Gator relays take the cake.
For a local perspective, MVP finished 52 points ahead of Waynewood, 86 points ahead of Riverside Gardens, 94 points ahead of Hollin Meadows, 108 points ahead of Mansion House, and 188 points ahead of Stratford. But, besides me and everyone else reading this, who really cares how the Gators did in comparison to our local rivals?
There were a lot of great swims, and most of the Gator relays went a best time for the season.
The Gators were led by the fabulous fearsome foursome of the 11-12 girls, who finished 1st overall in the medley relay and 5th in the free relay. For the medley relay, Cassidy Bayer led off with backstroke, Holly Jansen widened the lead for breaststroke, Jessie Bricker swam a strong fly, and Elaina Phalen clinched the victory with her freestyle. The same grouping also swam the free relay -- Holly, Jessie, Elaina, and Cassidy. They were seeded 4th and 7th respectively, so they improved by a net five seeds.
Contrary to photographic evidence, Holly
was not swimming by herself. Their lead
was just that big.
Elaina wasn't Phalen to bring home the victory!
The 9-10 boys had the second best showing -- breaking their two one week old records in the process. The medley relay finished 9th, lowering the team record to 1:15.24, marking the third time this season they've smashed the mark. Collin Sundsted led off with backstroke, followed by Sean Jansen's breaststroke, Cole Miller's fly, and Nick Dupuis finished with free. All four had impressive, strong swims. Then, the freestyle quartet (sounds like a jazz group) took seventh place with a time of 1:06.14. The free swimmers were Sean, Cole, Tyler Dunn, and Nick Dupuis. The 9-10 boys were seeded 9th and 8th respectively.
Cole and Collin get ready to break their own record.
Seeded 14th, the Mixed Age girls 200 meter freestyle relay team of Cassidy Bayer, Claudia Theriot, Torie Bolger, and Sara Bertram easily won their heat and moved all the way up to tenth place.
The Mixed Age Grrls showed their
backs to the first heat.
The 13-14 girls medley relay took 11th place after being seeded 15th. Torie Bolger swam back, Jayne Orleans did breaststroke, Mollie Passacantando swam fly, and Emily Walzl finished the strong swim off with free. The 13-14 free relay finished 13th despite a 16th place seed. That foursome was Emily, Molly Cabral, Mollie, and Torie.
Jayne's making her move.
The 8 & under boys modified medley finished 13th overall, as Andrei Zaitsev swam back, Parker Blondin did breaststroke, and Charlie Ruppe/Clark Bayer were the freestylers.
Parker finishes as Charlie dives in.
Overall, the Gator swimmers improved a net 15 seeds, an impressive showing for eight relays. Another great showing at All-Stars for MVP.
The 15-18 girls medley alternates didn't get
to swim, but they set a record just days later.
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