Bannockburn Swim Team
Dolphin
Times
Issue 2, Season 2015
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Dolphins Kick Way to First Place
By Doll Finn
Senior Dolphin Correspondent
The Bannockburn Dolphins are in first place in Division H.
After a 430.5 to 353.5 win over the Tantera Tarpons on June
13, your Bannockburn Dolphins sit tied for the lead in Division H. This will
set up a critical contest this Saturday against Palisades.
Yes, that’s right swim fans. We are up against our rivals on
the other side of the One Lane Bridge next week. And not only do we compete
against them in the A meet next week, but four days later we see them at the B
meet. The A meet is away and the B meet is at home.
Before we get too caught up in looking forward, it worth
recounting how the Dolphins came to claim their piece of first place in the
Division after Week 1. Our Dolphin Times analysis shows the win was driven by
the strength of the younger kids and a plethora of All Star Times.
It started with Gideon Helf taking first in 1:18.78 in the
Under 12 100 IM with Andrew O’Brien in third and Duncan Ryan in fourth. Then
Shifra Eskin took over with a big win in the 12 and under 100 IM for the girls
followed by Katie MacIsaac who outdueled a Tarpon to secure second. Maya Lall
nearly took fourth, but secured the point for fifth.
The Boys 200 Medley was hotly contested. This was so close
that your reporter had to wait for the results to find out that the Dolphin
team of Jake Winter, Evan Steingass,
Jack Blazes, and Jonathan Rufino took
first in 2:05.43. The team of James Cobau, Owen Wassiliew, Ethan Wendel and
Alex Butman took third in 2:27.53.
Tantera’s strength was its older girls, who won the 200 IM.
The Dolphin team of Bryna Steele, Alexa Crist, Katya Damskey and Kaili Gregory
took second in 2:31.57 while the team of Cecily McArdle, Naomi Seiberg, Sarah
Cabou and Evelyn Wassiliew took fourth in 2:52.84.
At this point, the meet was pretty close. That began the
change with the younger swimmers.
Under 8 boys swimmers Charlie Conroy, Aidan O’Brien, James
LeFaivre, Zachary Kraus, Cade Afas and
Aaron Kraus swept spots one to six in the 25 free. Dolphin Times cannot recall
such a stunning sweep in any of the last few seasons.
The girls under 8 was a closer affair. Annie Kessner appears
to be the ace of the squad with a second place finish. Nadia Lall took sixth,
Willow Boison took 7th, Maggie Southworth was 10th, Celia
Noya was 11th and Caroline Moeller was 12th.
As we moved back to
the boys, we got a sweep of the top three spots for the 9/10 50 free. This
actually became a pattern for these boys during the meet. Meyer Eskin won with
Will Spooner and Jacob Seiberg right behind. Just 1.05 seconds separate the
three. Max Kroloff was sixth, Constantine Molineus was 7th and
Anthony Noya was 11th.
In the girls 9/10 50 free, the Dolphins took spots two thru
five with Darby LeFaivre, Ella Scott, Maya Lall, and Sam MacIsaac. Teresa Romeu
and Anahi Tinel were 10th and 11th.
There were some great races among the old kids. One of the
first involved 13/14 boys with Ray Crist taking first in the 50 free despite a
Tarpon on his tail as well as Jack MacIsaac who took third, Owen Wassiliew who
took fourth and Lucca Scott in fifth. Ethan Wendel was seventh and Ali Shafii
was 10th.
The Tarpon’s strongest age group was the girls 13/14.
Despite the tough competition, Gabby Helf powered to fifth place followed by
Caitlin Ryan in sixth and Alexa Crist in seventh. Naomi Seiberg took 9th
and Sarah Cobau was 11th.
Next up were the 11/12 boys in the 50 free. Gideon Helf took
first by a comfortable margin with Duncan Ryan in fourth, Cole Wassiliew in
fifth, Damian Molineus in sixth and Ben Baisinger-Lee in 11th.
On the girls 11/12 50 free, Shifra cruised to first with
Evelyn Wassiliew in second, Cecily McArdle in fourth and Anna-Louise Cobau in
10th.
In the 100 free, Jake Winter took first in 15/18 in 58.81
with Evan Steingass tied for third. Jack Blazes took sixth, Jonathan Rufino was
ninth, Alex Butman was 11th and James Cobau took 12th.
With free style out of the way, the meet started to advance
more quickly. Ray Crist, Jack MacIsaac and Owen Wassiliew took one to three in
the 100 MI for 13/14 while Gabby Helf was the top female finisher in fourth.
The strong boys under -8 team swept 25 back with Charlie
Conroy edging sibling Emmet Conroy by 1/100 of a second to win. Alex Spooner
was close behind in third place. For the girls, Annie Kessner blocked a Tantera
sweep with a third place finish.
The sweeping for the boys continued with 9/10 25 back. Meyer
Eskin, Will Spooner and Jacob Seiberg took first to third.
The 9/10 girls were not about to be one upped by the boys
and they took their own sweep with Darby LeFaivre, Ellas Scoott and Anahi Tinel
in spots one to three.
For the 15/18 boys, Jake Winter took second and Jack Blazes
was fourth. Bryna Steele and Kaili Gregory were fourth and fifth for the girls.
Gideon Helf, Andrew O’Brien and Damian Molineus took second
through fourth in 50 back for 11/12. It was a close race between Andrew and
Gideon with Gideon pulling away at the end.
It was not close for the girls. Katie MacIsaac cruised to a
win with Evelyn Wassiliew in second and Cecily McArdle in sixth.
For the 13/14 boys, Ray Crist won with Jack MacIsaac in
second. Gabby Helf took third for the girls with Naomi Seiberg in fourth. Jack
Winter won in boys 15/18 with Katya Damskey the top girls with a third place
finish.
In under 8 breast stroke, the eight and under boys sweep
continued. James, Aidan and Martin Alvarez took first, second and third. Caroline Jensen finished first for the under
8 girls.
In other breast stroke news, Meyer Eskin took first in boys
9/10, Maya Lall was second for girls 9/10,
Andrew O’Brien, Cole Wassiliew and Duncan Ryan swept for the boys 11/12
and Shifra Eskin and Katie MacIsaac took first and second for the 11/12 girls.
Owen and Jack in 13/14 boys took first and second in 50 breast Alexa Crist as
the top Dolphin on the girl’s side with a third place finish. Jack Blazes took first for the 15/18 boys and
Katya Damskey was second with Kaili Gregory in third.
This brought us to the last stroke of the meet, which is
butterfly. Could the under 8 boys keep the streak alive? They came close with
James LeFaivre and Aidan O’Brien taking first and second. But a Tarpon took
third to ensure the streak did not live on.
In other fly news, Annie and Nadia were second and third for
under 8 girls with Will Spooner winning for 9/10 boys with Jacob Seiberg in
third and Max Kroloff in fourth. Darby, Maya and Sam MacIsaac took second,
third and fourth for 9/10 girls. For boys 11/12 50 fly, Gideon took first with
Andrew in third and Duncan in fourth.
Shifra, Evelyn and Katie swept spots one to three for the 11/12 girls.
There was another really close race for the boys 13/14 fly
with Ray Crist edging out the win and Lucca Scott in third and Owen in fourth.
Gabby was the top finisher for the girls with fourth place. For 15/18, Jack
Winter took second for the boys and Katya was third for the girls.
One of the greatest events in kids sports is the 175
graduated relay. It is the only time you see big and little kids compete in the
same event. And the amount of cheering for the 8 year olds in that final 25
meters is deafening.
On the boys side, the team of Meyer Eskin, Gideon Helf, Ray
Crist and Aidan O’Brien won though they were less than two seconds ahead of the
Dolphin team of Will Spooner, Andrew O’Brien, Jack McIsaac and James LeFaivre.
That give the Dolphins a sweep of the boy’s event.
For the girls, it really did come down to the eight year
old. Despite a strong swim at the end, the team of Darby LeFaivre, Shifra
Eskin, Gabby Helf and Annie Kessner finished second. The Bannockburn team of
Ella Scott, Katie MacIsaac, Caitlin Ryan and Nadia Lall was third.
Dog Food Wins Cake Wars
By Walter Tu Kold
Junior Dolphin Correspondent
Dolphin Times nearly called in the health department during
Cake Wars: Year 2 on Friday night at the pool when we thought we heard the
winning team declare that their secret ingredient was dog poop.
Thankfully it turned out to be dog food, which in this
reporter’s view is a marginal improvement. Regardless, the winning team used
the dog poop – err, dog food -- and the
other ingredients to create a boat on the water.
Team Dog Food consisted of Katie, Zack, Jack, Ben, Allie and
Caroline. They were extremely creative with the cake and the special
ingredient.
The second place cake
nearly flamed out. That’s right, the swimmers used their secret ingredient –
which were noodles – to create a camp fire themed cake. There did not appear to
be any dog poop involved in that cake. And fortunately it was not actually on fire.
That brings us to third place, which was a tie between theBannockburn Pool cake which had a cucumber as its secret ingredient and the martini cake which had an olive as the secret ingredient.
Other entrants included the monkey in the middle cake with
cereal, the Candyland cake with Baloney, the Fields of Candy cake with corn,
and the Candy Island cake with a radish.
The Bannockburn
Dolphin coaches were the judges and Head Coach Malena delivered the verdict on
all the cakes. A huge thank you to the many parent and swimmer volunteers who
pulled off this event. We especially highlight Iron Baker Amy MacIsaac without
whom this never would have occurred.
All Star Times Galore at First A Meet
By Doll Finn
Senior Dolphin Correspondent
The first meet of the season might as well have been called
the All Star qualifier as the team swam numerous all star times. By way of
background, Montgomery County Swim League establishes a time for each
stroke/age group. If you beat that time, you have an all star time. And the
fastest all star swimmers go to a special meet after divisionals.
All Star times were set by:
·
Ray Crist in 50 fly, 50 free;
·
Katya Damskey in 50 fly;
·
Meyer Eskin in 25 breast
·
Shifra Eskin in 50 breast, 50 fly;
·
Gideon Helf and 100 IM, 50 free, 50 back, 50 fly
·
Darby LeFaivre in 25 back;
·
Katie MacIsaac in 50 back;
·
Andrew O’Brien in 50 back, 50 breast;
·
Owen Wassiliew in 50 breast.
Dolphin Times commends all the swimmers on their All Star
times. What a great start to the season.
Dolphin Times Editorial Policy
By Haydn the Dog
Editor in Chief
Dolphin Times has a policy of trying to spell every name
correctly and get the names of as many kids as possible into each issue. That
said, there are a lot of names, a lot of complicated spellings, we have tired
fingers and eyes and the data base is not always correct that produces the
names of the winner.
If you send us an email or tell us at the pool, we will
correct the online edition ASAP if we make a mistake. We also welcome volunteer
scribes so Doll Finn and Walter Too Kold can have a day off.
Starting with the next edition, we will have coverage of B
meets. This coverage will primarily highlight those swimmers who show a 10%
improvement in a time in a particular stroke. As a credit to the coaches, that
is often a very big list.
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