Week 5 recap

The fifth week of the dual meet season was highlighted by a busy weekend, with our final Saturday A meet of the season at Norbeck Hills and the B relay carnival at King Farm, in addition to a home B meet on Wednesday night with Manor Woods.

Dual Meet at Norbeck Hills

Norbeck Hills was ranked at the top of the division coming into the season, and they had shown their depth and speed by taking the top spot at the L division relay carnival in week 2. We had just come off one of our best performances of the season in a close loss to Montgomery Square the previous Saturday, so we were looking forward to the challenge of competing against strong competition. Both elements were present, as Norbeck Hills opened up an early lead that they gradually extended over the course of the morning, but as a team we raced well and put forth a very strong effort despite the fact that we came up on the short end of the score.

Notable Performances

• Monica Blassou with a big 2 second drop in 25 free
• Sophia Radich improving over 2 seconds in 50 free
• Katie English shaving nearly 3 seconds off her time in 100 free
• George Marcolin with an outstanding drop of almost 4 seconds in 25 back
• Annie Marcolin dropping almost 2 seconds in 50 back
• Gabriel Radich showing an big improvement of almost 5 seconds in 25 breast
• Andre Claro showing a nearly 2 second improvement in 100 breast
• Katie English posting her best time by nearly 2 seconds in 100 breast
• Maddy Keen with a big 2.5 second improvement in 25 fly
• Marcello Beatley with a huge 3 second drop in 50 fly
• Benedict Radich with a 1.5 second drop in 50 fly

Event winners

• Marcello Beatley - 11-12 50 fly
• Lena Bossler - 11-12 50 breast
• Maddy Keen - 8 & under 25 breast, 8 & under 25 fly
• Paul Rowedder - 15-18 50 fly
• Alex Wasel - 13-14 50 back
• Tim Wasel - 11-12 50 back
• Michael Zambrano - 9-10 25 breast

This meet marked the end of our dual meet schedule. While we were not able to win a dual meet this year, we did swim well throughout the season, and definitely showed improvement from week to week.

B Relay Carnival at King Farm

Our Wednesday night B league held a relay carnival on Sunday morning. This meet used the same order of events as the L Division relay carnival held during week 2 of the season, and we had a nice morning of swimming.

The primary goal was to make sure that everyone got a chance to swim in at least one relay, and that everyone raced and had fun. On that front, we were very successful. Everyone was very enthusiastic and the meet itself was a wonderful atmosphere. We were also able to put together many relay teams with siblings getting to swim together, so it was a very festive time for all of the Wheaton Woods families.

Two of our relay teams grabbed first place finishes in the B relay carnival: the mixed 11-12 200m freestyle relay of Annie Marcolin, Chrissy Wasel, Griffin Borman and Tim Wasel ; and the 11-12 girls 200m medley relay of Mary Kate Wasel, Keely Mashburn, Annie Marcolin, and Chrissy Wasel.

Congratulations to all swimmers who took part in the relay carnival. It was a very enjoyable morning for all, and thanks as always to the parent volunteers who helped to make the event a success.