Marcello Beatley kicked off the effort with a nice finish in the 11-12 Boys 100 IM, making a strong charge in breaststroke to take the lead and then holding off a challenge in freestyle to capture first place in the opening event of the meet. The 11-12 girls followed with a strong effort as well, and we entered the 200 medley relay with the score tied after the first two events. Our boys captured the top spot in the 200 medley relay, while North Creek's girls did the same in the next event. This was a pattern that appeared throughout the meet. While our girls in all age groups swam well and posted many season-best times, North Creek was very deep on the girls side and has many swimmers who have achieved MCSL All-Star times this season. Their depth turned out to be more than we were able to match.
At the break, North Creek had opened up an 81 point lead, which was a significant but not insurmountable margin. Paul Rowedder posted a fast swim in 15-18 100 IM to lead a 2-3-4 finish to cut into the lead, but the North Creek girls, featuring some of the fastest in the entire league in their respective age groups, came right back to extend the lead that they would never relinquish.
We did match up very well in the breaststroke and fly events, and kept the final meet margin at 88 points, which means that basically we swam them even in the second half of the meet. While it was disappointing to lose, there was nothing in the way that we swam or performed that was disappointing. We simply swam against a team that was very strong in several of the age groups, so while we did our best and had a very strong overall effort, it wasn't enough to pull out a victory.
Notable Performances
- Matthew Ourand with a 2 second drop in 100 IM
- Mary Kate Wasel with a nearly 2 second drop in 100 IM
- George Marcolin with an almost 4 second improvement in 25 Free
- Gabriel Radich cutting 2 seconds off his time in 25 Free
- Nick D'Avella posting a nearly 4 second improvement in 50 Free
- Justin Davis with a big drop of over 6 seconds in 50 Free
- Gianna d'Avella with an improvement of 1.5 seconds in 50 Free
- Paul Wasel with a 2 second improvement in 100 Free
- Anna Barboza with a nearly 5 second drop in 100 Free
- Nastasja Wilson with a 2 second improvement in 100 IM
- Shawn Mashburn with an almost 2 second drop in 25 Back
- Caroline Bloodgood dropping over 3 seconds in 25 Back
- Francis Rowedder posting a season-best by nearly 3 seconds in 50 Back
- Maddy Keen dropping almost 3 seconds in 25 Breast
- Tali Zambrano improving by 2 seconds in 25 Breast
- Nastasja Wilson racing well to drop nearly 5 seconds in 50 Breast
- Tom Kilmer with a huge 6 second drop in 25 Fly
- Paul Rowedder cutting a big 3 seconds off in 100 IM
- Taylor Swift posting season-best times in all of her events
- Bruce Barboza, in his first dual meet, posting fast times in all his swims
Event winners
- Marcello Beatley, 12 & under 100 IM
- Tim Kilmer, 8 & under 25 Free
- Bruce Barboza, 13-14 50 Free
- Lena Bossler, 11-12 50 Free
- Bruce Barboza, 13-14 100 IM
- Shawn Mashburn, 8 & under 25 Back
- Francis Rowedder, 13-14 50 Back
- Tom Kilmer, 8 & under 25 Breast
- Michael Zambrano, 9-10 25 Breast
- Lena Bossler, 11-12 50 Breast
- Bruce Barboza, 13-14 50 Breast
- Tom Kilmer, 8 & under 25 Fly
- Marcello Beatley, 11-12 50 Fly
- Lena Bossler, 11-12 50 Fly
- Paul Rowedder, 15-18 50 Fly
Overall it was a strong effort by the team as a whole, and even though the team came up short in the final score, we should take pride on the effort put forth. We made the meet closer than it was seeded to be, and we raced well throughout the morning. We took care of the things that were under our control, which was how we swam and competed in each race. Since we can't control how many people are on the other team or how fast they can swim, doing the best that we can do is all that we should be worried about.
We expect a close meet this coming Saturday against Montgomery Square, so let's enjoy the long holiday weekend and then have focused practices as we prepare for our last Saturday home meet of the season.
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