Table of contents
- 1. Gaithersburg High School
- 1.1.1. MPSSAA Championships 02/25/2012
- 1.1.2. 4A-3A West Regional Meet 02/18/2012
- 1.1.3. Metros 02/08/2012 - 02/11/2012
- 1.1.4. Division III Championship 02/04/2012
- 1.1.5. Gaithersburg vs. Rockville 01/28/2012
- 1.1.6. Gaithersburg vs. Kennedy 01/14/2012
- 1.1.7. Gaithersburg vs Magruder - 01/07/2012
- 1.1.8. Gaithersburg vs. Springbrook 12/17/2011
- 1.1.9. Gaithersburg vs Damascus - 12/10/2011
- 1.1.10. Scrimmage: Gaithersburg, North West, and Watkins Mill 12/04/2011
Gaithersburg High School
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TROJAN PRIDE IS ON THE RISE
For More Information, visit our website:
http://www.gaithersburgathletics.org
Coach: Shannon King
Senior Team Captains: Ellen Anderson, Tyler Pham & Tayden Geliske (Diving)
Junoir Team Captains: Jacob Ado, Adam Foreman, Amelia Robinson & Victoria Zemil
A "hybrid" season for MCPS swimmers and divers. For the 2011-2012 season, qualified MCPS swimmers compete at both Metros against counterparts in private schools, and at State Championships meets against those from the MD public school system. To accommodate for the change, both the Relays Carnival and the County Championships will not be held. The Trojans will be in the 4A-3A West Region.
2011-2012 Schedule:
| Date | Time | Opponents | Location |
| 12/3/2011 | 11:30AM | Scrimmage: Northwest & Watkins Mill | Germantown |
| 12/10/2011 | 9:15AM | Damascus | Olney |
| 12/17/2011 | 2:30PM | Springbrook | MC – Takoma |
| 01/07/2012 | 9:15AM | Magruder | Germantown |
| 01/14/2012 | 9:15AM | Kennedy | MLK |
| 01/21/2012 | 7:30PM | Rockville | Olney |
| 01/28/2012 | 2:15PM | Scrimmage: Seneca Valley | Rockville |
| 02/04/2012 | 9:30AM | Division III Championship | MLK |
| 02/08/2012 | TBA | Metros (2/8/12 - 2/11/12) | Germantown |
| 02/18/2012 | 8:00AM | 4A-3A West Regional Meet | MLK |
| 02/25/2012 | 9:00AM | MPSSAA Championships | U of MD CP |
MPSSAA Championships 02/25/2012
4A-3A West Regional Meet 02/18/2012
Metros 02/08/2012 - 02/11/2012
Division III Championship 02/04/2012
The Trojans entered their three fastest swimmers in the Divisionals, hoping for a solid 4th place. In the end, the Trojans got what they wanted by finishing in 4th placewith 571 points.
The battle began early in the morning with the Diving Championship where Michael earned 7 points for the team. The Trojan swimmers started out strong in the first two medley relay events, placing 2nd in both events. From then on, it was a hard fight for the team. In the 100 Fly event, Junior Nicole Polen outraced 2nd place Rachel Sonnenberg from Magruder. Seniors Ellen Anderson and Tyler Pham proved that they can compete against any top swimmers in the county. Both swam well to win their individual events: Tyler in 200 IM and 100 Back and Ellen in 200 Free and 500 Free.
After the 500 Free events, the Trojan Boys finished 1st convincingly (2.50 seconds ahead of Rockville). Overall, the Trojans swam well against teams with more depth. Next week, Ellen Anderson, Tyler Pham and Nicole Polen will represent Gaithersburg in 2 individual events each. Ellen Anderson will enter the meet seemingly with a chance to win the 500 Free event. Having raced the top 5 swimmers many times and for several years in his swimming career, Tyler Pham knows that he must swim his best if he were to do well in his events.
Gaithersburg vs. Rockville 01/28/2012
This meet had been rescheduled from 1/21/2012 due to inclement weather.
Gaithersburg Boys: 67; Rockville Boys: 99;
Girls: 85; Girls: 87
The meet started with first place finishes from both the boys’ and girls’ medley relay teams. The boys’ team finished a bit over six seconds faster than 2nd place Rockville with team members: Tyler Pham, Kieran Mahoney, Jacob Ado, and Adam Foreman. The girls’ relay team finished a bit over 10 seconds faster than 2nd place Rockville with relay team members were: Madison Williams, Melissa Brown, Nicole Polen, and Victoria Zemil. The Gaithersburg team took several firsts and swept one event. Tyler Phamtook first in the 200 Free and 500 Free. Ellen Anderson took first in the 100 Fly and 500 Free. Victoria Zemil took first in the 50 free and 100 free. Jacob Ado took first in the 100 Free. Melissa Brown took first in the 100 Breast. Gaithersburg girls swept the 100 fly with Ellen Anderson, Nicole Polen, and Melanie Lyons.
Ellen Anderson broke her older record in the 100 fly with a new time of 1:01.12.
Gaithersburg coach, Shannon King, honored the graduating seniors at the final dual meet.
The graduating seniors are: Ellen Anderson, Jessica Brown, Lupita Cruz, Morgan Donellan, TaydenGeliske, Zoe Hedquist, Alyssa Jespersen, Michelle Kramer, Andrew Kulesh, Kieran Mahoney, Tyler Pham, Katie Stewart, and Daniel Valencia.
Gaithersburg divers report: Michael Hammer executed a new dive. Tayden Geliske gets impressive height in her dives. Jessica Brown returned after several weeks (and except for a wet clerical error) did well. Kim Franklin, our newest diver, continues to improve.
The Trojans ended their regular season with the following results:
| Team | W | L | T |
| Boys | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Girls | 2 | 3 | |
Gaithersburg vs. Kennedy 01/14/2012
Gaithersburg Boys: 102; Kennedy Boys: 60;
Girls: 100; Girls: 60
Gaithersburg presented their coach with a clear victory for both the boys’ and girls’ squad in the meet vs. Kennedy High School.
The meet started with first place finishes from both the boys’ and girls’ medley relay teams. The boys’ team led by several seconds with team members: Patrick Whittaker, Kieran Mahoney, Chris Munoz, and Daniel Valencia. The girls’ relay team fought for their first place finish with only 0.09 seconds to spare. The girls’ relay team members were: Madison Williams, Melissa Brown, Nicole Polen, and Victoria Zemil.
Gaithersburg boys put forth the effort to earn many sweeps and near sweeps. The boys swept 200 Free (Kieren Mahoney, Matthew Valencia (best time of 2:22.40), and Connor Bol); placed 1,2, and 4 in the 50 Free with Daniel Valencia, Adam Foreman(best time: 25.12), and Chris Munoz; swept the 100 Fly with Tyler Pham, Chris Munoz, and Adam Foreman; and placed 1, 2, and 5 in the 100 free with Jacob Ado, Kieran Mahoney (best time: 55.68), and Daniel Valencia. The boys’ 400 free relay teams took 1st (Jacob Ado, Adam Foreman, Matthew Valencia, and Tyler Pham) and 3rd (Brandon Chu, Connor Bol, Nick Gilpin, and Arsome Mazhari).
The Gaithersburg girls did not capture any 1, 2, 3 sweeps, but they were reluctant to pass up first in all but a few events. The girls got first place in 200 Free (Amelia Robinson with best time 2:29.01), 50 Free (Victoria Zemil), 100 Fly (Nicole Polen), 500 Free (Amelia Robinson with best time 6:48.34), 100 Back (Madison Williams with best time 1:11.81). The girls’ 200 IM race had everyone cheering as Nicole Polen came from behind to take the lead on the freestyle turn. The race stayed close, but Gaithersburg finished first over the lead Kennedy swimmer. The girls’ 400 free relay teams took 1st (Kiara Chavez, Zoe Hedquist, Alyssa Jespersen, and Amelia Robinson) and 2nd (Ashley Cevallos, Morgan Donellan, Amanda Butler, and Roberta Taylor).
There were a few additional swimmers with personal best times: Arsome Mazhari (200 IM, 2:37.83), Patrick Whittaker(200 IM, 2:51.06), Kiara Chavez (100 Free, 1:14.52), and Melissa Brown(100 Breast, 1:24.60).
Gaithersburg diver Kim Franklin debuted in exhibition at this meet. Gaithersburg divers Tayden Geliskeand Michael Hammer received their highest scores yet this season.
Gaithersburg vs Magruder - 01/07/2012
Gaithersburg Boys: 84; Magruder Boys: 84;
Girls: 54; Girls: 115
Gaithersburg started out strong with a first and third place finish in the boys’ medley relay. The first place boys’ team had a very close race and fought to the finish to get a time of 1:50.54, which is almost 5 seconds faster than the best relay time this season. The first place team members were: Tyler Pham, Kieran Mahoney, Jacob Ado, and Daniel Valencia.
The girls’ medley relay team also improved two seconds over their best time this season. Gaithersburg took second place to Magruder. The lead girls’ relay team members were: Ellen Anderson, Melissa Brown, Nicole Polen, and Victoria Zemil.
Jacob Ado (Free) Ellen Anderson (Back)
Gaithersburg continued the meet with several first places, best times, and new team record. First places were earned by Jacob Ado 200 Free, 100 Free; Tyler Pham 200 IM, 100 Breast; Ellen Anderson 200 IM, 500 Free; Daniel Valencia 50 Free; and Nicole Polen100 Fly. Personal best times very earned by Tyler Pham 200 IM: 2:02.02; Madison Williams 200 IM: 2:40.99; Kiara Chavez 500 Free: 32.80; Jacob Ado 100 Free: 54.20; Kieran Mahoney100 Free: 55.73; Blake Wright 100 Free: 1:07.71; and Aaron Silver 100 Breast: 1.21.82 in exhibition. Gaithersburg boys took first place in the freestyle relay. The team members were: Chris Munoz, Adam Foreman, Brian Houk, and Matthew Valencia.
Senior, Tyler Pham, broke his own record in the 100 Breast with a new time of 1:01.92 a 1.71 second improvement.
Tyler Pham (Breast) Nicole Polen (Fly)
Gaithersburg divers placed well with some tough competition. Tayden Geliske and Michael Hammer took second and third place respectively. Tayden executed a nice backward pike and Michael had nice tucks in his dives.
Tayden Geliske Michael Hammer
Athletic director Mr. Jason Woodward attended the meet to support the Trojan swimmers.
Coach Shannon King: “I was very happy with Saturday's meet against Magruder. Last year, the boys team lost 72-97; however, this year the boys tied with Magruder with each team scoring 84 points. Unfortunately the girls lost again this year, but interestingly with the exact same score as last year (54-115). We had a lot of great finishes, with GHS boys medley relay, Jacob Ado (200 Free), Tyler Pham (200 IM), Ellen Anderson (200 IM), Daniel Valencia (50 Free), Nicole Polen (100 Fly), Jacob Ado (100 Free), Ellen Anderson (500 Free), Tyler Pham (100 Breast), and the GHS boys free relay all getting first place in their events. I was very happy with the boys medley relay, especially because we had to make a last minute adjustment. A special thanks goes out to Jacob Ado for stepping in to swim the fly leg when one of the boys was running late to the meet. The girls medley relay also swam very well, dropping over 2 seconds from their best time. Congratulations to Tyler Pham for breaking his own school record in the 100 breast. He swam a great race against another great breaststroker. We had a couple of best times, and that's something I always tell the kids to work towards. I'm looking forward to our meet this weekend against Kennedy - we should have even more great swims!"
Gaithersburg vs. Springbrook 12/17/2011
Gaithersburg Boys: 68; Springbrook Boys: 98;
Girls: 112; Girls: 56
The Gaithersburg girls scored their first win of the season over the Springbrook girls. The girls’ medley relay team (Madison Williams, Melissa Brown, Nicole Polen, and Victoria Zemil) with a time of (2:09.81) took first place as did the girls’ 400 Free relay team (Ellen Anderson, Melanie Lyons, Zoe Hedquist, and Amelia Robinson) with a time of (4:28.13). The girls’ team swept the 50 Free (Victoria Zemil(28.97), Melanie Lyons(31.06), and Melissa Brown(31.56)) and the 100 Free (Ellen Anderson (54.59), Victoria Zemil(1:09.45), and Kiara Chavez(1:15.22)).
The Gaithersburg team took many first places throughout the meet with several swimmers earning personal best times.
The first place finishes included: Ellen Anderson100 Free, 100 Back (1:00.37); Tyler Pham 200 IM (2:02.99), 100 Back (57.09); Nicole Polen200 IM (2:25.64), 100 Fly (1:04.87); Amelia Robinson500 Free (7:04.78); Daniel Valencia50 Free (23.72); and Victoria Zemil 50 Free. The boys’ relay team (Jacob Ado, Adam Foreman, Brian Houk, and Matthew Valencia) took first in the 400 Free Relay with a time of (3:56.97).
Photos: Tyler Pham (Back); Tayden Geliske (dive)
The Gaithersburg Divers Michael Hammer (80.10), Tayden Geliske (91.60), and Jessica Brown (75.75) continue to improve each week especially on their flights and entries.
Gaithersburg’s number one fan, principal, Dr. Handy-Collinswas in attendance.
Personal bests were earned by Jacob Ado200 Free (2:05.16), 100 Free (55.56); Connor Bol 200 Free (2:20.84); Kiara Chavez 100 Back (1:34.37); Morgan Donnellan 200 Free (2:44.16), 500 Free (7:31.29); Zoe Hedquist 200 Free (2:45.99); Brain Houk 100 Fly (1:11.54); Michelle Krammer 100 Fly (1:31.54); Andrew Kulesh 200 Free (2:24.30); Kieran Mahoney 100 Free (55.97); Arsome Mazhari 200 IM (2:41.11); Daniel Valencia 50 Free; Madison Williams 200 IM (2:43.24); and Blake Wright100 Breast (1:20.37).
Coach Shannon King had the following comments about the meet:
"I think the kids swam really well against another great team. Going into the meet, I knew Springbrook had a very strong boys’ team. When I went through their results and then compared them to our times, my best guess was that we would unfortunately end up losing, but it would be a close meet. However, I switch some things around in the lineup last minute, and thought I gave us our very best shot to try and win. Unfortunately, Springbrook just has a bit more depth in terms of year-round swimmers, but I thought our boys had some great races. We placed much better than anticipated in the 50 free and 100 butterfly races, which helped our score, and then the end relay really swam well. We touched out Springbrook by only 22 hundredths of a second, which is extremely close for those who aren't too familiar with swim races.
On the girls’ side, we swam very well, beating the Springbrook girls 112 to 56, a very convincing win! I was very proud of how all of the girls swam. We had wins in the medley relay, 200 IM, 50 free, 100 butterfly, 100 free, 500 free, 100 back, and 400 free relay. We also had great finishes for second and third places in most races that helped our score too. Probably the best finish I've seen in a race was our C relay in the 400 free relay at the end. Lupita Cruz, who is a new swimmer this year, swallowed water in the middle of her 100 and was having some trouble catching her breath. However, after she came over to the side and caught her breath, I asked her if she wanted to stop or keep swimming. And she looked at me and said "I'm going to finish the race." I couldn't have been more proud to be the GHS coach in that moment, because that is the attitude I believe every single person on the team should have. It showed me that she was determined to finish the race for her team no matter what. That truly was the best finish I've seen in my 2 years coaching this team.
Both the boys and the girls swam well and now we're looking forward to our next meet on January 7th against Magruder. It should be a close meet and Germantown is a fast pool so I'm sure we'll have lots of best times!"
Gaithersburg vs Damascus - 12/10/2011
Damascus Boys: 111; Gaithersburg Boys: 58;
Girls: 110; Girls: 61
Gaithersburg started the meet with a first place in both the boys and girls medley relays. The boys' team members were Jacob Ado, Kieran Mahoney, Chris Munoz, and Daniel Valencia. The girls' team members were Ellen Anderson, Melissa Brown, Nicole Polen, and Victoria Zemil.
Throughout the meet, many exciting races were swum, personal best times were earned, and first place finishes were achieved by the Gaithersburg team. In the highlights, Jacob Ado took 2nd place in the 200 Free with a 3 second drop in time from last week. Ellen Anderson had an impressive first place swim in both the 200 Free and 500 Free. Nicole Polen earned 1st place and a personal best time in both the 200 IM and 100 Fly. Daniel Valencia gave an exciting chase as he took a close second to Damascus in the 50 Free. Matthew Valencia battled to the finish in the 500 Free. He took second place by only a 0.26 second margin. Patrick Whittaker dropped almost 5 seconds over last week’s time in the 100 back to take 2nd place for Gaithersburg. Katie Stewart and Lupita Cruzswam in their first meet for Gaithersburg in the 100 Back and 400 Free Relay, respectively.
Team members earning points in individual events for Gaithersburg at this meet included: Jacob Ado, Ellen Anderson, Connor Bol, Melissa Brown, Morgan Donnellan, Nick Gilpin, Brian Houk, Alyssa Jespersen, Michelle Kramer, Andrew Kulesh, Melanie Lyons, Keiran Mahoney, Arsome Mazhari, Chris Munoz, Amelia Robinson, Aaron Silver, Katie Stewart, Roberta Taylor, Daniel Valencia, Matthew Valencia, Patrick Whittaker, and Victoria Zemil.
Gaithersburg divers were Michael Hammer,Tayden Geliske, and Melissa Brown. All three divers improved their scores over last week’s scrimmage and contributed points to the team score.
Coach Shannon King was pleased to see the Trojan Swimmers earning fast times at today’s meet. “Going into the meet today, I know it was going to be tough. Damascus moved down from Division 2 this year, so they will be our toughest meet by far. I thought the kids really swam well today, against a very good team. Although we didn’t win the meet, we had a lot of personal best times, and some high-placing finishes! I played with the line up a little bit and put kids in some events they hadn’t swum before, and I was extremely happy with the motivation the kids had. Some kids were put in tough events, and they really did their best. Overall, I couldn’t be happier with the effort and good sportsmanship my team showed today.”
Dr. Handy-Collins was at the meet showing her support for the Gaithersburg Trojans.
Scrimmage: Gaithersburg, North West, and Watkins Mill 12/04/2011
Scores:
Northwest Boys: 57; Girls: 82;
Gaithersburg Boys: 46; Girls: 42;
Watkins Mill Boys: 53; Girls: 32
Gaithersburg welcomed several new team members at their first GHS meet:
Connor Bol, Amanda Butler, Federico Cifuentes, Carson Erdle, Melissa Flores, Kim Franklin , Brandon Galuska, Kriss Geliske, Nick Gilpin, Tommy Keo, Taylor Muir, Chris Munez, Angela Patino, Roberta Taylor, Thao Tong, Ashley Wright, Blake Wright.
The team had several first place finishes:
The boys' 200 Free Relay took first place with swimmers: Tyler Pham, Daniel Valencia, Adam Foreman, and Kieran Mahoney. The other first place finishes were Jacob Ado200 Free, Tyler Pham200 IM, Nicole Polen200 IM and 100 Fly, Victoria Zemil 50 Free, and a tie for first in the 50 free by Adam Foreman and Kieran Mahoney. The boys 50 Free was almost swept by Gaitherburg, with Foreman and Mahoney tying for first and new team member Chris Munoz following in 4th place only 0.15 seconds behind 3rd place and over a second faster than the 5th place finisher.
Michael Hammer, Tayden Geliske, and Jessica Brownrepresented Gaithersburg in diving. All three divers contributed points to Gaithersburg’s score.
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