Bannockburn Swim Team
Dolphin
Times
Issue 7, Season 2015
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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, 10th is 3, 11th is 2 and 12th 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 11th.
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 9th and 11th.
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 8th while Gabby Helf was 9th and Alexa
Crist was 12th. 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 8th and
Nicolas Molineus took 10th. For the girls, Annie Kessner was 10th
and Hannah Warfield was 12th. 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
8th. 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 10th and Naomi Seiberg was 12th.
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 4th 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 11th. 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 11th. 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 9th.
For 15/18, Jake Blazes got a fourth place finish in 100
breast with Jonathan Rufino in 9th.
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 10th. 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 10th. 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.
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