Bannockburn Swim Team
Dolphin
Times
Issue 5, Season 2015
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Dolphins Clinch Share of Division H Win;
Merrimack Meet to Decide if Perfect
Season
By Doll Finn
Senior Dolphin Correspondent
The Bannockburn Dolphins guaranteed at least a share of
first place for Division H in 2015 with a close victory over North Chevy Chase.
The Dolphins will go for their first perfect season since the team won Division
E in 2008.
Before we get too
caught up in next week, there is a lot of recount from this week’s A Meet,
which the Dolphins won 403 to 388.
This was a close meet throughout. Every time it appeared the
Dolphins would get a comfortable lead the Sharks would sweep an event and make
the score close again. Despite this up and down nature of the competition, the
Dolphins jumped early to a 16 point lead and pretty much kept at least a 10
point margin throughout the competition.
For many, this meet will be best remembered for the weather.
We started in a heavy downpour and it rained pretty hard through much of
backstroke before becoming hot and humid as we moved into the second half of
the competition.
The meet started with two wins in 100 IM as Gideon Helf and
Shifra Eskin beat their Shark rivals. Duncan Ryan was fifth for the boys while
Katie MacIsaac and Maya Lall were third and sixth for the girls.
The Dolphins gained the edge in the 200 Medley. Jeffrey Su,
Jake Winter, Evan Steingass and Vince Steis took first with Jonathan Rufino,
Owen Wassiliew, James Cobau and Alex Butman in third.
For the girls, Jessie
Kline, Danielle Lair Ferrari, Katya Damskey and Bryna Steele won the 200 Medley
with Kali Gregory, Alexa Crist, Samantha Kline and Naomi Seiberg in fourth.
This pretty much produced the 10 to 15 point edge that the
Dolphins would maintain throughout the swim meet.
The Sharks did score on the 13/14 IM, but Ray Crist, Jack
MacIsaac and Owen Wassiliew got third to fifth while Gabby Helf and Alexa Crist
took third and fifth for the girls. Getting those points was critical given how
close the score.
North Chevy Chase has very fast under 8 boys. Charlie Conroy
scored a third with James LeFaivre in fifth. Aaron Kraus, Nicholas Molineus,
Aidan O’Brien and Zachardy Kraus took seventh to 10th. Alex, Nicholas and Aidan got second to fourth
in 25 back while James, Charlie and Aidan took third to fifth in 25 breast.
On the girl’s side for under 8, Annie Kessner took second
with Alisha Mink in fifth and Nadia Lall in sixth. Ceila Noya was in eighth and
Caroline Jensen in 9th. Annie took second in 25 back with Caroline
in third and Alisha in fourth. Caroline won 25 breast with Celia in fifth and
Nadia in sixth. Annie won 25 fly with Nadia in fourth.
To Dolphins picked up points in 9/10.
On the boy’s side, Will Spooner, Meyer Eskin and Jacob
Seiberg swept the top three spots. Constaine Molineus was sixth, Max Kroloff
was seventh and Anthony Noya took 10th. Will Spooner won 25 back with Meyer Eskin in
second and Jacob in fifth. Just two seconds separated swimmers 1 to 5. Meyer
took first in 25 breast with Max in fourth.
In 25 fly, Charlie was fourth and James was fifth. Will won 25 fly with
Max in third and Jacob in fifth.
The 9/10 girls took spots two through five in 50 free with Darby
LeFaivre, Ella Scott, Maya Lall and Sam McIsaac. Darby, Ella and Sam were
second to fourth in 25 back. Maya was second in 25 breast with Ella in fourth.
Darby, Sam and Maya were third to fifth in 25 fly.
In 11/12, Gideon Helf
and Cole Wassiliew were first and second in 50 free. Duncan Ryan and Damian
Molineus were sixth and seventh. Griffin Beronio was 10th. Gideon and Andrew took first and second in 50
back with Damian in sixth. Andrew and Cole took first and second in 50 breast while
Gideon and Andrew finished first and second in 50 fly.
For the girls, Shifra Eskin took second with Evelyn
Wassiliew in fourth, Katie MacIsaac in fifth, Cecily McArdle in 10th
and Anna-Louise Cobau in 11th. Katie won 50 back with Evenlyn in fourth and
Anna-Louise in sixth. Shifra won 50 breast with Katie in third. Shifra won 50
fly.
For the 13/14, Ray
Crist took third in 50 free. He missed second by 3/100 of a second. Close
behind was Jack McIsaac in fourth, Owen Wassiliew in fifth, Lucca Scott in
seventh, Tyler Crist in eighth and Jorge Romeu in 10th. Lucca took
third in 50 back with Ray in fourth and Jack in fifth. Owen Jack and Samuel
Reveiz were second to fourth in breast. Ray took second in 50 fly with Lucca in
third and Owen in fourth.
For the girls, Gabby Helf took third in 50 free with Caitlin
Ryan in sixth, Alexa Crist in ninth, Naomi Seiberg in 10th and Sarah
Cobau in 11th. Gabby Helf was second in back with Naomi in fifth and
Sarah in sixth. Alexa was fourth in 50 breast. Gabby was fourth in fly and
Alexa was fifth.
In 15/18, Jeffrey Su just edged out Jake Winter in 100 free.
But as both are Dolphins the team got first and second. Evan Steingass was
fourth, Jonathan Rufino was fifth, Vince Steis was seventh, and Alex Butman was
ninth. Jeffrey was second in 100 back, Jake took third and Jonathan was fourth.
Jonathan took third in 100 breast with Alex in fourth and Vince fifth. Evan,
Jeffrey and Jake swept first to third in 50 fly, which probably was the
deciding factor in the meet. It was a huge swim for all three.
On the girl’s side, Bryna Steel won with Jessie Kline in
third, Danielle Lair Ferrari in fourth, Katya Damskey in fifth, Kali Gregory in
seventh and Samantha Kline in 12th. Jessie won 100 back with Katya
in third and Bryna in fourth. Jessie won 100 breast with Danielle in fourth.
Katya took a win in 50 fly with Bryna in third.
At this point, everyone knew the meet was very close and it
was unclear to the Dolphins what would happen if the Sharks swept the 175
relays.
That didn’t happen.
The team of Will Spooner, Gideon Helf, Ray Crist and Charlie
Conroy took second with 19/100 of a second. The key was that the team of Meyer
Eskin, Andrew O’Brien, Jack MacIsaac and James LeFaivre took third. As a
result, the Sharks only picked up two points.
On the girls side, the Sharks won. But the team of Darby
LeFaivre, Shifra Eskin, Gabby Helf and Annie Kesnner grabbed four points for
second. Ella Scott, Evelyn Wassliew, Caitlin Ryan and Alisha Mink took fourth.
This meant the Sharks picked up six points on the Dolphins.
That eight point pick up in the 175 relays was not enough
and the Dolphins dived into the pool to celebrate the fourth win of the season.
Those cheers grew even louder when word spread that Merrimack lost, which meant
the Dolphins are alone on top of Division H.
Dolphins Excel with Hot Dogs, Pies
By Walter Tu Kold
Junior Dolphin Reporter
There is nothing like the excitement of a July 4th
eating contest.
With head eater referee Amy MacIsaac in charge, the Dolphins
proved just how talented they can be eating mini hot dogs and finding the
cherry in a whipped cream pie. Dolphin Times will report back if any of this
resurfaces at Relay Carnival, which conveniently is NOT being held at
Bannockburn’s home pool.
Lots of Relays at Relay Carnival
By Flipp Turn
Junior Dolphin Reporter
The Bannockburn Dolphins on Sunday traveled back to
Inverness for the annual relay carnival.
This unique meet features 22 different relays that combine
different strokes and age groups with all six teams in the division competing
with one relay team per event. In short, it is total chaos and lots of fun.
Weather really played havoc on the team at the meet as it
was not raining out. Unaccustomed to swimming in nice weather, the team settled
for sixth place. To be fair, the team was only six points from fourth place.
Despite the struggles, this reporter witnesses a team that
knew how to have fun and eat shaved ice.
B Meet Produces Rain, Top Performances
By Walter Tu Kold
Junior Dolphin Reporter
The Bannockburn Dolphins defeated Mother Nature on Wednesday
by at least getting through breast stroke at the B Meet before thunder finally
shut down the competition, which already started 45 minutes for weather.
Despite the interesting conditions at warm up – think massive
downpour where you cannot see more than 10 feet in front of you – the skies
cleared for the meet. And even after the thunder caused the meet to be called
it never started raining again.
We saw some great time improvements. As is the custom of
Dolphin Times, we highlight those swimmers with at least a 10% time
improvement.
Willow Boison improved 5.63 seconds in 25 back while Tessa
Furlow improved by 7.79 seconds in 50 free. Grayden O’Brien dropped 5.08
seconds in 25 back while Thoe Zobrist reduced his time by 5.08 seconds in 25
back.
A bunch of other Dolphins got close to the 10% improvement
mark. These include Claire Abrams in 25 breast, Daniel Berglund in 50 free,
Maya Clancy in 50 free and Philip Moeller in 25 free.
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