Multiple Team Records Smashed at Annual Pumpkin Meet -- Pumpkins Stay Intact

Lauren Morford
FAST Senior 1 and NAG swimmers competed in the annual Pumpkin Meet at Golden West College last weekend.  With pumpkins awarded to each heat winner, this event always produces great racing!  FAST's pumpkin haul was...we lost count!
 
Our swimmers totaled an incredible 156 lifetime bests and achieved 71 new National Age Group Motivational Times.  Every FAST swimmer achieved 2 or more lifetime bests.
  • 1 new "AAA" time
  • 6 new "AA" times
  • 18 new "A" times
  • 26 new "BB" times
  • 20 new "B" times
Fifteen FAST swimmers achieved lifetime bests in all of their races.  Congratulations to Chase Angderson, Autumn Johnston, Emily Kim, Hunter Lavold, Aileen Lee, Jennifer Noh, Bryce Pak, Hudson Pak, Mykel Park, Amin Shah, Finn Shook, Mirana Stocco-Guia, Olivia Woodward, William Yeo, and Lucas Zhang!
 
The largest time drop of the meet for the women was posted by Aileen Lee in the 11-12 Girls 100 IM.  She cut an impressive 29.85 seconds off of her entry time for a final time of 1:29.23.
 
The largest time drop of the meet for the men was posted by Hudson Pak in the 7-10 Boys 200 IM.  He dropped an outstanding 45.66 seconds off of his entry time for a final time of 2:39.28, a AA time.
 
New FAST team records were achieved by Victoria Ruge and Declan Wang. Congratulations, Victoria and Declan!
  • 8 & Under Boys 25-yard Freestyle -- Declan Wang, 14.32 (Previous Record: Christopher Viera, 16.07 in 2005)
  • 8 & Under Boys 50-yard Freestyle -- Delcan Wang, 31.11 (Previous Record: Alejandro Buendia, 32.33 in 2013)
  • 8 & Under Boys 100-yard Freestyle -- Declan Wang, 1:09.56 (Previous Record: Alejandro Buendia, 1:09.56 in 2013)
  • 8 & Under Boys 500-yard Freestyle -- Declan Wang, 6:45.42 (Previous Record: Alejandro Buendia, 6:56.49 in 2013)
  • 8 & Under Boys 25-yard Butterfly -- Declan Wang, 16.65 (Previous Record: Ethan Kueng, 17.57 in 2011)
  • 8 & Under Boys 100-yard Individual Medley -- Declan Wang, 1:20.64 (Previous Record: Alejandro Buendia, 1:22.69 in 2013)
  • 8 & Under Boys 200-yard Individual Medley -- Declan Wang, 2:49.80 (Previous Record: Alejandro Buendia, 3:02.94 in 2013)
  • 11-12 Girls 100-yard Breaststroke -- Victoria Ruge, 1:12.72 (Previous Record: Lindsey Clary in 2008)
Keep up the great work, everyone!    

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