On a night where few races were won without achieving an All-American cut time, Oakton‘s boys’ and girls’ teams outlasted the competition to once again stand tall as the AAA Northern Region champions. Oakton’s boys beat Woodson, 281.5 to 250, at Oakmarr RECenter, despite not winning a single event until the final relay of the night.

The girls’ side was more decisive, Oakton’s girls pulling away from a top-loaded West Potomac team to win 245 to 190. They were led by sophomore Janet Hu, who set two new regional records in the 100-yard freestyle (49.52 seconds) and 100 backstroke (53.76 seconds), both in Automatic All-American times, before delivering a come from behind victory in the girls’ 400 freestyle relay.

OAKTON, VA - FEBRUARY 4: Oakton's Janet Hu (top) leads Langley's Abi Speers in the girls 100-yard freestyle. Hu would set a record with a time of 49.52 in the race. (Photo by Preston Keres/For The Washington Post)

Where Hu was impressive, no one could outshine the duo of Seliskar brothers from Thomas Jefferson.

Freshman Andrew Seliskar finished with four All-American cuts – three Automatic – and a regional record.

A. Seliskar first AAA cut came in the boys’ 200 medley relay, where he and his brother, senior, Stephen Seliskar, delivered key legs to take first in a time of 1:35.10, along with Reese Frerichs and Miles Oakley. The brothers would achieve an All-American Consideration cut in the 200 freestyle relay, as well.

“I didn’t expect to swim like this,” said A. Seliskar. “It’s really great that I get to swim alongside my brother and the rest of the [Jefferson] team. We’re all pumped to go to states in a couple weeks and compete.”

Individually, A. Seliskar outpaced the field in the boys’ 200 individual medley, where he set a new regional record of 1:50.14, and the 100 butterfly (49.71), both in AAA cut time. Stephen ended the impressive night for the siblings with an AAA cut in the 100 backstroke, winning in 50.05. He had set the regional record in the event the night before at prelims in 49.97.

Also setting a new regional record was the West Potomac team of Reanna Dona, Maxine Clifford, Sara Bertram, and Hellen Moffitt in the girls’ 200 medley, with a time of 1:46.19, in an AAA cut. Oakton had the early lead thanks to Hu, but after that it was a dog-fight between West Potomac and Woodson. Moffitt provided the knockout punch for the Wolverines to beat out Woodson, both in AAC qualifying times.

Other AAA swims came from Brandon Fiala in the boys’ 200 IM (1:51.52), finishing second to A. Seliskar, Abi Speers (Langley) in the girls’ 50 freestyle (23.32) and Jenna Van Camp in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.49). Speers and Fiala would also get their AAC cuts in the 100 freestyle (51.55) and 100 breaststroke (57.54), respectively.

No less impressive were the number of All-American Consideration qualifying swimmers. Including, Cyrus Hashemi, winner in the 200 freestyle (1:40.09) and 100 freestyle (45.85), Falls Church’s Laura Schwartz in the 200 IM (2:03.93) and 500 freestyle (4:57.80), Chantilly’s Chris Grimmett-Norris behind Cyrus in the 200 freestyle in 1:40.85, Oakton’s Laura Branton in the 100 butterfly with a 56.49, Carli Molano in the 50 freestyle, despite falling to second behind Speers, finishing in 23.80, Langley’s Ryan Natal in the 100 butterfly (50.47), Philip Hu in the 100 backstroke (50.78), as well as Michael Herrmann (South County) in 51.16, Moffitt in the 100 backstroke (55.96), and Bo Ilgenfritz (57.20) and Rachel Canty (1:04.98) in the 100 breaststroke, not to mention the many relays that achieved their AAC times as well.

Read more about the 2012 High School Championship meet season here.

The Cougar boys were even more dominant, racking up 506 points over the Chargers. Chantilly finished second with 412 points. Westfield was third on boy sides with 334.5 (girls) and 332.5 (boys) points. Their top end talent will be hard for the likes of Woodson and Madison to compete with next week at the regional championship.

It was automatic for Hu, who won convincingly in the girls’ 200 IM (2:02.79) and 100 backstroke (55.17). She is the defending state champion in the 200 IM and 50 freestyle, and also the Northern Region record holder in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

Logan Coulson-Moore blew away the field in the 200 freestyle, winning by nearly five seconds, in 1:55.51. She finished second to Hu in the 100 backstroke in 58.66.

Carli Molano made a case for why she is the area’s best sprinter. The Westfield senior won the 50 freestyle in 23.94 and the 100 freestyle in 52.19, surging ahead of runner-up Laura Branton, who finished in 24.63 and 53.93, respectively.

Rachel Anderson (Centreville) got the win in the 100 butterfly (59.11) over Oakton’s Gillian Crews (59.41). Crews teammates, Julia Capobianco and Gabriela Galvez, would clean of the top four in 1:00.22 and 1:01.43.

It was that kind of night for Oakton’s girls, who did a great job on Friday night of placing their swimmers in the top heats on Saturday.

In one of the few races that didn’t feature an Oakton swimmer, the girls’ 500 freestyle came down to the wire between Chantilly’s Maggie Shaw and Robinson‘s Kathleen Dodson. Shaw would best Dodson by less than half a second, winning 5:15.41 to 5:15.80.

Finishing up the individual events was Jenna Van Camp (Herndon). The Olympic Trials qualifier finished in 1:03.89. She is in a league of her own in the breaststroke event this year.

Oakton’s boys were bolstered by wins in the 200 medley (1:38.04) and 200 freestyle (1:29.90) relays. They would disqualify in the 400 freestyle relay, where they would most likely have finished second to Chantilly’s winning squad of William Schulte, Evan Baker, Christopher Grimmett-Norris, and Brian Rothschild, who finished in 3:15.41.

Chantilly may have come up short in the team competition, but junior Grimmett-Norris did not leave empty handed. He took first in the boys’ 200 freestyle (1:42.26), beating out Oakton’s Philip Hu (1:43.79).

While the top-dogs fought for first, the race for third was even more thrilling. Conor Cudahy (Herndon) touched first, just ahead of Oakton’s Brian Phillips (1:46.96) and teammate Johnathan Nguyen (1:47.08), to take third in 1:46.81.

Grimmett-Norris had a much closer race in the 500 freestyle, as Phillips refused to shrink from the competition. Grimmett-Norris got the win in 4:42.10, just ahead of Phillips in 4:42.83. Cudahy finished third in 4:45.55.

Hu showed Robinson’s Matthew Jones and Westfield’s Richard Xue why he’s still one of the best butterfliers in the region, winning the 100 butterfly event in a blazing 50.58. Jones finished second in 52.10; Xue was third in 53.50.

Xue was the big winner in the boys’ 200 IM (1:56.85), in a close race with Oakton’s Denny Nguyen (1:56.94). Rothschild faded to third in 1:58.28.

Xue’s teammate Brandon Fiala continued to impress winning both the 50 freestyle in 21.47 and the 100 breaststroke in a blistering 57.78. It was not even close. Jones was second in 22.05, just .04 seconds ahead of Carter Sharer (Oakton) in third.

Sharer got the win in the 100 freestyle with a 48.28. His only challenger was teammate Conor Murphy, who took second in 48.45.

Murphy would take first later in the meet, winning the 100 backstroke by a wide margin, with a time of 52.73. Matthew Glowacki was second in 55.71.

The AAA Northern Region championship meet gets started on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with girls’ diving. Boys’ diving will follow the next night, Feb. 1. Swimming prelims will be split up this year, with the girls on Thursday and the boys on Friday. Finals will take place Saturday night with two heats in each event.

 Read more about the 2012 High School Championship meet season here.

A Concorde District team has won a Va. AAA Swimming and Diving state championship every year since 2006, either on the girls’ or boys’ side. You could go further back if you included Robinson‘s championships won before they moved to the Concorde District in 2005.

Those championship runs started during this meet, and Oakton‘s girls’ squad (7-0) is looking to get off on the right foot by repeating as district champions. Meanwhile, their boys’ team (7-0) is looking to get back to their 2010 form, when they were district, region, and state champions. They will have to go through Chantilly (5-2), who is loaded with talent in each and every one of its classes this year. Defending district, region, and state champion Westfield Bulldogs will also get in the mix, despite a 4-3 record.

Diving begins at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, swimming preliminaries at 5:30 p.m. Swimming finals kick off at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday

Janet Hu headlines for the Oakton girls. She is expected to dominate in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, where she is in a league of her own. The 16-year-old sophomore is one of two high school swimmers in the area with three or more Olympic Trials cuts.

The other Olympic Trials qualifier in the meet is Herndon‘s Jenna Van Camp (senior), who is the top seed in the 100 breaststroke.

Both Hu and Van Camp will be chased by Robinson star, Rachel Canty, seeded second in both events. If Canty has a good race, she could pull an upset over the speedy Van Camp in the 100 breaststroke.

There are no clear favorites in the remainder of the events heading into prelims, but Friday night may clarify who is ready to swim at a high level this championship season and who was caught sleeping.

Robinson’s Kathleen Dodson is seeded first in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, but Maggie Shaw has the speed and ability to win both races. Shaw’s teammate, Logan Coulson-Moore (Chantilly), will also challenge in the 200 freestyle.

As per usual in the sprint events, the 50 freestyle is wide open. Gillian Crews (Oakton), Abby McCranie (Centreville), Stephanie Hallock (Oakton), and Sydney Pereira (Chantilly) all have the ability to get up for the quick lap, but top-seeded Carli Molano (Westfield) and third-seeded Laura Branton may have the edge in the race.

Molano and Branton are also the break-away favorites in the 100 freestyle. Crews will battle top-seeded Rachel Anderson (Centreville)  in the 100 butterfly later in the meet.

Despite a host of highly slotted swimmers, Oakton’s real strength is its depth, which should propel them ahead of the rest of district. There closest dual meet this season was a 45 point win over Chantilly. Their ability to place a large portion of their girls in Saturday night’s ‘A’ finals makes it difficult for the rest of the district to match their pace.

“We’re focused on swimming well Friday night, so we can swim well on Saturday night,” said Oakton coach Parker Ramsdell. “Getting as many of our girls as possible under regional cuts will set us up to win this weekend, and next weekend.”

In the boys’ side of the district meet, nothing is certain. Chantilly only lost to Oakton by 5 points a few weeks back. Westfield was blown out by Oakton during the week of the Tom Dolan and Winter Classic championship meets, when both teams were missing many of their key year-round swimmers. At full strength, the Bulldogs could be a different team.

“Our boys have to swim out of their minds on Friday and Saturday night if we want to win,” said coach Ramsdell. “Nothing is guaranteed. It will take everyone to win this. We need to get as many of our boys back on Saturday night as possible.”

Philip Hu (Oakton), Brian Rothschild (Chantilly), and Richard Xue (Westfield) will have to step up for their respective teams, individually and in the relays.

All three will meet in the boys’ 100 butterfly. Xue is the top seed going into Friday’s prelims. He will try to hold that spot at finals, but Rothschild and Hu are two of the best butterfliers in the region, and could pull away from Xue. Rothschild and Xue will meet earlier in the meet in the 200 IM, where Rothschild is favored to win.

In the first individual event of the night, Chris Grimmett-Norris and Hu will face off in the boys’ 200 freestyle. Grimmett-Norris is the top seed, but Hu has plenty of speed and stamina to snag this race from the Chantilly junior. Expect Hu’s teammate Brian Phillips to compete with Herndon’s Jonathan Nguyen and Conor Cudahy for third place, in a race that could set the tone for the remainder of the meet.

Grimmett-Norris leads the way for the Chargers in the 500 freestyle as well. Phillips is seeded second, Cudahy is third, and Will Schulte is fourth. All four swimmers are within ten seconds of each others best times.

Westfield could get a boost in the final two individual events. Matthew Glowacki is seeded second for the Bulldogs in the 100 backstroke. He will meet Oakton senior Conor Murphy in a race that will be sure to be a close finish.

Brandon Fiala is the overall seed in the 100 breaststroke. David Stewart (Chantilly), Ryan Santoro (Oakton), and Denny Nguyen (Oakton) will probably fall back to fight for second behind the Westfield junior.

Fiala’s other event is the 50 freestyle, where it is anyone’s race between himself, Carter Sharer (Oakton), and Matt Jones (Robinson).

Sharer will also swim the 100 freestyle, where he has the top position going into prelims. He hopes to hold on over teammate Murphy, J. Nguyen, Johann Shim, and at least three other swimmers who could jump up into the final heat. This is a race no one should look past on Friday if they expect to make it back to the ‘A’ final on Saturday.

The top 16 swimmers from prelims advance to finals, with the top eight making the ‘A’ final, guaranteeing their team at least 11 points for eighth place. Points quickly drop off after the top eight, making Friday night’s finishes extremely important in such a stacked district.

Making the ‘A’ final is also important for the teams who hope to compete for the regional championship next week. Only the top six swimmers in the ‘A’ final advance to regionals. You can also qualify for regionals by achieving a cut time at any point in the season. Each team can qualify up to four swimmers for the regional championship meet.

Read more about the 2012 High School Championship meet season here.

Wootton girls roll; WJHS boys sneak by despite missing key swimmers

Wootton girls were dominant against the Wildcats on Saturday, but the boys team squandered and opportunity against a depleted Walter Johnson boys’ team. [read more here]

Churchill sweeps B-CC

Churchill looked like the paramount team we’ve come to expect, commanding the meet from start to finish. B-CC showed it has some talent, but it lacks the depth to compete for a divisional title against teams like Churchill and Whitman. [read more here]

Woodson remains undefeated; beats TC Williams

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Despite the long layoff over winter break, Woodson was able to rattle off 34 season’s best times to win 224-91 (boys), 213-99 (girls) over TC Williams.

The Cavalier boys and girls swept diving (1,2,3,4) with Eric Pavord and Samantha Eldridge each taking first. More than half of the divers recording season high scores.

James Chung (Woodson) recorded his first individual region time of the season in the boys’ 200 IM in 2 minutes 3.77 seconds.

Gloriya Mavrova won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke for the Titans.

Leah Rogers (Woodson) easily eclipsed the region qualifying time in girls’ 200 IM (2:13.55), cutting nearly 2 seconds from her personal best.

Titans’ captain, senior Abby Cox scored a regional cut in the 200 IM (2:13.04), winning the event.

One of the standout performances of the night came form Katie McGraw (Woodson), who crushed her personal best time, dropping five seconds, in the girls’ 200 freestyle, and chopped 15 seconds off her previous best in the 500 freestyle for second place, behind Cox, a two-time state qualifier in the event.

Lawrence Lincoln (TC Williams) tied for first in the 50 free style and anchored the winning boys’ 400 freestyle relay.

Despite the dominance by Woodson, the meet ended with excitement. The last event of the night, the girls’ 400 free relay, was decided by .01, with TC edging out the Cavs. The team of A. Cox, Charlotte Sackett, Colleen Cox, and Mavrova set a team new record.

Next week will match the Woodson boys and girls (5-0) against the West Springfield Spartans (5-0, 5-0) in a meet that may very well determine the regular season titles for both.

Patriot beats Broad Run

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In a meet filled with tight finishes, Patriot High School defeated the Broad Run boys’ and girls’ swim teams in Saturday’s Cedar Run District meet. The Patriot boys won 163-123, while the girls won 166-120.

The night started off well for the Patriot boys, winning the opening 200 medley relay in 1:44.73, with excellent swims by the young team of Marcus Quint, Andrew Proper, Thomas Scot, and Gavin Graham.

Proper was a double winner in the 200 freestyle (1:51.89) and 500 freestyle (5:07.18).

Broad Run seniors Alan Horback and Jacob Leidy each won two individual events with Northwest Regional qualifying times.

In the closest race of the night, Horback edged out Patriot’s Quint in the 100 free, 50.32 to 50.34. Horback also won the 50 free in 22.96.

Leidy’s victories came in the 200 IM (2:01.46) and 100 breaststroke (1:05.18).

Sophomore Jack Morrisroe (Broad Run) also took first in the 100 back stroke (59.58) and second in the 100 butterfly (57.42).

Horback, Leidy and Morrisroe teamed with Michael Kopecky for a win in the 200 freestyle relay in a season-best time of 1:34.28.

Junior Caroline Ruttenberg led the Broad Run girls with two individual first places and two exciting finishes.

Broad Run's Caroline Ruttenberg (top) and Patriot's Samantha Baird go stroke for stroke in the final leg of the 200 IM, which Ruttenberg won 2:20.28 to 2:20.47. (photo provided by Marianne Thiede)

In the 200 IM, Ruttenberg and Patriot’s Samantha Baird went stroke for stroke in the freestyle leg, with Ruttenberg winning 2:20.28 to Baird’s 2:20.47.

After taking first in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.31), Ruttenberg nearly pulled off a come-from-behind win, as she anchored the 400 free relay, but Patriot was able to hang on, 4:05.25 to 4:05.31.

Also a double winner, Sydney Thorpe (Patriot) won the 200 freestyle (2:07.96) and 500 freestyle (5:30.60).

Freshman Emily Adams (Broad Run) notched her first individual win for the season as she out-touched fellow freshman, Baird, in the 100 back, 1:05.46 to 1:05.84.

Patriot junior Hannah Romine took first in the 50 freestyle in 27.65, and teammate Caroline Rector took first in the 100 freestyle in 1:02.15.

Adams, Ruttenberg and Anna Sarman teamed with Brooke Graham to win the 200 medley relay (2:03.44), while Sarman and Graham teamed with Gina Pappagallo and Megan Thiede for the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:54.40). Sarman was also an individual winner in the 100 fly (1:06.81).

The Spartans have a double-header this weekend, facing Stonewall Jackson on Friday and Osbourn on Saturday at the Freedom Center in Manassas.

Yorktown sweeps Wakefield in lopsided wins

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The Yorktown Swim and Dive team headed to the Wakefield pool on Friday, January 6th for a swim meet with Wakefield High School, emerging as the winner in both the boys’ and girls’ meets. Both teams are now 5-0 for the season.

The boys won their meet with a score of 131 – 51, with eleven first place wins in the twelve events.

First place finishes in individual events came from Jason Henley (200 freestyle), Will Tarkenton (50 freestyle), Chris Saulnier (diving), Max Fish (100 buttefly), Henry Love (100 freestyle), Crosby Sensibaugh (500 freestyle), David Emson (100 backstroke) and Peter House (100 breaststroke). The three relay teams also came through with first place finishes: 200 medley relay (Henley, Jack Storrs, Sean Coleman, Quinn Romanek); 200 freestyle relay (Emson, Fish, Eric Newton, Tarkenton) and 400 free relay (Shahan Jayasinghe, Love, Sensibaugh, Coleman).

The girls won their meet with a score of 147 – 21, also with first place finishes in every event. Mason Nassetta was a double winner in the 100 butterfly and diving events.  Other individual event winners were Greta Mosley (200 freestyle), Anastasia Gustafson (200 IM), Ellie Belilos (50 freestyle), Amanda Didawick (100 freestyle), Abby Young (500 freestyle), Rachel Robertson (100 backstroke ) and Katie Linek (100 breaststroke). The girls also won each of the relays:  200 medley relay (Didawick, Lauren Allard, Young and Mason Nassetta); 200 freestyle relay (Allard, Belilos, Gustafson, Stephanie Romano); and 400 freestyle relay (Allard, Grace Greenwood, Romano, Young).

Click here for Yorktown results.

The Patriots return to the pool next weekend with a meet against Edison at the South Run Pool.  The meet begins at 6:30 p.m.

Gaithersburg and Magruder boys tie; Trojan girls fall

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Gaithersburg started out strong against Magruder, with a first and third place finish in the boys’ medley relay. The first place boys’ team had a very close race and fought to the finish to in a time of 1:50.54, nearly five seconds faster than their best relay time this season.  The first place team members were: Tyler Pham, Kieran Mahoney, Jacob Ado, and Daniel Valencia.

Gaithersburg continued the meet with several first places, best times, and new team record.

Senior, Pham, broke his own record in the 100 breaststroke with a new time of 1:01.92 a 1.71 second improvement.

Tyler Pham wins the 100 breastroke against Magruder (photo provided by Maria Brunett)

First places were earned by Ado in the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle; Pham in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke; Ellen Anderson in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle; Valencia in the 50 freestyle; and Nicole Polen in the 100 buttefly.

Gaithersburg boys also took first place in the 200 freestyle relay.  The team members were: Chris Munoz, Adam Foreman, Brian Houk, and Valencia

For Gaithersburg’s results, click here.

Other headlines and results:

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Cathedral and St. Albans beat Bullis, 138-28 and 138-21. [click for full results]

Thursday, Jan. 5

Holton-Arms beats Georgetown Visitation, 122-64. [click for full results]

Gonzaga rolls over Landon, 125-61. [click for full results]

Friday, Jan. 6

Oakton boys pull off the win against the Chargers, 160-155; Cougar girls strong against powerhouse Chantilly, 177-135.

Westfield girls get past tough part of their schedule, beating Robinson 180-132; boys fall to Rams in a close one, 154-161.

West Springfield advances to 5-0, beating Lake Braddock 204-111 (boys), 176-139 (girls).

Langley girls win, 204-107; boys team falls to Madison, 118-197. [edited]

Stone Ridge gets past Holy Child, 105-78. [click for full results]

Loudoun County goes 2-0 in double-header meets on Saturday; beats Heritage, 164-122 (girls), 157-129 (boys) and Handley, 94-76 (girls), 97-73 (boys) [click for full results]

Northwood and Clarksburg split meet; Gladiator girls win, 97-68; Coyote boys win 89-72 [click here for full results]

Northwest boys win over Poolesville; girls team comes up short [click here for full results]

Seneca Valley wins big over Paint Branch [click here for full results]

Sherwood girls roll over Quince; Quince boys return favor [click here for full results]

George Mason's Ashley Danner won a title in the 200 IM on Thursday night on the opening day of the CAA championships. (Photo by Joel Richardson for the Washington Post)

After opening her college career by winning the CAA Swimmer of the Year honors, 2008 All-Met Swimmer of the Year Ashley Danner (Lake Braddock) entered last night’s opening to the conference championships with high expectations.

Danner quickly showed she is up to the challenge, winning the 200 yard individual medley on Thursday night and breaking her own conference record in the process, finishing with a NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 1:58.32.

“I think so,” Danner said when asked if the race set the tone for the weekend. “When I saw the time I was really surprised. I was really happy so hopefully I can keep it up throughout the rest of the week”

Former Walter Johnson standout and Towson junior Meredith Budner won the title in the 500 freestyle with a NCAA ‘B’ standard 4:42.92. 2008 All-Met sophomore Molly Emery (William & Mary/Lake Braddock) finished sixth in 4:55.46.

Earlier in the meet, two-time All-Met David Kiss swam his first collegiate finals and the former Edison star nearly opened the newest chapter of his career with a title.

Kiss finished second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:51.13, finishing just behind Drexel’s T.J. Southmayd – who surprised the crowd in Lane 7 by taking the title in 1:50.46.

“I’ve been training really hard this year and I was really excited coming in here,” Kiss said. “I knew I could pull out best [time and] top three, that was my goal, so I was hoping. I got a best time so I’m happy for it and I’ll keep training hard for next year.”

Former Yorktown standout Katie Radloff took second in the women’s 50 freestyle, finishing in a time of 22.74, just one-hundredth of a second behind UNC-Wilmington’s Caitlin Kirsteier. William & Mary freshman Elizabeth Hall (Chantilly) took fifth with a time of 23.56.

Westfield grad Eric Knight, the 2008 CAA Swimmer of the Year, took fourth in the 50 freestyle with a NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 20.13

In the 1-meter diving event, George Mason’s Derrick Butts (Paint Branch) and Bryan Bahr (Mount Vernon) took second and third.

George Mason senior Steven Benecki (Chantilly) took fifth in the 500 freestyle (4:33.58), while William & Mary sophomore Stephen Fay (Chantilly) finished eighth (4:39.07).

Robinson graduate Robby Munch was part of UNCW’s winning 200 freestyle relay and also finished eighth in the 50 freestyle (20.66).

Osbourn Park standout and UNCW freshman Carly Tanner was a member of the Seahawks second-place 400 freestyle relay (3:43.24), while former teammate and All-Met Gabrielle Mizerak swam for William & Mary’s 400 free relay (4th – 3:47.03).

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.

Oakton's K.J. Park turned in two district records as the Cougars snapped Robinson' 12-year win streak. (Photos Provided By Taylor Soldner, Oakton Media Group)

Snow on Saturday forced teams to prepare for district championships earlier than anticipated, as three of the four districts in the Northern Region held timed finals and relays on Friday night around the area.

Madison’s boys’ and girls’ teams took home titles in the Liberty District, W.T. Woodson’s boys’ and girls’ earned championships in the Patriot and the Oakton’s boys and Robinson’s girls won titles in the Concorde.

The National District finals will be held tonight at Washington-Lee Pool.

It was a weekend dominated by youth, as several younger swimmers turned in breakout performances in the meets. A freshman boy and sophomore girl won a title and two sophomore girls won two events in the Concorde, a freshman girl and sophomore boy took a title and a sophomore girl won two in the Patriot and three freshmen girls, a sophomore boy and sophomore girl won in the Liberty.

CONCORDE DISTRICT: FULL RESULTS (.doc)

The Oakton boys’ win ended one of Robinson’s dominant streaks, as the Rams had taken home 12 straight district titles before the Cougars halted things this weekend. Oakton finished with 492 points to Robinson‘s 404, with Herndon taking third at 334.

Leading Oakton were seniors Bradley Phillips and K.J. Park, both of whom won two individual events – and set district records along the way.

Phillips won the 200 freestyle in a automatic All-American record time of 1:41.73, nearly four seconds faster than second-place Charlie Keith (Westfield; 1:45.48), and also won the 500 freestyle with an automatic All-American time of 4:32.14 – more than 10 seconds ahead of Westfield’s Kurtis Ratcliff (4:43.01).

Park, meanwhile, enjoyed what Oakton Coach Hunter Owen called “really a standout meet.” Taking titles in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley, Park set district records in both and had an automatic All-American time in the breast (56.62). He won the 200 IM in 1:54.10, just .08 off the automatic All-American time..

Other winners on the boys’ side were: the Oakton 200 medley relay of Phillip Hu, Park, Zach Smith and Steven Robbins (automatic All-American 1:36.60), Robinson’s Ricky Munch (50 free, 21.39), Westfield’s Ratliff (100 fly, 52.13), Robinson’s Matt Osiecki (100 free, 48.59), Robinson’s 200 freestyle relay of Cameron Boster, Osiecki, Johann Shim and Munch (1:28.04), Hu (100 back, 52.25), Oakton’s 400 freestyle relay of Hu, Park, Megaw and Phillips (district record 3:11.37).

On the girls’ side, the Rams’ girls captured a fourth straight title behind a deep roster that scored points through every event, though they had just one individual title. Robinson finished with 515 points, outdistancing Oakton’s 443 and Westfield’s 316.

Robinson won relay titles to start and end the meet. The 200-medley relay of Christine Canty, Rachel Canty, Becca Bott and Hannah Walden opened the meet with by winning in 1:50.69, and the group of Kathleen Dodson, Bott, Tori Baker and Walden won the 400 free relay in 3:39.62.

Double winners on the night were Oakton junior Kaitlin Pawlowicz (200 IM, 2:07.33 and 100 fly, 57.28), Chantilly sophomore Brenna Ferris (200 free, 1:56.32 and 500 free, 5:15.64) and Westfield sophomore Carli Molano (50 free, 24.54 and 100 free, 53.93).

Other winners included Oakton’s 200 free relay of Leanne Hyer, Quinn Wilkinson, Erin Reynolds and Pawlowicz (1:41.14), Robinson senior Christine Canty (100 back, 1:00.72) and Herndon sophomore Jenna VanCamp (100 breast, 1:07.07) – narrowly out-touching Robinson sophomore Rachel Canty’s 1:07.17.

LIBERTY DISTRICT: TEAM RESULTS (pdf); INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (pdf)

Madison took home titles in both boys’ and girls’ in a tightly-contested meet that lived up to the expectations.

The Warhawks’ girls finished with 435.5 points, edging Langley (404.5) and McLean (323), while Madison’s boys took home a title by finishing atop a close race with 404.5 points – ahead of Fairfax (393), Langley (334) and Jefferson (332.5).

Madison was led by senior Adam Pennington, who won the 200-yard freestyle with a district record 1:43.21 in the meet’s first individual event, out-touching Jefferson’s Stephen Seliskar (1:43.39) and Langley’s Ryan Natal (1:43.71) in a race in which first and third was separated by half a second. Pennington also won the 500 free with an All-American consideration time of 4:38.08.

The top performer in the meet might have been Langley’s Chuck Katis, who turned in an automatic All-America time of 1:53.88 to win the title in the 200 IM by almost five seconds. Katis also took home the title in the 100 breast with an automatic all-American time of 57.46, breaking teammate Stephen Richards’ district record in the process.

Fairfax senior Joey Kelly won the 50 freestyle (21.52) and Natal won the 100 butterfly in 51.93 – out-touching Seliskar’s 52.08, South Lakes senior Brad Dillon’s 52.53 and Fairfax junior Austin Patteson’s 52.87.

Langley senior Richards won the 100 free title (47.69), while the Jefferson 200 free relay of Alex Dona, Sam Speers, Seliskar and Matt Callahan won with an All-American consideration time of 1:27.96.

McLean junior Charlie Putnam won the 100 back (AAC – 51.97) and Langley’s 400 free relay of Natal, David Case, Katis and Richards won in an All-American consideration 3:12.46 – .10 short of the district record of 3:12.36 set by Madison last year. Langley’s 200 medley relay of Richards, Katis, Alex Brumas and Chris Pivik also won a title with an automatic All-American time of 1:36.82, breaking Jefferson’s district record of 1:37.96 set in 2007.

McLean junior Eva Greene won a title in the 200 free (1:54.44) and 100 backstroke (AAC – 57.84), while freshman teammate Annie Springsteen took the crown in the 200 IM in 2:15.03 – just hundredths of a second ahead of Jefferson’s Katie Bennet (2:15.13) and South Lakes sophomore Emily Sennett (2:15.26).

Langley freshman Abi Speers won the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.47, and Sennett won the 100 fly in 59.67. Langley junior Jayme Katis outdistanced Speers for the title in the 100 free with a time of 53.95, while Madison junior Bev Dobrenz gave the Warhawks their only individual title with a win in the 500 freestyle (5:21.26). Fairfax freshman Matty Ferguson won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.35.

McLean’s 400 free relay of Margaret Harlow, Springsteen, Greene and Katie Yensen set a district record with a time of 3:39.69. Other relay winners were McLean’s 200 medley relay of Greene, Springsteen, Harlow and Yensen (1:51.31) and Langley’s 200 free relay of Katis, Torrie Zarella, Megan Howard and Speers (1:41.27).

PATRIOT DISTRICT: TEAM RESULTS (.rtf); INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (.rtf)

In what was the closest win of the weekend, the W.T. Woodson girls’ used a big win in the 400 freestyle relay at the end of the night to edge out a win over West Springfield, finishing with 416 points to the Spartans 394 and Lake Braddock‘s 383.

Junior Jill King split a 53 as the anchor in the 400 free relay along with Rachel Rogers, Maggie Rodgers and Caitlin Rider to give the Cavaliers the win in 3:42.33, ahead of West Potomac‘s 3:45.28. King also took the 50 freestyle title with a time of 25.31.

West Springfield opened the night with its relay of Susan Ward, Lauren Yi, Hannah Hagy and SinHye Won winning the 200 medley in an All-American consideration time of 1:50.81, .31 short of the district record 1:50.50 set by Lake Braddock in 2008.

Won won both the 200 IM (2:11.50) and 100 breaststroke titles, turning in an automatic All-American time of 1:04.35 in the breast.

South County senior Courtney Walsh took the 200 freestyle crown in 1:59.34 just ahead of teammate Alison Smith’s 1:59.68, and West Potomac freshman Hellen Moffitt won the 100 butterfly in 58.38, just shy of the district record of 58.01 set by Katie McAdoo in 2000.

Moffitt’s teammate, sophomore Reanna Dona, won the 100 freestyle title in 53.02 and also took the crown in the 100 backstroke, setting a new district record in 58.65 – beating Moffitt’s 59.37.

West Springfield junior Kathryn Sieracki won the 500 free in 5:17.59, and the Spartans’ 200 free relay of Ward, Hagy, Won and Jessica Zeppieri set a district record with a time of 1:41.14, besting the 1:41.89 mark set by West Springfield in 2003.

On the boys’ side, Woodson’s 200 medley relay of Diet Dallmeier, Michael Chesnut, Braden Baffer and Kevin Vest opened the night by setting a district record with a time of 1:38.19, knocking off the mark of 1:39.33 set by Lee in 2007.

Chesnut won the title in the 200 freestyle (1:45.63), while Vest took the 50 free title in an All-American consideration time of 21.40. Vest doubled up his individual titles by also winning the 100 freestyle in 48.09 and Chesnut made it two with a win in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.12.

West Springfield senior Sean Nickley won the 200 IM in 2:01.62, South County sophomore Michael Herrmann took the title in the 100 fly in 52.41, West Potomac junior Mark Mattis won the 500 free in 4:57.67 and Annandale junior Kyle Tyrrell took the 100 back title in 52.71.

Woodson’s 200 free relay of Bo Ilgenfritz, Connor Wander, Dean Furst and Braden Baffer took the title in 1:30.93 and their 400 free relay of Vest, Baffer, Dallmeier and Chesnut finished the relay sweep with a time of 3:15.47