X-Cel Swimming Announces Top 8 Results at the New Jersey Swimming 13/Over Silver/Bronze Championships

X-Cel Swimming Announces Top 8 Results at the New Jersey Swimming 13/Over Silver/Bronze Championships

Princeton, New Jersey – X-Cel swimmers participated in the NJ State 13&over Silver/Bronze Championships on March 12-13, 2011 at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. Congratulations to Addison Hebert for achieving a sensational time in the Boys' 15 and over age group 50 free at 22.48! Many other X-Cel swimmers improved their records in many events earning gold and silver medals. Top eight results follow.

In the 13-14 age group, Samantha Chan, 13, achieved a gold time in her second place finish in the 200 fly (2:27.58, Silver Division). Chan also swam to a fifth place gold time in the 200 IM (2:21.54, Silver Division). Madeleine Deardorff, 13, placed sixth with a gold time in the 200 IM (2:21.85, Silver Division). Pooja Narayanan,13, placed fourth in the 200 back (2:36.59, Bronze Division) and eighth in the 200 IM (2:37.20, Bronze Division). Heather Zhang,13, placed seventh in the 200 IM (2:36.87, Bronze Division). Jeffrey Chan, 14, won a first place gold time in the 1000 free (10:52.18, Silver Division) and placed third in the 200 back (2:16.49, Silver Division). Allan Wang, 13 swam to a second place gold time in the 100 fly (1:00.94, Silver Division). Alex Bank, 13, placed eighth with a gold time in the 200 breast (2:35.59, Silver Division). David Xin, 14, placed second and acheived a gold time in 100 breast (1:09.97, Silver Division). Xin also placed third in the 200 IM (2:14.72, Silver Division). Ethan Vaca, 13, placed seventh in the 200 free (1:59.92, Silver Division) and third in the

500 free (5:22.38, Silver Division). Gabriel Shindnes, 14, placed fifth in the 200 back (2:16.62, Silver Division). Eric Zhang, 14, swam to a first place win in the 100 back (1:06.61, Bronze Division). Brian Li, 13, placed fourth in the 100 breast (1:19.00, Bronze Division) and sixth in the 200 IM (2:31.79, Bronze Division). Frewin Hu,14, placed fifth in the 200 free (2:11.34, Bronze Division). Jason Zhang, 14, placed seventh in the 100 back (1:08.42, Bronze Division). Christian Chiang, 13, placed eighth in the 50 free (27.47, Bronze Division).

In the 15 and over age group, Addison Hebert, 16, won the first place with a gold time in the 50 free (22.48, Silver Division)! Hebert also achieved second place gold times in the 500 free (4:57.85, Silver division) and the 200 IM (2:01.22, Silver Division). Jennifer Enos, 16, won a first place gold time in the 1650 free (18:10.82, Silver Division) and second in the 500 free (5:19.10, Silver Division). Marisa Giglio,16, placed first in the 1000 free (11:16.62, Silver Division) and third in the 500 free (5:23.27, Silver Division). Giglio also placed fifth in the 200 IM (2:15.81, Silver Division), sixth in both the 100 back (1:03.08, Silver Division) and the 200 back (2:15.91, Silver Division) and seventh in the 50 free (25.84, Silver Division). Shawnee Gundry,17, placed seventh in the 500 free (5:31.98, Silver Division) and eighth in the 200 free (2:02.61, Silver Division). Harun Filipovic, 16, swam to a second place gold time in the 200 back (2:04.95, Silver Division), fifth in both the 100 back (57.72, Silver Division) and 200 IM (2:08.26, Silver Division). Filipovic also placed eighth in the 100 fly (1:04.19, Silver Division). Brian Chan, 15, placed fourth in the 200 breast (2:25.36, Silver Division). Charles Liu, 17, placed seventh in the 200 breast (2:31.31, Silver Division). Kinh Hoang, 15, placed third in both the 100 fly (1:04.19, Bronze Division) and 200 IM (2:15.23, Bronze Division). Patrick Schultz,15, swam to a second place finish in the 200 fly (2:22.68, Bronze Division) and placed fifth in the 200 free (2:0023, Bronze Division).

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.