Daniel Island Flying Fish Finish Swim Season Strong

***image1***The Daniel Island Flying Fish, the island-wide swim team for children aged 5-18, finished their season with an improved performance at the City Meet, placing 23 out of 27 with 389.5 points, a very respectable finish for its second year of competition.

Last year, in its first season, the team placed 23 with 306 points.

The team competes in the Carolina Coastal Athletic Association league. The City Meet is a three-day meet involving 27 teams and thousands of swimmers from throughout the lowcountry.

In addition to competing well as a team, several team members put in great individual and relay performances at the City Meet, earning ribbons. For individual events, Daniel Island’s top swimmers included Kurt Steiby (8th place 8U breaststroke and 5th place 8U butterfly), Carly Detar (8th place 10U breaststroke) and Ben Detar (4th place 12U freestyle)

The 8U boys free relay took the sixth place ribbon. The team consisted  Jake Adams, Jack Detar, Lawson Freeman and Kurt Stieby.

The 8U mixed medley relay team of Kurt Stieby, Lawson Freeman, Jordyn O’Malley and Madison Santi took seventh place.

Assistant coach and senior swimmer Nate Johnson was awarded a scholarship from the league to cover some of his costs at The College of Charleston.

Those participating on this year’s team include:

8 and Under Boys: Noah Steyer, JJ Odel, Brady Dumont, Brendan Silver, Caleb Ethridge, Clay Daniell, Cal Schaafsma, Cal Deas, Christian Drummond, Joseph Garvey, Cole Powell, Timothy Christie, Collin Conroy, Luke Daniell, Jackson Detar, Dominick Schettini, Lawson Freeman, Jake Adams, Bradely Bostwick, Jack Conroy, Lawson Freeman, Matthew Guthrie, Sam Lawrence, Kurt Stieby, Justin O’Grady, Mason Schilling, Christopher Theos.

8 and Under Girls: Hayley Merrill, Anna Ryan, Kennedy Jordahl, Hannah Glass, Drew Bobey, Gwen Conway, Hannah Kate Albach, Chloe Gray, Riley Hollar, Hanna Burns, Kelsey Stieby, Olivia Kinsinger, Emma Lawrence, Tory Leigh, Elizabeth Ouzts, Ashely Grace Putnam, Summer Ricciardi, Madison Santi, Jensy Geilfuss, Jenna Vroman, Ashley Burns, Victoria Christie, Blake Ethridge, Bridgett Hicks, Katie Ryan, Savannah Leigh, Delenay Merrill, Asa Perryman, Elle Petyak, Hayley Perryman, Madeline Conway, Anna Geilfuss, Kirby Glass, Madison Hollar, Cladia Gray, Jordan O’Malley, Martha Wilde.

10 and Under Boys: Drew Daniell, Andrew Johnstone, Joshua Glass, Zackary Hooper, Bobby Kalman, Eric Putnam, Doug Stieby, Ben Guthrie, JD Cook.

10 and Under Girls: Bailey Cook, Abbey Fesler, Aleisha Gould, Callie Mathias, Logan Williams, Emily Zink, Colleen Cooper, Carly Detar, Bailey Ethridge, Chloe Kenlenbeck, Lauren McManus, Cora Petyak, Emma Schaafsma     .

12 and Under Boys: Ben Detar, Brian Gray, Jake Gregory, Ben Wilde, Carl Geilfuss, Zach King.

12 and Under Girls: Collin Deas, Anna Mathis, Julie O’Grady, Gamble Augsta Ouzts, Katie Parnell, Natasha Schettini, Tayler Schilling, Nicole Cooper.

14 and Under Boys: Bo Deas.

14 and Under Girls: Maddy Gregory, Emily Johnston, Jessica Bernacchi, Sami Fesler.

18 and Under Boys: Nate Johnstone

18 and Under Girls: Lisa Hughes, Holly Drake.

Daniel Island Publishing

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Unit 108
Daniel Island, SC 29492 

Office Number: 843-856-1999
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