(8/7/11) The Sharks had an excellent weekend in the pool at Wexford Leas during the Tri-County Championships as we finished 23rd overall, ten spots better than last year. You only get points by finishing in the Top 12 so even though your relay teams may be better than most, that may not be enough to earn points. Nevertheless, the talent on the Sharks was apparent as eight of our ten relay teams competed this weekend and all finished in the Top 20, four finished in the Top 15 and the 11-12 boys won both of their heats rather handily to finish 7th overall in the medley and ignored the rolling thunder and rocked everyone in the first free relay heat with a sizzling time of 2:07.29 which was faster than everyone in the next heat but one to end up in 2nd place overall. They also witnessed Coach Katie being presented with the Division Championship Plaque that will be proudly displayed in our trophy case at the pool. The Division E Championship t-shirts got another walk around the pool for the team parade on Sunday and Sharkman was moving about on land once again, waving to the crowd.

We had six swimmers make it back individually on Sunday to swim in a total of eight events. Coming back on Sunday means that your time on Saturday was one of the 12 fastest which is no easy feat. After holding the team banner in the parade, Dennis Rooney raced to 4th place in the 11-12 100 IM. Next, Mackenzie dropped a half second in her 8&U 25 Free to surprise everyone but herself and claim 2nd place in Tri-County. Sam Gray and Dennis finished 1-2 in their 50 Free heat to finish 7th and 8th overall while Liam Pauli won his 11-2 50 Back heat to finish 7th overall. In the 9-10 boys 25 Back, Nick Aubrey placed 12th overall while Connor O’Leary kept on getting faster to finish 3rd overall. The final individual race was Mackenzie winning her 8&U 25 Fly heat to finish 7th overall. It was a long, wet, and thunderous day for the Sharks.

Congratulations again to all of Tenby Chase’s 2011 Tri-County Qualifiers: Michael Allibone, Rip Ambrose, Nick Aubrey, Zack Aubrey, Emma Blosfelds, Henry Blosfelds, Tyler Buek, Matt Gebhardt, Ryan Gebhardt, Sam Gray, Brianna Hatzold, Larissa Hatzold, Colin Heisler, Sean Heisler, Sarah Jurimas, Kelly Mesisca, Connor O'Leary, Mackenzie O'Leary, Liam Pauli, Quinn Reynolds, Riley Reynolds, Dennis Rooney, Matt Skotarczak, and Emily Sparacio.

Good luck in college to all of our seniors, we miss you already and your parents even more.

TC Sharks' 2011 Tri-County winners: :
2nd Place – Mackenzie O’Leary 8&U 25 Free
2nd Place - Boys 11-12 200 Free Relay – Dennis, Matt, Liam, Sam
3rd Place – Connor O’Leary 9-10 25 Back
4th Place – Dennis Rooney 11-12 100 IM
7th Place – Mackenzie O’Leary 8&U 25 Fly
7th Place – Samuel Gray 11-12 50 Free
7th Place – Liam Pauli 11-12 50 Back
7th Place - Boys 11-12 200 Medley Relay – Liam, Dennis, Matt, Sam
8th Place – Dennis Rooney 11-12 50 Free
12th Place – Nick Aubrey 9-10 25 Back