All swimming prelims will be held on Friday, beginning at 4 p.m. Finals will be on Saturday, again starting at 4 p.m. Diving will take place on Saturday morning. Boys at 9 a.m.; girls at noon. Price of admission is $10.00 per person/per session.

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Additional information from VHSL on the 2012 State Championship Meet

Every race should be a thrilling showdown, with many local names showing up Saturday night at finals. Here are five storylines to watch at this year’s state meet:

1. For the first time in a decade, a team from outside of the Northern Region could be crowned state champions.

Northern Region teams have not lost the girls’ state swimming meet since 1998, and the boys’ have shown themselves to be the girls’ equals, winning 10 straight boys’ titles. That probably will not change this year on the girls’ side. Expect Oakton to be out ahead, followed by West Potomac, and Langley.

But the boys’ meet could be a different story. Cox High School (Virginia Beach) brings one of their strongest state teams ever, led by seniors Wesley Francis and Ben Hansen, along with sophomores Nate Dacruz and Austin Temple. They have hope for numerous top five finishes and wins in at least two relays that could propel them past the strong Northern Region squads.

The Falcons will  have to go through a deep Oakton team, eager to reclaim another state title, Woodson‘s powerhouse dive squad, and a brothers Seliskar-led Thomas Jefferson, with their eye on multiple individual and relay state titles.

2. Whoever said swimming is not a team sport was never on a meet clinching relay team.

The state championship this year may very well be decided in the relays. Not only are relays worth double the points, but they also provide a momentum boost for the individual swimmers on and off the relay. The big dropoff between first-place points (40) and second (34) is going to be significant for Cox, who needs that six-point advantage if it hopes to upset Oakton.

Cox is the top seed in the 200-yard freestyle and 200 medley relays. The Falcons are quickly followed by Jefferson and West Springfield. The combined difference between Jefferson and Cox’s two relays is a mere .06 seconds. If either Jefferson or West Springfield can knock Cox off the top spot, it will be a big boost for Oakton, who will not vie for first in either event.

In the 400 freestyle relay, it will be nearly impossible for anyone to catch the Oakton team of Carter Sharer, Conor Murphy, Brian Phillips, and Philip Hu, seeded way out in front with a 3 minutes 11 seconds, but the race for second will be close, between Cox, Chantilly, Marshall, South County, and Woodson, all who feature a superstar anchor ready to fight for those final points.

Just like the team competition, the girls’ relays should be dominated by Northern Region teams. Oakton, West Potomac, and Langley will contend for the top points in each, but do not rule out Battlefield‘s girls’ 200 medley relay, fresh off winning the Northwest title in the event.

Natalie Martin brings Battlefield into the lead on the breaststroke leg of the 200 medley relay. Martin and teammates Nina Tremols, Holly Criscuolo and Sofia Revilak won the relay in 1:48.67, an All American consideration time. (Photo by Marianne Thiede)

Battlefield has not had the opportunity to race anyone as fast as the teams from West Potomac, Woodson, and Oakton yet this season. Battlefield seniors Natalie Martin and Holly Criscuolo will pair up with Nina Tremols and Sofia Revilak to take on the Northern Region’s best. But it is hard to imagine anyone catching the speedy team of Reanna Dona, Maxine Clifford, Sara Bertram, and Hellen Moffitt from West Potomac, who set the Northern Region record two weeks back, and who will be vying for the state record this Saturday.

3.Records will tumble. The question is, how many?

The Virginia AAA state championship meet has been held in a short course meters pool the last two years, meaning no one has had an opportunity to break a traditional state yards records in quite some time. Besides the girls’ 200 medley relay record, there are a number of individual records that could go down this year.

Cyrus Hashemi (Marshall) in the boys’ 200 and 100 freestyle. Hashemi is just .21 behind the record of 1:39.88 in the 200 freestyle, and .25 off the 100 freestyle record of 45.56. Check out this video of Hashemi talking about his swimming success and his decision to swim for UNC-Wilmington next year:

Andrew Seliskar (Jefferson) in the boys’ 200 individual medley. A. Seliskar could shatter the record by more than 1.5 seconds. The record of 1:51.72,, held by David Kiss – currently at George Mason University, – is one of the fastest records in the state. It was previously held by Austrian Olympic silver medalist Markus Rogan (Mount Vernon High School) and was untouched for nine years. Northern Region runner-up Brandon Fiala will most likely go under the record as well, behind A. Seliskar.

Stephen Seliskar (Jefferson) in the boys’ 100 backstroke. Andrew’s older brother Stephen (senior) will have a shot at breaking Rogan’s remaining state record in the 100 backstroke (50.20). He went a 49.97 in prelims at the Northern Region championship meet two weeks ago, and is certainly hoping to be able to match that mark this weekend.

Bo Ilgenfritz (Woodson) in the boys’ 100 breaststroke. While no one is going to challenge Chuck Katis’s (Harvard) Northern Region record of 55.61 anytime soon, the state record is comparatively languid at 57.15, and within reach of the Woodson senior (57.20).

Abi Speers (Langley) in the girls’ 50 freestyle. Speers seems to get a little bit faster off the blocks each week. Her seed time (23.32) is already under Olympic hopeful Amanda Kendall‘s 2009 record of 23.40, but the Langley junior will push herself to see how much further she can lower that mark, especially with the impressive group of underclassmen in the lanes surrounding her.

Janet Hu (Oakton) in the girls’ 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. Hu is on an impressive run, setting regional records in the 100 freestyle (49.52) and 100 backstroke (53.76), while leading Oakton’s girls to team titles at districts and regionals.

Oakton's Janet Hu jumps out of the starting block on her way to a record-setting victory in the girls 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.76 in the Virginia Northern Region swim meet. (Photo by Preston Keres/For The Washington Post)

This week, she has her sights on two of the fastest girls’ state records – the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. She is seeded .34 off the 100 butterfly record held by Suzanne Schwee (University of Alabama) with a time of 55.12, and is well under U-Va. swimmer Meredith Cavalier’s record in the 100 backstroke of 54.85. She could round off her night by  breaking the girls’ 400 freestyle relay record of 3:30.60, held by an Ashley Danner (GMU) anchored Lake Braddock team. Oakton is currently seeded 3:30.96.

4. Speed suits will make a difference this weekend.

How many finalists will be sporting the newest look by the sports premier technical outfitters? After the 2010 ban on technical suits, FINA approved tags were spotted on suits everywhere at the Washington Metro and Northern Region championship meets, and TYR, Arena, Nike, and Speedo championship level suits will most certainly be in abundance at Saturday night’s finals.

How many swimmers were able to get their hands on the newest Fastskin3 by Speedo for this weekend’s meet, which claims a 5.2% reduction in full body drag; 5.7% when paired with the goggle and cap system? At $395 for the male jammer and $595 for the female kneeskin, the suits ought to swim for you, but a 5.7% difference could be enough to propel a lower seeded swimmer to a championship title. These suits are approved by the NFHS, USA Swimming, and FINA, but that does not mean we are not headed toward possibly another suit controversy like in 2000 and 2008.

5. Five Olympic Trials qualifiers will compete this weekend, all on the girls’ side.

A number of local swimmers will be competing for a coveted spot on the US Olympic Team in June at the U.S. Olympic Trials, in Omaha.

Jenna Van Camp (Herndon High School), Ali Stephens-Pickeral (George Washington High School), and Kayla Brumbaum (Riverbend High School) are all Trials qualifiers in the 100 breaststroke, and will meet this weekend in that event on Saturday. Van Camp is the top seed with a blistering 1:02.49. Stephens-Pickeral is right behind in 1:03:44, followed by Brumbaum in 1:04.38.

In the 100 backstroke, Hellen Moffitt and Janet Hu will square off. Moffitt achieved her first Trials cut last summer in the 100 backstroke. Hu has not reached her cut in backstroke, but currently has cuts in three other events. Hu could add more in March at one of the long course championship club meets.

Moffitt and Hu will meet again in the 400 freestyle relay. At the Northern Region meet, Hu was too much for Moffitt in both events. She shattered the region record in the backstroke event just a few events before she delivered one of the most sensational swims of the night, as the anchor of the 400 freestyle relay. She overcame a sizable deficit to win the event for Oakton, splitting 48.5 in the final leg.

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Additional information from VHSL on the 2012 State Championship Meet

The Cavalier boys’ team (7-0) could not be slowed down again this year, winning the district championship for the third straight year. They were chased by West Springfield all night, but the experienced group of senior boys for Woodson would not be denied in a 525 to 476 win. Lake Braddock finished third in both meets.

Woodson got off to a blazing start with a win in diving from Ben Schiesl. Woodson divers would take first, third, fourth, and seventh on Friday morning, its second highest scoring event behind boys’ 100 breaststroke.

Bo Ilgenfritz stood out for the Cavaliers, winning both the 200 IM (1:59.43) and 100 breaststroke (58.74). Ilgenfritz broke the district record in the 100 breaststroke, set in 2003 by Andy Pelenberg (Annandale). He beat senior teammate Nathan Pease, who was over a second ahead of third, with a time of 1:00.01. Cory Hansen and Reid Penzler would complete the sweep for Woodson in 1:01.32 and 1:01.42.

Ilgenfritz fueled the second place 200 medley relay (1:38.58) and the winning 400 freestyle relay (3:18.38). They lost to West Springfield’s 200 medley relay (1:37.15), who broke the Patriot District record set by Woodson in 2010. The team of Sean Mayer, William Bryan, Colin Stephenson, and Jacob Anderson combined for the record.

South County‘s Evin Rude came up big for the Stallions in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. He cruised in the longer event to an easy win in 4:42.96, ahead of Woodson’s Colin Chartier (5:04.76). The 200 freestyle was a much closer race with West Springfield’s Mayer. But Rude was too much for Mayer in the end, winning 1:44.17 to 1:45.42.

Rude’s teammate Michael Herrmann was also a double winner, earning individual titles in the 100 butterfly (51.72) and 100 backstroke (51.96). He got an impressive win in the butterfly early in the meet over Stephenson (52.80), Jesse Kane (53.41), Cole McGarry (53.75), and Eric Chestnut (53.87), all with strong swims.

Herrmann was even better in the backstroke, crushing the field with a 51.96. Mayer was second for the second time that night in 54.55. He was followed by Woodson’s Alex Saffran (55.72) and James Chung (55.99).

Despite Ilgenfritz being their lone winner, Woodson’s boys kept getting on the wall in the top five all night.

The girls’ meet was won in similar fashion, capitalizing on the depth that has propelled them all season.

Woodson finished first in the girls’ 200 freestyle relay (1:40.98), second in the 200 medley relay (1:50.10), and third in 400 freestyle relay (3:42.22). Freshmen Lead Rogers and Rachel Ward were crucial ingredients in those relays, as was junior Morgan Bui and senior Rachel Rogers.

Leah Rogers was the only individual winner for the Cavalier ladies. She gutted out a tough win in the 100 butterfly (58.39), just ahead of Sara Bertram (58.69), Lauren Yi (58.95), and Jordan Parry (58.96).

Brooke Malone was one of only two double winners on the girls’ side of the meet. The South County sophomore earned an impressive win in a hotly contested girls’ 200 individual medley with a winning time of 2:11.33. She beat out West Potomac‘s Bertram (2:11.58), L. Rogers (2:12.14), and TC Williams Abigail Cox (2:12.43).

Malone also won the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.51, beating Sophie Chase (Lake Braddock) and Rachel Rogers (Woodson), who finished in 1:07.68 and 1:08.40.

The other big winner on the girls side was Reanna Dona, senior at West Potomac, who finished her Patriot District career as the winner in the 50 freestyle (24.43) and 100 backstroke (57.95), the latter a new district record.

In the girls’ 200 freestyle, Robyn Dryer beat out West Potomac’s Hellen Moffitt and Lake Braddock’s Alyssa McGarry. Dryer finished in 1:55.63, pulling away from Moffitt (1:56.44) and A. McGarry (1:56.91) for the win.

Dryer and Moffitt would meet again in the 100 freestyle. This time Moffitt came out on top, winning in 53.89. She combined with teammate Maxine Clifford (54.01) to go 1-2 in the event. Robyn fell to third with a time of 54.08. TC Williams’ Gloriya Mavrova finished fourth in 54.62. Ward was fifth in 55.06.

Dona, Clifford, Bertram, and Moffitt got together to break the 200 medley relay record in a new time of 1:47.02, shattering the previous record of 1:50.50, set in 2008 by Lake Braddock. The same relay team would later win the 400 freestyle relay in 3:37.51.

In one of the few non-contests of the night, A. McGarry swam to a commanding lead in the 500 freestyle, winning by 11 seconds, with a time of 5:16.76, over Colleen Cox (TC Williams), who finished second in 5:27.96.

It will be a different game for the Cavaliers next week when they meet the winners from the Concorde, Liberty, and National Districts.

Defending girls’ regional and state champs Langley got an impressive win Saturday night, making a case for why they are still the team to beat, as did perennial challengers Yorktown and Oakton.

The boys’ regional meet will be a horse race between Woodson, Madison, and Oakton, who will stack up their super stars side by side next weekend at Oakmarr RECenter.

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 relims this year will be split up, 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.

The Cavalier boys’ team should have no problem repeating as Patriot District champions this weekend, Jan. 26-28, at Lee District RECenter, on their way to showdown with powerhouses Cox, Oakton, and Osbourn Park at the Va. AAA state championship meet, Feb. 17-18, at George Mason University, in Fairfax.

(photo by Bryan Flaherty/The Washington Post)

Woodson’s girl’s team will have a slightly tougher time winning this year’s Patriot District crown, with a strong West Springfield squad looking for payback after the Cavaliers ended their perfect season early this month. Also in the mix will be a hungry Lake Braddock and the reigning girls’ district champion, South County Stallions.

“No one saw South County’s girls coming out and swimming as well as they did last year” said Lake Braddock coach Scott Darwin. “It is going to be one of the most competitive women’s meets I can ever remember. Woodson, West Springfield, West Potomac, South County, and Lake Braddock all have at least one swimmer seeded first, and no school has more than two number-one seeds.”

Woodson, West Potomac, and West Springfield each have a relay seeded first, but every relay is up for grabs, and will be largely determined by where teams decide to stack their stars.

The Cavaliers will be sure to start the championship meet off on the right foot, with help from senior diver Samantha Eldridge, who is slotted number one going into Thursday’s dive events.

Once Friday night’s swimming prelims begin, the Patriot District talent will be on full display. Every team has swimmers who can step up and score big points in every race. Where those other swimmers place on Saturday night will play a major role in the outcome between Woodson and West Springfield.

If Woodson wants to hold off the Spartan ladies, they’ll need big races from freshman Leah Rogers and her sister, senior Rachel Rogers. Both will swim the 200 IM for the Cavaliers. Leah is seeded fourth with a time of 2:13.55, behind South County’s Brooke Malone (2:12.27), TC Williams’ Abigail Cox (2:13.04),and West Potomac’s Sara Bertram (2:13.07). Rachel is seeded sixth (2:16.78), behind MacKenzie Walsh (2:16.31) from South County.

L. Rogers over swim will come in the 100 butterfly (58.70) where she is slated first. Her sister Rachel is the third-seed in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.09), behind state qualifiers Malone (1:07.46) and Lake Braddock’s Sophie Chase (1:07.72).

Rachel Ward, the other half of Woodson’s sensational freshman duo, is seeded fifth in the 100 freestyle (56.31) and sixth in the 50 freestyle (25.74). But she’ll have a tough time moving up against the Patriot District’s best sprinters.

Freshman Robyn Dryer (West Springfield) has dominated all season, and leads the district in the 100 freestyle (53.95) and 200 freestyle (1:57.95). Along with Ward, she’ll face West Potomac’s Hellen Moffitt in the 100 freestyle. Moffitt has the top-end speed to beat Dryer in the 100 freestyle, where she is currently seeded eighth (57.49).

In the 200 freestyle, expect Moffitt to be a lot quicker than her 1:57.95 seed time. The Wolverine’s junior is an Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100 backstroke. Alyssa McGarry (Lake Braddock) is also a threat, despite her 2:01.62. McGarry is the breakaway favorite 500 freestyle (5:15.65) as well, seeded nearly 20 seconds ahead of West Springfield’s Mady Sieracki (5:34.90) and Kimberly Kellogg (3:38.90).

Moffitt’s All-Met teammate Reanna Dona leads the way in the 100 backstroke with a 1:00.83. She’s quickly followed by junior Morgan Bui (1:00.93) from Woodson.

“West Springfield has more depth at the top than we do,” said Woodson coach Brian Dufour. “Our team has to swim well on Friday night and get to those ‘A’ finals. The meet will close.”

The meet may not be so close on the boys’ side, where Woodson is expected to run away with the meet. West Springfield is solidly in second place, with the battle for third taking place between South County, Annandale, and Lake Braddock.

“It will be interesting to see how the district turns out this year with the competitiveness from first through fifth. it will be the first time in two years the meet will be a two day meet. It has been shortened for weather the last two years,” added Lake Braddock coach Scott Darwin.

Woodson is stacked in diving, holding the top two spots in the district, as well as the fourth and sixth seeds. Ben Schiesl and Eric Pavord lead the way, aided by Matt Hubbard and Declan Casey. Hubbard is the lone sophomore in this dominant group of freshmen boys.

On the swimming side, Woodson showcases its experience with a premier group of seniors, led by Bo Ilgenfritz, Nathan Pease, Alex Saffran, Colin Chartier, Eric Chestnut, and Dean Furst. They’ve led Woodson to a first seed in the 400 freestyle relay, and second seeds in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay, each behind West Springfield’s boys. They hope to lead the Cavaliers to their third consecutive boys’ Patriot District Championship, with sites on regional and states titles as well.

Individually, they will get plenty of competition from the rest of the district.

Ilgenfritz is the top seed in two events. In the 100 breaststroke, his only challenge comes from teammate Pease, seeded 59.46 and 1:01.29, respectively. He’ll have a much tighter race in the 200 IM where he is seed with a 2:02.31, just in front of Lake Braddock freshman Cole McGarry (2:03.96) and Woodson teammate Saffran (2:04.12).

McGarry will be chasing the Cavaliers all night. He is seeded third with a 54.06, behind junior star Jesse Kane in the 100 butterfly, seeded second with a 53.95, and senior Michael Herrmann (South County), seeded first with a 52.14. Chestnut follows in fourth (54.13), Colin Stephenson (54.26) and Jake Dickens (54.74) in fifth and sixth for the Spartans, with Michael Valceanu (West Potomac) seeded seventh, but certainly not out of the race, with a 55.31.

Herrmann’s South County teammate Evin Rude leads the way in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:46.89. He is followed by West Springfield’s Sean Mayer in 1:48.98 and Chartier in 1:50.74, in what should be a fast ‘A’ final. Rude is also the heavy favorite in the 500 freestyle, where he is the top seed by nearly 20 seconds, with a 4:50.87. Chartier is in second with a 5:10.58.

West Springfield shows off the depth of its sprinters in the 50 freestyle, seeded one, two. Jacob Anderson leads the way with a 21.77, followed by Matthew Garstka and Woodson’s Kane tied for the second with a 22.66.

Garstka will battle Woodson sophomore James Chung in the 100 freestyle. Garstka earned the top seed with a 49.40, followed by Chung with a 50.27, Garstka’s teammates Anderson (50.47) and Michael Speer (50.94), South County’s Alex Martin (51.00), and Woodson’s Furst (51.12) in a race that can be won or lost by a bad start or turn.

Herrmann, Mayer, and Saffran are spaced out in the 100 backstroke. Herrmann leads the way with a 52.88; Mayer in second with a 54.08; Saffran in third with a 56.33. While Herrmann might be too fast to catch, Mayer and Saffran should not overlook Annandale’s Daniel Jessen, just off the back with a 57.87. Saffran’s teammate Chung rounds out the top five with a 58.38.

The talented group of boys Woodson and West Springfield bring to the meet will make it exceedingly difficult for South County, Annandale, and Lake Braddock to get their boys into final heats, making it even more crucial for their super stars to step up and score big points to balance their ‘B’ finalists.

If South County can steal a relay from either Woodson or West Springfield, they could seal a third place finish ahead of Annandale and Lake Braddock. Expect a close results regardless of the order.

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Woodson, Yorktown, and Oakton are undefeated on both girls’ and boys’ sides in the Northern Region with one meet to go. Churchill, Wootton, Walter Johnson, and Whitman are battling it out in the MCPS’ top division, and are looking ahead to their first Maryland states appearances.

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Featured Meet of the Week: Woodson tops West Springfield to advance to 6-0

In a clash between two of the region’s top-tier teams, Woodson and West Springfield both entered the district meet with 5-0 records. Woodson left 6-0, and with a clear path to the Patriot District championship. [Click here to keep reading]

Clarksburg boys keep three-year winning streak alive; Watkins Mill girls win

Clarksburg boy’s haven’t lost a meet since the 2008-2009 season, but with a season ending injury to the Coyotes’ star junior, Andrew Qian, it looked like Watkins Mill had a shot to steal the win this week.

But despite three disqualifications, Clarksburg managed to beat the Wolverines boys by one point, 85-84. Watkins Mill’s girls’ team won 94-73.

Key swims came from Michael Le who won the 100 breaststroke and Josh Kiehl in the 50 freestyle. Jared White also performed well, winning both the 200 and 500 freestyle events for Clarksburg.

It was a team effort for the Watkins Mill girls’ team, who picked up the majority of the seconds, thirds, and fourths. Kelly Lewis was the only double winner for the Wolverine ladies, winning the 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke events.

Clarksburg’s girls were led by Carly Alvarado, who won the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

Patriots topple Edison

*excerpts taken from Yorktown team page

The Yorktown swim and dive teams traveled to South Run Recreation Center on Friday, January 13th for a swim meet with Edison. The Patriots emerged as the winner in both the boys’ and girls’ meets, to advance to 6-0 on the season.

The boys won 215-99, with first place wins in every event, while the girls won their meet 222-82, winning 11 of 12 events.

Will Tarkenton was a double winner with first place finishes in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle events. For the girls, Ellie Belilos won the 200 and 100 freestyle, and Amanda Didawick won the 50 freestyle and100 backstroke.

Yorktown won each of the three relay events on the boys’ and girls’ sides.

The Patriots conclude the dual meet season next weekend against Arlington rival Washington-Lee, at the newly built Yorktown Pool. The meet begins at 6:30 p.m.

Other individual winners were Jason Henley (200 free), Evan Kopca (200 IM), David Emson (50 free), Hunter Simmons (diving), Max Fish (100 free), Timothy Aldinger (100 back), and Jack Storrs (100 breast) for the boys team, and Abby Young (200 IM), Kirby Nassetta (diving), Grace Greenwood (500 free), and Rachel Robertson (100 breast).

Wootton wins big over divisional opponent Whitman

Wootton’s boys rebounded from last week’s loss to Walter Johnson, winning 116-53 against Whitman. The Patriot girls continued to build momentum, winning 113-58, heading into next week’s showdown with Churchill.

Kevin Fu was big for the Patriots, winning two close races in the 100 freestyle (50.35) and 200 freestyle (1:52.44). Nick Tragotsis and Michael Fu were also double winners for Wootton. Tragotsis won the 200 IM (2:02.46) and 500 freestyle (5:01.80), as Michael Fu continued impressed, winning the 50 freestyle (22.73) and 100 butterfly (55.35).

Kristina Li and Jessica Chen led the way for Wootton’s girls’ team. Li put together wins in the 100 freestyle (54.01) and 100 backstroke (58.11), both in season best times.

Likewise, Chen captured the first-place points for Wootton in the 50 freestyle (24.89) and 100 breaststroke (1:08.64), where she beat out Audrey Gould (1:09.84). Gould won the 200 IM for the Vikings in 2:13.72.

The bright spot for Whitman were it’s divers, who swept the boys’ and girls’ events.

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Falls Church crushes Hayfield, surges heading into rivalry meet against Stuart

Falls Church (4-2) rolled, Friday night, against Hayfield (1-5). The boys’ team won 196-119, as the girls assembled a commanding triple digit lead over the Hawks, 229-68.

Falls Church’s star junior, Laura Schwartz made it look easy, finishing well ahead of everyone in the 200 freestyle (2:00.67) and 100 backstroke (1:03.93).

Freshman Ben Lambert did everything he could for the Hawks against the Jaguars deep boys’ team. Lampert won took first in the 100 freestyle (50.58) and 50 freestyle (22.91).

Falls Church is looking strong heading into their final dual meet of the season against rival JEB Stuart. They will meet Friday, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m., at Providence RECenter.

Hayfield hopes to get its second win of the season against a struggling Mount Vernon squad, Friday, 6:30 p.m., at GW RECenter.

Churchill handles division one newcomer Blair

*excerpts taken from Churchill team page

On Saturday, the Churchill Bulldogs faced off against division one newcomer, Blair Blazers. For the fourth meet in a row, the boys started the meet by taking first and second in the opening 200 medley relay.

In the first individual event, the 200 freestyle, Joey Bieda, Chris Wysocki and Colin Asbury swept. The boys’ team (4-0) were well on their way to defeating the Blazers 122.5 to 48.5. Harrison Gu (200 IM) and Austin Cole (50 free) won the remaining events of the first half. Tim Faerber returned this week to win diving.

The break did not slow down the swimmers. Eric Eig, Andy Rosenthal and Eric Shiang kept the wins coming by sweeping the 100 butterfly. Then, Cole (100 free) and Gu (100 breast) won their second events of the meet. In the end, the boys won eight out of the nine individual events.

Jack Foster was the lone winner for the Blazers. He took first in the 500 freestyle, and a close second in the 200 IM.

Like last week, the Bulldogs’ “A” relay faced a battle in the 400 freestyle relay, and again, Cole anchored the relay to guarantee victory. This week he was joined by Asbury, Bieda and Wysocki. They were challenged by the Bulldogs “B” relay of Eig, Rosenthal, Steve Ge and Odin Soevik, who came in second.

The girls have not lost a race since December 17, 2011, and nothing would change this week. Against the Blazers, the girls (3-1) won every single individual and relay race on their way to a 127-44 victory.

Shannon Ridge, Elizabeth Gelbaugh, Elaina Gu and Michelle Illig won the opening 200 medley relay.

Natalya Ares followed the relay victory by winning the 200 free. She would also win the 100 butterfly. The girls then swept the next five events.

Gu was a double winner in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, along with Alicia Tiberino, who won the 50 and 100 freestyle events.

In the last individual event, the girls swept the 100 breaststroke for their sixth sweep of the meet.

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Battlefield beats Osbourn, remains undefeated

Battlefield’s girls didn’t lose an event in the lopsided, 196-90 win over Osbourn. The boys’ team handled Osbourn, 181-108, to remain undefeated in the Cedar Run District.

Seniors Ford Whitticar and Jacob Croasdell shined for the Bobcats. Whitticar placed first in the 200 freestyle (1:52.92) and 100 butterfly (54.55), while Croasdell held off the field in the 100 freestyle (50.99) and 100 backstroke (58.43).

For the girls, Sofia Revilak won the 200 freestyle (2:02.90) and 100 freestyle (56.29) for Battlefield, and teammate Nina Tremols was a double winner in the 100 butterfly (1:01.81) and 100 backstroke (1:0361).

Henry Campbell and Adam Mustafa both had excellent swims for the Eagles, each with an individual win and a close second place finish apiece. Campbell won the 500 freestyle in 4:54.19. Mustafa cruised in the 200 IM in 2:05.53. Both won by commanding leads.

Battlefield meets Patriot High School next Friday, 7:30 p.m., at the Freedom Aquatic Center in Manassas. Both teams are undefeated this season.

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Gaithersburg rolls Kennedy

Gaithersburg presented their coach with a clear victory for both the boys’ and girls’ squad in the meet versus Kennedy High School, winning 102-60 (boys) and 100-60 (girls).

Gaithersburg’s boys were able to capitalize on sweeps by the boys in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly. The boys won nine of 11 events, while the girls took ten of 11.

The meet began and ended with first place finishes by Gaithersburg’s boys’ and girls’ 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.

Double winners for the Spartans were Amelia Robinson, who won the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, and Nicole Polen, who won the 200 IM and 100 butterfly. (

Tyler Pham won the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly for Gaithersburg.

For complete results, here.

Oakton Sweeps Robinson for a 6-0 Season

*excerpts taken from Oakton’s teampage

Oakton High School’s varsity swim and dive teams went head to head with Robinson Secondary for the second time this season, Friday night, at Cub Run Recreation Center. Oakton’s boys and girls had a strong meet, remaining undefeated. The boys won 202-113, and the girls won 192-123.

The meet started off with Senior Recognition Night. Dr. Banbury, Oakton High School’s principal, and Pat Full, Oakton’s Athletic Directory, were on deck to pay tribute to the team’s 20 graduating seniors.

Cheryl Meltz, head dive coach, shared her thoughts on the night, “We got to pay tribute to our 20 wonderful senior swimmers and divers who have done so much for our team over the last four years. We will definitely miss their contributions to the team after they graduate. We are excited to have both our boys and girls’ teams undefeated going into our last dual meet. We are hoping to finish up the season undefeated in our last dual meet next weekend and then look forward to an amazing championship season.”

Philip Hu placed first in both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. Carter Sharer also took first in two events, winning the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly. Conor Murphy finished first in the 100 backstroke and second in the 50 freestyle.

Janet Hu finished first in the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle. Julia Capobianco placed first in 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

Oakton will return to the pool for the last meet of the regular season at 8:30 pm on Friday, January 20, against Robinson Secondary at Audrey Moore.

Other results:

Walter Johnson’s boys keep on rolling, win 107-64 over B-CC; girls bounce back, 109-62 [complete results here]

Jefferson ladies ready to unseat Langley after win over Fairfax, 190-125; boys win 211-103 over the Rebels

Poolesville wins 110-61 (girls); 99.5-71.5 (boys) [complete results here]

Loudoun County wins 168-117, 157-124 over Woodgrove’s girls’ and boys’ teams [complete results here]

The Cavaliers took both sides of the meet, winning a close one on the boys’ side, 164-151, and a decisive 183.5-131.5 on the girls’.

(photo by Bryan Flaherty/The Washington Post)

Woodson’s depth proved to be too much to overcome for the Spartans, who, nonetheless, displayed impressive star-power in the loss.

The boys’ meet went back and forth before Woodson was able to break away with a one, two victory in the 100 breaststroke, won by Nathan Pease.

The difference in the meet was Woodson’s divers. Ben Schiesl, Eric Pavord, and Matt Hubbard were able to get the first through third sweep to give the swimmers a much-needed cushion.

The Spartan boys went down fighting, though, with a win in the 200 freestyle relay, along with big swims out of Matt Garstka, Jake Anderson, and Colin Stephenson, each with individual wins.

The meet ended with an exciting race between two fast 400 freestyle relay teams. Woodson built a narrow lead for their anchor, James Chung, during the first three legs, but Sean Mayer delivered in the final leg for West Springfield.

Mayer stayed under just long enough off the final turn to pull even with Chung, before taking the race in the final yards in one of the most exciting races of the night.

In the girls’ meet, Woodson was able to take an early lead against a talented Spartan ladies team, thanks to the depth and talent of their freshmen class.

(photo by Bryan Flaherty/The Washington Post)

Freshmen girls Leah Rogers and Rachel Ward were double winners for Woodson. Rogers took the 200 IM and 100 butterfly, while Ward held off West Springfield’s best in the 200 and 500 freestyle events.

But the meet wasn’t all Woodson. Robin Dryer was sensational for the Spartans, winning the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle, before delivering the key leg as the anchor of the 400 freestyle relay.

Rogers crushed the Spartans lead-off leg, to build a huge lead for Woodson. But West Springfield’s ladies did not give up, inching up with each lap before pulling even going into the final exchange. Dryer showed a burst of speed to pull away from Woodson’s anchor, and couldn’t be caught.

West Springfield’s relay won in state qualifying time.

West Springfield continues their dual meet season next week against South County. Woodson will meet Lake Braddock next week to end their season. Both will meet again at the Patriot District championship, beginning Thursday, Jan. 26, with girls’ diving.

Jessica Goeringer diving for West Springfield (Bryan Flaherty/The Washington Post)

This is a familiar situation for the Cavaliers, whose boys have gone undefeated the last two seasons, but West Springfield will match Woodson in just about every event this year. On their way to 5-0, both teams have blown away their competition so far this season.

“This will be an exciting meet to watch,” said the Spartans’ first-year head coach, Kristy Kellogg. “Woodson has a lot of depth and they’ll be hard to beat.”

Woodson has 28 freshmen on its roster and West Springfield has 24. Both coaches expect their freshmen class to step up with big swims this Friday.

Woodson’s fast freshmen class may have the edge though, led by state qualifier Leah Rogers and Rachel Ward. The Cavalier freshmen girls have scored as many as a third of the team’s points in meets early this season.

“The team came together this year and bonded really early,” Woodson Coach Brian Dufour said. “They want to do well for each other. They push themselves to be better for each other.”

Neither team has as many state qualifiers as it would like at this point in the season, but with the tight competition this meet is sure to produce, it might take a state-qualifying time to get first-place points on Friday.

So far, the Spartans boast two individual state qualifiers in Sean Mayer and Jacob Anderson, as well as the boys’ 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay, which recently set a new team record.

For Woodson, Bo Ilgenfritz and Nathan Pease have met state qualifying times in the 100 breaststroke, along with two boys’ relays and Rogers, who met the qualifying time in the 100 butterfly earlier this season.

West Springfield has also qualified their 200 medley relay for the state meet, but Kellogg isn’t concerned at all.

“We have a number of girls who are right on the edge,” she said. “We’re hoping the great competition [Friday's] meet will bring will allow those girls to get the cut times they need.”

Watch for strong swims from freshman Robyn Dryer and junior Lauren Yi for West Springfield girls, and Jesse Kane and Colin Chartier for the Woodson boys. All four are close to state cuts.

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

*provided by Woodson Swim & Dive

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

*provided by Broad Run Swimming

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

*provided by Yorktown Swim & Dive

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

*provided by Gaithersburg Swim & Dive

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]

Find all high school top times from the 2011-2012 season here. Full scores and results from the 2011-2012 season here.

Churchill girls and boys win against Walter Johnson

At the Gaithersburg Aquatic Center on Saturday, the Churchill girls (1-0) were up by a mere three points over Walter Johnson going into the final free relay. Churchill was able to take first and third to seal the win 90-81.

The opening medley relay set the tone for the victorious Bulldogs. Although the Wildcats won the relay (1:57.74), the Bulldogs placed second, third and fourth.

Walter Johnson showed off some star power, winning nine of 12 events, but couldn’t handle Churchill’s depth.

The Wildcat’s Haley Nugent (15) won the 200 free (2:03.26) and 100 breaststroke (1:11.45). Cara Machlin (17) was also a double winner, placing first in the 100 butterfly (1:03.29) and 100 backstroke (1:05.26). Sammy Holden (15) finished first in the 200 IM in 2:20.79 and Annie Kastler (17) won diving for Walter Johnson.

Churchill’s Michelle Illig (17) finished in 25.10 to win the 50 freestyle. She also won the 100 freestyle in 55.35. The Bulldogs’ final first place was in the 500 freestyle, where Taylor Fisher (17) won in 5:42.61.

The Churchill boys (1-0) beat the Wildcats 103 to 68.

Sprinter Colin Asbury (18) demonstrated that he can swim any distance by winning the 200 freestyle (1:52.58).  The Bulldogs went on to win the next four events. Todd Erickson (17) won the 200 IM (2:10.27), Odin Soevik (17) won the 50 freestyle (22.85), Tim Faerber (17) placed first in diving (221.950), and Eric Eig (17) won the 100 butterfly (55.24). Erickson also won the 100 backstroke (56.64). Mark Richardson (15) won the 100 breaststroke (1:06.14).

Walter Johnson’s Brian Daza (17) won the 100 freestyle in 50.80. In the 500 freestyle, Michael Kirchner (16) placed first in 5:06.85.

Damascus beats Gaithersburg 111-58 (boys), 110-61 (girls)

Gaithersburg started off the meet well, winning both the boys’ and girls’ medley relays, but Damascus had too much depth for the Trojans, taking the majority of the first-place points.

“Going into the meet today, I knew it was going to be tough,” Gaithersburg Coach Shannon King said. “Damascus moved down from Division 2 this year, so they will be our toughest meet by far. I thought the kids really swam well today, against a very good team.”

Gaithersburg’s winners were Ellen Anderson (senior) in both the 200 (1:55.49) and 500 freestyle (5:01.81) and Nicole Polen (sophomore) in the 200 IM (2:25.70) and 100 butterfly (1:02.97).

Matthew Valencia battled to the finish in the 500 free, losing by .26 seconds, to Damascus’s Kunal Chawla (17).

Damascus was able to win a number of events, including Garrett Merlino (16) in the 200 freestyle, David Dorsey (16) in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Carlos Espinoza (16) in the 50 and 100 freestyle, Joseph Tabor (16) in the 100 butterfly, and Shaun Yaniga in the 100 backstroke.

Damascus won both diving events, Samantha Dembo (14) for the girls and Hunter Botsford (14) for the boys.

Full results click here.

Lake Braddock continues to roll with wins over Lee

Lake Braddock’s girls’ team beat Lee 225.5-81.5 on Friday night. The boys’ side was even more lopsided as the Bruins won 235-73 over the Lancers.

Lake Braddock lost only one event all night, winning all 12 boys events and 11 of the 12 girls events.

Double-event winners for the boys included Jackson Hannam in the 50 and 100 freestyle, Andrew Laffosse in the 200 and 500 freestyle, and Blake Murphy in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke. Taylor Parry was the lone double winner for the girls, winning the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

The Bruins will face South County on Friday (6 p.m.) at Lee District and West Potomac on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) at South Run. Also in back to back meets this weekend, Lee will meet Woodson on Friday (8:30 p.m.) and West Springfield on Saturday (6 p.m.), at Lee District Rec.

Richard Montgomery wins against Quince Orchard

Girls won 121-59.

Boys won 105-66.

Standout performers of the night include Ben Hsieh (17) who took first in the 100 butterfly (56.56) for RMHS and Michael Palmiere (16) who won the 100 backstroke (59.61) for Quince Orchard.

Full results [click here]

W.T. Woodson wins again

The score belies how close this meet really was, many points being won or lost by less than half a second. In the end, the Cavalier boys beat West Potomac 208-107, while the girls’ team won 183.5-131.5. Senior captain Samantha Eldridge (Woodson) logged her regional qualifying scores in diving.

Yorktown wins meets with Mount Vernon; opens season 2-0

The Patriot boys won their meet with a score of 129–56 with nine first place wins in the 12 events.  First place finishes in individual events came from Griffin Romanek (200 IM), Chris Clements (50 free), Hunter Simmons (diving), David Emson (100 fly), Jason Henley (100 back) and Jack Storrs (100 breast).

The girls won their meet with a score of 120–65, also with nine first place finishes in the 12 events.  Double winners were Grace Greenwood (200 free, 500 free) and Izzy Pasternak (50 free, 100 back). Other individual event winners were Elena Bavolac (diving) and Ellie Belilos (100 fly).

Yorktown swept all six relay events.

The Patriots return to the pool next weekend with two dual meets, facing Stuart on Friday at the Yorktown pool and heading to Fairfax on Saturday for a meet with Hayfield. Both meets begin at 6:30 p.m.

The Majors will face Edison on Friday at GW Rec and head to Wakefield on Saturday. Both meets begin at 6:30 p.m.

Colonels girls beat Springbrook, while the Blue Devils boys got the better of Magruder

Magruder’s girls team won 133-30 over Springbrook, but the Springbrook boys won a close one, 89.5-81.5.

Full results here.

Blair falls to Wooton

Wooton’s girls team won 109-62. Boys beat the Blazer boys 94-75.

Full results here.

Briar Woods girls and boys teams beat Fauquier

Briar Woods girls team won 211-75 over Fauquier. The boys won 177-97.

Briar Woods only lost one event in the wins.

Full results here.

Other results:

Rockville times from 12/10 meet against Kennedy [click here]

Loudoun County times from 12/09 [click here]

Briar Woods times from 12/10 meet against Woodgrove [click here]

Falls Church boys win over Edison 212-99; Girls 198-84

Many teams in Virginia will double up their meets next weekend, swimming both Friday and Saturday night. High school swimming will finish the 2011 part of the season next week, but keep checking RFTW for news and updates from the swimming world.

Highlights and summaries from this week’s high school wrap up were submitted by coaches and parents from the various teams. If you would like your team to be included in each week’s feature, please send your summaries, highlights and scores to flahertyb@washpost.com or upload directly to your team’s page.

Oakton can celebrate another boys' Northern Region title after winning its second straight on Monday night. (Photo Provided by, Rachel Sapone, Oakton Media Group)

Get the full Northern Region results here.

For the second consecutive year it was the Oakton boys who took home the Virginia AAA Northern Region title, finishing ahead of Fairfax (215), Langley (198) and Robinson (193) with 244 points.

It was a surprising finish for Robinson, which has won seven consecutive state titles, but indicated the increased competition throughout the region and especially in the Liberty District.

Langley’s relay of Stephen Richards, Chuck Katis, Ryan Natal and Chris Pivikw opened the meet by setting a region record in the 200 yard medley relay with an automatic All-American time of 1:34.81, topping Oakton’s automatic All-American 1:35.28 and third-place Westfield‘s All-American consideration time of 1:37.86.

Oakton’s Bradley Phillips took the 200 freestyle title with an automatic All-American time of 1:40.24, falling just shy of the record he sent last year. McLean‘s Charlie Putnam (1:42.08), Washington-Lee‘s Freddy Crawford (1:42.11) and Herndon‘s Danny Camozzo (1:42.78) all followed with All-American consideration times.

It was the first of two individual titles for Phillips, who also won the 500 freestyle with an automatic All-American time of 4:29.40, ahead of the All-American consideration marks turned in by Madison‘s Adam Pennington (4:36.94) and Camozzo (4:38.18).

Katis won the 200 IM with an automatic All-American time of 1:51.68, ahead of Oakton’s K.J. Park, who also turned in an automatic All-American time of 1:52.24. Langley senior Richards finished third with an automatic All-American time of 1:53.68.

The Langley junior won a second title in the 100 breaststroke with an automatic All-American time of 57.07, ahead of Park’s automatic All-American 57.28 and three All-American consideration times turned in by Robinson’s Ricky Munch (58.51), Richards (58.98) and Westfield’s CJ Fiala (59.35)

Fairfax senior Joey Kelly took the title in the 50 freestyle with an All-American consideration time of 21.18, ahead of Woodson senior Kevin Vest (AAC – 21.34). Kelly doubled up his night with a win in the 100 freestyle, taking the title with a time of 47.01, just ahead of W-L’s Crawford (47.41) and Vest (48.04).

South Lakes senior Brad Dillon took the title in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.77, out touching Langley sophomore Natal (51.79) by two-hundredths of a second. Westfield junior Kurtis Ratcliff took third at 52.11, followed by Oakton freshman Philip Hu (52.40).

Fairfax’s 200 freestyle relay of Austin Patteson, Travis Lauri, Jake Baumgardner and Kelly won the title with an All-American consideration time of 1:27.48, followed by Jefferson (AAC – 1:27.87) and Woodson (AAC – 1:28.01).

Oakton’s Hu won the 100 backstroke title with an automatic All-American time of 50.94, out-touching the automatic All-American times of Putnam (51.11) and Dillon (51.33)

The meet closed with the champion Cougars 400 freestyle relay of Hu, Park, Chris Megaw and Phillips taking the title with an automatic All-American time of 3:09.69, ahead of Langley (3:12.03) and Fairfax (3:12.71).

Get the full Northern Region results here.