Bannockburn Prepares for 2013 Season With Lots of Fast Swimmers

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 1 (June 5, 2013)

Newsletter Returns; Dolphins Prepare for 2013

Welcome back to the Bannockburn Dolphin Swimmers. This is your official newsletter, which is returning after a short hiatus.

The newsletter is more about fun, records and results than it is about critical information.

Critical information about the meets and practices will come via email from the coaches as well as in the weekly team email.

I hope to have fun with the newsletter and to include the names of as many swimmers as possible in each edition. That said, I can always miss something so if you see a swimmer do something extraordinary then shoot me an email at jaretseiberg@yahoo.com. And let me know if I missed a milestone or made a mistake so we can get the record straight in the next edition.

Go Dolphins!

Bannockburn Records To Fall As Many Strong 2012 Dolphins Eligible to Swim This Summer

By Doll Finn

Senior Swim Correspondent

We haven’t had a meet yet in 2013 but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some catching up to do from the 2012 summer season any many swimmers last year set top 25 age group times for Bannockburn.

In fact, there were so many new top 25 swimmers that things look good for the Dolphins, which start the summer ranked second in Division G.

Northwest Branch is the top ranked team in the division. Below Bannockburn are Daleview, Stronebridge, Inverness Forest and Rock Creek.

Of course, hitting a top 25 time in 2012 does not guarantee victory in 2013. Many are moving up in their age group and some are off to other endeavors or have moved from the community. Still, it is still a great indication of the team’s strength.

8 and Under

Swimmers setting top 25 times last year in the 8 and under include Andrew O’Brien for the 25 free and the 25 back. For under 8 boys breast stroke, two top 25 swimmers return. They are Meyer Eskin and Cole Wassiliew. Butterfliers are Andrew O’Brien and Charlie Moellering.

For the girls, Evelyn Wassiliew had a top 25 in breast and butterfly.

9 and 10

When we move on to the under 10 top 25 record holders, we have Lucca Scott in the backstroke and butterfly and Shifra Eskin in breast stroke.

11 and 12

The under 12 swimmers are loaded with top 25 times from 2012.

These include Jeffrey Su who set a top 25 times in free, back, breast, fly and the IM. All but the breast stroke are team records. And that breast stroke top team time ever was set in 2012 by Jack Blazes, who also has top 25 team times in free, back, fly and IM. Following those two is Ray Crist with top 25 team times from 2012 in free, back and fly. Owen Wassiliew has a top 25 in breast and fly while Ethan Wendel has a top 25 in fly.

The 2012 under 12 girls include top 25 times from Katya Damskey in free, breast, fly and IM. Naomi Seiberg has 2012 top 25 times in back, fly and IM. Danielle “Cookie” Lair Ferrari had a 2012 top 25 in fly.

13 and 14

When it comes to the 13 to 14 year old girls, all sorts of records were broken. Bryna Steele had a top 25 time in free, back, breast, fly and IM. Jessie Kline has top 25 times in free, back, fly and IM. Kaili Gregory had a top 25 in free while Hannah Melrod had a top 25 in free, back, and breast.

For the 13-14 boys, Peter Fosburgh scored top 25 times in free, back, fly and IM while Max Palerno was top 25 in free, back, breast and IM. Paul Rock had a top 25 in IM.

15 to 18

In the top age group of 15 to 18, many records fell. On the girls side, Elizabeth Fosburgh scored top 25 in free and back. Elizabeth still has top 25 times in IM, fly and breast from prior years.

Nora Kelsall had top 25 times in free and back while Samantha Kline has top 25 times in back and fly.

For the boys, Andy Lair Ferrari is top 25 in free, back, fly, and IM.  John Janezich scores top 25 in free, back and IM while Evan Steingass is top 25 in free, back, breast, fly, and IM. Ryan Chitwood is top 25 in back and breast, and Nick Hopkins is top 25 in breast.

Apologies in advance if I missed anyone. I pulled all the data from pool website.

By my count, that makes 30 swimmers in 2012 who had a top 25 fastest Bannockburn swim time. That’s pretty impressive and leaves one pretty optimistic about 2013.

As for 2013, look for the latest edition on the Tuesday after every Saturday meet. We will include the highlights of the A meet but also will include some of the standout performances from the B meet. The goal each week is to give credit to as many kids as possible.

And yes, we welcome guest correspondents. So if Shelly (or any real people) want to add some color from one of the meets, email it along for inclusion in the next edition.