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(Above headline must be sung to the tune of the original Batman TV show.  Meanwhile, Stat Boy's notes were found in Gotham City, at which point they were posted to this blog!)

Your 2012 MVP Gators! They won the Individual Medley Invitational trophy for the third year in a row, and finished 4-1 in Division 4.

 We had 285 swimmers join the team – making us one of the largest teams in the NVSL. 54 kids age 6 or younger, 84 kids age 7-8, 64 swimmers age 9-10, 41 swimmers age 11-12, 22 swimmers age 13-14, and 20 kids age 15-18


 We had 222 swimmers swim in meets, including 97 who swam in A Meets. Fully 70 kids scored points in A Meets, including 38 girls and 32 boys. Last season, we had 60 kids score points in A Meets – good depth this year.
 In the 11 meets tracked by Hy-Tek, we had 2,704 "splashes" – that’s 16,224 starts and stops by timers – well, 16,221 if you don’t count the three watches in that Kevin Adams-Mardi race! Elaina Phalen was the Splash Queen with 38 swims in those meets. On the boys side, the Splash King was Kevin Adams-Mardi with 34.


 We had one dozen swimmers with perfect attendance at meets – Torie Bolger, Ellie Cullo, Juliette Fore, Parker Fulghum, Kenny Krogh, Cecilia Morales, Liam Orr, Mollie Passacantando, Elaina Phalen, Sheridan Phalen, James Piland, and Emily Walzl!  

 We’ve won seven IM Invitationals, including five in the last seven years.

 Three teams did not lose a relay race – the 11-12 girls, the 13-14 girls, and the 15-18 girls. Overall, the Gators won 38 of 60 relays this year – a .633 winning percentage and better than we did 2 years ago when we went undefeated!

 We sent twelve teams to All-Stars, finishing 9^th overall – out of 102 teams. We were seeded 20^th in the league.

 Oh, and yes, MVP scored 230 points in that meet. We finished far ahead of – oh, let’s pick some random pools – Mansion House, Waynewood, Riverside Gardens, and Stratford.

 I’d like Nick Dupuis to come up here. Two years ago, Nick was the only Gator boy to set a team record. This year, he’s got company. Please come up when I call your name:  Recognition of NVSL record setters – Cassidy Bayer set the backstroke, butterfly, and IM records for NVSL. Also three National Age Group records – 11-12 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly. Joining Cassidy on an NVSL record relay were Holly Jansen, Emma Jones, and Elaina Phalen
Kenny Krogh, Will Friedman, Charlie Ruppe, James Piland, George Pacious, Connor Dunn, Nick Dupuis, Cameron Morey, Sean Jansen, Cole Miller, Sam McBroom, Dom Heratsch, Kevin Adams-Mardi, Cyrus Adams-Mardi.

Cage Theriot, Juliette Fore, Emily Makin, Cecelia Morales, Cassidy Bayer, Holly Jansen, Emma Jones, Elaina Phalen, Torie Bolger, Sarah Jones, Anna Fracasso, Jessie Bricker, Sara Bertram, Jayne Orleans, Leigh Orleans.

Overall, 18 new team records were set by 15 girls and 14 boys.


  Divisonal Championships were held today at Hunt Valley. Stat Boy did some complicated math – Gators took 21.5% of top six places, when the average team should take 16.6% – which means MVP swimmers overperformed the average by 30%.
 Four new team records were set today.
 We had 13 swims go under last year’s All-Star cut, and bunch who are on the bubble. The cut DOES change, so let’s hope they all make it.