Issue 7, Season 2015

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 7, Season 2015

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.

Celebrate with Div. H Trophy on Labor Day

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The Dolphins announce today that all swimmers will have a chance to party on Labor Day evening with the Div. H championship trophy.

That right. The trophy will be out at the pool at 7 pm on Monday, Sept. 7. While this is not Lord Stanley’s Cup – which means everyone cannot take it home for a night – it is still pretty cool. And you have a chance to eat cake while hoisting the trophy in the air.

So whether you are coming back from the beach, at the end of a long lazy weekend, or still recovering from the dizzying pace of back-to-school sports schedules, take 45 minutes off on that Monday night and celebrate with your teammates.

Most of the swimmers on the team have never experienced a division win. And there is no guarantee when the Dolphins will win again. So don’t miss the chance to handle the trophy and enjoy the win.

Dolphins Win Divisionals; Take Div. H Title

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The Bannockburn Dolphins won Divisionals on July 18 by 81 points, which not only meant the team continued its winning streak but it also ensured that the swimmers would take home the Division H trophy.

Divisionals was not about winning events, thought the Dolphins did their fair share of that. It was much more about both swimmers in each event placing high in the finishing order. The team kept accumulating points all morning long.

First, let’s understand how Divisionals work. Each team swam two swimmers in every event other than the relays. That meant there were two heats for most events. The winner gets 16 points. Second place is worth 13, third is 12, fourth is 11, fifth is 10, sixth in 9, seventh is 7, eighth is 5, ninth is 4, 10^th is 3, 11^th is 2 and 12^th is 1 point.

The other important point about Divisionals is that it rained. Yes, it rained. It had to rain. The Dolphins win the in the rain. This summer they practiced in the rain. If it was raining, then it wasn’t a 2015 swim meet.

Thankfully the rain delay was only about 30 minutes for thunder and it stopped raining altogether for most of fly.

So the meet started in the sun at Palisades. In the 100 IM, Gideon Helf and Andrew O’Brien took second and third. That was good for 25 points.  That meant Bannockburn and Palisades were tied for first going into the girls 100 IM.

Shifra Eskin stepped up with a third and Katie MacIsaac took sixth. That got the team 21 more points while Palisades got 16 more point. So after event 2, the team was up five points on Palisades. Inverness took first and second in the girls 100 IM for 29 points. That gave them 46 points overall, which tied them with your Bannockburn Dolphins for first.

In the relays, first is worth 28 points, second is worth 20 points, third is worth 16 points, fourth is worth 12 points, fifth is worth 8 points and sixth is worth 4 points. Banncokburn’s team of Jeffrey Su, Jack Blazes, Evan Steingass and Jake Winter finished third while Jessie Kline, Danielle Lair Ferrari, Katya Damskey and Bryna Steele also took third. That gave the team 32 points after the 200 relays.  That was a strong showing, though Tanterra cleaned up with second for the boys and first for the girls.

This theme of avoiding low scores continued.

James LeFaivre and Aidan O’Brien were sixth and seventh in under 8 25 free while Annie Kessner and Nadia Lall took eighth and 11^th. In 9/10 50 free, Meyer Eskin and Will Spooner were third and fourth which scored 23 points.  Merrimack swept first and second in girls 9/10 50 free, but Ella Scott and Darby LeFaivre tied for fourth and together got 21 points. In 13/14 50 free, Ray Crist took second and Jack MacIsaac was sixth. That garnered 22 points. For the girls, Gabby Helf and Caitlin Ryan got 9^th and 11^th.

In 11/12 boys 50, Gideon took second for 13 points while Cole Wassiliew was eighth. For the girls, Shifra Eskin took fourth for 11 points while Katie MacIsaac was fifth for 10 points.  That brought us to 15/18 boys where Jeffrey Su and Jake Winter took second and third for 25 points. That event perfectly sums up the Dolphin plan. Merrimack won the event but got a total score of only 21 points. For the girls, Bryan Steele took third and Danielle Lair Ferrari was seventh. That got 19 points.

The 13/14 100 IM was tougher. Jack MacIsaac took fourth and Ray Crist was 8^th while Gabby Helf was 9^th and Alexa Crist was 12^th. That in total produced 21 points in these two IM events.

The event shifted to backstroke and the skies darkened.

In under 8 boys, Alex Spooner took 8^th and Nicolas Molineus took 10^th. For the girls, Annie Kessner was 10^th and Hannah Warfield was 12^th. While none were at the top of the event, all swam legal and scored points.

In 9/10 25 back, Meyer Eskin was fourth and Will Spooner was fifth for 21 points in total. Darby LeFaivre and Sam MacIsaac were fifth and sixth for 19 points. That produced another 40 points for the team out of the age group for that stroke.

For 15/18 100 back, Jeffrey Su was fourth and Jake Winter was sixth while on the girl’s side Jessie Kline was second and Bryna Steele was 8^th.  Again, this was all about the stockpiling of points.

Andrew O’Brien was fifth in the 11/12 50 back with Katie MacIsaac in third for the girls and Evelyn Wassiliew in ninth. Jumping to 13/14 boys, Ray Crist took fourth in 50 back with Lucca Scott in sixth. For the girls, Gabby Helf was 10^th and Naomi Seiberg was 12^th.

The rain was pretty heavy at this point, but Jeffrey Su took second in 15/18 boys 100 IM with Jake Winter just behind in third. Jessie Kline got 4^th for the girls with Katya Damskey in sixth. That produced a nice point haul.

In under 8 boys 25 breast, James LeFaivre took fifth and Aidan O’Brien was sixth. The girls also were strong with Caroline Jensen in third and Celia Noya in 11^th. Meyer Eskin in 9/10 25 breast was favored by 8/100 of a second. He won by almost a full second with Max Kroloff in 11^th.  Ella Scott and Maya Lall were fourth and fifth for the girls.

Gideon Helf in 11/12 50 breast won with Andrew O’Brien in seventh. Shifra Eskin also won for the girls with Katie MacIssac in sixth. Those were serious points and helped put Bannockburn in a position to control its fate.

In 13/14 breast for the boys, Owen Wassiliew came in second while Jack MacIsaac was fifth. On the girls side, Alex Crist continued to show why she is a breast stroke specialist with a sixth place finish with Caitlin Ryan in 9^th.

For 15/18, Jake Blazes got a fourth place finish in 100 breast with Jonathan Rufino in 9^th.  Jessie Kline was third for the girls with Danielle Lair Ferrari in ninth.

This brought us to the final stroke on the meet.

In under 8 25 fly, James LeFaivre finished fifth with Aidan O’Brien in seventh. On the girls side, Annie Kessner was third with Nadia Lall in 10^th. For 9/10, Will Spooner took second and Max Kroloff was fifth while on the girl’s side Darby LeFaivre was fifth and Sam MacIsaac was sixth.

Event 43 was boy’s 11/12 50 fly. Gideon Helf finished second while Andrew O’Brien finished tied for fifth. Again, that was a strong point haul. For the girls, Shifra Eskin took second with Eveyln Wassiliew in ninth.

Ray Crist took second in 50 fly for 13/14 boys with Owen Wassiliew in fifth. That is 26 points, which is more than any other team in that event. For the girls, Gabby Helf took 10^th. In 15/18 50 fly, Jeffrey Su took third and Evan Steingass took fourth. On the girls side, Katya Damskey was fourth and Bryna Steele was fifth.

At time point, the Dolphins had a lead but nothing was set in stone. That was no longer true after the boy’s 175 relay. A win was worth 28 points and that is just what the team of Meyer Eskin, Gideon Helf, Ray Crist and James LeFaivre did. That win took the pressure off the girls, though the team of Ella Scott, Shifra Eskin, Gabby Helf and Annie Kessner added four more points with a sixth place finish.

The meet was over but no one was sure who won. Sure, if you had access to automation you knew where things stood. But there are too many points and too many swimmers in each event to keep an accurate tally without all the data.

Bannockburn’s Tom Helf was the announcer for the meet and he started reading the results. While he anncouned that North Chevy Chase was second, everyone realized that meant that the Dolphins had won the meet. And by winning the meet, the team cemented their Division H victory.

Based on the win, the team will compete next season in Division G.

Dolphin Times, Issue 6, Season 2015

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 6, Season 2015

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 Go Undefeated; End Regulars Season with Victory Over Local Rival Merrimack

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The Bannockburn Dolphins went perfect in 2015 after defeating Merrimack 417 to 374 on Saturday on the strength of the team’s performance in breast stroke and fly. The win means the Dolphins went 5 and 0 in division.

To us, that makes the Dolphins the division champions.

Now some may contend that under the MCLS rules, a lot more goes into determining the division champion. For instance, a team gets six points for winning a dual meet, up to 10 points for winning relay carnival (we got zero for relay carnival) and up to 20 points for winning divisionals. The Dolphins now stand two points ahead of Pallisades largely because of Relay Carnival. That means if Pallisades wins Divisionals and the Dolphins finish second or worse, then Pallisades will overtake the Dolphins in the standings. The same is true for other teams if the Dolphins finish near the bottom of Divisionals. And that means the Dolphins could still finish second or worse depending upon how the team performs at Divisionals.

We at Dolphin Times reject that funny math as we have enough trouble copying times correctly. The notion of figuring out the coefficient of an obstuse angle as part of an econometric model that crunches all the times to figure out a victor is way beyond our limited math skills.  Plus let’s be realistic. The MCSL system is voodoo math.

So cue up Kool and the Gang. It is time for some Celebration. We are declaring the undefeated Bannockburn Dolphins as winners of Division H. This is especially true as no other team in division has more than three wins.

Let’s do a quick recount of the season. The Dolphins beat the Tartans. The Dolphins beat the NCC Sharks. The Dolphins beat Inverness. The Dolphins beat Pallisades. And the Dolphins beat Merrimack. This means those other Dolphins won’t be popping the champagne as these Dolphins will not have a loss in 2015. (Yes, that is a reference for the NFL-loving parents.)

Speaking of Merrimack, let’s get to the details of that meet.

By way of background, we are pulling our meet data from the MCLS website. This produces the data slightly differently than the Meet results, which we didn’t get after the meet. The result is that some names may be more formal than what is normally listed. For instance, Jack Blazes in Christopher J. Blazes. We tried to fix this when possible.  As always, get us fixes as soon as possible so changes can be made before the paper version is posted at the pool.

This meet was won in breast and fly. The Dolphines turned an eight point defict at halftime into a comfotable win.

The Dolphins always start strong. Gideon Helf won the boys 100 IM while Shifra Eskin won for the girls. Andrew O’Brien took third and Duncan Ryan was sixth while Katie MacIsaac was second and Maya Lall was fifth.

The team followed that up with wins in both 200 Medley Relays. The team of Jacob Winter, Jack Blazes, Jeffrey Su and James Vincent won for the boys with Jessie Kline, Danielle Lair Ferrari, Katya Damskey and Bryna Steele taking first for the girls.

Under 8 also went well for the Dolphins. James LeFaivre won  just 13/100 of a second ahead of Aaron Kraus. Aidan O’Brien was  fourth, Zachary Kraus was fifth, Nicolas Molineus was sixth and Alex Spooner was 10^th.  In 25 back, Alex took second, Cade Afas was fourth and Nicolas was fifth.  For 25 breast, James, Aidan and Martin Alvarez took first, second and third. This winning way continued with 25 fly with James and Aidan taking first and second. Aaron Kraus grabbed fifth.

Merrimack’s under 8 girls were strong, but Nadia Lall took sixth, Alisha Mink took seventh, Celia Noya was eighth, Willow Boison was 10^th, Caroline Moeller was 11^th and Charlotte Komosa was 12^th. In back, Merrimack was strong. Nadia Lall took fourth, Willow was fifth and Alisha was sixth.  For 25 breast, Celia took third, Caroline was fourth and Willow was fifth. Naida cranked it up in 25 fly for the win with Celia in fourth.

In 9/10, the books took three of the top five spots. Will Spooner was second, Meyer Eskin was third, Jacob Seiberg was fifth, Constantine Molineus was eighth, Max Kroloff was 11^th and Anthony Noya was 12^th. Meyer continues to dominate breast stroke with an easy win followed by Max in third and Constantine in fourth. Will Spooner won 25 fly, Max Kroloff was fourth and Jacob Seiberg was sixth.

For the girls, Darby LeFaivre was third, Ella Scott was fourth, Maya Lall was sixth , Sam MacIsaac was ninth, Anahi Tinel was 11^th and Emma Reveiz was 12^th in 50 free.  We saw strength in back with Darby tying for second, Sam in fourth and Ella Scott in fifth. In breast, Maya won with Ella Scott in fourth and Erin Pollack in sixth. Darby grabbed second in 25 fly with Sam in fourth and Maya in fifth.

In 11/12, Gideon Helf and Shifra Eskin were consistent winner. Gideon took first in 50 free by more than two seconds while Shifra won 50 free by more than a second. Cole Wassliew finished sixth, Duncan Ryan was eighth, Damian Molineus was 10^th and Benjamin Baisinger-Lee was 11^th.  In back, Andrew O’Brien was second, Damian was fourth and Duncan took sixth. Gideon lost by 1/100 of a second to take second in 50 breast. This race was insanely close and was decided purely on the trigger fingers of the middle timers. Andrew took fourth and Cole was fifth. Gideon came back to win 50 fly by almost a second. Andrew was third and Duncan took sixth.

On the girls, Katie MacIsaac finished just behind Shifra in 50 free. Evelyn Wassiliew was third, Cecily McArdle was sixth and Anna-Louise Cobau was 11^th. Katie won 50 back with Evelyn Wassiliew in second and Anna-Louise in sixth. In 50 breast, Shifra won by almost fourt second. Katie was second by nearly 1.5 seconds over third. Cecily was sixth. Shifra remained on first with a win in 50 fly. Evelyn Wassiliew was second and Cecily was fourth.

The Dolphins were strong in 13/14.

For the boys, Ray Crist won the 50 free with Jack MacIsaac tied for third. Owen Wassiliew was sixth, Lucca Scott was eighth, Ethan Wednel was ninth,  andTyler Crist was 10^th. In the 100 IM, Jack took second with Owen in fourth and Ray in sixth. Jack won 50 back with Ray in second and Lucca in third. Owen and Jack went two-three in 50 breast with Ali Shafii in fifth. Ray and Owen finished first and second in 50 fly with Jonathan Rufino in fifth.

For the girls, Gabby Helf won with Alexa Crist in fifth, and Naomi Seiberg in eighth. In the 100 IM, Gabby was third, Alexa was fifth and Naomi was sixth. Gabby took third in 50 back with Naomi in fifth and Sarah Cobau in sixth. Alexa showed why she is a breast stroke specialist, taking the win by almost 1.9 seconds. Sarah Cobau took fifth. Gabby took third in 50 fly with Alexa in fifth and Sarah in sixth.

In 100 free for the 15/18 year olds, Jeffrey Su won with Jake Winter in second, Jonathan Rufino in sixth, Jack Blazes in seventh, Vince Steis in ninth and Alex Butman in 10^th.  Jeffrey followed that with a win in the 100 back. Jake Winter was fourth and Jack Blazes was fifth. In the 100 IM, Jeffre won with Jake Winter in second and Jack Blazes in fourth. Jack won 100 breast with Jonathan Rufino in third and Alex Butman in fourth. Jeffrey notched another win in 50 fly with Jake Winters in second and Jonathan Rufino in fifth.

On the girls side, Bryna Steele was first in 100 free with Jessie Kline in fourth , Danielle Lair Ferrari in fifth, Katya Damskey in sixth, Kaili Gregory in seventh and Samantha Kline in 11^th.  Jessie roared back with a win in 100 back. Bryna Steele was fourth and Katya was fifth. Jessie won in the 100 IM with Bryna Steele in fourth and Katya in fifth. For 100 breast, Jessie took second, Danielle Lair-Ferrari was third and Kaili was fifth. Katya won 50 fly with Bryna in third and Danielle in fifth.

At this point, the meet felt close even though Bannockburn had a comfortable lead. In the 175 relay, Will Spooner, Gideon Helf, Ray Crist and James LeFaivre took first and eliminated any doubt about the outcome. Meyer Eskin, Andrew O’Brien, Jack MacIsaac and Aaron Kraus were third.

On the girls side, Bannockburn took second with Darby LeFaivre, Shifra Eskin, Gabby Helf and Nadia Lall. The team of  Ella Scott, Katie McIsaac, Alexa Crist and Alisha Mink was fourth.

Divisionals Next Saturday; Party that Night

By Flipp Turn

Junior Dolphin Reporter

The Dolphins head across the one lane bridge on Saturday for Divisionals, which is the end of season competition that features the top swimmers from all six teams.  Each team swims two kids in each event. That means two heats for every event.

There are a lot of festivities that lead into this.

There is the pre-team meet on Wednesday, the pancake breakfast on Friday morning, the team outing on Friday afternoon and the team banquet on Saturday night. And even more stuff we are sure. It is all in the weekly email that went to families on Sunday night. In short, the season is almost over. But not quite…..

Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 6, Season 2015

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 Go Undefeated; End Regulars Season with Victory Over Local Rival Merrimack

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The Bannockburn Dolphins went perfect in 2015 after defeating Merrimack 417 to 374 on Saturday on the strength of the team’s performance in breast stroke and fly. The win means the Dolphins went 5 and 0 in division.

To us, that makes the Dolphins the division champions.

Now some may contend that under the MCLS rules, a lot more goes into determining the division champion. For instance, a team gets six points for winning a dual meet, up to 10 points for winning relay carnival (we got zero for relay carnival) and up to 20 points for winning divisionals. The Dolphins now stand two points ahead of Pallisades largely because of Relay Carnival. That means if Pallisades wins Divisionals and the Dolphins finish second or worse, then Pallisades will overtake the Dolphins in the standings. The same is true for other teams if the Dolphins finish near the bottom of Divisionals. And that means the Dolphins could still finish second or worse depending upon how the team performs at Divisionals.

We at Dolphin Times reject that funny math as we have enough trouble copying times correctly. The notion of figuring out the coefficient of an obstuse angle as part of an econometric model that crunches all the times to figure out a victor is way beyond our limited math skills.  Plus let’s be realistic. The MCSL system is voodoo math.

So cue up Kool and the Gang. It is time for some Celebration. We are declaring the undefeated Bannockburn Dolphins as winners of Division H. This is especially true as no other team in division has more than three wins.

Let’s do a quick recount of the season. The Dolphins beat the Tartans. The Dolphins beat the NCC Sharks. The Dolphins beat Inverness. The Dolphins beat Pallisades. And the Dolphins beat Merrimack. This means those other Dolphins won’t be popping the champagne as these Dolphins will not have a loss in 2015. (Yes, that is a reference for the NFL-loving parents.)

Speaking of Merrimack, let’s get to the details of that meet.

By way of background, we are pulling our meet data from the MCLS website. This produces the data slightly differently than the Meet results, which we didn’t get after the meet. The result is that some names may be more formal than what is normally listed. For instance, Jack Blazes in Christopher J. Blazes. We tried to fix this when possible.  As always, get us fixes as soon as possible so changes can be made before the paper version is posted at the pool.

This meet was won in breast and fly. The Dolphines turned an eight point defict at halftime into a comfotable win.

The Dolphins always start strong. Gideon Helf won the boys 100 IM while Shifra Eskin won for the girls. Andrew O’Brien took third and Duncan Ryan was sixth while Katie MacIsaac was second and Maya Lall was fifth.

The team followed that up with wins in both 200 Medley Relays. The team of Jacob Winter, Jack Blazes, Jeffrey Su and James Vincent won for the boys with Jessie Kline, Danielle Lair Ferrari, Katya Damskey and Bryna Steele taking first for the girls.

Under 8 also went well for the Dolphins. James LeFaivre won  just 13/100 of a second ahead of Aaron Kraus. Aidan O’Brien was  fourth, Zachary Kraus was fifth, Nicolas Molineus was sixth and Alex Spooner was 10^th.  In 25 back, Alex took second, Cade Afas was fourth and Nicolas was fifth.  For 25 breast, James, Aidan and Martin Alvarez took first, second and third. This winning way continued with 25 fly with James and Aidan taking first and second. Aaron Kraus grabbed fifth.

Merrimack’s under 8 girls were strong, but Nadia Lall took sixth, Alisha Mink took seventh, Celia Noya was eighth, Willow Boison was 10^th, Caroline Moeller was 11^th and Charlotte Komosa was 12^th. In back, Merrimack was strong. Nadia Lall took fourth, Willow was fifth and Alisha was sixth.  For 25 breast, Celia took third, Caroline was fourth and Willow was fifth. Naida cranked it up in 25 fly for the win with Celia in fourth.

In 9/10, the books took three of the top five spots. Will Spooner was second, Meyer Eskin was third, Jacob Seiberg was fifth, Constantine Molineus was eighth, Max Kroloff was 11^th and Anthony Noya was 12^th. Meyer continues to dominate breast stroke with an easy win followed by Max in third and Constantine in fourth. Will Spooner won 25 fly, Max Kroloff was fourth and Jacob Seiberg was sixth.

For the girls, Darby LeFaivre was third, Ella Scott was fourth, Maya Lall was sixth , Sam MacIsaac was ninth, Anahi Tinel was 11^th and Emma Reveiz was 12^th in 50 free.  We saw strength in back with Darby tying for second, Sam in fourth and Ella Scott in fifth. In breast, Maya won with Ella Scott in fourth and Erin Pollack in sixth. Darby grabbed second in 25 fly with Sam in fourth and Maya in fifth.

In 11/12, Gideon Helf and Shifra Eskin were consistent winner. Gideon took first in 50 free by more than two seconds while Shifra won 50 free by more than a second. Cole Wassliew finished sixth, Duncan Ryan was eighth, Damian Molineus was 10^th and Benjamin Baisinger-Lee was 11^th.  In back, Andrew O’Brien was second, Damian was fourth and Duncan took sixth. Gideon lost by 1/100 of a second to take second in 50 breast. This race was insanely close and was decided purely on the trigger fingers of the middle timers. Andrew took fourth and Cole was fifth. Gideon came back to win 50 fly by almost a second. Andrew was third and Duncan took sixth.

On the girls, Katie MacIsaac finished just behind Shifra in 50 free. Evelyn Wassiliew was third, Cecily McArdle was sixth and Anna-Louise Cobau was 11^th. Katie won 50 back with Evelyn Wassiliew in second and Anna-Louise in sixth. In 50 breast, Shifra won by almost fourt second. Katie was second by nearly 1.5 seconds over third. Cecily was sixth. Shifra remained on first with a win in 50 fly. Evelyn Wassiliew was second and Cecily was fourth.

The Dolphins were strong in 13/14.

For the boys, Ray Crist won the 50 free with Jack MacIsaac tied for third. Owen Wassiliew was sixth, Lucca Scott was eighth, Ethan Wednel was ninth,  andTyler Crist was 10^th. In the 100 IM, Jack took second with Owen in fourth and Ray in sixth. Jack won 50 back with Ray in second and Lucca in third. Owen and Jack went two-three in 50 breast with Ali Shafii in fifth. Ray and Owen finished first and second in 50 fly with Jonathan Rufino in fifth.

For the girls, Gabby Helf won with Alexa Crist in fifth, and Naomi Seiberg in eighth. In the 100 IM, Gabby was third, Alexa was fifth and Naomi was sixth. Gabby took third in 50 back with Naomi in fifth and Sarah Cobau in sixth. Alexa showed why she is a breast stroke specialist, taking the win by almost 1.9 seconds. Sarah Cobau took fifth. Gabby took third in 50 fly with Alexa in fifth and Sarah in sixth.

In 100 free for the 15/18 year olds, Jeffrey Su won with Jake Winter in second, Jonathan Rufino in sixth, Jack Blazes in seventh, Vince Steis in ninth and Alex Butman in 10^th.  Jeffrey followed that with a win in the 100 back. Jake Winter was fourth and Jack Blazes was fifth. In the 100 IM, Jeffre won with Jake Winter in second and Jack Blazes in fourth. Jack won 100 breast with Jonathan Rufino in third and Alex Butman in fourth. Jeffrey notched another win in 50 fly with Jake Winters in second and Jonathan Rufino in fifth.

On the girls side, Bryna Steele was first in 100 free with Jessie Kline in fourth , Danielle Lair Ferrari in fifth, Katya Damskey in sixth, Kaili Gregory in seventh and Samantha Kline in 11^th.  Jessie roared back with a win in 100 back. Bryna Steele was fourth and Katya was fifth. Jessie won in the 100 IM with Bryna Steele in fourth and Katya in fifth. For 100 breast, Jessie took second, Danielle Lair-Ferrari was third and Kaili was fifth. Katya won 50 fly with Bryna in third and Danielle in fifth.

At this point, the meet felt close even though Bannockburn had a comfortable lead. In the 175 relay, Will Spooner, Gideon Helf, Ray Crist and James LeFaivre took first and eliminated any doubt about the outcome. Meyer Eskin, Andrew O’Brien, Jack MacIsaac and Aaron Kraus were third.

On the girls side, Bannockburn took second with Darby LeFaivre, Shifra Eskin, Gabby Helf and Nadia Lall. The team of  Ella Scott, Katie McIsaac, Alexa Crist and Alisha Mink was fourth.

Divisionals Next Saturday; Party that Night

By Flipp Turn

Junior Dolphin Reporter

The Dolphins head across the one lane bridge on Saturday for Divisionals, which is the end of season competition that features the top swimmers from all six teams.  Each team swims two kids in each event. That means two heats for every event.

There are a lot of festivities that lead into this.

There is the pre-team meet on Wednesday, the pancake breakfast on Friday morning, the team outing on Friday afternoon and the team banquet on Saturday night. And even more stuff we are sure. It is all in the weekly email that went to families on Sunday night. In short, the season is almost over. But not quite…..