The 2009 Spring Championship season is now completed and we are proud of all of our BAC swimmers. Our swimmers attended the Blue Division District, JO-East, 12 & Under State, 13 & Over State Swim Meets, and one of our alum swam at the NCAA's.
| District Meet | Junior Olympics | |||
| 12 & Under State Meet | 13 & Over State Meet | |||
The District Meet was held the weekend of February 20-22, 2009 at the LCRC. We had 53 swimmers participating in this meet. There were some great swims and there were 119 personal best times achieved by 45 swimmers.
Top 8 (medal winners) include:
Ethan Bezzina (10 & U boys): 2nd 50 Fly, 3rd 50 Back, 2nd 100 Free, 4th 50 Breast
Michael Bian (10 & U boys): 2nd 200 IM, 5th 100 Back
Serena Bian (11/12 girls): 1st 400 IM
Jonathan Bi (11/12 boys): 6th 200 Free
Daniel Brown (11/12 boys): 3rd 200 Breast, 1st 100 Back, 2nd 100 Fly
Rachel Brown (13-18 girls): 1st 100 Breast
Riley Bruen (13-18 girls): 6th 100 Fly
Carolyn Chen (10 & U girls): 8th 50 Breast
Patrick Chen (11/12 boys): 5th 200 Breast, 4th 200 IM, 6th 100 Back
Leann Dimitroff (13-18 girls): 8th 500 Free
Leah Erlandson (13-18 girls): 3rd 1000 Free
Isha Ganguli (10 & U girls): 4th 50 Fly, 6th 200 Free, 5th 200 IM, 8th 100 Free
Sarah Garrity (13-18 girls): 7th 200 Free, 1st 50 Free, 8th 200 IM
Maria Gutowski (11/12 girls): 5th 200 IM
Allison Kellahan (13-18 girls): 3rd 200 Free
Dennis Kim (13- 18 boys): 4th 100 Fly
Sarah Lohman (13-18 girls): 4th 400 IM
Susan Morris (13-18 girls): 5th 50 Free, 8th 100 Free
Annelise Niermann (13-18 girls): 7th 200 Breast
Jonathan Ni (10 & U boys): 1st 50 Free, 1st 50 Fly, 2nd 100 Breast, 6th 50 Breast
Amanda Nilles (13-18 girls): 8th 100 Breast
Heather Pijor (13-18 girls): 8th 50 Free
Tiffany Pijor (11/12 girls): 6th 500 Free
Tim Shea (13-18 boys): 1st 1000 Free
JT Sproule (10 & U boys): 6th 50 Free, 8th 100 IM, 1st 50 Back
Trevor Sproule (11/12 boys): 5th 50 Fly, 2nd 100 Breast
Evelyn Stein (13-18 girls): 6th 200 Free
Kevin Taylor (10 & U boys): 4th 50 Free, 5th 100 Free
Danny Teng (11/12 boys): 4th 200 Breast, 2nd 50 Breast, 3rd 100 Fly
Matthew Weiner (10 & U boys): 5th 200 Free, 6th 100 Back
Maddie Winn (11/12 girls): 8th 400 IM
Jessica Yan (11/12 girls): 3rd 400 IM, 1st 100 Breast
10 & U boys 200 Free Relay: 2nd Kevin Taylor, Matthew Weiner, Ethan Bezzina &
Jonathan Ni
Congrats to everyone who swam at the District Meet on a job well done!
The Junior Olympic East Meet was held the weekend of February 27 - March 1, 2009 at Clarkston High School. We had 26 participants from BAC. There were some great swim and 19 swimmers achieved one or more personal bests at the meet.
Top 8 (medal winners) include:
Ethan Bezzina (boys 10 & U): 7th 500 Free
Rachel Brown (13-18 girls): 6th 100 Fly
Kaylee Dolinski (13-18 girls): 5th 100 Free
Sarah Garrity (13-18 girls): 6th 200 Back
Allison Kellahan (13-18 girls): 8th 400 IM, 2nd 100 Breast, 6th 200 Breast
Susan Morris (13-18 girls): 8th 500 Free
Gerard Niermann (10 & U boys): 1st 500 Free, 4th 50 Free, 2nd 50 Fly, 2nd 50 Back, 1st 100 Free
Jonathan Ni (10 & U boys): 3rd 500 Free, 8th 100 IM, 4th 200 Free, 8th 50 Back, 6th 100 Back
JT Sproule (10 & U boys): 8th 100 Back
Evelyn Stein (13-18 girls): 6th 1650 Free
Danny Teng (11/12 boys): 5th 200 Back
Jimmy Xue (10 & U boys): 2nd 50 Free, 2nd 100 IM, 1st 50 Fly, 2nd 200 IM, 2nd 100 Back
New this year at JO's were Relay events - and all of the BAC relay teams earned awards (1st-3rd medals, 4th - 8th ribbons). The medal winning relays include:
13-18 Girls 400 Medley: 3rd Sarah Garrity, Amanda Nilles, Riley Bruen, Heather Pijor
10 & U Boys 200 Free: 3rd Gerard Niermann, JT Sproule, Ethan Bezzina, Jonathan Ni
13-18 Girls 400 Free: 2nd Sarah Garrity, Amanda Nilles, Evelyn Stein, Rachel Brown
Congratulations to all BAC swimmers on a job well done!!
The 12 & Under State Meet was held March 6-8, 2009 at Jenison High School, hosted by JAWS. BAC had 6 individual swimmers qualify for the meet and two relays. Here are the results for our state swimmers:
Top 16 finishes include:
Serena Bian (girls 11/12):
50 Free 13th, 200 Free 15th,
200 IM 14th
Joshua Liu (boys 11/12):
50 Breast 13th, 100 Breast
8th,
200 Breast 9th, 200 IM 15th
Gerard Niermann (boys 10 &
U): 100 Breast 5th, 100 IM 14th,
50 Breast 8th, 200 IM 15th,
Kera Sells (girls 10 & U):
100 Free 9th, 100 Back 6th,
50 Fly 11th,
100 IM 6th, 200 IM 7th
Jimmy Xue (boys 10 & U):
100 Back 9th, 50 Back 8th,
100 IM 11th, 200 IM 11th
10 & U boys 200 Free Relay:
16th Jimmy Xue,
Kevin Taylor,
Ethan Bezzina, and
Gerard Niermann
10 & U boys 200 Medley Relay:
14th Jonathan Ni,
Gerard Niermann,
Jimmy Xue, and Kevin
Taylor
BAC tied for 22nd place (158
points) with only 6 individual swimmers and
two relay teams! Bulldog Tough!
Congratulations to Coach Brian, Coach Jill, Coach G and Coach Steve for helping these swimmers achieve personal bests in 45 of 52 'splashes.'
Congratulations to all of our BAC state
swimmers!
The 13 & Over State Meet was held the weekend of March 20-22, 2009 at Eastern Michigan University. BAC had 12 individual swimmers and 6 relay teams qualify for the meet.
Top 16 finishes include:
Jacque Carless (girls open): 1650 Free 14th
Kaylee Dolinski (girls open): 400 IM 16th, 1000 Free 10th, 500 Free 13th, 1650 Free 6th
Savannah Hatt (girls open): 400 IM 15th, 1000 Free 5th, 500 Free 11th
Sarah Lohman (girls 13/14): 100 Breast 16th
Shannon Lohman (girls 13/14): 100 Fly 14th, 100 Back 6th
13/14 girls 400 Medley Relay: 15th Sarah Garrity, Sarah Lohman, Shannon Lohman,
Leah Erlandson
13-14 Girls 800 Free Relay: 14th Sarah Garrity, Sarah Lohman, Emily Weiner,
Leah Erlandson
Open Girls 800 Free Relay: 14th Kaylee Dolinski, Susan Morris, Jacque Carless,
Savannah Hatt
13/14 Girls 400 Free Relay: 11th Shannon Lohman, Sarah Lohman, Sarah Garrity,
Leah Erlandson
BAC tied for 25th place.
Congratulations to all of our BAC state swimmers!