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Piranhas YMCA of the Suncoast Swim Team - PYP                            727-787-9622 (PHY)

Palm Harbor YMCA - 1600 16th Street - Palm Harbor FL 34683

Palm Harbor - North Pinellas - Clearwater - Gills/Trinity - Hernando - Ridgecrest

 

PYP is a year round competitive swim program designed to meet the needs of every swimmer!
Whether you're looking for a competitive swim program that emphasizes Stroke and Technique Training,

Strength Training , Cross Training for other sports, Personal Exercise

or simply becoming an active part of your YMCA community, PYP is your fit!

YMCA-FL-USA Swimming Local Competitions - State Championships - Junior Olympics - Senior Championships

Southern Zone Sectionals - YMCA Nationals - Junior Nationals - Senior Nationals - National Championship Series

 

 PYP works to build good people and good swimmers through constant attention to teaching and training.

 We invite you to stop by or call one of our 6 Suncoast YMCA Branch locations for additional information.

Join the fun and success of PYP swimming today!

contact us:  Head Coach Lisa Bitting (bio)     Prog Mgr Nanette Freeman

 

Palm Harbor Sharks and Piranhas are having an end of summer celebraton - August 21, 2010 - PH Recreation Center - You must RSVP by August 6th to attend!  Contact Nanette for additional information.

click on your local branch for practice and activity schedules....

PYP Branch weekly updates:     Palm Harbor   N.Pinellas     Clearwater     Trinity/Gills     Hernando     Ridgecrest

Calendars:     July 2010    August 2010

 

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2010 FS Southern Zone Team Championship-July 27-Aug 1, 2010-Georgia Tech Aquatic Center-Atlanta GA  

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PYP is proudly represented by 12 year old  -  ANDREW BELCIK

Only 48 total athletes are selected to represent FL Swimming at this meet.  (7) 11-12 Boys/Girls (7) 13-14 Boys/Girls and (10) 15-18 Boys/Girls.

The selection process is based on the FL Swimming Top 10 rankings, scoring each event and establishing "High Point" athletes in each age category.  Andrew was part of the Top 4 selection of the Zone Championship Team in April 2010 based on his point total.  The remaining athletes were selected based on 2010 Summer LC Junior Olympic Championship.  Athletes selected for this meet truly represent the finest of Florida Swimming competing against 15 other LSC's in our Southern Zone - Team FL is 3-time defending Champions! 

Please join us in congratulating Andrew on his hard work and dedication paying off!  GO Andrew - GO Team FLORIDA!

 

2010 National Long Course Championship  University of MD - College Park MD - July 26-30, 2010

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National Team:  Michel Alissandratos, Emily Bloxam, Kelsey Buckley, Blake Freeman, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Kendall McIntosh, Lauren McIntosh, Joey Steele, Kelly Verheyleweghen, Jason Williams

Coach Lisa and Nanette traveled with this group of athletes to Baltimore MD on Sunday, July 25th.  Our trip was uneventful, great plane ride, easy transition to our rental vans, warm-up at University of Maryland pool was great, went to the grocery store for supplies, mini-hurricane/tornado came through - No power for the next 15 hours!

Other teams were scared and nervous, our well-prepared FL hurricane kids were just fine with the side effect of no power.  Flashlights in hand, we ventured to our rooms, got unpacked and enjoyed a quiet, dark evening in MD. 

The morning brought sunlight, but still no power - over 290,000 residents in MD/DC were without power.  Our area was fortunate to have power restored by 9:00am. 

We headed off for some breakfast, coffee, then back to the pool.  Early afternoon we headed out for an adventure in Annapolis MD.  We were extremely fortunate to have Trevor Ackerman's brother, Brian Ackerman at the US Naval Academy provide a first-hand tour of the campus.  Quite an amazing young man shared his very limited "Liberty Time" to share his knowledge of this beautiful and historic location.  It was a great day and now we begin prep for racing on Tuesday.    

Tuesday'- Piranha Prelim racing went well throughout the morning posting best times in many events. Kelsey Buckley earned the opportunity to return for 2 event finals (50 Free-A final, 200 IM-B Final) and Jason Williams in 50 Free-A Final.   The evening races were phenomenal - Kelsey was seated 11th in the 200 IM, won the B Final and actually had the 2nd fastest race of the night!  Her 2:22.26 earned her another JR National swim!  Kelsey's second final of the night, 50 Free - captured 6th place at 27.04.  Jason raced his first Nationals final and captured 7th place in Men's 50 Free with a time of 24.49.  Jason's training and developed skill during this past year is quite impressive, he finished 85th in this event in 2009 - Great job Kelsey, Jason and Coach Lisa!           

               

 

FL Swim SR Champs - July 22-25, 2010     results   PYPresults

SR Champ Team:  Trevor Ackerman, Jemma Cropanese, Troy Ferguson, Christina Gualtieri, Madison Hansen, Megan Kovac, Allie O'Connor, Raina Peterson, Margo Randelman, Halee Spencer, Kariann Stevens, Makenna Woods.

26 Personal Best Swims - 2 New Records (Megan Kovac 13-14 800 Freestyle, Halee Spencer SR 100 Backstroke)

Coach Casey and Zac traveled to Sarasota with this group of PYP athletes.  Weather was rainy, but somewhat status quo for this time of year.  Coach Casey's weekend was a bit more eventful with a trip to the hospital and an appendectomy.  Kudos to Coach Casey, who called from his hospital bed worried about the swimmers, the tents, the PYP families.  We applaud you Coach Casey!  Special thanks to "Coach Kenny Kovac" and "Coach Christina" for leading the troops through Sunday's events.  We truly are a family and take care of each other!    

 

Shark's PAL Champs - July 24-25, 2010   results     SharkTeam     SharkByName   

3rd Boys / 3rd Girls / 3rd Team Award  -  78 Best Swims  -  6 High Point Trophies - 13 Starburst Award Winners!

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High Point Shark Winners:

6&U Girls - Sophia Kotsovolos       6&U Boys - Luca Clifton (3rd)               8&U Girls - Alexis Kotsovolos (2nd) 

8&U Boys - Cory Wilhelm (3rd)     11-12 Boys - Jake Danikowski (3rd)     13-14 Girls - Allie Neri (3rd)

Top 16 Shark Individual Event Finishes:  Andrew Bartolotti (7th-100 Fly, 9th-200 IM, 10th-100 Breast)  Matthew Bartolotti (11th-100 Back, 100 Breast, 12th-200 IM)  Bridget Belcik (Silver 2nd-100 Fly, 5th-100 Free, 100 Breast)  Michael Bemis (8th-200 IM, 12th-50 Back)  Mario Biama (9th-50 Free, 12th-100 Breast)  Max Biama (16th-50 Free)  Nick Chavez (10th-100 IM, 11th-50 Free, 50 Breast)  Evelyn Clifton (12th-25 Fly)  Luca Clifton (Bronze 3rd-25 Back, 5th-25 Free)  Alivia Cullu (11th-25 Fly, 13th-100 IM)  Annaleis Cullu (5th-100 IM, 6th-25 Breast, 13th-25 Free)  Jake Danikowski (Silver 2nd-50 Back, Bronze 3rd-50 Free, 50 Fly)  Derik deAlvarez (14th-25 Fly)  Lia deAlvarez (11th-50 Breast, 12th-100 IM, 15-50 Free) Jen Franklin (Bronze 3rd-200 IM, 5th-100 Free, 100 Back)  Caroline Hamric (13th-50 Breast)  Kate Hamric (7th-25 Fly, 9th-100 IM)  Lexi Haughey (12th-25 Free, 25 Back)  Ethan Hess (7th-100 IM, 50 Fly, 12th-50 Back)  Matthew Hom (9th-100 IM, 50 Breast, 13th-50 Free)  Olivia Hom (16th-50 Fly)  Ashley Kelly (8th-50 Fly, 10th-50 Back)  Zachary Kelly (7th-25 Free, 9th-25 Back)  Alexis Kotsovolos (Silver 2nd-25 Free, 25 Back, Bronze 3rd-25 Fly)  Sophia Kotsovolos (Silver 2nd-25 Back, 6th-25 Free)  Jake Kuhn (9th-50 Back, 13th-50 Breast, 14th-50 Free)  Bavya Lakshmanan (4th-100 Back, 12th-50 Free, 16th-100 Free)  Eleni Lambrianos (9th-50 Breast 10th-50 Fly)  Alexis Longley (9th-200 IM, 50 Back, 11th-50 Free)  Ava McEwan (5th-25 Back)  Matthew Monaghan (Bronze 3rd-50 Back, 4th-50 Fly, 6th-200 IM)  Allie Neri (Silver 2nd-50 Free, 100 Fly, Bronze 3rd-100 Free)  Katherine Neri (4th-50 Breast, 6th-100 IM, 12-50 Free)  Thomas Newton (5th-50 Free, 8th-100 Free, 100 Breast)  Sara Ponder (7th-50 Back, 9th-100 IM)  Quinn Ragan (Gold 1st-25 Back, Silver 2nd-100 IM)  Gabrielle Rosen (6th-100 IM, 8th-25 Breast, 9th-25 Free)  Payton Sanders (9th-25 Free)  Allyson Schmeiser (14th-100 IM)  Matthew Schmeiser (11th-100 IM, 13th-50 Back)  Amber Smith (12th-50 Fly, 14th-50 Back)  Allie Sylvester (11th-50 Breast, 12th-200 IM, 16th-50 Back)  Amanda Tannenbaum ( (Bronze 3rd-200 IM, 4th-50 Back, 5th-50 Breast)  Parker Walters (15th-200 IM, 16th-50 Breast)  Peyton Walters (4th-25 Breast, 6th-100 IM, 25 Fly)  Katie Weeks (4th-50 Fly, 5th-100 IM, 6th-50 Back)  Cory Wilhelm (Gold-1st-25 Back, Bronze 3rd-25 Free, 25 Fly)

Starburst Award (3 Best Times): Kinsey Aaron, Andrew Bartolotti, Nicole Cabal, Jake Danikowski, Lia deAlvarez, Matthew Hom, Ashley Kelly, Alexis Longley, Catherine Lovera, Matthew Monaghan, Katherine Neri, Thomas Newton, Amanda Tannenbaum

Top Shark Relay Finishes: to be updated Thursday....

Other PYP swimmers representing proudly at PAL Champs: 

High Point Winners:  11-12 Girls - Madison Jones (3rd)

Top 16 Finishes:  Manuel Barragan (Silver 2nd-200 IM, 100 Back, 100 Fly)  Marko Bratic (Bronze 3rd-200 IM, 6th-50 Breast, 9th-50 Free)  Colin Hausman (Silver 2nd-100 Fly, 4th-100 Free, 5th-50 Free)  Madison Jones (Silver 2nd-200 IM, 50 Fly, Bronze 3rd-50 Free)  Philip Mackie (5th-100 Breast, 6th-100 Back, 12th-100 Free)  Andrea Martin (6th-100 Breast, 7th-200 IM, 12th-100 Back)  Gabriel Soliman (8th-200 IM, 11th-100 Free)  Sami Soliman (9th-200 IM, 14th-50 Back)  Zack Soliman (Gold 1st-100 Breast, 4th-100 Free, 50 Free)  Catarina Sterlaci (10th-50 Breast) Steven Sutter (Silver 2nd-200 IM, 5th-50 Fly, 8th-50 Free)  John Torres (Silver 2nd-100 Back, 6th-100 Breast, 7th-100 Free)

 

 

2010 PYP Piranhas Summer Junior Olympic Team

Orlando International YMCA - July 15-18, 2010

Complete Results     PYP Results   PYP Relays

10&U Girls  Hannah Hansen, Katherine Neri, Katie Weeks, Ashley Kelly, Madison Koplar, Sara Ponder

10&U Boys  Brandon Kovac, Vance Sanders, Matthew Hom, Cory Wilhelm

11-12 Girls  Alison Canjura, Madison Jones, Katherine Mayer, Lauren McIntosh, Jordan Thielbar, Wylona Bouwens, Olivia Hom, Alexis Longley, Amanda Tannenbaum

11-12 Boys  Andrew Belcik, Jake Danikowski, Marko Bratic, Steven Sutter

13-14 Girls  Cydnie Bauer, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Megan Kovac, Kendall McIntosh, Morgan Drose, Jennifer Franklin, Allie Neri

13-14 Boys  Manuel Barragan, Tristan Sanders, Zack Soliman, Tyler Verheyleweghen

Top 16 Finishes: 

Andrew Belcik - Silver 2nd-100 Back  Silver 2nd-50 Back  Bronze 3rd-200 IM

Bronze 3rd-50 Fly  4th-100 Free  6th-100 Fly   Sarah Freeman - 10th-50 Free

Katherine Mayer - Bronze 3rd-800 Free, 6th-400 Free, 7th-200 Free, 12th-100 Back

Kendall McIntosh - 16th-400 Free   Lauren McIntosh - 4th-50 Breast, 50 Free  13th-50 Back   Vance Sanders - Silver 2nd-50 Back  6th-100 Fly  7th-100 Back,  8th-200 Free, 50 Fly 10th-200 IM

Top 10 Finishes in Total Points Earned:  Vance Sanders (10&U) 10th   Andrew Belcik (11-12) 4th

Top 16 Relays:

10&U Boys 200 Medley Relay - 14th (Cory Wilhelm, Brandon Kovac, Vance Sanders, Matthew Hom)

11-12 Girls 200 Free Relay - 8th (Katherine Mayer, Alison Canjura, Madison Jones, Lauren McIntosh)

11-12 Girls 400 Medley Relay - 16th (Katherine Mayer, Lauren McIntosh, Madison Jones, Amanda Tannenbaum)

11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay - 11th (Katherine Mayer, Lauren McIntosh, Madison Jones, Jordan Thielbar)

11-12 Girls 400 Free Relay - 4th (Lauren McIntosh, Jordan Thielbar, Madison Jones, Katherine Mayer)

13-14 Girls 200 Free Relay - 8th (Megan Kovac, Kendall McIntosh, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman)

13-14 Girls 400 Medley Relay - 15th (Cydnie Bauer, Kendall McIntosh, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman)

13-14 Girls 200 Medley Relay - 16th (Cydnie Bauer, Kendall McIntosh, Megan Kovac, Sarah Freeman)

13-14 Girls 400 Free Relay - 11th (Kendall McIntosh, Rachael Freeman, Megan Kovac, Sarah Freeman)

13-14 Boys 200 Free Relay - 14th (Manuel Barragan, Zach Soliman, Tyler Verheyleweghen, Tristan Sanders)

13-14 Boys 400 Medley Relay - 11th (Tristan Sanders, Zach Soliman, Manuel Barragan, Tyler Verheyleweghen)

13-14 Boys 200 Medley Relay - 12th (Tristan Sanders, Zach Soliman, Manuel Barragan, Tyler Verheyleweghen)

13-14 Boys 400 Free Relay - 15th (Tristan Sanders, Zach Soliman, Tyler Verheyleweghen, Manuel Barragan)

Best Times in EVERY INDIVIDUAL EVENT - Manuel Barragan (6) Andrew Belcik (6) Jake Danikowski (1) Sarah Freeman (6) Hannah Hansen (2)  Megan Kovac (6) Katherine Neri (2) Tristan Sanders (5) Jordan Thielbar (2) Tyler Verheyleweghen (1)

20 Individual Team Records Broken - 14 Relay Team Records Broken

 

Shark's @ Lansbrook - Wed., July 14, 2010  WLVSresults

Sharks @ BAT Invitational - July 10, 2010   AMresults   PMresults   Ind Scores   WLVSresults

Shark @ HOME vs. Countryside Dolphins CCCA - July 7, 2010   WLVSresults

 

SPA Summer Invite -  July 2-4, 2010     Results   PYPresults

HIGH POINT WINNER 11-12 Boys - Andrew Belcik

Top 10 Finishes: Trevor Ackerman - 10th-100 Breast  Manuel Barragan - 9th-200 Free, 100 Breast  Cydnie Bauer - 9th-400 IM  Andrew Belcik - 1st-100 Back, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Fly  2nd-200 IM, 200 Free  Emily Bloxam - 2nd-100 Back, 6th-100 Free, 7th-50 Free, 9th-200 IM  Kelsey Buckley - 1st-50 Breast, 100 Free, 100 Back, 200 IM, 3rd-50 Back, 4th-200 Free, 5th-50 Free, 100 Breast, 6th-200 Back, 7th-50 Fly  Alison Canjura - 8th-200 IM, 10th-400 Free, 50 Breast  Mia Castagna - 6th-200 Breast  Jake Danikowski - 5th-50 Fly, 7th-50 Free, 8th-100 Back  Troy Ferguson - 7th-50 Back, 10th-50 Free  Dillon Freeman - 9th-50 Back  Rachael Freeman - 4th-200 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 5th-200 IM, 9th-100 Breast, 100 Back  Sarah Freeman - 2nd-100 Free, 50 Free, 4th-200 Back, 7th-50 Back, 400 Free, 100 Back, 8th-200 Free  Mark Gettino - 6th-200 Free  Christina Gualtieri - 5th-200 Breast  Hannah Hansen - 5th-50 Back, 6th-200 Free, 7th-100 Back, 10th-50 Free  Ashley Kelly - 10th-200 IM  Madison Koplar - 6th-200 IM, 7th-200 Free  Brandon Kovac - 7th-400 Free, 100 Breast, 8th-50 Breast, 10th-200 IM, 200 Free, 100 Fly  Megan Kovac - 3rd-50 Free, 6th-400 IM, 8th-200 IM, 9th-200 Free, 100 Fly, 10th-100 Back  Joe Lacy - 6th-50 Breast  Katherine Mayer - 3rd-1500 Free, 4th-400 Free, 5th-200 Fly, 6th-100 Back, 10th-100 Free  Kendall McIntosh - 5th-50 Breast, 9th-200 Breast, 10th-400 IM, 200 IM  Lauren McIntosh - 2nd-50 Breast, 3rd-200 IM  Nils Millergren - 9th-50 Free  Katherine Neri - 7th-50 Breast, 100 Breast, 8th-200 IM, 200 Free  Sara Ponder - 4th-400 Free  Quinn Ragan - 5th-50 Free, 6th-50 Back  Hunter Sakadales - 6th-50 Free  Tristan Sanders - 2nd-200 Back, 6th-100 Breast, 7th-100 Fly  Vance Sanders - 2nd-100 Back, 3rd-200 IM, 200 Free, 50 Fly, 5th-400 Free, 50 Free  Zack Soliman - 10th-100 Free  Halee Spencer - 8th-200 Back  Joey Steele - 1st-50 Back, 3rd-50 Fly, 4th-100 Back, 6th-100 Fly, 100 Free, 7th-200 Back, 9th-50 Free, 10th-200 Free  Kariann Stevens - 6th-50 Back, 8th-50 Fly, 100 Breast, 100 Fly  Amanda Tannenbaum - 5th-1500 Free  Camilla Umaña - 7th-50 Free, 9th-50 Fly  Kelly Verheyleweghen - 3rd-200 Fly, 100 Fly, 4th-50 Fly, 8th-200 IM, 10th-100 Breast  Tyler Verheyleweghen - 4th-50 Breast, 7th-100 Breast, 10th-50 Fly  Katie Weeks - 8th-50 Fly, 9th-200 IM, 100 Back  James White - 7th-50 Free, 9th-50 Back  Cory Wilhelm - 3rd-50 Free, 50 Back, 5th-50 Fly, 7th-50 Breast  Jason Williams - 1st-50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Free, 3rd-50 Breast, 4th-50 Fly, 5th-200 Free, 6th-50 Back

Starburst Awards: FRI - Madison Koplar, Nils Millergren, Christina Neri, Vance Sanders

SAT - Madison Koplar, Nils Millergren, Darya Mollibog, Isaac Wilks

SUN - Nils Millergren, James White

74 Personal Best Swims  -  63 First Time Swims  -  New Individual Records - Lauren McIntosh (50 Breast)  Andrew Belcik (100 Fly)

JO Swims:   NEW**  Jake Danikowski - 50 Free   Megan Kovac - 200 Free

***Please share our "Piranha Pride" in recognizing an amazing accomplishment by Rachael Freeman

This meet provided the opportunity for Rachael to complete her JO goals.  She earned JO Cuts Every Event/Every Distance in (10&under)  (11-12) (13-14) age groups. Freestyle: 50-100-200-500(400)-1000(800)-1650(1500)   Back 50-100-200   Breast 50-100-200   Butterfly 50-100-200   Indiv Medley 200-400

 

Shark's @ HOME vs. Eastlake Woodlands - June 23, 2010   WLVSresults

 

WFLA Lightning Open - June 18-20, 2010   results  PYPresults   PYPrelays 

    17 Individual Records Set - 1 Relay Record Set - 145 Personal Best Swims/First Time Swims

Top 8 Finishes: Trevor Ackerman - 5th-100 Breast  Manuel Barragan - 1st-200 IM, 2nd-50 Free, 100 Back, 4th-200 Back, 5th-100 Breast, 100 Free, 100 Fly  Cydnie Bauer - 4th-100 Fly, 6th-200 IM, 7th-200 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Back  Andrew Belcik - 2nd-400 Free, 100 Fly, 50 Back, 3rd-50 Free, 50 Fly, 200 IM  Emily Bloxam - 5th-50 Free  Wylona Bouwens - 7th-50 Breast  Kelsey Buckley - 1st-50 Free, 3rd-200 Free, 4th-100 Free, 5th-200 Back, 6th-100 Breast  Jemma Cropanese - 7th-100 Fly  Blake Freeman - 1st-200 Fly 3rd-200 Breast, 100 Fly, 400 IM, 5th-200 Back, 200 IM, 6th-100 Breast  Rachael Freeman - 2nd-200 Fly, 3rd-100 Breast, 4th-200 Breast, 400 IM, 6th-100 Free, 400 Free  Sarah Freeman - 2nd-50 Free, 3rd-100 Free, 4th-200 Back, 100 Back, 5th-200 Free, 200 IM, 6th-100 Breast, 8th-400 IM  Hannah Hansen - 4th-50 Free, 6th-100 Back, 50 Breast  Olivia Hom -  4th-100 Fly, 8th-400 Free  Ashley Kelly - 5th-100 Fly, 8th-50 Fly  Brandon Kovac - 2nd-50 Breast, 3rd-400 Free, 4th-100 Fly, 5th-200 Free, 200 IM, 100 Breast, 100 Free,  6th-50 Back  Megan Kovac - 2nd-1500 Free  Katherine Mayer - 1st-400 IM, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 2nd-100 Back, 200 Free, 400 Free, 100 Free, 50 Back, 3rd-50 Free  Kendall McIntosh - 1st-100 Breast, 2nd-200 Breast, 3rd-200 IM, 4th-200 Free, 400 Free  Lauren McIntosh - 1st-50 Free, 2nd-50 Breast, 50 Fly, 3rd-200 Free, 100 Free, 4th-100 Breast, 200 IM  Katherine Neri - 2nd-50 Breast, 3rd-100 Breast, 7th-100 Fly, 8th-50 Back  Sara Ponder - 7th-50 Back, 8th-200 Free, 100 Fly  Jack Rasmussen - 6th-100 Breast, 8th-200 Free  Tristan Sanders - 3rd-200 Back, 100 Free, 4th-100 Breast  Vance Sanders - 2nd-200 IM, 3rd-200 Free, 50 Fly, 6th-50 Free  Gabriel Soliman - 8th-50 Free, 100 Back  Zack Soliman - 2nd-200 Breast, 6th-50 Free  Halee Spencer - 6th-100 Breast  Joey Steele - 7th-100 Back, 8th-400 Free  Amanda Tannenbaum - 6th-100 Breast, 400 Free, 200 IM, 7th-100 Back, 8th-1500 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back  Jordan Thielbar - 3rd-400 IM, 4th-50 Breast, 5th-50 Fly, 400 Free, 6th-200 Free  Katie Torres - 1st-100 Fly, 5th-100 Breast, 200 Breast, 8th-50 Free  Camilla Umaña - 5th-50 Free, 6th-50 Back, 7th-50 Fly, 8th-100 Free  Juanita Umaña - 5th-100 Fly  Kelly Verheyleweghen - 4th-100 Fly, 5th-200 Fly  Katie Weeks - 3rd-100 Fly, 6th-200 IM, 50 Fly, 8th-100 Back  Cory Wilhelm - 3rd-50 Free, 50 Breast, 5th-100 Back, 7th-200 Free  Jason Williams - 1st-50 Free, 4th-100 Free, 6th-200 Free, 7th-100 Breast

Starburst Awards: FRI - Trevor Ackerman, Manuel Barragan, Wylona Bouwens, Hannah Hansen, Olivia Hom, Kendall McIntosh, Lauren McIntosh, Christina Neri, Camilla Umaña, Juanita Umaña, Cory Wilhelm, Makenna Woods

SAT - Hannah Hansen, Olivia Hom, Tristan Sanders, Gabriel Soliman, Jordan Thielbar, Camilla Umaña, Juanita Umaña, Cory Wilhelm, Makenna Woods

SUN - Trevor Ackerman, Manuel Barragan, Jen Franklin, Hannah Hansen, Sara Ponder, Gabriel Soliman, Makenna Woods 

New Records Set:  Cory Wilhelm (8&U) 50 Free, 100 Back  Andrew Belcik (11-12) 50 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Fly  Lauren McIntosh (11-12) 50 Breast  Sarah Freeman (13-14) 50 Free, 200 Back  Kendall McIntosh (13-14) 200 Free, 200 Breast, 200 IM  Cydnie Bauer (13-14) 100 Fly  Rachael Freeman (13-14) 200 Fly  Kelsey Buckley (SR) 50 Free, 200 Back  10&U Girls 200 Medley Relay - Hannah Hansen, Katherine Neri, Katie Weeks, Madison Koplar

JO Swims: Manuel Barragan, Cydnie Bauer, Andrew Belcik, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Hannah Hansen, Brandon Kovac, Megan Kovac, Katherine Mayer, Kendall McIntosh, Lauren McIntosh, Katherine Neri, Tristan Sanders, Vance Sanders, Zack Soliman, Katie Weeks

SR Champ Swims: Trevor Ackerman, Cydnie Bauer, Emily Bloxam, Kelsey Buckley, Jemma Cropanese, Troy Ferguson, Blake Freeman, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Megan Kovac, Katherine Mayer, Kendall McIntosh, Lauren McIntosh, Tristan Sanders, Halee Spencer, Joey Steele, Katie Torres, Kelly Verheyleweghen, Jason Williams

Y-National Swims: Emily Bloxam, Kelsey Buckley, Blake Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Kendall McIntosh, Lauren McIntosh, Katie Torres, Kelly Verheyleweghen, Jason Williams

Check out the updated PYP Hall of Fame - Top 5 PYP Girls METERS  - Top 5 PYP Boys METERS  - plenty of new names/races making the list! 

 

Shark's @ ELW CC  -  June 17, 2010   WLVSresults

Shark's @ CCCA  -  June 15, 2010   WLVSresults

Shark's @ Carlouel  -  June 10, 2010   WLVSresults

PYP Summer Open  -  June 4-6, 2010   results  PYPresults  PYPrelays

CVST Tampa Classic  -  June 4-6, 2010  results   PYPresults

 

First Shark meet of the season was fantastic!    SPA-NE (5/26) name - event

Thank you to all the families that helped get this season of summer recreational swimming off to a great start!  It was a beautiful night at the Y and the kids were amazing!  402 swims - 114 best times - 228 new swims!  We are so proud and excited for your swimmers and look forward to seeing everyone next weekend!

PYP Piranhas Summer Open - June 4-5-6, 2010 - Palm Harbor YMCA - Volunteers needed  :)  Contact Nanette Freeman to sign-up today! 

 

SPA Fri/Sat Races - May 21-22, 2010     results   PYPresults

A beautiful evening and amazing sunrise set the tone for our weekend in St. Petersburg!

       93 New Personal Best Swims - 54 New Swims - 5 Individual Team Records Set!

Top 10 Finishes (13-14/SR combined): Andrew Belcik - 2nd-100 Back, 50 Fly  Emily Bloxam - 5th-50 Back, 6th-50 Free, 8th-100 Free  Kelsey Buckley - 3rd-100 Breast, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 4th-100 Free, 8th-50 Fly, 200 Free  Alison Canjura - 6th-100 Breast  Tyler Dentry - 8th-50 Free  Blake Freeman - 4th-50 Back, 5th-100 Fly  Sarah Freeman - 8th-200 Back, 9th-100 Free  Allan Hey - 9th-50 Breast, 100 Free  Riley Jardine - 7th-400 IM  Brandon Kovac - 6th-100 Breast, 9th-50 Breast  Joseph Lacy - 4th-50 Breast, 6th-50 Free, 50 Back  Eleni Lambrianos - 10th-50 Breast  Katherine Mayer - 1st-100 Fly, 2nd-100 Back, 50 Fly, 800 Free  Kendall McIntosh - 6th-200 Breast  Darya Molibog - 5th-100 Fly, 10th-50 Fly  Katherine Neri - 2nd-50 Breast, 4th-100 Breast  Sara Ponder - 10th-100 Free  Quinn Ragan - 4th-50 Breast, 50 Free, 5th-50 Back, 6th-50 Fly  Joey Steele - 7th-50 Back, 8th-50 Fly  Amanda Tannenbaum - 8th-100 Breast, 800 Free  Jordan Thielbar - 6th-100 Breast, 7th-50 Fly, 9th-100 Fly  Katie Torres - 6th-100 Breast, 7th-50 Fly, 9th-50 Free  Kelly Verheyleweghen - 3rd-100 Fly. 5th-50 Fly, 8th-50 Breast  Tyler Verheyleweghen - 8th-50 Breast  Caroline Ward - 10th-50 Breast  Tommy Ward - 8th-100 Free, 9th-50 Back, 100 Back  Katie Weeks - 1st-100 Fly, 4th-50 Fly, 6th-100 Back, 9th-100 Free  Cory Wilhelm - 2nd-50 Back, 50 Breast, 3rd-50 Fly  Jason Williams - 2nd-100 Free, 6th-50 Fly 

New Individual Records: Katherine Mayer (11-12) 800 Free, 100 Fly  Kendall McIntosh (13-14) 200 Breast  Cory Wilhelm (8U) 50 Back  Andrew Belcik (11-12) 50 Free

Starburst Awards: Friday - Morgan Drose, Katherine Mayer, Christina Neri, Quinn Ragan, Amanda Tannenbaum

Saturday - Kinsey Aaron, Briana Dentry, Nick Dodge, Morgan Drose, Allan Hey, Morgan Kiloh, Joseph Lacy, Katherine Mayer, Darya Molibog, Christina Neri, Amanda Tannenbaum, Jordan Thielbar, Shaun VanHuyssteen, Tyler Verheyleweghen, Katie Weeks, Cory Wilhelm

JO Swims: Cydnie Bauer, Andrew Belcik, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Megan Kovac, Katherine Mayer, Kendall McIntosh, Katherine Neri, Tristan Sanders, Jordan Thielbar, Tyler Verheyleweghen

SR Champ Swims: Cydnie Bauer, Emily Bloxam, Kelsey Buckley, Blake Freeman, Rachael Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Megan Kovac, Katherine Mayer, Kendall McIntosh, Joey Steele, Katie Torres, Kelly Verheyleweghen, Jason Williams

  

 

We are very proud to share PYP Piranhas seniors committed to swimming in college!

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       Blake Freeman           Mark Gettino                Katie Torres           Scott Fahrney         Madison Hansen

                                                                          

 

Congratulations to Blake Freeman - "Coach Blake" for his athletic/academic accomplishments!   

Salutatorian PHUHS 2010 - St. Petersburg Times - June 6, 2010

Pinellas County All-Academic First Team - St. Petersburg Times - June 9, 2010

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We are very "Piranha Proud" of you Blake!

"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,

but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do.

-Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”    - Aristotle

 

Coach Lisa Bitting receives another award!

NFHS Florida Boys 2009 Coach of the Year!  Read Letter  

Congratulations on being selected representing the best of the best from the state of Florida!

St. Pete Times All-Pinellas Boys Swim Coach of the Year 2009!

Coach Lisa has been the recipient of Coach of the Year Awards -Boys/Girls or Both for 15 years.

The greatest of "Piranha Pride" for our PYP Head Coach!

 

Katie Torres named to the 2008-2009 Scholastic All-American Team

The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th-12th grade USA Swimming members who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus Time Standard.   We are so proud of you Katie!

 

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