Tampa Bay Aquatics

TBAY-Westchase's Michelle Turek Breaks Chelsea Nauta's State Record

TBAY at Westchase swimmer Michelle Turek had a very good Largo Meet the weekend of June 19-21. The highlight of her meet had to be Michelle's record breaking swim in the 11-12 Girls 50 Meter Free. Michelle turned in a time of 27.41 which breaks the old record of 27.57 set in 2001 by former TBAY & current University of Georgia swimmer Chelsea Nauta. This record-breaking performance has Michelle now ranked number one in the United States for 11-12 Girls 50 Meter Free.

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TBAY invades Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon on June 7, 2009. Click here to see Photo Gallery.

Elite Camp 2009 @ Knoxville, TN registration deadline: A completed registration packet must be included with the deposit and is due by May 8. Online payments may be made here.

TBAY Central's Elle Munns (14) finished 2nd overall in the annual St. Anthony's Triathlon in the 15-99 meek and mighty category held in St. Petersburg. For results please take a look at the links below. Way to go Elle!!!
Results
St. Anthony's Triathlon

TBAY-Central announces its Elite Training Camp 2009! The team will travel to Knoxville, TN, and train at the new, world-class Allan Jones Aquatic Center at the University of Tennessee. Click here for more information or email Jason Bowes. A completed registration packet must be included with the deposit and is due by May 8. This includes emergency contact info and release forms.

Congratulations to our TBAY swimmers who represented FL Swimming at the 2009 FGC vs. FLS All Star Meet held at Ft. Pierce. Once again, FL Swimming won the dual meet. Click here for full results

On page 41 of the March/April 2009 issue of Splash, Austin Sellers is nationally ranked 5th in the 100-Yd Breast, 6th in the 200-Yd Breast, and 8th in the 50-yd Breast.

Congratulations to Jordan Rees who swam a :23.76 in the 50M freestyle. Jordan tied for 4th place in the championship final of the 2009 NCSA Junior National Swimming Champs in Orlando, FL.

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The FS All-Star Meet roster is now available on the FL Swimming web site here. Congratulations to the following TBAY Swimmers!

Austin Sellers

Christopher Swanson

Dee Sopapong

Jabari Ramsey

Jared Young

Jed Rodriguez

John Nolte

Kara Wilkins

Kyle Kimura

Michelle Turek

Rasmus Skjaerpe

Rebecca Werdine

Coach Julia Lamb - 10 & U Girls

GO TBAY!

"Relays Power TBAY at State" by NICHOLAS J.E. MURRAY, The Tampa Tribune (Published: March 4, 2009)

At Florida Swimming's Short Course JOs, the Boys 11-12 A-team squad of Rasmus Skaerpe (Central), Austin Sellers (Westchase), Kyle Kimura (Westchase) and David Wong (Lakeland) took Gold Medal and broke the JO and State Record in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 4:04.75 and the Boys 11-12 A-team squad of Skaerpe, Jed Rodriquez (Tampa Palms), Kimura and Wong took another Gold and smashed the JO and State Record in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:51.73. Click to view photo gallery

TBAY - CENTRAL@JOs
Alexander Blustein 14
     Bronze - 400 MR
     Bronze - 200MR
     Bronze - 400FR

Rasmus Skjaerpe 12
    Gold - 50 BK 27.2
    Gold - 100 BK 57.3
    Gold - 200FR
    Gold - 400MR (State Rec)
    Gold - 200MR (State Rec)
    Gold - 400FR
    Silver - 100IM 100.1

Chris Swanson 14
    Bronze - 100 Fly 53.2
    Bronze - 500 Fr 4:51.3
    Bronze - 200FR
    Bronze - 400 MR
    Bronze - 200MR
    Bronze - 400FR

Rebecca Werdine 14
    Gold - 50 fr 23.89
    Bronze - 100BK 59.66
    Bronze - 200FR
    Silver - 200MR

Elle Munns 14
    Bronze - 200FR
    Silver - 200MR

Alexandra Pierovich 14
    Bronze - 200FR
    Silver - 200MR

John Nolte 14
    Bronze - 200FR
    Bronze - 400 MR
    Bronze - 200MR
    Bronze - 400FR

Selcted for State Team
John Nolte 14
Rebecca Werdine 14
Chris Swanson 14
Rasmus Skjaerpe 12

TBAY - HUNTERS GREEN@JOs

Dee Sopapong

Silver - 50 Yd Breast

Bronze - 100 Yd Breast

TBAY - TAMPA PALMS@JOs

Kara Wilkins

Bronze - 100 Yd Free - 1:02.38

Bronze - 100 Yd Fly - 1:12.73

Jed Rodriguez

Gold - 50 Yd Breast - 31.28

Gold - 100 Yd Breast - 1:07.14

Gold - 200 Medley Relay

Bronze - 400 Medley Relay

Jordan Wheeler

Bronze - 200 Medley Relay

Bronze - 400 Medley Relay

TBAY-Westchase @JOs

Michelle Turek (11-12) -

Gold – 50 Free 24.98

Gold – 100 Free 53.76

Silver – 200 Free 1:57.71

Bronze – 500 Free 5:18.30

Bronze – 1000 Free 10:48.82

Kyle Kimura (11-12) –

Bronze – 200 Free 1:55.38

Bronze – 50 Fly 27.38

Bronze – 200 IM 2:15.03

Gold – 200 Free Relay

Gold – 400 Free Relay

Gold – 200 Medley Relay

Gold – 400 Medley Relay

Jabari Ramsey (10&U) –

Silver - 50 Breast 38.37

Austin Sellers (11-12) –

Silver – 100 Breast 1:07.26

Bronze – 50 Breast 31.91

Gold – 400 Medley Relay

Bronze – 200 Medley Relay

Jared Young (11-12) -

Gold – 200 Free Relay

Gold – 400 Free Relay

Bronze – 200 Medley Relay

Bronze – 400 Medley Relay

Click here to view the photo gallery of the Championship Fire Up Party @ Tampa Prep

In the January/February issue of SPLASH magazine, the USA Swimming National Top 10 Times list was published. The only TBAY swimmer to make this list was Westchase Austin Sellers! On p51, Austin (Boys 11-12), is listed 6th in the 50M Breaststroke, 8th in the 100M Breaststroke and, get this—3rd in the 200M Breaststroke! Way to go Austin!

Congratulations to all TBAY swimmers who have qualified for for this season's championship meets (JOs, Sr. Champs, and Area 3 & 5: Click here to see the list of qualifiers.

At the recent Al Soltis meet, Westchase’s Jared Young placed 1^st in the 11 and Under boys individual high point winner category.

Ridgewood High swimmer has mentor, 'miracle machine' on his side
When Joey Geschke swims a lap, he experiences a miracle. On Thanksgiving Day 2003, Geschke was playing football at his uncle's house in Virginia. Read more>

St. Petersburg Times' article on TBAY: Youth sports organizations generally focus on proper fundamentals, a team mentality, good sportsmanship and respect for coaches. At New Port Richey Branch of Tampa Bay Aquatics, however, most of that is already intact, which allows coaches to be more concerned with getting swimmers to the next level. Read more>

At the recent Jingle Bell meet, Central's Rasmus Skjaerpe (l) and Chris Swanson (r), placed 2nd in the 11-12 and 13-14 boys' individual high-point winner category, respectively.
Rasmus medaled with 2 gold, 9 silver, and 1 bronze; Chris, 2 gold and 6 silver.

Swim coach, competitor has firm but patient style

TBAY-Countryside's Rachel Burns signed National Letters of Intent to attend the University of Denver and compete in swimming beginning with the 2009-10 season. Read more>

Times' 2008 fall All-County Swim Team
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Coach Casey Claflin, coach of the New Port Richey branch of TBAY broke the 55-59 WORLD RECORD on December 6th in the 50 back with a time of 30.15. The masters swim meet was held in Coral Springs, Florida. The New Port Richey branch is honored to have such a qualified swimmer as their head coach. Congratulations Coach Casey.

Congratulations on an amazing job to all the Central swimmers that swam the State Meets in Orlando, Nov 13-15. We had many fantastic and breakthrough swims over the long weekend!! Go TBAY!

State Champs
Haley Hahmann 200 Free Relay
Brad Morrison 100bk
Conor Swanson 200im 100br
Rebecca Werdine 200 Free Relay

State Medalists
Grace Fredlake - Bronze
Haley Hahmann - Gold & Silver
Andrew Howard - Silver & Bronze
Conor Swanson -2 Gold, Silver & Bronze
Rebecca Werdine -Gold & Silver

State Finalists
Dylan Attal
Katie Carter
Katie Cook
Grace Fredlake
Haley Hahmann
Blair Kuethe
Brad Morrison
Paige Russell
Emma Siewert
Rosalie Spada
Chris Swanson
Conor Swanson
Carylyn Waite
Rebecca Werdine
Katie Westbrook

2008 FHSAA State Swimming & Diving Series Results

Jared Young of TBAY-Westchase capped 2008 in the pool by being awarded Florida Swimming's "10&U Boys Swimmer of the Year" for both short- and long-course seasons. Read more>