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DPCC PIRATES 2021 DUAL MEET VS STAS RECAP Issue #2
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DPCC Pirates
2021 Dual
Meet vs STAS
Recap
DPCC PIRATES 2021 DUAL MEET VS STAS RECAP VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET 1
2021 Dual Meet vs STAS
Pre-Meet
A 1pm meet start meant we were able
to arrive and warm-up much later than
we typically can for a regular meet. February 18, 2020
Senior warmed up at 11:30am, Pre-
/
Senior at 12:00pm and the Junior
Pirates at 12:30pm.
Everyone looked well rested and sharp
in the water… thankfully that was a
The Mighty Pirates returned to our Saturday
clear sign on times ahead!
team area and familiarized themselves Just like our last meet, this meet got
with the Meet Program as well as the underway with the 200 Medley Relays.
relay assignments. There is nothing like a relay to get
everyone’s blood pumping and build
excitement for the day! The 9/10 Girls
relay of Jamie, Mackenzie, Ava and
Madison had to race the 13/14 boys in
Heat 1! The girls would have placed 7th
at last year’s Junior Olympics with
their performance.
Our older boys relay swam a time
worthy of 8th at last years JO’s with
Jordan’s 33.25 breaststroke split
making me doubt my watches
reliability.
In heat 2 I again doubted my watch
after Ellie’s 35.88 breaststroke split and
Joey’s 34.07 butterfly split. Thankfully
both the watch and my fingers were
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working great – we were just event. He cut off 2 full seconds to Christopher, Bradley, Akim, Ellie,
swimming unbelievably fast! swim a 34.04, earning his first ever Far Teagan and Kate also swim best times.
Western AND Zones cut in the process! The 50 Free was a treasure trove for the
His 34.04 is the fastest 9/10 boy 50 Pirates with 90% best times out of 21
Back this season by over 1.7 seconds! total swims – that is 19 best times in
the 50 Free! Lilla swam an impressive
26.85 which is the #1 time for any 11yr
old girl in the LSC this season. Joey
earned his 2nd Far Western cut with a
29.18 and a #1 time. Lexie dropped
over half a second to begin knocking
on the doorstep of a 26. Bradley
dropped over 2 seconds to earn 1st
place in his age group. Ava dropped
over 5 seconds from what she swam
just 3 weeks age against LIFE. Myra
skipped the 28s completely and swam
her first ever 27! Christopher, Logan,
Brett, Dolan, Akim, Cooper, Anton,
Brennan, Mackenzie, Madison, Ximena
and Teagan all swam best times as
well. Way to go Pirates!!!
Bradley, Logan, Brett, Christopher,
Lilla, Jamie, Lily, Madison and Ava all
swam huge personal bests in the 50
Back as well.
Lexie was next in a 1v1 dual in the
pool – she dropped over 3 seconds in
the 200 Back amidst a raucous crowd!
The opening relays indicated how fast
we were ready to swim the entire The final individual event of the day
weekend. The first individual event was was the 500 Free. We swam 83% best
the 200 Free where DPCC swam 90% times. Kate dropped over 5 seconds to
best times. break the 6 minute barrier for the first
Akim broke the 2:00 barrier for the first time.
time, finishing with a 1:59.13, more
than a one second drop, and the 3rd
fastest time for a 13yr old boy this
season in Sierra Nevada. Joey took off
18 seconds and earned a #1 time in the
LSC. Cooper, Brennan, Ava, Ellie,
Kate, Teagan and Myra all CRUSHED
their best times as well in this event!
Next up was the 100 Fly where DPCC
set 89% best times! Veronica lead the
way with a 2.5 second drop. Jordan
dropped 11.5 to earn a new Far
Western cut. Cooper, Anton, Brennan, The 100 Breast was up and was the first
Madison, Lilla and Lily all earned new event which brought some adversity the
lifetime bests in the 100 Fly. Pirates way. We had 3 DQs ranging
The 50 Back was ahead, and the Pirates from 1-hand touches to swimming the
kept up the insane time drops with 91% wrong stroke. We still managed 58%
best times!! Joey had the most best times with Jamie registering the
impressive swim of the day in this largest drop of over 17 seconds.
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Myra dropped 37 seconds from last The 100 Back was stellar for DPCC as
season, Jamie dropped 17 from earlier best times were found everywhere.
this season to rank #2 in 9/10 girls, Veronica dropped over a second to post
Anton took off 4 and Jordan dropped the fastest time for the event with a
over 5 to earn a Zones cut and a #2 1:04.03. Joey swam ANOTHER Zones
ranking for the season. Ellie swam right cut in his first ever 100 Back?! Akim,
on her time and maintained her #10 Brennan, Myra, Lily and Lexie all
11/12 ranking. swam lifetime bests as well.
The day ended with the 400 Free Ava swam the most impressive 50
relays. The athletes were Breast of the day, taking off over 7
understandably tired at this point as this seconds! Logan, Brett, Jordi, Bradley,
was the 5th race for many in a 2.5 hour Jamie, Mackenzie, Madison, Ximena,
span. Best times were few and far Lilla and Kate all swam personal bests
between on the relays with the in this event too.
outstanding performance coming from Ellie dropped over 10 seconds in her
Ava, who split a 1:20, 7 seconds faster 2nd ever 200 Breast. Cooper and Lily
than her best time! also swam best times.
The 11/12 girls relay of Myra, Kate,
Lilla and Teagan were aiming for a Far
Western relay cut. Despite coming up
short, they swam 14 seconds faster than Officially AWESOME!
they swam at JO’s last year – a race
Bonnie, Dalma, Crystal and Kelly
that was the first race of the day, not
the last! We started the individual events with
the 200 IM where the Pirates posted
Sunday 70% best times. Cooper had the stand-
out swim by dropping over 5 seconds
Sunday opened up with the 200 Free to go a 2:24, earning a JO cut in the
Relays. The 11/12 girls relay of Myra, process. Brennan, Jamie, Teagan, Kate,
Teagan, Kate and Lilla was after a Far Lily and Veronica also set lifetime
Western cut again and this time made bests.
no mistake about it this time as they
cleared the the cut by over 1.5 seconds, 89% best times followed in the 50 Fly.
finishing with a 1:48.52. That time Mackenzie cut over 4.5 seconds to go
ranks as the #1 time in California and under 40 seconds for the first time.
the #3 time in the Western Zone this Lilla, Myra, Ava and Joey all set best
season! The Western Zone comrprises times by dropping over 2+ seconds.
The 100 Free was very, very kind to the
of the 13 most western states in the US! Christopher, Logan and Brett also
Pirates with 16/19 best times! Similar
earned best times.
to how the 50 was to us yesterday! The
The next event was for the Bold and most impressive 100 belonged to Akim
Brave: Akim and Jordan both swam the who busted out a 53.5 to earn a #3
200 Fly for the first time (officially). ranking in the LSC and will top the
Jordan swam a Far Western time and leaderboard, at least for the opening
Akim zoomed to a 2:21 finish and split week of the Virtual Championships.
a 1:02 for his 100 which easily is also a Madison and Mackenzie both swam
best time for him. huge races, dropping 4 seconds each.
Kate swam a 59 for the first time and
Joey dropped over 5 seconds to earn a
new Far Western cut. Myra, Teagan,
Lilla, Ximena, Ava, Brennan and
Cooper all swam best times.
The final race of the weekend was the
1000 Free - the same race we did at the
Thanksgiving 1000. 3 brave souls
3 years, 2 teams and 1 pandemic later!
entered the water to give it another
shot: Jordan, Ellie and Jamie. Jamie
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had the single biggest drop by cutting swimmers in the entire Sierra Nevada
off 70 seconds from her Thanksgiving LSC which covers a vast amount of
swim! Ellie dropped 35 seconds, and space as shown below.
Jordan was 2 seconds below his
Thanksgiving performance.
Post-Meet
Overall it was a FANTASTIC meet for
the Pirates! We obliterated times left
and right, and we did it with a hard
week of training coming into it. And,
for context, when I mention the LSC I Qualifying for Western Zones means
am referring to Sierra Nevada you are eligible for an All-Star meet
Swimming. There are 59 Local Swim representing all the blue areas above.
Committees (LSC’s) that make up the To place is not just an accomplishment
United States. Those 59 LSC’s are The virtual Champs is a Sierra Nevada
event. When your athlete is ranked in Sacramento, or the greater region,
broken up into 4 Zones for higher level it’s an accomplishment spanning the
meets. anywhere in the Top 25 (or in season
ranking which I’ve highlighted in the vast majority of Northern California as
recap), it means their placing is against well as Nevada. Go Pirates!
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