Nine New Team Records In Last Three Meets

I have been remiss in getting around to noting new Gator team records and even a new NVSL record!

While the score of the Hunt Valley meet certainly was not what Gator fans were hoping for, there were four new team records set that day.  It started out as a quiet meet, with just one individual record falling, but once the 13-14 girls hit the water, it triggered a run of three new team records out of four straight events.  Thanks to Karen Stein's organization and record-keeping, here are the four marks set that morning:  

• 15-18 Girls 50M Backstroke.  Sara Bertram broke her own record from 23 Jul 11.  Old time 32.22, new time 32.13.
• 13-14 Girls 100 M Med. Relay.  Torie Bolger, Sarah Jones, Anna Fracasso, Jessie Bricker, 1:03.05.  Old record from 18 Jul 09, Maddy Bolger, Sophia Passacantando, Sara Bertram, Leigh Orleans with time of 1:03.37.
• 15-18 Girls 200M Med. Relay.  Sara Bertram, Jayne Orleans, Cassidy Bayer, Leigh Orleans.  New time 2.:10.87.   Old time from last year, 23 Jul 11 with 2:11.38 with Julia Bolger, Sophia Passacantando, Sara Bertram, Maddy Bolger.  Note:  Cassidy was swimming up and Gators allow records to be broken in relays if someone is swimming up.
• Boys 18 & Under Mixed Age Relay. 200M Free.  Cameron Morey, Nick Dupuis, Kevin Adams-Mardi and Cyrus Adams-Mardi shaved more than half a second off their record from 30 Jun 12.  Old time 2:01.50, new time 1:59.91.

All-Star Relays had four more record setting performances, including the 11-12 girls lowering their own NVSL record set one week prior, and a smackdown of a 22 year old record team record. 

• Girls 8 & Under 100 M Medley Relay.  This is a new event this year and they broke their own record set on 11 Jul 12 at Div. Relays.  New time 1:29.55, old time 1:30.31.  Cage Theriot, Juliette Fore, Emily Makin, Cecilia Morales.
• Girls 11-12 100M Medley Relay.  Broke their own record from 11 Jul 12 (Div. relays).  Old time 1:01.83, new time 1:01.80.  Cassidy Bayer, Holly Jansen, Emma Jones, Elaina Phalen.  They broke the NVSL record at Divisionals and lowered it at All Stars.
• Girls 11-12 100M Free Relay. Broke their own record from 11 Jul 12 (Div. Relays).  Old time 56.55, new time 55.97.  Holly Jansen, Emma Jones, Elaina Phalen, Cassidy Bayer.  They missed tieing the NVSL record by 0.07, and missed breaking it by 0.08.
• Boys 8 & Under 100M Free Relay.  James Piland, George Pacious, Connor Dunn and Charlie Ruppe.  New time 1:16.91.  Old record was from 1990 with time of 1:17.52 with Nick Bailey, Drew Dinsick, James Carlson and Kurt Gron. 

After all the records set in those two meets, the heavy rain on Saturday made record-breaking difficult.  However, Kevin Adams-Mardi shaved 0.06 seconds off his backstroke record from earlier this season, when he officially swam a 31.96 (although it seemed faster!). 

Congrats to those rewriting the record books -- a pretty common occurence these days at MVP.