WAC WINS the 2009 Flag City Invitational!

Top 5 teams in the 18 team field –

Final Standings

1 Westerville Aquatic Club           4207.5 

2 Bowling Green Swim Club          2744.5                 

3 Findlay Area Swim Team             2714.5

4 New Albany Aquatics Club           2649 

5 Vacationland Swim Club             2040.5

 Individual Scores             

9-10 Men -   1st Mahoney, Patrick J  (not pictured)9 WAC-OH      173 

13-14 Women - 2nd Thompson, Sally A         14 WAC-OH      127 

13-14 Men -  3rd Higdon, Jared R          14 WAC-OH      112 

15-16 Women - 2nd Rosenberg, Lauren E        16 WAC-OH      132 

       3rd Rabold, Camey E          15 WAC-OH      117 

15-16 Men -  1st Evans, Eric C           15 WAC-OH      134 

Open Women -  1st McNeilis, Kate K         17 WAC-OH      185 

Open Men -   1st Bailey, Ben M           18 WAC-OH      195 

2nd Humphrey, Jackson S        17 WAC-OH      191 

3rd McNeilis, Kyle J         19 WAC-OH      140 

Overall High Point Award to Ben Bailey with 195 points!

Meet Records: 

Ben Bailey         400IM     4:50.22

Kate McNeilis    200 Bk  2:26.00                        100 Bk  1:07.41

 Kyle McNeilis     50 Free 25.16                     100 Free 54.74

WAC swimmers and families enjoyed a great weekend of fast swimming, a relaxing picnic and some fun golf.  Outdistancing the other 17 teams we broke the 4000 point barrier (4207.5 PTS) for the first time ever with 10 swimmers placing in the top three in their respective age groups.    Ben Bailey also won the Jake Deerhake Award for top overall scorer! 

Thanks to Scott Humphrey and everyone that helped him plan a great picnic after Saturday’s events.  All the food was wonderful and a great chance to relax and converse with other WAC families.  

Also, thanks to Coach Steve for organizing the first annual George Haney Golf Outing.  26 swimmers and parents hacked their way around either 9 or 18 holes at the Hillcrest Golf Club all coming away with their own stories of what a great time they had.  Fortunately, Cindy (Haney) and all three of her boys, Andy, Jay and Brad were available to play.  I’m certain it would have please George to see how much fun everyone was having.

Summer SwimAmerica Lessons at the Westerville JC Pool. Registration forms are available in the "Documents" tab above. 

 WAC congratulates Kate McNeilis, member of the USA Jr. National team, competed in the Mel Zajak International Invitational, in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Gold medal winner and meet record breaker as the backstroker on the 400 Medley Relay.  Way to represent your country and WAC!

 Westerville Aquatic Clubs 2009 Summer Meet Schedule

June 19-21 Creekside Inv – Gahanna  
June 26-28 Findlay Flag City – Findlay  
July 3-6 Mike Peppe/John Bruce Mem Inv – OSU
July 7-11 World Championship Trials – Indy

July 9-12 Ohio Senior Champs – Kenyon Col.  
July 10-12 Ohio Regional Champs – BGSU

July 16-19 Ohio AG JO Champs – Oxford  
July 20-23 Sr. Zone Sectional – Oxford  
 Aug 6-9 AG Central Zone Champ

Aug 4-8 US Open – Federal Way Washington  

Aug 10-14 Jr Nationals – Federal Way Washington     

 AUSTIN STAAB RE-SETS THE AMERICAN RECORD IN THE 100 FLY! 

If you recall, Austin, a sophmore at Stanford University and Westerville Aquatic Club swimmer became the fastest American to swim the 100 Butterfly at the Pac 10 Conference meet swimming it in 44.69. In the preliminary heats of the NCAA Championships Auburn swimmer Tyler McGill broke Austin’s record by 2 hundreths (.02) of a second.  However, in the finals Austin came storming back and broke his previous record by over a half a second with an amazing 44.18!  Congratulations Austin - the whole WAC family is very proud of you.

14 WAC Swimmers Qualify to State Championships in 24 Events!

Camey Rabold, Jenny Demjanenko, Lauren Rosenberg, Kate McNeilis, Michele Rielly, Haley Agee, Taylor Schwartz, Jenna Young, Drew Thompson, Chris Downing, Jay Haney, Jackson Humphrey, Aaron Norris, and Ben Bailey combined efforts as the largest number of individual qualifiers to the State HS Championships in our clubs history! 

See a complete list of events and seed positions for these swimmers along with our District qualifiers results in the Documents section.    Congratulations WAC High School Swimmers. 

 WAC’s mission is to provide the opportunity for every child to pursue excellence within the sport of swimming.It is a strict belief of the Head Coach Jim Peterfish that in order for a young person to develop fully as an individual they must prioritize their family, school and faith above their athletic endeavors. If swimming plays an important fourth in their lives they will be able to pursue excellence in swimming while also developing mentally and spiritually 

Simply stated, the goals set forth for all WAC swimmers in order of importance include: 

                Have fun
                                Swim well
                                                   Swim fast 

The role of youth sports is to provide experiences which enhance the total social, emotional and physical development of each individual.  Swimming provides that positive environment in which each athlete can take advantage of the opportunities presented, and develop to the fullest of his or her potential. 

Team selection and organization:
Selection of athletes is from the list of families in good standing and based on group availability only. Every attempt will be made to accept all athletes while maintaining quality conditions for current members. All athletes will represent WAC through the championships of the current season. Dual or split representation with another USA swimming team by the swimmer or family is by permission of the head coach only. This does not apply to summer swim clubs, high school, YMCA or college teams.
Swimmers are placed into one of several groups appropriate for their age and ability level. They may be advanced at any time during the season as deemed advantageous to their progress. Original placement and advancement is strictly the role of the Head Coach or Head Age Group coach.

Family member status:
To become a member in good standing, a registration agreement must be signed and returned with other registration materials. Adherence to the registration agreement while maintaining current fee status will keep a family in good standing. Swimmers group fees should be paid on the posted due date. Unpaid fees are subject to late fee penalties. Swimmers will not be entered in any upcoming competitions if balance is past due 30 days. Accounts past due 45 days will result in loss of training privileges. Total season fees must be paid in full for a swimmer to return.

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