VIENNA WOODS / HIGHPOINT WRAPS

On Saturday June 25 the Dolphins headed west on Lee Highway for the first meet of the season with Vienna Woods, a team that we last faced in 2014.  This meet was going to be an emotional one as it was going to be the last time Miller Surette would be wearing the green/blue and white in a competitive meet. After  getting in a good warm-up  the Dolphins were ready to test the water, but of course we had to add a bit of water from our home pool before we started to race.  Our 8 and unders would set the mark high with Ryan Latessa winning the first race of the year in free as they would come out even at 9-9.  This would be a sign of how this meet would go as many races were highly contested all the way to the finish. The following Dolphins finished first in both of their individual events; Justin Britton, Ryan Southern, Adam Janicki, Lauren Armstrong, and Emmy Retinger.  They accounted for 60 points with those finishes!  Way to go DOLPHINS!  Other first place finishes Ryan Latessa, Ian Fry, Matthew Janicki, Jack McDonnell, Calvin Marr, Michael Lusick, Josie Wallinger, Elena Summers, Sophia Cloutier and Madeline Ice.  They would account for another 50 points for the dolphins. After the free events the score was 45-45.  During the backstroke events the Dolphins would have 2 sweeps 8 and under girls Lauren Armstrong, Josie Wallinger, Gwen Fry, and the 13-14 boys of Adam Janicki, Ian Fry, and Tate Ward.  The Dolphins however would be outscored 44-46 making the score now LG 89-VW91. It was now time for our breaststrokers to try their luck in the water.  Although we had some very good swims during this stretch,VW was just too strong in this event and outscored the dolphins 51-39 making the score LG 128 - VW 143.  As the fly events started the Dolphins knew they need to rise to the challenge if they were going to get back into the meet, and the 8 and unders would start that trend as they outscored the VW swimmers 17-1 with the girls of Lauren Armstrong, Genevieve Wilson and Maddie McDonnell sweeping the event.  The Dolphins would win 8 out of the 10 fly events outscoring VW 52-38. It was now time for a little break as the relays got ready to swim their races.  The Dolphins would end up winning 7 of the 12 relays and in the last race of the day Elena Summers would hold off the VW swimmer by 0.18 to finish in first place. Additionally Miller Surette would come back in the boys Mixed age relay to finish first in his last race for the Dolphins. The Dolphins finished with 82 personal bests for this meet. It was now time to head back to our place for lunch and a game of sharks and minnows.   On Monday June 27  the rain held off so that the Dolphins could host a meet with the HIPPOS from High Point.  As the night ran on I think it was the only time that I was hoping for thunder or something from the heavens.  We started the meet  giving all the swimmers the opportunity to swim an IM. Probably not a wise choice, but it all worked out.  We got some excellent swims throughout the evening.  Lots of swimmers dropped times throughout the evening and our turns are starting to look better.  The swimmers from both teams followed their last swims with an ice cream social upstairs in the clubhouse.