2015-16 PVS Outstanding Athlete Awards
By Reach for the Wall staff.
PVS has recognized the following individuals who coaches selected as outstanding PVS athletes for each age (i.e., 9, 10, 11, etc.) from September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016:
9 year olds
- Livia Venditti (NCAP)
- Adriano Arioti (RMSC)
10 year olds
- Courtney Watts (FISH)
- Michael Mullen (NCAP)
11 year olds
- Victoria Valko (FISH)
- JT Ewing (FISH)
12 year olds
- Allison Martin (FISH)
- Brett Feyerick (NCAP) and Liam Redman (FISH)
13 year olds
- Phoebe Bacon (NCAP)
- Leo Goldblatt (NCAP)
14 year olds
- Madelyn Donohoe (FISH), Abigail Harter (NCAP) and Katie Mack (NCAP)
- Peter Makin (NCAP)
15 year olds
- Sinead Eksteen (NCAP)
- Sean Conway (NCAP)
16 year olds
- Cassidy Bayer (NCAP)
- Spencer Rowe (NCAP)
17 year olds
- Megan Byrnes (NCAP)
- Sam Pomajevich (NCAP)
18 year olds
- Kylie Jordan (NCAP)
- James Jones (NCAP)
Open
- Katie Ledecky (NCAP)
- Jack Conger (NCAP)
PVS also recognized the following distance swimmers who had the fastest times from September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016:
Women
- 800 Meter Free: Katie Ledecky (NCAP) – 8:04.79 at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
- 1000 Yard Free: Katie Ledecky (NCAP) – 8:59.65 at the 2015 NCAP Invitational
Men
- 1500 Meter Free: Andrew Gemmell (NCAP) – 15:14.18 at the 2016 Arena Pro – Austin, Texas
- 1650 Yard Free: Andrew Gemmell (NCAP) – 15:02.88 at the 2015 NCAP Invitational
And finally, PVS recognized the following 18 and under swimmers in the distance events above:
Women
- 800 Meter Free: Madelyn Donohoe (FISH) – 8:40.44
Men
- 1500 Meter Free: Matthew Hirschberger (NCAP) – 15:28.37
- 1650 Yard Free: Lane Stone (NCAP) – 15:18.56
Congratulations to all these swimmers!