SPIRE Lake Erie Silver Dolphins Win Short Course USA Swimming LSC Gold Championships

SPIRE Lake Erie Silver Dolphins won the 2013 Short Course USA Swimming LSC Gold Championships with an incredible combined team score of 2637.5 points, breaking 9 individual team records, all five men’s relay records, and over 20 district records!  This was a dominating performance for SPIRE in club swimming. Highlights included:

  • SPIRE Resident National Team swimmer Kaitlyn Johnson’s win in the 100 Yard Freestyle, breaking Olympian Melanie Valerio’s 100 FR team record from 1987 (she also broke her own team record in the 50 Yard Freestyle, and broke the district meet records in the 200 Free and 100 Fly);
  • University of Virginia bound senior Austin Quinn’s dominating performance, smashing records in the 500 free, 200 Fly, 200 Back, and 100 Fly;
  • UNC bound senior Sarah Koucheki’s record breaking swim in the 200 Yard IM (she also won the 400 IM, 100 Back, and 100 fly);
  • St. Bonaventure University bound SPIRE PG, Matt Goettler, with a new team record in the 200 Yard Breaststroke (he also now holds the LESD team record in the 100 Breast), and his 1st place finish and meet record in the 50 Yard Breaststroke;
  • Ohio University bound SPIRE PG Hannah Shinn, with her first place finish and lifetime best swim in the 200 BR:
  • SPIRE LESD men broke the team, meet and district record in the the 400 Freestyle Relay dating back to 1986.  That “unbreakable” record swim from 1986 won the Junior National Championship, included four of the top swimmers in the country, one of which went on to a World Record performance, and ranked among the fastest relay times in the country that year.   What’s interesting to note, the record breaking relay included one swimmer each from SPIRE (Alex Rosen), Chagrin Falls (Austin Quinn), St. Ignatius (Nathan Christian), and Hawken (Micah Simpson).

Women – Final Team Rankings

1. Spire Lake Erie Silver Dolphin   1264.5

  2. SwimStrong                          621
3. Hudson Explorer Aquatic Team        441
  4. Solon Stars Swim Club             290.5
5. Lakewood Rangers Swim Team        260.5
  6. Firestone Akron Swim Team           222
7. University Swim Club                132
  8. Mansfield Waves                   119.5
9. Ridgewood YMCA Dolphins             118
10. Cuyahoga Falls Riverfront YMCA      115
11. Penguin Swimming                    113
12. Euclid Marlins Swim Team          108.5
13. Lake Shore Swim Club              106.5
14. Vacationland Swim Club               84
15. Unattached Silver Dolphins           81
16. B3 Aquatics                          76
17. Unattached                         49.5
18. Westside Waves Swim Club             49
19. Green YMCA Barracudas                47
20. Piranha Aquatics                     41
21. Medina Recreation Swim Team          39
22. Shaker Sharks                      38.5
23. North East Ohio Nemesis              33
24. Hubbard Swim Club                    11
24. Cleveland Lancer Swim Club           11
26. Unattached-Malone University         10
27. Beachwood Bison Swim Club             9                             

Men – Final Team Rankings

1. Spire Lake Erie Silver Dolphin     1373

  2. Solon Stars Swim Club               373
3. Hudson Explorer Aquatic Team        298
  4. Ridgewood YMCA Dolphins             262
5. SwimStrong                          210
  6. Mansfield Waves                     205
7. Lake Shore Swim Club                203
  8. Vacationland Swim Club              192
9. B3 Aquatics                         177
10. Firestone Akron Swim Team           162
11. Lakewood Rangers Swim Team          158
12. University Swim Club                130
13. North East Ohio Nemesis             117
14. Penguin Swimming                    113
15. Unattached-Malone University        101
16. Hubbard Swim Club                    94
17. Copley Water Warriors                72
18. Unattached Silver Dolphins           42
19. Euclid Marlins Swim Team             41
20. Cuyahoga Falls Riverfront YMCA       24
21. Shaker Sharks                        22
22. Warren Harding Aquatic Team          18
23. Beachwood Bison Swim Club            15
24. Medina Recreation Swim Team          14
25. Green YMCA Barracudas                11
26. Port Clinton Piranhas                 7
27. Unattached                            6
28. North Coast Swimming                  5
28. Perry Aquatic Club                    5
30. Westside Waves Swim Club              4
As an interesting side note, SPIRE post grad, Rodrigo Suriano, one of the top swimmers in the region in the 50 and 100 freestyle, and 100 backstroke, didn’t event compete in the meet on Saturday and Sunday due to the SATs on Saturday, and then he flew out to the Central American games on Sunday.

Next up SPIRE will host the USA-Water Polo Olympic Development Program East/West Girls Region Championships this weekend.  Match play runs from 7:30am-7:00pm on Saturday, and 7:30am-4:00pm on Sunday.

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Training/Swimming

SPIRE Swimming, under the direction of Head Coach Jim Bocci, a highly respected developer of talent, is on a mission to set a new standard in the world of swim training and competition.

Joining Jim on this quest is Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist Diana Munz, and USA Swimming Hall of Fame coach Jerry Holtrey and his highly respected swim club, the Lake Erie Silver Dolphins.

Coach Bocci and his team of experts have designed a series of program options at SPIRE to appeal to a wide variety of competitive swimmers. All are geared to develop better athletes, more technically proficient swimmers, and individuals who embrace the qualities of leadership, commitment, self-discipline, teamwork and service.

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drf (Holtrey Trained)
5 years ago

a little late to the discussion — I can’t remember the time of the 1986 record — do you guys know?
(and very nice shout out to our mutual friend, Byron)

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