Swim: Striking Gold! BR's Sarman Wins 100 Fly, 200 IM, Leads Spartans to Relay Win; BW Girls Win Two Relays at State Meet

Full results now posted!

Watch the Broad Run High School 200 free relay team (Lane #4) win the VHSL A/AA state title Saturday (video courtesy of Paul Leidy)


(Feb. 21, 2010) - Broad Run High School junior Mark Sarman captured both the 200 IM and 100 fly titles at the VHSL A/AA state meet Saturday at Old Dominion University and helped the Spartan 200 free relay team to a state title as well. On the girls side, Briar Woods won not one but two relays as the Falcons swam away with the individual medley and 400 free titles.

The Briar Woods girls finished fourth in the meet and the Broad Run boys took fifth. Great results considering that Loudoun teams do not have divers that compete.

The Falcon girls with 163.5 points were just 10 points out of second place, trailing Lafayette (168) and Western Albemarle (173.5). Hidden Valley dominated with 285 points to win the girls meet.

On the boys side, Broad Run scored 149, just behind Lafayette at 153. Region II school Brentsville (206) won the boys meet followed by Hidden Valley (201) and Jefferson Forest (191).

Sarman, who posted an All-American time of 1:54.30 in the 200 IM win, was joined in the 200 free relay by sophomores Jacob Leidy and Alan Horback and senior Mike Poltash. They swam a 1:29.09 for the win.
Leidy was fifth in the 100 back (54.93) and sixth in the 200 IM (2:00.56).

"The whole team was so excited to get the state title. They all swam unbelievable fast splits," said Broad Run coach Beverly Kelley said.

The Broad Run boys also took fourth in the 400 free relay with Cameron Lucas joining Horback, Leidy and Sarman for a 3:22.30.

In the girls medley relay the Briar Woods quartet of freshman Caleigh Hensley, freshman Kristin Haufler, sophomore Alli Haufler, and senior Elise Guessford were state champions with an unofficial time of 1:50.60. And the same four girls combined for the Falcons 400 free relay win with Guessford, Kristin Haufler, Hensley, and Alli Haufler swimming an unofficial time of 3:36.14.

"Pretty much every other team in the state does (have a dive team), so to finish fourth when we receive zero points for diving is quite an accomplishment!," commented Briar Woods coach Jonathan Radow.

Alli Haufler placed second in the 100 fly with a 56.61 and she took 7th in the 200 free (1:57.99) while sister Kristin Haufler was 7th in the 100 free (54.41). Guessford finished up her Falcon career with a 5th in the 500 free (5:15.63) and 8th in the 200 free (1:59.00). Also in the 500, Dominion sophomore Jalyn Marks took 6th with a 5:16.18.

Also on the boys side, Briar Woods senior Nick Mason finished sixth in the 100 breast and eighth in the 200 free. Mason also joined junior Steffen Vater and senior Chris Farley and Ryan Faulkner to take 6th in the 200 medley relay with a 1:44.49.

The Freedom boys 200 free relay placed 5th with junior Ozan Duran, sophomore Andrew Smith, freshman Michael Harman and sophomore Nick Campbell swimming a 1:33.07.

At the AAA state meet, Heritage's Kaleigh Rosenburg was eighth in the 100 breast. Full results for AAA here.

Photo above courtesy of Paul Leidy. Photos below courtesy of Nick Mason

The Briar Woods quartet of Caleigh Hensley, Kristin Haufler, Alli Haufler, and Elise Guessford won two relays

The Briar Woods boys 6th in finals in the medley relay (Nick Mason, Ryan Faulkner, Steffan Vater, and Chris Farley). 

The Briar Woods quartet of Caleigh Hensley, Kristin Haufler, Alli Haufler, and Elise Guessford won two relays

Briar Woods state team

From left to right: Jacob Leidy (Broad Run), Mark Sarman (Broad Run), and Nick Mason (Briar Woods) with coach Bev Kelley from Broad Run. 

More Coverage on the State Meet
Loudoun swimmers certainly made a big splash with the strong finish of the Broad Run High School boys and Briar Woods girls at the AA state meet over the weekend, but the depth of Loudoun swimming showed all the way through the finals which were swam in two sections.

While they may have not scored in the top eight, those in the first finals had fast times, advanced after beating a deep field in the prelims and scored points for their teams. (See article here on swimmers that place in top eight from the meet)

The only local individual swimmer to touch first in the B finals was Broad Run's Alan Horback who swam a 22.79 to take ninth overall in the 50 free. The Briar Woods boys 400 free relay team of Chris Farley, Eric Guessford, Phillip Mardock and Nick Mason also finished first in their B final with a 3:26.47.

Taking 10th place overall included: Briar Woods' Kristin Haufler in the 50 free (25.38), Briar Woods' Caleigh Hensley in the 100 free (54.18), Freedom's Nick Campbell in the 100 back (56.89) and the Potomac Falls' Ariana Staffen in the 100 breast (1:11.49).

Staffen had a busy meet as she was also 14th in the 200 IM (2:16.94) and she swam with the Panther girls IM relay was was 13th (1:56.98) and included Carla Harvey, Carson Newton and Bridget Werner. And the Panther girls took 13th in the 200 free relay with Harvey, Newton and Werner joined by Elisa Kim (1:46.90).

In addition to the 100 back, Campbell took 14th in the free with a 1:50.95 and he was part of Freedom's boys 400 relay which took 13th, along with Ozan Duran, Michael Harmon and Chris Crampton (3:26.47).

More Loudoun swimmers in the Top 16
Boys IM relay - Broad Run 16th (Cameron Lucas, Mike Poltash, Will Metzfield, Rex Larabee) 1:50.08
Girls 200 free - Sophie Newton (LC) 14th, 2:02.07
Boys 500 free - Aidan O'Hara (Dom) 13th, 5:03.84
Boys 200 relay - Potomac Falls 12th (Alex Ternovski, Grant Decker, Gavin Saunders, Eoghan Foley) 1:34.65
Girls 100 back - Carla Harvey (PF) 12th, 1:02.53
Girls 100 back - Caleigh Hensley (BW) 13th, 1:02.65
Girls 100 back - Sophie Newton (LC) 16th, 1:03.26
Girls 100 breast - Sydney Collins (BW) 13th, 1:12.24
Girls 100 breast - Jalyn Marks (Dom) 14th, 1:12.29
Boys 400 relay - Potomac Falls 15th (Sean Hurrell, Riley Jamison, Alex Ternovski, Eoghan Foley) 3:34.27.

In the AAA meet there were also some strong finishes in the B finals with Heritage Damon Rosenburg taking ninth in the 100 breast with a 1:08.92. His sister, Kaleigh Rosenburg was 12th in the 200 IM with a 2:26.29.

Teammate Geoffrey Wright was 16th in the 50 free with a 25.34.

Loudoun Valley's Kelsey Ryan was 15th in the 100 fly (1:06.75) and 13th in the 100 back (1:07.79). The Valley boys 400 free relay of Capwell Taylor, Chris Rabung, Jack Parker and Christian Reinertson were 16th with a 1:44.00.