SMSC Memorial Day Invitational - Swimmers of the Meet!

 
(Santa Maria) - SMSC put another Memorial Day Invitational behind them with teams from Santa Monica and Bakersfield helping to make the local field more competitive.

Silver I & II athletes, swimming in their first long course meets did exceptionally well. Swimmer of the Meet honors went to Ethan Clardy with strong swims across several events and Madeline Callis who qualified for the 2008 CCS Summer Junior Olympic Championships.

Gold group athletes made quite a few new Junior Olympic cuts. Carley Kennemann and Alex Saleen are the Gold group Swimmers of the Meet for the SMSC Memorial Day Meet.  Carley stepped way out of her comfort zone this weekend by not only swimming the mile for the first time but being very aggressive with the race.  She also made a new JO cut in the 100 Free this weekend.  Alex is still in the process of getting back in shape from his little hiatus to star in "High School Musical".  Even though Alex is still getting back in shape he qualified for JO's in two events this weekend and showed dramatic improvements from three weeks ago at the Seahawks meet.

Presenior Swimmer of the Meet honors went to Steven Tedsen with 4 new JO cuts and Hailey Mastrup, who made several new JO cuts and her first AA cut in the 800 Freestyle.

From the High Performance group, Rebekah Corbin got Swimmer of the Meet honors with several strong races that show her versatility and ability to make Junior Nationals this summer.

The team continues on in June to the SBSC IMx Challenge, the June Invitational and Olympic Trials.