WAVES OF WESTLAKE

WAVES OF WESTLAKE: 2010 CHARLES COUNTY CHAMPS!

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2010 Charles County Meet 

Westlake             392 

Smallwood           290 

Bannister             187 

Indian Head         169.5 

Hawthorne CC    139.5 

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Belair Bath & Tennis spent most of Saturday reminding the Waves in and out of the pool what life is like in A Division, and then on Sunday, Westlake relaxed and got back to their roots with our County rivals while winning their ninth straight title. How nice it was to "get back home' and remember why Summer swimming in Charles County is so much fun. Hats off to the Bannister Barracudas for hosting simply a great event! We know how tough it can be to host such a large event, and they really pulled off a tremendous day for all of us.

On to Saturday’s regular season finale with Belair Bath & Tennis. Once again the Waves proved that they certainly belong in A Division staying with the powerful BB&T squad well into the meet. The Waves captured 18 of 49 events, and 18 more second place finishes, including taking 8 of 9 races from events 33 thru 41. This week it was Christian Fisher who broke thru for the Waves first victory in event 5. As has been the 2010 pattern, the Waves conceded about a 40 point bulge early on and just couldn’t make up the difference, but in five meets this season, the Waves performed well and never lost by triple digits.  

Anthony and Andrew Nguyen scored triple wins on the boys side with Kerrigan McMillen bringing home those honors for the Waves’ girls. In addition, our Kerrigan set a new Waves team record in the 8 & under girls backstroke! Anthony broke his own three team records in the 8 & under free, breast and back, and Andrew set a new team record in the 12 & under IM! Great job kids!! 

Christian and Austin Fisher, Dustin Luehe, Ebony Sherrill, Matt Essing, Carla and Noemi Arquero and Kendall McMillen all scored single winners. 

On Sunday, the Waves were once again the rulers of the pool in breaking their own record of 8 straight titles, although the gap is clearly closing between the Waves and their county rivals. For the first time in three years, the Waves did not break the 400 point barrier. The 102 point winning margin was the smallest in five years. All five of the County's teams boast tremendous swimmers that should make their respective clubs very proud of their performances.

The Waves dominated the five team meet by winning 24 of 49 total events, and captured seconds in 17 of the races. The victory’s overall impact included the setting of six new Charles County Championship records and four new Bannister pool records. Results and records information are available at the Waves website. 

Anthony and Andrew Nguyen were triple winners; Austin Fisher, Brad Tipper, Amelia Tarlton, Kendall and Kerrigan McMillen, Noemi Arquero, and Alex Nguyen all brought home double winners; and Michael Bowlin was a single event winner. A fantastic job by all of our swimmers win or lose. Being selected to represent your team at the championship event is an honor in and of itself! 

Overall, it was a great weekend for the Waves of Westlake! Now it’s on to the A Division Championship meet at Strathmore Bel Pre on Saturday! Let’s go Waves, we all know you’re going to represent us like true champions! 

A huge thank you goes out to all our swimmers for the 2010 season. Whether you finished first, sixth or last, we are all very proud of how far you progressed this season. Looking to your left and right as you prepared to swim you saw some of the finest talent in the PMSL this season, and not one of you let us down. It can be very intimidating swimming with the elite teams of the PMSL and it’s hard to feel like you belong in that group, but as we all look back on the regular season, no one can ever say you didn’t belong in that group of teams. You hung in there and competed well! Congratulations!