Dolphin Times

Issue 2, Season 2016

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Bannockburn Looks Good Despite Little Falls Loss

By Doll Finn

Senior Dolphin Correspondent

The Bannockburn Dolphins fell Saturday to Little Falls in the first A meet of the 2016 season.

The loss was the first for the Dolphins since the 2014 season and is reflective of the tougher competition the team is likely to face now that it has moved up to Division G.

By way of background, MCSL reseeds the division at the end of each season based on the performance of the top three swimmers from each team in each event. It does not account for swimmers who may age up to a new age group or who may leave the team. The goal is to create competitive equality in each division though it doesn’t always work out that way.

As this correspondent views the results, there are some performances worth flagging that suggest this team will become stronger and more competitive as the season advances.

It seems clear that the boys 15/18 will be a strength of the team. Jake Winter, Owen Wassiliew, Jeffrey Su and Ray Crist cruised to victory in the 200 Medley relay by nearly five seconds ahead of the Little Falls team.

The boys 9/10 also will be a source of points. In 50 free, a Little Falls swimmer took first. But Dolphin’s James LeFaivre, Max Kroloff, Aaron Kraus and Sam Smith were second to fifth with Aidan O’Brien in seventh.

The first individual win in an A meet for the 2016 season goes to Darby LeFaivre, who took first in 9/10 free by almost seven seconds. Sarah Selfridge was fourth, Lauren Faulkender was sixth and Madeline Mello was seventh. Caroline Moeller and Shelby Carter were 10^th and 11^th.

Gideon Helf was the first boy to win an individual event with a 0.28 second win in the 13/14 50 free. Lucca Scott took third, Hisham Shami was fourth and Duncan Ryan was fifth. Ali Shafi took 9^th and Liam Gilbert-Lawrence was 10^th.

In the 8 and unders, Cole Wrege and Jackson Mello were second and third in 25 back. For the girls, Eva Peterson took second with Willow Boison in fourth and Alisha Mink in fifth.

Sticking with the under 8 girls, breast stroke is another source of points for the team. Nadia Lall took first while Willow Boison was second and Catherine Faulkender was third. That all three girls swam legal is notable as the judging was tough as all three Little Fall swimmers were disqualified.

Dolphins Better Times at Mars v. Venus

By Flip Turn,

Junior Dolphin Correspondent

The annual Mars v. Venus meet lived up to expectation with some intense races and some impressive time improvements from the time trials meet just four days earlier.

The biggest time improvements go to Anthony Noya and Magnus Jensen. Anthony bested his 50 free time by 30.15% while Magnus beat her under 8 25 free by 20.13%.  That meant her new time was 8.29 second faster than her time trial time.

Magnus wasn’t alone in improvements. Those who beat their time trail time by at least 5% include Carter Shelby in 9/10 free, Caroline Conroy in under 8 25 free, Alex Genereux under 8 25 back and 25 free and Danielle Lair Ferrari in 15/18 100 IM.

Dennis Leary bested his under 8 25 free time by 8.84% while Henry McCarthy beat his under 8 25 back by 12.27%. John McCarthy was 10.37% better in under 8 25 back.

Madeline Mello improved 6.7% in her 9/10 25 back while Gabriela Noya bested her under 8 25 free time by 9.33%. Charlie Penn was 9.41% better in his under 8 25 back stroke and 9.41% better in 25 breast.  Samuel Penn improved 9.32% in 9/10 50 free, Jonathan Rufino bested 50 fly time for 15/18 by 6.77%, and Zakariya Saberi was 14.42% better in 25 back.

Lucca Scott was 10.7% better in 13/14 50 breast stroke and 5.02% in 50 fly.  Samuel Smith dropped 5.11% in 9/10 25 back, Margaret Southworth took  11.81% off in 9/10 50 free, Cole Wrege dropped 14.26% off his under 8 25 back and 5.22% off his 25 free,  and Elizabeth Wrege dropped 6.42% off her under 8 25 free.

First President Comes in First

By Flip Turn,

Junior Dolphin Correspondent

George Washington wasn’t just the first president and the key general during the Revolutionary War.

He also won Cake Wars: the Second Edition.

While Dolphin Times accidentally went to Georgetown Cupcake rather than the pool, we did get reports directly from our top secret source who goes by the code name Cead Hoach Alenam.

This is from our source:

“George Washington won best over all. Ella Scott's — which was a dolphin diving out of the ocean — won best use of the secret ingredient. And pizza won most creative.”

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