Alto Swimmers Shine at the Valentine’s Classic Meet

What an incredible weekend at the Alto Valentine’s Classic Meet! Alto swimmers delivered an outstanding performance, achieving an amazing 1,178 best times over the three-day competition.

The meet brought remarkable milestones for Alto Swim Club, including 6 new National AAAA cuts and above, 11 new National AAA cuts and above, 25 new National AA cuts and above, 55 new National A cuts and above, and 46 new National BB cuts and above.

Alto swimmers also reached major championship standards, earning 3 new Sectional qualifying times, 21 new Far Western qualifying times, and 34 new Spring Age Group Championship qualifying times. Even more impressive, 38 Alto swimmers achieved 100% best times across all their events!

Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches for an extraordinary weekend of hard work, determination, and success. We are so proud of this team!

New Alto Team Records!

10 & U Boys 200 Yard Individual Medley - 2:23.09 
Ethan Locke

New Sectional Qualifying Times
Mina Averyaskin 200 Breast
Yu-Sen Lo 200 Fly
Sebastian Lin 200 Fly

New Far Westerns Championship Qualifying Times
Mina Averyaskin 50 Fly
Sophia Berry 200 Back, 200 Breast
Martin Decotigny 100 Back
Daniel Deng 50 Fly
Andrew Gafton 1650 Free
Aaron Kuusela 100 Free, 200 IM
Nicholas Liu 500 Free
Jamie Pan 100 Free
Ryan Rim 1000 Free
Ian Sun 200 Fly
Mina Taylor 200 Back
Ethan Wang 200 IM
Alison Wu 200 Back
Coco Xie 1000 Free
Jingquan Zhou 500 Free
Sammuel Zhou 500 Free
Daoqi Zhu 1000 Free
Yangyue Zhu 1650 Free, 100 Back

New Spring Age Group Championship Qualifying Times
Sophia Berry 1000 Free
Justin Chaney 200 IM
Martin Decotigny 100 Back
Emma Gafton 200 IM
Elliott Gu 1650 Free
Sebastian Guevara 50 Back, 200 Back
Vanya Gupta 200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 IM
Emily He 200 IM
Ishaan Karunanayake 100 Free, 200 IM
Aaron Kuusela 200 Free, 200 IM
William Lao 50 Breast
Carlos Li 50 Back
Lucas Liu 200 Fly
Ahmet Okyay 100 Fly
Jamie Pan 200 Free, 500 Free, 100 Fly
Samika Shenoy 400 IM
Logan Shin 400 IM
Alyssa Tao 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly
Mina Taylor 200 Free, 200 Fly
Shain Teh 200 Back
Alison Wu 400 IM
Anita Yang 200 Fly
Jason Ye 100 Back
Patrick Young 200 Back

Laura Mitchell