Rockville capped off their Division III season with an impressive fourth place. Rockville had come into the meet with the fourth overall record, and held that position strong, with a third place from the boys and a fourth place from the girls. The swimmers did their school proud, fighting hard for every point in the most important meet of the year so far, despite no pool time due to the “Blizzard of 2010”.
Graduating Seniors were recognized and RHS was proud to “send off” Samantha Dorsey, Luke Gibala, Adrienne Lane, Simon Milberg, Brian Moran, Michael Spahn, Hannah Swartz, Michael Vlahakis and Robel Yared.
Michael Spahn fought hard and came out with a 6th place in the 50 yard Free, with a time of 25.03, in an event in which the top 7 swimmers all finished within a second of each other. Yushan Bai and Nicole Kubasik both placed well in the 50 yard Free, with Yushan tying her counterpart from Magruder.
We would all like to give a shout out to Natalie Snyder, who capped off a fantastic undefeated diving season, one of Rockville’s two first place finishes. Michael Vlahakis took a third place in the boys half of the diving section.
Daniel Morris had a blistering 4 second drop in the 100 Free, and then in one of the best races that we’ve seen this year, Michaela Kerem battled her way to a second place finish in the 100 yard Backstroke. If Michaela’s race was the most exciting then Danny Wolf’s 100 Breast most certainly wasn’t far off. In back and forth race, Danny fended off many attempts by Kennedy’s Andrew Garrard and Damascus’ Matthew Schwarzenb to take the lead, and held both off down the stretch to take first place, with a Metro Qualifying time and a personal best of 1:07.84.
Of course, among many of the great races we saw on Saturday, sometimes the finish wasn’t the most important part. Sisters Carolyn and Adrienne Lane swam side by side in the Girls 100 yard breaststroke, and both placed well to boot.
The team placing was supported by swims from Kurtis Swartz, Elliot Shein, Felisha Wu, Kat Conway, Anna Damone, Alexis Leary, Alisa Bargeski, Stephen Noll, Zack Zweig, Kristina Kenno, Ryan Greene, Sam Sigal, Sontanna Cremins, Chris Jones, Lillian Kuhnsman, Vincent Barr, Nick Chisolm, Alexis Leary, Curtis Jones, and Madeleine Schaeffer.
Rockville will participate in County Championships next week, against the best swimmers from Divison I-IV. We hope to see a huge amount of support for the great Rockville team – so come on out and cheer them on!
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Rockville Wins over Kennedy
Rockville came into their meet this week in fighting form, after a tough defeat to Magruder. However, Rockville came in with their heads held high, and proved to everyone that they aren’t easily discouraged by a couple of tough losses.
Rockville got back to the .500 mark with a resounding win over a weaker Kennedy team. As usual, this was a team effort that was pushed by many great individual races.
The first half started out shaky, with both Kennedy 200 Medley relays taking first place. However, Danny Wolf, Steven Noll, and Jake Sorrells got Rockville back into it with a first, third and fifth in the boys 200 yard Freestyle. Hannah Swartz and Dina Yared took 2nd and 3rd in the 200 Free. Swimmers continued to improve, with Anna Damone having a 3 second drop in the 200 IM.
Michael Vlahakis had his best diving meet to date, scoring 141.00 points. Natalie Snyder continued her impressive winning streak on the girl’s end of the diving section, scoring 139.10. Samantha Dorsey and Rachel Ribaudo also had great meets, as usual.
Rockville continued their winning ways with first places by Elliot Shein and Alisa Baergeski in both 100 Free events. Freshman Zack Zweig battled for 2nd place in the Boys 100 Yard Backstroke, with a great 7 second drop in his time.
The Boys and Girls 400 yard Freestyle Relays both closed out the meet with wins, each winning by over 20 seconds.Despite what seemed to be a easy win for Rockville, they could not have done it without many third and fourth place finishes that really made the difference. Also, many swimmers swam exhibition in the meet, giving everyone a chance to try new events.
Rockville matches up against Richard Montgomery for a season ending scrimmage before heading into Divisionals, Counties and Metros.
David Wolf, Freshman
Rockville Falls to Magruder
Rockville came into this weekend’s meet at Montgomery College-Takoma feeling confident after last week’s impressive win over Gaithersburg, but the roller coaster season for Rockville continued. This time Rockville hit a downturn, falling to powerhouse Magruder in a meet that wasn’t as close as Rockville would have hoped.
Rockville shook up the lineup this week, with many swimmers swimming new events. Part of this shakeup was due to Senior’s Choice, allowing all each Senior to pick their favorite event to swim. As we always expect, there were many great races, despite the final score.
Samantha Cooney had a great race in the 200 Yard Freestyle, dropping an incredible 19 seconds from her previous best time. Natalie Snyder remained undefeated in Girls Diving, winning her 3rd meet in a row, with a score of 129.1. Michael Vlahakis had a great diving meet as usual, scoring 137.10, but being edged to second place. However, Michael helped the team out by participating in the 100 Yard Freestyle, and having an impressive time of 1:06.37,. Steven Noll won the 500 Yard Free for his first victory of the year, setting a PR in the event.
The meet ended with the Boys 400 Yard Freestyle relay, winning with a time of 3:52.16. Rockville lost the meet overall, both boys and girls, but next week Rockville has a date with Kennedy, and they plan to get back on the winning track.
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