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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

June 6th Still Longest Day, But Riverside Gardens B Meet Now Second Longest Day

This article was written by Gator mom Lauren Cardillo.

This pic sums up the night -- row after row of
swimmers wait their turn in the longest meet ever.

If there was a record for the team's longest B meet, it might have been broken this past Monday night when the Gators took on Riverside Gardens.

Perfect form.

It took nearly four hours to run through all the races ... and the older swimmers didn't even tackle butterfly.


In spite of the humidity, warm water temp, and the arrival of darkness, plenty of swimmers had great races.
Nicholas Swetz, Chris Hilburn, Seth Thomson, Caroline Richard, Ella Fischer, Cole Dillaplain, Mia Colaizzi, Mitchell Shiery, Tyler Dunn, Tom Dupuis, and Tres Greszler all took more than 5 seconds off their previous personal bests.

Emily swimming fast.

First timers in the pool or for a stroke included: Michael Ienzi, Matthew Foley, Amanda Capper, Abby Tynan, Matt Barrett, Ethan Brunton, Kendall Shafer, Anika Degen, Grace Lewis, Ray Galford, Rose Doerner, Nicole Booth,  and Layne O'Connell.

While Emma's night might have been finished, her
mother's night running concessions was far from over!

Among the heat winners were: Andrei Zeitsev, Charlie Ruppe, Connor Dunn, John and David French, William Oakeley, Juliana Skopp-Cardillo, Gaby and Zoe Greszler, Cage Theriot, Leigh Kovalsky, Juliette Fore, Emma Campbell, Ellie Cullo, Cecelia Morales, Bella Van Damme, Tom and Nick Dupuis, Tyler Dunn, Drew Bowers, Joseph Ienzi, Cole Snodgrass, Lauren Pacious, Dom Heratsch, Noah Hannam, Tres Greszler, Holly Jansen, Amanda Bassett, Audrey Dittman, Mike Oelschlager, William Mochel, Olivia and Parker Blondin, Lauren Meadows, Collin Sundsted, Sean Jansen, Cole Miller, Sheridan Phalen, Olivia Johansson, Lara Miller, Sarah Mullins, Rose Doerner, Lily Penn, Jessie Bricker, and Emma and Sarah Jones.

Congratulations to all the swimmers. This was the last B meet of the season. The annual Romp in the Swamp happens next Wednesday, July 27th.

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