59th Pittsburgh Christmas Meet | Short Course

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

*Updated - there were several time cuts that didn't register initially because of birthdates/aging up, and we definitely don't want to miss any of these achievements! See the updated cuts from AAAA to BB - FORTY-FOUR in all!!

 

59th Pittsburgh Christmas Meet | Short Course

Yes, we are a little delayed in sending this meet update out to everyone. Between Christmas and our home meet, things were a little crazy. That doesn't at all mean that those swimmers who participated in the 59th Pittsburgh Christmas Meet don't deserve some attention!

From December 16-19, twenty-eight of our swimmers traveled to Pittsburgh, PA for the 59th Pittsburgh Christmas Meet held at the University of Pittsburgh. This was a qualifying meet, meaning these swimmers had to reach specific time standards to attend this meet. 

Our team swam a total of 245 events over the course of four days; 124 were best times. In addition, a whopping total of 308.48 seconds were dropped! 

8/under Swimmers: Elias Kite (7)

9-10 Swimmers: Igor Dmytriyev (9), Jed Gorby (9), Eliza Hewitt (9), Isaiah Kite (9), and Claire Maust (9)

11-12 Swimmers: Sadie Deeble (12), Lila Dunham (12), Lila Gorby (12), James Hewitt (11), Hayley Mancini (11), Sam Maust (11), Naomi Shafer (12), and Nora von Rotz (12)

13-14 Swimmers: Tommy Bill (14), Rachel Bing (14), Tessa Gorby (14), and Madison Keller (14)

15/older Swimmers: Molly Beckwith (15), Graham DeVito (17), Zoe Deeble (16), Sarah Dunham (16), Kaleb Erb (15),  Zachary Erb (17), Noah Gabriele (16), Dylan King (16), Cole Martin (16), and Alexia Wright (17)

63 of our swimmers placed in the top ten and 20 of our swimmers placed in the top three - WAY TO GO!! 

For this meet, our swimmers were able to stay in the same hotel, so older swimmers and younger swimmers "buddied up" to encourage each other with posters (since we couldn't always be on deck together). The group chat for this meet shared some great pictures of the posters that were hanging on their hotel doors. 

There were 37 new motivational cuts achieved from BB through AAA.  Those swims and swimmers are called out below.  GREAT meet, everyone.  What a great way to wrap up the end of the 2021 year - and a strong start as we head into the end of the short course season!