Four Records Go Down Vs. Crosspointe

Sara Bertram broke two individual team records, and was part of a relay record smash.  Holly Jansen not only blew away the 11-12 girls breaststroke record, but she was within 0.03 seconds of swimming the fastest Gator girl 50 breaststroke ever (that's how close she came to the 15-18 girls record!).

Sara took a chomp out of

three records on Saturday

The 15-18 girls medley relay shocked themselves at the end of the hot meet by having enough energy left to break the record that three of the four set earlier this season.

The 15-18 girls exult over their new record, set

during Julia's last swim as a Gator.

Earlier this season, I reported that all of the girls relay record had now been set in this century.  Well, now there are only two individual girls records that remain from prior to 2000 (actually, prior to 2003).

Sara Bertram started all the record-breaking at Crosspointe by breaking Julia Bolger's 15-18 backstroke record from 2010 by 0.19, swimming a 32.41.  Sara also lowered her own 15-18 fly record set on July 9th by 0.23, swimming a 30.20.

In beating one of the fastest breaststrokers in the NVSL, Holly Jansen also smashed Erin Deal's 1989 11-12 girls breaststroke record.  Holly beat the mark by 1.20 seconds.  Erin used to hold all five girls breaststroke records, but there has been a relentless assault on those marks, and she is down to holding the 8 & under record (at an amazing 21.64 -- so that may stand for a LONG time).

Holly was motorvated by facing CP's Lia

Campbell, who had a faster seed time before the race.

The 15-18 girls medley relay crushed the record that had been set earlier this season.  Sophia Passacantando (breaststroke) knocked Leigh Orleans from the books, while Julia Bolger (back), Sara Bertram (fly), and Maddy Bolger (free) lowered their mark from 2:12.99 to 2:11.38.  The record time caught them by surprise -- Crosspointe's talented girls put up a battle for the first two strokes, but Sara pulled away on fly and Maddy ensured they couldn't catch up on free.  So, by having pretty stiff competition, the girls were spurred on to fast swims.

Julia gets the relay off to a strong start.

Sophia starts to pull away.

Sara flys to a big lead.

Maddy finishes it off.

So far this season, there have been a lucky thirteen team records (including one NVSL mark) broken by the Gators -- 10 girls records and three boys marks.

(Btw, thanks to David Anderson for getting good shots of all four relay leg swims -- that's pretty hard to do.)