By Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Marcus Chen
On a beautiful sunny Sunday morning, the MCSL wrapped up the 2022 season with their annual Individual All star meet. this meet is comprised of the top16 swimmers (ranked by time) for each event and swum in two heats, 9-16 and 1-8. Unlike other meets where there are 2 heats of ‘finals’, a swimmer from the first heat can move up past 9th place into the top 8 and vice versa depending on how the races go. As you may expect, there is a lot of movement from their seed to final standings in the younger age groups especially from places 6-12. We were fortunate enough to have Marcus Chen, a frequent contributor to RFTW, on deck and snapping the action as it went down. Congratulations to all who competed & we look forward to doing it again in 2023!!
Individual Medley:
KaiLi Ji (Inverness) on her way to victory in the 12 & U 100 IMMaria Webb (Quail Valley) leading the way in the 13-14 100 IMMaria Webb, and Julie yang (Rockville) shake hands David Fitch (Potomac) on his way to capturing the win in the 15-18 100 IMCarly Sebring (Damascus) with a lead in breaststroke as she wins the 15-18 100 IM
Freestyle:
Everett Oehler (Woodley Gardens) checking the clock…tied the 15-18 100 Free MCSL record!!Everett Oehler churning his way to victory in the 15-18 100 FreeAddison Webb at the finish of the 13-14 50 FreeAndrew Vanas (Washingtonian Woods) hitting the wall in the 13-14 50 Free
Backstroke:
Start of the Boys 15-18 100 BackBrig Barnett (Flower Valley) coming into the wallBrig Barnett after winning the 13-14 50 BackstrokeEllery Thomas (CCRA) after winning the 11-12 50 BackstrokeVirginia Hinds (CCRA) starting the 13-14 50 Back, at the finish, it was two wins for the CCRA girls!
Breaststroke
Addison Potter(Northwest Branch) captured 2nd in a close race in the 11-12 50 BreastHannah Bingley checks the time after her win in the 15-18 100 BreastThey’re off! The start of the boys 15-18 100 Breast Ryan Franck (Forest Knolls) thrilled with his win in the 13-14 50 BreastHeat 1 of the Girls 100 Breast ready to go!
Butterfly:
David Fitch (Potomac), Everett Oehler (Woodley Gardens) Congrats on today’s swims & your years of competing in the MCSL!!David Fitch (Potomac) mid race in the 15-18 50 Butterfly
Congratulations to all who swam at the Rockville Rays Invitational.