The last two meets of the season took place on 4/16 and 4/21. The Dons faced El Cerrito and Clayton Valley last Wednesday, and hosted Las Lomas on Monday, 4/21 for AHS Senior Night.
On 4/16: Jay Shoenhair shaved almost a second off his 200 Free time! Audrey Tugade, Jonathan Judson and Graham Moroney improved their 50 Free times in the JV races. Mason Schlehr won the varsity 50 Free, shaving a tenth of a second off, and Sam Geraghty also shaved three tenths!
Will Miller cut 1.5 seconds off of his 100 Fly time, and Henry Dreyer improved his 100 Free time by 3.5 seconds! Malin Stone shaved a few tenths off in 100 Free, and is now 0.04 seconds away from an NCS Consideration time. Kelsey Gunderson shaved 1 second off her 100 Breast in the JV race.
On 4/21: Charlie Holmes shaved 0.6 seconds off his 100 IM time! Ella Schlehr and Audrey Tugade both shaved time in the 50 Free JV race. Lily Briones and Audrey Martin cut time in the 50 Free Varsity race. Thomas Butler-Kurimai cut 0.01 seconds in his 50 Free Varsity race!
Braden Dunton and Will Miller cut time in 100 Fly, and Charlie Holmes cut 1.3 seconds off his 100 Free in the JV race. Sophia Schwartz, Audrey Martin, Audrey Tseng, Hannah Geraghty, Mason Schlehr and Anthony Yamamoto all improved their times in the 100 Free Varsity races.
Lily Briones popped her 500 Free time by 15 SECONDS!!!!
Mave McAlister shaved 1/2 second in the JV 100 Breast race. Hanna Wisniewska improved her 100 Breast time by 8 seconds in the varsity race, and Jay Shoenhair also improved his 100 Breast time by nearly a second.
If I can indulge myself as a parent for a second, I need to acknowledge my daughter, Audrey Martin, who swam in this meet four days after losing her boyfriend, after barely swimming since his accident, and somehow swam her season’s best times in the 50 Free and 100 Free. We think he was sending her his strength. #51
The DAL League meets are coming up next! The Varsity Prelims will be on Thursday, May 1 with Finals on Saturday, May 3. The DAL JV Invitational will take place on Saturday, May 3, all at Campo. Expect those write-ups to be LOOOONG, because it will be a fast meet! Looking forward to announcing our NCS Swimmers on Monday, May 5! Stay tuned and GO DONS!
