2005 News Archive 

December 11, 2005

GATORS WIN 24TH NEW ENGLAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

On the weekend of December 8-11th at Brown University the Bernal’s Gator Swim Club dominated the New England Senior Championships. The women and men’s team both won their separate titles each by over 300 points. The team won the combined championship by over 840 points. Head coach and owner Coach Bernal was very happy to see the athletes swim so well at this point in the season, especially being un-rested and unshaved. The athletes not only swam as a team but also pulled together in the spirit of the meet as a team. Honorable mentions go to Megan Farrell who won the 200 fly, Chris Rogers who won the 200 backstroke, the women’s winning 400 medley relay and the men’s winning 400 free and 800 free relays. For women’s individual high point Megan Farrell was awarded 2nd place and Jessica Perry was awarded 5th place. For men’s individual high point Michael Monovoukas was awarded 4th place and Patrick Biggs was awarded 8th place.

December 11, 2005

GATORS COMPETE AT MIT TRIALS FINALS MEET

On the weekend of December 8-11 the Bernal’s Gator Swim Club competed at MIT University. The team had a strong showing in all the age groups and events. The team swam 85% best times and many swimmers made finals in multiple events. Honorable mentions go to many swimmers winning events. These swimmers include Rebecca Aiello in the 11-12 girls 100 IM, 200 IM and 50 Free. Ben List won the 11-12 boys 50 and 100 Backstrokes. Allison Scott won the 11-12 girls 50 Breaststroke. Our swimmers also placed in the individual high point categories, these swimmers are Rebecca Aiello took 2nd in the 11-12 girls category, Sam Gyory took 4th for the 11-12 boys and Greg Michels took 4th for the 13-14 boys. Congratulations to all the Gators that competed in the MIT meet!!

October 24, 2005

AWARDS AND HONORS

Congratulations to the Gator swimmers who made the New England Top Ten and those who made outstanding swimmers as well for the 2004-2005 Short and Long Course Seasons. Great Job Gators!

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October 21, 2005

Congratulations to the swimmers that made the 2005 Academic All American List!

Patrick Biggs: 188 points
Sasha Dobrolioubov: 165 points
Kendall Dacey: 149 points
Lisa Donnelly: 166 points
Katie Fritsch: 187 points
Katie Soja: 112 points

July 25, 2005

GATORS EXCEL AT NEW ENGLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cambridge , MA - At the MIT athletic facility in July, 32 of Bernal’s Gator swimmers between the ages of 12 and 19 competed in the New England Open Championships. The team was very successful this season placing 3 rd in the combined team scores. Megan Farrell was awarded the 4th place high individual women’s high point. Robert Dowd was awarded the 2nd place and Greg Michels was awarded the 4th place 13-14 men’s individual high point awards. Sarah Ernst was awarded the 5th place high point for women’s distance swimmers. Patrick Biggs was awarded 8th place for men’s distance swimmers. While the team swam 97% best times, the swimmers also achieved 46 Super Sectional cuts, 8 US Open cuts, 6 US Summer Junior National cuts and 1 Senior National cut. The 15-16 men’s 400 Freestyle and 400 Medley Relays also placed 1st in the country for their age group. It was a very wonderful end of the season and a very successful one.

GATOR AGE GROUP SWIMMERS EXCEL AT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cambridge, MA - Bernal's Gator Swim Club placed third at this seasons 12/U Age Group Championships, moving up three places from the previous season. Medals were won and records fell as 27 Gator's participated in the meet. Congratulations to Rebecca Aiello who placed 6th overall in the 11-12 Girls age group. It was the Gator's teamwork that truly shone as the relays had the biggest swims of them all. The 10/Under girls relay of Carina Zhang, Olivia Pierce, Eleanor Johnson, and Maggie Chory placed 3rd in the 200 Free Relay and Katelyn Mitchell stepped onto the 400 Free Relay for another 3rd place finish. The 11-12 Girls stepped up with top 3 finishes in every relay! The 400 Free Relay of Cece Burkey, Katherine Ashenfelter, Grace Bachman, and Rebecca Aiello placed 3rd, the 200 Medley Relay of Katherine Ashenfelter, Allison Scott, Christina Hurley, and Rebecca Aiello placed 2nd, and in the race of the meet the 200 Free Relay of Katherine Ashenfelter, Cece Burkey, Scarlett Hao and Rebecca Aiello came in 1st place with a National Top-16 reportable time of 2:01.39! On the boys side the Team of Brandon Brown, Sam Gyory, Dickson Lau, and Ben List swept the silvers in all the relays including breaking a Gator Record in the 200 Free Relay that has stood since 1982 when they went 1:57.36 another National Top-16 reportable time! Several other Gator Records were broken at the meet as well.   Olivia Pierce set a new mark in the 10/U girls 400 Free when she stopped the clock at 5:47.58.   Ben List broke the 11-12 boys 200 Back record with a 2:36.69. Sam Gyory is now the proud owner of the 11-12 Boys 400 IM Record with a 5:54.33. Cece Burkey set 2 records in the 11-12 Girls 1500 Free 19:51.77 and the 800 Free 10:07.21! Other swimmers with notable individual swims include Sam Gyory 2nd place 50 Fly and Ben List 2nd place 50 Back.

Congrats again to all Gator Swimmers!!!

April 11, 2005

GATOR AND NEW ENGLAND RECORDS FALL!!!

The Short Course season saw 14 Gator and 5 New England records get broken by the Gator Women and Men.

Gator Record breakers included:

11-12 WOMEN
200 BACK- 2:26.82 Anna Senko 12&U 2/19/05

200 BREAST- 2:44.81 Nina Liu 12&U 2/19/05

400 IM- 5:20.21 Anna Senko 12&U 2/18/05

13- 14 MEN
100 FREE- 47.91 Michael Monovoukas JRNATS 3/23/05

200 FREE- 1:44.09 Michael Monovoukas JR NATS 3/24/05

100 BACK- 53.06 Christopher Rogers NESR 3/05/05 NEW ENGLAND RECORD

200 BACK- 1:55.84 Christopher Rogers NESR 3/06/05

200 FREE RELAY- 1:30.28 MMonovoukas, RDowd, CRogers, GLowen NESR 3/05/05
NEW ENGLAND & RESIDENT RECORD

400 FREE RELAY- 3:20.75 GLowen, CRogers, GMichels, MMonovoukas MIT 12/11/04
NEW ENGLAND RECORD

200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1:42.35 CRogers, RDowd, MMonovoukas, GLowen NESR 3/04/05
NEW ENGLAND AND RESIDENT RECORD

400 MEDLEY RELAY- 3:46.52 CRogers, GMichels, MMonovoukas, GLowen MIT 12/12/04
NEW ENGLAND RECORD

15-18 WOMEN
100 FLY- 55.48 Megan Farrell JRNATS 3/25/05

15-18 MEN
200 FREE RELAY- 1:30.17 SDobrolioubov, PBiggs, CMadigan, MButler NESR 3/05/05

200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1:42.51 MButler, BDriver, SDobrolibov, CMadigan NESR 3/04/05

!!!CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!!

March 23, 2005

GATORS WIN 22ND NEW ENGLAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

Bernal's Gator Swim Club dominated the New England Senior Championships at Bowdoin College in Maine on March 3- 6, 2005. The Gators won the meet, scoring 2756 points and beating the second place team, Shawmut Aquatic Club, by nearly 500 points. The Women's overall High Point winner was Megan Farrell (16). Jessica Perry (16) was awarded the 2nd place title and Sarah Ernst (16) captured 8th place. The High Point winner for the men was Max Butler (16). Michael Monovoukas (14) was awarded the 4th place title, Sasha Dobrolioubov (16) the 6th place title and Patrick Biggs (15) the 8th place title. The distance high point winners for the women were Sarah Ernst (2nd place), Katie Soja (16; 4th place) Megan Farrell (7th place) and Jessica Perry (8th place) . The distance high point winners for the men were Michael Monovoukas (3rd place), Patrick Biggs (4th place) and Max Butler (5th place).

While the Gators dominated almost every event many of our swimmers made national time standards and broke New England and Gator team records. Megan Farrell, the Women's High Point winner of the meet, also won the 100 Butterfly with a 56.20 and the 200 Butterfly with a 2:04.53, making US Open time standard in both events. Megan also won five other events - the 100 Freestyle (51.92), the 200 Freestyle (1:52.06), the 500 Freestyle (5:02.24), the 200 Backstroke ( 2:06.84), and the 200 IM (2:06.66) - making NCSA Junior National time standards in all of her events.

CONGRATULATIONS MEGAN!!

Jessica Perry, who was the second place High Point winner of the meet, won the 200 breaststroke with a 2:19.63 making a US Open time standard. She also won the 100 Breaststroke with a 1:04.22 making a Summer Junior National time standard and the 400 IM with a 4:27.00 making a NCSA Junior National time standard.

CONGRATULATIONS JESSICA!!

Christopher Rogers (14) broke the New England and Gator backstroke records in the Men's 13-14 100 Yard backstroke with a time of 53.06, breaking the record of 53.74 held by Rick Carey since 1982. He also qualified for the NCSA Junior Nationals in the event.

CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS!!

Max Butler, who was the Men's High Point winner of the meet, won the 100 Backstroke with a 51.14 making a US Open time standard and the 200 Backstroke with a 1:51.98 making a NCSA Junior National time standard.

CONGRATULATIONS MAX!!

Michael Monovoukas, who was the fourth place High Point winner of the meet, won the 1000 Freestyle with a 9:37.87 making a NCSA Junior National time standard and the 1650 Freestyle with a 16:24.49.

CONGRATULATIONS MICHAEL!!

Patrick Biggs, who was the eighth place High Point winner of the meet, won the 500 Freestyle with a 4:44.69.

CONGRATULATIONS PATRICK!!

The Gators were not only outstanding in their individual events, but were just as strong in the relays. The women's relays won every night with both of the relays making national time standards. The 400 Freestyle A relay with Susannah Ford, Sarah Ernst, Jessica Perry and Megan Farrell won with a 3:33.94, making a Summer Junior National time standard. The 400 Freestyle B relay with Francesca Tocci, Leslie Bargmann, Lauren Wilson and Kristyn Roth took 2nd with a 3:36.18 also making a Summer Junior National time standard. The 800 Freestyle A relay with Sarah Ernst, Francesca Tocci, Jessica Perry and Megan Farrell won with a 7:45.12 making a Summer Junior National time standard. The 400 Medley A relay with Lauren Wilson, Jessica Perry, Megan Farrell and Francesca Tocci won with a 3:33.08 making a US Open time standard. The 400 Medley B relay with Krisyn Roth, Lisa Donnelly, Leslie Bargmann and Sussanah Ford took 3rd with a 4:00.86 with a Summer Junior National time standard.

CONGRATULATIONS GATOR WOMEN!!

The men's relays were equally dominating every evening and made national time standards. The 400 Freestyle A relay with Michael Monovoukas, Patrick Biggs, Sasha Dobrolioubov and Max Butler won with a 3:12.70 making a Summer Junior National time standard. The 400 Freestyle B relay with Greg Lowen, Clarke Madigan, Robert Dowd and Christopher Rogers took 3rd place. The 800 Freestyle A relay with Michael Monovoukas, Patrick Biggs, Sasha Dobrolioubov and Max Butler won with a 7:04.00 making a Summer Junior National time standard. The 400 Medley A relay with Christopher Rogers, Sasha Dobrolioubov, Michael Monovoukas and Max Butler took 2nd making a Summer Junior National time standard.

CONGRATULATIONS GATOR MEN!!

The Gator team was able to add five new first time individual qualifiers to the NCSA Junior National roster. Susannah Ford, qualified in the 50 Freestyle with a 24.57. Francesca Tocci also qualified for the 50 Freestyle with a 24.41 and Lauren Wilson (16) qualified for the 100 Backstroke with a 59.05. Michael Monovoukas, qualified for the 1000 Freestyle with a 9:37.87 and Christopher Rogers qualified for the 100 Backstroke with a 53.06.

CONGRATULATIONS JUNIOR NATIONAL QUALIFIERS!!

During time trials the Gator men's 13-14 and 15-18 men's relay teams went after Gator and New England records in the 200 Freestyle and Medley relay titles. The 13-14 boys relay team in the 200 Freestyle with Michael Monovoukas, Robert Dowd, Christopher Rogers and Greg Lowen broke the New England and Gator records with a time of 1:30.28. The Gator team of David Wilkins, Frank Han, David Johnson and David Nason previously held the New England and Gator records since 1985 with a time of 1:32.54. The 13-14 men's team in the 200 Medley relay with Christopher Rogers, Robert Dowd, Michael Monovoukas and Greg Lowen broke the New England and Gator records with a time of 1:42.35. The Gator team of David Wilkins, Fank Han, David Johnson and David Nason previously held the New England and Gator records since 1985 with a time of 1:45.09. The 15-18 men's 200 Freestyle relay of Sasha Dobrolioubov, Max Butler, Clarke Madigan and Patrick Biggs broke the Gator record with a time of 1:30.17. The Gator record has been standing since 1985 with a time of 1:34.11. The 15-18 men's 200 Medley relay of Max Butler, Ben Driver, Sasha Dobrolioubov and Clarke Madigan broke the Gator record with a time of 1:42.51. The Gator record has been standing since 1985 with a time of 1:43.70.

CONGRATULATIONS GATOR MEN!!

The Gator team swam at high competitive levels at this championship. The team of 26 swimmers that competed at this meet came together and were able to dominate and bring home one more star to add to their championship banners and T-shirts to make it their 22nd New England Senior Championship victory.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE SENIOR GATOR SWIMMERS AND COACHES!!!

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