The CCAA is dedicated to encouraging participation by as many children as possible in competitive swimming.
There are two teams in the Charleston area that offer opportunities for CCAA swimmers to develop their swimming ability during the rest of the year. Links to their team web sites are found below:
Mount Pleasant Swim Club (MPSC)
Southern Marlins Racing Team (SMRT)
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snee Farm | 3072.5 |
| 2 | Coosaw Creek | 2967.5 |
| 3 | Daniel Island | 2433.5 |
| 4 | Parkshore | 2104.0 |
| 5 | Hobcaw | 2099.5 |
| 6 | Shadowmoss | 1770.5 |
| 7 | Northbridge | 1657.0 |
| 8 | Brickyard | 1649.0 |
| 9 | Ashborough | 1429.0 |
| 10 | Newington | 1384.0 |
| 11 | James Island | 1210.0 |
| 12 | Pine Forest | 1156.5 |
| 13 | Longpoint | 1137.0 |
| 14 | Dunes West | 908.0 |
| 15 | Country Club | 871.0 |
| 16 | Sha-Mel-Lon | 848.0 |
| 17 | Fort Johnson | 692.0 |
| 18 | I'On | 594.0 |
| 19 | Crowfield | 560.0 |
| 20 | FAST | 399.0 |
| 21 | Summerville Y | 285.5 |
| 22 | Wescott Triton Force | 144.0 |
| 23 | Legend Oaks | 114.5 |
| 24 | JCC | 112.0 |
Swimmers, parents, and coaches are invited to check out swimccaa.com throughout the season to keep up with league news, meet results, and other information.
For questions, corrections, and suggestions about this web site, contact ccaaweb@comcast.net
The final day of the 2010 CCAA Championship Meet started late and ran even later due to a rain delay of over an hour, but that could not keep Snee Farm from winning their twenty-second consecutive City Meet. Snee Farm finished with 3072.5 points, 105 ahead of Coosaw Creek, who finished as runners-up for the third consecutive year. The Crocodiles' 2967.5 points were the most by a second-place finisher in the eleven years since the CCAA adopted the current scoring system and would have been enough to finish first in the City Meet in each of the past three years. Daniel Island continued its steady climb; the Flying Fish posted a team-record 2433.5 points while finishing third. The Parkshore Piranhas and the Hobcaw Marlins conducted a back-and-forth battle for fourth place for most of the night. Hobcaw took over fourth place with two events to go, but a third-place finish in the 15-18 boys free relay carried the Piranhas past the Marlins for an overall fourth place finish by only 4½ points. Hobcaw's fifth-place finish was the Marlins' highest since 1999.
Two more meet records were set on Relay Night. The 13-14 mixed medley relay from Coosaw Creek (Alecia Rattigan, Jeremiah Bohon, Micah Bohon, and Trey DiMuzio) established a new meet record, the third in two nights for Micah Bohon and the second for her brother Jeremiah. The Daniel Island Flying Fish earned their first-ever city record when their 13-14 boys free relay team of Josh Glass, Alex Cavazzoni, Lawson Freeman, and Kurt Stieby set a new mark.
Only three teams won relays on the final night of the City Meet: Snee Farm led the way with six relay titles, Daniel Island captured five, and Coosaw Creek won four relays.
Three memorial awards were presented to the winners of particular events. The Louise Stuhr Award, given to the winner of the 8 and under girls backstroke, was earned by Emorie Thrasher of Shadowmoss. The Brittany Dejeet Award was presented to the winner of the 11-12 girls freestyle, Rebecca Groves of Snee Farm. The Chene Moore Award is presented each year to the winner of the 11-12 boys breaststroke, an event in which Chene, who passed away in 1997, held the CCAA record for 23 years. This year, the award was won by Chene's nephew, Tyler Wolter of Coosaw Creek.
A new scholarship was begun this year in memory of the late Carolyn Keller, a former CCAA swimmer and coach who passed away last fall. Rising high school seniors and college freshmen applied for the award and had to be recommended by their coach or their CCAA team representative. Three scholarships were awarded this year, to rising seniors Brianne Jones of Pine Forest and Elijah Bohon of Coosaw Creek, and to graduating senior Tiffany Mills of Hobcaw.
CCAA teams vote on sportsmanship awards in each of the three leagues. This year's CCAA Sportsmanship Awards were presented to Snee Farm (Red League), Brickyard (White League), and the Summerville YMCA (Blue League).
If the leagues are divided in 2011 in the same way they were this season, there will be virtually no movement from 2010 to 2011. The Red League will consist of the same seven teams next year, while the only movement between the White and Blue Leagues will involve the Pine Forest Porpoises returning to the White League and the Crowfield Killer Waves falling to the Blue League.
Complete results of the 2010 CCAA Championship Meet can be found here.
The Bohon family from the Coosaw Creek Crocodiles came up big on the second day of the 2010 CCAA Championship Meet, helping their team cut Snee Farm's lead from 191 points to 101 points heading into the final night of competition. Micah (13-14 girls) and Elijah (15-17 boys) Bohon each won three individual events, while their brother Jeremiah added another event title. In the process, Micah set two new CCAA records (butterfly - 30.11 and breaststroke - 36.11), Elijah established a new mark in the 15-18 boys backstroke (28.42), and Jeremiah brought home a fourth meet record for the family in the 13-14 boys breaststroke (33.50). The Daniel Island Flying Fish are comfortably in third place, 473 points behind Snee Farm. A battle for fourth place appears to be in the cards, as the Hobcaw Marlins lead the Parkshore Piranhas by 3.5 points going into Relay Night.
The Bohons were not alone in setting records on Monday night, after there were no new records on the first night of competition. Ben Hillebrand of Dunes West also established two new league marks in the 13-14 boys backstroke (29.16) and individual medley (1:04.40). Hillebrand joined Micah and Elijah Bohon as triple crown winners by adding a championship in the 13-14 boys butterfly.
Four other swimmers won multiple event championships. Carter Welch from Ashborough won the night's first event, the 11-12 boys freestyle, and added a title in the butterfly. Coosaw Creek's Alecia Rattigan won the freestyle and backstroke events in the 13-14 girls age group. In the 15-18 girls, Chelsea Roberts of Shadowmoss was victorious in the freestyle and butterfly, while Pine Forest's Brianne Jones took home the backstroke and individual medley championships.
Coosaw Creek swimmers captured eleven of the twenty-five events on Monday night, bringing their league-leading total for the meet to twelve event championships. Shadowmoss Sharks swimmers have won eight events, while Snee Farm swimmers took home seven titles.
After the first day of the 2010 CCAA Championship Meet, the 21-time defending champions from Snee Farm are in familiar territory, holding a 50.5 point lead over the Daniel Island Flying Fish, last year's first day leader. The Coosaw Creek Crocodiles are in third place at 1049 points, 190.5 behind Snee Farm. Snee Farm improved on 2009's first day total of 904 points, scoring 145 more points this year on Day 1.
Snee Farm's Chloe Stapleton was one of a pair of three-event champions on Day 1, capturing the 9-10 girls freestyle, backstroke, and individual medley. Justin Lawrence of the Shadowmoss Sharks also won three events: the 9-10 boys butterfly, breaststroke, and individual medley. Lawrence's victory in the breaststroke event was his third straight in that stroke, after winning the 7-8 boys breaststroke each of the past two seasons. The Sharks and Snee Farm led the first day with six individual event champions each. In addition to Lawrence's triple crown, Emorie Thrasher won the 7-8 girls backstroke, Jonathan Stone took the 9-10 boys freestyle, and Cassidy Rindge captured the 11-12 girls breaststroke. Snee Farm also had victories in the 7-8 girls butterfly (Claudia White) and the 11-12 girls freestyle and individual medley (Rebecca Groves).
We posted top finishers and running scores to Twitter during this year's City Meet. The Twitter feed can be found at http://twitter.com/swimccaa
The Post and Courier has a special page set up for the City Meet at http://www.postandcourier.com/news/
sports/cityswimmeet/
| Important Dates for the 2010 Season | |
|---|---|
| Thursday, February 25 | General meeting for team reps (6:30 PM) at the Jewish Community Center |
| Thursday, March 25 | General meeting for team reps (6:30 PM) at the Jewish Community Center |
| Friday, April 23 | Officials test available online |
| Thursday, April 29 | General meeting for team reps (6:30 PM) at the Jewish Community Center |
| Tuesday, May 4 | Officials training: classroom session at the JCC (6:00-8:00 PM) |
| Saturday, May 15 | Officials training: poolside stroke demonstration (9:00 AM, Northbridge Terrace) |
| Saturday, May 15 | Starters clinic (10:30 AM, Northbridge Terrace) |
| Sunday, May 16 | Coaches' clinic (2:00 PM) at Mason Prep School in downtown Charleston (map) |
| Sunday, May 23 | Coaches' clinic (2:00 PM) at Mason Prep School in downtown Charleston (map) |
| Friday, May 28 | Officials test turn-in deadline |
| Tuesday, June 1 | "Bag night" meeting for team reps (6:30 PM) at the Jewish Community Center |
| Friday, June 4 | Rosters due to league registrars |
| Tuesday, June 8 | Dual meets begin |
| Friday, June 25 | City meet T-shirt design contest entries due |
| Tuesday, July 6 | Final scheduled dual meets |
| Friday, July 9 | City meet entries and advertisements due |
| Wednesday, July 14 | Pre-City Meet general meeting for team reps and coaches (6:30 PM at the JCC) |
| July 18-20 | CCAA championships at the JCC |