CANBY GATORS OPEN SEASON AT TUALATIN HILLS OPEN

The Canby Gators began the long course season in the usual way, earning best times at the Tualatin Hills Open May 2 - 4 in Beaverton.  The Gators finished with ten swimmers earning state qualifying times, eleven swimming to all best times, ten swimmers finished in the top sixteen individually in at least one event and one Canby team record was broken.

Gators swimming to state qualifying times were: Brandi Beko finished with a state time in the 800 free.  Kelli Beko made state qualifying times in the 50 back, 50 free and the 200 free. Jessi Broberg finished with state time in the 200 Fly.  Michael Hargitt earned state qualifying times in the 1500 free, 100 breast, 200 back, 400 IM, 200 breast and the 200 IM.  Carrie Kralovec finished with state qualifying times in the 200 free and the 100 fly.  Kayla Livesay swam to state times in the 100 fly and the 200 fly.  Krissy Peterson made state times in the 200 free, 50 free, 100 free and the 200 IM. Tyson Polack earned state times in the 200 back, 200 fly, 100 back and the 200 IM.  Samantha Smith finished with state times in the 800 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 fly, 200 breast, and the 200 IM.  Luke Welle also made a state time in the 1500 freestyle.

Earning all best times in the meet for Canby were: Kelli Beko, Jessi Broberg, Cole Hackett, Michael Hargitt, Carrie Kralovec, Karlee Livesay, Carson Manning, Amanda Moore, Kendra Olsen, Sara Scott, and Luke Welle. Kelsye Coyle finished with a great best time in the 800 free while Anna Kralovec dropped 11 seconds in her 100 fly.

Canby Gators finishing in the top 16 individually were: Luke Welle in the 50 free, Tyson Polack in the 200 back, 100 back and the 200 IM.  Krissy Peterson earned five top finishes with a 3^rd in the 100 free and 2^nd in the 50 free. Kayla Livesay finished top 16 in the 200 fly.  Karlee Livesay was top 16 in the 100 and 200 fly. Carrie Kralovec finished top 16 in four events including a 5^th place in the 50 back. Michael Hargitt finished top sixteen in the 200 back, 400 IM, 100 breast, 200 IM and finished 4^th in the 200 breaststroke. Kelli Beko finished top 16 in the 50 free and the 200 free. Samantha Smith in all of her events including a 3^rd place finish in the 100 breast. Samantha also swam to a new team record in the 200 IM for 15 -18 girls in a time of 2:39.00.

 

CANBY GATORS BREAK TEAM RECORDS AT AGE GROUP SECTIONALS

Canby Gator swimmers broke sixteen team records at the Age Group Sectional meet in Federal Way, Washington March 14-16.  The Age Group Section meet had swimmers from Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.  The Canby swimmers held their own with six individual finalists.  Tyson Polack and Samantha Smith also stepped up to the next level by qualifying for Senior Sectionals.

Representing the Canby Gators at the sectional meet were: Brandi Beko, Kelsye Coyle, Michael Hargitt, Kayla Livesay, Krissy Peterson, Tyson Polack, Seth Ruwitch, Samantha Smith Kayley Guay and Anna Kralovec. 

Brandi swam six individual events plus relays.  She swam the 200 IM, 200 fly, 200 free, 100 free, 1650 free and made it to the top 8 in the 500 free finishing 7^th.

Kelsye Coyle swam the 200 back and the 100 fly and swam in all of the 15-18 girls relays.  Kelsye, Kayley Guay, Brandi Beko and Kayla Livesay broke the team record in the 400 medley relay finishing with a time of 4:26.16. Kayley swam in both the medley relays while Anna Kralovec swam in the 200 free, 400 free and 200 medley relays.  K

Kayla Livesay swam the 100 and 200 fly, finishing with a best time of 2:21.71 in the 200 fly. Kayla also swam on three of the girls relays. 

Michael Hargitt swam six individual races finishing in the top eight in two.  He swam the 200 back, 200 IM, 200 Fly, the 1650 free. He then finished 7^th in the 200 breaststroke and 3^rd in the 400 IM, with a new team record of 4:23.72 in the IM. 

Krissy Peterson swam the 50 free at the sectional meet finishing 26^th overall.

Seth Ruwitch swam two events the 200 breaststroke and the 100 breaststroke.  Seth made finals in the 100 breaststroke finishing in 4^th place. 

Samantha Smith swam six individual events at the sectional meet.  She finished 18^th in the 400 IM, 13^th in the 200 fly, 10^th in the 100 fly, 8^th in the 200 IM, 4^th in the 100 breaststroke and 2^nd in the 100 breaststroke.  Samantha also earned two Senior Sectional times in the 100 and 200 breaststroke.  She also broke the 13-14 and the open Canby Gator records in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and the 400 IM. 

Tyson Polack swam in six events individually finishing 9^th in the 200 IM, 4^th in the 200 fly, 400 IM, 100 back, 1650 free and 3^rd in the 200 back.  Tyson also earned Senior Sectional times in the 200 back and the 1650 free.  He broke the Canby Gator team records in for the 13-14 boys in the 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, and the 400 IM. He also broke the Gator open records in the 1000 free and the 1650 freestyle.

The Sectional Meet was a great finish to the short course season the Canby swimmers really did well and it was great to see so many top eight finishes and team records fall. 

GATORS EXCEL AT SEASON FINALE MEET

The Gators had a great season finale meet in Tualatin March 1 and 2.  The Season Finale meet is a whole team meet with Bend, McMinnville, Tigard Tualatin and Canby.  The meet ends the season for most of the swimmers and give others a last chance to qualify for sectionals.  Canby had five swimmers earn sectional times and six swimmers earn state qualifying times. 

Gators qualifying for the age group sectional meet March 14-16 in Federal Way, Washington were: Brandi Beko, Kayla Livesay, Krissy Peterson, Seth Ruwitch and Michael Hargitt.  They will be joined at the meet with Tyson Polack, Krissy Peterson, Kelsye Coyle, Anna Kralovec, and Kayley Guay.   Brandi, Kayla, Krissy, Seth and Michael also earned state qualifying times at the season finale meet along with eight year old Kelli Beko. 

Canby had several swimmers finish in the top eight individually.  They were Nolan Bauermeister, Jessi Broberg, Carson Manning, Madeline Meredith, Amanda Moore, Kendra Olsen, Kylie Oster, Sara Scott and Dane Yu.  In addition there were more Gators in the top eight including at least one first place finish; They were Brandi Beko with a first place finish in all six events. Kelli Beko who finished first in the 25 breast and the 25 fly. Kayley Guay was first in the 100 breast.  Michael Hargitt finished first in the 100 free, 200 free and the 500 free.  Alex Hendrick was first in the 50 back. Carrie Kralovec finished first in the 100 free, 200 fly and the 200 IM.  Kayla Livesay finished first in the 500 free, while Krissy Peterson was first in the 50 free and 100 breast. Seth Ruwitch finished first in the 200 breast, 200 IM and the 100 Breast.  Austin Moses earned a first place finish in the 50 breaststroke. Luke Welle was first in the 200 fly, 50 free and the 100 fly.

Top Relays for Canby were the 13 & over 200 medley relay with Brandi Beko, Kayley Guay, Kayla Livesay and Krissy Peterson finishing first in a time of 2:01.94.   The 12 and under girls 200 free relay finished in third place with swimmers Carrie Kralovec, Kylie Oster, Dane Yu and Alex Hendrick, there time was 2:09.02. 

Swimming to best times were Ashley Ahlgren in all four events, Courtney Ahlgren in three events dropping 13 seconds.  Nolan Bauermeister earned all best times.  Brandi Beko had three best times, Kelli Beko had three best times including a 14 second drop in the 500 free. Alexandra Cavender dropped 8 seconds in the 50 breast.  Michael Hargitt dropped time in three events including a 9 second drop and a sectional time in the 500 free.  Alex Hendrick had best times in every event dropping 14 second overall.  Samantha Ingle swam to all best times. Carrie Kralovec swam to two best times in three races.  Kayla Livesay had four best times including a nine second drop in the 500 free. Carson Manning had best times in four events including a 19 second best time in the 100 breast. Amanda Moore finished with five of six best times and a 13 second drop in the 200 free. Kendra Olsen dropped 21 seconds in her 200 free. Kylie Oster dropped time in four of her six events.  Krissy Peterson swam to best times in four events including a nine second drop in the 200 fly.  Gabi Russell had all best times.  Seth Ruwitch swam to best times in five of six events.  Sara Scott earned four best times. Austin Webb earned four best times including a five second drop in the 50 breast that earned him the first place. Dane Yu finished with four best times and  Luke Welle swam to best times in all six events and dropped over 15 seconds in all. 

The Season Finale meet turned out to be a great team meet for Canby and the other teams the swimmers really had a great time shown by all the great swims at the meet.