Great news from our small team! The Sea Demons celebrated our first victory last night (against Bradley) since restarting last fall. 

Swimmers of the meet are: Stephanie C., Hannah V., and Aki S. Stephanie's work ethic and focus has been tremendous in practice and it was definitely shown at the meet last night. Swimming lifetime bests in the 50 free and 50 back! 

This was Hannah's second meet after joining the team late in the season, and she dropped 9 seconds on her 50 free! This was after facing her fears about even competing in meets! 

Last night was Aki's last meet competing with us, because his exchange program is coming to an end, and he is going back to Japan next week. He finished his American swimming career strong with great swims in the 100 free and 100 breast. We celebrated his time with us after the meet with cake brought by some amazing parents. You will be missed, Aki.

Beatriz, Julio, and Cynthia all had amazing swims while trying new events at our tri meet against Oak Forest Swim Association and Greater Illinois Swimmers. 

Not only did Beatriz, 15, swim great in her relays, she also had awesome swims in her 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke. However, what was really impressive was her first ever 200 IM! She started out the season not knowing how to swim butterfly.

Julio, 16, is always helpful and supportive during swim meets, and he exemplifies what it means to be a tough swimmer by volunteering to swim both his first 200 IM as well as his first 200 butterfly, 

Cynthia, 14, was amazing during all of her relays and she also swam (and had a great race) her first ever 100 butterfly, in addition to her usual events. All three of the swimmers of the meet show exactly the benefits of hard work and a great attitude.

The Sea Demons had a GREAT meet against Oak Lawn tonight! Swimmers of the meet are all the 8 and unders (Gali, Virginia, and Amanda), Chuy, and the 15-18 boys free relay (Gavin, Tyler, Aki, and Miguel). 

Gali, 7, did a great Job swimming up in the 11-12 girls medley relay and also dropped almost 7 seconds in her 50 free! Gali and Amanda also swam their first ever 25 fly in a meet. Amanda dropped 1 second in her 25 back and Virginia dropped 2 seconds! 

Chuy also had a great meet, dropping an incredible 14 seconds on his 100 fly! 

The 15-18 boys 200 free relay not only won, but dropped 12 seconds from their previous best time. Way to go Gavin, Tyler, Aki, and Miguel!

Keep up the good work Sea Demons!