Approximately 800,000 gallons of water, over 600 swimmers and
hundreds of officials, parents, spectators and volunteers combined
to make the Halloween Cauldron Swim Meet last weekend.
Approximately 800,000 gallons of water, over 600 swimmers and hundreds of officials, parents, spectators and volunteers combined to make the Halloween Cauldron Swim Meet last weekend.
But the strange brew wasn’t scary for the 47 members of the Morgan Hill Makos Swim Club that hosted the event at the Morgan Hill Swim Center on Saturday and Sunday. With over 25 teams competing, there was plenty of competition.
The results for the Makos were excellent for an early season meet with almost 50 percent of all swims resulting in personal records.
New Head Coach Mark Scott, joined by the new Head Age Group Coach Mark Dopler enjoyed their first meet experience at home with the Makos at a very smoothly run meet.
Scott joins the team with over 20 years of successful experience at USA Swimming Senior, Age Group, High School, and Collegiate Coaching, including two-time NAIA National Championships while at the University of Puget Sound, and a State High School Championship while in Washington State.
Katie Rick (13 years)
400 IM 2nd (4:56.31)
New Far Western Time in that event
200 Breast (2:39.05)
New Far Western Time in that event
100 Breast 1st (1:16.63)
200 IM 2nd (2:25.11)
500 Free 3rd (5:36.12)
100 Free 3rd (59.32)
50 Free 4th (27.68)
1000 Free 5th (11:37.11)
Cleve Gurney (10 years)
50 Back 4th (35.90)
Achieved new Far Western Qualifying time in this event.
50 Free 6th (31.63)
Achieved new A time
100 Back (1:20.07) improvin 7 seconds
Steven Rick (14 years)
200 Back 1st (2:10.10)
100 Free 1st (53.94)
100 Breast 1st (1:06.91)
200 IM 1st (2:11.10)
Estelle Richardson (13 years)
500 Free 6th (5:42.35) New A 11 sec drop
New A time
400 IM (5:14.63) improved 6 sec
Gabi Cinkova (12 years)
50 Fly 6th (32.83)
50 Free 8th (31.15)
Achieved new A times
100 Fly (1:12.50) improved 6.5 seconds
400 IM (5:36.65) improved 14 sec
Kortney Kay (10 years)
50 Breast 1st (39.76)
New A times
50 Back (37.70) improved 5+ sec
100 Fly (1:21.85)
Other individuals swimming well, placing and having significant drops as well include…
Alyssa Greymont (8 years)
Achieved new A time
50 Back (50.62) improved 2+ sec
Mika Itow (6 years)
60 Back 7th (1:28.78)
Ryan McCombs (10 years)
50 Back 5th (37.26)
200 Free 5th (2:38.81)
100 Back 4th (1:17.95)
Missy Miller (16 years)
200 Breast 2nd (2:39.39)
400 IM 1st (2:27.46)
100 Free 4th (59.20)
100 Fly 5th (1:06.91)
100 Breast 2nd (1:15.96)
200 IM 3rd (2:23.69)
Danny Thompson (13 years)
50 Free 4th (28.59)
100 Free 7th (58.01)
Timmy Thompson (12 years)
50 Breast 5th (40.95)
Missy Wilder (14 years)
50 Free 6th (27.84)
Girls 11-12 MAKO A RELAY
400 Free Relay 1st (4:27.61)
400 Medley Relay 1st (5:11.04)
MAKO B RELAY
400 Free Relay 6th (5:43.63)
Girls 13-18 MAKO A RELAY
400 Free Relay 1st (4:12.63)
Boys 10-u MAKO A RELAY
200 Free Relay 2nd (2:19.21)
200 Medley Relay 3rd (2:40.41)
Girls 10-u MAKO A RELAY
200 Free Relay 5th (2:23.77)
200 Medley Relay 7th (3:06.35)
MAKO B RELAY 200 Free Relay 10th (2:58.34)
Best performances
Ryan McCombs (10 years)
500 Free 6:48.15 Dropped almost 1 minute!
Karen McElheny (12 years)
500 Free 6:29.13 Dropped OVER 1 minute!
Adam Pinarbasi (10 years)
500 Free 7:12.47 Dropped almost 1 minute!
Anna Saber (12 years)
500 Free 6:35.39 Dropped almost 1 minute!
