Winning competitive teen swimmers at YMCA pool smiling

Congratulations to all our WRAT swimmers who competed in the 2022 CT State Age Group Championships with the girls and boys combined team in first place. Ella Gussen broke WWFY’s Lauren Evanosky’s 21-year-old records in the 200M IM in a time of 2:27.69 and in the 200M Backstroke in a time of 2:27.24.  Ella also broke her own record in the 100M Backstroke in a time of 1:08.17.  Audrey Gil broke a longstanding record as well, breaking Sarah Grinalds’ 8-year-old record in the 100M Fly in a time of 1:04.91.  Other highlights of our long course championships are Riley Twiss’ 3rd place ranking in the the high point scoring for individual events and his 2nd place ranking in the high point scoring for individual distance events at Senior Championships.
(From L to R:  Audrey Gil, Ella Gussen, Maddy Boland, Maegan Grisanti)

1st PLACE

  • Valentina Belyaev- Girls 10&U 50 backstroke, Girls 10&U 50 butterfly
  • Emma Giafardino- Girls 11-12 50 freestyle, Girls 11-12 200 freestyle
  • Ella Gussen- Girls 13-14 200 backstroke, Girls 13-14 200 IM
  • Audrey Gil- Girls 13-14 400 IM

RELAY

  • Girls 13-14 200 Free Relay- Audrey Gil, Ella Gussen, Maddy Boland, Maegan Grisanti
  • Girls 13-14 400 Free Relay- Ella Gussen, Audrey Gil, Maegan Grisanti, Maddy Boland
  • Boys 10&U 200 Free Relay- Henry Hart, Grant Ferrari, Miles Pearson, Spencer Cheung
  • Boys 10&U 400 Free Relay- Spencer Cheung, Grant Ferrari, Kaveen Dodani, Miles Pearson
  • Boys 10&U 400 Medley Relay- Grant Ferrari, Miles Pearson, Kaveen Dodani, Spencer Cheung