Oakton All-Met junior Kaitlin Pawlowicz turned in two automatic All-American times and won two events on Thursday night. (Photo by Joel Richardson for the Washington Post)
NORTHERN REGION GIRLS FULL RESULTS
One of the few championship events able to get in before the snow was the girls’ Northern Region swim championships.
Thursday night’s preliminaries were held as timed finals and likely will be the final results for the meet, though there is an outside chance a finals will be held next week. The boys’ finals will be held at Washington-Lee pool Oak Marr RECenter at 5:30 p.m. next Friday, Feb. 12.
Northern Region boys’ diving was held last night, and the girls’ diving will be held next Friday, Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at Audrey Moore RECenter in Annandale.
Robinson‘s relay of Christine Canty, Rachel Canty, Becca Bott and Hannah Walden opened the night with a time of 1:49.21 in the 200 medley to win an incredibly close event in which the top four teams finished with All-American consideration times. The Rams were followed by McLean (1:49.84), West Springfield (1:50.52) and W.T. Woodson (1:50.82)
Langley‘s Jayme Katis won the 200 yard freestyle in a time of 1:53.56, nearly two seconds ahead of her nearest competitor — Chantilly sophomore Brenna Ferris (1:55.53). Oakton freshman Dylan Staniszewski (1:56.89) finished third.
Oakton All-Met junior Kaitlin Pawlowicz won the 200 individual medley with an automatic All-American time of 2:01.41. The time just missed the region record of 2:01.06 set by 2007-08 All-Met Swimmer of the Year Ashley Danner. Falls Church freshman Laura Schwartz took second in the event in an automatic All-American 2:05.21, while Robinson sophomore Rachel Canty was third (2:08.67).
Pawlowicz doubled up when she won the 100 butterfly in an automatic All-American time of 55.34 – again just missing the region record of 55.01 set by Michelle Griglione set in 1986. Yorktown‘s Kaitlin Wolla finished second in 56.88, followed by Langley junior Megan Howard (57.72) and West Potomac freshman Hellen Moffitt (57.89).
In the 50 freestyle, West Potomac went one-two, with sophomore Reanna Doña finishing at the top in 24.49 and Moffitt coming in at 24.54. Howard finished third in 24.63.
In the 100 freestyle, McLean junior Eva Green took the top spot in an All-American consideration 51.74, ahead of Walden (53.01) and Katis (53.14).
Greene doubled up her winnings in the 100 backstroke, finishing first in an automatic All-American time of 56.63, narrowly missing her own record of 56.21 set last year. Doña finished second in 58.71 and Lake Braddock senior Christina McGarry took third in 1:00.35.
Schwartz, the Jaguars freshman, took the 500 yard freestyle win in an All-American consideration time of 5:00.86, beating out Robinson’s Bott (5:09.12) and Chantilly’s Ferris (5:09.27)
West Springfield senior SinHye Won won the 100 breaststroke in an automatic All-American time of 1:03.92, ahead of Canty (1:05.12) and Herndon sophomore Jenna VanCamp (1:06.88).
Langley’s relay of Meghan Overend, Howard, Katis and freshman Abi Speers took the 200 freestyle relay win in an All-American consideration 1:38.87, followed by Yorktown (1:39.65) and Oakton (1:40.31). The Saxons (Allie Zeidan, Speers, Overend, Katis) also won the 400 freestyle relay in an All-American consideration time of 3:36.76, followed by McLean, South County and Oakton.
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Only Olympian? What is that supposed to mean? Ever heard of Tom Dolan? Maybe Kate Ziegler doesn’t count but she’s from here.
The irony of this argument is that high school programs have zero relevance regarding elite swimmers’ development besides learning fun cheers.
Well, first Kate Ziegler was not in AAA (I belive she went to a private catholic school)and she is a GREAT swimmer, no doubt..Dolan was in AAA but I think has his AARP card , or close to it ..
And I think you are missing my point and that is it doesnt mater if you are A,AA AAA or AAAA, northern or southern VA…AAA does not have a monopoly on good swimmers and I just pointed it out
AAA is better
hscoach… your examples explain why you are a high school coach…. Tom dolan, Ed Moses, Markus Rogan, Kristina Han, all Olympians, all same AAA… Mei Christensen, Ashley danner, 2 swimmers in the top 100…… please don’t come to this forum advocating that AA high school swimming has produced more or better swimmers than AAA, the numbers don’t support you… you sound almost as crazy as 3Aswimmom
Well swim parent, in your zest to defend katy and 3Amom and the honor of AAA swiming,I guess you didnt take the time to read my post..the part that said ,” And I think you are missing my point and that is it doesn’t mater if you are A,AA AAA or AAAA, northern or southern VA…AAA does not have a monopoly on good swimmers and I just pointed it out”
Initially my post was meant to be tongue and check, just throwing some smack to get all you parents ,(especially 3Amom) of wood be AAA Olympians foaming at the mouth and again to show great swimmers can come from anywhere. I guess I didn’t go back far enough in history though..I was thinking last 5 years because AA S&D is relatively young, especially in your neck of the woods..some of the high schools in my part of the state didnt even have swim teams until 10-15 years ago.
But within the past 5 years, AA-A programs have had some swimmers go on to do some impressive things and you can play “I’ll show you mine” all you want but my numbers( top 10,top25,top100) dont lie . Walters in the only other Olympian to come out of Virginia in the last few years beside Ziegler.
So all you AA swimmers and parents out there, don’t let a couple parents make you believe your program is inferior…believe me its not..
And yea, I am a high school coach and love my job and i do what I do because its my job. I am not a parent who makes themselves feel good or important by putting down kids in other divisions.
This thread just baffles me and I am amazed at some of the posts. At a time when schools are threatening to cut swimming from their budgets, you are argueing over what division is better AA or AAA? You are probably the same kind of parents that judge an athletes college choice based on swim rankings or if it’s D1,D2,D3..Your competitive streak extends to your childrens high school athletic endeavours and that is unfortunate.
You know the funny thing is the swimmers dont do this, its the parents. Athletes realize their are good swimmers at every school and in every division and that high school swimming is something to be enjoyed for the few years they can participate. They dont think oh no, I’m in A or AA or AAA..they just think about their team.
Who has more, who is better,who is inferior….what a message being sent to the kids.
What is clear to me is WHO has too much time on their hands and needs to get a new hobby.
which includes you since you have the time to post as much as anyone else
you just got burned!!! but i do agree with you mclean.
Good post.Too much negativity when coaches parents should be concerned with whether or not they will get to swim in high school next year. Swim parent,katy,hscoach and 3amom should get a life indeed and start worrying about if their kids will be on hs teams next year.