The 2023 MSL All Stars meet is in the books! Congratulations to all of the swimmers who not only qualified, but excelled today in their races.

It was an exciting day, including the blustery wind that kept us all bundled up longer than we would like, and kept the computer desk folks on their toes. (Special thanks to the swimmers who had to hop into the pool more than once to retrieve a wayward clipboard!)

According to the scoring report, there were 249 best times this year for a total time drop of 208 seconds in individual events. Add to that 7 pool records broken and only ONE DQ recorded, and it was an inspiring day of swimming. What a great opportunity for our fastest swimmers to test themselves against the league’s best! I loved hearing the teams cheering for their swimmers during the events, and I know that outside of individual teams, there is a sense of camaraderie amongst all of the swimmers.

It was a unique challenge for our team (Rolling Hills), with a relatively inexperienced board and who have hosted exactly two home dual meets this year after a three year break with no meets hosted, to host such an important meet at a pool that we are not familiar with. We could not have pulled it off without the incredible generosity and leadership of the Tidalwaves crew.

We are so thankful to you for all of the help and support – and we learned so much! It was also an honor to work with all of the MSL reps, presidents, coaches, and especially the volunteer coordinators – your volunteers all showed up on time and ready to work!. A successful day for the entire league!

TRIPLE WINNERS:

Adriana Newman (Girls 8-and-under) NOV 25 free, 25 fly, 100 IM
Gavin Schwartz (Boys 8-and-under) SVSS 25 back, 25 fly, 100 IM
Elsa Kastner (Girls 11-12) SHST 50 free, 50 fly, 100 IM
Nate Greenberg (Boys 13-14) SHST 50 free, 50 breast, 100 IM
Annika Hakes (Girls 15-18) SRBY 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 IM
Jackson Stewart (Boys 15-18) SRBY 100 free, 50 back, 50 fly

Pool Records:

Mixed 15-18 200 medley relay
Old: MR-ORCA MR-ORCA 1:51.37 06/22/2019
N. Jasko, J. Ferrara, K. Yu, D. Cribbin
New: Strawberry Seals SRBY 1:51.32
Maeve McAuley, Annika Hakes, Jackson Stewart, Ewan Smith

Boys 13-14 50 free
Old: Haydn Fischer MR-SVSS :23.11 06/28/2014
New: Nate Greenberg SHST :23.03

Boys 13-14 50 back
Old: Nolan Andrews MR-SHST :27.54 05/13/2023
New: Nolan Andrews SHST :27.01

Girls 8-and-under 25 fly
Old: Taylor Hadfield MR-WAVE :16.48 06/01/1997
New: Adriana Newman NOV :16.06

Girls 15-18 50 fly
Old: Kayla Yu MR-ORCA :27.57 06/22/2019
New: Annika Hakes SRBY :27.49

Boys 15-18 50 fly
Old: Cole Parker MR-LVST :24.53 06/15/2019
New: Jackson Stewart SRBY :24.43

Mixed 15-18 200 free relay
Old: MR-LVST MR-LVST 1:39.92 06/15/2019
Flynn, Naftzger, Abeck, Parker
New: Strawberry Seals SRBY 1:39.18
Maeve McAuley, Annika Hakes, Jackson Stewart, Ewan Smith

All-Stars Record:

Girls 8-and-under 25 fly
Old: Reese Burns SVSS :16.07 2011
New: Adriana Newman NOV :16.06

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MWWD: number and percentage of best times: 38 69.09% – 22 swimmers with at least one best time:
SM: number and percentage of best times: 14 63.64% – 9 swimmers with at least one best time:
NOV: number and percentage of best times: 19 63.33% – 12 swimmers with at least one best time:
LVST: number and percentage of best times: 15 62.50% – 10 swimmers with at least one best time:
ORCA: number and percentage of best times: 23 53.49% – 16 swimmers with at least one best time:
WAVE: number and percentage of best times: 35 52.24% – 19 swimmers with at least one best time:
SVSS: number and percentage of best times: 25 50.00% – 17 swimmers with at least one best time:
SRBY: number and percentage of best times: 31 48.44% – 21 swimmers with at least one best time:
SHST: number and percentage of best times: 44 41.12% – 32 swimmers with at least one best time:
RHS: number and percentage of best times: 5 35.71% – 3 swimmers with at least one best time:

Coming Soon: The rotation schedule for hosting All Stars.