RMSC Holiday Invitational: Quick Wrap Up

By Reach for the Wall staff.

The Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club (RMSC) held its annual Holiday Invitational meet at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center this past weekend.  A total of 15 teams participated in the event, but the meet was not team-scored.

Caitlin Horning, a 10 year old scorcher from Delaware, set new PVS Open records in:

• 10 & under 100 backstroke (1:00.99), beating the previous record of Kate Riefenstahl from 2001; and
• 10 & under 100 butterfly (1:01.19) by beating Janet Hu’s best time in 2006.

Readers may recall that Horning also set 3 National Age Group (NAG) meet records at the 2016 PV National Age Group Team Challenge that RMSC hosted a month and a half ago.

All PVS swimmer (and some outside PVS) results can be found in Meet Results  on our site.

High Point Winners

Below are the top 5 high-point winners in each age group at the meet:

9-10 Girls

1. Caitlin Horning (10 years old – Delaware) – 144 pts
2. Emma Redman (10 yrs – The Fish) – 135 pts
3. Amy Qin (10 yrs – RMSC) – 127 pts
4. Abby Yo (10 yrs – Hydro-Sonic Tiburones) – 121 pts
5. Charlie Scogna (9 yrs – The Fish) – 116 pts; and Reagan Phillips (10 yrs – RMSC) – 116 pts

9-10 Boys

1. Adriano Arioti, (10 yrs – RMSC) – 144 points
2. Nick Opipari, (10 yrs – All Star Aquatics) – 118 pts
3. John Paul Gonsalves, (10 yrs – The Fish) – 116 pts
4. Tyler Coapstick, (10 yrs – RMSC) – 113 pts; and Chase Bearley (10 yrs – Delaware) – 113 pts

11-12 Girls

1. Sydney DeBaecke (12 yrs – Delaware) – 130 pts
2. Kathleen Modder (12 yrs – The Fish) – 128 pts
3. Cheyenne Chen (12 yrs – RMSC) – 127 pts
4. Valko, Victoria (12 yrs – The Fish) – 124 pts
5. Rin Iimi (12 yrs – RMSC) – 123 pts

11-12 Boys

1. Aiken Do (12 yrs – The Fish) – 144 pts
2. Sean Santos (12 yrs – RMSC) – 135 pts
3. Maxwell Chen (12 yrs – RMSC) – 125 pts
4. Justin Yi (12 yrs – RMSC) – 108 pts; and Konnor Chen (12 yrs – RMSC) – 108 pts

13-14 Girls

1. Isabella Paoletti (14 yrs – Delaware) – 131 pts
2. Abby Carr (13 yrs – RMSC) – 129 pts
3. Bella Warner (14 yrs – Delaware) – 121 pts
4. Molly Benson (14 yrs – RMSC) – 116 pts
5. Allison Martin (13 yrs – The Fish) – 111 pts

13-14 Boys

1. Joey Dickson (14 yrs – Delaware) – 131 pts
2. Trace Wall (14 yrs – Blue Wave) – 130 pts
3. Ryan Gruner (14 yrs – RMSC) – 129 pts
4. Chris Ma (13 yrs – RMSC) – 127 pts
5. Liam Redman (13 – RMSC) – 112.5 pts

15 & Over Girls

1. Hannah Kannan (16 yrs – RMSC) – 108 pts
2. Kaitlin Gravell (15 yrs – RMSC) – 106 pts
3. Grace Giddings (16 yrs – RMSC) – 104 pts; and Marie Dickson (17 yrs – Delaware) – 104 pts
4. Hanan Bandak (17 yrs – RMSC) – 93 pts

15 & Over Boys

1. Eli Fouts (16 yrs – RMSC) – 129 pts
2. Mahlon Reihman (17 yrs – Parkland Aquatic) – 125 pts
3. Trey Shackleton (19 yrs – Parkland Aquatic) – 116 pts
4. Danny Berlitz (15 yrs – Parkland Aquatic) – 109 pts
5. Timmy Ellett (16 yrs – RMSC) – 105 pts

And finally, the Whistler from Delaware wins the prize for Best Whistle.​​

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