Regional championships was a huge success for the New Fairfield Aquaflyers!!! Everyone who swam at Regionals had personal best times. There were a total of 136 swims over the weekend and 110 of the 136 were personal best times.  I am very proud of all the swimmers and you should pat them all on the back for a job well done.

         For the 10&under girls Aya Andos had 6/6 best swims and took 3rd in the 100 back (1:25.71), 4th in the 100 free (1:13.77) and 4th in the 50 back (40.23).  Natalie Deleon had 2/2 best swims and dropped a second in the 50 free (38.79).  Devin Meaney  dropped 2 sec in her 50 back (46.59).

         For the 11/12 boys Joe Lewis had 6/6 best swims and took 3rd in the 50 back  (34.42) and 2nd in the 200 back (2:42.34).  Steven Teklits had 5/7 best swims and took 5th in the 200 back (2:45.80) and 8th in the 100 breast and 2nd in the 200 breast (3:05.86).  Both Joe and Steven narrowly missed qualifying for Age Group Championships.  T.J. Consiglio dropped over 6 sec in his 50 back (44.18).  Jeff Plate dropped 2 sec in his 100 back (1:20.44).  David MacAskill had 5/6 best times and dropped about 2 sec in all his events and dropped 4 sec in his 100 back (1:20.68).  Adam Brown dropped over 2 sec in all his events and over 4 sec in the 50 breast (48.65).  Steven Burguiere (45.02) and Trevor Schretzenmayer (44.61) and Sean Byrne (41.68) dropped over 3 sec in his 50 back.  The 11/12 also participated in a relays in the 200 free relay they took 5th.  The relay was made up of  1) Joseph Lewis 12 2) David MacAskill 11 3) Steven Teklits 12 and 4) Jeff Plate 12.  The 200 Medley Relay  took 5th overall and was made up of the same swimmers.

          For the 11/12 girls, Gabby Stenton had 5/6 best swims and dropped over 10 sec in her 200 breast (3:10.25).  Sara Prchik (45.92), Griffen Sacco (44.18), Courtney Leo (46.51) , Rachel Peet and Erin Mahon dropped over 2 sec in the 50 breast and all had best times in the 50 free.  Kelly Hessler dropped over 2 sec in both the 50 breast and 50 free.   The 11/12 also participated in a relays in the 200 Free Relay they took 10th.  The relay was made up of 1) Erin Mahon 11 2) Griffin Sacco 12 3) Sara Prchlik 11 4) Gaby Stenton and went a 2:22.01.  The 200 Medley Relay  took 5th overall and was made up of 1) Sara Prchlik 11 2) Griffin Sacco 12

          For the 13/14 boys David Rusyniak took 7th in the 100 breast (1:19.46) and 6th in the 200 back.  Andrew Rossi took 8th in the 100 fly and 200 back and swam best times in the 50 free and 100 fly.  Peter Podany got a best time in the 100 breast. 

         For the 13/14 girls Kaitlin Murtha was Regional Champion in both the 400 IM (5:12.41) and in the 100 back (1:05.66), she took 3rd in the 200 breast (2:42.99) and took 5th in the 500 free (5:47.84) and 100 breast (1:17.96).  Erica MacSwan was Regional Runner Up in 200 IM (2:24.58), 1650 free (19:53.38), 500 free (5:42.83) and 100 back (1:06.76).  Shawna Herter was Regional Champion in the 200 fly (2:47.71) and took 6th in the 100 fly (1:11.23).  Meghan Teklits took 2nd in the 200 fly (2:47.89) and dropped over 4 sec in her 200 free (2:16.44).  Heather Byrnes had best times in the 100 breast, 100 fly and 50 free.  Cara MacAskill dropped over 2 sec in the 100 breast.  Julia Herten dropped over 2 sec in her 100 fly and 100 back.  Alyssa Byrnes in the 15/over category took 4th in the 200 fly (2:45.86) and got a lifetime best times in the 100f ly (1:15.99) and 100breast. 

          Once again Congratulations to all the swimmers on a fantastic job this weekend.