A Close Finish

NYAC was just out-scored for third place in an exciting finish on the last day.

We had great results from a number of our age group swimmers, including the 10 and under boys who scored 70 points, not including relays. These boys were led by Alex Lutor (34 points) and Yi Wen Li (26 points). The 11-12 boys were awesome and matched the 15-17 boys, with 101 points in each age group. Nathaniel Hu was the big point scorer with 40 points in the 11-12 group. Michelle Williams, earning 42 points, was again very strong as our top scorer for the meet. Just back from Olympic Trials two weeks earlier, she won four events, including the 100 Fly with a new club record of 1:01:63. This would have placed her 5th in the final at Trials - an amazing swim for her!

Below are our point scorers in order of total points accumulated. Our method of choosing swimmers for the team allows for many new faces, who greatly benefit from this experience. Mackenzie Smith, Stephanie Farkas and Yinze Zhang Jin are great examples. Their participation at Team Champs was a very positive experience for NYAC.

Total Point Scorers

Michelle Williams 42
Nathaniel Hu 40
Alex Luttor 34
Alex Hamilton 28
Yi Wen Li 26
Kyung Soo Yoon 22
Kyle Resnick 20
Nick Karpov 18
Alex Mierzynski 18
Andy Townsend 16
Lev Oumansky 16
Clement Cheng 15
Emil Tzvetanov 13
Yi Liu 9
Caitlain Hodge 8
Samantha Hu 8
Matt Chu 7
Radu Vezanu 7
Allison Martin 6
Thomas Lychy 6
Connie Yang 5
Nicole Peirce 4
Noah Schiff 4
Lee Anne Liberta 4
Neta Yokev 3
Rebecca Chud 2
Casey Gallagher 2
Nathalie Douglas 1

How we pick the team

Our method selects the best four people per age group, based on performance, regardless of their ability to score points. This allows for a true representation of the team depth and also holds each age group in high esteem. The remaining eight swimmers are selected on their ability to score points for NYAC and are chosen accordingly.