By Special Correspondent David Ruppe
"Good luck Cassidy!" smiling Elizabeth Whitson (9) called to teammate Cassidy Crowther (9) before beginning their 50 backstroke race. Gator swimmers were full of good sportsmanship and fun as they swam hard against each other and opposing Hollin Hills swimmers at Monday night's B-meet.
The
team also cheered their other Cassidy teammate (Bayer), when our home meet
paused so that both teams could gather around a large projection screen and
watch Cassidy place fourth in the women's 100 fly final at the U.S. Olympic
trials in Omaha. Her finish puts her on the U.S. national team for that
event and was covered by the Washington Post Tuesday. Cassidy swims her top
event, the 200 fly, on Wednesday morning.
Back
at MVP, quite a few other Gators had great swims, some cutting massive time.
Natalie Crowther beat her previous best by 10 seconds in the Girls 8&U 25
Back to get to 31.64. Joseph Bucca dropped 9 seconds in the Boys 9-10 50
Free to get to 57.16. Nora Hixon cut 11 seconds to post 55.78 in the Girls 9-10
50 back. Samantha Cowen posted the night's biggest improvement, cutting
15.70 seconds for a 1.57.46 in the Girls 9-10 100 IM.
In a
thrilling duel, ten-year-old Donovan Kovalsky chopped nearly 8 seconds off his
best for a 1.34.97 Boys 9-10 IM time, with nine-year-old IM ace Tyler Swartz
finishing close behind.
"Good luck Cassidy!" smiling Elizabeth Whitson (9) called to teammate Cassidy Crowther (9) before beginning their 50 backstroke race. Gator swimmers were full of good sportsmanship and fun as they swam hard against each other and opposing Hollin Hills swimmers at Monday night's B-meet.
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| Elizabeth Whitson swam hard and was full of sportsmanship on Monday night! |
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| Everyone was cheering for Cassidy at USA Swim Trials!! |
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| Coach Paul signals that Cassidy has placed 4th in the 100 fly. An amazing feat! |
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| Nora Hixon dropped some serious time at Monday's B Meet! |
Large cuts are harder for older swimmers, yet we saw Olivia Johansson drop 3.38 seconds to touch at 39.19 in the Girls 15-18 50 fly and Andrew Baker an amazing 7.51 seconds for a smoking 1.21.10 in the Boys 13-14 IM.
The 11-12 Boys group added competition, with top-ranked Kenny Krough (12) coming back from illness and Joe Humphreys (11) from his baseball season. Another in the group, Jack Klopson (11), however, could be joining the exclusive but not highly-coveted "arm-in-a-cast" club after a non-swimming accident. He’s hoping to get a water-proof cast Thursday and if he does don’t be surprised if he starts dropping times!
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| "Arm-in-a-cast" club! Let's hope this club stays small! |
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