Last Week, our Intermediate 10 & under and 13-15 team participated in East Zone Competition in New Canaan, CT. We are proud to see these swimmers grow their skills and wrap up the season with these achievements !! Go Optima Synchro !!
Last week, our 12 and under team participated in the East Zone Championship in New Canaan, Connecticut and mesmerized the audience and judges with their Solo and Duet routines.
Routines
Solo – Sasha Alexandra Kirianov – 2nd Place
Duet – Sasha Alexandra Kirianov/ Peiwen Chu – 3rd Place
Optima Synchro recently competed in Irvine, California at the U.S. 13-15 Championships and 12 and Under Invitational, and in Cleveland, Ohio at the U.S. National and Junior Championships.
Optima Synchro, led by head coach Svetlana Malinovskaya, earned several medals and top spots. Optima Synchro was represented by Nishi Amin, Shefali Bawari, Sofia Benayoud, Peiwen Chu, Victoria Colantonio, Sasha Alexandra Kirianov, Nadia Lee, Kaya Mangani, Riya Patel, Julia Paradis, and Natalie Taylor. The swimmers competed for titles in figures, solo, duet, and team.
Here are the Optima results:
12U SOLO: 15th place: Sasha Alexandra Kirianov
12U DUET: 13th place: Sasha Alexandra Kirianov and Peiwen Chu
13-15 TEAM: 19th place: Nishi Amin, Sofia Benayoud, Nadia Lee, Kaya Mangani, Shefali Bawari, Victoria Colantonio, Riya Patel, and Natalie Taylor
13-15 COMBO: Top 10 Finish: Nishi Amin, Sofia Benayoud, Nadia Lee, Kaya Mangani, Shefali Bawari, Victoria Colantonio, Riya Patel, and Natalie Taylor
What a fantastic meet! Every one of our swimmers won gold or silver medals in their events at the 2022 East Zone Invitational meet held in New Canaan, CT. They gave their best performances and astonished the whole audience! It was a great reflection of their hard work and sportsmanship. Go Optima Synchro!
Optima Synchro Results: 12U Age Group Solo: Sasha Kirianov – 1st place 12U Age Group Duet: Sasha Kirianov & Peiwen Chu – 1st place 12U Age Group Figures: Sasha Kirianov – 2nd place, Peiwen Chu – 8th place Intermediate Solo: Peishan Chu – 1st place, Shreya Soni – 1st place Intermediate Duet: Peishan Chu & Yana Patel – 1st place, Shreya Soni & Jiayi Han – 2nd place Intermediate Figures: Peishan Chu – 1st place, Yana Patel – 10th place, Shreya Soni – 4th place, Jiayi Han – 9th place
This year’s Tokyo Olympics is especially endearing to all of us in Optima Synchro because one of our very own alumni – Lindi Schroeder – will represent the US in the duet events, swimming with 2016 Olympian Anita Alvarez. Lindi started her synchro (now known as artistic swimming) career training under Head Coach Svetlana when she was 5 years old. You can learn more about Lindi’s experience in Optima Synchro here. Her hard work, dedication, and grace inspire all our young swimmers and we will cheering for her on Aug-2 for Duet Free Prelim, Aug-3 Duet Tech Prelim, and Aug-4 Duet Free Final. Go Lindi! Go Optima!
Optima Synchro is holding summer practice sessions in Lawrence YWCA for new swimmers to try this exciting Olympic sport. In fact, one of Optima’s alumni is part of the duet team representing the US in the Tokyo Olympics (Go Lindi!). Artistic swimming is a great sport for, yes both girls and boys, who train for endurance, flexibility and mental strength. Come join us and find out if this sport is just the right one for you!
Date & Time: July and August, 2021. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6pm to 7:30pm
Location: Lawrence YWCA
Email us at optimasynchro@gmail.com or call (978) 809-7150
Optima Synchro, a local artistic swimming team that represents the Merrimack Valley, recently competed in Mesa, Arizona at the U.S. 13-15 Championships and 12 and Under Invitational, and soon after at the U.S. National and Junior Championships. Taking necessary COVID-19 precautions, more than 350 swimmers from all over the country were able to come together and compete for the first time at a national competition in over a year.
In fact, for many teams, this was the first in-person competition held since the start of the pandemic. Swimmers have been working hard for months amidst uncertainty to showcase their routines and skills at virtual competitions and at this past National Championship. After a year, teams competed over a span of one week, vying for national titles.
Optima Synchro, led by head coach Svetlana Malinovskaya, earned several medals and top spots. Optima Synchro was represented by Nishi Amin, Sofia Benayoud, Sasha Alexandra Kirianov, Nadia Lee, Abigail Zarayski, Kaya Mangani, Xavia Banigan, Natalie Taylor, Noelle Lee, Polina Malinovskaya, Katie MacDonald, and Julia Paradis. The swimmers competed for titles in figures, solo, duet, and team.
Here are the Optima results:
12U SOLO: 10th place: Sasha Alexandra Kirianov
12U DUET: 7th place: Sasha Alexandra Kirianov and Nadia Lee
12U TEAM: 3rd place: Nishi Amin, Sofia Benayoud, Sasha Alexandra Kirianov, Nadia Lee, Abigail Zarayski, and Kaya Mangani
JUNIOR TECH DUET: 13th place: Polina Malinovskaya and Julia Paradis
JUNIOR FREE DUET: 15th place: Polina Malinovskaya and Julia Paradis
Optima Synchro practices three hours a day, three to five days a week at local pools. For more information, contact head coach Svetlana Malinovskaya at optimasynchro@gmail.com or 978-809-7150.
Congratulations to our Senior Combo winning the silver medal in the East Zone Championship in New Canaan CT this past weekend. We are so proud of our swimmers’ great performances and sportsmanship demonstrated. They achieved their goals and qualified every single routine for Nationals to be held in Mesa Arizona. Come watch our award-winning routines in our 2020 annual show “Light It Up.” You can buy tickets here.
Optima Synchro Results:
Combo: Silver Noelle Lee (Bedford), Yanna Hack (Belmont), Anjali Tanna, Julia Paradis (North Andover), Polina Malinovskaya (Andover), Aisling Stack (Andover), Annalese Moore, Bonnie Li (Concord), Emma Diamantis (Andover), Xavia Banigan (North Reading), and Kaitlin MacDonald (Andover)
Senior Duet Free: Silver Polina Malinovskaya & Julia Paradis, 5th Kaitlin MacDonald & Annalese Moore
Senior Duet Technical: Bronze Kaitlin MacDonald & Annalese Moore
Senior Solo Free & Technical: 4th Anjali Tanna
Junior Duet: Bronze Polina Malinovskaya & Julia Paradis
Junior Solo: 4th Polina Malinovskaya; 6th Julia Paradis
We are excited to announce that the theme of Optima Synchro’s annual show will be “Light It Up.” The show will take place on Saturday, April 11, from 6 to 8 pm. You can buy tickets here,
Big thank you to our very talented captain who designed this year’s show poster!
Congratulations to our 13-15AG team for getting qualified to compete in the National Championship held in Mesa AZ in April. Many of these girls have been swimming together the past 4 years, starting from novice, then intermediate and finally competing as an AG team. They had beautiful swim and we are very proud of you. Continue reading “2020 East Zone 13-15AG Championship”
