Top Summer Swimmers Compete in Meet of Champions

These swimmers, ages 7 to 18, were from four separate divisions and had competed in their own Divisional Meet on Monday to get to the Meet of Champions — those with the fastest times across all of those meets made it to the championship meet.

The Meet of Champions was hosted by the New Providence Piranhas at the team’s facility, located at the New Providence Community Pool, which has two pools with lap lanes — one for warming up while other races are going on.

It's a meet for individual swimmers, not for teams. Swimmers compete against each other and against their own personal best times.

But, for fun – and something the teams love – officials tally up all the points scored by the individuals and rank the teams accordingly.

This year, New Providence ranked 2nd overall. The boys' team and girls' team also ranked 2nd overall. 

The highlights for New Providence include: two 1st place finishes by 18-year-old Julia Kudryashova, a 1st and 2nd place finish by 12-year-old Alicia Iizuka, two 1st place finishes by 8-year-old Matt Fallon, two 1st place finishes by 9-year-old Sophia Kudryashova, a 1st and 2nd place finish by 10-year-old Jack Gertie, two 1st place finishes by 16-year-old Will Beckett, a 2nd and 3rd place finish by 8-year-old John Goceljack, a 1st and 2nd finish by 17-year-old KJ Winchel.

PLACE NAME AGE EVENT TIME 2nd Alicia Iizuka 12 Girls’ 12 & Under 100 SC Meter IM 1:02.96 12th Beth Fallon 12 Girls’ 12 & Under 100 SC Meter IM 1:30.16 7th Billy Fallon 11 Boys’ 12 & Under 100 SC Meter IM 1:26.24 8th Katie Fallon 15 Girls’ 13 & Over 100 SC Meter IM 1:16.71 8th JR O'Connor 15 Boys’ 13 & Over 100 SC Meter IM 1:12.32 4th Caroline Hall 8 Girls’ 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle 18.29 5th Sadie Miller 8 Girls’ 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle 18.97 6th Delaney Vinaixa 8 Girls’ 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle 19.27 7th Giovanni Canali 8 Girls’ 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle 19.34 1st Matt Fallon 8 Boys’ 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle 17.15 2nd John Goceljack 8 Boys’ 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle 17.91 8th Jerry O'Mara 8 Boys’ 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle 18.77 1st Sophia Kudryashova 9 Girls’ 9-10 25 SC Meter Freestyle 14.96 12th Lindley Hall 10 Girls’ 9-10 25 SC Meter Freestyle 16.94 1st Jack Gertie 10 Boys’ 9-10 25 SC Meter Freestyle 14.81 12th Joe Pick 9 Boys’ 9-10 25 SC Meter Freestyle 17.25 3rd Andrew Joachim 12 Boys’ 11-12 50 SC Meter Freestyle 31.16 15th Billy Fallon 11 Boys’ 11-12 50 SC Meter Freestyle 34.92 8th Jamie Riffel 13 Girls’ 13-14 50 SC Meter Freestyle 31.50 1st Julia Kudryashova 18 Girls’ 15-18 50 SC Meter Freestyle 27.48 3rd Caroline VanKimmenaede 15 Girls’ 15-18 50 SC Meter Freestyle 30.22 9th Lyndsay Fagan 18 Girls’ 15-18 50 SC Meter Freestyle 31.19 12th Katie Fallon 15 Girls’ 15-18 50 SC Meter Freestyle 31.82 1st Will Beckett 16 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Freestyle 25.48 10th Mike Glendinning 16 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Freestyle 28.12 12th David Hays 18 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Freestyle 28.84 7th Jerry O'Mara 8 Boys' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Backstroke 25.47 13th Brandon Cortez 8 Boys' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Backstroke 26.90 14th Meghan Jonovich 10 Girls' 9-10 25 SC Meter Backstroke 21.93 7th Karen Iizuka 12 Girls' 11-12 50 SC Meter Backstroke 37.89 7th Michelle Pick 14 Girls' 13-14 50 SC Meter Backstroke 37.99 1st KJ Winchel 17 Girls' 15-18 50 SC Meter Backstroke 32.96 5th Caroline VanKimmenaede 15 Girls' 15-18 50 SC Meter Backstroke 35.08 6th Mike Glendinning 16 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Backstroke 31.18 2nd Sadie Miller 8 Girls' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Breaststroke 24.35 8th Delaney Vinaixa 8 Girls' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Breaststroke 26.59 -- Giovanni Canali 8 Girls' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Breaststroke DQ 2nd Erica Iizuka 9 Girls' 9-10 25 SC Meter Breaststroke 20.50 10th Tristan Cahill 10 Boys' 9-10 25 SC Meter Breaststroke 24.56 1st Alicia Iizuka 12 Girls' 11-12 50 SC Meter Breaststroke 36.70 2nd Karen Iizuka 12 Girls' 11-12 50 SC Meter Breaststroke 40.07 14th Beth Fallon 12 Girls' 11-12 50 SC Meter Breaststroke 45.87 4th Andrew Joachim 12 Boys' 11-12 50 SC Meter Breaststroke 42.78 7th Lou Murphy 18 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Breaststroke 35.69 15th David Hays 18 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Breaststroke 38.53 1st Caroline Hall 8 Girls' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Butterfly 18.58 1st Matt Fallon 8 Boys' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Butterfly 17.94 3rd John Goceljack 8 Boys' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Butterfly 19.21 11th Kyle Hue 8 Boys' 8 & Under 25 SC Meter Butterfly 23.55 1st Sophia Kudryashova 9 Girls' 9-10 25 SC Meter Butterfly 16.39 4th Erica Iizuka 9 Girls' 9-10 25 SC Meter Butterfly 17.21 10th Monica Iizuka 9 Girls' 9-10 25 SC Meter Butterfly 18.75 2nd Jack Gertie 10 Boys' 9-10 25 SC Meter Butterfly 16.66 4th Joe Pick 9 Boys' 9-10 25 SC Meter Butterfly 18.02 5th Atacan Zeran 11 Boys' 11-12 50 SC Meter Butterfly 36.30 12th Joe Li 13 Girls' 13-14 50 SC Meter Butterfly 37.36 -- Julianna Ruta 13 Girls' 13-14 50 SC Meter Butterfly NS 4th Tim Sienko 13 Boys' 13-14 50 SC Meter Butterfly 32.94 1st Julia Kudryashova 18 Girls' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 30.90 2nd KJ Winchel 17 Girls' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 30.91 6th Lyndsay Fagan 18 Girls' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 33.11 14th Caroline DeMarco 15 Girls' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 35.53 1st Will Beckett 16 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 28.34 3rd Lou Murphy 18 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 29.50 4th Mike Glendinning 16 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 29.65 9th JR O'Connor 15 Boys' 15-18 50 SC Meter Butterfly 31.24

 

PLACE NAMES/AGES EVENT TIME 11th

Monica Iizuka (9), Alicia Iizuka (12), Isabella Malinowski (12), Sophia Kudryashova (9)

Girls' 12 & Under 100 SC Meter Medley Relay 1:25.15 6th KJ Winchel (W17), Lillian Cahill (W13), Lou Murphy (M18), Brendan Kavanaugh (M13) Mixed 13-18 200 SC Meter Medley Relay 2:19.31 2nd Caroline Hall (W8), John Goceljack (M8), Sadie Miller (W8), Matt Fallon (M8) Mixed 8 & Under 100 SC Meter Freestyle Relay 1:13.90 5th Erica Iizuka (9), Beth Fallon (12), Karen Iizuka (12), Lindley Hall (10) Girls' 12 & Under 100 SC Meter Freestyle Relay 1:10.99 9th Meghan Jonovich (10), Allie Daquila (9), Maura O'Keefe (10), Megan Eckert (10) Girls' 12 & Under 100 SC Meter Freestyle Relay 1:15.70 1st      
Joe Pick (9), Andrew Joachim (12), Billy Fallon (11), Jack Gertie (10)                         
Boys' 12 & Under 100 SC Meter Freestyle Relay 1:04.17 2nd Julia Kudryashova (W18), Tim Sienko (M13), Jamie Riffel (W13), Will Beckett (M16) Mixed 13-18 200 SC Meter Freestyle Relay 1:52.62

 

Combined Team Rankings (Not official, just for fun):

1          Westfield

2          New Providence

3          Morris Township

4          Livingston

5          West Orange

6          Springfield

7          South Orange

8          Florham Park

9          West Caldwell

10        Madison

11        Berkeley Heights

12        Summit

13        Cedar Grove

14        Mountainside

15        Millburn

16        Verona

17      West Essex

18      East Hanover

19      Maplewood

 

Girls' Team Rankings

1       Westfield                             
2       New Providence                         
3       Morris Township                         
4       Livingston                             
5       West Caldwell                          
6       West Orange                            
7       Florham Park                           
8       South Orange                            
9       Cedar Grove                            
10      West Essex                              
11      Berkeley Heights                        
12      Verona                                  
13      Mountainside                           
14      Madison                                 
15      Springfield                             
16      Maplewood                              
17      Summit                                  
18      Millburn                                
19      East Hanover                            


Boys' Team Rankings

1       Westfield                            
2       New Providence                        
3       Livingston                            
4       Springfield                          
5       Madison                              
6       Morris Township                       
7       West Orange                          
8       Summit                                
9       Millburn                              
10      South Orange                          
11      East Hanover                          
12      Florham Park                          
13      West Caldwell                        
14      Berkeley Heights                      
15      Mountainside                          
16      Maplewood                             
17      Verona                                 
18      Cedar Grove                             
19      West Essex