The initial seeding for next weeks All Star event has been released.  And the number of NCR swimmers on the list has increased!

The final seedings come out on Tuesday after 8pm (the scratch deadline).  So some of the alternate entries my get elevated to a spot in the meet.  Stay tuned!

 Congratulations to our All Stars!

With the 2024 Division E Divisional Meet in the books, the 2024 season is near an end.  All that remains is the All-Star meet.  But before we talk about that, let's give some results from the Divisional Meet!

The NCR Dolphins entered the meet seeded third in the division and wrapped up the meet with a third place finish, racking up 198.5 points:

PGC: 348
LC: 313
NCR: 198.5
MC: 187
PR: 125.5

Complete meet results are available on the 2024 Meet Results page
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Divisional meets often don't see individual swimmers competing in three events, but even so, there were five swimmers who not only competed in three individual events, but won all three.  Four of those swimmers were with the Laurel City Kingfish (An Bui, Allen Bui, Ari Jenkins, and Brayden Li). The fifth was our very own Dolphin, Gabriel Bailey! Congrats to all!

A crazy number of records were broken (or tied) at the divisional meet.   Twenty NCR Pool records (with the 25m Bulkhead), 13 NCR Team (bulkhead) Records, and even a couple PGC Team records.

In all 35 records were broken (well one was tied) at the meet!

Your new NCR record holders are:

Back to talking All Stars...
Event winners at the Divisional Meet automatically qualify to attend the All Star meet next week.  The NCR representatives are:

But the story isn't over...
All Stars field 3 full heats of each event, and division winners only account for one of the three...so it is possible (given some of the times achieved, likely) that more NCR Dolphins will make the cut. Stay Tuned!

Phew! That was a lot...maybe I should have made two posts...

The NCR Dolphins came to compete, but fell to Laurel City by a final score of 330 - 235.
Despite the loss, many NCR swimmers put up their best time for the season.

Complete results are available on the Meet Results page  

THere were 8 swimmers who won all three individual events:
Reese Jenkins, LC
Alexis Bushby, LC
Eliza Castonguay, LC
An Bui, LC
Ari Jenkins, LC
Brayden Li, LC
Allen Bui, LC
Gabriel Bailey,  NCR

Our first away meet of the season was against our neighbors to the north, the Montpelier Marlins.  It was a back and forth meet all morning, and in the end the Dolphins swam to a 272-272 tie with the Marlins!

By league rules for the tie-breaker (most first place finishes at the meet), NCR edged out MC with 25 first place finishes (to 24 for MC)..  Way to go Dolphins!  It was a close one, proving that every swim counts.

Detailed results are available on the Meet Results page  

Two evenly matched teams gave us a lot to cheer for during the meet.  When it was all said and done, eight swimmers went home with triple blue ribbons, four from each team!

Jameelah Ndiaye, NCR
Audrey Mima, MC
Sachi ​Reeves, MC
Arianna Biondi, NCR
Kazuki Reeves, MC
Dillon Mossman, MC
Xavier Bailey, NCR
Gabriel Bailey, NCR

Our next and final regular dual meet of the season is against another Laurel team, this time Laurel City..  Let's cheer on the Dolphins as they head north on Saturday to come home with another win!

Your NCR Dolphins notched another home win!  The final score:

NCR: 322
BNS: 139

Detailed results are available on the Meet Results page  

Saturday's meet found four NCR swimmers grabbing the blue ribbon for all of their individual events.  Congratulations go to:
Gabriel Bailey
Xavier Bailey
Sophia Jones
​Patrick Willis

The team heads out on the road for the next two meets.  Up next: Montpelier Community .  It has been a while since NCR competed against MC so next week will be a fun trip up north.  We finish the season at Laurel City.  Laurel City is one of the larger teams in our division, so the last meet will be a challenging one.  ...but we know our Dolphins are up to the task! 

The NCR Dolphins hosted Pointer Ridge Porpoises on a hot Saturday morning and swam to victory!  The final score:

NCR: 338
PR: 184

Detailed results are available on the Meet Results page

Several NCR swimmers took the blue at the meet for all three individual events:
Congratulations go to ;
​Bella Willis
Ariana Fromel
Arianna Biondi
Sofia Jones
Gabriel Bailey

The temperature for the day may go down as a record, but three NCR Dolphins definitely broke records...six of them in fact!

NCR Team Home w/Bulkhead Records broken:
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Event                                             Swimmer              Time                 Previous
Girls 13-14 50m Butterfly         Arianna Biondi     37.22                 37.26 (Sophia Jones, 2023)
Girls 13-14 50m Freestyle        Arianna Biondi     33.70                 36.70 (Emma Biondi, 2023)
Boys 11-12 50m Backstroke    Gabriel Bailey      46.31                  49.37 (Brendan Bailey, 2019)
Girls 15-18 50m Backstroke    Sophia Jones       36.60                 40.12 (Sarah Dunn, 2017)
Boys 11-12 50m I.M.                  Gabriel Bailey       1:43.22               1:52.00 (Adam Foly, 2018)
Girls 15-18 50m I.M.                  Sophia Jones        1:22.33               1:23.00 (Olivia Hawkins, 2017)
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The 2024 season began with a  battle against the PGC Aqua Knights.  The meet was close from the start and going into the final relays, the score differed by only 8 points!  In the end, PGC topped NCR by a mere 12 points

The final score of the meet was:
PGC: 282
NCR: 270

Detailed results are available on the Meet Results page

As a testament to how evenly match the teams were, the day saw only one swimmer grab the blue ribbon for all three individual events.  That honor went to Ava Cooper of PGC.

Our next chance at securing the first W of the season is another home pool battle, this time against Pointer Ridge.  Come out  next Saturday to cheer on your NCR Dolphins!

It's official...
The NCR Dolphins are the Undefeated Champions of the 2023 PMSL's Division F!

And boy, did they do it in style, racking up a whopping 402 points!
NCR 402
TH: 326
BNS: 174
OH: 127
FC: 45

Not only did the team cap off the season in an impressive manner, most of our swimmers bested their seed times...and not by a little...1, 2, 3, 5 and even 9 seconds!  The Dolphins came to swim and swim hard they did!  

The Divisional Meet brings the best of the best (sir!) from the season together and so the competition is fierce.  Several events were won or lost by less than a tenth of a second!  Even with that, two NCR Dolphin swimmers walked away with Triple Blue: Sophia Jones and Patrick Willis 

Complete meet results are available on our 2023 Results page.

Winning an event at the Divisional Meet comes with another reward: automatic entry into the PMSL All-Star Meet.  The following are headed to "the show":

Boys 18 & U 200m Medley Relay:
       Simon Bailey, Isaiah Willis, Brendan Bailey and Adam Foly
Ethan Lam-Ewen: Boys 10 & U 25m Butterfly; Boys 9-10 50m Freestyle
Bella Willis: Girls 10 & U 25m Butterfly; Girls 9-10 25m Backstroke
Jacob Malomo: Boys 11-12 50m Butterfly
Josue Cortes: Boys 13-14 50m Butterfly
Sophia Jones: Girls 13-14 50m Butterfly; Girls 13-14 50m Backstroke; Girls 13-14 100m IM
Brendan Bailey: Boys 15-18 50m Butterfly
Patrick Willis: Boys 13-14 50m Freestyle; Boys 13-14 50m Backstroke; Boys 13-14 100m IM
Brianna Moscoso: Girls 13-14 50m Freestyle
Brendan Bailey: Boys 15-18 100m Freestyle
Xavier Bailey: Boys 9-10 25m Breaststroke
Mabel Fisher: Girls 9-10 20m Breaststroke
Isabella Shulman: Girls 11-12 50m Breaststroke
Sydney Chase: Girls 15-18 50m Breaststroke
Henry Congdon: Boys 9-10 25m Backstroke
Gabriel Bailey: Boys 11-12 50m Backstroke
Isaiah Willis: Boys 15-18 100m Backstroke
Christina Moscoso: Girls 8 & U 25m Backstroke
Boys 9-18 200m Graduated Freestyle Relay:
       Ethan Lam-Ewen, Jacob Malomo, Patrick Willis and Brendan Bailey

19 NCR Dolphins will represent us in 23 individual events and 2 relays! 
​All I have left to say is...WOW!

...well, one more thing...The above list may grow, as once the Division winners are seated, the League fills out the All-Star meet with swimmers based on event times...and we have a few second place swimmers that might get the nod...stay tuned!

With the regular dual meet season at a close, we have one more big Division F event...the Divisional Meet!  Rules for the entries to the Divisional meet are special, so unfortunately not all of our Dolphins will be able to represent the team.  There are 35 swimmers who will..  The names and events they are entered can be found on our 2023 Divisional Swimmers page

Congratulate and encourage these swimmers!  If they win at the Divisional Meet they qualify for the PMSL All-Star Meet!  Let's Go NCR!

Your NCR Dolphins are undefeated!  We traveled south to visit the Bannister Barracudas for our final dual meet of the 2023 season and came away with our fifth win! 

NCR: 297
BNS: 169

Complete results are available on our 2023 Meet Results page.

 3 Blue times 6 = a great meet!
There were 6 Triple Blue swimmers at the meet (won all three individual events)

Emma Biondi, NCR
Bella Willis, NCR
Madison Pearson, BNS
Arianna Biondi, NCR
Patrick Willis, NCR
Timothy Brown, BNS

Next up, the 2023 Division F Divisional Meet.  Stay tuned here to see the swimmers who qualified to represent the Dolphins at this penultimate meet of the season!