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Dec. 4, 2004
Blazers out-swim Colonels and Panthers alike
DEC. 4, OLNEY AQUATIC CENTER—
The Blair swim team kicked off its season today with a non-divisional tri-meet against the Paint Branch Panthers and the Magruder Colonels. Because the meet does not factor into the participating teams’ divisional records, official scores were not calculated and only parts of the meet were scored. Based on the events that were tallied, the Blazer boys led 103-39 against Paintbranch and 104-42 against Magruder, while the girls were ahead 35-8 and 36-18, respectively.
As those scores indicate, the Division-I Blazers easily outperformed the Division-II Colonels and Division-III Panthers. The boys’ team took first in both of its relays, and powerful swims from freshman talents such as Sam Bullard-Siskin (200 Medley Relay, 100 Back), Pascal Yang (200 Free, 200 Medley Relay) and Yang Yang (100 Free, 200 IM) helped the Blazers secure top finishes in nearly every event.
The Blazer girls were not as obviously dominant as the boys, but they still swam a solid meet. Junior co-captain Kelsey Dean was the star of the day, breaking Blair’s 200 IM record with a time of 2:26:17. Junior Vanessa Penney also shined in her freestyle events, and freshman Elissa Fischel had a solid first meet.
Though no Blair divers took first or second, Coach David Swaney was pleased with the talent they displayed. Blair's sole girl diver performed well even though she had never dived before, Swaney reported, and “the Sams”—juniors Sam Rosenthal and Sam Silsbee—“did great.”
According to Swaney, today’s meet represented a solid start to the season. “Most people had a decent meet,” Swaney said, and he feels that the team will be able to trim its times even more as the season progresses. “We’re looking great,” Swaney said. “Our boys are deep, and our girls are as good as last year.”
The Blazers’ next meet will occur at the Montgomery Aquatic Center on Saturday, December 11 at 11:45 a.m. The Blazers will be facing their first divisional opponents of the season, the Walter Johnson Wildcats.
The Blair swim team kicked off its season today with a non-divisional tri-meet against the Paint Branch Panthers and the Magruder Colonels. Because the meet does not factor into the participating teams’ divisional records, official scores were not calculated and only parts of the meet were scored. Based on the events that were tallied, the Blazer boys led 103-39 against Paintbranch and 104-42 against Magruder, while the girls were ahead 35-8 and 36-18, respectively.
As those scores indicate, the Division-I Blazers easily outperformed the Division-II Colonels and Division-III Panthers. The boys’ team took first in both of its relays, and powerful swims from freshman talents such as Sam Bullard-Siskin (200 Medley Relay, 100 Back), Pascal Yang (200 Free, 200 Medley Relay) and Yang Yang (100 Free, 200 IM) helped the Blazers secure top finishes in nearly every event.
The Blazer girls were not as obviously dominant as the boys, but they still swam a solid meet. Junior co-captain Kelsey Dean was the star of the day, breaking Blair’s 200 IM record with a time of 2:26:17. Junior Vanessa Penney also shined in her freestyle events, and freshman Elissa Fischel had a solid first meet.
Though no Blair divers took first or second, Coach David Swaney was pleased with the talent they displayed. Blair's sole girl diver performed well even though she had never dived before, Swaney reported, and “the Sams”—juniors Sam Rosenthal and Sam Silsbee—“did great.”
According to Swaney, today’s meet represented a solid start to the season. “Most people had a decent meet,” Swaney said, and he feels that the team will be able to trim its times even more as the season progresses. “We’re looking great,” Swaney said. “Our boys are deep, and our girls are as good as last year.”
The Blazers’ next meet will occur at the Montgomery Aquatic Center on Saturday, December 11 at 11:45 a.m. The Blazers will be facing their first divisional opponents of the season, the Walter Johnson Wildcats.
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GO BLAIR SWIM & DIVE!
Plus, unlike our other meets this one starts at 11:45, which means you don't have to lose sleep.
support your fellow classmates
Congrats to the swim teams, go for 1st place!
Oh yea, WJ makes me want to die.
Now, in terms of the meet on Saturday, TO ALL THE SWIM TEAM, TELL THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY TO SEE THIS MEET. People don't realize that the boys swim team has been the most successful sports team in the last couple of years and our school has actually WON TROPHIES out of this team. Every member of the boys team knows that this has got to be the most hyped up swim meet of the year. This meet will only be great if MAC has got to be packed as if it is divisionals or counties.
And we're gonna have a really close meet vs WJ this weekend, we have the depth and should take a lot of 2,3,4 finishes if not 1,3,4 or something. WJ has first-place swimmers. Blair should be able to get some 1st places but also we will definitly get a LOT of seconds and thirds - which goes well for scoring. Relays are very complicated too... we'll see Saturday.
Good luck girls too! WJ is tough but who cares get some best times or something! haha and break some Blair records!
HEY ROBIN!
Also about demotion to Division II. 2 years ago, our boys were 6-0 and our girls were 0-6 and we still were 4th place I think in the division when it all came to an end. Last year, our boys were 2-4, and girls 1-5 and we still managed to stay in division I. So I think that we should be able to stay in division one this year. I'd be surprised if we moved down.
And also! We're getting brand new apparel saturday! EXCITING! haha we're gettin sweatsuits with a sweatshirt and T-shirt logo designed by SCO's own LINCOLN BOSTAIN! And some hot suits with a blazer face on the butt cheek - so exciting stuff on Saturday!!