PAY Swim Team News 3-30-2025 - 2025 PA YMCA STATES FULL RECAP

Last weekend, PAY sent over 30 swimmers to the PA YMCA State Championships held at West Virginia University!

Audrey Abazi, Carys Adair, Tara Bice, Cece Bryant, Collin Byrne, Ivy Carey, Nicholas Ciminera, Michelle Figueroa, Emily Gaskins, Kira Haebler, Clayton Heinzmann, Chase Hungarter, Max Kan, Ashley Kane, Ella Kozak, Ellen Le, Mila Mazzoni, Kylie McGuire, Shreya Modi, James Olenoski, Michael Ren, Lane Shearer, Mara Shearer, Micah Smith, Sanjh Sood, Sam Verderame, Ryan Whitlock, Miranda Yuan, Liv Zhang, Nicholas Zinn

Highlights:

Both our girls teams and boys teams had full meet performances that finished in the top 10 in the state of Pennsylvania for YMCA Swimming.

Our girls finished 9th and our boys finished 10th.

For the combined team score, PAY finished 7TH OVERALL out of over 70 YMCA swim teams across PA.

Individual Top 8 Podium Finishes:

Cece Bryant - 200 Back

Clayton Heinzmann - 400 IM

Chase Hungarter - 50 Back (BRONZE), 100 IM (GOLD), 200 Back, 100 Fly, 50 Fly, 100 Back

Ella Kozak - 50 Free, 100 Fly (BRONZE), 100 Free

Ellen Le - 200 Fly (SILVER), 100 IM, 200 Free (GOLD) 200 IM, 500 Free (GOLD)

Mila Mazzoni - 1650 Free

Sanjh Sood - 50 Back, 100 Back

Mara Shearer - 100 Breast, 50 Breast, 200 Breast

Sam Verderame - 100 Fly

Ryan Whitlock - 200 Fly, 50 Free, 200 Free (GOLD), 200 Back, 500 Free (GOLD), 100 Free

Nick Zinn - 1650 Free

Every PAY Relay Finished in the Top 10!:

10 & Under Girls:

200 Medley Relay (Sanjh Sood, Miranda Yuan, Audrey Abazi, Liv Zhang)

200 Free Relay (Sanjh Sood, Liv Zhang, Audrey Abazi, Miranda Yuan)

10 & Under Boys:

200 Medley Relay (Micah Smith, Michael Ren, Sam Verderame, Lane Shearer)

200 Free Relay (Micah Smith, Lane Shearer, Max Kan, Sam Verderame)

11-12 Girls: 

400 Free Relay (Ellen Le, Ella Kozak, Shreya Modi, Ashley Kane) (BRONZE) (NEW TEAM RECORD!!)

200 Medley Relay (Shreya Modi, Mara Shearer, Shreya Modi, Ellen Le) (BRONZE)

200 Free Relay (Ella Kozak, Mara Shearer, Shreya Modi, Ellen Le) (BRONZE)

11-12 Boys:

400 Free Relay (Chase Hungarter, Ryan Whitlock, Nicholas Ciminera, James Olenoski)

200 Medley Relay (Ryan Whitlock, Chase Hungarter, James Olenoski, Nicholas Ciminera)

200 Free Relay (Chase Hungarter, Ryan Whitlock, Nicholas Ciminera, James Olenoski) (BRONZE)

13-14 Girls:

400 Free Relay (Michelle Figueroa, Kylie McGuire, Kira Haebler, Cece Bryant)

200 Medley Relay (Kira Haebler, Cece Bryant, Michelle Figueroa, Tara Bice)

200 Free Relay (Michelle Figueroa, Cece Bryant, Kira Haebler, Tara Bice)

We are now in the homestretch of our championship meet season. We have 14 and Under swimmers competing at the Eastern Zone Age Group Champs Meet in Webster, New York starting this Wednesday; and our YMCA National qualifiers competing at the YMCA Short Course National meet in Greensboro, North Carolina starting this Monday. 

Stay tuned for more news of our incredible set of swimmers at these end of season championship meets.

GO PAY!