January 13 Meet vs. St Bernard

The Swimming Eagles may have lost the meet to St Bernard's (205-165), but don't let the final score fool you. This was a very close meet. Had we taken first place in 4 relays rather than 2nd and 3rd place in 1 individual rather than 4th, we would have won - and we were missing over 30 of our teammates! We have come a long way since October and all of the swimmers' hard working, as well as that of our Coaches', is truly paying off.

This week our swimmers earned 114 ribbons, and we offer our congratulations to the following swimmers who combined to earn 38 First Place Ribbons!

• Kyle Carroll - 10U Boys: 25 yd freestyle
• Gabriella Vidad - 8U Girls: 25 yd backstroke (her 2nd in two meets)
• Eamonn McNicholas - 8U Boys: 25 yd backstroke
• Nicolette Chase - 10U Girls: 25 yd backstroke
• Kyle Carroll - 10U Boys: 25 yd backstroke (his 2nd in two meets)
• Nora Montera - 8U Girls: 25 yd breaststroke
• Anthony Inciarrano - 10U Boys: 25 yd breaststroke
• Kiley Ferreri - 14U Girls: 50 yd Freestyle
• Kelly Meenan - 14U Girls: 50 yd backstroke
• Sean Brieman - 14U Boys: 50 yd backstroke
• Maggie Panico - 8U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Gabriella Vidad - 8U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Bridget Morrisey - 8U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Jennifer Smith - 8U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Steven Girasi - 8U Boys: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Andrew Catinella - 8U Boys: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Eamonn McNicholas - 8U Boys: 100 yd Medley Relays
• Doug Chase - 8U Boys: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Brianna Donlon - 10U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Cassandra Gharnit - 10U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Caitlin Benedetto - 10U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Jessica Giuliani - 10U Girls: 100 yd Medley Relay
• Erik Arians - 18U Boys: 200 yd Medley Relay
• Michael Ziedalski - 18U Boys: 200 yd Medley Relay
• Nicholas Coppola - 18U Boys: 200 yd Medley Relay
• Sean Brieman - 18U Boys: 200 yd Medley Relay
• Bridget Morrisey - 8U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Nora Montera - 8U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Maggie Panico - 8U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Gabriella Vidad - 8U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay - her 3rd First Place of the Meet!
• MaryKate McGee - 10U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Ashley Stock - 10U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Jessica Giuliani - 10U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Cassandra Gharnit - 10U Girls: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Brendan McGee - 12U Boys: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Chris Moore - 12U Boys: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• Connor Hoehing - 12U Boys: 100 yd Freestyle Relay
• David Vidad - 12U Boys: 100 yd Freestyle Relay

My thanks to all of our coaches, once again, for helping to make the meet run smooth, working the scorer's table and for getting our swimmers to their lanes on time. Your time and patience are greatly appreciated.

Thanks to our Team Captains for helping out at the meet, leading us in our team cheer and most importantly for working with the younger swimmers at practice. You are all making a difference!

Final thanks to our teammate Caitlin Roberti, who cheered us on from the stands with her own homemade banner! You really made your teammates feel special!

Looking forward to our "Home Opener" on Saturday, January 19, 3:30 at Bethpage High School (on the pool deck for arm-ups by 3:00pm.

Coach Carroll (Kevin)