Taylor (17), Adam Thomas (13), Madison Thomas (15), Jake Tidwell (12), Derek Vaughan (14), Camilla Wang (14), Glenna Whaley (11), Hayden Williams (10), Madeleine Wolfenbarger (10), Clarence Wong (14).
Team Results
Pilot Swimmers Roll over the Competition in TuscaloosaLast weekend, 16 swimmers from the Red, Gold, Black and Junior Groups traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to compete in Crimson Tide Aquatic’s Don Gambril Invite. The meet was composed of 300 swimmers with a timed finals format. The team had a great time with camaraderie of their teammates and a smooth running meet. The group that made the trip was small but their swims were fierce. The group swam to 70 best times and 66 new Southeastern cuts! Heat winners were adorned with buttons and high point winners received bobble head trophies. Courtney Graff led the group taking first place in high point for 11-12 girls. The below swimmers received high point honors on Sunday following the conclusion of the meet:
Jaron Cook (14) – 5th place
Simone Digby (10) – 5th place
Abraham Gale (12) – 8th place
Mallory Gardner (13) – 2nd place
Drew Gill (17) – 6th place
Spencer Gill (17) – 5th place
Courtney Graff (12) – 1st place
Ethan Sanders (10)- 4th place
Glenna Whaley (11) – 4th place
Hayden Williams (10) – 2nd place
The coaches of Pilot hope that this meet has a higher attendance next June so we can really make an impact in Tuscaloosa! Thank you to all of the families that traveled and congratulations to all of the swimmers and their fast swimming. GO PACK!
RED Tops GOLD in PACK Spring Inter squad Competition
FINAL SCORE
RED 2143
GOLD 1992
Summer swimming action continued the past Saturday at UT's Student Aquatic Center as nearly 80 of Pilot Aquatic Club's athletes faced off in their long course Inter squad competition. This meet serves as an orientation for our beginner swimmers on the format for USA Swimming competition. Also, 13 and older members from both the Red and Gold teams are matched with the 12 & unders, providing a team building atmosphere from which everyone on the team can get to know other athletes.
"This meet has proven to be a huge success within our own team," says Head Coach Jim Rumbaugh. " It is a great opportunity for our swimmers to compete and set the tone for the up-coming season, but I think that it's mostly being able to mix it up and work together with your teammates that makes this meet so fun."
At the end of the morning, it was the RED squad that emerged victorious, edging out the GOLD team that won out this past fall. 57 Pilot Swimmers walked away from the Inter squad competition with personal best swims:
GOLD TEAM (27)
Will Arthur (13), James Bretscher (14), Spencer Catron (9), Marisa Connolly (15), Jaron Cook (14), Peter Cooper (10), Ashley Darby (13), Jenny Darby (16), Mary Kate Darby (8), Simone Digby (10), Jake Dovgan (15), Eli Engle (10), Sydney Fitzgerald (11), Graham Gaddis (8), Andrew Hines (8), Will Kerr (13), Alli Lapps (12), Jake Lucheon (18), Stephen Martin (10), John Myhre (14), Lindsay Sanders (9), Lexi Tutor (17), Derek Vaughan (14), Natalie Widmer (11), Madeleine Wolfenbarger (10), Clarence Wong (14), Nicolas Woo (13)
RED TEAM (30)
Maddie Arthur (10), Addison Bond (12), Chase Brown (10), Brandon Calfee (15), Reese Catron (12), Michael Darby (10), Michah Engle (9), Lucy Fortune (14), Allison Fowler (15), Ashlin Gaddis (11), Jacqueline Gaddis (12), Emily Galdun (17), Courtney Graff (12), Jack Hamilton (10), Ally Hardesty (15), Alex Hines (11), Bryar Long (12), Richa Nathan (9), Macy Neros (9), Fallon Parker (16), Mary Frances Penn (8), Kaylie Rasnick (13), Trenton Reed (12), Ethan Sanders (10), Quinn Smith (12), Sam Sullivan-Moore (12), Melinda Taylor (12), Camilla Wang (14), Glenna Whaley (11), Jon Woo (15)
Pilot Aquatic Club would like express special thanks to it's Coaching Staff, Parents, and Swimmers for putting together such a successful Longcourse Intersquad Meet. We are very proud and thankful of your efforts in organizing, setting up, timing, providing breakfast, and providing a positive environment for our children to compete and grow from. Thanks again and GO PACK!!!
Results
NIKE SPRING CLASSIC – Nashville, Tn
Pilot Aquatic Club participated in All-American NIKE Spring Classic hosted by Nashville Aquatic Club last weekend at Centennial Sportsplex. The 3-day long invitational featured around 10 teams, some of those traveling from Boston and San Diego to compete. This was also Pilot’s first longcourse meet on its schedule and its first opportunity to race in a 50 meter course this summer.
In the midst of the record flooding where 13.5 inches of rain fell in less two days, 37 athletes of the 44 Pilot swimmers swam to personal lifetime best times.
“This was a great way to kick off our season,” says Head Age-Group Coach Jackie Bertucci. “The families on our team did a great job of weathering the storm and showing up to race. We had a lot of really good swims!”
Pilot Swimmers that achieved best times:
Will Arthur (13), Hayden Burns (13), Reese Catron (12), Simone Digby (10), Lucy Fortune (14), Allison Fowler (15), Rachel Fowler (15), Bailey Fritz (9), Emily Galdun (17), Mallory Gardner (13), Courtney Graff (12), Alex Hines (11), Andrew Hines (8), Will Kerr (13), Christina Klouda (13), Josiah Klouda (10), Alli Lapps (12), Bryar Long (12), Ben Myhre (16), John Myhre (14), Miles Nauss (18), Macy Neros (9), Evan Pinion (15), Dylan Rasnick (16), Ethan Sanders (10), Lindsay Sanders (9), Owen Sanders (12), Lauren Sapp (13), Addison Smith (8), Quinn Smith (12), Melinda Taylor (12), Adam Thomas (13), Derek Vaughn (14), Camilla Wang (14), Glenna Whaley (10), Natalie Widmer (11), and Hayden WIlliams (10)
Unfortunately, Sunday’s competition had to be cancelled due to the record flooding. Nearly four and a half feet of rain welled up outside the pool and began spilling in the doorways onto the deck. Although this served as entertainment for many of the swimmers, the building was evacuated so that everyone could return home safely.
Pilot Aquatic Club’s next competition will be the Inter-squad meet this Saturday (May 15th) at Student Aquatic Center. The Red vs. Gold action will begin with our 13 & over swimmers competing in the early morning, and the 12 and unders starting just before 10 a.m. Congratulations on a good beginning to the summer season, and GO PACK!!!
PACK RESULTS
FULL RESULTS PAGE
PILOT CELEBRATION 2010
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in our 2010 Pilot Celebration. The banquet was a huge success and we express our thanks to the athletes, parents, board members and coaches that make everything we do possible at Pilot Aquatic Club. Our staff is looking forward to an opportunistic longcourse season this summer and continuing the Pilot Tradition. GO PACK!!!
9 Pilot Swimmers Qualify for SES All-Star Team:
Pilot Aquatic Club would like to congratulate nine of our swimmers that qualified for the 2009-2010 Southeastern Swimming All-Star Team. The selection includes 14 & under swimmers only and all accomplishments achieved from April 1st, 2009 through March 31st of 2010 in Short course yards times only. We commend you on your outstanding accomplishments and representation in Southeastern Swimming. GO PACK!!!
2009-2010 All-Star Team Selection Packet
2009-2010 SES All-Star Team Members:
8 & Under Girls
Addison Smith - 25 fr, 50 fr,100 fr, 25 bk,50 bk, 25 fly ,50 fly, 100 IM
11-12 Girls
Ashley Darby - 100 fr, 500 fr, 1000 fr
Courtney Graff - 200 fly
13-14 Girls
Ashley Darby - 500,1000,1650 freestyle
9-10 Boys
Alex Hines - 50 bk,100 bk, 50 fly,100 fly, 100 IM
11-12 Boys
Will Arthur - 50 bk,100 bk, 200 bk, 200 IM
Will Kerr - 50 fr, 100 free, 50 bk, 50 br, 100 br
Bryar Long - 50 br, 100 br, 200 br
13-14 Boys
John Myhre - 1000 fr, 1650 fr
Adam Thomas - 50 fr
51 Pilot Swimmers in Southeastern Swimmings Top 16
Pilot Aquatic Club would like to congratulate 51 Pilot swimmers on finishing the 2010 Southeastern Swimming Top 16 List. The list consists of all times accomplished from Southeastern Swimming registered athletes between September 1st, 2009 through April 6th, 2010. Congratulations to all Pilot Swimmers on a great season and incredible representation in our LSC. GO PACK!!! (article continued..)
PILOT FINISHES STRONG AT SENIOR SECTIONALS – Nashville – March 2010
Twenty-Five Pilot Athletes traveled once more to Nashville in search of Sectional Championship Swimming in early March. For some this meet was a 2nd or 3rd rest meet in their training plan. For the rest, it was all or nothing.
Meg Beasley (17), Audrey Brown (18), Summer Brown (15), John Paul Gaylor (17), Chris Goodman (15), Jake Lucheon (18), Ben Myhre (16), Evan Pinion (15), Hannah Pinion (17), Dylan Rasnick (16), Isaac Taylor (17), Madison Thomas (15), and Lexi Tutor (17) all swam lifetime personal best swims at the Senior Sectional prelims/finals Championship.(CLICK for article continued)
2010 Shortcourse SES Championships :
Get the latest results on Pilot Aquatics as over 70 of our athletes are competing in Nashville this weekend with over 40 teams in the Southeastern Swimming Conference. GO PACK!!!
PACK GIRLS 2010 SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Pilot Aquatics attended the 2010 SES District East Championships this past weekend held at Baylor School in Chattanooga. This meets serves as a kickoff to our Shortcourse Championship season with its focus on 8 & Under Championships, and also as a last chance meet for all other age groups to acquire Southeastern Championship time standards.
Congratulations to our 8 & under Pilot Athletes. The girls took 1st Place overall, and the boys finished 4th in competition with 9 other club teams. Pilot Aquatics took 80 athletes to Districts, walking away with over 290 best times and 16 new Southeastern cuts!
Pilot Southeastern Qualifiers:
Mary Margaret Banick (10) - 100 fly, 200 IM, 50 breast, 100 free
Addison Bond (12) - 100 back
Derek Connoly (13) - 50 free, 100 free
Marisa Connonly (15) - 200 breast
Eli Engle (10) - 100 fly
Abigail Rumpp (10) - 50 back, 50 free, 50 fly, 100 back
Owen Sanders (11) - 200 IM
Sam Sullivan-Moore (12) - 50 back
Jake Tidwell (12) - 100 breast
Also standing out in the action was Pilot female Addison Smith (8) as she took 1st place in 25 backstroke, 50 butterfly, 25 freestyle, 100 IM, 25 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 25 backstroke, and 50 butterfly. Winning all her individual events, Addison walks away with the District High Point Award. Congratulations Addison on a great meet.
Pilot athletes will now shift their focus on Southeastern Championships held this coming weekend in Nashville Tennessee. GO PACK!!!
TISCA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010- Nashville,TN Another chapter in the history of the TISCA High School State Championships was written last weekend as 106 high school swim teams from across the state of Tennessee competed for the championship. A total of 881 athletes, 461 boys, 420 girls made up one of the most competitive state meets on record for the State Meet showdown.
Tennessee State Championships is a meet that contributes greatly to the growth of the sport of swimming. Swimmers get a chance to represent themselves and their schools, an experience that is very difficult to find outside of the United States. Some of our Pilot Swimmers had some comments on the meet:
Caleb Allen (JR) – “I’m satisfied with my performance and our mentality was pretty positive as a team. Our mentality as a squad led us to our 2nd place team finish, especially on Saturday.”
Isaac Taylor (JR) – “The competition was a lot faster than I thought it was gonna be. It just gave me more inspiration to go faster.”
Jenny Darby (JR) – “I was really happy with my performances. The team atmosphere of this meet is really motivating and that’s what really inspired me to go fast.”
Kennedy Higdon (SR) – “State was really fun this year. As a senior I’m really going miss the atmosphere of this meet and swimming with all my friends. I almost cried before my last race (400 free relay). It was a great way to finish my high school swimming career with Bearden.”
Dylan Rasnick (SO) – “I liked the opportunity to bond with the other swimmers (at Webb). The meet being held in Nashville really helped our team come together. I always have fun at state because of the team atmosphere.”
Pilot Aquatic Club had over 75 individual athletes and 6 coaches representing the Knoxville area in the State competition last weekend. Pilot Aquatics Athletes combined to make up over 20% of swimmers representing their schools in the top 16 at evening finals, and over 30% in the top 8. Congratulations to all PACK Swimmers and your accomplishments in representing the Knoxville area. Pilot Aquatic Club will now direct its focus towards District,Southeastern, Sr. Sectional, and Age Group Sectional Championship meets held the next several weekends. GO PACK!!!
PACK Swimmers TOP 16
State High Meet Information Page
Real Time Results
PACK Shatters 16 Meet Records at the Lois Weir Invitational
PACK sent 90 swimmers to Oak Ridge last weekend for the Atomic City Aquatic Club’s Lois Weir Invitational. PACK swam away with 16 Meet Records with Alex Hines (10) leading the way with 5 new individual records. Hines broke records in the 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly, and 100 IM. He also was part of the record breaking 10&Under 200 Freestyle Relay with Josiah Klouda, Ethan Sanders and Charlie Morton. Mallory Gardner, Bethany McNabb, Alli Lapps and Ashley Darby teamed together to break the 11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay. Also achieving individual records were:
Ashley Darby (12) – 500 free, 1000 free
Allison Fowler (15) – 100 free
Rachel Fowler (15) – 200 free
Will Kerr (12) – 100 breastroke, 100 IM
Bryar Long (12) – 50 breastroke
Addison Smith (8) – 25 butterfly
Along with these record breaking performances, PACK earned 15 new Southeastern cuts, 8 new Age Group Sectional Cuts, and there were 20 high point winners. Listed below are the swimmers that achieved these outstanding accomplishments:
Age Group Sectional Cuts Achieved:
Hayden Burns (12) – 100 backstroke
Alex Hines (10) – 50 breastroke
Alli Lapps (12) – 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly
Bryar Long (12) – 50 free
Trenton Reed (12) – 100 IM
Derek Vaughn (14) – 1650 free
Madeline Wolfenbarger (10) – 100 IM
Southeastern Cuts Achieved:
Michael Darby (10) – 200 IM, 500 free
Simone Digby (10) – 100 fly, 100 breastroke
Eli Engle (10) – 50 fly
Allison Fowler (15) – 100 free
Bryar Long (12) – 50 backstroke
Bethany McNabb (12) – 200 IM
Charlie Morton (10) – 100 breastroke, 50 fly
Libby Penn (10) – 50 back
Owen Sanders (11) – 100 fly
Quinn Smith (12) – 1000 free
Derek Vaughn (14) – 50 free
Madeline Wolfenbarger (10) -50 fly
High Point Winners
8&Under-Addison Smith-1st , Lindsay Sanders 2nd , Micah Engle 3rd, Mary Kate Darby
10 & Unders- Glenna Whaley 1st , Alex Hines 1st , Josiah Klouda 2nd , Madeleine Wolfenbarger 3rd , Simone Digby 5th , Ethan Sanders 5th
11-12-Ashley Darby 1st , Will Kerr 1st , Mallory Gardner 2nd , Trenton Reed 2nd , Hayden Burns 3rd ,Alli Lapps 4th , Jamie Ragland 4th Bethany McNabb 5th, 13-14-Derek Vaughan 2nd
Senior-Allison Fowler 1st , Rachel Fowler 2nd
Congratulation to all PILOT Swimmers! GO PACK!
Team Results, Full Results
THANK YOU PARENTS,
Hello Piloteers,
I wanted to thank you for the time and effort you all put into the meet the past weekend. I talk to my swimmers incessantly about what a "Team" can accomplish when they all work together. We have literally transformed from a number of separate groups to a "Team" as far as our meets are concerned. Everyone, from our meet director, to our officials, to our timers came together to host one of the best meets I've ever been a part of. It couldn't have come at a more opportune time.
In an effort to host more prestigious meets (Juniors 2011, Grand Prix 2011 or 2012 and eventually Nationals) we have been under the microscope of USA swimming. Your hard work has brought us another step closer to reaching those goals. Please enjoy your well deserved break from hosting meets. We will be back at work this summer with two important meets (June invitational and Southeasterns). We'll need to bring the same enthusiasm and dedication to those meets in order to keep this trend going.
Congratulations, we can all feel very proud about this one.
Coach Jim Rumbaugh
Pilot Aquatic Club : January Classic Invite 2010
Winter Swimming action continued last week as Pilot Aquatic Club hosted its annual January Classic Invitational at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center. Pilot’s last competition took place over a month and a half ago, making the goal of the home invitational to test out new strokes and racing strategies made from the mid-season championship meet in Nashville.
The meet featured over 900 swimmers from 30 separate teams, and was clearly the best and smoothly run meet Pilot has hosted since opening Allan Jones Aquatic Center in the summer of 2008.
Reflecting this, Pilot swimmers left with many accomplishments. Pilot had 42 athletes that swam to all-time personal best times. Also, 27 swimmers swam to Southeastern Championship time standards, and 7 swimmers also accomplished Age Group Sectional Time Standards, which qualifies them to compete against the Southern Zone’s best age groupers (14 & unders) mid-March in Charlotte North Carolina.
Upcoming meets for Pilot Aquatic Club include the ACAC Lois Weir Invitational in Oak Ridge February 5th-7th, TISCA High School State Championships in Nashville (Feb. 12-13), District 8 & under Championships and Southeastern last chance meet, held at Baylor School of Chattanooga the 20th-21st of February. These meets will be Pilot’s last chances to prepare for Southeastern Championship in Nashville, and either Age Group or Senior Sectional Championship meets later in March.
A special thanks goes out to all parents, workers, officials, and coaches that contributed to the Pilot Aquatic Club’s January Classic Invitational 2010. Your contributions created a great atmosphere for over 900 swimmers to compete in. Thank you and GO PACK! -- AW 1-25-2010 Full Meet Results
PACK Cranks up the Volume at Music City Invitational
Pilot Aquatic Club athletes gained significant momentum this past weekend. It has been a season of new coaches and different approaches in the team’s training. The Music City Invitational, held at Centennial Sportsplex in Nashville this past weekend, was the team’s first Championship meet of the short course season. Most of the training groups on the team rested several days in preparation for racing fast in the prelims/finals format. 72 athletes swam lifetime best swims at the meet and 55 athletes swam times qualifying them to swim at Southeastern Championships in February. There were also 9 Pilot Swimmers who swam times qualifying them to compete in Senior Sectionals held in early March.
Highlighting swimming action was Will Kerr(12) when he tied a PACK team record for the 100 Breast (1:08.16) set by Ned Vickers in 1985. Will also broke Music City Meet records in the 50 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, and 100 breaststroke. Congratulations to Will and his fine accomplishments!
Other top 8 finishes included Christian Baker(14), Hayden Baker(16), O’Neill Bergeron(18), Ashley Darby(12), Lucy Fortune(14), Alex Hines(10), Chelsea Kyle(16), Bryar Long(12), Bethany McNabb(12), John Myhre(14), Braeden Price(10), Adam Thomas(13), and Lexi Tutor(17) .
Congratulations to all Pilot athletes and their performances this past weekend in Nashville. Currently there are 9 Pilot swimmers who missed the action this past weekend in their preparation for Short Course Junior Nationals held at Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. Kennedy Higdon, Hayden Baker, Hannah Pinion, Jenny Darby, JP Gaylor, Evan Pinion, Alex Ward, Matt Absher, Dylan Rasnick, Audrey Brown, & Ally Hardesty are all representing Pilot Aquatics in the National spectrum. Click Here for meet information and results on Short Course Junior nationals. Good luck and GO PACK!
Pilot Aquatic Club’s next competition will be the Pilot January Classic held at Allen Jones here in Knoxville from January 15th through the 17th. For meet information on Pilot Aquatic Clubs January Classic Click Here. See you at the pool!
PACK Southeastern Qualifiers:
Caleb Allen(16), Christian Baker(14), Hayden Baker(16), Matthew Bales(11), Kate Banick(14), Meg Beasley(17),O'Neill Bergeron(18), Hayden Burns(12), Kate Caldwell(16), Reese Catron(12), Jaron Cook(13), Ashley Darby(12), Zeke Duck(17), Lucy Fortune(14), Allison Fowler(15), Rachel Fowler(15),Drew Freeman(13), Emily Galdun(16), Nicki Galler(17), Mallory Gardner(12), Chris Glafenhein(12), Chris Goodman(15), Alex Hines(10), Ross Kellet(17), Will Kerr(12), Chelsea Kyle(16), Nick Lambson(14), Alli Lapps(11), Bryar Long(12), Josh Lucheon(16), Blake Macnair(16),Zach Mason(18), Bethany McNabb(12),Kaitlyn McNabney(16), Sam Melhorn(12), Grant Mills(17), Ben Myhre(16), John Myhre(14), Whitney Owen(14), Fallon Parker(16), Braeden Price(10), Jamie Ragland(12),Kaylie Rasnick(13), Trenton Reed(12), Ethan Sanders(10), Quinn Smith(12), Andrew Spencer(16), Adam Thomas(13), Alex Thomas(16), Madison Thomas(15), Lexi Tutor(17), Mia Wallace(15), Camilla Wang(14), Aaron Williams(17), Jon Woo(14), Nicolas Woo(12)
PACK Sectional Qualifiers:
Hayden Baker(16), O’Neill Bergeron(18), Nicki Galler(17), Chris Goodman(15), Chelsea Kyle(16), Zach Mason(18), Ben Myhre(16), Madison Thomas(15), Lexi Tutor(17)
AW - 12-09-09
Eleven PACK Swimmers Announced USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
Pilot Aquatic Club is proud to announce that eleven swimmers have been named to the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team. The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th-12th grade USA Swimming members who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus Time Standard or swim in a selected disability championship meet or the Open Water National Championships.
Pilot Aquatic Club Scholastic All-Americans:
Matt Absher, Hayden Baker, Meg Beasley,
Louis Bunch, Laurel Chaney, Jenny Darby,
John Paul Gaylor, Hannah Pinion, Lexi Tutor,
Alex Ward, Mike Zaczyk
The program begins each July 1st and continues through June 30th of the following year. Applications, including a copy of the official year-end school transcript and a copy of the swimmer’s times, are due on August 1st of each year. Applications for the 2009-2010 year will be available in March 2010.
Congratulations to our 2008-2009 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team. This class ranks 1st in Southeastern Swimming this year and we are all very proud of you!
10-01-09AW
Pinion Breaks Records on a National Scale-
Michael Phelps' Records Smashed
Pilot Aquatic Club is proud to report the wonderful accomplishments of Evan Pinion (14) at Long Course Junior Nationals this past week in Federal Way, Washington. Pinion placed 13th in the 1500 meter freestyle (15:47.66), 11th in the 400 meter freestyle (3:57.61), 3rd in the 800 meter freestyle (8:08.75), and 83rd in the 200 freestyle (1:55.76) as a fourteen year old, and first time experience at a National Meet. These times are all new PACK 13-14 age group records, and the 800 freestyle result is also a new Senior Team Record for Pilot Aquatic Club.
The most outstanding performances, however, were the 400 and 800 freestyles, where Evan also broke National Age Group records previously held by none other than Michael Phelps. These records were set in the year 2000, just several months before Phelps’ first Olympic appearance in Sydney, Australia.
Congratulations to Evan Pinion for his incredible accomplishments, hard work, and representation of the Pinion Family and Pilot Aquatic Club. We are all very proud of you!
News Sentinel Article, Pinion breaks record held by Phelps
Knoxville swimmer is No. 1 for age 13-14
News Sentinel Article 2, Pinion racks up another record held by Phelps
AW 08-19-09
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| Long Course Junior Nationals 2009 2009 Junior National Qualifiers: The Pilot Men finished 37th in the overall Junior National standings. Point Scoring races for the Pilot Men are: Alex Ward placing 21st in the 400 meter Individual Medley. Evan Pinion finished 13th in the 1500 m freestyle, 11th in the 400 freestyle, and 3rd in the 800m freestyle. John Paul Gaylor finished 15th in the 1500m freestyle. The Men’s 800m freestyle relay of Zaczyk, Pinion, Gaylor, Bunch placed 20th in the overall standings. The Men’s 400m freestyle relay of Zaczyk, Ward, Bunch, and Baker placed 22nd overall. And the Men’s 400m Medley Relay placed 17th overall with a team of Ward, Bunch, Baker, Zaczyk. Eight Pilot Swimmers make the Zone All Star Team and go to Orlando PACK in Southeastern Swimming’s TOP 10 Pilot Swimmers dominate in local City Meet
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Pilot Top 16 finishes are listed below: Caroline Allen (12) – 50 free 16th, 50 back 16th Eric Alley (14) – 50 free 9th, 50 breast 1st Anna Banick (12) – 100 IM 7th, 50 free 7th, 100 free 6th Mary Margaret Banick (10) -100 IM 7th, 50 free 6th Elisabeth Belter (15) – 50 back 3rd Jarrett Bjornstad (8) – 100 IM 8th, 25 fly 6th James Bretscher (13) – 200 IM 11th Sydney Broussard (9) -25 free 12th, 50 free 12th Summer Brown (14) – 50 back 2nd, 50 fly 2nd Hayden Burns (12) – 50 free 5th, 50 back 5th Reese Catron (12) – 50 free 11th, 100 free 6th Anna Chaloux (15) – 50 Back 2nd, 50 Fly 4th Ben Chance (12) – 100 IM 14th Marissa Connolly (14) – 50 Breast 1st, 100 free 3rd Simone Digby (9) – 100 IM 3rd, 50 free 3rd Jake Dovgan (14) – 200 IM 1st, 100 free 2nd Matt Dovgan (12) – 50 free 6th, 100 free 6th Elyse Eilerman (14) – 200 IM 9th, 50 Back 12th Jonathan Elam (12) -100 IM 15th, 50 fly 16th Kelsey Elam (14) – 100 free 2nd, 50 fly 7th Patrick Elam (16) – 200 IM 5th Jared Fowler (11) – 50 back 15th, 100 free 13th Annie Freeland (17) – 200 IM 13th Drew Freeman (13) – 50 back 4th, 50 breast 3rd Ashlin Gaddis (10) – 25 Back 15th Evelyn Gaddis (14) – 200 IM 6th, 100 free 13th Graham Gaddis (8) – 25 back 14th Madeline Gaddis (13) – 200 IM 15th Mallory Gardner (12) – 50 back 1st, 100 free 4th Caroline Gettelfinger (13) – 50 free 4th, 50 fly 3rd Drew Gill (16) – 50 Breast 5th, 50 fly 4th Spencer Gill (16) – 200 IM 8th, 50 Breast 4th Brian Glatt (16) – 200 IM 6th, 50 Free 13th, 100 free 6th Cole Graham (14) – 50 free 3rd, 50 back 5th Alex Hines (10) – 100 IM 1st, 25 back 1st, 25 fly 1st Andrew Hines (7) – 25 fly 12th C.C. Hermes (15) – 200 IM 6th, 50 back 5th Eric Higdon (13) – 200 IM 6th, 100 free 11th Matthew Holtzrager (10) – 25 free 7th, 50 free 8th Ryan Jacobs (12) – 100 IM 6th, 50 breast 3rd Kevin Johns (16) – 50 breast 14th, 100 free 13th Mitchell Kapoor (16) – 50 back 10th, 50 fly 5th Victoria Klouda (14) – 50 back 4th, 50 free 10th, 100 free 4th Coleman Kredich (8) – 100 IM 11th, 25 free 15th, 25 back 15th Miles Kredich (10) – 100 IM 15th Lauren Love (14) – 50 free 5th, 50 fly 5th |
Mary Mansfield (14) -50 back 9th, 50 fly 6th
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Lundquist sets U.S. record
23-second barrier broken in 100 fly
BY ADAM GREENE, sports@knoxnews.com
Those watching at the Southern Zone Eastern Sectional Championships on Saturday were stunned after Bryan Lundquist's performance in the men's 100-meter butterfly, but not for the right reasons.
Lundquist had just finished in last place at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatics Center. Only his club coach and family in attendance knew what he had truly accomplished. Lundquist's 50-meter time of 22.91 seconds at the split was a new United States record and the first American to clock under 23 seconds.
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Long Course Senior Sectionals 2009
Over fifty teams converged on the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in mid-July for the Speedo Championship Series Senior Sectional Meet. Senior Sectionals is a meet designed to host the best swimming in our region from the states of Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Illinois, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and parts of Florida.
Forty-four teams scored points at the meet with the home team Pilot Aquatic finishing 3rd in team standings overall. A new American Record was set in the 50 meter butterfly with a time of 22.91 by Bryan Lundquist of Stingray Aquatics (GA). Thirty PACK swimmers competed in the meet, many of which achieving best times and improved racing strategies throughout the entire meet.
Quote from Jim Rumbaugh, head coach, "
For some, this meet was fully tapered and rested meet, and for others, a preparation meet for Junior Nationals held later this summer in Federal Way, WA." Congratulations to all Pilot Swimmers for their accomplishments, and good luck to those preparing for future championship meets. GO PACK!!!
Gaylor wins 800 free at Zones
Bearden junior off to U.S. Open
BY ADAM GREENE sports@knoxnews.com
Division I and Division II college swimmers were in the pool at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center on the University of Tennessee campus Thursday.
However, a rising junior from Bearden High School won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter freestyle at the Speedo Champions Series Southern Zone Eastern Sectional Swim Meet.
John Paul Gaylor beat his career-best time from a year ago by nearly six seconds and his next-closest competitor, Baylor Swim Club's Nathan Vredeveld, by more than four seconds to win in 8 minutes, 20.53 seconds. While Gaylor may have surprised some of his collegiate opponents, no one was more shocked than Gaylor.
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Pilot Aquatics: Big Fish in Marlin Waters
Twenty-nine members and three coaches of Pilot Aquatics participated in the summer team trip to Cincinnati last weekend. Over 600 swimmers participated in the three day (prelims/finals) TYR Sport Summer Classic, hosted by the Cincinnati Marlins, and included teams from all over Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
“This was a great opportunity for our team to show their stuff against some good competition out of our own LSC. The competition was also really beneficial in pushing us to better our times and racing strategies, and I feel we really made our presence known with a small portion of our team,” Coach Andy Wagner said.
Many PACK members swam lifetime best times and obtained qualifying times for Southeastern Longcourse Championships held in Nashville later this month. The list of PACK athletes who qualified include:
Ben Absher, Anna Banick, Kate Banick, Mary Margaret Banick, Kate Caldwell, Brandon Calfee, Ashley Darby, Simone Digby, Allison Fowler, Rachel Fowler, Emily Galdun, Mallory Gardner, Alex Holston, Ross Holston, Nick Lambson, Bryar Long, Josh Lucheon, Bethany McNabb, Kaitlyn McNabney, Ben Myhre, John Myhre, Fallon Parker, Kaylie Rasnick, Andrew Spencer, Adam Thomas, Samantha Walker, Camilla Wang, Natalie Widmer, Conny Zhao
The team also spent the day at King’s Island for the final day of their trip. The theme park features over 80 rides, 15 of which are roller coasters. After everything was done, PACK swimmers returned home successful and slightly sunburned from a fun weekend in southern Ohio. Special thanks to all swimmers, coaches, chaperones and parents who made this trip a success! Pilot’s next invitational will be held this coming weekend at Baylor in Chattanooga. GO PACK!
Team Results, Full Meet Results
AW 07-09-09
Volunteer Invitational- June 11th-14th 2009
Pilot Aquatic Club hosted its Volunteer Senior Invitational last weekend at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. The meet consisted of a plethora of club swimming teams from all over the eastern United States. H2Okies(VT), Virginia Aquatics(UVA), Athens Bulldog Aquatics(UGA), Irish Aquatics(ND), Club Wolverine(Michigan), Tennessee Aquatics(UT), Swim Atlanta, Stingray Aquatics, Barracuda Aquatics, Magnus Aquatic Group, Saluki Swim Club, New Canaan YMCA Caimans, SO YMCA (FL), New South Aquatics, and the home team Pilot Aquatic Club were all featured in the invitational.
The meet also featured several USA National team members: Peter Vanderkaay(CW), Alex Vanderkaay(CW), Matt Patton(CW), Davis Tarwater (TENN), and Christine Magnunson (TENN) along with many Junior National and Senior Sectional qualifiers appeared at the Volunteer Invitational. “It was a successful meet for us as a team.” Coach Jim Rumbaugh said. “ The meet went very smoothly, and that there was a lot of good competition in the pool to offer everyone that participated. I anticipate this meet growing into a very fast event in future years.”
The Pilot Seniors swam very well throughout the entire meet, coming back much faster in most evening finals swims. Pilot swimmers that achieved best times:
Matt Absher – 200 free, 400 free, 200 fly, 400 IM Hayden Baker-100 fr, 200 fr, 400 fr, 200 fly
Meg Beasley – 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly
O’Neill Bergeron – 50 free, 100 free
Laurel Chaney – 200 IM
Jenny Darby –100 free, 200 free, 400 free
Nicki Galler –100 fr, 200 fr, 100 fl, 200 fl, 200 IM
John Paul Gaylor – 200 free, 400 free
Ally Hardesty –100 fr, 200 fr, 400 fr, 100 bk
Kennedy Higdon –200 breast
Chris Kelly – 200 free, 400 free
Jake Lucheon – 50 free
Zach Mason – 100 fly
Ben Myhre – 400 free
Evan Pinion–200 fr, 400 fr, 1500 fr, 200 bk, 200 fl Hannah Pinion – 200 free
Dylan Rasnick- 1500 free, 200 IM
Cliff Robins-100 fly
Kelly Tannhauser- 400 fr, 200 bk, 200 fl, 200 IM
Madison Thomas – 50 free, 200 free,
Mike Zaczyk- 200 free, 100 back, 200 back
Pilot Aquatics is now preparing for Senior Sectionals, a meet held here in Knoxville, the week of July 16th-19th at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. The Eastern Southern Sectional Zone team for PACK-Summer 2009:
Ben Absher, Matt Absher, Caleb Allen Paige Ayres, Hayden Baker, O’Neill Bergeron, Audrey Brown, Louis Bunch, Kate Caldwell, Laurel Chaney, Jenny Darby, Emily Galdun, Nicki Galler, John Paul Gaylor, Ally Hardesty, Cameron Higdon, Kennedy Higdon, Jace Howanitz, Katie Keel, Chris Kelly, Jake Lucheon, Zach Mason, Ben Myhre, Evan Pinion, Hannah Pinion, Dylan Rasnick, Cliff Robins, Nathan Smith, Kelly Tannhauser, Jacob Taylor, Madison Thomas, Lexi Tutor, Mia Wallace, Alex Ward, Stephanie Ward,
Mike Zaczyk
Special thanks to all swimmers, parents, and friends who participated in helping run the 2009 Volunteer Senior Invitational! Your contributions allowed for a successful meet for everyone. Thank you for all your help.
AW-06-22-09
Scenic City in Chattnooga-
Mild Weather but Raging Water!
With our small crew of 18 swimmers every swimmer achieved two or more best times. Way to go. 100% LTB's!!! These swimmers achieved 17 new or improved Southeastern cut times. Ethan Sanders led the Southestern crew with 8 new cut times, 50 & 100 Breast, 50 Free & 200 Free, 50 Back.
Congratulations also for earning a spot on our Southeastern Championship team: Mallory Gardner-50 Free, Nick Lambson-400 Free, Bethany McNabb-50 Fly, Trecy Rochelle-50 Fly, 50 & 100 Fly, Owen Sanders-50 Fly, Addison Smith 50 Fly, Quinn Smith 50 Fly, Adam Thomas 100 Fly, Natalie Widmer- 50 Free.
Our Best Time Achievers:
| James Bretscher Ashley Darby Mary Kate Darby Michael Darby Wilson Ekern Mallory Gardner Nick Lambson Bethany McNabb Macy Neros |
Trecy Rochelle Ethan Sanders Lindsay Sanders Owen Sanders Addison Smith Quinn Smith Adam Thomas Olivia Whillock Natalie Widmer |
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Way to go Pilot!
JB-06-22-09
PACK Fuels the Fire in Hotlanta
Pilot Aquatic Club Seniors attended the Betsy Dubar Invitational in Atlanta, Ga his past weekend with three major goals in mind: Swim as fast as possible, make adjustments where needed from the PACK Invitational, and have some fun.
Head Coach Jim Rumbaugh was pleased with the team’s progress over the past two weeks:
“The kids are showing good progress in the learning process and adjusting to mistakes they’ve made in the past. Most of the team’s swims were good improvements. And even though they are tired, we’re already starting to swim faster with new technique. ”
The team also took part in quite a few activities while staying in Atlanta. The team had dinner at Dave and Busters, a restaurant that serves everything from wings to steak, and provides interactive and video gaming as part of the entertainment.
Following the Sunday session of the meet, the team hiked Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain is one of the largest exposed pieces of granite in the world, and also serves as a memorial to three figures of the Confederate States of America which are carved in the side of the mountain: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis.
The team finished up the trip with a trip to Six Flags over Georgia. It was a perfect day for attending a theme park, as there were almost no lines to wait in. As a result everyone was able to ride many rides more than once and experience a lot of the park in one day’s time.
Pilot Aquatic Club is now looking forward to its Senior Invitational, hosted here in Knoxville from June 11th through the 14th at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
AW-06-22-09