B Meet Correspondent
After being jilted by long-time Monday night foe Stratford Rec, team reps Tonda and Jim Phalen had to scramble to fill the hole blown in the schedule. They cleverly came up with a three-way meet featuring two of the smaller teams in the area -- Lorton Station and Hollin Hills against the largest area team (that's the Gators, for those readers not paying attention!).
A happy Gator awaits her turn
at Clerk of Course, of course!
The meet went off without a hitch, but the most important thing is that many Gators swam fast. Huge chunks of time were ripped off previous personal bests by Jack Waid, Garo Partoyan, Noah Webber, Jack Alzona, Colin McGuinness, Peter Hannah, Eddie Muir, Jack Hills, Nora Hixson, Madeline Cullo , Ginny Grubbs, Sarah Petz, Josie Cowen, and Sarah Coggeshall in the 8 & under 25 meter freestyle.
Swimming is important, but it's not
all of what Gator swim is about!
To see all the times, including improvements and, uh, not improvements, click on this link.
To see all of Dave Anderson's great photos from Monday night, click on this link!
Kids never whine "I'm bored" at swim team!
"Are you talking to me? To me?" Robert DeNiro
has competition in the focused look competition.
In the 8 & under 25 meter backstroke, big chunks were taken off by Donovan Kovalsky, Matt Makin, Jackson Foerster, Liam Koelsch, Jack Alzona, Charlie Bruce, Garo Partoyan, Cassidy Crowther, Mikayla Gordon, Samantha Cowen, Kathryn Coggeshall, and Hudson Ward.
Swim serious, cool down delirious!
The 50 back saw big time big-time cuts by Hannah Leslie and Liam Orr.
The 8 & Under 25 breaststroke had more than half second time cuts by Lily Palmerino, Elizabeth Moorman, and Charlie Ruppe. The 50 meter breaststroke had big time cuts by Cameron Mulla, Bea Heratsch, Lauren Koelsch, Kaitlyn Whalen, Greta Hannam, Tess Moore, and Paige Humphreys.
People who accuse coach Paul of running a Mickey
Mouse outfit have it backwards. Or upside down.
Big cuts in the the 25 fly were garnered by Donovan Kovalsky, Mikayla Gordon and Elixabeth Moorman. Those who cut at least 0.50 seconds in the 50 fly were Jack Klopson, TJ Heck, Abigail Dittman, Liam Orr, and Noah Hannam.
Don't fear. This is just Anna's expression on her turn.
She is NOT being attacked by an actual Gator.
(I know, it's kind of hard to tell!)
The beloved IM saw big cuts by Kenny Krogh, Colby Weber, Emily Makin, Juliette Fore, Grace McGee, Elle Cullo, Parker Blondin, Andrei Zaitsev, Andrew Baker, Joseph Ienzi, TJ Hack, Taylor Makin, Julianna Skopp-Cardillo, Olivia Blondin, Olivia Heck, Leigh Kovalsky, Greta Hannam, Kaitlyn Whalen, Frances Webber, Carl Questad, Noah Hannam, Parker Fulghum, Olivia Johansson, Cole Snodgrass, and Anna Capper.
Tyler not quite done with his swim.
Nicole focused on the finish.
With three teams swimming, there were a LOT of heats, which means there were a lot of heat winners. This is based off the results -- if you have different information (like a ribbon), I apologize, but I can only go off the official results. Gator heat winners were:
Freestyle
Noah Webber, Caroline Baker, Samantha Cowen, Cassidy Crowther, Colby Webber, George Pacious, Russell Dale, Dylan Moore, Juliette Fore, Joseph Ienzi, Julianna Skopp-Cardillo, Cameron Morey, Parker Fulghum, Anna Fracasso, and Mollie Passacantando. (Yes, Vampire Weekend, I care about an Oxford comma!)
Now there's a Gator with high self-esteem!
Backstroke
Donovan Kovalsky, Jackson Foerster, Lily Palmerino, Will Friedman, Colby Webber, Juliette Fore, Nick McBroom, Abigail Dittman, Emily Atkinson, Frances Webber, Liam Orr, and Molly Cabral.
Clerk of Course: apparently a more
violent workplace than you would think.
Breaststroke
Alexander North, Lily Palmerino, Will Friedman, Russell Dale, Cecilia Morales, Cameron Mulla, Joseph Ienzi, Bea Heratsch, Kaitlyn Whalen, Carl Questad, and Parker Fulghum.
Olivia figures "What the heck, with
a name like this I should swim fast!"
Butterfly
Donovan Kovalsky, Mikayla Gordon, Elizabeth Moorman, Kenneth Krogh, Jack Klopson, Parker Blondin, Andrew Baker, Liam Orr, and Jessica Metter.
Jill is off to the races.
Individual Medley
Kenneth Krogh, Jack Klopson, Emily Makin, Parker Blondin, Andrew Baker, Taylor Makin, Julianna Skopp-Cardillo, Carl Questad, Emma Jones, Cyrsu Adams-Mardi, and Torie Bolger.
Tommy Kelly does his best impression
of Michael Phelps loosening up
Next Monday is the famed Green & White meet at MVP. In a controversial move, Vegas bookies have established Green as a 6-5 favorite, while London sports books have White as a 7-5 favorite. Gambling sharps from all over the country are chartering jets to lay bets in both locales as to cover their money and win either way. A horse's head was found in one London bookie's bed, but since it was a chess piece from a particularly exciting match the night before, it was not considered to be quite as strong a statement as the scene from Godfather. (Movie scene not suitable for young children or vegans.) Although I always wanted to live as a degenerate gambler, I've unfortunately not got the time to jet to London to place bets. (If you've read this far, I'm impressed!)
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