Close Meet with Merrimack

Well, we won a nail-biter with Merrimack Park Pool by just 20 points. Many kids apparently found the heated pool to their liking ( especially at 8:00 a.m.! ) and swam best times. There were many exciting races starting with the boys and girls medley relays. Patick Mukri, Eric Davis, Carlo Galeano and Brendan Lipton kept it close in the boys event while the relays of Mary Gillis, Tina Sasser, Julia Hondros, Morgan Dailey and Katy Gillis, Kathleen DePorter, Emily Lathrop and Samantha Bauer provided a 2 - 3 punch! Cory Camp won his 50 back by 1 one hundreth of a second while Ian Hidalgo and Donlan Dailey dropped a couple seconds in back and fly respectively. Emily Lathrop broke a 33 year old team record in the 13-14 50 fly! As you know, team records are very hard to break at Robin Hood so way to go Emily! Julia Hondros led the crunch performers with several close races that she also won by hundreths of a second. Tina Sasser came on strong on the last length of breast to capture a third while Stephanie Kincaid finally broke 40.0 in 50 breast. Mary Gillis swam a superb back along with Stephen Smith in breast, Simone Chretien in free, Zach Bayler in free and breast and Patrick Mukri in all his events. Sydney Dailey added to the last minute thrills with a great leg in the free relay that enabled Robin Hood to capture 1st and 2nd in the last event of the meet! Way to go Robin Hood and congratulations to all who swam their best!

Remember, if you are unable to compete in the upcoming meets, please let me know by e-mail or a phone call as far in advance as possible. The sooner I know, the sooner I can make line-up adjustments that would give another swimmer the opportunity to swim. Our last home B meet is this Wednesday against Norbeck Hills and our last A dual meet is against Tally Ho on Saturday.

Take care and see you at the pool,

Brian