Bannockburn Swim Team

Dolphin Times

Issue 6, Season 2015

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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…..