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Dolphins Celebrate Sweet September Finishes
By Graig Fischer, Westchase Aquatics Director
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Swim season for the summer just finished about five weeks ago. Here
we are in October, and the Westchase Dolphins already have swum in two
competitions this past month. We truly do swim year-round here in
Florida. With that in mind, all residents should think about coming out
to the pool for the best workout that your body can experience.
Arguably, swimming is the best possible physical activity, so we hope to
see you at the pool soon.
With our first short-course (25-yards) meet of the season under their
belts, the Dolphins team finished in ninth place out of 14 teams at the
10th Annual Sweet September Meet in Dunedin on Sept. 8 – 10. The
Dolphins swam very well for their first meet of the season. For some
Dolphins, this meet was their very first time swimming some of the more
challenging, longer-distance events. The Dolphins who were involved in
newer events included Carlye Owen, Kaya Gingras and Jack Marlowe. They
swam the 200-yard Butterfly for the first time ever and came away with
the knowledge that this event was a lot easier than expected. Of note is
the fact that all three of them thought that Coach Fish was just picking
on them; hopefully they’ll now remember that Coach will never put them
in an event unless he feels that they might just surprise themselves!
Jacqui Voute also swam the 200 Breaststroke for the first time and, like
the butterfliers, she knows that this just might be a pretty good race
for her as well!
Other top ten swimmers at the meet include Kaya Gingras, who placed
fourth in the 11-and-12-Girls 200 Fly and tenth in the 200 Back;
Brittany Marlin, who placed fifth in the Open-Girls 50 Free, sixth in the
100 Back and seventh in the 100 Free; and Carlye Owens, who took third
in the 11-and-12-Girls 200 Fly, sixth in the 100 Back and ninth in both
the 100 and 200 Free.
Other top ten finishes were made by Jacqui Voute (11 and 12 Girls) in
the 200 Breast; Nathaniel Gunby (Open Boys), who finished second in both
the 50 Free and 100 Fly, third in both the 100 Breast and 200 Free and
sixth in the 500 Free; Jack Marlowe (11 and 12 Boys), who placed second
in the 500 Free, 200 IM, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 Breast and the 200 Fly
and fourth in the 50 Free, 200 Back and the 100 Back.
| Rounding out the top ten were Christopher Russell (6 and
Under Boys), who placed fifth in the 25 Fly, seventh in the 25
Free and tenth in the 25 Back; and Austin Sellers (9 and 10
Boys), who placed third in the 200 IM, 100 and 50 Breast, sixth
in the 200 Free, ninth in the 100 IM and |
Upcoming October Events
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Club at SPA, St.
Petersburg |
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Laps-for-Funds |
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Annual Halloween Party at Countryway
Pool,
5 – 7 p.m. |
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Club at SPA, St. Petersburg |
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tenth in the 50 Free. Other Dolphins that competed and swam
some fast swims include Dani Matthews (9 and 10 Girls), Loren
Tran (9 and 10 Girls), Sydney Tran (8 and Under Girls), Jenna
Piontek (9 and 10 Girls), Alex Malooley (9 and 10 Boys) and Joey
Russell (9 and 10 Boys).
Jack Marlowe finished in third place overall in the 11 and 12
Boys and brought home some additional hardware – way to go,
Jack! Stay tuned for results from the Winter Haven meet from the
weekend of Sept. 22-24. |
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