NVSL News

Last night was epic to say the least.  Eight league records were broken, several teams upset the field, and Overlee won it all for the third year in a row.  For those who missed the meet (Jenny York, Breanne Smith), or those who forgot what happened during their indulgence at the post meet meal, here is how the meet broke down:

Event 1.
The meet began with the Fairfax Girls Mixed Age taking down a 27 year old record by 8/10 of a second.

Event 2.

Fox Mill Woods Boys Mixed Age dropped 3 seconds, but missed the record by a heartbreaking 8/100 of a second.

Event 3.
The 8 & Under Girls from Shouse Village shattered a 26 year old record by almost three seconds. This outstanding swim now makes the 8 & Under Girls’ record even faster than the 8 & Under Boys’ record.

Event 4.
Highland’s 8 & Under Boys dropped 4 seconds to come out of nowhere and take 1st.

Event 5.
Returning champion, Overlee, took its first win of the night with their 9-10 Girls dropping 1.5 seconds.

Event 6.
Dunn Loring’s 9-10 Boys dropped 4 seconds to take first and set the stage for their later free relay performance. However, they remain indecisive as to their post meet plans.

Event 7.
Orange Hunt’s 11-12 Girls, led by a strong butterfly leg, upset Overlee’s relay to take the win.

Event 8.
The 11-12 Boys from Mclean set new NVSL record by knocking a second off their previous time.

Event 9.
Overlee seals up a come from behind victory in the 13-14 Girls medley.

Event 10.
No horror story here… Sleepy Hollow 13-14 Boys take first.

Event 11.
Tuckahoe Senior ladies break meet record, although don’t best their time from last Saturday.  None of these ladies graduate this year, so don’t think they’ve had their last shot at going sub 2:00.

Event 12.
Reminiscent of Dunn Loring’s victory from Heat 1 back in 2005, Sean Fletcher leads Hunter Mill to 2nd place from Heat 1. In the end, however, the Highlands Senior boys maintained their medley crown from last summer.

Break: Epic, chance to sit down and fill up a water bottle with water that wasn’t 98 degrees. (although the little cups of water being brought around were awesome!)

Volunteers bag the ribbons during break

Event 13.
Shouse Village 8 & Under Girls do it again, this time breaking the record by a mere 3/100 of a second. Oh, and did we mention that this record was over 20 years old as well?

Event 14.
Highlands 8 & Under Boys go big again with another huge time drop, sneaking in for the upset.

Event 15.
The 9-10 Girls from Overlee didn’t think just one gold medal was enough.

Event 16.
Dunn Loring 9-10 Boys set new NVSL record and finalize post meet plans for Chuckie Cheese.

Event 17.
Orange Hunt claims the Orange crown from Overlee’s 11-12 girls by dropping 6/10 of a second for the win.

Event 18.
No record for the Mclean 11-12 Boys here, but they’ll take the double win.

Event 19.
Mount Vernon Park’s 13-14 Girls bust out a second drop and take home some gold.

Event 20.
Sleepy Hollow wakes up to a new NVSL record in the 13-14 Boys free.

Event 21.
Tuckahoe’s Senior Girls take the win again, but without a record. Katy and Katie get to hold onto their record for yet another year.

Event 22.
Highlands Senior Boys take down VAC’s 2008 record by 3/10 of a second. Touche.

End of Meet. Tuckahoe upsets Chesterbrook for 2nd place overall, and Fairfax from Division 4 takes 4th overall.  Bob York admits to having one too many diet coke’s, and teams depart for ravaging of local pizzerias and burger joints.

Quick Stats:

Teams with double wins: Shouse Village 8 & Under Girls, Highlands 8 & Under Boys, Overlee 9-10 Girls, Dunn Loring 9-10 Boys, Orange Hunt 11-12 Girls, Mclean 11-12 Boys, Sleepy Hollow 13-14 Boys, Tuckahoe 15-18 Girls, Highlands 15-18 Boys

Most events in between record breaking swims: 4 events

A special thank you goes out to all the NVSL officials who were especially accommodating to the NVSL News team today.  Especially Liz Murphy, Jack Schaeffer, Betsy Stevenson, and Dave Dinardo.