Ramona Swim Team RST

Two weeks ago, most of us had our first long-course meet of the season! It was a great weekend for RST.

✨ Stand out Swims ✨

Austin Bahl and Stellan Gallagher had an exciting race in the 400 Freestyle, both swimming it for the first time side by side, within a second of each other, and earning the B qualifying time!

Addie Blake had an amazing 200 IM, winning her heat in the last 50 freestyle, out-touching her at the end!

Harrison Breen had a nice 100 Backstroke, achieving his highest overall placement in that event.

Finnlee Gallagher had her first Long Course 400 IM, placing 2nd overall in the event!

McCoy Gallagher had an awesome 50 Freestyle, going faster Long Course than his Short Course time, which is very rare!

Cora Gilliland had a great 50 Fly, going under the 1:00 barrier for the first time, Long Course.

Jack Johnson had an outstanding 100 Freestyle, pacing it super well!

Liam Kelsey had a great 50 Backstroke, earning 12th overall in the event!

Bristol Mooney had an awesome meet, earning 11th twice, 10th, and 9th overall in her events!

Hope had a great 50 Meter Fly, dropping 7 seconds from the last time she swam it Long Course!

Leo Pellecchia had a great 50 fly and 100 back, placing 3rd and 2nd, respectively.

Ryan Reifschneider had 2 great 50’s, both in the free and back!

Rylee Arnett swam the most this weekend, both in events and yardage, with 8 events spanning 850 meters.

Andromeda Atkins had a great 200 freestyle, earning 7th overall in the event!

Charlotte Atkins got new best times in both the 50 freestyle and Backstroke compared to her long-course times last year.

Isabella Atkins and Amelia Wilden had an awesome race in the 100 Breaststroke, finishing 1st and 2nd, respectively. This was also Isabella’s first AA qualifying time, as well as an AA and Far Western time for Amelia. Great job, girls!

Charlie Spivey Jones got all best times in every event, as well as her first A time in the 100 Meter Back!

We also had two new team records this meet:

Isabella Atkins in the Girls 10/U 50 Breaststroke: 47.69

Amelia Wilden in the Girls 10/U 100 Breaststroke: 1:39.96

✨ Well done to all our RST swimmers ✨

✨ We still have spots available in some of our summer classes ✨

Join Ramona Swim Team for some summer fun!

All classes will be held at the Ramona High School.

Please reach out to Dustin Walter with any questions, his contact details are on the flier.

You can sign up on the RST website - https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/sirst/page/lifeguard-class-

💥 We have some great classes on offer this summer 💥

Please visit our website https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/sirst/page/home to sign up.

Looking for some summer fun for your child? Join our Dive Class or our Water Polo class. Classes will be held at the Ramona High School

✨ Far Westerns Championships ✨


This weekend, we also had our first swimmer in over 8 years qualify and compete at the Far Westerns Championships. Amelia Wilden swam the 100 IM, 50 Free, and 100 Butterfly. She was able to drop time in the 100 Fly and final! Dropping time in your first major swim meet is very rare, so being able to drop time and make a final is a very impressive feat!
Huge Congratulations to Amelia for qualifying and making finals!

✨ FAST B/C All Ages Meet ✨

We had a great meet this weekend at Fallbrook, with many swimmers participating in events for the first time! Overall, another great performance for the team!

Stand Out Swims:

Rylee Arnett dropped about 2 seconds in the 50 Back and about 3 seconds in the 200 Back!

Charlotte Atkins dropped 2 seconds in the 100 Back, as well as having her first legal 25 Breast!

Isabella Atkins swam her first 500 Free, getting a BB qualifying time standard in the event!

Cora Gilliland got best times in 5 events with the biggest time drop in the meet at 30 seconds in the 200 Free!

Hendrix Huston dropped over a second in his 25 Free!

Jack Johnson dropped 8 seconds in his 50 Free!

Liam Kelsey dropped time in the 50 Free, being only 1 tenth of a second away from breaking the 30-second barrier! He also dropped about 11 seconds in his 100 IM!

Bristol Mooney swam both the 50 Fly and 50 Breast for the first time! She also dropped 6 seconds in the 50 Back!

Hope Palechek dropped 3 seconds in her 100 IM!

Overall tons of great new times and new best times, well done to all our RST athletes.

Signups for Summer swim lesson are now live!

✨ Talent in & out of the pool ✨
Congratulations to one of our bright young stars, Thomas Martin.
What an amazing opportunity for this young artist and for our community to recognize and support his talents in such a beautiful way.
Tommy, well done! We’re so proud of you, your achievements and how you represent our local community and RST.

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✨ AGE GROUPS CHAMPIONSHIPS ✨

We took a total of 11 swimmers this year, 7 of whom qualified for individual events! As a team, we scored just over 200 points, ranking us the 12th-best overall team in the county! A special shout-out to our girls’ team, which ranked 10th overall! When you compare us to other small teams, we rank about 4th, and our girls rank third! Even though most of the other small teams have around 100 swimmers, and we’re able to compete against them and even beat some large teams with a few hundred swimmers, that’s awesome! This is the most points our team has earned since well before I started swimming! The team has continued to improve competitively at an amazing rate!

~ Charlie Spivey-Jones: Dropped 4 seconds in the 100-yard back as well as a best time in all of her events!

~ Saylor Hardy: Qualified for finals in the 200 Freestyle, placing 15th overall!

~ Austin Bahl: Qualified for his first-ever final in the 50-yard backstroke, placing 11th overall!

~ Elliot Linsmeir: Qualified for his first-ever final on his birthday at his first-ever championship meet! Dropping 4 seconds and placing 14th overall in the 50 Breaststroke.

~ Isabella Atkins: Qualified for her first-ever finals in the 200 Freestyle, 100 Yard Breaststroke, and 50 Yard Breaststroke. Most notably, the 50 Yard breaststroke qualifying for a top 8 final and finishing 7th overall!

🩵 Continued in comments 🩵

This weekend, we finished our last swim meet of the winter season! We had a great showing with 60% of our swims being best times. Our goal is to have above 50% at every meet, so we accomplished that! We also got 5 new B Time Standards and 1 BB Time Standard.

Special Shoutouts:

Congratulations to Isabella and Austin for receiving new Age Group Championship Cuts! With these new cuts, about 25% of our active team has qualifying times for Age Group Championships! This is an awesome number, and at the rate our team is improving, I can only see it going up!

Hazel Watson completed her first swim meet this weekend and showed exceptional energy and effort. Good Job Hazel!

Noticable Time Drops:

Andromeda Atkins dropped about 2 seconds in the 50 Breastroke and received her first B time!

Isabella Atkins had the largest drop in the meet in her 100 Butterfly, dropping 20 seconds!

Austin Bahl dropped around 3 seconds in his 50 Backstroke, getting a BB time, and AGC cut!

Addie Blake dropped 10 seconds in the 200 IM!

Leo Pellecchia dropped 10 seconds in the 100 Freestyle!

Charlie Sprivey-Jones dropped 15 seconds in the 200 IM!

Great job to all our athletes this weekend ✨