Age Group State meet first day

The Desert Thunder age group swimmers got off to a great start Friday at the 2010 Age Group State Championships at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.

Leading the way, Abhishek Rajadas set into breaking two of his 13-14 team records in the boys 100 fly and 100 back, posting times of 1:02.70 and 1:06.13 respectively. Abhishek's swim garnered him a silver and bronze to open his first day of competition.

Also returning to finals were Finnegan Lynch, 10th in the boys 100 backstroke, Sierra Bigelow, also 9th in the girls 11-12 100 backstroke, and Ellinore Duncan , with a big time drop in the morning, swam to a 13th place in the girls 11-12 100 breaststroke.

The girls 12 and under 400 Free Relay put points on the board dropping six seconds from their seed time, and the boys 13-14 400 Free Realy also placed top 16.

The morning saw terrific time drops from all the swimmers, very notably from the 10 and under boys 100 backstrokes and 100 breaststrokes. Gabe Rangel had a strong morning throughout all his performances.