Congratulations, team! The kids swam their hearts out over two tough days of competition and the 2021 CASL City Meet team championship belongs to the Tidal Waves! Great job to ALL the swimmers on their meet performances, for supporting their teammates, and for all the work it took to bring home the trophy. Every swimmer on the team has something to celebrate today -- from finishing their first season of competitive swimming to record-setting times, from new personal bests to age group championships. We are so proud of this team and how well they performed while maintaining the positive and encouraging team culture that makes the Tidal Waves such a special group. 

I would also like to say a huge thank you to all our team parents. NONE of it happens without the behind-the-scenes work of figuring out swim taxi schedules, packing snacks, finding goggles, putting on caps, finding another pair of goggles, hauling stuff to/from cars, corralling kids, volunteering for meet jobs, and all the other thankless tasks that go into swim parenting. You're what makes the sport go and how our kids get into position to achieve their goals, so THANK YOU for all you do!  

Without further ado, let's talk about results from the meet. 

Team Competition: In the team competition, we finished with 3,350.5 points and a margin of 1,324.5 points over 2nd place. Considering the average margin over the past 5 City Meets has been somewhere around 250 points, that's an amazing feat! 

See this link for the full scoreboard for the team competition: Full Team Results

High Point Winners: We had a lot of individual age group high-point winners and runners-up!  What an amazing group of swimmers. Performing at this high level in a meet as taxing as City Meet takes a great deal of skill and grit and is a huge accomplishment. Congratulations to the ladies and gentlemen below:

• 6U Girls Champion: Maddie Orth 
• 6U Boys Runner Up: Sawyer Farrow 
• 8U Girls Champion: Piper Merritt 
• 8U Girls Runner Up: Carmyn Watkins 
• 9-10 Girls Champion: Makayla McInnes 
• 9-10 Girls Runner Up: Keilah Holliman 
• 11-12 Girls Champion: Anna Boyd 
• 11-12 Girls Runner Up: Cheyenne Carver 
• 11-12 Boys Runner Up: Ethan Runkle
• Senior Girls Runner Up: Leah Boyd 

Here is the full list of meet high-point winners: Full High Point List

Individual Event Winners: Congratulations to the following swimmers who each won one or more individual event finals: 

• Anna Boyd 
• Leah Boyd
• Cheyenne Carver 
• Alejandro Garcia 
• Makayla McInness 
• Piper Merritt 
• Keilah Holliman 
• Maddie Orth
• Ethan Runkle 
• Addie Smith 
• Camryn Watkins 

For the full list of individual event results, see this link: Full Individual Results

New Tidal Waves City Meet Records: We set a bunch of Tidal Waves team records! The following swimmers and relay teams set team records during the meet: 

• 11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay: Anna Boyd, Hadley Bolton, Ava Grace Gipson, Cheyenne Carver (2:01.99) 
• 13-14 Boys 200 Medley Relay: Jed Holliman, Nate Selander, Jude Ledford, Bryson Lake (1:52.01) 
• Senior Girls 100 IM: Leah Boyd (59.15) 
• 11-12 Boys 50 Fly: Ethan Runkle (27.79) 
• 11-12 Girls 200 Free Relay: Cheyenne Carver, Anna Boyd, Brooke Pacheco, Ava Grace Gipson (1:48.22) 
• 13-14 Boys 200 Free Relay: Bryson Lake, Elijah Holliman, Jed Holliman, Liam Runkle (1:35.99 - also a new overall team record) 
• Senior Girls 100 Free: Leah Boyd (52.65)

Congrats to all our new record holders! The full list of team records is here on our site: Tidal Waves Record Book

New CASL City Meet Record: 

Our 11-12 Girls 200 freestyle relay team also set a new City Meet record with their finals swim of 1:48.22 last night! Congratulations to Cheyenne, Anna, Brooke, and Ava Grace!

There were many more new personal bests, first-time legal swims, and great relay times -- not to mention those who experienced their first big meet, all the fun with friends, and getting to wrap it up by celebrating a team championship together. Another edition of the best swim meet around is in the books and we're tremendously proud of this team and all they accomplished. Congratulations again to our swimmers and thanks to the families who support them.  Rest up and we will see you at the banquet!