Dolphin Times -- FINAL ISSUE FOR 2014 SEASON

FINAL ISSUE FOR 2014 SEASON

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 7, Season 2014

Please share the Dolphin Times with your swimmers. We email only to the parents, but the fun of the newsletter is for the kids to see their names and their races written up. Pictures and prior editions of the Dolphin Times are available online at http://bannockburnswimteam.blogspot.com.

Dolphins To Face Merrimack, Palisades in Div. H

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

Bannockburn is headed to Division H in 2014 where the Dolphins will face some familiar competition.

Joining the team in Division H is cross-elementary school rival Merrimack as well as Palisades, our friends on the other side of the one lane bridge. Also in the division are Inverness Forrest that we competed against last year as well as North Chevy Chase and Tanterra.

With many Bannockburn swimmers staying in their age groups for 2015, this should be a strong year for the Dolphins and the right time to take on some of our neighboring pools.

As Dolphin Times noted last year, Reach of the Wall in 2012 had an insightful article explaining how the Montgomery County Swim League figures this all out. MCSL has created a proprietary program that creates the average times of the three fastest swimmers on each team in each event. They then run virtual meets so that all 90 teams compete head-to-head against each other.

The stat that matters is how many of these virtual meets do you win? The maximum is 90, which is the number of wins that Stonegate has as the leader of Division A. A few teams in Division 0 have zero or one win. Bannockburn clocks in with 42 wins. That puts us in last place in the division, though these ratings often are not indicative of how teams perform.

The league told Reach for the Wall that the system in 2011 produced an average margin of victory of 67 points. The only way the division assignment would change is if a new team with an established record enters the league.

The program does not age up swimmers or account for those leaving (or joining) the pool. So there is always margin of error. As a result, we may be ranked last but our fate is far from sealed.

Divisionals: Bannockburn Makes Its Mark

By Walter Tu Kold

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The Dolphins came ready to fight at Regency Estates at the 2014 Divisionals Meet, which was the final competition of the season.

While the team had a strong start, it could not keep up the momentum and finished sixth in the meet. That was the same as how the team finished in the division one-on-one meets and how the team was ranked going into the season.

The meet began with the 100 IM with Gideon Helf finishing eighth and Andrew O’Brien in 10^th. For the girls, Shifra Eskin finished eighth and Katie MacIsaac finished 10^th.

The girls open 200 Medley Relay team of Jessie Kline, Hannah Melrod, Katya Damskey and Caitlin Ryan finished fourth.

As the meet moved into free style, Will Spooner put some points on the board with a fifth place finish with Max Kroloff in seventh. It was Darby LeFaivre who really scored with a second in 25 free.

Andrew O’Brien finished fourth in 9/10 50 free for another strong Dolphin swim.

In 13/14, Jeffrey Su was third with Jonathan Rufino in eighth. Katya Damskey also scored a third with Danielle Lair Ferrari in seventh.

Gideon Helf grabbed sixth and Lucca Scott eighth in 11/12 50 free with Shifra Eskin in ninth and Katie MacIsaac in 11^th.

Evan Steingass took fifth for 15/18 100 free with Owen Wassiliew swimming up and taking 12^th. Jessie Kline was eighth with Hannah Melrod in 10^th.

In an indication of just how tough this division was, in the 13/14 IM Jeffrey Su was fourth and Katya Damskey was second.

As we switched to back, Will Spooner took fourth in the 25 with Alex Spooner in ninth. Darby LeFaivre grabbed second and Annie Kessner was 11^th.

In the first win for the Dolphins, Andrew O’Brien took first in the 25 back for 9/10. Matthew Wu was 12^th. For the girls, Evelyn Wassiliew was sixth and Maya Lall was 12^th.

For 15/18 100 back, Evan Steingass took sixth and Owen was 12^th. Jessie Kline took sixth and Hannah Melrod was ninth.

In 11/12, Lucca Scott took seventh and Damian Molineus was 11^th. Katie MacIsaac was seventh.

Moving on to 13/14 boys in back, Jeffrey Su was fourth and Jack Blazes finished 9^th. For the girls, Katya took third and Caitlin Ryan was 12^th.

This brought us to the 15/18 100 IM, Evan Steingass took fifth and Owen Wassiliew swam up and took 12^th. For the girls, Jessie Kline took ninth with Hannah Melrod in 10^th.

The meet moved over to breast stroke. Max Kroloff had a strong swim in under 8 for third with Aidan O’Brien in 11^th.  Caroline Jensen took 10th and Nadia Lall was 12^th. In 9/10, Cole Wassiliew edged out Meyer Eskin for third with Meyer in fourth.

Gideon Helf took sixth in 11/12 50 breast with Ali Shafii in 10^th.  Shifra Eskin grabbed fourth and Katie MacIsaac was ninth. Jack Blazes was third in 13/14 and Jack McIsaac took seventh. Danielle Lair Ferrari was seventh.

For 15/18, Sarah Cobau swam up in 100 breast for 11^th. Hannah Melrod was sixth.

The Dolphins entered the final stoke needing points and Will Spooner delivered in under 8 fly  with a second and Max Kroloff in fifth. Darby matched Will with a second for the girls.

The Dolphins also got a strong swim from Andrew O’Brien in 9/10 50 fly with a third.  In what had to be an incredible heat, Jeffrey Su took third in 50 fly in an event in which the top 8 swimmers got All Star Times. Yet he was one-upped by Katya who took first place for the girls in another very fast heat. Yes, you can year the chant in the background of “We’ve got Katya….)

There is also a huge shout out to Ethan Wendel and James Cobau who swam up in 15/18 50 fly and finished 11^th and 12^th.  For the girls, Gabriella Helf and Marianna Pennybacker also both swam up for 11^th and 12^th.

In the 175 relay, the boys team of Andrew O’Brien, Gideon Helf, Jeffrey Su and Will Spooner grabbed fourth while the girl’s team of Evelyn Wassiliew, Shifra Eskin, Danielle Lair Ferrari and Darby LeFaivre took sixth.

Despite Tough Season, Dolphins Log Big Swims

By Haydn the Dog

Dolphin Editor and Chief

The season flew past faster that Jeffrey or Katya swim a 50 free. Despite the tough win-loss record, the team saw some huge improvements for many swimmers in 2014.

While the software used to track and measure times is a bit clunky, the crack IT staff at Dolphin Times believes it has found a way to compared a swimmer’s first time of the season against his or her best time of the season.

Assuming we pushed the correct buttons, the results shows some impressive improvements by Dolphin swimmers.

Below we highlight those swimmers with at least a 15% improvement in their times during the season.

·      Cade Afas improved 34% in 25 free.

·      Ben Baisinger-Lee improved 17% in 50 free.

·      Clara Baisinger-Lee improved 15% in 25 back.

·      Tim Burke improved 42% in 25 free.

·      Maya Clancy improved 22% in 25 back.

·      Alexa Crist improved 30% in 50 fly.

·      Darby LeFaivre improved 16% in 25 fly.

·      Sawyer Makl improved 25% in 25 free and 15% in 25 fly.

·      Grace Miller improved 15% in 25 back.

·      Anthony Noya improved 32% in 25 breast and 28% in 25 fly.

·      Celia Noya improved 15% in 25 free, 17% in 25 back and 17% in 25 breast.

·      Aidan O’Brien improved 23% in 25 breast and 20% in 25 fly.

·      Taylor Pyle improved 17% in 25 free and 16% in 25 breast.

·      Jacob Seiberg improved 16% in 50 free.

·      Margaret Southworth improved 17% in 25 free.

·      Will Spooner improved 22% in 25 fly.

·      Cole Wassiliew improved 18% in 25 breast.

·      Max Watson improved 16% in 25 free and 25% in 25 breast.

Issue 6: Dolphins Finish Strong; Fall to Flower Valley

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 6, Season 2014

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Dolphins Finish Strong; Fall to Flower Valley

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The Bannockburn Dolphins were stronger in the second half of the meet against Flower Valley but could not overcome the half time deficit to bring home a win in the final A meet of the 2014 season.

The half time gap was surprising as the Dolphins opened strong and had some great swims.

It was unfortunate for the Dolphins that the entire meet was not 9/10 25 breast stroke. Andrew O’Brien, Meyer Eskin and Cole Wassiliew finish first through third and all had All Star times.

Yet we get ahead of ourselves………

After the two IMs that start each meet the Dolphins had a 17 to 15 edge in the meet. Gideon Helf, Andrew O’Brien and Lucca Scott took second through fourth for nine points while Shifra Eskin won for the girls with Katie MacIsaac in fourth and Evelyn Wassiliew in sixth. That got eight more points.

Yet Flower Valley retook the lead in the 200 meter relays. For the boys, the team of Jack MacIsaac, Jack Steingass, John Janzich and Vince Steis took second with Owen Wassiliew, Jack Blazes, Ray Crist and Alex Butman in fourth. The girls also went second and fourth with Jessie Kline, Alexa Crist, Byrna Steele and Caitlin Ryan  in second and Naomi Seiberg, Marianna Pennybacker, Gabriella Helf and Sarah Cobau in fourth.

Looking at the under 8 boys, there were some strong swims at the meet. Will Spooner and Max Kroloff took second and third in 25 free. Aidan O’Brien dropped time while Anthony Noya, James LeFaivre and Kai Setty all swam close to their seed times.

Will won 25 back in an All Star time with Alex Spooner in fifth and James in sixth. Those trends continue with breast and fly. Max won in 25 breast with Aidan in third and James in sixth. For fly, Will won in an All Star time with Max dropping time to finish second and Aidan dropping time to take sixth.

For the under 8 girls, Darby LeFaivre continued her winning ways. She took first in 25 free. Clara Baisinger-Rosen was seventh and Taylor Pyle took eighth. Annie Kessner, Celia Noya and Nadia Lall too 10^th, 11^th and 12^th with Celia dropping close to six seconds and Nadia dropping 1.5 seconds.

Clara took third in 25 back, dropping almost four seconds. Taylor and Annie took fifth and sixth. Darby took first in 25 breast in an All Star time with Caroline Jensen in dropping four second for fifth and Taylor dropping more than 3 seconds for sixth. Darby won 25 fly in an All Star time with Nadia dropping seven seconds for fifth.

As we shift to the 9/10 age group, Cole Wassiliew took second for the boys in 50 free. Jacob Seiberg was the next Dolphin, finishing eighth. Matthew Wu was ninth, Eskin Meyer was 10^th and Ben Baisinger-Lee was 11^th.

Andrew O’Brien took first in 25 back in an All Star time with Matthew in fourth and Jacob in sixth. Andrew got his third win of the day with an All Star time in 25 fly. He also dropped time. Cole dropped time for fifth and Matthew was sixth.

On the girl’s side, Evelyn Wassiliew took third in 50 free by dropping time. Maya Lall was sixth, Ella Scott was ninth, Sam MacIsaac was 10^th and Anna-Louise Cobau was 11^th.

On 25 back, Evelyn took second and dropped over a second. Maya and Sam took fifth and sixth. Maya dropped time in 25 breast with a third. Ella and Anna-Louise also dropped time for fifth and sixth. Evelyn took third in fly with Sam in fifth.

In 11/12 boys, Gideon Helf in the 50 free took first and dropped half a second. Lucca Scott was fourth, Tyler Crist was eighth, Ali Shafii was ninth, Duncan Ryan was 11^th and Morgan White was 12^th.

Lucca took second in 50 back with Damian Molineus and fifth and Duncan in sixth. Gideon won 50 breast with Morgan in fifth and Ali in sixth. Gideon also won 50 fly with Lucca in third and Duncan in fifth.

On the girls side, Shifra continued her winning ways with first in 50 free. Katie MacIsaac took fourth and Cecily McArdle was seventh. In 50 back, Katie took first and dropped time with Cecily dropping time for fifth and Colleen Zeugin in sixth. Shifra took first in 50 breast in an All Star time with Katie in fourth and Colleen in sixth. In fly, Shifra took first first and dropped half a second. Collen was fifth, two second faster than her seed time.

The Dolphins tend to be strong in 13/14, but so was Flower Valley. Despite an All Star Time, Jeffrey Su finished second in 50 free. Jonathan Rufino took fourth, Jack Blazes took fifth, Jack MacIsaac took sixth, Ray Crist was eighth and Owen Wassiliew was 11^th.

Jeffrey took third in the 100 IM despite an All Star time. Jack Blazes was fourth and Jack MacIsaac took more than a second off for sixth.

Jeffrey got second in back in an All Star time with Jack Blazes in fourth and Jonathan Rufino in fifth.  Jack Blazes scored an All Star time and second place in 50 breast with Jack MacIsaac in fourth and Owen Wassiliew in fifth. This trend continued with 50 fly with Jeffrey in second in an All Star time and almost half a second better than his seed time. Ray Crist dropped more than a second for fourth with Jonathan taking fifth a second better than his seed time.

The girls had a strong 50 free with Katya Damskey taking first and Danielle Lair-Ferrari in second. Caitlin Ryan was fifth, Gabriella Helf was ninth, Alexa Crist was 11^th and Naomi Seiberg was 12^th.

Katya won the 100 IM with Danielle in fourth and Caitlin in sixth. Katya’s then won the 50 back with Danielle in fifth and Caitlin in sixth. Alexa Crist took second in 50 breast with Caitlin in third and Gabriella in sixth, though she dropped more than a second off her seed time.

Katya got her final individual win of the day in 50 fly with an All Star time. Danielle was fourth and Gabriella was sixth.

The really big kids often have some of the toughest battles. John Janezich took first in 100 free with Evan Steingass in third, Vince Steis in eighth. Alex Butman, James Cobau and Alex Burbelo all swam up.

John won in 100 back with Evan in third and Vince in fifth.  John got another individual win with first in 100 IM. Vince was fifth.  Evan Steingass took first in 100 breast with Hugo Burbelo dropping time for fifth and Alex Burbelo 2/100 of a second behind him. We would note that Alex and Hugo tied in this event last year. It basically looked as if they were engaged in synchronized swimming. This reporter had no idea which brother beat the other until the times were posted.

In 15/18 50 fly, John Janezich got another first with an All Star time. Vince Steingass was fifth and Ethan Wendel took sixth.

The 15/18 girls showed how every millisecond counts. Bryna Steele beat Jessie Kline by 1/100 of a second to take fourth in 100 free. Marianna Pennybacker swam up for eighth as Sarah Cobau in 10^th. Jesse, Bryna and Marianna finished fourth, fifth and sixth in 100 IM and 100 back.

Sarah took fourth in 100 breast with Marianna in fifth. Both swam up and kicked butt. In 50 fly, Jessie took second with Bryna in fifth and Sarah in sixth.

The meet ended with the two most exciting races in swimming. For the boys 175 graduated relay, it came down to the eight year olds in the final length. Will Spooner may not have taken a single breath, but he powered stroke to stroke with the Flower Valley swimmer until the final reach for the wall when Will got there 17/100 of a second faster. Putting Will in this spot were Andrew O’Brien, Gideon Helf and Jeffrey Su. The team of Cole Wassiliew, Lucca Scott, Jonathan Rufino and Max Kroloff took third by just under a second over Flower Valley.

The girls race was not as close. Darby LeFaivre cruised to a five second win for the team that consisted of Evelyn Wassiliew, Shifra Eskin and Katya Damskey. This was a big win for the girl’s relay. The team of Maya Lall, Katie MacIsaac, Danielle Lair Ferrari and Clara Baisinger-Rosen took fourth.

The final score was 453 to 339.

Dolphin Times 2014 -- Issue 5

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 5, Season 2014

Please share the Dolphin Times with your swimmers. We email only to the parents, but the fun of the newsletter is for the kids to see their names and their races written up. Pictures and prior editions of the Dolphin Times are available online at http://bannockburnswimteam.blogspot.com.

Dolphins Faced Tough Wildwood Manor

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The meet against Wildwood Manor was pretty much as tough as expected. Despite some strong performances, the Bannockburn Dolphins were never really competitive against one of the stronger teams in the division.

The 175 graduated relay neatly summed up the meet. For the boys, Wildwood took first even though its relay was slower than its seed time while the relay of Andrew O’Brien, Gideon Helf, Jeffrey Su and Will Spooner beat their seed time but still finished second. The team of Cole Wassiliew, Lucca Scott, Jonathan Rufino and Max Kroloff was fourth.

For the girls, the team of Evelyn Wassiliew, Shifra Eskin, Katya Damskey and Darby LeFaivre also beat their seed time, but that was only good enough for third. The team of Maya Lall, Katie MacIsaac, Danielle Lair Ferrari and Taylor Pyle was fourth.

In short, the Dolphins had some incredible performances. But it just wasn’t enough at this home meet. We highlight some of those swims in today’s column.

In under 8 25 free, Will Spooner took 3/10 of a second off to finish second with Max Kroloff in third.

Darby LeFaivre hit an all star time in 25 free and took nearly 3/10 of a second off to finish second. Taylor Pyle also took about 1.2 seconds off her 25 free time while Maggie Southworth dropped .45 seconds.

In boys 13/14 free, Jeffrey Su set an All Star time and dropped another .82 seconds from his 50 free time.

Gideon Helf dropped nearly half a second in 50 free for 11/12 boys while Cecily McArdle dropped nearly 8/10 of a second for the girls 11/12 50 free. Cecily later would drop about 8/10 of a second in 25 back.

Swimming in 15/18, Alex Burbelo dropped almost two seconds in the 100 free despite only being 14.

Moving into 13/14 IM, Jeffrey Su dropped 2.31 seconds for second and an All Star time.  Jeffrey also dropped about half a second in 50 back to take the win.

For 25 back, Will Spooner dropped nearly half a second to finish second for boys under 8.  

Anna-Louise Cobau took more than 1.2 seconds off her 25 back stroke for 9/10 girls while Jacob Seiberg was the top boy for the Dolphins in 9/10 back.

And full credit to Mariana Pennybacker who as a 13 year old swam the 15/18 100 back and finished fifth, ahead of a Wildwood Manor swimmer who was two years older. We also would note that in the boys version of this event, both Hugo Burbelo and Alex Burbelo swam at 15/18 despite only being 14.

In the 15/18 100 IM, John Janezich dropped 3.3 seconds to win. Max Kroloff in under 8 boys took 3.3 seconds off 25 breast stroke. For the girls, Taylor Pyle dropped more than half a second.

Shifra Eskin took first in the 50 breast stroke with an All Star time while Colleen Zeugin and Cecily McArdle both dropped close to a second on their times for fifth and sixth.

In the Girls 13/14 50 breast, the Dolphins took second through fourth with Danielle Lair Ferrari, Alexa Crist, and Caitlin Ryan. Jessie Kline took second for the girls 15/18 100 breast with credit to Sarah Cobau and Mariana Pennybacker for swimming up in that race.

The final stoke is always fly. The Dolphins started on a positive note will Will Spooner taking first for Under 8 in an All Star time. He won by 1/100 of a second, which is really, really, really close. Darby LeFaivre also set an under 8 All Star time but came in third.

Other notable performances in fly include Jeffrey Su taking first in 13/14 boys 50 fly in an All Star time while Jonathan Rufino dropped nearly a second off his time.  Katya Damskey and Danielle Lair Ferrari grabbed first and second in girls 13/14 50 fly with Gabriela Helf dropping almost a second off her time.

In 15/18 50 fly, John Janzich took first in an All Star time with Jessie Kline and Bryna Steele taking second and third for the girls. Sarah Cobau competing up an age group dropped close to two seconds from her time.

Sing, Sing a Song…..

By Haydn the Dog

Dolphin Editor in Chief

Can you sing?

Don’t worry about it. If history is an indicator, this Thursday’s karaoke will be more about style over substance. And frankly, it is really about lots of fun as the swim season winds down.

So make sure you come down to the pool Thursday at 7 pm after practice and see what all the fuss is about.

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 4, Season 2014

Please share the Dolphin Times with your swimmers. We email only to the parents, but the fun of the newsletter is for the kids to see their names and their races written up. Pictures and prior editions of the Dolphin Times are available online at http://bannockburnswimteam.blogspot.com.

Bannockburn Just Short vs. Little Falls

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

Swimming can come down to just 1/100^th of a second.

Just asking the Bannockburn Dolphins, which fell on Saturday to Little Falls in a match that appeared much closer than the final 43 point margin would have indicated.

It appeared that just a few more surges to the wall could have well tilted the meet in favor of the Dolphins. Yet when you enter the season as the lowest ranked team in the division, it means that there is no margin for error. And that is how it played out at Little Falls.

The meet started with two hotly contested 100 IMs. Shifra Eskin took second for the girls with Katie MacIsaac in third and Maya Lall in sixth.  Gideon Helf missed first place by half a finger with Andrew O’Brien in second and Lucca Scott in fifth.

In both 200 Medley Relays, Bannockburn took second and third. For the girls, Elena Palermo, Hannah Melrod, Jessie Kline and Bryna Steele were followed by the team of Samantha Kline, Alexa Crist, Gabriela Helf and Caitlin Ryan. For the boys, the team of Jack MacIsaac, Jack Blazes, John Janezich and Vince Steis was followed by the team of Owen Wassiliew, Alex Burbelo, Ethan Wendel and Alex Butman.

There are two other IMs. In the 13/14 IM. Jeffrey Su scored an all star time and the win. Jack Blazes took third and Ray Crist was sixth. For the girls, Katya Damskey took second, Danielle Lair-Ferrari was third and Caitlin Ryan was fifth.

For the 15/18 IM, John Janezich took first by a second with Owen Wassiliew and Vince Steis in fifth and sixth. Jessie Kline took third with Bryna Steele in fifth.

It has become almost a cliché in the Dolphin Times to argue that meets are won and lost based on the eight and unders. They are always the heart of the team and often the margin in the 175 relays at the end of the meet.

For this meet, the under eights were critical. Will Spooner took first in 25 free with Max Kroloff in third and Anthony Noya in sixth and Aidan O’Brien in seventh. For the girls in 25 free, Darby LeFaivre took first with Taylor Pyle in fifth and Annie Kessner in sixth. Maya Clancy got eighth, Clara Baisinger-Rosen was ninth and Nadia Lall took 12^th.

In 25 back, Will got his second win of the day. James LeFaivre was fifth and Alex Spooner was sixth. Maya Clancy took second for the girls with Annie in fourth and Taylor in fifth.

Max kept up the under 8 boys winning ways in the 25 breast with James and Aidan in third and fourth. Max won by two seconds. Darby also continued to win with first in 25 breast. She was an impressive 10 seconds faster than anyone else in the heat and scored an all star time. She led off a Dolphin sweep of the event with Taylor Celia getting second and third.

In 25 fly, Will got his third win as part of a Dolphin sweep. Max was second and Aidan was third. Darby easily won the 25 fly as none of the Little Falls swimmers were legal in the stroke.

Yet the top performance of the day may have gone to five year old Nadia Lall who swam a legal 25 fly to finish second. Nadia initially was expected to be on pre-team this season but she clearly takes too much after her sister for that.

In 9/10, it was going to be a challenge. Andrew O’Brien got an all star time in 50 free but still came in third. Cole Wassiliew was fourth, Matthew Wu was eighth, Meyer Eskin was 10^th, Jack Burke was 11^th and Jacob Seiberg was 12^th though his goggles came in 13^th. For the girls, Evelyn Wassiliew was second, Maya Lall was fourth, Ella Scott took eight, Sam MacIsaac was 10^th, Lucy Lauren Caddell was 11^th and Anna-Louise Cobau was 12^th.

For 25 back, Matthew took fourth, Jacob took fifth and Meyer was sixth. On the girls side, Evelyn was second, Maya was third and Ella was sixth.

Andrew got another all star time, but finished second in 25 breast. Cole and Meyer were third and fourth.  Maya took second for the girls. This theme continue with 25 fly as Andrew got an all star time and second place. Evelyn was second for the girls.

The 11/12 age bracket was more of a mixed bag. Gideon Helf took first in 50 free with Ali Shafi in fourth, Lucca Scot in fifth, Tyler Crist in sixth  Morgan White in seventh and Duncan Ryan in eighth. For the girls, Shifra had a strong swim but still finished second. Colleen Zeugin took seventh.

In 50 back, Gideon and Lucca were one and two while Katie MacIsaac was second and Colleen was fifth. Shifra and Katie took first and second in 50 breast with Gideon taking first for the boys and Morgan White in third. Ali took fourth.

Lucca won the 50 fly with Duncan in third. Shifra took second for the girls.

Bannockburn fought back in the 13/14 races with Jeffrey Su and Ray Crist taking first and second in 50 free. Jack Blazes, Jack MacIsaac, Alex Butman and Ethan Wendel were fifth through eighth. Jeffrey won the 50 back in an all star time with Jack Blazes in fourth and Ray in fifth.

Jack Blazes took first in the 50 breast with Jeffrey Su in second and Jack McIsaac in fifth. Ray took second in 50 fly.

Little Fall’s Rachel Danegger and the Dolphin’s Katya Damskey are winter swim buddies, but they were rivals on Saturday. Rachel used a strong final push to out touch Katya in 50 free. Danielle Lair-Ferrari took third with Caitlin Ryan in fourth, Gabriella Helf in eighth, Mariana Pennybacker in 10^th and Naomi Seiberg in 11^th.  In 50 back, Katya took first with Gabriela in fifth.

Danielle took third in 50 breast with Alexa Crist in fourth and Caitlin in fifth. Katya was second in 50 fly with an all star time.

It is always amazing to watch the 15/18 year olds fly through the water.  John Janezich scored an all star time and the win in 100 free.  Vince Steis took sixth. Owen Wassiliew, James Cobau and Alex Burbelo all swam up in this age group and they took eighth, 10^th and 11^th.

In the 100 back, John again won with an all star time. Vince was fourth and Owen took fifth. For 100 breast, the Dolphins used the three swimmer who were swimming up in age group. Owen took fourth while Alex and Hugo Burbelo tied for fifth. John continued to win, taking first in the 50 fly. Vince was fifth and James was sixth.

For the girls, Bryna Steele was third, just 3/100 of a second out of second. Jessie Kline was fourth, Hannah Melrod was fifth, Elena Palermo was seventh, Samantha Kline was 10^th and Sarah Cobau swam up in age group to take 12^th. In 100 back, Jessie was second, Bryna took fifth and Hannah had sixth. Jessie took third in the 50 fly.

The meet always ends with the 175 relay. The Dolphin team of Andrew O’Brien, Gideon Helf, Jeffrey Su and Will Spooner took first  while the team of Cole Wassiliew, Ali Shafi, Ray Crist and Max Kroloff was fourth.

The team of Evelyn Wassiliew, Shifra Eskin, Katya Damskey and Darby LeFaivre took second while the team of Maya Lall, Katie MacIsaac, Danielle Lair-Ferrari and Taylor Pyle was fourth.

Dolphins Beat Thunder; Finish B Meet

By Haydn the Dog

Dolphin Editor in Chief

The Bannockburn Dolphins traveled over the One Lane Bridge for the annual B meet against Palisades.

Yet the real fight was against the weather. This editor saw many parents constantly checking the weather maps on their phones. Despite the constant threat of storms, the Dolphins finished the meet and all but the automation team and B meet representatives should have had plenty of time to get home before the weather hit.

Most Bannockburn Dolphins entered the meet with at least one prior time in each stroke. This permits Dolphin Times to resume its tradition of highlighting those who had some impressive time improvements in this meet.

All of the following swimmers had at least a 5% time improvement in the events that are highlighted:

·      Hugo Burbelo took 3.24 seconds off on 50 back.

·      Jack Burke took 2.98 seconds off on 50 free.

·      Timothy Burke took 31.81 seconds off his 25 free time.

·      Lauren Caddell took 2.82 seconds off 50 free.

·      Maya Clancy took 1.86 seconds off 25 free and 7.92 seconds off 25 back.

·      Anna-Louise Cobau took 2.88 seconds off 25 breast.

·      Alexa Crist took 2.01 seconds off 50 free and 7.95 seconds off 100 IM.

·      Nora Feldbaum took 2.79 seconds off 25 free.

·      Thaddeus Felten took 3.02 seconds off 25 back.

·      Darby LeFaivre took 1.88 seconds off 25 breast.

·      Samantha MacIsaac took 7.81 seconds off 100 IM.

·      Andrew O’Brien took 5.67 seconds off 100 IM.

·      Erin Pollack took 5.24 seconds off 50 free.

·      Caitlin Ryan took 4.88 seconds off 100 IM.

·      Jacob Seiberg dropped 3.64 seconds on 25 breast.

·      Sofia Silvertooth dropped 3.78 seconds on 50 free.

·      Alex Spooner dropped 1.96 seconds in 25 free.

Look for updated results next week from our next B meet. What we do is compare the time at the B meet against their prior best time for the season. Then we highlight everyone who had an improvement of at least 5%. It is true that 5% is a big number for the older kids, but B meets are geared toward newer and/or younger swimmers. So there are often a lot of 5% improvements.

The software Dolphin Times uses is not the greatest so there is always the risk that we miss something. Please email the Dolphin Times at haydnthedogseiberg@gmail.com with anything we accidently excluded and we will get it in the next edition.

Dolphins Take Second Loss to Thunder in 2014

By Walter Tu Kold

Dolphin Correspondent

Darn that summer weather.

The thunder rolled into Bannockburn around 4:30 pm on Wednesday ahead of this week’s B meet vs. Somerset. As some may recall, the Derecho caused the last home meet v. Somerset to be canceled as our pool didn’t have power.

The hope was to wait out the storm and it appeared to stop thundering around 5:45, which would have meant the meet could have started around 6:15. There was a growing sense of excitement among the scores of swimmers.

Or was that dread because they all had just downed slices of peperoni or cheese pizza during the delay, which meant no one really wanted to compete with a stomach full of food.

In either event, the weather did not cooperate and the meet had to be canceled. Despite the loss of the meet, this reporter was impressed with how the swimmers rallied by devouring 16 pizzas within the first 15 minutes of their delivery. That is a team that is destined for glory.