When the area’s top swimmers get together at the same pools, fast times and fantastic finishes are to be expected. With a full slate of all-star and divisional meets over the weekend, a wave of personal-best times yielded a slew of team record — and even a few league record — performances.
For many, those meets brought the summer season to an end, meaning it’s finally safe to head out on that family vacation. Before you hit the beach, take a look at a selection of photos from around the area in the season’s final installment of this weekly feature:
The Tilden Woods girls’ graduated 100 medley relay team of Natsumi Horikawa, Ashley Piepol, Nicole Lopez and Julie Fan broke its own record (1:05.25) -- set earlier this summer at the Division A Relay Carnival -- on Saturday at the MCSL All-Star Relay Carnival. (Photo: Tilden Woods Swim Team)
The competitors dive in to begin the girls' 15-18 50 fly at Saturday's NVSL Divsion 7 divisional meet. Waynewood's Reanna Dona, 17, won the race in 29.74 seconds -- her fastest time of the season and seventh fastest in the area for the weekend. (Photo: Jean-Pierre Grillo)
Tallyho 15-year-old Lisa Deng lowered her seed time in both her events at Sunday's MCSL Individual All-Star Meet, finishing seventh in the girls' 15-18 100 breast and ninth in the 100 IM. (Photo: Tallyho Swim Team)
New Carrollton Recreation's Trevor Irish was one of three triple individual winners at the PMSL's All-Star Meet, taking the boys' 15-18 50 fly, 100 free and 50 back. The 17-year-old also swam a leg on the Dolphins' league record-breaking boys' 200 medley relay (1:57.15). New Carrollton Recreation's Trevor Irish was one of three triple individual winners at the PMSL's All-Star Meet, taking the boys' 15-18 50 fly, 100 free and 50 back. The 17-year-old also swam a leg on the Dolphins' league record-breaking boys' 200 medley relay (1:57.15). (Photo courtesy Lin Li)
McLean 14-year-old Andrew Seliskar dropped a pair of NVSL records at Saturday's NVSL Division 1 divisional meet. He finished the boys' 13-14 50 fly in 26.40 seconds to set one mark and then broke a league record that had stood for more than a decade in the 100 IM (1:00.29). (Photo: Madeline McCarron)
Fourteen-year-old Sofia Revilak of Piedmont (here starting the 50 back, center) posted the PWSL's top times in each of her three events (girls' 13-14 50 back, 50 free, 50 fly) to help the Tsunamis win the White Division divisional meet. Ridgewood's Emily Kelly tied Revilak's top time in the 50 fly (31.24). (Photo: Roy Smith)
Robin Hood Coach Brian Camp poses with the team's winning girls' eight-and-under 100 medley relay team on Saturday at the MCSL All-Star Relay Carnival. The eight-year-olds are (from left) Hannah Owings, Marissa Kleckner, Sofia Hidalgo and Sophia Weiland. (Photo courtesy Jeanne Weiland)
Severn Crossing 12-year-old Kenneth Edwards dives into the water at Saturday's PMSL All-Star Meet. Edwards swam a leg on the Stingrays' graduated 200 free relay that finished sixth at the meet in a season-best time of 2:03.77. (Photo: Severn Crossing Swim Team)
- Eric Detweiler, detweilere@washpost.com
Tags: Andrew Seliskar, Ashley Piepol, Hannah Owings, Julie Fan, Kenneth Edwards, Lisa Deng, Marissa Kleckner, McLean, MCSL, Natsumi Horikawa, New Carrollton Recreation, Nicole Lopez, Piedmont Tsunamis, Reanna Dona, Robin Hood, Severn Crossing, Sofia Hidalgo, Sofia Revilak, Sophia Weiland, Summer, Tallyho, Tilden Woods, Trevor Irish, Waynewood
For Lisa Deng, she got 7th for the 100 breast and Zoe Kaplan got 8th for it