X-Cel Swimming Announces Fifth Place Win at NJ State Championships!

Princeton, NJ- X-Cel Swimming places fifth with a combined score of 1,719 points. X-Cel swimmers earn individual high point recognition, several first place finishes and many improved times at the 2011 NJ State Champs meet held at GCIT in Sewell, NJ, Dec. 17-18. Congratulations to Daniel Baytin, 6, for his first place ranking and high point score of 114! Congratulations to Michael Zhong, 12, Jeffrey Chan, 15 and Stephen Schultz, 16, who also earned high point recognition! Top eight results follow:

In the 6 & under age group, Daniel Baytin, 6, swam to first place wins in the following events: 25 back (22.60), 50 free (42.66), 100 IM (1:51.91) and 25 breast (25.93). Baytin also placed second in both the 25 fly (25.68) and the 25 free (19.33).

In the 8 & under age group, Jonathan Wu, 8, finished fifth in both the 25 free (16.01) and 100 IM (1:31.97). Wu also placed sixth in the 50 free (35.70) and eighth in both the 50 breast (51.21) and 25 fly (18.70).

In the 9-10 age group, Spencer Chen, 10, placed first in the 100 breast (1:28.74), second in the 50 breast (42.78), fourth in the 200 IM (2:59.72) and sixth in the 200 free (2:44.86). Allison Chou, 10, placed first in both the 50 free (30.44) and 200 free (2:29.01). Chou also placed second in the 100 free (1:08.05), third in the 100 breast (1:30.09), fourth in the 50 breast (43.09) and sixth in the 100 IM (1:19.31). Alexandra Comaniciu, 10, placed first in the following events: 100 free (1:10.26), 100 breast (1:33.23), 200 free (2:32.31) and 100 fly (1:23.56). Comaniciu also placed second in the 200 IM (2:48.99) and seventh in the 50 breast (45.21). Morgan Linsley, 10, placed third in the 100 breast (1:36.27), fifth in the 100 free (1:14.56), seventh in the 100 IM (1:28.64) and eighth in the 50 breast (45.68). Kate McConlogue, 9, placed sixth in both the 50 back (41.65) and 100 breast (1:44.60). Anthony Napreev, 9, placed second in the 200 IM (3:27.43) and fourth in the 50 back (41.52). Alex Sang, 10, won first place in the 200 IM (3:09.57), fifth in the 200 free (2:43.82), sixth in both the 100 free (1:13.71) and 50 back (40.50). Sang also placed seventh in the 50 breast (49.00). Oliver Tang, 10, won first place in the 100 free (1:12.64), placed third in the 50 back (39.46), fifth in the 100 IM (1:28.00), sixth in the 200 IM (3:06.67) and eighth in the 50 breast (46.24). Grace Zhang, 10, swam to a first place win in both the 100 fly (1:20.58) and 200 IM (2:53.75). Zhang also placed second in the 100 breast (1:33.94), fourth in the 200 free (2:46.50), sixth in the 100 free (1:15.02) and eighth in the 100 back (1:26.74).

In the 11-12 age group, Anna Cao, 11, placed first in the 200 IM (2:46.76) and seventh in the 100 free (1:07.51). David Chang, 12, placed third in the 50 fly (31.89) and seventh in the 200 IM (2:41.65). Samuel Golbin, 12, placed sixth in both the 1650 free (23:08.40) and 100 fly (1:21.21). Kevin Liu, 12, placed third in the 50 breast (38.21), fourth in both the 100 breast (1:23.24) and the 200 IM (2:37.90), fifth in the 1650 free (22:11.04) and eighth in the 100 free (1:04.09). Michael Liu, 12, placed second in the 100 fly (1:12.76), third in the 200 IM (2:31.29), fourth in the 1650 free (21:24.47), fifth in the 50 breast (36.33), sixth in the 100 free (1:02.04) and eighth in the 50 back (33:07). Jacqueline Ngu, 12, finished first in the 1650 free (19:57.24) and fourth in the 100 breast (1:27.52). Ashley Own, 11, placed sixth in the 100 back (1:18.47) and seventh in the 50 breast (41.39). Emily Ren, 11, finished second in the 100 breast (1:26.13), fourth in both the 50 breast (40.65) and 100 fly (1:18.64) and eighth in the 100 back (1:16.30). Ajay Sarathy, 12, placed first in the 100 breast (1:16.40), third in the 200 IM (2:35.65) and sixth in the 100 free (1:02.95). Dhruv Sharma, 12, placed sixth in the 50 fly (36.32). Sreyans Tanga, 11, swam to a first place win in the 1650 free (19:49.31), second in the 50 back (35.88) and third in the 200 IM (2:45.72). Melinda Tang, 12, won first place in the 1650 free (19:14.49) and placed second in both the 50 back (31.75) and 100 breast (1:20.74). Dylan Torrance, 11, finished first in the following events: 400 IM (5:23.55), 100 free (1:04.48), 100 IM (1:13.19). Torrance also placed third in both the 1650 free (20:42.14) and the 100 breast (1:22.88). Vijay Vatti, 11, placed first in both the 200 IM (2:41.87) and the 100 fly (1:16.41). Vatti also placed second in the 100 back (1:16.02), third in the 200 free (2:21.39) and fourth in the 100 breast (1:28.48). Catherine Yang, 11, placed fifth in the 50 breast (40.69) and seventh in the 100 breast (1:28.93). Alexander Yu, 12, placed first in the 50 back (34.05), second in both the 200 IM (2:42.82) and the 200 free (2:19.90), seventh in the 50 breast (42.41) and eighth in the 100 fly (1:21.35). Richard Yuan, 11, placed fourth in the following events: 100 fly (1:19.89), 100 back (1:12.56) and 100 free (1:07.59). Michael Zhong, 12, placed first in the 100 back (1:08.75), second in the 1650 free (19:55.58), third in both the 100 IM (1:11.10) and the 50 fly (30.77), fourth in the 50 free (27.65) and seventh in the 50 back (32.62).

In the 13-14 age group, Christian Chiang, 14, placed first in the 200 breast (2:38.10) and third in the 100 breast (1:12.99). Madeline Deardorff, 13, placed first in the 1650 free (18:53.53) and sixth in the 200 free (2:07.56). Richard Deng, 13, placed sixth in both the 100 free (57.64) and 100 back (1:07.00). Frewin Hu, 14, won first place in the 200 fly ( 2:25.34), third in both the 500 free (5:52.92) and 200 back (2:26.73). Hu also placed fourth in both the 400 IM (5:07.68) and 100 fly (1:03.60) and sixth in the 200 IM (2:26.84). Emily Hung, 13, placed second in the 200 breast (2:52.48), third in 1650 free (19:43.50) and fifth in 200 free (2:06.80). Russell In, 13, placed fourth in the 200 breast (2;48.75). Brian Li, 13, placed second in the 200 breast (2:42.75), fourth in both the 200 free (2:11.40) and 100 breast (1:17.05). Li also placed fifth in the 400 IM (5:18.69) and sixth in both the 200 IM (2:26.84) and 500 free (6:05.99). Jason Ma, 14, placed fifth in the 500 free (6:02.12) and sixth in the 200 free (2:14.17). Sophia Torrance, 13, placed second in both the 500 free (5:59.26) and 100 fly (1:10.46), third in the 200 breast (2:55.48), fourth in the 100 back (1:10.43) and fifth in the 200 free (2:15.15). Rachel Zhou, 13, swam to a first place win in the 200 fly (2:43.63), placed fourth in the 500 free (5:50.96) and fifth in the 200 breast (2:59.31).

In the senior age group, John Bond, 17, placed second in the 1650 free (17:45.96), third in the 400 IM (4:47.00), seventh in the 100 fly (1:00.77) and eighth in the 200 free (1:57.13). Jeffrey Chan, 15, placed second in both the 500 free (5:19.19) and 100 back (1:02.76), third in the 200 free (1:52.69), fourth in the 100 free (51.86) and sixth in the 50 free (23.86). Taylor Chiang, 15, placed third in both the 100 breast (1:17.06) and 200 breast (2:46.58), fourth in both the 100 free (1:01.69) and 200 IM (2:31.60) and fifth in the 200 free (2:17.26). Paul Gramieri, 16, placed third in both the 100 breast (1:15.55) and 500 free (5:35.73) and fourth in both the 200 free (2:00.89) and 100 fly (1:04.83). Shivani Kuckreja, 17, placed second in the 500 free (6:23.51), third in the following events: 200 back (2:31.77), 100 fly (1:11.29) and 50 free (29.00). Kuckreja also placed fourth in both the 100 breast (1:19.42) and 100 back (1:10.69). Stephen Schultz, 16, won first place in the 200 fly (2:20.40), second in the 400 IM (4:41.00) and third in the following events: 200 back (2:12.90), 100 fly (59.80), 100 back (1:04.02) and 500 free (5:24.82). Gabriel Shindnes, 15, placed first in the 1650 free (19:30.28), second in the 100 free (55.40) and fourth in the 100 back (1:04.65). Shindnes also placed sixth in the following events: 200 free (2:03.17), 200 back (2:20.35) and 100 fly (1:07.09). Colburn Yu, 15, swam to a third place finish in the 1650 free (17:46.47).

 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.