Green & White Meet Photos

Conclusive proof that cute Little Gators grow up to be teenagers, eventually:

https://plus.google.com/photos/113910463653638795868/albums/6166009691552842433

Thanks to David Anderson  for these great pics.

In Swampy Conditions, Gators Chomp Frogs

"Raindrops kept fallin' on their heads" (BJ Thomas),  but the Mount Vernon Park Gators shook off the heavy showers and relatively cold weather to post their second straight victory to open the 2015 A Meet season with a 220-200 win over the Fairfax Frogs.

As if there weren't enough water!

With the win, MVP is tied for first place with Little Rocky Run, our week four  opponent.  Not to look ahead, but to set the stage, both teams had close wins against Fairfax.  Last week, the LRR Stingrays beat the Frogs 216-204, so that week four road meet could be special.

So, if I mention December 18th, The Force Awakens

will I receive an advertising check from Disney?

If I do, Disney will have still made a huge profit

off me over the years.

Back to the "Rainy Day in June" (Alan Jackson).  The day before, the only discussion was whether the meet would happen.  Our fearless team reps cautioned "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" (Bob Dylan) but "the Meet Goes On, yeah the Meet Goes On." (Sonny and Cher!  Well, not really, and it's not about rain, but it works!).

There was a sea scout camp near a beach where the porpoises were so friendly that they swam to shore every night at dinner time. Every night the chef used to announce dinner by yelling: "Dinner! For all in tents...and porpoises."

(Editor's Note: Sorry, that joke is so bad it's good.  With the tents, I had to use it.  Carry on.)

Gator coaches are so well-paid they can afford

to hire their own umbrella boys. In the rain

that's called "trickle-down economics."

The conditions were as bad as this grizzled blogger can remember for an A meet.   During set-up and warm-ups, the number one question was "Who'll Stop the Rain?" (CCR), but by the end, Gator fans were "Singin' in the Rain" (Gene Kelly).  The Frogs were left with "Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain" (Willie Nelson).  (Editor's Note: No they weren't.  They were, like any team, disappointed not to get the win, but they weren't crying!  Reporter's Reply: If you haven't figured out I'm trying to get as many songs about rain into this, you are denser than I previously believed.  Besides, there is no way Willie is getting left out of this compilation.  He may not pay his taxes, but he paid his musical dues. Editor: SMH).

"If only there were a device that I could use

to shield my eyes from the rain!  I bet I could

make a lot of money if I could invent something."

Once again, the Gators seized the lead at the beginning of the meet and never relinquished it.  Coaches Paul Makin and Emily Bayer were singing "It's Raining Men" (The Weathergirls) as the 8 & Under boys started the meet with another freestyle sweep. The team turned "Purple Rain" (Prince) into "Green Rain" (SHINee -- it's amazing what you can find on the internet!  Editor's note: Not in this case.) in freestyle, racing out to a 52-38 lead.

I sure hope that little Gator paid his fair

share to have an umbrella holder! #Onepercent

The rain let up slightly, but as the Eurythmics know, "Here Comes the Rain again."  However, like Clint Black, MVP decided it would "Like the Rain" in backstroke as well, winning 46-44 for a sixteen point lead halfway through the individual events.

Gator hide is impervious to rain.

Breaststroke flipped the backstroke score, as the Frogs noted that they were "No Stranger to the Rain" (the great Keith Whitley).  The Fairfax two point victory in breaststroke (44 MVP/46 Fairfax) cut the lead to 142-128 heading into the butterfly.

By then, the rain was down to a drizzle, but no one was asking "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (CCR's second appearance on the Casey Kasem "Big Rain Top Forty!")

Our B Meet Correspondent coaches the swimmers

during freestyle.  No wonder MVP won!

(Editor's Note: Casey Kasem's dead, and you just made that up.  Reporter: To quote Scooby-Doo -- ruh-roh! Editor: Maybe you should take it out.  Reporter: No, CCR IS the best darn band in the whole darn land!)

Swimmers in green won the race.

A six point Gator win the Butterfly proves that "Rain is a Good Thing" (Luke Bryan) as the 48-42 win opened the meet up to a 190-170 lead.

Cameron gives the Gators morey points

with a first place in 15-18 backstroke.

The Gators and the Frogs split the dozen relays, so the twenty point lead remained unchanged, leading to the 220-200 final.  The Gators decided that they Love a Rainy Day (with apologies to Eddie Rabbit -- his song is better suited to a B Meet, but c'mon, could I really leave that one out?  I didn't think so either.).  Next meet, however, the Gators won't be clamoring to "Bring on the Rain" (Jo Dee Messina).

Sorry, without names on the caps of the Little Gators,

I have no idea who this is, but she's so cute in this

photo I had to include it.  In the trade, we call this

the "Obligatory Cute Little Gator Pic."  

The races of the week were swum by James Piland, who won 9-10 boys fly by 0.33 over his Frog opponent and Sheridan Phalen, who turned out to be a "Rainy Day Woman" (Waylon Jennings) for the Gators, winning her race by just 0.27 against her fierce Fairfax Frog freestyle foe. (Editor's Note: well, usually your writing is a series of painful reaches, such as this rain song theme, but this time, you deserve a high-five for having five straight alliteration words in a row!)

Swimming photos as art: The interplay of facial

expressions and water movement means

breaststroke is the most photogenic stroke.

Gator sweeps came at the hands (and arms, legs, and feet) of the 8 & under freestyle boys -- George Schulte, Matthew Makin, and Alexander North started their team off for greater Gator glory -- and the 11-12 girls fly squad, as Emily Makin, Gabrielle Greszler, and Olivia Blondin went 1-2-3 for the 9-0 run.  The Frogs had one sweep, so MVP now has a 6-1 advantage in sweeps this season.

Even Gator parents are hiring umbrella boys. This
is a key indicator that the economy is picking up.

(Editor's Note: This might be the most obscure Stat Boy stats of all Stat Boy stats!  Stat Boy Note: If you aren't innovating, you are losing.)

Andrew Baker, Gator Points Maker

Double winners for the Gators were Kevin Adams-Mardi (free and breaststroke), Tyler Swartz (breaststroke and fly), Sheridan Phalen (free and fly), Taylor Makin (back and breaststroke), Cassidy Bayer (breaststroke and fly), and Emily Makin (back and fly).

The 8 & under boys crushed it, so no

need to risk an early take-off here

Other MVP winners were George Schulte (free), Cassidy Crowther (free), Gabrielle Greszler (free), Matthew Makin (back), Joseph Humphreys (back), Cameron Morey (back), Lily Palmerino (back), Jack Dupuis (breaststroke), and James Piland (fly).  Thus, the Gators won 21 of the 40 individual events, providing ten points of the 20 point victory.

Coaches work hard to instill this laser-like

focus on relay strategy.  And it worked!

Second place points were earned by Matthew Makin (free), James Piland (free), Andrew Baker (free), Jill Humphreys (free), Isabella Van Damme (free and breaststroke), Juliana Skopp-Cardillo (free), Jessie Bricker (free), George Schulte (back), Andrei Zaitsev (back), Cassidy Crowther (back), Parker Fulghum (back), Alexander North (breaststroke), Jack Klopson (breaststroke), Olivia Heck (breaststroke), Miriam Keller (fly), Lily Palmerino (fly), Gabrielle Greszler (fly), Olivia Johansson (fly), Andrew Baker (fly), and Cameron Morey (fly).  That represents 21 second place points, good for six more net points on the win.

Lily goes Frog giggin', keeps Fairfax from

padding their lead.  Lily's team won!

(Reporter's Note: Did you see how I worked "Lily," a variation of "pad," and "Frog" all in there?  Editor: If it worked, you would not have had to add this.)

Parker's start leaves the Frogs green with envy.

It's not easy being green.  Unless you are a Gator.

Third place points were harvested by Alexander North (free), Donovan Kovalsky (free), Andrei Zaitsev (free), Nick Dupuis (free and breaststroke), Zoe Greszler (free), Parker Fulghum (free), Elizabeth Moorman (back), Abby Dittman (back), Olivia Johansson (back), Anna Fracasso (back and fly), Samantha Cowen (breaststroke), Caroline Baker (breaststroke), TJ Heck (breaststroke), Juliana Skopp-Cardillo (breaststroke), Lily Penn (breaststroke), Torie Bolger (breaststroke), Jackson Foerster (fly), Donovan Kovalsky (fly), Cole Miller (fly), and Olivia Blondin (fly).  The 22 third places added the final four points to the victory margin.

The AFrac Expressive Face of the Week photo.

(Or, as we call it here at the Gator blog world HQ:

The AFEFOTW)

(Editor's Note: "Harvested?"  Reporter: It's the Swim Local movement.  Gators are Aquavores).

The Gator victory dance!

After a scorcher of a first meet, and a soaker of a second meet, the Gators can truly paraphrase Sweet Baby James Taylor and say "they've swum fire and they've swum rain."  Next week, MVP takes on the 0-2 Fairfax Station Flyers in the first Gator away meet of the season.

I hope you enjoyed the dry humor in this post.

When Coach Paul sees this photo, the team

will spend a bunch of this week on the all

important "YMCA" drills.  Winning matters

more than rhythm, but is it too much to ask for both?

The Ceremonial Moving of the Tents

In ancient Greek mythology, if you are having a swim meet and you move the team tents to higher ground, the rain stops.  MVP parents moved the tents, and several hours later, the rain stopped.  Greek mythology is not just myths you know!

(Thanks to Carol Bolger for the video footage.)

David Anderson's Fairfax A Meet Photos

You can either click these words

Or click the link:
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So Good, We Wrote About It Twice

At the Fort Hunt Sportsman Relay carnival Wednesday night held at Riverside Gardens, MVP's own special pod of Alligator mississippiensis again showed that they're the fastest species in the local swampland.

Gator teams won six of the thirteen races against those from 11-rival local pools, at the annual Fort Hunt Sportsmen's fun meet.  The carnival traditionally features unorthodox team combinations including disparate mixed age, and mixed gender medleys -- think giant Gators swimming with virtual hatch-lings! And ends with a what just happened there? coaches' race.

Even a carnival can be intense ...

Those first place winners were:
200 mixed age girls -- Juliette Fore, Katya Zaitsev, Sheridan Phalen, and Elaina Phalen (one of several sibling relay partners).

100 8/under free girls -- Elizabeth Whitson, Hudson Ward, Miriam Keller, and Nora Hixon.
100 b/g 9-10/11-12 backstroke --
Mikayla Gordon, Lucas Garvey, Charles Bradburn, and Paige Humphreys.
100 b/g 9-10/11-12 free -- Delaney Adrian, Michael Ienzi, TJ Heck, and Olivia Heck.
250 g/g mixed free cresendo -- James Piland, Olivia Blondin, Cole Miller, and Parker Fulgum.

Gator coaches -- Cassidy Bayer, Kevin Adams-Mardi, Emma Jones, and Tristan Colaizzi -- were first in their heat too, though one of the opponents raced a team of apparently 8U aged "coaches!" 

One goggle in and one out, Gator Matthew Saltus really knows how to breathe!

Taking second in the six-team heats were:
100 8/under free boys -- William Milito, Jude Klopson, Sean Kovalski, and Jack Alzona.
100 8/under free boys -- Natalie Ruppe, Joseph Humphreys, Grace McGee, and Charlie Ruppe.
100 b/g 9-10/11-12 fly -- Gabby Culo, Jack Klopson, Annie Terwilliger, and Andrei Zaitsev.

Grabbing third were:
200 Mixed Age Boys -- Will Friedman, Jack Dupuis, Matthew Saltus, and Noah Hannam.
100 Boys/Girls 6/under 13/over Free -- Ella Prible, Evan Prible, Olivia Johansson, and Ian Neal.

The Gator who roared ...or yawned.

Scoring an A Meet -- A Quick Tutorial

For those new to NVSL A Meet swimming, the scoring at an A meet is relatively simple.  Each event is worth nine points -- five for first, three for second, and one for third.  Each individual stroke totals 90 points -- so all freestyle events add up to 90 points total.  That means there are 360 points in the individual events (that is 90 points times the four events -- free, back, breaststroke, and fly).

There are twelve relays.  The winning team scores five points per relay, while the loser of the relay scores 0.  A sweep of the relays -- I've never seen it happen -- would be a 60-0 win.  A split (such as on Saturday) means each team wins six relays, so the relay scores were tied at 30 to 30.

Thus, there are 420 points generally scored in a swim meet.  Week one's Gator A meet only had 419 points, because four swimmers DQ'd in the same event, leaving only a first place and a second place finisher.  There was no third place finisher.

So that means 211 points are needed to win the meet.  There can be 210-210 ties.  It happens, although there have not been any in the 102 NVSL A meets so far this season.

To get to 211, every point counts -- which is why cheering on a Gator swimmer locked in a close battle for third place is more important than cheering for an MVPer who is cruising to an easy win.  A 6-3 victory adds up quicker than a 5-4 win.

(Editor's Note: Thanks, Blogger Obvious!)

And, that also means that if the other team cruises to an easy win in an event, taking second and third place to limit the damage to 4-5 is very important.  A sweep, which doesn't happen often in A meets, is special because of the 9-0 boost it provides the team.

Photo Link for Ft. Hunt Sportsmen's Relays

David Anderson's great photos are linked here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113910463653638795868/FortHuntSportsmanRelays2015?feat=directlink

If your kid swam in the meet, there's a good chance there's a photo or two.

Gator Relays Relay, Relay Good at Ft Hunt Sportsmen's Relays

Gator relays earned six first place finishes, three second place finishes, and two third places at the annual Ft. Hunt Sportsmen's Relays.

The 8 & under girls 100 free relay at FHSR had reason

to smile before and after their race!

First Place Gator Teams

• 200 meter Mixed Age Girls team of Juliette Fore, Katya Zaitsev, Sheridan Phalen, and Elaina Phalen.
• 100 meter 8 & under Girls freestyle team of Elizabeth Whitson, Hudson Ward, Miriam Keller, and Nora Hixson
• 100 meter 9-10/11-12 boys/girls backstroke team of Mikayla Gordon, Lucas Garvey, Charles Bradburn, and Paige Humphreys.
• 100 meter 9-10/11-12 boys/girls freestyle team of Delaney Adrian, Michael Ienzi, TJ Heck, and Olivia Heck
• 250 meter boy/girl mixed age free crescendo team of James Piland, Olivia Blondin, Cole Miller, and Parker Fulghum.
• Coaches relay team of Cassidy Bayer, Kevin Adams-Mardi, Emma ones, and Tristan Colaizzi.

It's not perfect start form, but FHSR

is always a fun early season event.

Second Place Gator Teams

• 100 meter 8 & under boys freestyle relay team of William Milto, Jude Klopson, Sean Kovalsky, and Jack Alzona.
• 100 meter 9-10/11-12 boys/girls breaststroke team of Natalie Ruppe, Joseph Humphreys, Grace McGee, and Charlie Ruppe.
• 100 meter 9-10/11-12 boys/girls butterfly team of Gabby Cullo, Jack Klopson, Annie Terwilliger, and Andrei Zaitsev

Big Gators (Olivia Johansson) and Little (Ella Prible)

get to swim together at FHSR

Congratulations to all Gator swimmers who participated.  It was a very impressive performance!

Coach Emily rockin' the bold hat fashion statement.

Whatever was holding the coaches' attention was

not very interesting to Team Rep Tonda.

Swimmers of the Week -- Kevin Adams Mardi & Sheridan Phalen

There were a lot of Gators to choose from in naming this week's Swimmers of the Week.  I actually flip-flopped several times before make a final decision on Kevin Adams-Mardi and Sheridan Phalen.

Kevin earned the honors by taking two key first place finishes in the 15-18 boys freestyle and breaststroke, both times holding off two Fairfax swimmers to get the 5-4 event wins.

Kevin cruises home to the victory!

His wins provided good drama. 

Sheridan also won both of her events, but the clincher for her earning the honors was the closeness of her freestyle win.  Sheridan beat her Frog opponent by 0.27 to nab the five points.  Her butterfly win was more of a victory lap, as she won the race by more than 4.5 seconds.

Oh Danny girl, first place, first place is calling.

(Sheridan "Danny" Phalen gets back to her Irish roots!)

SOTWs are chosen solely at the discretion of the editor.  Bribes are welcome.  They will be opened, drunk, but still have no impact on those decisions, so save your money.  No swimmer/relay/age group can win it twice in the same season.

One Team Record Set On Cold Day In. . .Mount Vernon Park

Cassidy Bayer shaved 0.03 seconds off her 15-18 girls 50 meter Gator team butterfly record on Saturday, slicing it from 28.46 set two weeks ago at Time Trials to 28.43 in Saturday rain and cold.

On Cassidy's way to another team record.

Cassidy is gunning for the NVSL fly record, which is a stunning 27.30 and set by Janet Hu in 2014.  Janet recently won the 100 back NCAA women's championship.  Cassidy is at the bottom of her age group and has three and a half seasons to break that incredible record.

Fast Gator Swims in the Hollin Hills Heat

by Special Correspondent David Ruppe

Deep in the Hills of Hollin last Monday, Gators and Bluefish met once again to chase each other quickly back and forth across a shaded blue cement pond.

And there were many exciting Gator swims -- 10-year old William Mochel's 1st place heat win stood out, as did Joe Humphrey's and James Piland's mad IM dashes. In the intense 11-12 boys 50 Free, Gators Andrei Zaitsev, Parker Blondin, and TJ Heck finished 1,2,3 and within a second of each other.

The swim of the night for this reporter, though, had to be by 10-year old Isabella Van Damme, who lost her goggles early in her 100 IM race but refused to give ground (water, rather) and posted a strong 2nd place finish.

Significant time drops were witnessed for:
Free
Jude Klopson, Jackson Foerster, Shaan Nagda, Nora Hixon, Lauren Angle, Madeline Culo, Keelin O'Connell, William Mochel, Dylan Moore, Isabella Van Damme, Delaney Adrian, Zoe North, Saira Nagda, Olivia Blondin, Anne Grace Dickerson, and Emily Atkinson.

Back
Shaan Nagda, Cassidy Crowther, Jill Humphreys, Samantha Cowen, Lauren Angle, Grace Foutch, Donovan Kovalsky, Abby Tynan, little Cameron Morey, and Liam Orr.

Breast
Gavin Fore, Joe Humphreys, Lily Palmerino, Andrew Baker, and MacKenzie Dickerson.
Fly
Parker Blondin!

The biggest Gator time drop of the night in a non-IM event was registered for Shaan Nagda (7) -- 7.62 in the 25 free! He also posted a large time drop in the 25 back and his sister Saira (10) did in the 50 free.

For the older swimmers, where cutting time can be more challenging, Andrew Baker chopped 2.89 seconds off his 50 breast time in his race to victory.

The heat winners - well, all the winners were heat winners despite the setting sun -- still, the race winners were:

Freestyle
George Schulte, William Milito, Jude Klopson, Cassidy Crowther, James Piland, William Mochel, Isabella Van Damme, Delaney Adrian, Saira Nagda, Andrei Zeitsev, Juliana Skopp-Cardillo, Paige Humphreys, Cole Miller, Zoe Greszler, Parker Fulghum, and Maura Finn.

Back

Mathew Makin, Alexander North, Jack Alzona, William Milito, Ginny Grubbs, Samantha Cowen, Joseph Humphreys, Lucas Garvey, Zoe North, Andrew Baker, Emily Makin, Paige Humphreys, Cole Miller, Taylor Makin, and Torie Bolger.

Breast
Tyler Swartz, Donovan Kovalsky, Lily Palmerino, Lillian Babin, Andrew Baker, Will Friedman, Emily Makin, Abigail Dittman, Ellie Cullo, Brian McNamara, Zoe Greszler, and Jayne Orleans.

Fly
Matthew Makin, James Piland, Parker Blondin, Abigail Dittman, Emma Jones, and Liam Orr.

IM James Piland, Joseph Humphreys, Parker Blondin, Emily Makin, Abigail Dittman, Brian McNamara, Taylor Makin, and Parker Fulghum!

(Any typos in the names, or mistakes in the captions are solely the fault of this reporter.  Nonetheless, just email the them to the blog editor! -- glen@pos.org and he will fix my mistakes.)

Dunn Loring Photos Are Up!

The link is below and embedded here, but there are also some in the articles below.

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Waynewood Meet Photos Are Up!

Our crack photographer sent the link to me Friday, and I was remiss in posting the link because of graduation events.  Here it is -- enjoy:

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Gators Chow Down On Tuna-Safe Dolphin

The MVP Gators opened the 2015 A Meet schedule with a 232-187 win over the Dunn Loring Dolphins.  MVP never trailed in the meet, which was close after backstroke, but the Gators steadily pulled away in breaststroke, fly, and the relays.

Gators warming up, psyching up.

The Gators were off to a strong start, leading 22-5 after the first three events, and 49-41 after freestyle.  The Dolphins fought back by doing well in back, winning the stroke by five points and cutting the MVP lead to 91-88.  However, the Gators opened it up to a 23 point lead by winning breaststroke 55-35.  The fly races went back and forth, but the Gators won it 46-44 to have a commanding 192-167 lead going into the relays.

Her hat's got more teeth than she does!

Winning eight of the twelve relays was impressive, and added twenty points to the final margin of victory.

The coaches are getting the swimmers psyched up.

Well, Torie is.  Tristan, Kevin, and Cameron

look either bemused or confused.

The Gators had four sweeps, while the Dolphins could not get any.  The boys started out freestyle on fire, as both the 8 & under boys and the 9-10 boys swept.  The 8 & under boys who went 1-2-3 were Tyler Swartz, Matthew Makin, and George Schulte.  Not to be outdone, the 9-10 boys with the brooms were Joseph Humphreys, Donovan Kovalsky, and Jack Klopson.

Not every Dolphin has his day.

The 8 & under boys had another sweep in breaststroke, led by Matthew Makin, and followed by Alexander North and Gavin Fore.  The 11-12 girls got into the sweep business in the fly, when Emily Makin, Gabrielle Greszler, and Olivia Blondin finished first, second, and third respectively.

It's the first week of the season.  Not all the coaches

are pointing in the same direction yet.

The girls race of the week was swum by Gabrielle Greszler, who beat her Dunn Loring opponent by just 0.11 seconds in the 11-12 free.  None of the first place Gator boys won over a second place Dolphin by 0.50 seconds or less, so there was no boys race of the week.

Every single Gator pictured here scored a point, thanks

to back-to-back boys freestyle sweeps!

There were three Gator double winners: Tyler Swartz (free and fly), Kevin Adams-Mardi (free and breaststroke), and Cassidy Bayer (breaststroke and fly).

The great Al Hirt showed to play the National Anthem!  

(Well, Kurt sounded like him!)

Individual event winners were Joseph Humphreys (free), Gabrielle Greszler (free), Sheridan Phalen (free), George Schulte (back), Michael Ienzi (back), Andrei Zaitsev (back), Matthew Makin (breaststroke), Jack Klopson (breaststroke), Parker Blondin (breaststroke), Taylor Makin (breaststroke), Donovan Kovalsky (fly), and Emily Makin (fly).  The Gators won only 18 out of the 40 individual races.  In fact, the Gator girls only won six of the 20 even-numbered races -- which means the depth of the team is what resulted in the victory.

With Jill Humphreys as his canvas, photographer

David Anderson does his best impression of

a French impressionist.

Second place points were earned by Matthew Makin (free), Donovan Kovalsky (free), Andrew Baker (free and fly), Nick Dupuis (free and breaststroke), Jill Humphreys (free), Collin Sundsted (back), Gus Leyden (back), Nora Hixson (back), Lily Palmerino (back), Abby Dittman (back), Lily Penn (back and breaststroke), Parker Fulghum (back), Alexander North (breaststroke), Jack Dupuis (breaststroke), TJ Heck (breaststroke), Samantha Cowen (breaststroke), Isabella Van Damme (breaststroke and fly), Cole Miller (fly), Cameron Morey (fly), Gabrielle Greszler (fly), and Sheridan Phalen (fly).  Thus, 25 Gator second place finishes outweighed the 22 Dolphin wins.

Sheridan starts towards a win.  That

makes her our Phalen leader.

Key third place points were earned by George Schulte (free), Jack Klopson (free), Andrei Zaitsev (free), Cole Miller (free), Samantha Cowen (free), Lily Palmerino (free), Juliana Skopp-Cardillo (free and breaststroke), Emma Jones (free), Parker Fulghum (free), Jack Alzona (back), Joseph Ienzi (back), Ginny Grubbs (back), Elizabeth Moorman (back), Juliette Fore (back), Anna Fracasso (back and fly), Gavin Fore (breaststroke and fly), Brian McNamara (breaststroke), Miriam Keller (breaststroke), Jill Humphreys (fly), Colin Baxter (fly), Parker Blondin (fly), Collin Sundsted (fly), Olivia Blondin (fly), and Emma Jones (fly).  The 27-13 win in third place points also helped the win.

Hixson's the One!

The Fairfax Frogs come to MVP on Saturday, June 27th.  Fairfax is 0-1, having lost a close meet to Little Rocky Run by a 216-204 score.  Should be a very competitive meet.

While his name is French (literally), and it looks like

he's surrendering, John is actually swimming backstroke.

(The Dolphin in the lane next to him

doesn't realize the race has started!)

So, how did Cassidy get injured.  Well, they were doing

the bump before backstroke, and. . .oh well, there's

always 2020 in Tokyo!

Of course, Gator observers have never figured out

where Cassidy gets her free-spiritedness from.

A Little Gator gets a hug from an aspiring Little Gator.

Unless your name is Cassidy, it's going to be

awfully difficult to get your name up there!

Gator alum return to cheer the team on to victory!

Cameron takes shaking hands very seriously!

AFrac and the Gators flew Saturday.

More great Gator photos on the link on the post a couple above this one!

Another One Bites the Dust. 15-18 Boys Set A New Gator Record

Back in 1994, four Gators set a new team record of 2:01.30 in the 15-18 boys 200 medley relay.  That 21 year old record finally fell Saturday as Gus Leyden, Kevin Adams-Mardi, Cameron Morey, and Tristan Colaizzi beat by 0.29 seconds.

The new mark of 2:00.01 breaks the old record set by Lance Wormell, William Gass, Kirk Myers, and John Dressendorfer.  The new record holders look to go under 2:00 flat in the next meet.

While every Gator girls relay records have been set this century, the boys have been a little slower at erasing the past marks.  However, they are inexorably taking the old school records down.  Nine of the 13 boys relay records have been set this century, with all of those coming in 2009 or later.

Congratulations boys!

Gus Leyden gets the record setting swim started.

Kevin Adams-Mardi glides through breaststroke.

Cameron Morey makes it a tight race.

Somewhere in that water, Tristan Colaizzi is
bearing down on a team relay record from 1991