Stat Boy Runs Wild!

Unedited Stat Boy notes were found this morning, so even though he tried to keep them hidden, as a free press, we are committed to getting them out there!

∙ Your 2014 MVP Gators!  They won the Individual Medley Invitational trophy for the fifth year in a row, and finished 3-2 in Division 3 for the second season in a row.  Before these last two years, we have not that many wins in Division 3 since the 1960s, which is almost before I was born.

∙ For those of you newer to swim team than Carol and I, which is everyone but the Fracassos, when our oldest daughter started in 1999, we were in Division 13, so we’ve jumped over 60 teams – and been in D-3 for three of the past four years.  Btw, there are 103 teams in the NVSL, and around 18,000 swimmers.  By some estimates, it is the largest sports league in the country.

∙ We scored the most points against undefeated Donaldson Run, 13 more points and we win the meet.  By the way, we were only 2.07 seconds away in twelve races in two meets from an undefeated season.  But, I did not figure out how close we were to a winless season, although it wasn’t nearly that close!

∙ The point is NOT to say, darn, we should have been undefeated.  The goal is to show everyone how close and exciting these meets are.  We were 2.07 seconds away from being undefeated – shows you how close and exciting swim meets are.

∙ We had 274 swimmers join the team – making us one of the largest teams in the NVSL.  We had 143 girls and 131 boys.  56 6 & U, 64 7-8 year olds, 61 9-10 year olds, 41 11-12 year olds, 25 13-14 year olds, and 27 15-18 year olds.
∙ We had 215 swimmers swim in meets, including 100 who swam in A Meets.  Fully 55 kids scored points in A Meets, including 25 girls and 30 boys who scored individual points.  First time for more boys scoring points than girls!

∙ In the 12 meets tracked by Hy-Tek, we had 2,452 “splashes” and that’s 14,712 starts and stops by timers. James Piland was the Splash King with 36 swims in those meets, while Donovan Kovalsky and Kenny Krogh share the Splash Prince title with 31.

∙ On the girls side, Sheridan Phalen was the Splash Queen with 37 swims in those meets, while Parker Fulghum was the Splash Princess with 35.

∙ We had 14 swimmers with perfect attendance at meets – Clark Bayer, Torie Bolger, Juliette Fore, Anna Fracasso, Will Friedman, Parker Fulghum, Emma Jones, Emily Makin, Taylor Makin, Cecilia Morales, Elaina Phalen, Sheridan Phalen, James Piland, and Juliana Skopp-Cardillo.

∙ We had nine swimmers score points in all ten of their individual A meet events.  Stand up – Kevin Adams-Mardi, Torie Bolger, Cameron Morey, Parker Fulghum, Sean Jansen, Sheridan Phalen, Brian McNamara, Emily Makin, and Juliette Fore.

∙ Family scoring the most points – last season it was the Blondins, but they are at the bottom of their age group this season.  In fifth place – the Fores with 47 points, we had a tie for third place between the Adams-Mardis and the Dupuis with 49 points, in second place, it was the Phalens with 66 points, and with an impressive 97 points – the Makins!  It’s great to have Coach Paul contributing to the team!

∙ We sent eleven teams to All-Stars, finishing 13th overall – out of 103 teams.  We were seeded 16th in the league.   We scored more relay All-Star points than Waynewood, Mansion House, and Hollin Meadows combined.

∙ Four team records set today and ten for the season.  There were six individual team records and four relay records broken.  One record broken was from 1978.  Another from 1992.  Some from last week or last season.  But all rewritten.

∙ For the girls records – 1 from last century (8 & under 25 breaststroke from 1985), 8 from the last decade (the aughts), and 28 from this decade.

∙ For the boys records – 13 from last century, five from last decade, and 19 from this decade!

∙ Call up the team record setters – 4 boys and ten girls: Nick Dupuis, Cameron Morey, Kevin Adams-Mardi, James Piland, Cassidy Bayer, Parker Fulghum, Emma Jones, Elaina Phalen, Jessie Bricker, Anna Fracasso, Jessica Metter, Sara Bertram, Emily Makin, and Sheridan Phalen.

∙ Divisonal Championships were held today at Donaldson Run.  Stat Boy did some complicated math – Gators took a top three in 27 out of 48 events – 56% of the events, and 49% of Gator swims were best times.  We had 51 top six finishes, out of 97 swimmers.

∙ I hand-scored it like an A meet.  Why?  Because I’m Stat Boy/no life.  VW – 64, O – 65, DR and LG – 75 each, and MVP finished with 81, just one point behind LRR.