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2008-2009

Summer JO/Mets Qualifiers

JO's - Natasha Rice, Katherine Green, Sara Dieterich, Alli Hemp, Nicole Hetzer, Claudia Reyes, Lindsay Dundas, Benjamin Wynter, Daniel Gschwind and Richard Llewellyn

Senior Mets - Sara Dieterich, Lindsay Dundas, Mikaila Gaffey, Alli Hemp, Nicole Hetzer, Claudia Reyes and Daniel Gschwind

Great Job Everyone!!

CSC Seniors and Coaches At This Years Awards Dinner

Awards Dinner Pictures

Still MORE Records for 09 Short Course!!

Melanie Gaffey - 15-18 girsl - 100 back 1:00.24, 200 im 2:08.17, 100 fly 56.25, 50 fly open 26.22, 50 back open 27.78, 50 free 23.80
Mikaila Gaffey - 13-14 girls - 200 i.m 2:11.78, 100 Breast 1:06.98, 50 breast open 30.40, 50 free 24.39, 100 back 59.64,100 free 53.02
Nicole Hetzer-13-14 girls from JO,s - 400 im 4:41.20
Chris Cannon - 13-14 Boys - 100 free 48.94, 50 free- 22.91, 100 bk-56.48, 200 im-2:10.20, 100 fly- 54.04

CSC Takes THIRD at COUNTY CHAMPS!!!

Congratulations to Melanie Gaffey for earning 1st place High Point for 15-18 girls!! We also had FOUR second place High Point winners..13-14 Mikaila Gaffey, 13-14 Christopher Cannon, 11-12 Sean Cannon and 11-12 Katherine Green. Placing third for 13-14 High Point was Nicole Hetzer.

Melanie Gaffey 99 Christopher Cannon93 Mikaila Gaffey 93 Sean Cannon 87 Nicole Hetzer 80 Katherine Green 76 Sara Dieterich 66 Tara McCoy 56 Claudia Reyes 55 Douglas Russell 53 Natasha Rice 21 Lindsay Dundas 13 Daniel Gschwind 12 Sarah Aiello 11 Leah Russell 8 Katina Lown 7 Eva Russell 3 Clara Russell 2 Lauren Gibson 1 Alexandra Hemp 1

Congratulations to all the swimmers and coaches. Thanks to all our parents for such great cheering and support!!

Congratulations to Dylan House on a new 13-14 boys' 200 BreastStroke record swum at Age Group Champs with a time of 2:35.77!!

Congratulations to Chris Cannon for placing 8th in the 50 free at Eastern Zones!!

Class of 2008 Update Class of 2008 swimmers Kelly Bunster, Kristen Bucaria and Sean Conway all had phenomenal first seasons swimming in three different conferences of NCAA Division One Swimming. Kelly swims for Fordham in the Atlantic-10 Conference, Kristen swims for Bucknell in the Patriot League Conference and Sean swims for Stony Brook in the America East Conference. At conference championships Kelly Bunster broke TWO Fordham records in the 50 free(8th place, 23.7) and in the 100 fly(2nd place, 55.4). She also placed 5th in the 100 free(51.5 and was part of THREE record breaking relays including the 800 free relay that place first and broke the Atlantic-10 conference record. Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week - Feb 2nd Kristen Bucaria is the only freshman on the Bucknell Top Ten all time list for four events... the 400IM(4:33.45), 200IM(2:08.81), 200 Fly(2:09.05) and 200 Breast(2:26.36). At Patriot League Championships Kristen placed top 16 in the 200 IM(14th), 400IM(11th) and 200 Fly(13th). At ECAC's she placed 10th in the 200 Breast. Bucknell ECAC recap page Sean Conway had all top 16 finishes at his America East Conference championships. He placed 8th in the 50 free(21.25), 7th in the 200 free(1:42.26) and 9th in the 100 free(46.08). If any other CSC alumni from previous years have update please email to the webmaster@cscswimming.com!!

Jo's 2009 Check out all our Junior Olympic Finals Medalists!! GOLD: 200 Free Relay 13-14 Record Breaker, Hetzer, Reyes, Deiterich, Gaffey SILVER: Katherine Green 11-12, 100 Free 200 Medley Relay 13-14 Dietrich, Gaffey, Hetzer, Reyes BRONZE: Katherine Green 11-14, 50 Free 200 Free Relay 15-18 Lown, George, Dundas, C. Russell 4th Place: Nicole Hetzer 13-14, 50 Free, 100 Free Sean Cannon 10 & U, 50 Free 5th Place: Sara Dietrich 13-14, 100 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back Sean Cannon 10 & U, 50 Free, 100 Free Chris Cannon 13-14, 50 Free, 100 Fly 6th Place: Katherine Green 11-12, 100 Fly Claudia Reyes 13-14, 100 Free, 1000 Free 400 Free Relay 15-18, C. Russell, Lown, George, E. Russell 8th Place: Nicole Hetzer 13-14, 100 Breast Claudia Reyes 13-14, 500 Free 14 Year old Sara Dieterich had a phenomenal JO's swimming personal bests in prelims and then again in finals in all of her events...she had a total of 12 best swims over the three days of JO's. Great job Sara!! CSC had a lot of swimmers place top 16 at this meet. This required swimming at finals for our swimmers who are 11-15 year olds. Nicole Hetzer had a tremendous JO's swimming finals in the 400 IM, 200 breast, 100 free, 200 IM, 100 breast, 200 free, 100 fly and 50 free!!!!13 year old Claudia Reyesalso had a great JO's swimming finals in the 100 free, 1000 free, 200 IM, 200 fly, 200 free, 500 free and 50 free!!! The 10 unders and 15-18's swam timed finals. Also placing top 16 were 14 year old Chris Cannon in the 100 fly and 50 free, 10 year old Sean Cannon in the 100 free, 50 free, 50 fly and 200 free, 15 year old Lindsay Dundas in the 100 fly, 14 year old Mikaila Gaffey in the 200im, 100 breast and 200 free, 12 year old Katherine Green in the 50 100 free, 100 fly and 50 free, 14 year old Daniel Gshwind in the 50 free, 13 year old Congratulations to Our 13-14 Girls 200 Free Relay for Breaking the Metro Record At The 09 Junior Olympics with a time of 1:39.49!!! Our relay members were Nicole Hetzer, Sara Dieterich, Claudia Reyes and Mikaila Gaffey...Great Job girls!! Kudos to Coach Alex and all our coaches for coaching them to so many new milestones this year!!

Age Group Champs was a great meet for CSC. Many kids swam new Jo and Silver cuts and many, many swimmers placed top 12 for the Age Group times. Our swimmers placing top 12 in one or more event were Alexandria Angst, Christina Barbera, Angela Bella, Sarah Burns, Olivia Carroll, Lauren Davis, Rosie Dematteo, Eric Dieterich, Alaina Frango, Lauren Gorgano, Alli Hemp, Courtney Herrera, Karlie Herrera, Rebecca Hirsch, Jessica Hodosky, Stever Jarymiszyn, Alyssa Karl, Kevin Keane, Kathleen Kerr, Kyle Kiendle, Kyle Kreuschler,Nicole Laghezza, Tyler Laghezza, Kain Lawrence, Samantha Lettieri, Paul Levanti, Christine Llewellyn,Julia Llewellyn, Kelsey Longley, Christopher Lopez, Thomas Marquardt, Olivia Martin, Sophia Martin, Robert McDougall, Dominick Mignano, Brett Mongiello, Jessica Napolitano, Sara Pearson, Jennifer Pizzurro, Nicholas Pizzurro, Krystal Ramos, Natalie Ramos, Daniel Reyes, Natasha Rice, Robby Riviera, Chloe Rostrup, Christina Schuppert, Andrew Sharkey, Sam Sharkey, Christopher Shea, Jaclyn Shea, Stephanie Sheridan, James Sullivan, Raymond Sullivan, John Surlis, TJ Tellekamp, James Thurber, Jacqueline Tromp, Sam Vaca, Eric Wissemann and Benjamin Winter. Great job everyone. And thanks to all our coaches for working so hard with all our swimmers!!

Junior National Swimmers

Coach Alex With The Junior National Swimmers - Claudia Reyes, Mikaila Gaffey, Nicole Hetzer and Melanie Gaffey

March 17-21 our Fab Four head to Orlando with Coach Alex for Junior Nationals - Melanie Gaffey, Mikaila Gaffey, Nicole Hetzer and Claudia Reyes!
Junior Nationals Website

Eight Under CHAMP!!

Congratulations to Leah Russell who placed 2nd for overall Girls 8 Year Old Highpoint at 8 and Under Champs!! Pictured at Lehman College with Coach Jan!

We had many swimmers with top 12 finishes this included Sarah Aiello with 5 top 12 finishes, Sara Dieterich with 2, Alaina Frango, Daniel Gschwind, Alexandra Hemp with 2 and first in the 100 Breast! Dylan House, Kevin Keane, Tyler Laghezza, Richard Llewellyn, Katina Lown with FIVE top 12 Finishes!! Brianna McCoy with 2, Robert McDougall with 2, Marissa Mignano, Christian Poblanowith 2, Natalie Robmos, Natasha Rice, Clara Russell, Douglas Russell, Leah Russell, Mert Sehri with 2, Jacqueline Tromp and Benjamin Wynter. Great job everyone!!

Zone Update - Records Broken - Chris Cannon Makes Metro Team!!

Chris Cannon broke FIVE team 13-14 records at ZQ and also made the Zone team in the 50 free! He broke 100 free with a time of 50.63, 100 back with a time of 57.98, 200 free with a time of 1:55.72, 50 free with a time of 23.46 and the 500 free with a time of 5:09.27!! His brother Sean Cannon broke THREE 9-10 team records at the ZQ meet!! The 100 free with a time of 1:03.07, the 200 free with a time of 2:22.42 and the 50 fly with a time of 31.36!! Congratulations to 13-14 swimmer Sara Dieterich for breaking both the 100 back record 1:01.43 at the Zone Qual Meet. Sara also broke the 200 back record 2:14.98 at Senior Mets the previous weekend!

11-12 Swimmer Katherine Green also took 3rd in the 100 free with a time of 57.37 and 5th in the 50 free with a time of 26.42. 15-18 swimmer Lindsay Dundas took 3rd in the 100 fly with a time of 1:01.01!

Congratulations to Sean Cannon who broke THREE 10 and under boys team records...50 free 29.18 .......50 fly 32.20........50 back 34.46 at our Sachem Dual Meet on Tuesday!!! Great job Sean!!

At the Sachem dual meet new ZQ quals were made by Lindsay Dundas, Catherine Green and Clara Russell. New Silver cuts were made by Alaina Frango, Karlie Herrera , Lauren Gorgano, Dylan House, Andrew Sharkey and Sam Sharkey. Great job everyone!!

Results from IMX are in and CSC has lot of top 3 finishers..congratulations to Chris Cannon, Sean Cannon, Sara Dieterich, Lindsay Dundas, Catherine Green, Daniel Gshwind, Nicole Hetzer, Richard LLewellyn, Katina Lown, Claudia Reyes, Clara Russell, Douglas Russell, Eva Russell and Chris Whitehorn!! Making new silver cuts at the IMX meet were Sara Aiello, Lauren Gorgano, Anida Gron, Daniel Gshwind, Carolyn Kistinger, Olivia Martin, Dominick Mignano, Jessica Napolitano, Krystal Ramos, Natalie Ramos and Sam Vaca. Making new ZQ quals was Christopher Cannon!!

Boys State Quals Update

Congratulations to Chris Cannon for making the Catholic School State team in the 200 free relay!! Chris and Danny Gschwind both swam at the Catholic School State quals meet last week for St.Anthonys and St. John's.

Swimming today, Saturday February 14th in the Section XI meet are Tyler Laghezza, Eric Dieterich, Patrick McIlvain and Brian McIlvain. Good Luck everyone!

CSC Swimmers Brought Home Tons Of Joust GOLD!!

Gold Medals were abundant in the bag of awards brought home this weekend. First place finishes were swum by Chris Cannon(A perfect hat trick with THREE), Sean Cannon (TWO), Sara Dieterich, Lindsay Dundas(TWO), Melanie Gaffey( An Amazing FOUR!), Mikaila Gaffey, Katharine Green, Nicole Hetzer(A perfect Hat trick with THREE), Nicholas Pizzurro, Leah Russell (TWO)!!! Check the results page for all the great results from so many of our swimmers...tons of best swims!!

We also had four relays take home gold...13-14 girls 200 medley with 13-14 female medley: Sara Dieterich, Mikaila Gaffey, Lindsey Dundas and Nicole Hetzer, 11-12 girls 200 free relay with Katharine Green, Jennifer Kiendle, Brianna McCoy and Lauren Gorgano(pictured below), Girls 13-14 200 free relay with Nicole Hetzer, Sara Dieterich, Lindsay Dundas and Claudia Reyes, Boys 13-14 200 free relay with Chris Cannon, Daneil Gschwind, Richard LLewellyn and Sam Vaca.

Girls 11-12 Gold Medal Relay team at the Joust!

Kyle At The Joust

LIE January Meet Results Are In!! New Record!! New Cuts!! Another new team record in the mens 13-14 100 free by Chris Cannon with a time of 52.71!! New ZQ Cuts by Chris Cannon in the 200 fly, 14 year old Daniel Gschwind in the 50 free, 13 year old Claudia Reyes in the 400 IM and Douglas Russell in the 50 Breast. New JO cuts by Sara Dieterich in the 400 im Douglas Russell in the 200 Breast. New silver cuts by Alexandria Angst, Alaina Frango, Jessica Hodosky, Kevin Keane, Carolyn Kistinger, Kelsey Longley, Dominck Mignano, Natalie Ramos and James Thurber!! Great Job Everyone!! NEXT STOP THE TVSC JOUST!! Congratulations to Coach Gwen on her engagement..wedding is in June! NEW TEAM RECORDS SC 09-10! Chris Cannon(13-14) had TWO new team records 50 free -23.85 and 100 fly -57.99! Mikaila Gaffey(13-14) 100 breast 1:07.89 Nicole Hetzer(13-14)200 breast 2:33.18 Claudia Reyes(13-14)1000 free 11:02.35 Eva Russell(15-18) - 400 IM - 4:55.74 These are SMOKIN' Hot Records!! Great job! Sachem Results Are In After braving the icy roads to swim this past weekend the results were worth the trip out in the cold. Nicole Hetzer had THREE first place finishes!! Leah Russell had TWO first place finishes!! Sean Cannon, Sara Dieterich, Daniel Gshwind, Claudia Reyes, Natasha Rice and Douglas Russell all had ONE first place finish!! WOW ..great job! One or more Top six finishes were swum by Sara Aiello, Christopher Cannon, Lauren Davis, Lindsay Dundas, Eric Fackelman, Kara Gorgano, Katharine Green, Kevin Keane, Jennifer Kiendle, Robert McDougall, Jennifer Pizzurro, Christian Poblano, Geoffrey Rostrup, Eva Russell, Mert Sehri, Brendan Stegner and Christopher Whitehorn. Great job Everyone!!

Congratulations to Nicole Hetzer for a new best time and new 13-14 team record in the 200 breast with a time of 2:33.18!!

Special thanks to R&M Designs(Dee Mignano and Sandy Reyes) for donating the great Trident Meet shirts! All our swimmers looked great!! They swam great too. Coach Alex spent the entire meet on the pool deck coaching our kids to great swims..thanks to him for all his hard work and positive encouragement...We had many swimmers make it back to finals in either the top 8 or top 16 and many swimmers who swam faster at finals than at prelims!

The 13-14 Girls Relays took a Gold in the 400 Medley relay with Sara Dieterich in the back, Mikaila Gaffey in the breast, Lindsay Dundas in the fly and Claudia Reyes in the Free and took bronze in the 400 free relay with Nicole Hetzer, Mikaila Gaffey, Clara Russell and Claudia Reyes!! Great job girls!!

10 year Old Sean Cannon had SEVEN top 16 finishes!!

17 year old Melanie Gaffey had 3 top 16 finishes including 6th in the 50 free and 4th in the 100 free.

14 year old Mikaila Gaffey 3 top 16 finishes including 2nd in the 50 free and 8 best swims!

13 year oldClaudia Reyes had 3 top 16 finishes including a 6th place finish in the 200 free and 11th in the 500 free with best time swims at both prelims and then again at finals.

13 year old Nicole Hetzer had 3 top 16 finishes in the 200 im, 50 free and 200 breast. Other swimming at finals were Chris Cannon in the 100 fly and 50 free, Alli Hemp in the 50 breast and Lindsay Dundas in the 100 fly, Trident Real Time Results

CSC Sharks Results are up! Sorry for the delay. Many great swims by Sarah Aiello, Katharine Green, Tara McCoy, Natasha Rice, Mert Sehri, James Thurber, Nicholas Pizzurro, Robert McDougall and Kyle Lawrence. All the kids had a great meet! Congratulations!!

Holiday Meets are Next!! Sharks and Trident Meet!!

LIE Thanksgiving Weekend Meet Highlights

Congratulations to 13-14 Swimmer Claudia Reyes for swimming a new club record in the 1000 free with an unbelievable time of 11:02.35!!

Congratulations to 13-14 swimmer Sara Dieterich for swimming FOUR Gold Medal swims in the 200 back, 200 free, 100 back and 50 free!!

Congratulations to 11-12 swimmer Alli Hemp for swimming TWO Gold Medal swims in the 200 and 50 breast!

congratulations to the Chris and Sean Cannon for swimming top 6 finishes in EVERY event!! Almost every swimmer swam more than 50% best swims and the following swimmers all had one or more top 16 finishes!!...Sarah Aiello, Lindsay Dundas(one gold, one silver!), Amanda George, Katharine Green(one silver, one bronze!), Daniel Gschwind, Jennifer Kiendle, Kyle Kiendle, Richard LLewelln, Kimberly Mazza, Brianna McCoy, Robert McDougall, Marissa Mignano, Christian Poblano, Natalie Ramos, Natasha Rice(one gold, one silver!), Clara Russell(one gold), Douglas Russell(one silver, one bronze!), Eva Russell, Leah Russell, Mert Sehri, Stephanie Sheridan, John Surlis, Chris Whitehorn and Benjamin Wynter.

Hauppauge One Day Meet - Lots of Top Finishes!!

Our CSC swimmers had lots of top 12 finishes last weekend at the Pre-Thanksgiving Hauppauge meet. Great job to everyone!! Top 12 finishers included...Alexandria Angst, Alyssa Barbara, Christopher Cannon( one gold and two silver!), Sean Cannon(2 silver and one Bronze!), Jessica Caulfield, Lauren Davis, Eric Fackelman, Katharine Green, Alexandra Hemp( one gold, one bronze!), Courtney Herrera, Jennifer Kiendle, Kyle Kiendle, Richard Llewellyn, Kimberly Mazza, Brianna McCoy, Tara McCoy(one bronze!), Robert McDougall, Patrick McIlvain, (one gold and two silver!), Jennifer Pizzurro, Christian Poblano, Natalie Ramos, Natasha Rice,(one gold!), Robby Rivera, Geoffrey Rostrup(one bronze!), Clara Russell(2 silver!), Douglas Russell(one gold, one silver!), Eva Russell(one gold, two silver!), Leah Russell( 2 silver, 1 bronze!), Mert Sehri, Stephanie Sheridan, Melanie Smith, James Sullivan, T.J. Tellekamp, James Thurber, Christopher Whitehorn and Benjamin Wynter.

CSC swimmer Alexandria Agnst also swam at the state quals meet representing Bayshore HS in the 200 free relay!!

States Update Results
Congratulations to the CSC 200 Free Relay for placing 3rd in the state with an All American Consideration time of 1:38.72. Swimming on that relay were Melanie Gaffey, Mikaila Gaffey, Nicole Hetzer and Claudia Reyes. Melanie also placed 5th in the 100 free and 9th in the 50 free and Mikaila place 14th in the 50 free. The 200 Medley team of Sara Dieterich, Mikaila Gaffey, Melanie Gaffey and Katina Lown placed 7th in the state! Great job Everyone!!

CSC swimmers at the State Quals Meet at SCCC

EIGHT CSC Swimmers Made The Section XI State Team and Head To Buffalo

CSC swimmers had a great day at the state quals meet. Melanie Gaffey is the Suffolk County Champion and heads to states in both the 50 and 100 free and also is the Suffolk County Champion and heads to states on 200 free and 200 medley relays... The State Bound 200 freestyle relay with swimmers Melanie Gaffey, Mikaila Gaffey, Nicole Hetzer and Claudia Reyes made a new Suffolk County record with a time of 1:38.54....The State Bound 200 Medley relay with swimmers Sara Dieterich, Mikaila Gaffey, Melanie Gaffey and Katina Lown are the County Champs with a time of 1:51.32...Mikaila Gaffey broke an 18 year old school record and heads to states in the 100 breast with third place time of 1:07.89. Nicole Hetzer made states in the 200IM with a 4th place finish and a time of 2:15.48, Lindsay Dundas(Patchogue-Medford HS Independent) heads to states in the 100 fly with a 2nd place time of 1:00.27. The THIRD relay for csc also heads to states..The 400 free relay with swimmers Nicole Hetzer, Claudia Reyes, Amanda George and Katina Lown came in third in the event but hit the state time with a time of 3:44.95. Other CSC swimmers swimming at the meet were Kate Bunster, Lauren Gibson, Eva Russell, Kathleen Kerr, Kathleen Bolin, Amanda George, Marissa Mignano, Jackie Tromp and Kim Mazza. Almost all swims by CSC swimmers at the meet were best times!! Congratulations also to Coach Larry Sullivan who is the Head coach and a former CSC club coach and to Coach Alex who is the Connetquot Varsity Assistant coach! Connetquot varsity took 2nd place overall at the meet!! The State meet is November 21,22 at the Flickenger Aquatic Center in Buffalo.

Time Trials Meet Results - Great job to all the swimmers, coaches and especially the parents who volunteered to time and learn the console and computer!!

CSC Swimmers Bring Home Gold at Sachem - Saturday November 8th

Eight CSC swimmers earned one or more Gold medals this past weekend at Sachem. 14 year Old Clara Russell, led the team with THREE gold medals followed by 12 year old Alexandra Hemp with TWO and one each for Sarah Aiello, Christopher Cannon, Sara Dieterich, Natasha Rice, Eva Russell and Leah Russell. Great Job!!

Top 6 finishers included, Alyssa Barbara, Sean Cannon, Lauren Davis, , Julia Llewellyn, Kimberly Mazza, Robert McDougall, Patrick McLlvain, Katharine Green and Courtney Herrera. 100% best times were swam by Christina Barbera, Chris Cannon, Sean Cannon, Olivia Carroll, Tyler Laghezza, Christine Llewellyn, Julia Llewelly, Kimberly Mazza, Robby Rivera, Eva Russell, and Grace Vaca. Great job to all and thanks to our coaches for their hard work before and during the meet!!

Our 12 and Under swimmers swam great on Saturday at Eisenhower with lots of best swims and many top finishes. Congratulations to all of our top 6 finishers...Sarah Aiello, Sean Cannon, Sarah Colefield, Katharine Green, Alexandra Hemp, Kyle Kiendle( 1st in the 50 free!), Robert McDougall, Christian Poblano, Natasha Rice (1st in the 100 back!), Leah Russell, Leigha Schilling and James Thurber!! Great job everyone! Results are posted on the meets page.

TVSC Ann Wycoff Results
Great job everyone!! Special congratulations to the following swimmers who swam new Trident cuts this past weekend...Sara Aiello, Dan Gschwind, Alli Hemp,Marissa Mignano, Natasha Rice and Doug Russell.

Relay Carnival Pictures

Relay Carnival 2008 - CSC was Great!!

Great job to all the swimmers and coaches for so many great relays.
Relay Highlights

Congratulations to the girls' 13-14 first place finish in the 200 free relay with a magnificent time of 1.41.06. Swimming on that relay were Mikaila Gaffey, Nicole Hetzer, Claudia Reyes and Clara Russell...great job girls!!

Great job for our crescendo swimmers who had a 5th place finish..Tara McCoy, Sarah Aiello, Mikaila Gaffey, Melanie Gaffey, Eric Fackelman, Chris Cannon, Doug Russell and Sean Cannon.
Other Great Relays!!

15-18 Girls breast stroke relay(Katina lown, Eva Russell, Lauren Gibson, Kate Bunster) 2nd place finish

10 and under female fly relay(Stephanie Sheriden, Julia Llwellyn, Natashia Rice,tara Mcoy) 2nd place finish

13-14 female breast stroke relay(Mikalia Gaffey, Nicole Hetzer, Kim Mazza, Marissa Mignano) 2nd place finish