2011 October Open

Meet Photos by Mr. Dave Yarashus - THX!

“When the birds fly south,
And the wind blows cool,
And the green leaves on the trees turn red.
And the days grow shorter,
And the nights grow long,
And Jack Frost freezes grass dead,
Then summer is gone,
And Autumn has come”. (author unknown) 

Just like the leaves on the trees were falling to the ground, so were the times from many of our Potomac Marlin swimmers who competed in the PVS October Open. 

From the Audrey Moore facility there were two swimmers that stood out above the rest in that group.  Garrett Downs improved his times in seven out of eight events posting time drops in four events over three seconds.  Garrett dropped 56.8 sec in the 500 free, 5.21 in the 200 breast, 3.01 in the 100 IM and 10.04 in the 200 IM.  Dylan Major also swam seven out of eight best times posting big drops in the 200 free (-8.02), the 50 free (-4.44), the 200 fly (-33.10) and the 100 free    (-3.26).  Great meet boys! 

One other swimmer from Audrey Moore blew the leaves off the trees with his performance.  Allan Bartolome swam a perfect 4/4 at the meet with big time drops in all four events, 100 back (-10.44) 50 breast (-8.28), 50 free (-4.41) and the 100 IM (-12.91).  Great job Allan!

Here are some other nice swims from Marlin swimmers at Audrey Moore:

In the afternoon Senior group, there were two swimmers that achieved personal best in 6 of their events.  Martin Javelosa swam six out of six best times in his events and though none were greater than three seconds it is still a very good accomplishment.  Harrison Sniady swam 6/8 best times with three big time drops that came in the 200 back (-7.96) the 1000 free (-18.58) and the 200 free (-6.18).  Nice meet boys!

Anne Merrill also had a good meet.  After missing much of last season’s meets with an appendectomy, Anne bust back on the scene sending a clear message that she is one to watch in the next few years.  Anne posted best times in five of her eight events and dropped significant time in three of those events, the 200 free (-8.23), the 100 fly (-4.73) and the 200 IM (-4.53). Great meet Anne!

Here are some other nice swims from the afternoon Senior group:

Times were not just falling from our central sphere, they were also falling in the east.  Twenty swimmers from Chinquapin attended the meet and swam best times in twenty out of thirty swims (66%).  Three swimmers from Chinquapin shone bright in the early October skies.  Nick Ambrose swam four personal bests of out five swims with three very nice swims to note, the 200 back (-7.25) the 100 fly (-8.83) and the 200 IM (-3.90).   Jay Falk was a perfect 3/3 as she raced to big time drops in all three events, the 100 breast (-7.35) the 50 back (-3.30) and the 100 free (-7.43). Our third swimmer from Chinquapin that swam great in all her events was Laura Wilcox.  Laura swam best times in all four of her events with nice time drops in all of them.  The three to note are the 200 back (-9.19), the 200 IM (-3.10) and the 500 free (-19.16).  Way to go you three, keep up the great work!

Here are some other nice swims from Chinquapin swimmers:

The Cub Run Evening group is our largest group on the team and we had quite a few swimmers with great meet performances and several more with a couple swims that resulted in big time drops.  For the sake of brevity I will highlight the kids that swam a minimum of five best times but that does not diminish what the other four kids did that dropped time in 4 of their events.

Ryo Arakawa was a perfect six for six posting big improvements in five of his events. Ryo dropped 12.37 sec in the 200 breast, 18.53 sec in the 200 free, 5.15 sec in the 100 fly, 5.96 sec in the 100 breast and 7.96 sec in the 100 free.  Awesome swimming Ryo!  Anthony Arcomona posted two very nice swims in his five out of seven best time meet performance.  Anthony dropped 3.61 sec in the 100 back and another 18.88 sec in the 100 fly. Ben Barbee was 5/7 at the meet with huge drops in the following events, the 500 free (-28.16), the 200 breast (-17.81), the 200 fly (-13.66), and the 100 breast (-6.06)  Nice swimming boys!

Warren Breiseth had six personal best at the meet out of eight attempts and dropped over three seconds in four of those events.  Warren’s big drops came in the 500 free (-17.55), the 200 free (-4.29), the 100 fly (-12.96) and the 100 breast (-3.35).  Brothers Brody and Kellen Campbell each swam a perfect 6/6 at the meet!  Brody’s best efforts came in the 200 back        (-26.19), the 500 free (-70.47), the 100 back (-7.47) and the 100 IM (-5.35) while Kellen almost duplicated that effort with his big drops in the 200 back (-13.47), the 500 free (-57.22), the 200 free (-4.21) and the 100 IM (-6.29).   Great meet guys!

Of all the swimmers on the team that swam in the meet, only two swimmers swam a perfect eight out of eight best times.  That honor goes to Ben Gryski and Georgia Stamper! Ben blew away his best times like a leaf blower on a pile of leaves!  Ben’s top three time improvements came in the 200 back (-14.00), the 200 free (-4.61), and the 200 IM (-4.83).  Ben averaged about a two second drop in his other 5 events.  Absolutely an awesome meet Ben!  Way to go! Georgia Stamper took top honors for the girls posting best times in eight out of eight events!  Georgia dropped 6.93 sec in the 500 free, 16.47 sec in the 200 breast, another 8.31 sec in the 100 breast and 4.72 sec in the 100 free.  Definitely some sweet swimming from you two!  Keep up the good work!

Five more Cub Runners dropped time in at least five events.  Katelyn Grealish was a perfect five for five with super time drops in four of those five events. Katelyn’s big drops came in the 200 back (-5.12), the 500 free (-47.75), the 200 free (-11.52) and the 100 IM (-3.17).  Keep up the good work! Han Gu posted five top times with three major time drops that came in the 200 free (-4.88), the 200 IM (-4.12), and the 200 fly (-11.75).  Matthew Guo was a perfect 6/6 at the meet dropping 7.18 sec in the 200 free, 4.05 sec in the 100 free and 24.67 in the 500 free.  Blake Marcey also cranked out five personal best with two big time drops in the 200 breast (-6.29) and the 200 IM (-12.27).  And finally, John Henry Stamper continued his personal assault on his best times with a perfect 6/6 meet performance.  John Henry dropped major time in five of his six events.  John Henry’s performance included a 4.00 sec drop in the 50 breast, a 3.77 sec drop in the 50 free, an 8.59 sec drop in the 100 IM, a 4.66 sec drop in the 50 fly and a 4.91 sec drop in the 100 free.  What an outstanding effort from all of them, Congrats. 

 

Below are more top swims for the Cub Run Group!

The other group at Cub Run is the morning group and they also posted some very good swims.
Evan Baker had a strong performance, dropping time in six events with two big drops in the 200 free (-3.03) and the 200 IM (-3.04) while Austen Bundy cranked out four big time swims dropping 11.22 sec in the 200 back, 3.06 sec in the 200 IM, 3.08 sec in the 100 breast and 20.24 sec in the 500 free.  Nice job boys!  Maggie Eaton put in a 6/7 best time performance with one big drop of 3.41 sec in the 100 back.  Brothers Jake and Trace Hernandez both had an excellent meet with Jake swimming seven best times and Trace clocking six best times. Jake’s three big swims came in the 200 free (-21.52) , the 200 breast (-9.17) and the 100 breast (-3.91) while Trace dropped 8.49 sec in the 200 free and 6.36 sec in the 100 free.  John Kost had the largest time drop from this group with a 94.24 sec improvement in the 1000 fee and a 32.73 sec drop in the 400 IM.  Great meet guys! 

Three other morning Cub Runners had big time meets.  Grace Obando was 6/8 best times while Clare Rudden was 5/7 with four big time swims that came in the 200 free (-6.21), the 100 fly     (-6.71), the 200 IM (-9.11) and the 100 breast (-5.10) and finally Jake Weeren who set the water on fire with a 6/7 best time performance and four very big swims.  Jake dropped 85.53 sec in the 1000 free, 6.76 sec on the 200 free, 8.20 sec in the 200 breast and 44.90 sec in the 500 free. That’s a total of 146.93 seconds of time drop!!  Great job Jake! 

Here are some other big time drops from the Cub Run morning group.

The GMU morning group also represented very well.  Nathan Bass put in a 6/7 best time effort with two very nice drops in the 200 back(-7.95) and the 500 free (-6.56) while teammates (and siblings) Hyung Tae Chang and Younga Chang also posted six best times at the meet.  Tae dropped 21.73 sec in the 500 free, 9.35 sec in the 200 breast and 3.55 sec in the 100 breast and Younga dropped 4.69 sec in the 200 back, 4.23 sec in the 200 free, 4.74 sec in the 100 fly and 6.81 sec in the 500 free.  Regan Glembocki was a perfect 5/5 with two nice swims in the 200 free (-9.46) and the 500 free (-4.88).  Great swimming all of you! 

Here are the other top swims from the GMU morning group.

Three of our other facilities also had kids in the meet and several of them also had great meets. From the JCC group, Aiden Smith swam 7/8 best times and five of them were more than three seconds.  Aiden dropped 26.28 sec in the 200 free, 3.50 sec from 50 free, 10.04 sec in the 100 IM, 6.91 sec in the 50 fly and 9.63 sec in the 100 free. Samuel Yarashus also had a strong performance dropping 46.48 sec in the 500 free, 3.08 sec in the 50 breast, 13.73 sec in the 100 fly and 5.97 sec in the 100 IM to round out a 4/5 best time performance.

From the Lee District group, Daniel Berry was 4/6 and Skye Carlson was 3/3.  Daniel’s two best swims came in the 200 breast (-9.92) and the 100 breast (-3.40).

And last but not least were the swims from the Mt. Vernon morning swimmers.  Emily Dooley was a perfect 6/6 at the meet with four big time swims that came in the 200 back (-29.17), the 1000 free (-20.00), the 500 free (-9.02) and the 100 back (-20.27). Holly Jansen and younger brother Sean, both swam best times in five of their eight events.  Holly dropped 13.45 sec in the 1000 free. Grace McCaffery was the only other Mt. Vernon swimmer to improve in five or more events.  Grace dropped time in five of her eight swims and had time drops of 25.18 sec in the 200 breast, 5.11 sec in the 100 back, 3.55 sec in the 200 free and 5.68 sec in the 100 breast.  Great swimming all around! 

Here are some other nice swims from these three groups.

The Potomac Marlins are off to a great start to our season. Keep working hard and coming to practice when you are supposed to and hopefully we’ll be reading your name and outstanding swims in the next meet results article.  Thank you to all the parents who helped work the meet. We truly appreciate your support and we can’t have this kind of success with out you!

See you all on deck soon.

Coach Bill