Swim: The Splash! Loudoun Swimmers Earn Scholar Honors Plus All the Results from Last Weekend!

The Splash: VivaLoudoun's Weekly Swim Blog! 
(Jan. 21, 2011) - The exams are almost out of the way -- the "ice day" pushed the final exams to Monday -- and local swimmers can burn off some of that testing tension with meets this weekend.

We start with some good news ... we love good news at The Splash ... as 15 Loudoun swimmers qualified as PVS Scholar Athletes for the 2009-10 school year. Here is the list with swimmer, their 09-10 school year, high school and club team

Tracey Atkinson Briar Woods Junior CUBU
Christopher Crampton Freedom Junior SNOW
Damon Rosenburg Heritage Junior SNOW
Kelsey Ryan Loudoun Valley Junior SNOW
Nicholas Campbell Freedom Sophomore Potomac Marlins
Courtner Clark Loudon County Sophomore CUBU
Alan Horback Broad Run Sophomore CUBU
Matthew Nielson Briar Woods Sophomore CUBU
Amanda Presgraves Tuscarora Sophomore SNOW
Elizabeth Mitan Briar Woods Freshman CUBU
Carson Newton Potomac Falls Freshman CUBU
Anne Richards Stone Bridge Freshman CUBU
Kaleigh Rosenburg Heritage Freshman SNOW
Caroline Ruttenberg Broad Run Freshman CUBU
Ariana Staffen Potomac Falls Freshman CUBU

Swimmers have to have 3.5 GPA for the year and five graded swims which also average 3.5 to qualify for the award. These are the requirements for the award.
http://www.pvswim.org/0910hs/2009-10_Scholar_Athlete_Award_Instructions.html

Falcon swimmers aim for repeat: Loudoun Times-Mirror has a story this week on the Briar Woods trio of Alli and Kristin Haufler and Caleigh Hensley and their goal to defend two state relay titles this year!

This Weekend's Schedule
Fri. Jan. 21
Woodgrove vs. Briar Woods at Ida Lee, 7 p.m.
Broad Run vs. Park View at Claude Moore, 6 p.m.
Heritage vs. Loudoun Valley at Ida Lee, 9 p.m.
Potomac Falls vs. George Mason at Claude Moore, 8 p.m.
Stone Bridge vs. McLean at Audrey Moore, 8:30 p.m.


Sat. Jan. 22
Dominion vs. Tuscarora at Claude Moore, 5:45 p.m.
Freedom vs. Loudoun County at Claude Moore, 3:45 p.m.

Last Weekend's Results
Sat. Jan. 15
Broad Run vs. George Mason at Claude Moore
Broad Run boys 167, George Mason 118
George Mason girls 160, Broad Run 124
The Splash: Results
Broad Run reports -
Despite having first place finishes in six events, the Spartan girls fell to GMHS. The BR girls continue to be plagued by injury and illness. Abby Pastztor took first in the 50 free and the 100 back. Anna Sarman won both the 100 fly and the 500 free. Freshman Brooke Graham won the 200 IM and took second in the 100 breast. Kaitlyn Myers, Angela Giglio, and Kate Rasmussen all finished the 200 IM with best times. Sarah Sherman had a best time in the 100 fly and Sarah White dropped 30 seconds in the 500 free.

BRHS boys swim team continued its 26 dual meet unbeaten streak easily handling George Mason High School Sat afternoon at CMRC. Mark Sarman set his 5th school record in the 200 yd freestyle, breaking a 8 year old record set back in 2003. Sarman also won the 100 free. Jacob Leidy won the 200 IM and the 100 back. Justin Allen won the 500 free and took second in the 200 free. Rex Larrabee won the 50 free, and, in the 100 breast, Max Bailey took first and freshman Cameron Riordan took second. Seniors Andrew McLaughlin, Tim Comstock and Riza Aleemi all dropped time in the 100 fly.

Freedom vs. Potomac Falls at Claude Moore
Freedom boys 181, Potomac Falls 105
Potomac Falls girls 148, Freedom 138
The Splash: Results
Potomac Falls reports -
According to the Meet Program and Seed Times, the Panthers were way over matched. It was a total team win right down the roster. The Panther girls were losing the entire meet and it came down to the last relay where we took 1st and 2nd place to snatch victory out of the hands of defeat. PFalls posted 21 individual best times. Winners were Ariana Staffen 200IM and 100breast and Carson Newton who pulled a Michael Phelps in the 100fly by winning by 1/100th of a second in state qualifying fashion. Swimmers putting up best times in 2 events were Carla Harvey 100fly and 100back(state cut time), Jennifer Schmid 200free and 500free, Katie Hood 200 and 500free, Meghan Voyack 100free and 100back, Eileen Fauteux 50 and 100free, Sarvi Esmaeli 200IM and 100back, and Shruti Simlot 200IM and 100breast. The stars were aligned and the girls were just waiting for this type of test and now have improved their record to 5-0.

Boy Notes: The panther boys continue to be hampered by illness but they continue to fight posting a number of best times. They were led by Jonathan Perry, Javier Mery, Riley Jamison, Bryce Dowling,Grant Deker, Tyler Koss and Gavin Saunders. Dropping the last 2 puts our record at 3-2 in hopes that we get everyone healthy and back to the winning ways next week.

Freedom reports -
Claude Moore was the site of another exciting swim meet that saw the Freedom Eagle boys remain undefeated with a 181 – 105 victory over Potomac Falls. The girls’ meet came down to the last event with Potomac Falls pulling out a 148 – 138 win.

The meet began with the boys’ 200 medley relay team of Nicholas Campbell, Christopher Crampton, Andrew Smith and Michael Harman winning in 1:46.14.

The girls’ team of Stephanie Clarke, Katherine Doherty, Maggie Eaton and Rachel Moffitt won in 1:57.90.

The boys’ 200 freestyle saw the Freedom boys take the top 4 spots: Crampton (1:56.86), Peter Johnson (2:05.70), Tim Jenson (2:08.15) and Grant McFarland (2:09.97).

The girls’ 200 had Clarke (2:06.14) winning and Grace Morales (2:19.16) placing third.

Campbell won the 200 IM for the boys in 2:10.05 and Doherty finished second in the girls’ race in 2:19.35 swimming a New School Record & State Qualifying Time.

The 50 freestyle saw Harman (22.92) win and Ozan Duran take 2nd in 23.78.

The girls’ 50 saw Rachel Moffitt win in 26.31 swimming to a New School Record & State Qualifying Time. Rebecca Mignone finished 3rd in 27.82.

In the boys’ 100 butterfly the Freedom team finished top 4 again with O. Duran (59.39), Johnson (1:02.03), Jenson (1:02.55) and Sinan Duran (1:04.74) respectively.

In the girls’ fly Doherty swam 1:03.60 finishing 2nd.

Smith won the boys’ 100 freestyle in 51.70 and Moffitt finished first for the girls in 59.22.

In the 500 freestyle Crampton won with a time of 5:22.80.

The girls’ 500 saw Grace Morales breaking 6 minutes and winning in 5:58.63.

In the 200 yard freestyle relay event the boys’ team of Harman, Alex Myers, Johnson and O. Duran finish 2nd in 1:38.83. While the girls’ team of Clarke, Johnson, Doherty and Moffitt won in 1:48.00 a New School Record.

The 100 backstroke saw Campbell swim to victory in 58.10 and Emmett George take 2nd in 1:07.70.

The girls’ event saw Clarke touch the wall first in a New School Record time of 1:02.69.

The boys’ 100 yard breast event had Smith first in 1:07.41 and Devon Gaiteri (1:12.93) finishing 3rd.

The girls’ breaststroke had Eaton (1:15.93) 2nd and Johnson (1:17.25) 3rd.

In the 400 freestyle relay the boys’ team of O. Duran, Smith, Campbell and Crampton won in a State Qualifying Time of 3:33.37.

The girls’ team of Lindsey Jeffreys, Johnson, Morales and Mignone (4:10.81) placed third.

Next up on the schedule is Loudoun County at Claude Moore on Sat. Jan 22nd at 3:45 p.m.

Park View vs. Woodgrove at Ida Lee
Park View boys 158, Woodgrove 91
Woodgrove girls 140, Park View 119
The Splash: Results

Fri. Jan. 14
Tuscarora vs. Briar Woods at Claude Moore
Briar Woods boys 182, Tuscarora 100
Briar Woods girls 197, Tuscarora 89
The Splash: Results

Dominion vs. Loudoun County at Ida Lee
Dominion boys 154, Loudoun County 132
Dominion Girls 169, Loudoun County 117
The Splash: Results
Dominion reports -
Titan boys are on their way to a 4th consecutive winning season, while the girls are on their way to their 1st winning season ever and have their best dual meet record in school history. One more State qualification: Maura Mazurowski (SO) in 50 freestyle. Next up: "Future Titans" meet vs. Tuscarora Huskies on Saturday, January 22nd and "Senior Night" vs. Woodgrove Wolverines on Friday, January 28th.

Loudoun County reports -
The Lady Raiders earned their first State Qualifying Time for the Season in the 200 Yard Medley Relay but lost along with the boys against Dominion High School this past Friday at Ida Lee Recreation Center in Leesburg.

“It is like the weight of the world has been lifted off of the girls’ shoulders,” said Head Coach Nick Grzeda. “We can now focus on the next two relays and the girls individual events
qualifying for States in the next three dual meets.”

The 200 Yard Medley Relay that earned the State Qualifying Time of 2:01.67 and set the new LCHS Swim Team record in the event was made up of Emily Alliss (Fr.), Adrienne Rivera (So.), Sarah Sheridan (Fr.), and Katie Russell (Jr.).

The boys 200 Yard Medley Relay also took first place in 1:48.91, the team’s best time this season in this event. The team was made up of Senior Captains Joe Gibson and Jay Wareham, Jake Koenig (Jr.) and Cort Clark (Jr.).

Sophomore Kyle Bowers had a personal best time in his second place finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle with a 2:10.59, while Cort Clark (Jr.) took second in the 200 Yard Individual Medley (IM) in 2:12.23. Clark would later win the 500 Yard Freestyle and break his own LCHS School Record in 5:13.25.

Freshmen Sarah Sheridan and Sydney Alfonso took second and third places in the 200 IM for the evening; Sheridan in 2:25.41 and Alfonso in 2:45.18. John Showalter (Sr.) earned third place in the 50 Yard Freestyle in 24.92, and Katie Russell (Jr.) took second in the same event for the Lady Raiders in 26.94. She would later win the 500 Freestyle in 6:05.03.

Jake Koenig (Jr.) had two amazing wins in the 100 Yard Butterfly and 100 Yard Breaststroke for the evening, earning a personal best time for the season in the Fly in 57.03, and going 1:07.45 in the Breast.

Jackie Schneck (Jr.) took third in the 100 Fly for the Lady Raiders in 1:22.53, while Senior Captains Jay Wareham and Joe Gibson took second and third in the 100 Freestyle in 55.31 (Wareham) and 55.63 (Gibson). Adrienne Rivera (So.) would take second for the Lady Raiders in the same event in 1:02.14.

Freshman Jack Perales shaved some time off of his 500 Freestyle taking second in the event in 5:46.61, with teammate Chris Stowell (Sr.) coming in third in 6:08.44.
The Raider boys 200 Freestyle Relay won in 1:38.33 and the team was made up of Senior Captains Joe Gibson and Jay Wareham, John Showalter (Sr.), and Jake Koenig (Jr.).

Following the win, Joe Gibson (Sr.) earned a best time and took second place in the 100 Yard Backstroke in 1:02.56. Freshman Trevin Gandhi earned third place in 1:11.08 in the same event and Emily Alliss (Fr.) also took third place in the event for the Lady Raiders in 1:16.05.
Jay Wareham (Sr.) took third in the 100 Yard Breaststroke in 1:12.60 for the boys, while Adrienne Rivera (So.) took first in 1:15.61, and Sarah Sheridan (Fr.) earned second in 1:16.87 for the Lady Raiders.

The Lady Raiders would take the win in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay in 4:06.41 for the evening, but it would unfortunately not be enough to win the meet. The team was made up of Junior Katie Russell, Senior Captain Abby Gribbin, Sarah Sheridan (Fr.), and Adrienne Rivera (So.).
The Raiders return in action against Freedom High School on Saturday, January 22, at Claude Moore Recreation Center. The meet begins at 3:45 pm.

Heritage vs. Stonewall Jackson at Freedom Aquatic
Heritage boys 183, Stonewall Jackson 103
Heritage gilrs 152, Stonewall Jackson 134
The Splash: Results

Osbourn vs. Loudoun Valley at Ida Lee
Osbourn boys 190, Loudoun Valley 89
Osbourn girls 166, Loudoun Valley 118
The Splash: Results
Loudoun Valley reports:
The Valley swim teams swam in a great meet at Ida Lee Rec Center on January 15th against Osbourn High School. The Vikings suffered another tough loss, but they put up a great fight.

 The Vikings had terrific swims including Ian Miller’s 100 breaststroke that broke the team record with a time of 1:09.56. Kelly Johnson, Bridget Shayka, Kelsey Ryan, and Kaitlyn Weaver started the meet off with a first place finish in the 200 Medley Relay. Max Van Vleet and Kelsey Ryan both won their 100 butterfly races, while Bridget Shayka dominated the 100 breaststroke.

 Kaitlyn Weaver and Hannah Backman won 2nd and 3rd place in their 500 Free, both dropping several seconds. Noah Gilhousen, Jake Smith, and Sam Adams continue to have major time drops in the 500 freestyle event. The seven seniors on the Valley team were recognized for their leadership and dedication to the team. Those senior swimmers are Nick Fochtman, Max VanVleet, Oscar Deaver, Kelsey Ryan, Bridget Shayka, Kelly Johnson, and Nikki Godfrey.

The Vikings last regular season meet is Friday the 21st at Ida Lee against Heritage High School at 9:00 P.M.

Stone Bridge vs. TJ at Claude Moore
TJ Boys 202, Stone Bridge 84
TJ Girls 204, Stone Bridge 82
The Splash: Boys results; Girls results.

Previous Reports -- as we catch up with some older news
Broad Run reports -
Week 4 BRHS v. PFHS at Ida Lee Rec Center

The Broad Run Swim Team had a good meet against Potomac Falls on Jan. 8. The boys won, while the girls lost to a strong Potomac Falls squad.

Broad Run's boys won all three relays and the girls won the 200 medley relay. Jacob Leidy won both the 100 breast and the 50 free, breaking a nine year old BRHS record in the free. Mark Sarman won the 100 back and the 100 fly, breaking his own record in the fly. Caroline Ruttenberg won the 100 free and also took first in the 100 breast, adding that event to her list of state qualifying events. Alan Horback won the 100 free, Anna Sarman took first in the 500 free and Jack Morrisroe won the 200 free.

Loudoun Valley reports -
After a three week break from meets, the Vikes swam very well against Stonewall Jackson last Friday night. Both the mens and womens team had a strong showing but came out just short of a win. However, many swimmers had great swims and continue to improve, a great accomplishment as the Vikes enter the 2nd half of their season.

The night started with a great win in the boy's 200 Medley relay of Max Van Vleet, Ian Miller, Mark Shayka, and Nick Fochtman. After a back-and-forth run for the lead, Junior Ian Miller came out 2nd in the 200 IM, with a best time for the season. Other strong performances for the boys were turned in by Senior Max Van Vleet, with two 2nd place finishes (100 fly, 100 back) and the brother duo of Ian and Alec Miller in the 100 breast, 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The boy's also had a strong showing in the 100 free, with 3rd through 5th place finishes (Kendall Blaylock, Noah Holt, Joe Rees) and again in the 500 free (Noah Gilhousen, Sam Adams, Jake Smith).

On the girl's side, the ladies swam the 200 freestyle relay in winning fashion (Sheridan Suminski, Kaitlyn Weaver, Rachel Swan, Kelsey Ryan). Highlight of the meet was the 500 freestyle, with Junior Kaitlyn Weaver's 1st place finish in the 500 freestyle, breaking 7 minutes for the first time (yay!), and Junior Hannah Backman finishing in a close 2nd (7:01.66). Senior Kelsey Ryan was a double event winner (50 free, 100 back) and the girls swept the 50 free with 1st through 3rd place finishes (Kelsey Ryan, Sheridan Suminski, Rachel Swan). Junior Rachel Swan also clocked in a 2nd place finish in the 100 free and Bridget placed 2nd in the 100 fly.