The Westfield Area YMCA Devilfish sent 90 qualifying swimmers to the MR CIY FLY Holiday Invitational held at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, NY on December 8-10. This competitive mid-season meet brought together 13 teams from the tri-state area. The 11+ swimmers competed in preliminaries, with the Top-16 swimmers advancing to finals. Age group 10U swam timed finals only.

Team highlights include: 4 new YNational qualifying swims, 45 new YState Championship times, 28 new YSilver Championship times, 6 new USA Swimming Eastern Zone Championship times, and 306 personalbest times.

Danny Pierce (Boys 15+) and Gemma Giordano (Girls 11-12) were both awarded top point leaders in their respective age groups. Kaylie Gao set a new Devilfish record in the Girls 13-14 400 IM. Kaylie dropped approximately 3 seconds for a time of

4:47.94. This swim bettered the decade plus record of 4:48.19 previously set in 2012.

TOP-16 DEVILFISH: Girls 9-10: Isabelle Bloomer (9th

100 Back, 12th 50 Fly, 11th 100 Fly), Gianno Lovato (18th 50 Back, 3rd 50 Breast, 3rd 100 Breast, 10th 100 IM), Zoe Matera (8th 100 Back, 6th 50 Breast, 7th 100 Breast, 16th 100 IM), Maria Popescu (13th 100 Back), Caroline Ritter (15th 50 Free, 14th

100 Free, 7th 50 Fly, 4th 100 Fly, 15th

100 IM), Claire Seeder (16th 100 Back, 14th 50 Breast), Sophie Zhang

(16th 50 Back, 12th 50 Breast, 9th

100 Breast, 8th 100 Fly).

Boys 9-10: Noah Choudhry (8th 100 Back, 10th 50 Fly), Benjamin Ficke (11th 50 Back), Reeve Gall

(11th 50 Free, 14th 100 Back), Calvin Giordano (15th 50 Breast), Anthony Kim (9th 100 Breast), Henry Lucas

(16th 50 Free), Rhys Mackaluso (7th

50 Breast), Enrico Medeiros Bovo

(5th 50 Free, 5th 50 Back, 6th 100 Back), Evan Spring (3rd 50 Free, 9th

100 Back, 7th 50 Fly), Thomas Tao

(12th 50 Breast), Marino Xanthos

(12th 50 Free, 15th 100 Back).

Girls 11-12: Olivia Babeu (9th 200 Free, 4th 50 Breast, 11th 100 IM, 5th

200 IM), Gemma Giordano (1st 50 Free, 3rd 100 Free, 1st 200 Free, 4th

50 Back, 6th 50 Breast, 3rd 100 Breast, 1st 100 IM), Olivia Giuliano

(16th 50 Fly), Catherine Kavanagh

(8th 50 Free, 12th 100 Free, 7th 200 Free, 1st 50 Back, 2nd 100 Back, 1st

100 Fly, 3rd 100 IM), Hannah Koglin

(11th 50 Breast, 8th 100 Breast), Jane Reichart (9th 50 Back, 15th 100 Back), Dorian Ritter (16th 50 Back), Leona Rogers (13th 50 Breast, 5th

100 Breast, 15th 50 Fly, 14th 100 IM,

9th 200 IM), Annabelle Tao (7th 50 Free, 12th 50 Back, 10th 50 Fly).

Boys 11-12: Christopher Bloomer

(16th 50 Back, 16th 100 Back), Ryan Dedman (13th 50 Free, 11th 200 Free,

9th 50 Back, 15th 100 Back, 1st 50 Breast, 14th 50 Fly, 11th 200 IM), Grayson Heintz (13th 100 Back), Erik Kapuscinski (12th 50 Breast,), Bennett Kovalakides (11th 50 Breast), Jack Levitt (15th 50 Back), Henry Lorenzo (11th 100 Fly), Lucas Moussouni (12th 100 Free, 9th 200 Free, 8th 50 Back, 10th 100 Back,

16th 50 Fly), Lucas Spring (13th 100 Free, 10th 200 Free, 11th 50 Back,

7th 100 Breast, 5th 50 Fly, 4th 100 Fly, 5th 100 IM), William Walker

(5th 50 Breast, 10th 100 Breast).

Girls 13-14: Haley Concannon (10th 100 Breast), Kaylie Gao (12th

50 Free, 6th 100 Free, 5th 200 Free,

4th 200 Back, 4th 200 IM, 4th 400 IM), Keri Kapuscinski (12th 500 Free), Charlotte Ouellette (10th 500 Free, 13th 100 Fly, 5th 200 Fly, 15th

200 IM), Sarah Reed (14th 50 Free), Zadie Zimmerman (15th 50 Free, 16th

100 Free, 15th 100 Back, 11th 200 Back, 9th 100 Fly, 8th 200 Fly).

Boys 13-14: Dima Batkivskyi (14th

50 Free, 16th 100 Fly), Jacob Galczynski (11th 100 Free, 15th 200 Free, 5th 100 Fly, 7th 200 Fly, 8th 200 IM), Alex Giangone (7th 50 Free, 6th

200 Free, 2nd 100 Fly), Spencer Grauch (13th 200 Back, 15th 200 IM), James Kavanagh (16th 50 Free,

12th 100 Free, 12th 200 Free, 7th 100 Back, 8th 200 Back, 12th 200 IM), Benjamin Lane (3rd 100 Back,

3rd 200 Back, 8th 100 Breast, 11th

200 IM), Jayden Liu (16th 100 Breast), Kevin O’Neill (13th 100 Breast), Jonathan Peterson (6th 50 Free, 6th 100 Free, 4th 200 Free, 4th

100 Breast, 3rd 200 Breast, 7th 200 IM), James Sletteland (11th 100 Fly).

Girls 15+: Emily Kapuscinski (9th

100 Fly), Anisha Ojha (4th 100 Back,

5th 200 Back, 8th 100 Breast, 9th 200 Breast, 13th 100 Fly).

Boys 15+: Dylan Altman (8th 50 Free, 13h 100 Back), Ted Crall (14th

100 Breast), Charlie Jeckell (15th 500 Free, 11th 200 Back), Mason Liu (6th

200 Breast, 8th 400 IM), Patrick Miller

(12th 100 Back, 15th 200 Back, 6th

100 Fly), Danny Pierce (12th 50 Free,

6th 100 Free, 6th 200 Free, 2nd 100 Back, 1st 200 Back, 3rd 200 IM, 1st

400 IM), Cole Sharkey (8th 500 Free,

7th 200 Back, 11th 100 Fly, 4th 200 Fly, 13th 200 IM), Hudson Wilcomes

(7th 100 Breast, 8th 200 Breast, 16th

100 Fly, 14th 200 IM), Wes Young

(14th 500 Free, 7th 200 Fly).