Gators Not Fond of Vienna

After losing to Vienna Aquatic 159-243 in the first week of the season, MVP made it closer against the other undefeated team from Vienna, but still fell 168.5 to 233.5 to Vienna Woods. 

A Gator psyche-up frenzy!

Vienna Aquatic and Vienna Woods face off next week with 4-0 records in their final A Meet of the season with the Division 3 title on the line.  MVP, either battered or bruised all season with an 0-4 record, swims at 0-3-1 Crosspointe.  The Division 3 title in NOT on the line in that meet.

Clark Potter (Harry's lesser known brother) casts a

spell.  It worked, as Clark won freestyle. 

There were a lot of great Gator swims on Saturday.  Unfortunately, there were a few more great swims by the Woods.  (Their name is Vienna Woods -- there is no nickname.)  We trailed 38-52 after freestyle, and then lost backstroke by the same number.  In a remarkably consistent, the Gators lost breaststroke by (yes, you guessed it) 38-52.  With fewer events in fly, the score could not remain the same each event -- and in fly it was a 30-42 deficit. 

Mollie swimming intensely.

After the relays the Gators celebrated Senior Day, honoring Aidan Chadduck and Julia Bolger.

Aidan and Julia with Coach Paul. 

They will be missed.

The relays went more evenly -- the Gators won five of the twelve, with VW taking six and one finishing as a tie according to the watches, despite clear visual and photographic evidence that the Gators won.

The watches don't lie.  Except when they do.

Sara touches the wall, but we only get credit

for a tie in the Mixed Age relay.  Really?

The only Gator sweep of the day came in the 15-18 girls backstroke, when Julia Bolger, Maddy Bolger, and Sophia Passacantando took first, second, and third.

Even as a youngster, Josh liked blowing bubbles.

Double first place winners were Sara Bertram (free and fly), Cassidy Bayer (back and fly), and Tom Dupuis (free and fly).

Breaststroke makes for great photos, as

Cole Snodgrass brings the water with her.

Other first places were taken by the following Gators: Emily Makin (back), Claudia Theriot (back), Torie Bolger (back), Julia Bolger (back), Jayne Orleans (breaststroke), Sarah Busch (breaststroke), Clark Bayer (free), Parker Blondin (breaststroke), Sean Jansen (breaststroke), and Cole Miller (fly).

Julia hungers for the finish line

Two breaststroke swims were particularly noteworthy -- Jayne Orleans set the 13-14 girls breaststroke record (see related article), and 15 year old Sarah Busch took her first ever first place at an A meet -- a testament to her continued hard work and effort to go from being a B meet swimmer only years ago, to an occasional A meet fill-in, to sometimes earning points, to winning!

Emma Jones flying in.

Second place points were earned by Emily Makin (free), Claudia Theriot (free), Torie Bolger (free), Maddy Bolger (free and back), Molly Cabral (back), Gabrielle Greszler (breaststroke), Lily Penn (breaststroke), Julia Hunger (breaststroke), Sophia Passacantando (breaststroke), Emily Atkinson (fly), Emily Walzl (fly), Sean Jansen (free), Camoron Morey (free), and Parker Blondin (back).

Jack flying through the water

Third place points were garnered by Bators: Julianna Skopp-Cardillo (free and breaststroke), Jessie Bricker (free), Emily Walzl (free), Sophia Passacantando (back),  Sheridan Phalen (breaststroke), Kaila Stein (breaststroke), Mollie Passacantando (fly), Julia Bolger (fly), Charlie Ruppe (free), Nick Dupuis (free), Andrei Zaitsev (back), Collin Sundsted (back and fly), Liam Orr (back), Glenn Campagna (breaststroke), Tristan Colaizzi (breaststroke), and Jack Benson (breaststroke and fly).



Next Saturday's Crosspointe match-up is an unusual one for the Gators -- they have very strong girls and very weak boys.  Should be a good match-up.