Gators Take Second At Divisional Relay Carnival

The Hunt Valley Stingrays showed they are the tops in Division 4, presaging their win in the dual meet on Saturday, by winning the Division Relay Carnival with 220 points.  MVP took second place with 188 points, followed by Mosby Woods (150), Fox Mill Woods (142), and Dunn Loring/Pinecrest (tied at 132).

"That felt fast!"

Hunt Valley's 220 points was second most of any Relay Carnival winner out of the 17 NVSL divisions (Rolling Forest scored 222 in Division 12, to provide you with information you absolutely do not need to know or care about).  Only two second place teams scored more than MVP's 188 points, which means the Gators are among the best of the second best (how's that for spin!).

The Gators won six of the 22 relay races, took three second place finishes, and earned five third place scores.  So, overall, Gator relay teams finished in the top half of the division in 14 of the 22 races.  There were five team records set, including another NVSL record!  (See related story)

Juliette helps the 8 and under girls to 1st place.

First place finishes were logged by the 8 & under girls 100 meter medley relay (Cage Theriot, Juliette Fore, Emily Makin, and Cecilia Morales), the 11-12 girls 100 meter medley relay (Cassidy Bayer, Holly Jansen, Emma Jones, and Elaina Phalen), the 13-14 girls 200 meter medley relay (Torie Bolger, Sarah Jones, Anna Fracasso, and Jessie Bricker), the 8 & under boys 100 meter free relay (James Piland, George Pacious, Connor Dunn, and Charlie Ruppe), the 11-12 girls 100 meter free relay (Holly Jansen, Emma Jones, Elaina Phalen, and Cassidy Bayer), and the 13-14 girls 200 meter free relay (Mollie Passacantando, Torie Bolger, Anna Fracasso, and Jessie Bricker).

Parker sez: "Let's swim fast, Andrei!"

Second place showing were earned by the 9-10 boys 100 meter medley relay (Andrei Zaitsev, Brian McNamara, Parker Blondin, and Clark Bayer), the 8 & under girls 100 meter free relay (Cage Theriot, Juliette Fore, Cecilia Morales, and Emily Makin), and the 9-10 boys 100 meter free relay (Andrei Zaitsev, Clark Bayer, Brian McNamara, and Joseph Ienzi).

Third place points were garnered by the Mixed Age girls 200 meter free relay  (Cassidy Bayer, Sheridan Phalen, Jessie Bricker, and Sara Bertram), the 9-10 girls 100 meter medley relay (Mac Brotherton, Lily Penn, Olivia Blondin, and Sheridan Phalen), the 15-18 girls 200 meter medley relay (Sara Bertram, Jayne Orleans, Jessica Metter, and Leigh Orleans), the 11-12 boys 100 meter free relay (Cameron Morey, Sean Jansen, Sam McBroom, and Dom Heratsch), and the 15-18 girls 200 meter free relay (Leigh, Jessica, Jayne, and Sara).