Championship Meet

2016 Coastal Carolina Aqua c Associa on

Championship Meet

July 15-16-17

The SMRT Board of Directors and coaches would like to congratulate all SMRT swimmers on a fantastic summer league season and wish those competing in City Meet the best of luck!

Ashborough Alligators Locke Kackley Virginia Kackley Emma Page Coosaw Creek Crocodiles Tyler Nelson Country Club Phish Rhett Andrews Cecilia Ford Eliza Ford Simon Ford Charlie Hastings Gavin Milligan Sienna Schaay Crowfield Killer Waves Matt Agostinelli Tyler Barrett Abby DeGarady Peter Jones Brooke Ryals Emorie Thrasher Evan Thrasher Jackson Toelle Katelyn Toelle Meagan Toelle Daniel Island Flying Fish Ben Kramer




James Island Stingrays Wells Cloud Ross Corlett Seth Early Ava Irwin Nate Irwin Isa Jickling Skylar Jones Luke Nixon Lily Perna River Putnam Ryder Putnam Rhett Tuemler Legend Oaks Gators Connor Erling Andrew Hebert Ceci Shultz Ethan Williams Newington Tiger Sharks Taylor Connell Kennedy Elwood JamesDerek Haffner JohnBrock Haffner Northbridge Terrace Killer Whales Katherine Geils

Fort Johnson Dolphins Caleb Anderson Julia Beebe Katie Beebe Patrick Beebe Jameson Condon Mark Condon Rory Condon Mary Alice DuPree Cooper Durand Joseph Durand Emma Durham Linnea Ransford Zane Ransford facebook.com/swimsmrt

Parkshore Piranhas Rylie Callander Michael Cipolla Thomas Gotbeter West Gotbeter Kendall Nicholson Greyden Puchir Shadowmoss Sharks Burk Arredondo Grace Arredondo Addie Hanna Harper Hanna Annie Loyd Gracie Loyd Lola Marvel Helena Meloy Noah Meloy Claire Porter Grace Porter Justin Sage Connor Tedesco Courtney Tedesco Bobby Watts Sha-Mel-Lon Stingrays Thomas Billings Lacy Burbage Lindsay Burbage Lily Cates Chase Dillon Lucas Dillon Gray Gladwell Emily Ibsen Bella Kissell Jackie Rutan Mason Scott
Summerville Y Tidalwaves Na’ala Littlejohn





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2016 Coastal Carolina Aquatic Association Championships DATES:

Friday, July 15, through Sunday, July 17, 2016 Rain Delays: An official announcement will be made by meet officials if events need to be moved to the following session, with Monday, July 18, available as a makeup date.

PLACE:

Goose Creek Community Pool at Crowfield Golf & Country Club 300 Hamlet Circle, Goose Creek, SC 29445

SCHEDULE Each team will be responsible for cleaning up its area after each of the three sessions.

Saturday, July 16 Individual and relay events for: 7-8 and 9-10 girls and boys Warmups 7:30-8:50 a.m. Meet begins 9:10 a.m.

Friday, July 15 Individual and relay events for: 11-12 girls and boys Warmups 4:00-5:20 p.m. Meet begins 5:40 p.m.

Sunday, July 17 Individual and relay events for: 13-14 and 15-18 girls and boys Warmups 12:30-1:50 p.m. Awards 1:50 p.m. Senior Recognition Presentation of Memorial Awards Team sportsmanship awards T-shirt design contest winner Meet begins 2:10 p.m. Coaches’ Relay ~6:30 p.m. Awards 7:00 p.m. Awards for regular season league leaders Awards for CCAA Championship meet

x Regular season: x x x x

1st,

2nd,

3rd

CCAA AWARDS place in each x Team Age Group awards: highest scoring

and league (If ties exist, there may not be 3rd place) Team sportsmanship awards Championship Meet ribbons: 1st through 10th place in each event (available at the end of the meet) Championship Meet team trophies: 1st through 4th place teams Championship Meet team awards: highest team totals for girls and for boys

x x x x x x 

team in each age group Louise Stuhr Award: Winner of 8 and under girls’ backstroke Pete Combes Award: Winner of 9-10 boys’ butterfly Brittany Dejeet Award: Winner of 1112 girls’ freestyle Chene Moore Award: Winner of 1112 boys’ breaststroke T-shirt design contest winner Recognition of graduating seniors 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Coaches’ Meetings: A mandatory coaches’ meeting will be held at the start of warmups for each session. Scratches are generally permitted only in the event of illness, accident, or injury. The meet referee must approve other scratches. If a swimmer is entered to replace a scratched swimmer, the new swimmer will take the scratched swimmer's seeding. Events will not be re-seeded in the event of scratches. Seating: Chairs will only be permitted for coaches, with a maximum of four per team (two chairs on the front row and two chairs directly behind those two). All other seating will be on bleachers. Standing Area: An area will be marked off where observers may stand to watch individual events. This will be for people who do not wish to sit and watch the entire meet, but have come to watch a particular swimmer. There will be no chairs allowed in this area. Parking: There will be no parking permitted on the street in the Hamlets in Crowfield. Parking on the street will result in ticketing and possible towing of your vehicle. Parking will be available at Stratford High School. Shuttle buses will be available to carry spectators back and forth between the pool and the parking area. Parents may drop swimmers off at the pool before heading to the parking area. Very limited parking will be available at the pool, and this parking will only be available for meet officials and other designees. Meet Directors: Chris Accetta / Erik Kreutner / Steve Lesniewski Head Referee: Chris Accetta

Coastal Carolina Aquatic Association League Policy on Alcohol and Tobacco Passed April 22, 2009 Alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited at all CCAA events. CCAA swimming is an organized children’s sporting competition. As such, in keeping with the policies of USA swimming, and all other organized children’s sporting leagues, the use of alcohol and tobacco are prohibited at CCAA swim meets. The CCAA recognizes that many of our member pools are located at country clubs that service patrons other than those attending the swim meet. The league expects those teams to restrict access to the pool deck area for people who are being served alcohol or using tobacco products. Direct contact with the swimmers and the pool deck area is to be restricted. 



Carolyn Y. Keller Memorial Scholarship This scholarship is given in memory of Carolyn Y Keller—an elementary school teacher who combined her passion for teaching with her love of swimming and served as a swim coach for over 22 years. Carolyn’s SC swimming career started on the Quail Arbor swim team in 1980. Her career as a swimmer ended in her junior year in high school as a result of severe knee injuries playing “powder-puff” football and softball. She became the assistant coach at Quail Arbor that year, and the rest (as they say) is history. She became head coach for Quail Arbor until she went to serve as assistant coach at Richard Quick’s (women’s Olympic coach) summer swim camps at Stanford University. When Richard retired, she went on to become a year-round assistant coach for the Southern Marlins Racing Team affiliated with the City of Charleston. She also served as the assistant coach of the Pinewood Prep swim team in 2007, and was the head coach of the Summerville High School Swim Team at the time of her unexpected death in 2009. Her life was a shining example of servant leadership to her students and her swimmers. The purpose of the Carolyn Y Keller Memorial Scholarship initiative is to provide an active Coastal Carolina Aquatic Association (CCAA) swimmer who has demonstrated a love of swimming and servant leadership on her/his team, campus and/or in the community with financial resources to help defray educational expenses for their first year in college. This award will be made annually to a rising senior. To be eligible, a swimmer must have participated in CCAA the entire season of award and have been a CCAA swimmer at least one other year. Additionally the swimmer must have demonstrated a love of swimming and servant leadership on his/her team, school campus and/or in the community. This scholarship was funded completely by those donating in Carolyn’s memory. Enough funds have been donated to sustain the scholarship for 12 awards. It is intended to be $500 per year for that duration. Further donations are being accepted. Those wishing to contribute should contact Chris Accetta directly at [email protected]. Checks will be accepted during the championship meet and should be made out to “CCAA” with a note in the memo line stating “Carolyn Keller Scholarship Fund”. Donations are not tax deductible, are deeply appreciated, and will be recognized in the next season’s heat sheet ads. The Carolyn Y. Keller Scholarship is generally awarded to at least one CCAA swimmer each year. Application information is available on the CCAA website www.swimccaa.com. Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2011 Class of 2012 Class of 2013

Tiffany Mills Elijah Bohon Brianne Jones David Leggett Julia Woodward

HYC CCST PFCC SF SF

Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Class of 2015 Class of 2015 Class of 2015 Class of 2016

Micah Norton Trace Hall Robert Lester* Rachel Mitchell* Cassidy Rindge* Tanner Crunelle *Honorable Mention

CCC BYST FJ PFCC SM SF

Brittany Lauren DeJeet Brittany DeJeet was born October 16, 1985 in Enid, OK. She was the first child of Kris and Karen DeJeet. Kris was an Air Force pilot and her family life began at Vance AFB in Enid OK. Her brother, Kris was born in 1987. Her family moved to Charleston where her father continued to fly with the Air Force. Brittany loved the water from a very young age and started swimming competitively for the Crowfield Killer Waves at age 9. At 10 years old, she began swimming year round for the Man-Of-War swim team. After moving to West Ashley she became a member of the Parkshore swim team and also swam for the City of Charleston swims team. Brittany graduated from Northwood Academy High School in 2003. Brittany was an accomplished swimmer. Her best events were the shorter sprints in freestyle and the butterfly. She was a CCAA Champion in the 9-10 and 11-12 girls 50m freestyle. She was her high school's first state champion in any sport. She was also a member of the South Carolina zone team at age 14. While Brittany competed in the pool and loved winning races, her real passion was for the friendships and relationships she made with the coaches, families and friends of the people in the swimming community. The best years of her life were spent with her swimming friends and families. Her family has nothing but wonderful memories of those years in the pool. Brittany’s life tragically ended on Feb 25, 2007. She was killed when she made the mistake of getting into the car of a driver who had been drinking, who then lost control of the automobile. Though her life ended right here in Charleston on Folly Road, her spirit still lives on in the hearts and minds of the families and friends who knew her. She will never be forgotten by those who loved her. Please let her loss and this annual remembrance award be a constant reminder to all our swimmers to spare their families our tragedy and pain. Please, please, please, don’t drink and drive and don’t travel as a passenger with someone else who has been drinking. We beg you. The Brittany DeJeet award goes to the winner of the 11-12 girls freestyle at each year’s CCAA Championship Meet. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Bridget Rea Meredith Lackey Ashleigh Bennett Rebecca Groves Sarah Anne Welsh

SM PKS NBT SF CCST

30.81 29.93 29.92 30.62 29.40

2012 2013 2014 2015

Grace Arrendondo MaryAlice Dupree Emorie Thrasher Emorie Thrasher

SM FJ SM SM

30.23 29.08 26.29 25.29

William Chene Moore, IV “A loving tribute dedicated to the nobility of the human spirit” May 24, 1997 was the end of Chene Moore’s extraordinary battle with cancer...but not the end of Chene’s extraordinary influence on all of us lucky enough to know this wonderful young man. Chene began swimming competitively at age 11 as therapy for an asthma problem. His doctor said he would not excel at the sport but believed it would be therapeutic. Within three months Chene was ranked Number 1 in South Carolina in his age group. By 12, Chene was third in the entire U.S. in the 100 IM and in the top five in both the 50 and 100-meter breaststroke. At the age of 16, he was No. 2 in the nation. He was an anchor on the Ashborough Swim Team during these wonderful, exciting years. In April 1989 at the age of 17, Chene was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. During his treatments of chemotherapy and radiation Chene fought cancer with the same determination he fought to swim, and continued swimming during his treatments. Chene’s freshman year at UNC-Chapel Hill ushered in more cancer - his liver this time. He endured grueling treatments at The University of Florida, volunteering for every experimental program available to him. Upon recovery, Chene began swimming again and coached the Ashborough Swim Team for the first time. In May 1993, Chene was diagnosed with recurrent Hodgkin’s and returned to Gainesville. This time, he was not expected to survive. His miraculous spirit fought back and he completed a bone marrow transplant and was released in 28 days. Chene again coached Ashborough, stressing mental attitude, staying focused and having fun. He told his swimmers “When you start to overcome an obstacle, that’s the time to push even harder, not slack off. You don’t ever quit because that’s a losing mentality.” Chene not only taught his swimmers to NEVER GIVE UP, he was a living testimony to the power behind the words. The annual Summerville Meet held at Ashborough is now known as “The Chene Moore Invitational” and the trophy is inscribed with the words “A loving tribute dedicated to the nobility of the human spirit”. Chene held the CCAA record for the 11-12 boys breaststroke for 23 years, from 1984 to 2007. This was a lasting statement of the depth of his talent. To draw upon Chene’s strength and his impact on our lives we only need to close our eyes. . .feel the gentle summer breeze on our face. . .smell the chlorine wafting off the pool. . .listen to the backstroke flags flapping and see Chene standing with his legs apart, both hands on the back of his hips and telling us, “Don’t tell me you’re tired of fighting. Don’t you dare quit! I’ll tell you when to quit.” Chene Moore. . .forever remembered. . .forever loved. 11-12 Boy’s Breastroke Winners 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Robby Olson Derrick Stout Johnny Wactor Randy Buchanan Richard Johnson Edward Ball Tommy Mills

PKS SVY SD SF SD PKS HYC

37.23 38.76 37.38 36.76 36.95 37.51 36.47

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2009

Sean Deherder Matthew Hughes David Leggett Zach Lierley Chris Corontzes Chris Corontzes Drew Atz

LP PKS SF DW SF SF SF

39.89 42.21 41.02 34.68 37.57 37.57 37.40

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013

Tyler Wolter Jackson Seith Will Shope Justin Lawrence Justin Lawrence

CCST CCST CCST SM SM

2014 2016

Zachary Moody NBT Burk Arredondo SM

37.52 35.69 39.94 39.94 36.82 32.72 32.63

Louise Stuhr The Louise Stuhr Award is presented each year to the winner of the 7-8 girls backstroke at the Coastal Carolina Aquatic Association’s Championship Meet. This award is given in recognition of Miss Stuhr’s many years of involvement in swimming; first as a competitive swimmer, then as an active Water Safety Instructor, and finally as a very willing referee in the CCAA during its formative years. Louise Stuhr began swimming competitively at age 11 and continued through her years at Memminger High School and the College of Charleston. She won many titles in swimming, including the Southeastern AAU and Mid Atlantic NAAF championships. As a teenaged basketball player, she also won the junior world free throw championship. Her enthusiasm for sports was rewarded in 1974 when she received the first Governor’s Physical Fitness Award from South Carolina Governor John C. West and his Council on Physical Fitness. Miss Stuhr was one of the first Water Safety Instructors in South Carolina. From 1938 until 1970, she attended the Red Cross National Aquatic School in Brevard, North Carolina, as an instructor, teaching other people how to teach swimming and water safety at all levels. She organized Westvaco’s Palmetto Aquatic Club, a six week program that attracted about 250 young swimmers each summer for the 14 years that she was associated with the program. She also taught swimming at the Citadel, local city pools, and the Charleston Naval Shipyard. For many years, Louise Stuhr volunteered her services as a referee for youth swimming meets in the Charleston area, including competitions in the early days of the CCAA (then known as the Coastal Carolina Novice Swim League) in the 1960s. Although she never married or had children, she wanted local young people to have a good time and know that someone cared about them. Her biggest compliment as a swimming official is that she was not perceived to be too easy or too tough; she just seemed very fair. Louise Stuhr died in September 1981.

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Sarah Sykes Mindy Snelling J.Martin Mindy Snelling Tara Riggs Kristy Howton Elizabeth Danielson Sara Hargrove Lauren Lipsey Maggie Valiunas Christina Fraser Liz Gibbs Alicia Corbin Kelsey Hatcher Lindsey Olson Kristen Johnson

SF JIY CNB CNB SF NWS ASH SVY PKS CCC LP SF PKS SD PKS BBST

21.65 21.84 22.42 19.82 19.73 22.52 22.10 22.88 22.63 23.08 23.92 22.47 22.93 21.38 19.55 22.73

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Polly Poulnot Jennifer Schmidt Carolyn McDonald Meredith Lackey Sara Stansell Logan Kraft Logan Kraft Chloe Stapleton Mary Alice DuPree Emorie Thrasher Katie Sapozhnikov Nina Jansen Eliza Ford Cecilia Ford Cecilia Ford

ION PFCC NBT PKS NBT NBT NBT WD FJ SM JIST DI CCC CCC CCC

21.80 22.48 23.54 20.64 22.32 20.81 19.50 19.44 19.58 22.01 20.19 21.07 20.78 20.42 18.26

WĞƚĞŽŵďĞƐ Pete Combes graduated from Florida State University in 1963 after earning three varsity letters on the Seminoles’ swim team. He served as the head coach of the University of South Carolina men’s team from 1968 through 1970. In Columbia, he was also a year-round swim coach, primarily for the Richland County Swim Association. Pete and his wife Ann came to Charleston in the mid 1970's for Pete to coach The Citadel’s swimming team and the Charleston Swim Association, the ancestor of the current SMRT team. Pete coached at The Citadel until its swim team was discontinued after the 1980 season. While coaching at The Citadel, Pete formed the Lowcountry Sea Devils swim team. Pete designed the pool at the St. Andrews Family Fitness Plus center, where he coached the year-round swim team until 1985. He continued to participate in Masters Swimming for years and swam on a relay in the early 1990s that still holds a state record. Late in his life, Pete coached in the CCAA as the head or assistant coach of the Jewish Community Center and the James Island Swim Team. Pete began working with personal computers soon after they appeared in the 1970s. He and Ann began timing and scoring meets in Charleston and across South Carolina in the early 1980s. Pete and Ann worked as the timers and data processors for the CCAA Championship Meet from 1990 until 2014. Pete was too ill to work at the 2015 City Meet, but he watched from home as Ann and her nephew Paul worked the meet. Pete passed away on Christmas Eve of 2015. Pete coached many CCAA parents and grandparents as well as several current and past CCAA coaches. Those coaches have gone on to coach and mentor other CCAA coaches, making Pete’s coaching tree very significant throughout the CCAA. Pete loved the CCAA Championship Meet, especially because it was like a reunion for him and his former swimmers and their families. ϵͲϭϬŽLJ͛ƐƵƚƚĞƌĨůLJ ϮϬϭϱ Carson Owens SM 32.81        

      

2016 CCAA Senior Recognition  Ashborough  Samantha Waters  Matthew Carroll  Jesse Law 

Brigham Young University ‐ Idaho  9  Charleston Southern University  13  University of South Carolina   

 

Country Club of Charleston  Cary Ellis Keener  Flagler College  Jessica Weitz  Tulane University  Erin Dukes  University of South Carolina   

Coosaw Creek  Jack Stauffer  Jackson Seith  Ballard DeHaven  Noah Moscoso  Noah Brazier 

13  13  13 

  

Anderson University  University of Kentucky  University of South Carolina  University of South Carolina  University of South Carolina 

9  10  12  6  6 

 

Crowfield  Cameron Poyner  John G. Reeder  Mei Haven Xu  Amber Hunt 

Charleston Southern University  10  Trident Tech  6  University of South Carolina  4  University of South Carolina  11  

 

Daniel Island  Kylee Keenan  Cal Schaafsma 

Clemson  Clemson 

10  13 

 

Dunes West  Caroline Hillebrand  Princeton 

12 

 

Fort Johnson  Stevie DuPree  Jonas Baranoski 

University of South Carolina  University of South Carolina 

 

 

Hobcaw  Wade Allen  Clemson University  Melissa Marable  Clemson University  Meghan Hutto  Clemson University  Caroline Oneil  Clemson University  Gracie Gilliam  College of Charleston  Hayden DiBona  College of Charleston  Christopher Malanak  Davidson College  Emily Pruitt  Furman University  Mary Peyton Brown  New York University  Mary Prickett  University of South Carolina  Reid Darby  University of South Carolina  Julia Carullo  Washington & Lee University 

13  5

Clemson University  San Diego State University  Trident Tech  University of South Carolina 

6  8  6  11  14  13  8  12  11  13  13  13  13  12  10  10 

 

Legend Oaks  Michael Saeger     

Clemson University 

12  13  8  14  4  14 

 

Newington  Avery Fischer  Abigail Baroody  Clara Musselman  Ethan Brown  Jack Hazel  Ethan McDuff  Will Vick  Rebecca Roberts 

Clemson University  Coker College  College of Charleston  Limestone College  Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington  University of South Carolina  University of South Carolina  Wingate University 

6  2  4  13  13  4  12  14 

 

Northbridge Terrace  McKinley Durant  Clemson University  Clare McLaurin  College of Charleston 

14  14 

 

Parkshore  Lee Davis  Anne Dosher  John Pavlides  Ethan McAlpin  Preston Johnson  Stafford Mullin  Ethan Carter  Phoebe Rudolph  Joshua Olmi 

Clemson University  Clemson University  Columbia University  Flagler College  Georgia Southern University  University of South Carolina  University of South Carolina  Utah Valley University  Wofford College 

13  13  6  11  11  14  10  5  13 

 

 

James Island  Emily McLeod  Peyton Wilson  Donald Tipton  Elise Lavoi 

Longpoint  Eileen Stribling  Appalachian State University  Margaret Caroline Ingram      College of Charleston  Carter Brzezinski  Kenyon College  Mary Beth DesJardins Univ. of North Carolina Asheville  Nick Wukovits  University of Miami Ohio  Cooper Pitts  Virginia Tech 

7 

Pine Forest Country Club  Hayden Guyer  Clemson University Bridge  Wade Hamilton  Louisiana State University  Sage Penley  The Citadel  Samantha Hilleshiem  University of Tennessee 

12  6  9  13 

 

Shadowmoss  Katie Frazier  Daniel Coury 

Paul Mitchell  US Coast Guard 

12  13 

 

Sha‐Mel‐Lon  Lauren Croghan  Anna Baldwin  States Beall 

College of Charleston  13  College of Charleston  14  University of South Carolina Honors  10 

 

Snee Farm  Jarryd Scully  Rebecca Marsh  Tanner Crunelle  Danny Kiernan  Meredith Berly  Rebecca Groves  Will Bridgham  Bianca Garsys  Chris Baltimore 

Clemson University  Clemson University  College of Charleston ‐ Honors  Northern Arizona University  The New School (NY)  Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington  United States Military Academy  University of Tampa  University of South Carolina 

11  13  12  10  13  13  14  11  7 

 

Summerville YMCA  David O'Neal  Clemson University  Matthew Johnson  College of Charleston 

4  4 

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