SOBA Places First - Wins SCAA Summer Champs 2011

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Winter Championship Meet! South Bay Swim Team earned the most points at Sunday's Winter Championship Meet, coming in first in our division and winning the entire meet. We were so thrilled to share that big trophy with everyone!

Each and every swimmer who participated yesterday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! That means everyone earned at least one medal, and some of you even more.

  80% of you had at least one personal best time at Winter Champs – WOW!!
    29% had one best time
     30% had two best times, and
      22% had best time in ALL THREE EVENTS – that is FANTASTIC – so proud of you, swimmers!

Most Time Dropped – Allison Camfield 28.06 total
She gets to take the trophy home for an entire week. Way to go Allison!

High point earner – 147 Points – Matt Woicik
1^st place in his three individual events (3 x 21 points) + 1^st place in two relays (2 x 42 points) – Congratulations, Matt! He gets to take the trophy home for a whole week after Allison.

The Big Trophy
After Allison and Matt have had their time with the trophy, each swimmer will have the opportunity to take it home for a few days at a time. We’ll go in order of most time dropped (i.e. ‘best’ of the personal best times)

New Team Records
We had EIGHT new team records set at the Winter Champs meet. Congratulations to:
   Danny G: B 7-8 25 Yard Butterfly 19.45
   Breana J: G 13-14 100 Yard Freestyle 58.91
   Leana J: G 11-12 50 Butterfly 29.30
   Jonathan P: B 15-18 200 IM
   Ryan R: B 7-8 25 Yard Backstroke 20.71
   Jacob V: B 11-12 50 Yard Breaststroke 36.95
   Matt W: B 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle 25.96
   Matt W: B 11-12 50 Yard Butterfly 28.12

Special SOBA Champs Milestones
-Congrats to our 'first timers' at a Championship Meet: Raeann A, Russell A, Rachel A, Ryan B, Allison C, Lena C, Macie C, Brandon C, Tony D, Giselle G, Lucas H, Ryan K, Madison L, Kayla L, Isaac M, Samantha M, Riley P, Max R, Forrest W, Jasmine W, and Kent Z; AND Coach Dean!
-Honored for participating in FIVE championship meets: Jon A, Jake A, Alexandra B, Daniel B, Matt B, Melissa B, Seven C, Christina G, Carolina G, Ricardo H, Lean K, Kevin M, Laurel M, Stacie R, Kaitlyn R, Matt W, Kevin Z; AND Coach Mark
-Recognized for participating in SEVEN championship meets: De-De C, Alliyah G, Alex F, Kaio M
-Shout out for participating in TEN championship meets: Kyle C, Jacob V
-YES, we do have swimmers with 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12 champs to their credit (you know who you are!); the aforementioned swimmers hit certain ‘milestones’ which we recognized at Awards Day.

Relays at Champs
-We don’t get to do relays often, so it’s really special when we have so many relay teams at champs meets!
-This year, we had a relay entered in EVERY gender and age group
-Relays are important to the team, because they earn DOUBLE points
-Medals are awarded for teams who place 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd BUT points are awarded to all teams who place 1^st thru 6^th

Parents
THANK YOU for all your help with all the jobs we were assigned by the league. We really appreciate you pitching in to help make this meet run as smoothly as possible. We are lucky to have so many fantastic team families with SOBA!

Way to go swimmers – we are so proud of you!