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    Blue Crabs: The Last Weekly Post of 2023

    Hi Blue Crabs!

    We had such a great Divisional Championship meet, an amazing celebration last night, and an incredible first season! From the beginning, the Blue Crabs have been a community endeavor, so thank you for the part you have played in making it a success! If you want to see a list of all of the award winners you can do so here. You can check out the results from the meet and photos from the meet are also available.

    Also, a BIG thank you to our photographers who volunteered their time and talents to capture so many wonderful memories from our season. Thank you Kerry Douty, Ru Yan, and a HUGE THANKS to Robin Dove for taking pictures of the team throughout all of July!

    On Saturday we had an incredible 64 swimmers achieve personal bests! Congratulations to Colin Amato, Tyler Amato, Elijah Baker, Avery Blake, Lily Brown, Aubree Carr, Talia Chandy, Logan Cunningham, Eliana Datinguinoo, Brenna Davies, Kendall Davies, Sumi Devineni, Reese Douty, Dakota Dove, Eric Du, James Duncan, Harper Erbe, Abby Fedewa, Max Fedewa, Mason Garmon, Matix Garmon, Maddie Gauthier, Ella Grout, Griffin Herzfeld, Phoenix Herzfeld, Jackson Higgins, Lilly Higgins, Amir Hussein, Tarek Hussein, Korey Kauflin, Brooklyn Kendall, Hayley Kendall, James Knapp, Arya Kuhn, Rosie Lett, Mia Levantovich, Addison Mayer, Maria Molina, Abby Mosher, Joseph Nay, Alberto Nevares, Carmen Nevares, Aiden Ning, Charlotte Ortman, Ellie Ortman, Ace Panyavuthilert, Eloise Polesnak, Akshara Prasenna, Makayla Randolph, Eme Scheck, David Shen, Anastasiya Skakun, Daryna Skakun, Ethan Smith, Luka Stone, Mallory Sullivan, Maddy Thomas, Nathan Thornburg, Elliot Voas, Kacie Wolf, Eric Yi, Olivia Yi, Jaden Zhu, and Jason Zhu. Congratulations!

    We also want to recognize our high point scorers who finished first in each of their events scoring 21 points each. Well done Tarek Hussein, Alberto Nevares, and Carmen Nevares! We also had big numbers put up by Amir Hussein (19 points), Elliot Voas (16), Mason Garmon (14), Korey Kauflin (14), Kyleigh Kauflin (14), Eric Yi (14), Dakota Dove (13), and Matix Garmon (11). Way to go Blue Crabs!


    ALL-STAR MEET

    Over the course of our season we had 14 swimmers qualify for the FSSL All-Star Meet. They are Kendall Davies, Dakota Dove, Mason Garmon, Matix Garmon, Amir Hussein, Tarek Hussein, Korey Kauflin, Kyleigh Kauflin, Alberto Nevares, Carmen Nevares, Nathan Thornburg, Elliot Voas, Erin Wang, and Eric Yi. A HUGE congratulations to each of them for this accomplishment!

    The All-Star meet will take place on Saturday at the Natelli YMCA here in Urbana on Saturday, July 29, at 9:00 AM. If you are planning on having your all-star swimmer participate in the meet then you must declare your swimmer by Tuesday, July 25 at 12:00 PM. You can do that here.


    RIBBON & AWARD PICK-UP

    Please stop by the pool on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday between 6:00 and 7:00 PM to pick-up ribbons and/or awards from the season. We will have these items available then, but we will not hold them for you indefinitely. Please let us know if you need to make other arrangements for pick-up.


    END OF SEASON SURVEY

    As a team that exists for the good of our children, families, and community, we would love your feedback on what you thought worked well and what could have worked better. We would appreciate if you can take a couple of minutes to complete this survey. Thank you!


    Thanks again for an amazing season! Go Blue Crabs!

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