Fast swimming. Lots of it. That's what the All-Star Relay Carnival is all about. The fastest 18 relay teams from all across Northern Virginia compete in Medley and Free Relays in every age group. Some swim clubs send teams to nearly every event (i.e. Division 1 teams). About 60-70% of the 102 NVSL teams send a team for at least one event, and the rest don't send any at all. So, with 10 teams qualifying for the All-Star relays, MVP was standing pretty tall among our peers. And with their performance, they stood even a little taller.
Nine out of those 10 Gator teams dropped time at the relays, with four of those times setting new Gator team records. (How is it that records keep getting broken? What are you people feeding your children? Whatever it is, keep doing it!!)
The All-Star Relays are a scored event. The point system is similar to the Divisional Relay Carnival scoring
which I explained here. In short, the first place team gets 44 points, and then all other teams get a decreasing point amount all the way down to 18th place, who get 2 points. The Division 1 teams pretty much always win and get most of the top five. The division seeding is usually pretty accurate for NVSL, so the highest divisions tend to have the fastest and deepest teams, which are pretty critical elements for relays. Every now and then a Division 2 team has enough power to crack the top five, but that is probably a team that will be promoted to Division 1 the next year anyway.
So, how did MVP do as a group? We finished in 11th place with 237 total points, only 4 points out of the top 10. An awesome performance and our third highest total ever, behind only our 254 points in 2010 and 268 in 2013. And based on the size of the divisions, seeding, and math, you can see that finishing in 11th place is "supposed" to be a Division 2 team. But those great Gator swims put us ahead of every Division 3 team, except Langley, and even had us jump over 4 out of 6 of the Division 2 teams! We were also the top performing pool of our local "B Meet" neighbors, finishing ahead of Mansion House (72 points), Hollin Meadows (64), Waynewood (40), and Riverside Gardens (28). The Relays are STRONG for these Gators.
So, how did each individual relay team do? Great! I already told you 9 out of 10 dropped time, and FOUR set new MVP records. Here's the results (*asterisks indicate new MVP records):
Top Six places earn medals:
*4th, Girls 13-14 Free: Juliana Skopp-Cardillo, Gabby Greszler, Olivia Blondin, Emily Makin (1:57.05)
*4th, Girls 13-14 Medley: Olivia, Emily, Gabby, and Juliana (2:07.92)
*5th, Boys 13-14 Free: Andrew Baker, TJ Heck, Andrei Zaitsev, and Clark Bayer (1:50.92)
Top 12 earn enhanced ribbons:
7th, Boys 9-10 Medley: George Schulte, Alex North, Matthew Makin, and Tyler Swartz (1:13.78)
8th, Boys 9-10 Free: Alex, Matthew, Gavin Fore, and Tyler (1:05.43)
9th, Boys 11-12 Medley: James Piland, Jack Klopson, Donovan Kovalsky, and Jack Dupuis (1:05.75)
9th, Boys 11-12 Free: James, Jack D., Jack K., and Donovan (58.05) 9th
*10th, Girls 15-18 Medley: Parker Fulghum, Taylor Makin, Cassidy Bayer, and Zoe Greszler (2:08.07)
Top 18 earn ribbons:
14th, Girls 15-18 Free: Cassidy Bayer, Taylor Makin, Parker Fulghum, and Zoe Greszler (1:56.76)
15th, Girls 9-10 Medley: Cassidy Crowther, Abigail Litonjua, Ginny Grubbs, Jill Humphreys (1:17.73)
After the meet, all the Gator All Stars gathered for a group dinner to socialize together and present the awards. (And have cake!) And obviously, lots of good awards and recognition were had at the dinner! (And cake!)
The complete results are available on the NVSL site
here. And all the pictures from the event are available
here.
Go Gators!
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| All the Stars. |
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| Cake! |
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