2011 Summer Long Course Champs

The Potomac Marlins wrapped up our summer season with an impressive showing over the July 15-17 and 22-23 weekends at the Potomac Valley Long Course Champoinships. With temperatures above the 100 degree mark and heat indexes in the 120s, the Marlins swimmers were equally as hot in the pool. The Marlins LC champs squads forged three of the highest overall percentages of best time team performances in team history.

In addition to the incredible number of personal best times established by the Marlins Championship squad and the multitude of eggs frying on the hood's of several cars in the parking lot, there were two new individual team records melted away. Laura Schwartz set a new mark in the Senior 200 Breast at Senior Champs with a time of 2:44.57. At the Age Group Champs meet, Evan Baker set a new mark in the 13-14 Boys 200 Fly with a time of 2:25.30. GREAT job Evan and Laura!

With the Mercury rising, the hottest meet statistic bubbling to the surface was the number of team RELAY records that were falling. Most of the relay records were several years old and some had been on the books longer than 10 years! Two new relay records were broken at the Senior Champs meet by the Boys and Girls Senior 200 Freestyle Relay teams. The girls new mark of 1:56.97 was set by Karina Kolb, Sierra Higginbotham, Lauren Hensley, and Stephanie Clarke. The boys team, Eli Bass, Marcus Quint, Danial Okhovvat-Gilani, and Nick Campbell, burned their names onto the record board with a new time of 1:44.52. Congrats to all Senior Relay swimmers. Mucho Caliente!

The Age Group Champs meet was the place to be if you liked the heat outside and the smokin' hot relay swims in the water. There were 6 team Relay records broken during the meet! The boys 11-12 200 Freestyle Relay team of Jonathan Pollock, Ben Gryski, Tae Chang, and Scott Baxter set a new mark of 2:02.83. Great job!. The girls 13-14 200 and 400 Medley Relay team members; Natalie Obando (back), Maggie Eaton (50 breast)/Nicole Baker (100 breast), Julia Schwartz (fly), and Karina Kolb (free) set two new marks of 2:12.57 in the 200 and 4:43.06 in the 400. Great races girls! The boys 13-14 relay swimmers; John Macdonald, Martin Javelosa, Eric Schwartz and Evan Baker erased 3 of the 5 possible LC records. New 13-14 boys relays records were established by this quartet in the 200 & 400 Free Realys and the 400 Medley Relay. An impressive, sizzling performance guys!

Congratulations to all LC Champs swimmers and good luck to all Marlins heading to State College over the week of August 9-13 to compete in the summer Long Course Eastern Zone meet! We can't wait to keep this HEAT WAVE of hot performances rolling into the 2011-12 short course season. COWABUNGA!

No SWEAT for SILVER.... Nothin' but the GOLD!

Coach Barry

 

Swimmers with AAA & AAAA USA Times
(from Senior/Junior & Age Group Champs)

Name
Event
Standard Achieved
Evan Baker 200 Free
AAA
100 Free
AAA
50 Free
AAA
200 Fly
AAA
Scott Baxter 200 I.M.
AAA
50 Free
AAA
Eli Bass 200 Free
AAA
50 Free
AAA
200 I.M.
AAA
Nick Campbell 200 Free
AAA
100 Back
AAA
200 Back
AAA
Stephanie Clarke 100 Back
AAA
Lauren Hensley 200 Free
AAA
50 Free
AAA
100 Back
AAA
200 Back
AAA
100 Free
AAA
Sierra Higinbotham 100 Back
AAA
200 Back
AAA
Holly Jansen 100 Free
AAA
200 I.M.
AAA
400 I.M.
AAA
200 Breast
AAAA
100 Free
AAA
200 I.M.
AAA
Karina Kolb 50 Free
AAA
John Macdonald 50 Free
AAA
100 Free
AAA
Grace Obando 200 Back
AAA
Natalie Obando 100 Back
AAA
200 Back
AAA
Danial Okhovvat Gilani 50 Free
AAA
100 Free
AAA
Laura Schwartz 100 Fly
AAA
400 I.M.
AAAA
200 Breast
AAA
50 Free
AAA
400 Free
AAA
200 I.M.
AAAA
800 Free
AAA

 

PVS Senior Champs
Time Drops greater than 3 seconds

Name
Event
Time drop
Tara Banks 200 Free -10.01
400 Free -15.33
100 Free -3.00
Tiger Barbee 200 Free -28.25
100 Fly -23.77
Eli Bass 800 Free -21.63
200 I.M. -3.90
Nick Campbell 200 Free -3.56
Maddie Carinci 1500 Free -7.47
Stephanie Clarke 200 Free -3.70
100 Fly -4.34
100 Back -3.30
200 Fly -6.23
Katie Dingman 200 I.M. -9.16
Lauren Hensley 100 Fly -9.02
Sarah Liu 100 Breast -7.05
Caleb Meindertsma 200 Free -3.51
200 I.M. -3.94
Natalie Obando 200 Back -4.40
Leland Payton 100 Breast -8.67
100 Fly -3.63
200 Fly -12.99
Marcus Quint 200 Free -8.62
100 Fly -4.22
400 Free -13.10
100 Free -3.81
Laura Schwartz 400 I.M. -6.71
200 I.M. -3.58

PVS Junior Champs
Time Drops greater than 3 seconds

Name
Event
Time drop
Libby Bissen 100 Breast -7.80
200 Fly -4.42
Becky Burke 400 I.M. -7.38
200 Fly -14.33
Zoe Campbell 400 Free -20.51
200 Back -7.37
Katie Dingman 200 Free -6.13
100 Fly -3.89
Emily Dooley 100 Free -3.46
Han Gu 50 Free -8.14
100 Back -8.22
Lucas Hight 100 Breast -4.55
200 Breast -12.65
Lee Jacoby 200 Breast -5.61
John Kost 200 Free -4.99
100 Fly -6.11
400 Free -6.96
200 I.M. -3.57
Grace Morales 200 Free -6.40
100 Fly -5.75
200 I.M. -8.24
200 Fly -12.73
Claire Rudden 200 Free -8.10
100 Breast -8.71
Jake Weeren 100 Back -5.97
200 Back -13.77
100 Free -5.41

 

PVS 14 & Under AGE GROUP Champs
Time Drops greater than 3 seconds

Name
Event
Time drop
Evan Baker 400 Free -3.15
Nicole Baker 100 Breast -4.75
200 Breast -5.92
200 Fly -8.71
Hyung Tae Chang 200 Back -4.28
200 Free -4.46
Maggie Eaton 200 Breast -5.12
Holly Jansen 200 Free -14.61
Sean Jansen 200 Free -5.32
John Kost 200 Breast -3.17
400 I.M. -15.63
1500 Free -46.61
Gabby Kuehahas 200 I.M. -6.93
200 Free -3.57
400 Free -3.18
Max Kuranda 400 Free -13.04
John Macdonald 800 Free -19.79
400 Free -6.43
1500 Free -9.01
Dylan Major 50 Fly -3.85
400 Free -15.26
100 Fly -9.34
Kyle Major 200 Back -3.15
200 Fly -4.06
200 Free -3.53
400 Free -10.26
Grace Obando 50 Back -3.14
Natalie Obando 400 I.M. -8.11
Eric Schwartz 400 Free -5.54