65 RMSC swimmers travelled to Richmond, VA to compete in the Speedo Super Sectionals, on May 13-16. The meet featured top swimmers from over 50 teams covering the entire Eastern Zone (Maine to Virginia). Swimmers competed in Long Course meters, which was challenging, as only a handful of our swimmers had competed in long course since August, 2019 due to COVID. But the RMSC swimmers rose to the challenge, and came away with the Team Title in the Men’s, Women’s and Combined divisions.
Perhaps the biggest highlight of the meet was Abby Carr’s 3rd place finish in 100 fly (1:00.32), which qualified her to represent RMSC at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha next month. It was also a 17-18 and Senior Team record. Abby also finished 3rd in 200 fly and 6th in 100 back. Adriano Arioti rewrote the record books as well, finishing 3rd in 400 IM (4:34.48), 6th in 200 IM (2:07.42), and 9th in 200 fly (2:04.98), all in 13-14 Team records. Toby Barnett broke the 15-16 Team record in 200 breast (2:21.75) with a 3rd place finish, and added a 6th in 400 IM and 7th in 200 IM. Alvin Kimwon had our top individual finish with a 1st place in 200 breast (2:19.94). Madison Smith was our team’s leading scorer at the meet with 59 points. She placed 3rd in 400 free, 4th in 1500 free, and 5th in 200 free and 800 free.
Joyce Wu was 3rd in 100 breast, and added another top 16 finish. Sean Santos was 4th in 1500 free, 8th in 400 free, and had two other top 16 finishes. Hanna Bingley was 4th in 100 breast and 7th in 200 breast. Sarah Culkin was 4th in 200 back, and added two other top 16 finishes, while Pierre Zeineddin was 4th in 200 fly and added another top 16 finish. Isla Bartholomew and Jed Garner were each 4th in 200 breast, girls and boys. Carly Sebring was 6th in 200 IM and had three other top 16 finishes, while Nina Allen was 6th in 50 free.
Also scoring for the club by finishing in the top 16 were: Melina Anschutz, Brady Begin, Katherine Blake, Orluke Borjigin, Adrianna Caponiti, James Case, Sean Colson, Erin Haines, Liam McDonough, Niko Natsvlishvili, Everett Oehler, Rachel Soubier, Livia Venditti, and Maria Webb. In addition, the following swimmers made finals appearances by placing in the top 24: Sean Davis, Connor Decatur, Emma Dorsey, Sophie Elliott, Gabe Fouts, Jack Ossi, Luciana Ossi, and Katy Wade.
Congratulations to all swimmers and coaches on the total team effort and hard fought victory. And best of luck to Abby at Olympic Trials!
