Intrasquad Central – Darien YMCA

2021-22

Intrasquad meets are held just about every month during short season when the Piranhas do not have a full meet schedule to prevent one being scheduled. These fun meets have something for everyone – first time competitors or seasoned veterans of the team. The meets are held at the Y pool, are of short duration, and are a good introduction to meets for newer swimmers.

In 2021-22 so far, we are planning four intrasquad meets, one each in Oct, Dec, Jan and Feb. Spring/summer Intrasqauds are also being planned, perhaps in May and June.

Intrasquad meets are open to 13/under Piranhas and Short Season swimmers only.

PRIOR YEARS’ COMPETITION

The Piranha Blue vs Yellow Meets is an annual series of Intrasquad meets swum throughout the Short Course season. These meets are open to all 13/under Piranhas and all House swimmers. The basic premise of the series is coaches choose up Teams, Blue and Yellow, and the two Teams compete throughout the season. The points each Team earns at each meet are tallied and at the end of the year Banquet the Team with the most points is awarded the “Blue v Yellow” Cup as Team Champion for the year. These meets are a fun way to get the kids racing and learning about meet etiquette and after most meets both Teams celebrate with a pizza party.

Past Series Champions

2015 Champion – Blue Team

2016 Champion – Yellow Team

2017 Champion – Yellow Team

2018 Champion – Yellow Team

2019 Champion – Blue Team

2020 Champion – Yellow Team

2021-22 Intrasquad Series

Intrasquad #1, 10/20/2021
Results are posted on the Meet Schedule page.

2020-21 Intrasquad Series

Intrasquad #4, 5/5/2021
Results are posted on the Meet Schedule page.

Intrasquad #3, 3/10/2021
The last meet of the Winter season was a fun, fast meet and a great way to put a capper on the Winter season. I want to thank all the parents and swimmers for their patience and perseverance this season. I have never been through anything like this and I hope it never happens again. Through it all, I am proud of the kids and thankful for a great group of parents and coaches.
Results are posted on the Meet Schedule page.

Intrasquad #2, 2/10/2021
The first racing of 2021 came in the form of an old school Piranha Intrasquad Meet. After an 8 week layoff from racing, the kids did a great job and showed great enthusiasm and effort. Thanks once again to all the parents, swimmers and coaches for your patience and following all the protocols to make this meet happen. Thanks to my coaches for their tireless work keeping the kids safe and the Team running.
Full Results
Individual Results.

Intrasquad #1, 11/2/2020
Although it wasn’t the typical Piranha Blue v Yellow meet, the Piranhas got back to racing this past week with a more traditional good old fashion Intasquad Meet. The kids knocked off some of the rust and got back to racing and enjoying the meet atmosphere. Thanks to all the parents and swimmers for your patience and following all the protocols to make this meet happen. Thanks to my coaches for their tireless work keeping the kids safe and the Team running.
Full Meet Results
Individual Results.

2019-20 Intrasquad Series

Intrasquad #4, Yellow takes down Blue in decisive fashion, 232-202!
The Meet of Champions, the last installment of the Piranha Blue v Yellow Intrasquad Series between these two battle tested Teams, looked to be a close hard fought affair and neither Team disappointed! Both Teams fought valiantly the entire meet as Yellow would vault into the lead only to have Blue fight back each time. The day started out like any other. Kids went to school, the early signs of spring were in the air and the Piranhas were hosting an Intrasqaud. It was normal until Yellow raced out to huge lead by event 9 leading by 23 point!! The meet looked to be a blowout, a “cake-walk”, but Blue who won the last Intrasquad by a scant 2 points was not about to give up that easily and by event 15 had pulled to within 2 points of Yellow. This did nothing but wake the sleeping bear and the Yellow Team laid down the hammer two event later and pull ahead by double digits once again. Oh, this would have demoralized lesser Teams, but on this night Blue was not going down without a fight as they relied heavily on the swims of their 12/under girls to keep them in the meet and once again it was a 2 point meet by event 22! But as you can probably guess by the way the night was going that Yellow was not about to give up the lead they held from the first event and once again they jumped ahead by over 20 points by event 27. This looked to finally finish the Blue Team as the day turned to night but Brittany rallied her Team and once again from the jaws of defeat the Blue Team found life and clawed their way back a mere 3 events later to make it a 1 point meet!! But alas, it was not to be no fairy tail ending this night as Blue simply ran out of 13/overs and could only field one swimmer in the final two events. Liz’s Yellow Team dominated those events punishing the Blue team with a 1-2-3 finish in both putting an end to Blue hopes this evening. It was a great meet and everyone was awesome!! Thanks to all the swimmers and parents for making the last meet of the season a great event!! YOU ROCK!! #ONETEAM

FULL RESULTS
BLUE RESULTS
YELLOW RESULTS

Intrasquad #3, 147-145 Win for the Blue Team!!!
What a close meet!! The second to last Intrasquad meet of the season game down to a mere 2 point differential with Blue squeaking out the victory! Yellow jumped out to an early lead with their dominance in the relay events. Blue fought back and gained ground on the backs of their 9-10 boys and girls sweep of the 50 breaststroke late in the meet. Yellow seemed to solidify the win with a 1-2-3 finish in the 11/12 girls 50 breaststroke but Blue took first in the last two events, the grueling 100 IM, to snatch the victory by 2 point!!! Thanks to all the parents, kids and coaches for making the Intrasquad Series so much fun and a great, positive experience for everyone!
Full Results
Blue Results
Yellow Results

Intrasquad #2, Yellow by a score of 177.5 – 143.50
Great job Piranhas and House. Thanks to all the parent and swimmer volunteers!!
BLUE RESULTS
YELLOW RESULTS
FULL MEET RESULTS

Intrasquad #1, Blue takes first Intrasquad Meet 183-135!!
The Blue Team has picked up from where they left off the 2018-19 season with a big win over Yellow in the first Intrasquad of 2019-20. It was a hard fought battle, but Blue pulled away in the back half of the meet to secure the victory. Overall both Teams did a great job. It truly was an awesome way to start the meet season!! The cheering was awesome, the spectators were awesome, the volunteers were awesome and most of all, the swimmers were awesome and everyone had a blast! Thanks to everyone for making the first Blue v Yellow Intrasquad a HUGE success!! Full Meet results are posted on-line and on the bulletin board. Team results and ribbons coming soon.
YELLOW MEET RESULTS
BLUE MEET RESULTS
FULL MEET RESULTS

2018-19 Intrasquad Series

Season High Point
Girls Champion – Selen Yasenliel, Runner-up – Pauline Hausmen
Boys Champion Tie Michael Frankowski and Oskar Sulkowski

Meet of Champions, Blue 241-139
Blue Results
Yellow Results
Full Results

Intrasquad #3 Blue 184 – Yellow 144
On Wednesday, January 23rd, 87 Piranha Swim Team and House swimmers competed in the third installment of the 2018-19 Blue v Yellow Intrasquad meet. This meet included a Freestyle relay, as well as Freestyle, Breaststroke and IM individual events. No sooner did the first event go off before the excitement started!! The cheering was the loudest ever heard at an intrasquad meet for several closely contested Freestyle Relay races! After many exciting swims, it was the Blue team on top with a solid 184 -144 victory. Once again a fun night of racing that ended in the kids devouring a few dozen pizzas!

Top 3 in each event are as follows:
8 & Under 25 yd. Free:
Boys – 1^st Tolga Yasanliel, 2^nd Nikolas Vasilko, 3^rd Chip Moles.
Girls – 1^st Kylie Langeveld, 2^nd Jaden Sutter, 3^rd Jasmine Su.
9 & 10 50 yd. Free:
Boys – 1^st Oskar Sulkowski, 2^nd Colby Comfort, 3^rd Harvey Pena.
Girls – 1^st Maria Gardner, 2^nd Rory Parr, 3^rd Heili Jalakas.
11 & 12 50 yd. Free:
Boys – 1^st Michael Frankowski, 2^nd Maks Shemiako, 3^rd Mateusz Zalewski.
Girls – 1^st Emerson Langeveld, 2^nd Selen Yasanliel, 3^rd Keriana Velazquez.
13 & Over 50 yd. Free:
Boys – 1^st Egor Vasilyev, 2^nd Annibal Parra.
Girls – 1^st Pauline Hausman, 2^nd Lila Gianukakis, 3^rd Tishan Wu.
8 & Under 25 yd. Breast:
Boys – 1^st Nikolas Vasilko, 2^nd Tolga Yasanliel, 3^rd Jashan Wu.
Girls – 1^st Zofia Zalewski, 2^nd Jasmine Su, 3^rd Jaden Sutter.
9 & 10 50 yd. Breast:
Boys – 1^st Oskar Sulkowski, 2^nd Brandon Yao, 3^rd Roman Gagliardi.
Girls – 1^st Jamie Spataro, 2^nd Heili Jalakas, 3^rd Maria Gardner.
11 & 12 50 yd. Breast:
Boys – 1^st Felix Absolonne, 2^nd Mateusz Zalewski, 3^rd Nick Lucas.
Girls – 1^st Salma Thomas, 2^nd Selen Yasanliel, 3^rd Daphne Konstantinis.
11 & Over 100 yd. IM:
Boys – 1^st Michael Frankowski, 2^nd Felix Absolonne, 3^rd Anibal Parra.
Girls – 1^st Salma Thomas, 2^nd Emerson Langeveld, 3^rd Yashika Sharma.

10 & under 100 Freestyle Relay:
Boys – 1^st Yellow Team – Oskar Sulkowski, David Ritchie, Scott Luecke, Cosimo DeSantis.
Girls – 1^st Blue Team – Jamie Spataro, Heili Jalakas, Caroline Morrison, Zofia Zalewski.
11 & Over 200 Freestyle Relay:
Boys – 1^st Blue Team – Mateusz Zalewski, Egor Vasilyev, August Chickles, Michael Frankowski.
Girls – 1^st Blue Team – Selen Yasanliel, Emerson Langeveld, Daphne Konstantinis, Pauline Hausman.

Congratulations to all House and Piranha swimmers who competed. Thank you to the parents who volunteered at the meet and pizza party!
Blue results
Yellow Results
Full Results

Intrasquad #2 Blue 187 – Yellow 110!

On Wednesday, December 12th, the Piranhas hosted the second Blue vs. Yellow Intrasquad meet with 89 swimmers competing in butterfly and backstroke events, as well as a 100-yard breaststroke relay. This meet, open to all 13 & under Piranha swimmers and House Swim team members, had a great turnout of both swimmers and parents, and both teams raced hard for their team and for their parents in the crowd. After the water settled the Blue team won in convincing fashion 187-110. Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed.

100 Yard Breast Relay winners
Girls 11 & Over: Yellow team of Salma Thomas, Yashika Sharma, Lila Gianukakis, Isabelle Parr.
Boys 11 & Over: Blue team of Michael Frankowski, Mateusz Zalewski, Egor Vasilyev, and Neil Chaudhari.
Girls 10 & Under: Blue team of Selen Yasanliel, Rian Moran, Zofia Zalewski, and Jamie Spataro.
Boys 10 & Under: Blue team of Colby Comfort, Brandon Yao, Ethan Lublin, and Harvey Pena.
Event winners
50 Fly: Lila Gianukakis, Egor Vasilyev, Rian Moran, Maks Shemiako, Salma Thomas and Michael Frankowski.
25 Fly: Kylie Langeveld, and Tolga Yasanliel.
50 Backstroke: Lila Gianukakis, Egor Vasilyev, Salma Thomas, Michael Frankowski, Selen Yasanliel and Oscar Sulkowski.
25 Backstroke: Ellen Zuckerbrod and Tolga Yasanliel.
Finally, thank you to all of the parents & older swimmers who timed, helped at the meet and at the following pizza party.

Intrasquad #2 – Blue 187 – Yellow 110!
On Wednesday, December 12th, the Piranhas hosted the second Blue vs. Yellow Intrasquad meet with 89 swimmers competing in butterfly and backstroke events, as well as a 100-yard breaststroke relay. This meet, open to all 13 & under Piranha swimmers and House Swim team members, had a great turnout of both swimmers and parents, and both teams raced hard for their team and for their parents in the crowd. After the water settled the Blue team won in convincing fashion 187-110. Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed.

Intrasquad #1 – Blue take first Intrasquad of the 2018-19 in decisive fashion!
Blue 198 – Yellow 66
Hope everyone enjoyed the first Intrasquad of the season. Results are being double checked and processed and will be posted soon. Thanks to all the parent volunteers who helped time and serve pizza!
Full Results
Blue Results
Yellow Results

2017-18 Intrasquad Series

Blue and Yellow Team Rosters

All meet results can be found on the meet schedule page

Blue wins their first Intrasqaud of the Season!
What a great way to finish the short course season!! After the water settled, the Blue Team emerged victorious by 41 points, 226-185!
Winning Relay Teams: Blue, and Maks Shemiako, Brendan McCarthy, Scott Luecke and Brandon Yao, also on the Blue team. Girls/Boys 11 & Over 200 yd Free Relay: Salma Thomas, Maryan Guzman, Brianna Zhang and Ariana Milewski on Blue, and Michael Frankowski, Denis Proskuryakov, Alex Crawley and Neil Chaudhari representing Yellow.
Top 3 individual event finishers: 8 & Under 25yd Back: Girls 1^st Heili Jalakas, 2^nd Caroline Morrison and 3^rd Sofia Bambina; Boys 1^st Luke Gallagher and 2^nd George Tiagi. 9-10 50yd Back: Girls 1^st Sophie du Pont, 2^nd Penny Vanovitch and 3^rd Elizabeth Veeder; Boys 1^st Oskar Sulkowski, 2^nd Maks Shemiako and 3^rd Harvey Pena. 11 & 12 50 yd Back: Girls 1^st Ariana Milewski, 2^nd Brianna Zhang and 3^rd Jojo Olmstead; Boys 1^st Nicolas Kopczewski, 2^nd William Moles and 3^rd Neil Chaudhari. Girls 13 & Over 50 yd Back: 1^st Tishan Wu and 2^nd Francisca Vivanco. 8 & Under 25 yd Breaststroke: Girls 1^st Jasmine Su, 2^nd Maria Gardner and 3^rd Zofia Zalewski; Boys 1^st Scott Luecke, 2^nd Johnathan Veeder and 3^rd Jashan Wu. 9 & 10 50 yd Breaststroke: Girls 1^st Selen Yasanliel, 2^nd Brenna Agarabi and 3^rd Elle Schaller; Boys 1^st Oskar Sulkowski and 2^nd Brandon Yao. 11 & 12 50 yd. Breaststroke: Girls 1^st Brianna Zhang, 2^nd Salma Thomas and 3^rd Erin Luecke; Boys 1^st Michael Frankowski and 2^nd Mateusz Zalewski. Girls 13 & Over 50 yd Breaststroke: 1^st Katie Pombar and 2^nd Tishan Wu. 8 & Under 25 yd Butterfly: Girls 1^st Leanna Li, 2^nd Kylie Langeveld and 3^rd Maria Gardner; Boys 1^st Colby Comfort, 2^nd Scott Luecke and 3^rd George Tiagi. Girls 9 & 10 50 yd Fly: 1^st Emerson Langeveld, 2^nd Yashika Sharma and 3^rd Brenna Agarabi. 11 & 12 50 yd Fly: Girls 1^st Maryan Guzman, 2^nd Denisse Salazar and 3^rd Joanna Kieran-Mendez; Boys 1^st Denis Proskuryakov. 25 yd Free: Girls 1^st Jaden Sutter, 2^nd Kylie Langeveld and 3^rd Caroline Morrison; Boys 1^st Colby Comfort, 2^nd Luke Gallagher and 3^rd Jonathan Veeder. 9 & 10 50 yd Free: Girls 1st Emerson Langeveld, 2^nd Yashika Sharma and 3^rd Selen Yasanliel; Boys 1^st Maks Shemiako, 2^nd Harvey Pena and 3^rd Brandon Yao. 11 & 12 50 yd Free: Girls 1^st Maryan Guzman, 2^nd Ariana Milewski and 3^rd Joanna Kieran-Mendez; Boys 1^st Michael Frankowski, 2^nd Nicolas Kopczewski and 3^rd Denis Proskuryakov. Girls 13 & Over 50 yd Free: 1^st Katie Pombar and 2^nd Francisca Vivanco. Thanks to all the swimmers, volunteers and parents for making the 2017-18 season an enjoyable and fruitful season!Intrasquad #3: Yellow wins again, 167-156

Intrasquad #3: Yellow wins again, 167-156
Note from Henk: I must say it has been a little while since I have been in the “trenches” at an Intrasquad Meet. Wow, you do earn your keep at these meets 🙂 I didn’t get splits, I didn’t worry about time but I did get to see some great racing, great enthusiasm and had a blast!! It was a fun and cool experience. Heat winner prizes are on order so we will get those prizes to those kids who did not get theirs at the meet. Lastly, thanks to all the kids and parents who helped with the meet and pizza party.

98 Piranha and House swimmers competed in the Blue vs Yellow Intra-squad meet #3. This meet included a Freestyle relay, as well as Free, Breaststroke and IM races. After some exciting swimming, the Yellow team came out on top in a close one, 167 -156!
The Piranha swimmers have since been back in the pool working on perfecting stroke technique and training through some challenging sets. One aspect the coaches have been emphasizing this season is having fast transition turns in the IM races. Transition turns are fly to back, back to breast, and breast to free turns a swimmer must utilize while swimming an individual medley race.
Event winners are as follows: Penny Vanovitch took first place in 25 Free. Colby Comfort placed first in 25 Free and 25 Breast. Michael Frankowski placed first in both 50 Free and 50 Breast. Emerson Langeveld placed first in 50 Free. Sebastian Raz-Guzman placed first in 50 Free and 50 Breast. Lily Voigt placed first in 50 Free. Denis Proskuryakov placed first in 100 Free and 100 I.M. Maryan Guzman placed first in 100 IM and 100 Free. Maria Gardner placed first in 25 Breast. Salma Thomas placed first in 50 Breast. Brianna Zhang placed first in 50 Breast.
Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed, and a big thank you to the parents who helped with the meet and the pizza party!

Yellow takes another one from Blue 153-120 at Intrasquad #2
95 Piranha swimmers competed in the Blue-Yellow Intrasquad meet #2 on Dec 13th. This edition included a breaststroke relay, as well as butterfly and backstroke races. After some great races and excellent swimming, it was the Yellow team that came out ahead, 155 -118! One big focus point the coaches have been working on with the swimmers this season is shimmers. Shimmers are fast, tight, fly kicks, utilized in streamline position when the swimmers are underwater on starts and turns (used in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly races). The Coaches were excited to see shimmers on full display in both the butterfly and backstroke events.
Event winners are as follows: Colby Comfort won both 25 Fly and 25 Back. Michael Frankowski won both 50 Fly and 50 Back. Maryan Guzman won both 50 Fly and 50 Back. Emerson Langeveld took first in 50 Fly and 50 Back. Claire Moore was first in 50 Fly and 50 Back. Sebastian Raz-Guzman won first in both 50 Fly and 50 Back. Carolina Raz-Guzman won first in 25 Fly. Penny Vanovitch took first place in 25 Back.
We are grateful to the parents who helped with timing and the pizza party.
Blue Results
Yellow Results
Full Results

Yellow takes down Blue 157-116 at Intrasquad #1
On Wednesday, November 8^th, 2017 the Darien Piranhas Swim team hosted the first Blue vs. Yellow Intra-squad meet of the season. This is a meet where the Piranha Swim Team and House swimmers divided into two Teams, Blue and Yellow, and a series of meets are swum throughout the season. The overall accumulated points from each meet will be tallied and a season Team Champion will be crowned at the banquet. This meet is open to all 13/under Piranha swimmers and all House Swim team members.

At the first installment of the B v Y Intrasquad meet, 96 swimmers, YES 96 SWIMMERS competed in freestyle and breaststroke events, as well as a 100 yard sprint freestyle relay! It was great turnout for both swimmers and parents as the pool was packed and parents were spilling out in to the lobby! This made for a very exciting and enthusiastic event and the swimmers did not disappoint!

Both Yellow and Blue Teams brought their best efforts and raced with heart and passion. Halfway through the meet it was close, a mere 3 points separated the Teams. Then on the backs of their 8/unders, the Yellow Team started to pull away. After the final swimmer had touched the wall and clock had stopped for the final time, the Yellow team came out on top, 157-116! The Blue team will attempt to even up the series at the next Intra-squad meet in December!

Relay Event Winners: Girls 11 & Over-Yellow team of Helen Zhou, Denisse Salazar, Emily Kalvaitis, and Mia Langeveld. Boys 11 & Over-Blue team of Felix Absolonne, Connor Lane, William Moles, and Sebastian Raz-Guzman. Girls 10 & Under-Blue team of Salma Thomas, Sophie du Pont, Sofia Schimmeck, and Elizabeth Parent. Boys 10 & Under-Yellow team of Oskar Sulkowski, Michael Frankowski, Scott Luecke, and Colby Comfort.

Individual Event winners: 50 Freestyle-Nora Ashrifeh, Emerson Langeveld, Michael Frankowski, Emily Kalvaitis, and Christian Davidson. 25 Freestyle-Penny Vanovitch and Colby Comfort. 50 Breaststroke-Nora Ashrifeh, Salma Thomas, Michael Frankowski, Emily Kalvaitis, and Sebastian Raz-Guzman. 25 Breaststroke-Scott Luecke, and Jamie Spataro.

After the meet all the swimmers were treated to a great Pizza Party where the kids proceeded to down 30 large pizzas and one small! Big thanks to all of the parents, and Senior and Junior swimmers who volunteered with the organization and running of the meet and party. Couldn’t do it without you.