Poplar Tree Pirates and Brookfield Breakers (6/24/08)
It was worth the wait! After postponing the meet on Monday thanks to lingering thunderstorms, our swimmers came out strong on Tuesday. This was the first meet for many former Pee Wee swimmers and we’d like to welcome them to our Pirate family! Congratulations to all our Poplar Tree swimmers who competed, especially those Pirates who recorded 86 personal best times versus Brookfield. Four swimmers dropped more than 20 seconds in events on Tuesday: Ted Ellis (-22.01 in 8&U freestyle), Lexi Rickard (-89.52 in 6&U backstroke), Akil Giri (-25.01 in 9-10 breaststroke) and James Pierce (-27.41 in 13-14 IM). Those are amazing statistics!
Many thanks to those families who continue to give freely of their time to support our fabulous swimmers. Thank you especially to Molly Craig and Victoria Young, and Kelly Cummins and Lisa Robinson, who responded to our pleas for marshalls and clerks of course. B meets don’t run without countless volunteers and these ladies went above and beyond for us on Tuesday.
Parker Agan and Sophia Bossong kicked off the freestyle events placing 2nd for 6&U boys and 1st for 6&U girls. The Pirates had many other freestyle success stories. Matthew Hardmon placed 1stfor 8&U boys and Lauren Young and Sarah Walsh placed 1st and 2nd for 8&U girls. Our 9-10 boys and girls were well represented by Connor Cragg and Ryan Rickard who placed 2nd and 3rd for the boys and Briley Rickard who placed 3rd for the girls. The 11-12 Pirate contingent all recorded personal best freestyle times, with Michael Andrejcak placing 1st for the boys and Virginia Walsh and Madison Rickard placing 2nd and 3rd for the girls. Preston Rhodes placed 3rd for 13-14 boys, Frankie Marrero placed 1st for 15-18 boys and Kim Weinberg and Meghan Rhodes took the top two spots for 15-18 girls.
Our Pirates plowed throughbackstroke with many top finishers in that event Tuesday night. Parker Agan and Connor Madsen finished 2nd and 3rdfor 6&U boys. Sophia Bossong and Mary Kominskicontinued to represent our strong young swimmers by finishing 1st and 2ndfor 6&U girls. Nick David placed 3rdfor 8&U boys, Cady Belsky and Amanda Pound placed 1st and 2nd for 9-10 girls. Meghan Virostek and Madison Rickard finished 2nd and 3rd for 11-12 girls and Preston Rhodes and Todd Rogers secured 1st and 2nd for 13-14 boys. Kendall Robinson finished a strong 1st place for 15-18 girls.
The Pirates brought home many more ribbons in breaststroke. Fletcher Madsen finished 3rd for 8&U boys and Alyssia Farkouh and Mary Kominski (a 6 year old!) finished 2nd and 3rd for the 8&U girls. Jonathan Wen placed 1st for 9-10 boys, Michael Amico placed 3rd for 9-10 boys, and Jenny Chen and Virginia Walsh placed 1st and 2nd for 11-12 girls. Our older swimmers represented us well by 1st and 2nd place finishes for David Stewart and Corey Miller in 13-14 boys, 1st place for Angela Virostek in 13-14 girls, and 2nd place for Susie Dixon in 15-18 girls. Way to go Pirate swimmers!
Lots of swimmers added ribbons and personal best times to their collections after the butterfly events. Fletcher Madsen finished 1st for 8&U boys, Jonathan Wen and Steven Longino finished 1st and 2nd for 9-10 boys, and Oviya Giri and Briley Rickard finished 1st and 2nd for 9-10 girls. Schyler Baker and Kendall Robinson placed 3rd for 13-14 boys and 15-18 girls.
“Well done!” to all the swimmers who competed in the IM event at the end of the meet. Fletcher Madsen and Corinne Kominskiplaced 1st and 2nd for 8&U boys and girls. Steven Longino, Nicole Baker and Hannah Warnick continued the Pirates’ strong showing by finishing 2nd for the 9-10 boys and 1st and 3rd for the 9-10 girls. Evan Baker and Katie Dingman dominated the 11-12 boys and girls events finishing 1st. The 13-14 boys swept the event with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes for David Stewart, Preston Rhodes and Alex Chen. Angela Virostek, Frankie Marrero and Meghan Rhodesended the meet with 2nd place for 13-14 girls, 2nd place for 15-18 boys and 3rd place for 15-18 girls.
Thank you swimmers for making your parents, coaches and fellow swimmers so proud!
See you for our meet versus Greenbriar on Monday, June 30th at Poplar Tree,
Karen Cragg and Tracy Rickard