It was fun but a little bittersweet.
Those were sensations felt by head coach Brian Gallagher and 21 SV5B/YMCA swimmers during the fourth annual Summer Heat Meet Invitational July 10-12 at the Twin Falls YMCA pool.
Sun Valley swimmers realized great success at Twin, but they also acknowledged it was the last meet on the team for graduating seniors Rachel McGinnis and Megan Hayes.
Both young women swam strong races. McGinnis placed first in 50 fly, 50 free, 200 back, 100 back and 200 free. Hayes placed second in 200 back, 100 free and 100 back. Both qualified to participate in the 2009 USA Swimming/Speedo Champions Series July 21-25 hosted by Mt. Hood Aquatics.
Other notable SV5B/YMCA results: Forrest Davis placed first in six events in Boys' 13-14; Kaedi Fry first in five out of her seven events and took second twice in Girls' 11-12; and Lena Friesen won 50 breast, 200 back and 100 free in Girls' 13-14.
The SV5B/YMCA team is back in the water preparing for Summer Championships July 31-Aug. 2 at the Boise YMCA. Other individual results from the Twin Falls meet:
Jon Atkinson, 17: 6—50 fly, 2—50 free, 3—100 free, 4—200 IM, 4—200 free and 3—100 breast.
Taylor Bates, 14: 5—50 fly, 7—50 breast, 4—100 fly, 8—100 free, 8—200 IM, 4—100 back, 7—200 free and 12—100 breast.
Michael Coiner, 17: 3—50 back, 7—50 free, 3—200 back, 6—100 free, 6—100 back and 4—200 free.
Taylor Coiner, 17: 4—50 fly, 11—50 free, 8—100 fly, 2—200 IM, 8—100 back and 7—200 free.
Forrest Davis, 14: 1—50 free, 1—200 breast, 1—200 IM, 1—200 fly, 1—100 back, 1—100 breast.
Tori Emerick, 15: 7—50 fly, 6—50 back, 9—100 fly, 16—100 free, 13—200 IM, 16—100 back and 18—200 free.
Gene Fairbrother, 17: 2—50 fly, 5—50 back, 10—50 free, 5—100 fly and 11—100 free.
Lena Friesen, 14: 2—50 fly, 1—50 breast, 1—200 back, 1—100 free, 2—200 IM, 2—100 back, 2—200 free and 3—100 breast.
Elizabeth Fry, 15: 5—50 fly, 3—50 breast, 7—100 fly, 9—100 free, 3—200 breast, 12—200 back and 8—200 free.
Kaedi Fry, 12: 2—400 free, 1—100 back, 1—50 free, 1—200 IM, 1—400 IM, 1—50 breast and 2—200 free.
Megan Hayes, 18: 8—50 free, 2—200 back, 2—100 free, 2—100 back and 3—200 free.
Lauren Lichtenberg, 13: 4—50 back, 11—50 breast, 9—50 free, 16—100 free, 16—100 back, 13—200 free and 13—100 breast.
Rachael McGinnis, 18: 1—50 fly, 2—50 back, 1—50 free, 1—200 back, 1—100 back and 1—200 free.
Matt Reidy, 13: 4—50 back, 5—50 breast, 8—50 free, 9—100 free, 6—200 breast, 5—100 back, 7—200 free and 7—100 breast.
James Sutton, 16: 5—50 free, 4—100 free, 6—200 IM, 3—200 free and 6—100 breast.
Kelsey Syms, 13: 7—50 fly, 10—50 breast, 8—50 free, 2—200 back, 13—100 free, 5—100 back, 9—200 free and 15—100 breast.
Chrystal Tullis, 14: 6—50 free, 10—100 free, 11—200 IM, 8—100 back, 11—200 free and 11—100 breast.
Loni Unser, 11: 14—100 back, 14—50 free, 8—100 breast, 10—100 free, 12—50 breast and 10—200 free.
Olivia Wentzell, 11: 12—100 back, 9—50 free, 4—100 breast, 8—50 back, 12—100 free and 4—50 breast
Colby Werley, 14: 6—50 fly, 5—50 breast, 5—50 free, 6—100 free, 3—200 IM, 7—100 back, 6—200 free and 6—100 breast.