MCSL
Lauren James, 12, of Poolesville swims the breast stroke leg of the girls 12 & Under 100 SC Meter IM during the 52nd MCSL Individual all-star meet at the Rockville Municipal Swim Center. She finished first and broke the MCSL record with a time of 1:09.45. She also set a new record in the 11-12 Girls backstroke 50 SC meter race with a time of 31.62. (Deb Lindsey, The Washington Post)
If the goal of the Montgomery County Swim League’s all-star meet was to crown the best in each age group event, it was unsuccessful Sunday in the men’s 15-18 50-meter butterfly.
Woodley Gardens swimmer Sean Stewart and Hallowell’s Brady Fox are Rockville Montgomery Swim Club teammates, but Sunday they raced to an electric finish in the 50-fly, each finishing in 25.61 seconds.
“They’ve competed against each other for years, and here it was their final race, their final meet and they tied,” said Marty Cohen, the all stars meet manager.
In addition, six league records were set at the Rockville pool, two by 12-year-old Lauren James from Poolesville. She won the girls’ 12-and-under 100-meter medley in 1:09.45 and the girls 11-12 50-meter backstroke in 31.62. Westleigh’s Andrew Gibson, 12, swam a record time of 1:06.43 in the boys’ 12-and-under 100 medley. Timmy Ellett, 8 from Tilden Woods, touched the wall in 16.78 in the boys’ 8-and-under 25-meter butterfly. Grant Goddard, from Palisades, finished the 11-12 boys’ 50-meter butterfly in 29.88.
But perhaps the most impressive feat was accomplished by 14-year-old Natalya Ares. The Inverness Forest swimmer’s time of 28.70 seconds not only eclipsed the 13-14 50-meter fly record, but also the 15-18 record of 28.87.
“That was clearly one of the outstanding swims we had,” Cohen said.
Ares will have a chance to officially break the 15-18 record, when she advances to that age group next summer.
PMSL
Three league records were broken at the Prince-Mont Swim League all-star meet this weekend at the Whitehall Pool and Tennis Club. Two of them in unique fashion.
The 18 and under boys and girls 200-meter medley relays saw the previous best times destroyed at all stars, but in both cases the teams that set the existing records managed to eclipse their previous times as well.
For the boys, the Belair Bath and Tennis team made up of Thomas Williams, Charles Brother, Andrew Jennings and Brian Laufer finished the race in 1:59.51. The previous mark, set by West Laurel, was 2:01.22. West Laurel finished Saturday’s race in 2:01.19.
The team from New Carrollton set a new mark in the girls, finishing in 2:09.12, seven seconds faster than the record set by Takoma Park earlier this year. Takoma Park also bested its previous mark, 2:16.31, but finished in 2:14.88.
The New Carrollton girls who set the staggering mark were Emma Varner, Kendall Irish, Hannah Betman and Steph Goldbeck.
Goldbeck also set a league record in the girls 15-18 200-meter medley, reaching the wall in 34.63, eclipsing the record of 34.96 that had stood for 18 summers.
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Did anyone filmed the 13-14 girls 50 fly race?
of the MCSL meet?
I certainly hope you can get the NVSL to cooperate with your site next year. It was very disappointing to not know what was going on at the pools near me. Since my 5 swimming kids are now at least 37 I no longer have contact with the NVSL going on.
Don: We couldn’t agree more. We hope to have NVSL, as well as other leagues like RSTA and CSL, included next summer. We want to cover everybody.