| ATAC Results are posted on Meet Information page. |
| Updated 2009 AAU Junior Olympics Qualifiers are posted on Championship Qualifiers page |
| Dothan entries for July 3-5 are posted on Meet Information page. Download the psyche sheet. |
2009 Betty Ballasch Invitation
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Thank you The Fresh Market and Not Just Bagels for donating delicious food items for our home meet. We really appreciate your support! It was HOT, HOT, HOT!!! We did it again! Barracudas put up another great meet! A job well done for all families who made this meet a huge success. We especially appreciate our wonderful Grill Master, Jeff VerSteeg, for taking the additional heat - you are the best and what a yummy hot dogs and burgers you cooked for us!!! Thanks Jeff!A great meets don't come without a price... Jane King, who have served as the board president, is making her move to Germany. Her dedication and contribution to the team will not be easily forgotten. Her tireless effort to lead the team in ways that many of us can learn and enbrace was evident during her service. We will definitely miss her. Along with Jane, Becca will be terribly missed by her teammates as well. Becca has been a great friend to many. Her sweet smiles and cheerful attitudes were always pleasant and will remain in our memory. Keep smiling and keep swimming, Becca! Thank you both for your hard work and friendship. Enjoy Germany!!! Congratulations, once again, to James Simmons!!! We wish you much success in your collegiate swimming endeavors. Go James!!! |
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Surf & Swim Classic 2009
| Pictures Worth a Thousand Words! It sure was a hot weekend, but what a fantastic meet we had put together! Go Barracudas!!! |
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Dothan Spring Splash
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Dothan Spring Splash meet was a lots of fun! Barracudas made 3rd place visiting team. Receiving high point trophies were Evy Brechler, Sarah Marquardt,
Ashley Sluss, Jared Sluss, Chase Turner, Chaz Brechler, Kellen Broaderick, Justing Broaderick, Levi Wilke, Austin Fairchild, Matthew Marquardt, Peter Braseth,
Michael Braseth, and Kathy Turner. What a way to finish off 8 & Under age group for Evy Brechler. Great job to all!
One of the highlights of the meet came during 11-12 boys medley relay when Andrew Sluss had a Jason Lesak moment. He had the freestyle leg and started about a second behind the host team, was neck and neck the whole way, and won 1st place for the team, beating the host by .25 of second. Way to go, Andrew! |
National Virtual Club Championship - Results Here!
| More About Sheila Taormina and Barracudas | |
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| Bluewater Barracudas were fortunate this week to spend time with Gold Medallist and History making Olympic Athlete Sheila Taormina. Sheila was coming to the area to visit and planned to spend a few hours with the team. This was the relay clinic on Sunday. As plans evolved all area swimmers had the opportunity (a big thanks to Hilton of Sandestin) to hear Sheila's motivational speech on how an ordinary girl made Olympic history. Sheila is the 1st woman in History to compete in 3 sports (swimming-triathlon-pentathlon). Athletes and families were then able to wear the Gold Medal and have pictures done with Sheila. As a special treat - again courtesy of the Hilton- Caitlin Myers, a swimmer and aspiring pentathlete had dinner with Sheila. For those team members who took advantage of these opportunities I hope you will apply some of the lessons learned by Sheila to your own lives and athletic careers. For those who were unable to I hope you always remember that a coaches job is to provide you opportunities to learn and advance-its your job to take advantage of them. Thank You again to Sheila and the Hilton for making this a memorable way to finish the 2008-2009 SC season | |
2009 Junior National Results
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The Barracuda National Team headed to Orlando looking for solid performances after Finalling in numerous events at SES just 3 weeks earlier. This was to be an experience meet to compete at the next level. In the Barracuda tradition they surpassed solid performances with best times and team records. Both the 200 and 400 free relays with Jesse Simmons, David Stevens, Ross Spock and Josh Simmons set new team records. David set a new 200 IM record and Ross set new 50 Back records both SCY and LCM. Finals were held at night as LCM and Ross was back in the Top 32 to end a great week of swimming for all! The National Team and Coach would like to thank the parents who cooked and baked and kept the team well fed while in Orlando! | |
2009 Age Group Sectional
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Age Group Sectionals 100% successful! Kellen Broaderick continued the Championship season with 100 % best times at Age Group Sectionals held in Charlotte NC this weekend. Friday Kellen dropped 1.5 seconds in the 50 fly and acheiving the AAA time of 32.55. This moved Kellen from a meet seed of 26th to a 15th place overall finish! On Saturday he watched Olympians Cullen Jones (pictured here with Kellen) and Mark Gangloff practice. After they finished Kellen then dropped another second in the 100 fly with a mark of 1:16.58. Both are team records! |
2009 SE SCY Championship Meet
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| The SES Championship Meet saw 20 Team Records fall, including 16 individual and 4 relay events. There were 32 Individual best times and 6 relay improvements. Michael Braseth set the trifecta of records in the distance events with new 15-16 records in the 500, 1000 and 1650. Ross Spock and James Simmons placed 5th and 8th in the SE in the 50 free setting new records in the 15-16 1nd 17-18 age groups. Natalie Lenderman and Samantha Laughlin battled out the team records with each posting 2 new ones. Bringing new athletes to Championship Meets is always a team goal - Mike Holland, Frank Bruchner, Sam Antonnacci, Tatum Hackler, Chase Turner, Hunter Myers, Catie Carden, and Michael Braseth all performed well at this new level. See Results and Team Record Boards for all the details! |
2009 District South - GPAC
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Barracudas 10 & under girls team has fun with Coach Amy before the Medley Relays on Sunday. This capped an exciting weekend that saw 158 best times, 4 new SES qualifying times and 4th place relay finishes for both Girls and Boys 8 & under Teams. As the Championship meet season kicked off there were new team records that the team looks forward to adding to at SES, Age Group Sectionals and Junior Nationals. |
PNY - Polar Bear 2009
| With the Championship meets approaching and Middle School County Championship taking place, a small group of Barracudas attended the PNY meet this weekend. With only 6 swimmer on Sat the Barracudas ended the day in 6th place. Joined by some middle school swimmers and their siblings on Sunday the team moved into 3rd place and brought home the 2nd place visiting team honors. Top 3 standings were earned by Evy Brechler (3), Ben Nowers (3), Tatum Hackler (2), Kellen Broaderick (3), Chaz Brechler (2), Samantha Laughlin (1), Michael Braseth (1) and Dallas Montgomery (2). The team had 64 personal best times. Samatha Antonacci is the newest SES Qualifier! Chaz and Chase both expanded their SES event programs. What a great meet with all the age groups able to see and cheer for each other. View the results. |
Samantha Antonacci earns her first SES Q-time at PNY!
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ECS - 7th Annual Rick Byers Memorial Swim Meet
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Accepting the 1st place visiting team trophy on behalf of the Barracudas are Ann Byers, Amy Byers and Chelsea Diebold.
All swam as members of BWB Swim Team in the 7th annual meet held in memory of their Dad Rick Byers. Also pictured
is Rick's wife Max and Granddaughter Nariah. Rick's nephew Cade Cox (not pictured) from Georgia also swam.
The Barracudas set 8 new Team Records, 11 new SES Qualifying times, 334 personal best times and 14 Individual High Point trophies at the Rick Byers meet this weekend. High Point trophies were received by Tatum Hackler (4th), Kellen Broaderick (1st), Chaz Brechler (4th), Chase Turner (5th), Cody McWilliams (6th), Frank Bruechner (2nd), Levi Wilke (3rd), Hunter Myers (5th), Matt Markwardt (6th), Caitlin Myers (2nd), Haley McWilliams (5th), Sam Laughlin (2nd), Natalie Lenderman (6th) and Ross Spock (2nd). The youngest Barracuda - Hunter Eppright (3) swam in his first meet this weekend. Many more Barracudas also swam their 1st meet, see results for details. View the results. |
GPAC Winter Invitation Meet
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The GPAC Winter Invitational had Barracudas posting 160 Individual Best Times, 23 Individual Team Records,
2 Sr Mens Relay Records, 15 Southeastern, 2 Age Group Sectional and 4 Sr Sectional Qualifying times. Although
long it was a productive meet as the team heads into the Championship season. Check Results and the new
Championship Qualifiers.
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Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Brechler family! You made our pool look so much brighter. Call Bart's Maintenance @ 830-3279 for any residential/commercial maintenance needs. |
2009 Annual Barracudas Distance Meet
The Barracudas Annual Distance meet set 6 new Team Records and 92% Best Times. Tatum Hackler, Kellen Broaderick, Cody McWilliams, Frank Bruechner, Ross Spock & Natalie Lenderman all set records. Ross and Michael Braseth topped the previous Team's Best Time with Ross setting the record (36:07.99) and Michael posting the largest time drop of the meet (304.83 seconds for a 36:46.69). Anna & Amy Cantalina swam as the youngest and young at heart in the meet. Thank You to all the families that provided all the great snacks, timing and counter oversight! View the result!!
PNY & LSU Meets
It was an exciting weekend as Barracudas headed out of town to the Holiday Invitational in Alabama and the Christmas Invitational at LSU in Louisiana. At LSU, Kellen Broaderick and Cody McWilliams posted age group sectional times while Tatum Hackler, James Simmons, and Michael Braseth added to the SES Qualified events. At the same time, Chaz Brechler was achieving his SES Q time in Alabama. New team records were recorded and as well as 87% personal best times in Alabama and 57% at LSU! Great Job Barracudas!
2008 Barracudas High School Team Action
Barracudas capture GOLD at FHSAA State Swim Meet - read more... |
DDST Wiregrass Peanut Invitational
Barracudas brought home numerous individual awards and the 3rd place visiting team trophy from the Peanut Invitational. High Point winners included Evy Brechler, Tatum Hackler, Kellen Broaderick, Caitlin Myers, Matthew Markwardt, Chaz Brechler, Chase Turner, Cody McWilliams, Tyler Sorensen, and Robbie Amunds.
Chaz Brechler, Tatum Hackler, Evy Brechler, Matthew Markwardt, Kellen Broaderick, and Chase Turner |
SES Hall of Fame Weekend 2008
After the Swimposium, Kellen and Tatum enjoyed the photo ops with Rowdy Gaines and Kicker Vencill |
Tatum Hackler and Kellen Broaderick were proud honorees at the SE Hall of Fame weekend
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PNY Fall Harvest Invitation
PNY was a great meet, especially for the little ones. It was amazing to watch some of our youngest swimmers, 5 and 6 year olds, displaying courage to get up on starting blocks for not only individual events but to participate in relay events with their age group elites. We couldn't be more proud. Bravo!!!
What a great team spirit displayed by Devon and Kellen!
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Ciara and Company...
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