Gators Shine At Divisionals, Voted Sportsmanship Award

Donaldson Run hosted Saturday's Divisional Championships, where a number of Gators made their marks.

MVP was also recognized by their Division 3 counterparts with the Sportsmanship Award -- making this the third time in the last four years that the Gators have won this coveted plaque.  Congrats to our swimmers and coaches for their approach to competition.  A number of parents on other teams congratulated us yesterday and said the team earned it, particularly by high fiving swimmers from both teams after the race -- even when the other team was winning (and that happened a lot!).

Divisional Championships is not a scored meet, but brings together the fastest swimmers in the Division to compete for plaques on the 1st through 6th place level, and ribbons on the seventh through twelfth place level.  It's a long meet, but a fun one, as Gators set four new team records -- and one new NVSL record!  (Scroll down for related story) and earned fourteen All-Star bids.

Honestly, because your dedicated blogger is pretty wiped out and ready to (nearly) turn the page on swim season, below, with no narrative, are Gators who earned top six finishes:

First Place & Division 3 Individual Champions
Sean Jansen – breaststroke
Holly Jansen – breaststroke
Cassidy Bayer – fly
Sean Jansen – IM
Cassidy Bayer – IM

Second Place
Claudia Theriot – free
Jayne Orleans – breaststroke
Sophia Passacantando – breaststroke
Sara Bertram – fly
Nick Dupuis – IM
Holly Jansen – IM

Third Place
Nick Dupuis – free
Tom Dupuis – free
Torie Bolger – back
Julia Bolger – back
Parker Blondin – breaststroke & fly
Olivia Blondin – breaststroke
Glenn Campagna – breaststroke
Anna Fracasso – fly
Sara Bertram – IM

Fourth Place
Emily Makin – back
Claudia Theriot – back
Maddy Bolger – back
Tristan Colaizzi – breaststroke
Gabby Greszler – fly
　
Fifth Place
Clark Bayer – free
Sophia Passacantando – free
Collin Sundsted – back (plaque coming)
Gus Leyden – back
Anna Fracasso – back (plaque coming)
Andrei Zaitsev – fly
Emily Makin – fly
Cole Miller – fly
Tom Dupuis – fly
Torie Bolger – IM
Maddy Bolger – IM

Sixth Place
Mike Oelschlager – back
Cage Theriot – back
Cameron Morey – back
Gabby Greszler – breaststroke
Sarah Busch – breaststroke
Dom Heratsch – fly
Jessie Bricker – fly
Congrats to all Gator Divisionals swimmers!