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Your 2013 MVP Gators! They won the Individual Medley Invitational trophy for the fourth year in a row, and finished 3-2 in Division 3. We have not that many wins in Division 3 since the 1960s, which is almost before I was born. 

We had 283 swimmers join the team – making us one of the largest teams in the NVSL. 67 (last year 54) kids age 6 or younger, 67 (last year 84 kids age 7-8), 60 (last year 64) swimmers age 9-10, 39 (last year 41) swimmers age 11-12, 20 (last year 22) swimmers age 13-14, and 29 (last year 20) kids age 15-18.

We had 236 (last year 222) swimmers swim in meets, including 92 (last year 97) who swam in A Meets. Fully 67 (last year 70) kids scored points in A Meets, including 33 girls and 26 boys who scored individual points.

In the 12 meets tracked by Hy-Tek, we had 2,817 "splashes" – 113 more than last season, and that’s 16,902 starts and stops by timers. Nick Dupuis was the Splash King with 39 swims in those meets, while Andrei Zaitsev was the Splash Prince with 36. On the girls side, Juliana Skopp-Cardillo was the Splash Queen with 40 swims in those meets, while Lily Palmerino and Mac Brotherton tied for Splash Princess with 35 each.

We had 17 (up from one dozen) swimmers with perfect attendance at meets – Andrew Baker, Ian Baker, Olivia Blondin, Parker Blondin, Mac Brotherton, Nick Dupuis, Parker Fulghum, Jack Klopson, Emily Makin, Taylor Makin, Lily Palmerino, Elaina Phalen, Sheridan Phalen, Juliana Skopp-Cardillo, Cage Theriot, Emily Walzl, and Katyz Zaitsev.

We’ve won eight IM Invitationals, including six in the last eight years.

Family scoring the fourth most points – the Bayers with 55, then the Bolgers with 56, and then the Theriots had 66. Olivia and Parker Blondin scored a combined 67 points to have the most points of any family

We sent twelve teams to Relay All-Stars, finishing 8^th overall – out of 103 teams. We were seeded 18^th in the league. We scored more relay All-Star points than Waynewood, Mansion House, and Riverside Gardens combined. 

Five team records set today. Call up the team record setters: Andrei Zaitsev, Parker Blondin, Charlie Ruppe, Clark Bayer, Andrew Baker, Collin Sundsted, Jack Brunton, Sean Jansen, Cole Miller, Nick Dupuis, Cameron Morey, Cyrus Adams-Mardi. That’s 12 boys – three years ago – Nick was the only boy.

We’ve got 13 girls who set Gator team records. Emily Makin, Olivia Blondin, Abigail Dittman, Juliana Skopp-Cardillo, Cassidy Bayer, Kaila Stein, Mollie Passacantando, Jessie Bricker, Sara Bertram, Torie Bolger, Jayne Orleans, Maddy Bolger, and Anna Fracasso.

Recognition of NVSL record setter – Cassidy Bayer set the 13-14 record for fly and IM.

Divisonal Championships were held today at Donaldson Run. Stat Boy did some complicated math – Gators took a top three in 59% of the events, and 57% of Gator swims were best times.