Gator team records fell fast and furious at Saturday's A Meet against Pinecrest. It was a good day for team records, as Pinecrest swimmers also broke four team records. But, enough about the Piranhas!
The first team record fell in the girls 11-12 50 meter backstroke, as Cassidy Bayer (shocking!) crushed her old team record from way back in 2011, with a time of 31.55. The old mark was 32.44.
Cassidy heated up the lane, because in the very next race, Kevin Adams-Mardi broke a nine year old record in the 13-14 boys 50 meter backstroke. Steven Berry set the old record of 32.18 in 2003 (I know -- I was there). Today Kevin knocked it down to a 32.02. He'll have several opportunities to knock it down even more.
Cassidy smacked down her 11-12 girls 50 meter NVSL record in butterfly, which she first broke last year, then again the first meet of this season. Cassidy didn't come close to breaking her record last week (because she was out of town and didn't swim), but made up for not breaking her own record last week by swimming a 28.74, down from 29.19.
(Just so no one is confused, Cassidy's fly is so fast at 28.74 that she is just 0.04 seconds off of tieing Janet Hu's NVSL record for 13-14 year olds! Cassidy's time is faster than the Gator boys 13-14 record, and the Gator girls 13-14 and 15-18 records -- and those are all pretty fast! Oh, and the boys 11-12 50 meter butterfly record? That's Philip Hu with a 28.81, which makes Cassidy the fastest 11-12 butterflier in NVSL history regardless of gender.)
The 11-12 girls medley relay broke their team record set two weeks ago by 0.09 seconds. The fearsome foursome have their sights set on the NVSL record of 1:02.21, and at 1:02.83, it is certainly within the realm of possibility. Cassidy Bayer (backstroke), Holly Jansen (breaststroke), Emma Jones (fly) and Elaina Phalen (free) set the record today that Cassidy, Holly, Emma, and Claudia Theriot set two weeks ago.
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