Bannockburn Swim Team
Dolphin
Times
Issue 5 (July 2, 2013)
That Was Close, But Dolphins Beat Rock Creek
By Doll Finn,
Senior Swim Correspondent
It is rare in this correspondent’s experience that a meet comes down
to the very last event. But that was the case on Saturday when the Bannockburn
Dolphins defeated Rock Creek 400.5 to 188.5.
That’s right. The meet came down to 12 points, which means if we had
false starts that DQ’d the two girl relay teams then we could have lost the meet.
It also demonstrates why it is critical for every swimmer in an A Meet to show
up to swim. Every Dolphin point is one less point for the opposition. And that
could have been the difference on Saturday.
Pictures and prior editions of the
Dolphin Times are available online at http://bannockburnswimteam.blogspot.com.
At the start is looked like a Dolphin blow out. The under 12 boys continue
to dominate the IM scoring 13 points with the top three finishes Jack MacIsaac
got the win with Ray Crist and Owen Wassiliew taking second and third.
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| Nothing like some neon to wake everyone up on a Saturday morning. |
Yet it got closer with the girls under 12 IM as only Naomi Seiberg
in third place finished ahead of a Rock Creek swimmer.
The 200 Medley Relay is quickly becoming a key Dolphin event. The
team of Andy Lair-Ferrari, Ryan Chitwood, Nick Hopkins and Evan Steingass
continued their winning ways.
The girls team was right with them. Elizabeth Fosburgh, Hannah Melrod,
Maddie Alagia, and Bryna Steele took first.
We had two point getters in the under 8 25 free with Jacob Seiberg
in third and Ryan Kaplan in fifth. For the girls, it was Darby LeFaivre with a
second place finish while Ella Scott was fourth.
At this point, Rock Creek had the edge and this reporter felt some
tension on the pool deck.
Gideon Helf, Andrew O’Brien and Cole Wassiliew helped relieve some
of that pressure with a first, second and fourth place finish for 9/10 free.
The girls got third and firth with Shifra Eskin and Katie MacIsaac.
Jeffrey Su got the first Bannockburn All Star Time for 13/14 free by
taking 3/10 of a second off his seed time and finishing first.
On the 13/14 girls side, Bannockburn swept the top three spots.
Jessie Kline, Kaili Gregory and Cookie Lair-Ferrari finished first, second and
third.
The sweeping continue with boys 11/12 as Ray Crist, Jack MacIsaac
and Owen Wassiliew took first, second and third. Just out of the points was
Tyler Crist who had to defeat an airline and Dulles Airport in order to get to
the meet. Good job Tyler.
Finishing in the points in third, fourth and fifth for girls 11/12
were Caitlin Ryan, Naomi Seiberg and Gabriela Helf. That performace helped as
Rock Creek has a very fast girl in Caroline Karson.
Rock Creek won the 15/18 100 free but Evan Steingass finished second
with an All Star Time. He was followed by Andy Lair-Ferrari. Elizabeth Fosburgh
secured first with an All Star Time followed by Maddie Alagia and Bryna Steele
in second and third.
As the meet moved to the 13/14 IM, it was still insanely close. This
reporter wasn’t sure the Dolphins could pull it off. Then Jeffrey Su won the IM
followed by Jessie Kline, Danielle Lair Ferrari and Kaili Gregory sweeping the
top three spots for the girls.
This gave the Dolphins a small cushion heading into backstroke.
Jacob Seiberg and Meyer Eskin for under 8 finished second and third while Maya
Lall and Anna Cavanagh got second and fourth.
Then Gideon Helf got first in 9/10 back and Evelyn Wassiliew secured
some points with a third place finish.
The inability of the Dolphins to get that first spot was eroding
their margin. Yet Dolphins kept getting close. Andy Lair-Ferrari finished
second in back for 15/18 before Elizabeth Fosburgh got an All Star Time and a win.
Those 11/12 boys continued to keep the team in the meet. Once again
they took all three top spots with Jack MacIsaac, Ray Crist and Owen Wassiliew
in first, second and third in back. For the girls, Naomi Seiberg was second and Caitlin
Ryan was fourth.
For 13/14, Jeffrey Su was edged out of the win in back but took second with
Jonathan Rufino in third. Jessie Kline and Kaili Gregory took first and second
with Jessie getting an All Star Time. Sarah Cobau finished sixth but took 1.61
seconds off her time.
The usual names got points for 15/18 IM. Evan Steingass and Andy
Lair-Ferrari took second and third while Elizabeth Fosburgh won with an All
Star Time.
As we moved to breast stroke, we knew some DQs were coming. They
always do. Meyer Eskin continues with his dominate ways in under 8 with a legal
swim in an All Star Time that secured first. The girls were better with the DQs
with Maya Lall taking third.
In 9/10, Andrew O’Brien and Cole Wassiliew took second and third
while Shifra Eskin won for the girls. The three legged monster of our boys
11/12 was missing one, but Owen Wassiliew and Jack MacIsaac took first and
second with Lucca Scott in firth. Caitlin Ryan took second for the girls with
Alexa Crist and Sarah McAdoo in fifth and sixth. Both of those girls bettered
their seed time.
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| Nothing starts off a meet better than swimmers singing the National Anthem. It took some digging but we believe our performers are Katie, Lily, Evie, Ella and Elena. Let us know if we erred. |
Jack Blazes took second for 13/14 boys while Kaili Gregory took
first for the girls in 13/14. Evan Steingass and Ryan Chitwood battled to the
very last glide to take first and second in a time that was only 4/10 of a
second apart. Hannah Melrod took second for the girls while Elena Palermo took
fourth.
On fly, Jacob Seiberg was second for the under 8 boys while Sam
MacIsaac took fourth for the girls. Gideon Helf won for the 9/10 boys fly while Evelyn Wassiliew was fourth for the girls. Ray Crist and Ethan Wendel took first and second
for the 11/12 boys while Naomi Seiberg was fourth for the girls.
Jeffrey Su won in an All Star Time for the 13/14 boys, which pretty
much meant the meet was all tied up at this point. In steps Jessie Kline and
Danielle Lair-Ferrari with a first second finish for the girls.
Andy Lair-Ferrari got second for 15/18 boys, but the girls once
again gave the Dolphins a cushion. Elizabeth Fosburgh and Maddie Alagia
finished first and second and Samantha Kline finished fourth.
The result is that the Dolphins had a slight lead going into the 175
Relay. To no one’s surprise, the boy’s team of Gideon Helf, Ray Crist, Jeffrey
Su and Jacob Seiberg continued to dominate. They were eight seconds ahead of
the Rock Creek team and about 6/10 of a second away from a team record. Andrew O’Brien, Jack MacIsaac, Jack Blazes and Ryan Kaplan
got key points by finishing third.
This meant the girls needed to finish for the Dolphins to win. The
team of Shifra Eskin, Caitlin Ryan, Jessie Kline and Darby LeFaivre finished
second. That gave the Dolphins the win. Padding the margin were Katie MacIsaac,
Naomi Seiberg, Kaili Gregory and Maya Lall with a third place finish.
The end result was a 12 point victory. The typical celebration was
put on hold for the team photo. But it appeared the coaches – perhaps Malena
and Spenser -- and some innocent bystanders all ended up in pool. Amazing
parent volunteers then offered up the post meet lunch with sandwiches from
Bethesda Market. Parents Rule!
80’s Workout Invades Bannockburn for B Meet
By Flip Turn,
Junior Swim Correspondent
Nothing like being home for
a B Meet. Sure you have to get there earlier to warm up, but you also know the
lay of the land and you get to enjoy the delicious burgers at the Dolphin Café.
What could be better?
How about 80’s workout
theme? This reporter has never seen so much neon in one place.
We also had some big time
improvements at the meet for a whole host of swimmers.
As always, we pull this data
off Team Unify. So nothing is perfect and if you think we missed something
please let Haydn, the official dog of the Dolphin Times, know at haydnthedogseiberg@gmail.com.
A special shout out to Cleo
Kraske (age 6) who improved her 25 back time by 31.21% for a 47.60 second swim.
That represented the biggest season to date performance improvement for anyone
on the team.
All these swimmers – their
ages in brackets next to the names -- improved at least 5% in a stroke from the
baseline starting point for 2013:
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Clara
Baisinger-Rosen (7) took 4.21 seconds off 25 free.
·
Gabrielle Bede
(7) took 3.28 seconds off 25 free.
·
Alexander
Burbelo (13) took 5.07 seconds off 50 back.
·
Jack Burke (9)
took 3.53 seconds off 25 back.
·
Maya Clancy (7)
took 6.52 second off 25 free and 9.07 seconds off 25 back.
·
Sarah Cobau (12)
took 3.18 seconds off 50 fly.
·
Ray Crist (12)
took 4.91 seconds off his 50 breast time.
·
Willem DeSimone
(8) dropped 3.7 seconds off 25 free.
·
Cassidy Eyres
(7) took 1.58 seconds off 25 free.
·
Payton Eyres (7)
dropped 7.69 seconds off 25 back.
·
Riley Greenwald
(7) took 8.47 seconds off 25 free.
·
Margaret Hutt
(8) dropped 5.19 seconds off 25 free.
·
Jack Keenan (8)
took 2.00 seconds off his 25 free time.
·
Cleo Kraske (6)
dropped 21.6 seconds off her 25 back time.
·
Max Kroloff (7)
dropped 2.71 seconds in 25 back.
·
Danielle
Lair-Ferrari (13) dropped 2.81 seconds on 50 back.
·
Maya Lall (8)
dropped 9.36 seconds in the 100 IM.
·
James LeFaivre
(6) dropped 2.89 seconds in 25 free, 3.63 seconds in 25 back and 5.91 seconds
on 25 breast.
·
Samantha
MacIsaac (8) dropped 2.07 seconds on 25 back.
·
Maia Mancuso (6)
took 4.78 seconds off 25 back.
·
James Mann (7)
took 825 seconds off 25 back.
·
Owen Mann (7)
took 3.21 seconds off 25 free and 3.10 seconds off 25 back.
·
Jack Martin (9)
dropped 16.09 seconds off 50 free.
·
Lea Anne McAdoo
(10) took 3.86 seconds off 50 free, 1.96 seconds off 25 back, and 4.09 seconds
off 25 fly.
·
Cecily McArdle
(10) dropped 3.26 seconds off 25 free.
·
Sydney Merlo (6)
took 3.22 seconds off 25 free.
·
Damian Molineus
(10) dropped 6.95 seconds in 50 free, 4.53 seconds in 25 back and 2.43 seconds
in 25 breast.
·
Anthony Noya (7)
dropped 5.19 seconds in 25 free and 5.08 seconds in 25 back.
·
Celia Noya (6)
dropped 15.29 seconds off 25 free.
·
Eli Putnam (10)
took 2.33 seconds off her 50 free time.
·
Taylor Pyle (7)
dropped 3.16 seconds off her 25 free time.
·
Duncan Ryan (10)
took 2.31 seconds off her 25 free time.
·
Audrey Scott (8)
dropped 6.42 seconds off 25 free.
·
Jacob Seiberg
(8) dropped 11.36 seconds off his 25 breast time.
·
James Setty (7)
took 5.36 seconds off her 25 back time.
·
Julie Solonsky
(9) dropped 6.65 seconds off her 50 free time and 19.95 seconds off her 25 fly
time.
·
Henry Stein (7)
dropped 11.74 seconds off his 25 free time.
·
Reuben Stoll
(10) took 4.85 seconds off his 25 back time.
·
Cole Wassiliew
(9) dropped 3.32 seconds off his 50 free time, 4.52 seconds off his 25 back
time and 3.52 seconds off his 25 fly time.
·
Lily Young (9) dropped
16.38 seconds on her 50 free time.
The list above is against the
swimmer’s original time this season in the stroke. Now that the Dolphins are
approaching the half way point, we will probably look at improvements based on
their best time in the first half of the season in order to give credit to
those who are still improving off their most recent times.
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