Forsyth Central Swim Invitational - January 14th

The Pinecrest High School and Middle School Swim and Dive teams competed at the Cumming Aquatic Center on Saturday, January 14th in a meet hosted by the Forsyth Central Bulldogs.

Our Middle School team finished 2nd out of 12 teams, and the Varisty finished 6th out of 24 teams. Great job Paladins!

Congratulations to Nina Gonzalez for qualifying for the State Dive Meet. Several swimmers achieved new personal records and swam times that improved their seeding for the State High School Swim Meet.
 
Top Middle School Girls Point Scorers:
1st: Mercedes Persichetti = 68 points
2nd: Sarah Meersman = 55 points
3rd: Maria Birozes = 52 points
                
Top Middle School Boys Point Scorers:
1st: Chipper Levy = 69 points
2nd: Nicolas Mitchell = 68 points
3rd:  Grant McMahon = 67 points
 
Top Varsity Girls Point Scorers:
1st: Ashley Triplett = 28.5 points
2nd: Nina Gonzalez = 21 points
3rd: Charlotte Adams = 18 points
                
Top Varsity Boys Point Scorers:
1st: Anthony Birozes = 55.5 points
2nd: Joe Meersman = 45.5 points
3rd: Brendan Spillane = 35.5 points
Congratulations to our new State Qualifiers:
1.  Nina Gonzalez in diving scoring 388.60 (divers need 270 to qualify)
2.  Anthony Birozes - improved 50 free seed time to 23.23
3.  200 Men's Free Relay (M.Birozes, Meersman, Spillane, A. Birozes) - improved qualifying time to 1:36.96
 
Congratulations to our new Pinecrest Record Holders:
1.  MS Boys' Medley Relay: McMahon, Borgerding, Levy, Mitchell - 1:59.35
2.  Chipper Levy - 50 fly - 28.25
 
Top Five Middle School Girls Finishers:
200 Girls' Medley Relay - 4th - Meersman, Denkman, Persichetti, Birozes
200 Girls' Free Relay - 2nd - Persichetti, Bayardo, Meersman, Brown
Sarah Meersman - 3rd in 50 fly
Mercedes Persichetti - 1st in 50 free (out of 40 swimmers) and in 100 free
 
Top Five Middle Schools Boys Finishers:
200 Boys' Medley Relay - 1st place - McMahon, Borgerding, Levy, Mitchell
                                     4th place - Steinert, Denkman, H.Cottick, Adams
200 Boys' Free Relay - 1st  place - Denkman, McMahon, Levy, Mitchell
                                     4th place - H.Cottick, Smith, Adams, Borgerding
Henry Borgerding - 3rd in 50 breast
Harrison Cottick - 4th in 50 fly and in 50 back
Nicholas Denkman - 3rd in 50 free, 4th in 50 breast
Chipper Levy - 2nd in 50 free, 1st in 100 free
Grant McMahon - 4th in 100 IM, 1st in 50 back
Nicolas Mitchell - 1st in 50 free, 3rd in 100 free
 
Top Ten Varsity Girls Finishers:
Nina Gonzalez - 2nd in 11-dive competition
 
Top Ten Varsity Boys Finishers:
200 Boys' Free Relay - 4th place - M. Birozes, Meersman, Spillane, A. Birozes
Anthony Birozes - 3rd in 50 free (out of 103 swimmers) and 5th in 100 free (out of 72 swimmers)
Michael Birozes - 7th in 50 free
Joe Meersman - 5th in 100 fly
Jay Sorohan - 1st in 6-dive competition
                               
Middle Schools Girls Most Improved:
 
1.  Anne-Marie Madgey - 8.39 seconds
2.  Kate Patota - 3.62 seconds
3.  Dani Bayardo - 2.99 seconds
 
Middle School Boys Most Improved:
1.  Nicolas Roncal - TOP MS OVERALL IMPROVED - 13.63seconds
2.  Seve Pausa - 4.44 seconds
3.  Peter Vanderblom - 2.24 seconds
 
Varsity Girls Most Improved:
1.  Lindsay Cottick - TOP Varsity OVERALL IMPROVED -14.01 seconds
2. Jacquie Petros - 9.42 seconds
3. Chloe Turner - 6.66 seconds
 
Varsity Boys Most Improved:
1.  Ben Meersman - 6.77 seconds
2.  Jacob Couvillon - 4.02 seconds
3.  Brandon Wood - 2.11 seconds
 
The following Middle School swimmers improved their times:
Dani Bayardo - 1 event
Maria Birozes - 1 event
Gabi Denkman - 1 event
Isabel Labiche - 1 event
Anne-Marie Madgey - 2 events
Sarah Meersman - 3 events!!!
Kate Patota - 1 event
Mercedes Persichetti - 2 events
Charlie Shelton - 2 events
Katie Tabak - 1 event
Nick Clawson - 2 events
Harrison Cottick - 2 events
Matthew Crane - 1 event
Nicolas Figueredo - 2 events
Chipper Levy - 1 events
Nicolas Mitchell - 2 events
Seve Pausa - 3 events!!!
Nicolas Roncal - 3 events!!!
Jackson Steinert - 2 events
Daniel Sullivan - 1 event
Peter Vanderblom - 1 event
 
The following Varsity swimmers improved their times:
Charlotte Adams - 1 event
Michelle Bayardo - 1 event
Lindsay Cottick -1 event
Annie Frain - 1 event
Nina Gonzalez - 2 events
Kate Lahey - 1 event
Samhita Mallavarapu - 1 event
Vanessa Pausa - 1 event
Charlotte Perrone- 1 event
Jacquie Petros - 2 events
Therese Tormey - 2 events
Ashley Triplett - 1 event
Haley Triplett - 1 event
Chloe Turner - 1 event
Anthony Birozes - 1 event
Michael Birozes - 1 event
Mason Carter - 2 events
Jacob Couvillon - 3 events!!!
Preston Jeans - 1 event
Ben Meersman - 1 event
Joe Meersman - 1 event
Brendan Spillane -1 event
Ethan Tejano - 1 event
Brandon Wood - 1 event