Individual medley races were the top dog this past Monday night at
the meet between MVP and Riverside Gardens.
About 20 heats of the long race (and 25 fly for the 8 and unders)
were run to get the best times for seeding in the IM Invitational next Monday afternoon.
Among the MVP first place winners were: James Pliland, Colby Webber, Cage and Ceci
Theriot, Parker Blondin, Charlie Ruppe, Juliana Skopp-Cardillo,
Nick Dupuis, Emma Jones, Olivia Johansson, Cameron Morey, Maddie
and Torie Bolger, and in their first successful fly race this summer -- Mikayla Gordon
and Graham Dale.
Others trying fly or IM for the first time were: Caroline Baker, Sophia Huertas,
Sofia-Marie Khalil, and Annie Terwilliger.
The 3 and a half hour meet also featured other great swims. Winning their heats
were: Joseph Humphries, William Mochel, Michael Ienzi, Jack Ciovacco, Sam Starr,
Isabella Van Damme, Andrei Zaitsev, Will Freidman, Kenneth Krogh, Alice Ackerson,
Colin Sundsted, Joseph Ienzi, Sheridan Phalen, Ripley Vaughan, Cole Snodgrass,
Ian Baker, Kaila Stein, Elaina Phalen, Leigh Orleans, Colby Webber, Dylan Moore,
Mikayla Gordon, Anika Degen, Sophia Huertas, Clark Bayer, Giovanni Marcucci,
Abby Dittman, Nick Dupuis, Sheridan Phalen, Jessie Bricker, Molly Cabral,
Leah Myers, TJ Heck, Katie Whalen, Anna Grace Dickerson, and Parker Fulghum.
Swimmers knocking 4 seconds or more off their best times were: Jack Ciovacco,
Tyler Swartz, Grayson Normand, Luke Adrian, Lauren Scott, Caroline Myers, Ginny
Grubbs, Charlie Bruce, Mikayla Gordon, Brandon Santangelo, Patrick Riley, Leah Meyers,
Katya Zaitsev, Abby Dittman, Colin Sundsted, and Dom Heratsch.
Biggest time drops belonged to Lindsay Bombac (-20), Elizabeth Whitson (-22),
Frances Webber (-11), Leigh Kovalsky (-10), Nick McBroom (-11), Isabelle
Thornburg (-14), and four year old Josie Cowen who cut more than 10 seconds from her
25 free!
There are no more developmental meets on Monday nights this season but don't
forget ROMP IN THE SWAMP next Wednesday am. If you are not swimming in divisionals,
and are 12 and under THIS IS YOUR MEET!
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