ARA at CORA Meet Recap

The score breakdown by division was as follows:

Novice: CORA 626.5, ARA 390.5
Advanced: ARA 169, CORA 128
Junior Varsity: ARA 73, CORA 39
Varsity: CORA 75, ARA 70
Senior Varsity: CORA 181, ARA 104
Combined Team Scores: CORA 1049.5, ARA 806.5

Nate Doran got the record-breaking night started with a bang, shattering his own Boys 13–14 100m Freestyle record by nearly three seconds, dropping from 59.94 to 57.35. He wasn't finished there, taking down a 34-year-old Boys 13–14 50m Breaststroke record held by Scott Harper (36.33, 1992) with a 35.66, and later lowering the Boys 13–14 100m Butterfly mark from 1:06.60 to 1:04.34, surpassing the record set by current teammate Brogan VanLesser in 2023. Brogan had quite the night of his own, breaking Drake Wielar's Men's 15–18 100m Freestyle record of 56.47 with a blazing 56.28 before capping off the evening by improving his own 50m Freestyle record from 25.41 to 25.28. Harper Grace Johnson couldn't let the boys have all the fun, storming to a 28.63 in the Girls 11–12 50m Freestyle to erase a record that had stood since 2003 (Kelly Lahvic, 29.67). The remarkable evening ended fittingly when the 15–18 mixed medley relay team of Paolo Tique, Maren Minor, Sean Rettig, and Brogan VanLesser demolished the previous record of 2:08.30, set in 2018 by Matthew Cook, Michael Collier, Alex Wicks, and Corrine Long, touching the wall in 2:05.69 and putting an exclamation point on one of the most memorable nights in team history.

The following swimmers qualified for the Championship meet: Andrew Austin, Addie James, Harper Grace Johnson, Elena Metz, and Brogan VanLesser. These five athletes bring our total number of qualifiers to 27, just three shy of our end total from last year after only two meets. Who's next?

Quadruple winners were: Eliana Carr, Edison Crenshaw, Charlie Doran, Nate Doran, Tamsin Metz, Maren Minor, Cecilia Thorne, and Brogan VanLesser.

Triple winners were: Harper Grace Johnson, Owen Merritt, Aiden Montgomery, Layne Smith, Elena Metz, Fleet Nystrom, Sean Rettig, Andrew Austin, Paolo Tique, and Paco Tique.

Congratulations to all of our Stingray swimmers for a great team effort and the first win of the season!

- Coach Paul