Bannockburn Swim Team
Dolphin Times
Issue 4 (June 25, 2013)
Dolphins Even Record With Big Win Saturday
By Doll Finn,
Senior Swim Correspondent
The Bannockburn Dolphins got a strong showing from the boys as the team swam its way to victory in Saturday’s meet against Inverness Forest.
The view from the press box overlooking the pool was impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the 12 and under boys who swept the 100 IM to open the meet. Jack MacIsaac, Owen Wassiliew, and Ray Crist finished within 2.37 seconds of each other. They were 1.57 seconds ahead of the top IF swimmer.
Inverness Forest countered our strong boys with a tandem of extremely fast girls. May Tondarvi is 12 and Julie Fan is 10. Both swam the IM in under 1:19, which means they were not just faster than the boys but they had All Star Times. Those two would keep IF in the meet for much of the day.
In the 200 Medley Relay, the Bannockburn boys led by Andy Lair Ferrari, Ryan Chitwood, John Janezich and Evan Steingass cruised to a nearly six second win. On the girls side, Bannockburn secured second and third with Elizabeth Fosburgh, Hannah Melrod, Maddie Alagia, and Bryna Steele in second and Nora Kelsall, Elena Palermo, Sammy Kline and Kellan Steel in third.
Going into the eight year old free style, the meet was close. Jacob Seiberg finished second and Ryan Kaplan fourth while Ella Scott won and Sam MacIsaac and Anna Cavanagh were third and fourth.
Things stayed tight with the 9/10s as Gideon Helf got an All Star Time but finished second in 34.96 while Andrew O’Brien was fourth. IF swimmer Julie Fan set an All Star Time to win, but Bannockburn girls Shifra Eskin and Katie MacIsaac mitigated the damage with strong second and third place finishes.
Jeffrey Su grabbed first for the 13/14 boys while Jessie Kline and Kaili Gregory took the top two slots for the girls. Jessie’s win put her 1.7 seconds ahead of the closest IF swimmer.
The under 12 boys finally opened up a margin for Bannockburn in the meet. Ray Crist won in an All Star Time of 31.03 followed by Jack MacIsaac and Owen Wassiliew. Tyler Crist, Ethan Wendel and Lucca Scott were fifth, sixth and seventh.
The girls kept the margin with Caitlin Ryan, Naomi Seiberg and Gabriella Helf taking second, third and fifth.
In 15/18, the boys lost the top spot to IF, but Evan Steingass, Andy Lair Ferrari, John Janezich, Ryan Chitwood and Jack Steingass took second to sixth. Elizabeth Fosburgh and Maddie Alagia were second and fourth in a girls competition that included three All Star Times.
That Bannockburn lead got a bit wider in the 13/14 IM as Jeffrey Su finished first with an All Star Time of 1:07.28, which was 1.69 seconds faster than his seed time. He was followed by Jack Blazes in second.
The girls were even more dominant. Jessica Kline, Kaili Gregory and Danielle Lair Ferrari swept the top three spots with the closest IF swimmer two seconds behind.
As the timers walked to the shallow end of the pool, the eight year olds prepared for back stroke. Jacob Seiberg won while on the girls side Maya Lall and Anna Cavanagh took first and second. Gideon Helf kept up the boy’s winning streak with a win in 9/10.
Andy Lair Ferrari and Elizabeth Fosburgh both set All Star Times with Andy finishing second in 15/18 Back and Elizabeth winning.
The 11/12 boys continued to sweep events with Jack MacIsaac, Owen Wassiliew and Ray Crist taking the top three spots with the nearest IF swimmer almost nine seconds behind.
Jessie Kline and Priscilla Felten took the top two 13/14 back spots with Jessie getting an All Star Time. Jeffrey Su won for the boys.
Intermission ended with the 15/18 IM. IF won both races, though Evan Steingass and Elizabeth Fosburgh both secured second place finishes.
Heading into breaststroke, the Dolphins had stretched the need to about 50 points but the meet was hardly over. Meyer Eskin had an All Star Time to win the boys under 8 by three seconds.
Then the girls took over. Maya Lall, Darby LeFaivre and Ann Cavanagh took the top three spots!
Shifra Eskin took the win for the girls 9/10 before Owen Wassiliew and Jack MacIsaac secured the top two spots in 11/12 with Owen getting an All Star Time. Jack Blazes set an All Star Time in the 13/14 win while Ryan Chitwood and Evan Steingass took first and second in 15/18.
Fly is where the Dolphins secured the win.
Jacob Seiberg and Maya Lall both won in the under 8 while Gideon Helf got an All Star Time in his second place 9/10 finish. Ray Crist took first for the 11/12 boys with Naomi Seiberg and Gabriella Helf tying for third for the girls. Jeffery Su and Jessie Kline won for the 13/14.
By the time we got the graduated relay – by far the best event of any meet – the outcome was pretty much decided. That said, the team of Gideon Helf, Ray Crist, Jeffrey Su and Jacob Seiberg won in 1:56.65. The team of Andrew O’Brien, Jack MacIsaac, Jack Blazes and Ryan Kaplan finished third.
For the girls, Shifra Eskin, Caitlin Ryan, Jessie Kline and Darby LeFaivre finished second while Katie MacIsaac, Naomi Seiberg, Kaili Gregory and Maya Lall were fourth.
The final event was hamburger eating as the team went to Five Guys for lunch. This correspondent was slightly delayed due to technical issues at automation – yes, these automation folks always have technical issues – yet we hear the competition to order the biggest burger and finish it the fastest was fierce. Please send any tips about the burger consumption to Haydn, our intern at the newsletter. He can be reached at haydnthedogseiberg@gmail.com.
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| The eight year olds prepare to swim at Saturday's meet. |
Bannockburn Coaches Out Smart Carderock
By Flip Turn,
Junior Swim Correspondent
Never let it be said that Bannockburn doesn’t employ some of the smartest coaches in MCSL.
Wednesday’s B meet against Carderock featured a pool deck that was basking in the sunshine. Parents were seen fleeing for any bit of shade that could be found even if it meant mingling with the other team.
Head Coach Malena Lair-Ferrari and Assistant Coach Spenser Steele were not going to let that stop them from taking detailed notes on all of the Dolphin swimmers so they could focus on areas needing improvement.
The two commandeered the cooler with the volunteer waters in it and used it as a shaded oasis on the pool deck.
For those who don’t think the coaches work hard, all you need to do is see them up close at a meet. The notes that the two took on the swimmers were extensive enough to exhaust even this reporter.
While Malena and Spenser were studying the swimmer, the other coaches were hard at work with the swimmers themselves. Nick Hopkins, Kellan Steele, Andy Lair-Ferrari and Maddie Alagia work tirelessly in support of the kids.
BTW…. For those who want to see Malena as young girl or Spenser in a tux need to check out the coaches page on the Bannockburn Swim Team website.
Yes, this reporter gets easily distracted.
Back to the B Meet….. There were some impressive personal performances at the meet.
Two swimmers recorded improvements in a time of at least 20%.
Ceila Noya had a 20.49% improvement in her 25 free time while Jacob Seiberg had a 20.22% improvement in his 25 breast time.
All the swimmers below had at least a 5% improvement in their times in the strokes mentioned at the B Meet. We are sure there are more we could mention and we will continue to give shout outs about the B meet performances. But we wanted to highlight the following:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Alexander Burbelo (age 13) took 3.6 seconds off his 50 back time and 8.59 second off his 100 IM time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Jack Burke (age 9) 2.62 seconds off his 25 back time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Alex Butman (13) took 5.52 second off his 100 IM time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Anna-Louise Cobau (age 9) took 3.47 seconds off her 50 free time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Sarah Cobau (12) took 2.89 seconds off her 50 back time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Payton Eyres (age 7) took 4.43 seconds off his 25 back time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Thaddeus Felten (age 9) took 4.29 seconds off back and 3.52 seconds off breast.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Riley Greenwald (age 7) took 7.22 seconds off his 25 free time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Margaret Hutt (age 8) dropped 4.23 seconds in the 25 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Gevvie Johnson (age 9) dropped 1.7 seconds in 25 back.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Renz Johnson (age 11) took 3.03 second off 50 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Aiden Kaplan (age 10) dropped 10.48 seconds in 50 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->William Kessner (age 8) dropped 1.54 seconds in 25 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Piper Kraske (age 9) dropped 10.66 seconds in the 50 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Katie MacIsaac (age 8) dropped 1.6 seconds in 25 fly.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Owen Mann (age 7) dropped 2.9 seconds in the 25 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Finn Martin (age 10) dropped 13.83 second in the 50 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Sarah McAdoo (age 11) dropped 2.97 seconds in 50 back.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Celia Noya (age 6) dropped 12.10 seconds in 25 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Andrew O’Brien (age 9) took 17.10 seconds off his 100 IM time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Taylor Pyle (age 7) took 6.92 seconds off 25 back.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Teresa Romeu (age 8) took 1.46 seconds off her 25 free time.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Caitlin Ryan (age 12) took 3.19 seconds off her 50 fly.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Audrey Scott (age 8) dropped 4.15 seconds on 25 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Gabriella Scott (age 8) dropped 2.88 second on 25 back.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Lucca Scott (age 11) dropped 4.67 seconds off his 50 breast.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Jacob Seiberg (age 8) dropped 8.65 seconds off his 25 breast.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Victor Singh (age 7) dropped 5.64 second in 25 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Julie Solonsky (age 9) dropped 3.96 seconds in 25 back.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Henry Stein (age 7) dropped 8.58 seconds in 25 free.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Cole Wassiliew (age 9) dropped 3.41 seconds in 25 back.
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| Dolphins occupy the Carderock pool for a big cheer before the start of the Wednesday meet. |
Your correspondent is pulling all this data from a new report available via Team Unify. As with anything new, the risk for a mistake is high. But we hope we captured many of the truly great performances and we will strive to highlight even more in this week’s B meet.
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