X-Cel Swimming Experiences Success at Bring the Heat Meet

Princeton, NJ- X-Cel Swimming is pleased to announce results for swimmers who finished among the top twentieth in their events at the Bring the Heat Long Course Meet. The event was held at Rutgers University on June 5, 2011.

In the 10 & under age group, Adam Golbin, 8, placed sixth in the 50 fly (55.24) and thirteenth in the 50 breast (1:04.76). Derek Ren, 9, placed ninth in the 50 back (59.90). Michael Krigeris, 10, placed ninth in the 50 fly ( 1:03.69). Alex Sang, 10, placed fifth in the 50 back (50.59) and twelfth in the 50 breast (1:02.60). Oliver Tang, 10, placed fourth in the 50 back (48.44) and ninth in the 50 breast (54.32).

In the 11-12 age group, Samuel Golbin, 11, placed seventeenth in both the 100 fly (1:35.40) and 100 free (1:19.60). Love Krishna, 11, placed third in the 50 back (47.12) and fifth in the 50 fly (49.10). Eric Li, 11, placed twentieth in the 200 IM (3:18.17). Akash Raju, 11, placed eighteenth in the 100 breast (1:48.19). Dhruv Sharma, 11, swam to a thirteenth place finish the 200 free ( 3:00.05). Victoria Shwe, 11, placed seventeenth in the 50 back (50.79). Yash Tanga, 11, placed eighth in the 200 free (2:45.81). Rhea Kulkarni, 12, placed fourteenth in the 200 IM (3:18.00). Emily Ren, 12, placed nineteenth in the 100 breast (1:44.02).

In the 13-14 age group, Rhea Bhatt, 13, placed twentieth in both the 200 free (2:44.76) and the 100 breast (1:37.76). Edison Lee, 13, placed twentieth in the 200 IM (3:01.76). Shannon Lerner, 13, placed nineteenth in the 100 free (1:13.28). Linda Lou, 13, placed sixteenth in the 200 IM (3:19.12). Elizabeth Shwe, 13, placed seventeenth in the 50 back (51.69). Heather Zhang, 13, swam to a second place finish in the 200 breast (3:14.43) and placed sixteenth in the 200 free (2:38.32).

In the 15 & over age group, Patrick Yuen, 16, swam to a fifth place finish in the 100 breast (1:21.51), placed thirteenth in the 200 IM (2:46.05) and placed sixteenth in 100 free (1:06.70).

X-Cel Swimming is a USA Swimming team founded in 1995.  The program is led by Head Coach Lucy (SiPei) Le, five time Chinese National Champion and former Olympic Team Member. X-Cel provides a comprehensive youth swimming program for all levels of competitive swimming, from novice to National level athlete. X-Cel's focused workouts with trained, qualified coaches give each swimmer the opportunity to achieve his or her highest potential. Each swimmer develops physically, emotionally and mentally, schooled in the values of good sportsmanship and teamwork. X-Cel’s program is based at Princeton University’s state of the art DeNunzio Pool. For more information on X-Cel, please visit our website: www.xcelswimming.org.