Welcome to Seal-ebrities! Our kids and parents are the best, in and out of the pool, and we want all the Seals to know about it. The Seal-ebrities page will be for congratulations to our swimmers. If you see or hear about a Seal who should be applauded for an honor at school or in the community or on the soccer field or maybe even in the POOL, then send an email to sealebrities@summityseals.org with a link or note telling us where the information can be found. We will post it here!
Congratulations to Jason Riddell! Jason was chosen by Swimming World Magazine to take part in its internship program that will take place during the Berkeley Aquatics Long Course Invitational, to be held at Rutgers University on Januray 9-11, 2009. Jason will be interviewing swimmers over the course of the competition, with the interviews to be written up and published in Swimming World Magazine. The Seals are proud of you, Jason, and look forward to reading your work!
Kirby Voigtman is a Seal-ebrity! Kirby was the Summit High School 10th grade winner of the American Mathematics Competition, which took place at SHS on February 12. 67 SHS students took part in the competition, which was sponsored by 16 professional societies and which drew participation from 5,000 schools across the US. Congratulations to Kirby! Great job!
Alex Ingerman is a Seal-ebrity! Alex won the 5th and 6th grade division of the New Jersey Regional S.I.T.E. (Student Inventions Through Education) competition, held at the Rutgers University Eco-Complex in Bordentown, NJ. Alex was awarded 1st place by a panel of judges for his "Not a Knot" invention--a device that can be attached to any MP3 case, allowing users to keep their earbud cords neat and tidy. Now, that's something EVERY swimmer can use at meets! Great job Alex!
Tasha Kewalramani is a Seal-ebrity! Congratulations to Tasha and the rest of the Summit Middle School Girls basketball team on their undefeated season! As published in the Independent Press: "The 2007-2008 Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School Girls Basketball Team finished its season undefeted with a 15-0 record. In the first two games of the year, the girls avenged their only two losses from the previous year, to Middlesex and Roxbury, by a combined score of 95-51. The SMS team averaged 45 points per game, surrendering an average 18 points per game. The team's margin of victory was 27 points per game. Their hard work and determination paid off in the second to last game of the season, when the team overcame a 17-4 first quarter deficit to go on and win 53-43 against Montclair Kimberly Academy." Way to show your stuff both in AND out of the pool!
Congratulations to Carey Fries!
Carey set a Summit High School swim team record in the 200 Freestyle during their meet on December 4 against Parsippany Hills, breaking the old record of 2:02.90 that had previously stood for 18 years! Great job, Carey! The Seals are very proud of you!