TVL Meet Results

I posted the TVL meet results, as well as the Nashoba Valley Results, on the Swim Team HABA Website

Note also that Rachel Sullivan set the HHS Girls 1 Meter Diving School Record at TVLs- Congrats Rachel!

Good luck at sectionals to Christina, Nina, Brittany, Rachel, Eliza, Lisa, and Danielle!

TVL Meet Results & Sectional Info

Congrats to all the kids for great performances last Sunday at the TVL meet. I have the results and will update the website soon for all the meets of the season.
Congrats to the TVL Champs:

1. Girls 200 Yd Medley - Christina B., Brittany C., Nina S. and Danielle P.
2. Girls 1 M Diving - Rachel S.
3. Girls 100 Yd Free - Nina S.
4. Girls 100 Yd Back - Christina B.
5. Girls 100 Yd Breastroke - Brittany C,

Note that the girls took 1st in 5 of the 12 girls events - pretty impressive

This weekend is the Sectionals at MIT. The Girls (Central South) are on Sunday at MIT - 4:15 start (pool opens at 2:45) Information links are:

1. Girls Psych Sheet - these are the seedings of the swimmers/divers, and what heat they will be in http://miaa.ezstream.net/index.cfm?itemid=6432

2. MIT pool information http://www.miaa.net/MIT-Information-Swim.pdf

3. Sectional/State Winter format - tournament information http://www.miaa.net/swim-winter-10-11-format.pdf

Holliston has the following entries for the Girls Central/South (sorry if I miss any - I'm just searching from the psyche sheets) - Brian and Charlotte have the official lists

1. 200 Yard medley Relay team - Christina B., Brittany C., Nina S. and Danielle P
2. 200 Yard IM - Nina S.
3. 50 Yard Free - Christina B. and Brittany C.
4. 1 m diving (11 dives) Rachel S. Eliza C. and Lisa P.
5. 100 Yd Free - Nina S.
6. 200 Yd Free Relay - Danielle, Brittany, Christina and Nina
7. 100 Yd Backstroke - Christina B.
8. 100 Yd Breaststroke - Brittany C.

Congrats and good luck to the girls! This is a great, fun event. I plan to come watch the girls - many of them came last year to root on Matt andTroy. Their support was really appreciated - Matt set the meet record last year and that event was recorded and used as his selection for HS All American. I hope some teammates will come support this years kids as well!

I find it really impressive the # and quality of kids representing HHS this year. A tribute to their hard work, as well as Brian and Charlotte's coaching. And being partial to diving, for HHS to be represented by 3 divers is incredible! I'm not sure HHS has ever had a girl diver in sectionals. FYI - the championships in diving require each diver to perform 11 dives vs. 6 at regular meets.

If anyone has any questions on logistics for spectators, feel free to contact me or call. Other sectionals are scheduled throughout the weekend as well.

Jan 29 updates to HABA Swim Team Site

I updated the Swim Team website with the results of last weeks Medfield.Ashland tri-meet.  The following were updated:
1.  Individual Results and Medfield & Ashland meet results
2.  Post Season Qualifiers - Nina Sparre added a qualification for States in the 500 yd Free!  Rachel Sullivan and Eliza Chemini qualified for States/Sectional
3.  Added 2 articles from the Tab in the "in the News" page
4.  Updated team calendar with the February times

I'll update with Nashoba results when I get them

HABA Swim Site updated for 2010-11 Season

I have updated the HABA website with info to date on the 2010-11 Swim Team. The link to this site is:
http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/sports_Swimming_Diving.html

I also hope to, when and if I get a chance, to migrate or at least update the Swim Team Blog page (http://hollistonswimanddive.blogspot.com/) – try to get it off the HABA site and stand alone. If it’s not too hard to do . . . This site lets us post pictures and videos

Anyhow, hope this site helps. Please let me know of any mistakes or suggestions. Also, would love to get pictures and/or videos to post. Also – if anyone has copies of any news articles (Tab, Metrowest, etc) send them and I’ll post.

Data on the site.

1st, from the meet results, congratulations to Christina Belforti for qualifying for Sectionals and States in the 100yd Backstroke and Sectionals in the 100 yd free, Brittany Cuevas for qualifying for Sectionals and States in the 100yd Breaststroke, and Nina Sparre for qualifying for Sectionals in the 100 yd Butterfly, the 100 yd freestyle, and the 500 yard freestyle. Great jobs and hopefully there will be more qualifiers in the remaining meets. Note that Rachel Sullivan and Lisa Paecht have gotten scores for 1 meet that qualify, but for diving, 2 meets are required and 11 different dives must be “qualified”. However, they are well on their way !

So, quick overview of what’s on the website

1. Schedule – a copy of the schedule – taken from the schedule Brain Handed out. This version is info only – any changes or updates from Brian is the official schedule. Any questions – check with Brian, Charlotte, or the Captains

2. Results – this is the most fun. This page has lots of info – meet results, individual swimmer times, post season qualifiers, participants in meets, team best times/scores. For each individual swimmer, their times for each event per meet is listed, and their best time is indicated. Also, if the time is good enough to qualify for states or sectionals, that will be displayed. Also listed is the number of seconds needed to improve the time by to qualify. These files are nice as each swimmer can see their improvements over time

3. In the News Tab – nothing yet – send along anything and I’ll add it

4. Order of Events – including a description and how scoring at a meet is done. One thing to mention – once a team has achieved enough points to win a meet, the officials will sometime stop scoring them – a sort of “mercy” rule. You might notice that for some of the later events, one team will not have points added because of this

5. Diving info (my favorite)– some nice info on dive types, scoring, degree of difficulty tables, etc.

6. Post Season Qualifiers and Post Season Qualification Standards.

7. HHS School Records

8. Some FAQs from the past

9. Results and info from the past 2 seasons



Have fun digging around the site – hope it’s helpful.

Matt Flynn Awarded 2010 HS All American

I just found out last night that Matt was selected as a HS All American in diving.

It’s a great way for him to end his HS career! His performances at the 11 dive State Sectional meet qualified him for consideration, and a tape of that meet was sent in to the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association. AAU Diving coaches then took all tapes of HS divers from the entire country and judged each diver – ie did not just use scores but actually judged each diver as if it were a live meet. The top 130 divers in the nation are then named All American – less than 1% of the divers.

To the best of my knowledge, there have been only 3 other All Americans from HHS in all sports.

What a great ride it has been - but Matt and I will both say the best thing about it has been his time spent with his teammates, coaches and parents.

Thanks Class of 2010

The graduating seniors of the co-ed swimming and diving team developed a strong bond, maybe by dealing with some nuances of the sport like occasional early morning practices and always changing pool time. Captains Julie Beauchemin and Matt Flynn, along with Chloe Chen Krauss, Steph Ydoate, and Troy Hutchinson persevered as members of a small team with very talented athletes who often could not compete with other teams in the powerhouse Dual County Swim league. This year, these seniors led the growing HHS Swim and Diving team to a 3rd place finish in the inaugural season of the TVL coed league. Individually, each of these seniors qualified at least once in their HS career for post season Sectional and State Championships. Jess Harrison was State Champ in 2008 in the 500 yard freeestyle, while 1 meter diving school record holder Matt Flynn was a two time Sectional Champion – breaking the meet record this year, and runner up in the State championships. Steph Ydoate joined Matt as a 1st team TVL All-star, with Matt also being a 2 time 1st team MWDN 1st team All Star. And to close out his HHS diving career, Matt was recently named a 2010 High School All-American honors – making him one of the top 130 HS divers in the country

TVL Meet Net News Article

The Holliston High School Swimming and Diving Team completed it’s regular season with a solid 3rd place finish in the First Annual Tri-Valley League Swimming and Diving Championship meet held Monday night at Wheaton College.


While official results are yet to be posted, Coach Brian Porter and Diving Coach Charlotte Rea enabled great performances by the kids, including helping 9 team members meet qualifying standards for post-season championships, which start this upcoming weekend.

The Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Team and 400 Yard Freestyle team both swam State Sectional Qualifying times. This, along with previously qualified 200 Yard Medley Relay and another 200 Yard Freestyle team, allowed coaches Porter and Rea to enter 7 girls in Saturday’s Central/South State Sectional Championship meet being held at MIT. These swimmers are Seniors Julie Beauchemin and Stephanie Ydoate, Sophomores Christina Belforti and Rachel Dinehart, and Freshman Carolyn Banak, Danielle Potemri, and Brittany Cuevas.

Christina Belforti also swam a state championship qualifying time in the 100 Yard Backstroke, which allows her to compete in this event not only this week, but the following Sunday at the Division 2 State Championships at Harvard University.

On the Boys side, Senior Matt Flynn capped an undefeated season by winning the TVL 1 Meter Diving Title with a personal best and new HHS 1 Meter Diving record of 321.15 – exceeding his previous high by over 40 points. Senior Troy Hutchinson qualified for his 1st Sectional Championships with a personal best score of 191.05. Both Troy and Matt will compete Sunday in the Boys Sectionals at MIT, with Matt also competing the following week at the State Championship meet at Harvard.

Other notable performances will be updated when the official scores come in. But Lisa Paecht took 3rd place in the girls 1M diving event – an outstanding accomplishment for this 1st year diver.

TVL Meet Prelim results

Official results and times from the TVL meet haven’t been sent out yet, so I can’t update any information yet, But my sense from watching everyone was that there were a lot of good performance.


What I do know is that it seems that those kids that were on the cusp of qualifying for post season times did. Here is what I understand for Post Season

• Christina Belforti improved her previous sectional qualifying time in the 100 Yard Backstroke to also qualify for States

• Matt Flynn won the TVL Diving Championship with a Personal Best and new HHS 6 Dive School record of 321.15 – a 40+ increase in his previous best. Matt is also a State Qualifier for HHS

For Sectionals:

• Troy Hutchinson culminates his HHS Diving career by qualifying for Sectionals in 1 M diving. Troy took second in the TVL with a personal best of 191.05, and qualified his 11th different dive.

• The girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay and the 400 Yard Free Relay both qualified for sectionals. So with these results, Steph Ydoate and Carolyn Banak have both become Sectional Qualifiers.

So here are the Participants for this weekend’s Sectionals:

Boys

Matt Flynn
Troy Hutchinson

Girls

Julie Beauchemin
Stephanie Ydoate
Christina Belforti
Rachel Dinehart
Danielle Potemri
Brittany Cuevas
Carolyn Banak

Great job by these swimmers, as well as Brian and Charlotte for helping them achieve their goals, and mixing up swimmers across the relays to get multiple kids into the sectionals!

Having worked and scored diving, I do know that Lisa Paecht came in 3rd in the TVL diving, with an outstanding score of 167.1 This is a Sectional qualifying score – outstanding for a 1st year diver. Next year, Lisa will certainly have 11 dives required for her to be in sectionals, and I’m putting my money on her for states as well!

A clarification to some questions I heard yesterday. Hopkinton came into the meet with TVL Champions T-shirts. This raised some eyebrows, as it seemed presumptuous before the TVL meet was even held (DSM, BTW, would up winning last night in a tight race over Hopkinton – our 2nd place girls relay team was the difference in the meet – if Hopkinton had come in 2nd instead of us, they would have won the meet).

However, here is the official explanation – I spoke to Jim Carboneau about this. Hopkinton is the season TVL Champion. League rules declare the champion only based on the regular season. The TVL meet is just a qualifying meet – it allows kids to see how they stack up across the league and allows them to qualify for sectionals and states, but has no bearing as a team in the league championship.

So, indeed, Hopkinton is the official TVL Champion.

Banquet Info

This year’s HHS Swimming and Diving Team Dinner will be held on Thursday, March 4th starting at 6PM.


This year it will be held at the Fairview at Pinecrest – which is the clubhouse at the Pinecrest golf course. Rossi’s restaurant in Millis – where we held the banquet last year – now operates this facility and will cater it for us. We’ll have a similar Italian Buffet as last year.

I’ve reserved it to start at 6PM, with the dinner buffet starting at 6:30. Cost will be approximately $20.00 per person, and parents and siblings are invited. Pinecrest can hold up to 115 guests, so we will have to limit it if it gets to that size. But I don’t anticipate we will fill up.

The approximate $20.00 cost includes the meal, catering, and soft drinks, as well as coaches gifts. Rossi’s is giving us a nice discount, and HABA contributes some $ to offset the costs.

Please send me an e-mail if you plan to come or not, just so I can start getting an idea of how many people we will have. I will send out an “official” invitation e-mail shortly with final details and costs, and where to send your payment. We need to provide the caterers from Rossi the final number and payment by February 25th, which is less than 3 weeks away, with February vacation in the middle.

For those of you who haven’t attended these, it’s a fun night, good food, and ends with coaches awards, team awards, and other nice things that are put together.

Hope to see you all there.

Here’s a link to Fairview’s website:
http://www.thefairviewatpinecrest.com/Daily%20Menus.htm

And the buffet menu:
http://www.thefairviewatpinecrest.com/Daily%20Menus_files/PC%20buffet.pdf

A few things that might be of interest to you for the swim team.

A few scheduling things. Next Thursday and Friday, the Keefe Tech pool time is 5:30-7:00 AM. These are the mornings of finals. Jim Carboneau, the AD, has offered to rent the Milford Pool on Friday evening for the team, so that they can still have their work-out and practice (Jim also wanted it to be a fun practice for the kids so they can unwind after finals). So I believe Brian will make the morning practices of Finals either optional or cancelled altogether, and if the Milford Pool can be rented, have practice then. Brian should be letting all the kids know.

Another thing to get more pool time for the swimmers will be done on Sundays. While M-F practices are for the Swim and Diving Team, Sundays now will be Swim Team only. That way, the lanes taken up by the divers will be used for swimmers, and both coaches will be able to work with all the swimmers.

Only 3 meets left of the season, followed by the TVL Championship meet on February 8th, which will mark the end of the season for most kids. However, several kids will move on to the Sectionals and States – with some swimmers not qualified yet but pretty close. Last Monday, the Girls 200 IM Relay team of Christina Belforti, Brittany Cuevas, Julie Beauchemin, and Danielle Potemri qualified for the Sectionals, joining Matt who qualified for both Sectionals and States. http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/Results/2009-2010/2009-10_Post_Season_Qualifiers.pdf

Several swimmers have times that are close to qualifying, including Christina Belforti (missed by just 0.03 seconds in the 100 yard backstroke), Danielle Potemri (50 Free) and Steph Ydoate (100 Free). Times to improve for qualifying can be found for each swimmer in their result sheet (3rd column).  http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/Results/2009-2010/individual_results.html .

All of the kids results, as well as best team times, are on the web at  http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/Results/2009-2010/2009-10_results.html Many kids have shown great improvements in their times, and they can see this on their sheets. Hopefully, with good practices these next 2 weeks, they can improve on their performances!

Finally, a nice article was put in the Tab this week. It started with some bland words I submitted with all the kids mentioned (basically what I sent out a week or so ago and what was posted on Holliston Net News, but was then enhanced with quotes from Brian and others. I posted a copy of it on the “In the News” area of the website. The link to the article itself is  http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/In_the_News/2009-10/Swim_Team_Tab_Article_Jan_14.jpg

HHS Swimming and Diving vs. King Philip

The Holliston Swimming and Diving Team showed continued improvement in it’s most recent meet – a dual meet held Tuesday, Jan 12th at Keefe Tech against non-league opponent King Philip.
The HHS girls team fell to 1 and 1 (1-0 TVL) 97 – 70. The lone 1st place finish by the Panthers was turned in by the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Team of Britany Cuevas, Rachel Dinehart, Haley Bouley, and Carolyn Banak. Other notable performances were turned in by the 200 Yard Individual Medley Relay team of Christina Belforti, Stephanie Ydoate, Julie Beauchemin, and Danielle Potemri (just 1.16 seconds shy of qualifying for the state sectional championships). Season Best Team times were turned in by Julie Beauchemin (200 Yard IM), Haley Bouley (500 Yard Freestyle) and Brittany Cuevas (100 Yard Breaststroke. Lisa Paetch also recently made her HHS 1 Meter Diving debut with a solid score of 116.65.
The undermanned Boys team fell to 0-2 (0-1 TVL) with a 95 to 74 loss. 1st place finishes where turned in by Peter Skarmeas (100 yard backstroke), Cody Veidelis (100 Yard Breaststroke), Matt Flynn (1 M Diving), and the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Evan Vasilauskas, Marshall Cohen, Connor Doyle, and Matt Flynn. Other notable performances were turned in by Troy Hutchinson (personal best 158.95 in 1 Meter Diving, 1.05 points shy of State Sectional qualifying score), Ryan McGee (teams season best time in 200 yard Individual Medley), Evan Vasilauskas (team seasons best time in 50 yard freestyle), and Cody Veidelis (teams season best time in 100 yard breaststroke.
At this meet, nearly every HHS swimmer improved their times for a season best, showing the training and practice they have been putting in this season is paying dividends, not only for the team but also for individual performances. With 2 weeks before the next HHS meet (Jan 26 vs. Mansfield at Wheaton College), the team plans to continue training with hopes to further improve their personal bess and qualify swimmers and divers for post Season Sectional and State Championships held in February.

HHS Wins Coed Swim Meet at Norton

On Weds, Dec. 12th, HHS Swimming won it’s first Tri Valley League Coed Swim Meet with a 90 to 79 victory over host Norton at Wheaton College.
Freshman Carolyn Banak won a very exciting 100 Yard Butterfly, passing Norton’s boy butterflier at the wall to win by less than 1 second. Senior Captain Julie Beauchemin also swam an exciting race in the 200 Yard Individual Medley, being out-touched at the wall by less than ½ second by Norton’s male winner.
Other first place winners were the 200 Yard Medley Relay team of Christina Belforti, Brittany Cuevas, David Kreigsman, and Ryan McGee, freshman Ryan McGee won the 100 yard freestyle, Christina Belforti placed first in the 100 yard backstroke, and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Marshall Cohen, Brittany Cuevas, Danielle Potemri, and David Kreigsman also won their event. Holliston’s 1 meter divers, seniors Matt Flynn and Troy Hutchinson, place first and second in their event.

Holliston’s next meet is a TVL Coed meet vs. Dover-Sherborn / Medfield next Monday at 7PM, home at Keefe Tech.

HHS Swimming and Diving 2009-2010 Season Kickoff

The Holliston High School Swimming and Diving team has kicked off its 2009-2010 season in a new fashion. After many years as a member of the Dual County League, Holliston now joins a new co-ed league started by the Tri Valley League (TVL). The new TVL swim league is comprised of teams from Holliston, Ashland, Hopkinton, Dover Sherborn / Medfield, and Norton. Different from the DCL, which had the majority of swim meets as dual meets (boys vs. boys and girls vs. girls), the new TVL is holding co-ed meets, where both boys and girls compete together. This provides unique challenges and opportunities, as 3rd year coach Brian Porter and his 1st year assistant coach Charlotte Rae must balance boys and girls and place them in the most appropriate event to maximize points for the team while still creating opportunities for the athletes to improve their skills and try to qualify for post-season championship events.


With 39 athletes, including 29 sophomore and freshmen, the HHS swim program is beginning to grow in numbers. This is good news for the future of the HHS Swim Program.

The team is led by senior captains Julie Beauchemin and Matt Flynn. Both Julie and Matt, along with senior Stephanie Ydoate and sophomores Rachel Dinehart and Christina Belforti, qualified for post season championship meets last season and will provide experience and leadership this year to the underclassmen. Returning senior lettermen Troy Hutchinson and Chloe Chen-Kraus are steady point providers for the team again this year. Flynn currently holds the HHS school record in 1 meter diving, and is the first HHS athlete to qualify for this year’s post-season state championships.

The junior class is led by David Kreigsman and Sam Wolpert, with returning teammates Melissa Bennie and Maeve Norton. Cheynna Crowley is serving as the team manager this season as she recovers from an injury.

The depth of the team starts with the 16 sophomores. Returning letter winners Haley Bouley, Marshall Cohen, Conor Doyle, Hannah Driscoll, Brianna Fierro, Ariel Holman, Jameson Luskay, Duncan Robertson, and Taylor Savage are joined by a good group of first time teammates Elana Cole, Kendall Klein, Lisa Paecht, Peter Skarmeas and Alyssa Venderbeek.

Rounding out the team are the 13 freshman, some of whom bring swimming experience from club teams and have made immediate impact to the team. The freshmen are Carolyn Banak, Kierra Collins, Olena Cook, Brittany Cuevas, Liam Delaney, Teddy Flynn, Ryan McGee, Danielle Potremi, Amanda Ray, Mali Rose, Evan Vasilaukas, Cody Veidelis, and May Yawakawa. Banak and McGee have already won individual events in their just starting HHS experience.

Coach Porter swam for Holliston during his high school years, where he holds the HHS records in the 50 Yard Freestyle and the 100 Yard Butterfly. He also swam in college at UMASS. In addition to assisting Coach Porter with the swimmers, Assistant Coach Charlotte Rae provides a new expertise to the team. Charlotte is a former springboard diver, having competed in college at Brandeis University. With the returning divers of Flynn and Hutchinson being seniors, Coach Rae is working with new divers Lisa Paecht and Mali Rose to ensure the team continues to compete in the diving events in years to come.

The team practices at Keefe Tech, and home meets are also held at Keefe Tech. The 8 regular season meets are held through February 4th, followed by the TVL championships on February 8. Those swimmers and divers who meet qualification standards are eligible for further tournaments, including the MIAA Sectional Tournaments held February 13-14 at MIT, and the State Tournaments, held February 20-21 at Harvard. Further information on the Holliston Swim team can be found at the Swimming and Diving home sports page on the Holliston Athletic Boosters Association (HABA) website http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/sports_Swimming_Diving.html

Results of Boys' State Championship Meet

The Holliston Swimming and Diving team completed it’s 2008-2009 season Saturday at the Boy’s Division II State Championships at Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool. Coach Brian Porter’s Holliston team finished in 25th out of 35 teams, with 12 points

The team was represented at states by Junior Matt Flynn, who competed in the 1 Meter Diving Event, and Freshman Bobby Beauchemin, who swam the 500 yard Freestyle.

Matt came in an impressive 3rd place to a very deep field of divers, scoring a new HHS School record of 450.85 for 11 dives.

Bobby also swam a very strong race, taking 2nd place in his heat and 18th overall. Bobby improved on his season’s best time by 1 second with a 5:16.50.

Results can be found at http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/Results/2009_State_Division_2_Boys_Swimming_and_Diving_Results.pdf

Results of Girl's Sectional Championship Meet

Molly Curry, Anna Montain, Katie Oertel, Julie Beachemin, Stephanie Ydoate, and Rachel Dinehart represented HHS Girls Swimming in last Sunday's (2/15) Girls Sectional Meet. The 200 yard Individually Medley team of Rachel, Stephanie, Julie and Molly placed 25th, the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Anna, Molly, Julie and Stephanie took almost 2 seconds off their best time in coming in 19th place, and the 400 Freestyle Relay team of Molly, Anna, Katie, and Stephanie improved their seasons best by almost 4 seconds in finishing 17th!

Great job!

Results can be found at the HABA website Swimming and Diving pages:

http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/Results/Girls_2009_Sectionals.pdf

Results of Boys' Sectional Championship Meet

Junior Diver Matt Flynn and Freshman swimmer Bobby Beauchemin represented the Holliston High School Swimming and Diving team at today’s MIAA Boys’ Central and South Sectional Swimming and Diving Championships held at MITs pool.

Matt Flynn is this year’s Sectional Champion, setting a HHS 11 dive school record with a score of 443 points, beating a field of 21 divers who qualified for this post season event.

Bobby Beauchemin qualified for the State championship meet in the 500 yard freestyle, with a personal best of 5:17.42. Bobby also just missed qualifying for the 100 yard backstroke by 0.68 seconds with a time of 1:03.68.

Both Matt and Bobby will represent HHS Swimming and Diving at next Saturday’s State Championships at Harvard University.

Pictures and an article are on today's Holliston Net News site http://www.hollistonnetnews.com/viewnews.asp?cid=81&cname=Sports%20&%20Recreation

Sunday, the HHS girls will be represented at the Girl’s Sectional Meet by Seniors Molly Curry, Anna Montain, and Katie Oertel, Junior’s Julie Beauchemin and Stephanie Ydoate, and freshmen Rachel Dinehart and Christina Belforti.

Results of Thursday's Concord Carlisle Meet

HHS dropped their dual meets last night to DCL powerhouse Concord Carlisle. Despite the setback, the Girls 400 Freestyle Relay Team of Anna Montain, Julie Beauchemin, Stephanie Ydoate, and Molly Curry qualified for the Sectionals with a time of 4:17.53.
On the girls side, CC won 91-66. In addition to the 1st place finish of the 400 Free Relay team, HHS got strong performances from Rachel Dinehart (50 Free and 100 yard Breastroke), Katie Oertel (100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke), Ariel Holman (50 Free), Kasia McCormick (100 Free), Haley Bouley (500 Free) and Chloe Chen Kraus (100 Breaststroke). The 200 yard Freestyle relay team of Ariel Holman, Jessica Goeller, Brianna Fierro, and Maeve Norton and the 400 freestyle realy team of Hannah Driscoll, Taylor Savage, Meredith Dowd and Cheynna Crowley continue to show improving performances.
The boys fell 88-76. The team was led by Bobby Beauchemin, who won the 200 and 500 freestyle events. Matt Flynn came in 2nd in the 1 meter diving, where the top 3 finishers where witning 7 points of each other. Brady Culver (4th place) and Troy Hutchinson (5th place) also dove well, separated from each other by only 1 point. Patrick Lanciault swam strong races in the 100 yard butterfly and the 100 yard backstroke. Conor Doyle and Sam Wolpert paced Holliston in the 50 freestyle, while Marshall Cohen and Jameson Luskay swam good races in the grueling 500 yard freestyle. Duncan Robertson continues to improve with a strong performance in the 100 yard breaststroke, and David Kriegsman continues to impress in the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard breaststroke.
Both HHS teams drop to 2-7 on the season. The next scheduled meet is Friday, 1/30 at Wayland HS.
Thanks to the helpers at last nights meet: Pat Montain (where rumor has it that she could not be pried away from Lane 1 timing after her last home meet as a swim parent - we'll be taking applications and holding interviews for that crucial position for next year, unless she is still there), Charlie Ydoate, Suzan Culver, Beth Flynn, Tom and Lynn Oertel, Amy Curry and Bob Lanciault.

Results of Tuesday's (1/20) Meet vs. Dover Sherborn Medfield

The Holliston High School Swimming and Diving Boys and Girls teams lost their Dual Meets against Dover-Sherborn/Medfield Tuesday at Keefe Tech, by scores of 91-74 and 89-72, respectively. Despite the setback, 16 athletes turned in personal best performances, led by Matt Flynn who extended his HHS School Record in the 1 Meter Diving with a score of 274.125.

Personal Bests in the individual events were turned in by the following swimmers:

Katie Oertel in the 500 Free
Kasia McCormick in the 200 IM
Lisa Elkan in the 100 Breaststroke
Stephanie Ydoate in the 200 Free and 100 Breast
Melissa Bennie in the 200 Free
Haley Bouley in the 50 Free and 500 Free
Christina Belforti in the 100 Backstroke
Rachel Dinehart in the 100 Breaststroke

Patrick Lanciault in the 200 Free
Troy Hutchinson in the 100 Backstroke
Brady Culver in the 50 Free and 100 Yd Backstroke
Sam Wolpert in the 50 Free
Duncan Robertson in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke
Marshall Cohen in the 500 Free
Conor Doyle in the 100 Free

These personal bests, along with continuous improvements in the relay events and improvements by all athletes, is a reward for the work at practices, and the coaching being received from Brian, Don and Steve Summers in Diving.

HHS Boys and Girls teams both stand at 2-6. The next meet is Wednesday at Keefe Tech at 8PM vs. Concord Carlisle.

Check out the results which I posted on the website. There are a few times that are within reach of qualifying for sectionals – with 3 dual meets and the DCL Championships remaining, there are 4 more opportunities! We have 8 athletes in 4 different events so far in the post season!

Team Pictures were taken by Henry Studios – every kid on the team was there (and lookin’ good!). These pics include the photo for the yearbook, and you can order prints at the banquet if you desire – Henry donates the proceeds from these sales to HABA. They also have action shots from the meet – contact them if you would like to see them as well.

It was great to see every kid at the meet. I spoke with Jim Carboneau, the HHS Athletic Director, who was in the stands and he was pleased to see the performances and improvements of the kids.

Thanks to the volunteers for timing and score-keeping:

Bob Beauchemin, Lynn and Tom Oertel, Pat Montain (Lane 1 expert), Amy Curry, Beth Flynn (she has no choice since I’m doing the recruiting), Suzan Culver, Pat Hutchinson, and Ed Kriegsman – Hope I’m not forgetting anyone!

End of Season Info

I’ve gotten a few questions on what happens at the end of the season, especially with regards to Sectionals and States, and associated practices. I’ve updated the schedule to the best of my knowledge on the website http://www.hollistonhaba.com/pdf_files/Sports/Swimming/Swim_Team_Calendar.pdf - always subject to change ;-)

First, the regular season concludes officially at the completion of the Dual County League (DCL) championship meets, which concludes on February 7th.

There are 4 meets remaining, 2 this week (Tues. 1/20 and Weds 1/21), one next week (Friday 1/30), and the final Dual Meet Monday February 2nd.

The DCL Championships are split in to 4 meets, 2 diving events, and 2 swimming events. Boys Diving only is Weds, 2/4 , while Girls Diving only is 2/5, both at CC at 3:30. Boys Swimming DCL Championship is Friday, 2/6 at 5PM, and Girls is Saturday 2/7 at 10:00 AM, both at the Atkinson pool in Sudbury.

Other than the 500 Free, there are no qualifying standards for the DCL http://www.hollistonhaba.com/pdf_files/Sports/Swimming/08-09_qualifying_standards.pdf That means that Brian and Dom will fill the rosters, but I would guess that most if not all kids will participate in these events.

So, in short, the last day of the season for all kids not participating in Sectionals or States will be Saturday, Feb 7th.

For those kids moving on to sectionals or states http://www.hollistonhaba.com/Pages/Sports/Swimming/post-season-qualifiers.html practice will continue after that. Brian and Dom will work practice times. I would think that for kids not competing in sectionals or states, practice would not be required. But that would be up to Brian and Dom.

Results of 1/16 meet vs. Mansfield - Girls 200 IM Qualified for Sectionals!

The Holliston Girls and Boys Swimming and Diving teams lost their respective Dual Meets Friday night vs. a strong, large Mansfield teams.

On the girls side, Mansfield outpaced Holliston 91 to 74. 1st place finishers were Rachel Dinehart in the 100 yard breaststroke, and the 400 yard Freestyle Relay team of Anna Montain, Molly Curry, Julie Beauchemin, and Stephanie Ydoate. While coming in 2nd, the 200 yard Individual Medley Team of Christina Belforti, Stephanie Ydoate, Julie Beauchemin, and Molly Curry qualified for the Sectional Championship meet with a qualifying time of 2:11.25. Other strong performances were turned in by Molly Curry (2nd in the 50 Free), Christina Belforti (2nd in the 100 butterfly), and the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Katie Oertel, Christina Belforti, Rachel Dinehart, and Anna Montain (2nd place)

The Boys lost 99 to 72. First place finishes were earned by Bobby Beauchemin (200 yard freestyle), Matt Flynn (1 Meter Diving), David Kriegsman (100 yard breaststroke), and the 400 freestyle relay team of Pat Lanciault, Davied Kriegsman, Brady Culver and Bobby Beauchemin. 2nd place finishers included Troy Hutchinson in 1 meter diving, and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Jamison Luskay, Duncan Robertson, Conor Doyle, and Sam Wolpert.

Both the girls and boys records stand at 2 -5. The teams next meet is Tuesday, January 20th at 3:30 vs. Dover/Sherborn/Medfield at Keefe Tech.