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Sterling (Jan. 22, 2008) – You could say they were just testing the waters Satuday as Dulles District swimmers hit the Claude Moore Recreation Center pool just six days before the district meet, but there was a lot more on the line as teams swam to clinch undefeated dual meet seasons.

The Potomac Falls girls and Broad Run boys finished with the perfect marks as the Panther girls (7-0) defeated Briar Woods (5-2) and the Spartan boys (7-o) knocked off Dominion (6-1).

Both the Spartan-Titan boys and girls meets were extremely close with the lead changing sides several times;  The BRHS boys finally secured the lead after Tom Casey, Zac Wojahn and Tim Comstock combined for 19 points in the 100 backstroke. BR prevailed 154-139.

The girls were led by strong performances by the distance swimmers, with Taryn Johnston, Laura Finney and Emily Spencer finishing 1-2-3 in the 200 free and Courtney Lofgren, Emily Spencer and Laura Finney finishing 1-2-4 in the 500 free. The girls final was very close with BR winning, 144-141.
 
BR Boys first place finishers:
200 medley relay:  Tom Casey, Andrew Tram, Cameron Lucas, Brendan Lewis
200 Individual Medley:  Cameron Lucas
50 free:  Brendan Lewis
100 Fly:  Cameron Lucas
500 free:  Mark Sarman
100 back:  Tom Casey
100 ******:  Andrew Tram
400 free relay:  Tom Casey, Zac Wojahn, Mark Sarman, Cameron Lucas
 
BR Girls first place finishers:
200 free:  Taryn Johnston
50 free:  Brittany Dunay
100 fly:  Cheslie Adams
500 free:  Courtney Lofgren
200 free relay:  Brittany Dunay, Abby Pasztor, Taryn Johnston, Chelsie Adams
100 ******:  Chelsie Adams

Highlights for Dominion included the girls 200 Medley Relay team of Jessica Royce, Kimmy Ledwell, Meghan ****, and Nicole ****, which qualified for the state meet. On the boys side,  Callum Lawson finished the season undefeated in individual events. He is a state qualifier in the 50, 100, 200 free, 200 IM, and 100 fly.

The Potomac Falls girls won handily as they secured a 7-o district dual meet season with a 173-113 win over Briar Woods. The Falcons only loss before Saturday was to Heritage.

Highlights for the Panther girls included Caylyn Tate taking first in the 200 Free and the 100 ******.  Bridget Werner took first in the 100 free and 100 Back. Carla Harvey took first in the 100 fly and an inpressive win in the 200 IM dropping three seconds! Kirby shook won the 50 free with a good time of 25.80.

For the Panther girls, the win made it three straight undefeated dual meet seasons and they accomplished that by finishing first in seven of the eight individual events and winning two relays. The Panthers are looking for a third straight district title Friday.

The PF boys also won, 149-135. The PF boys, 5-2 in dual meet action, are looking to win their 7th straight district title Friday.

Heritage Sweeps Loudoun County

Raider Notes:

LCHS Swim Team
Press Release 1/21/08

Location:  Ida Lee Recreation Center
Date/Time:  Saturday, January 19, 2008 @ 6:00 PM
Competitors:  Loudoun County High School vs. Heritage High School

Score: 
Boys – LCHS 123 vs. Heritage HS 159
Girls – LCHS 105 vs. Heritage HS 181

Before honoring their seniors in the final home meet in the regular season, the Raiders took an early lead over Heritage High School this past Saturday night at Ida Lee Recreation Center.  Jeremy Begun (Jr.), Nick Cechak (So.), Justin Zeidman (Jr.), and EJ Poell (Fr.) won the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:52.33, an event the Raiders already have a state qualifying time in.  The lady Raiders 200 Medley Relay, made up of Julie Strange (So.), Suzanne Nelson (Sr.), Hannah Nelson (Sr.), and Rachel Wigfield (Jr.), took two seconds off of their 200 Medley Relay
(2:07.79) – Coaches Nick Grzeda and Kristin Moats expect this relay to qualify for States this upcoming Friday at the District Meet.

Danny Ford (Jr.) took third in the 200 Free (2:26.59), Jeremy Begun
(Jr.) won the 200 IM (2:15.87), in the girls 200 IM Julie Strange (So.) took second place (2:34.96) and Megan Betcher (Jr.) claimed third (2:52.00), while Justin Zeidman (Jr.) and Rachel Wigfield (Jr.) both took second place in the 50 Free with time of 23.84 and 27.57.

At the break after the 50 Free, the Raiders bade farewell to their ten seniors who are graduating this June.  Kelsey Blair, Ashley Cameron, Kempsey Clark, Statia Gibson, Hannah Nelson, Suzanne Nelson, Dani Neuharth-Keusch, Colleen O’Neil, Emily Voreas, and Tyler Willson will be fondly remembered by their teammates and coaches.

It was after the break when Heritage began to take control of the field, but not before Justin Zeidman (Jr.) took first in the 100 Fly (58.76) and Suzanne Nelson (Sr.) took first in the 100 Free (58.17).  Kelly McGrath (So.) claimed third in the 100 Fly (1:22.93), Emily Voreas (Sr.) took third in the 100 Free (1:06.71) and another third came from Danny Ford (Jr.) in the 500 Free (6:45.67). 

Junior Jeremy Begun claimed another undefeated meet in his individual events, coasting to a first place finish with a 1:02.71 in the 100 Backstroke – Begun has already claimed a state qualifying time in this event amongst other events.  Julie Strange (So.) earned at second place finish in the 100 Back with a 1:11.94 and Nick Cechak (So.) earned a best time with his third place finish in the 100 Breaststroke (1:19.25).
 

Senior Suzanne Nelson, who has been the Raider’s hugest asset this season, was outtouched by Heritage’s Kaitlin Pawlowicz in the 100 Breaststroke – Pawlowicz went 1:09.43 and Nelson a 1:09.84.  This is Suzanne’s best time for the season in this event and she will be going for the District title this upcoming Friday. 

Next Friday, January 25th, LCHS will be at Claude Moore Recreation Center for the Dulles District Swim Meet.  The action starts at 7:00 PM.

Heritage showed its depth in winning the meet with Pawlowicz, Nicole Wright and Valerie McMullan all combining to win two relays, the 200 and 400 free. In addition, Pawlowicz captured the 100 ******, Wright the 200 and 500 free and McMullan the 50 free.

Jordan Gold, a winner in the 100 back, was on the winning 400 free relay and Bailey Rember, a winner in the 200 IM, was on the winning 200 relay. Also for the Pride girls, Jessica Sovereign won the 100 fly.

On the boys side, Geoffrey Wright captured the 50 and 100 free and was on the winning 400 free relay along with Randy Mitchell, Ian Frye and Danny Durazo. Mitchell was also on the winning 200 free relay with Korey Flinton, Sam Mull and Dusty Skyler.

Individually, Frye took the 200 free, Durazo the 500 free, and Rick Baker the 100 ******.

Freedom Sweeps Park View

Girls – Team Scores
 1 Freedom High School Swim Team 175 . 50
 2 Park View High School PVHS-VA 110 . 50
 

Boys – Team Scores
 1 Freedom High School Swim Team FHS 182 . 50
 2 Park View High School PVHS-VA 91 . 50

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(Jan. 20, 2008) – Loudoun Valley High School swept Heritage in non-district basketball action Saturday with the Viking boys and girls both holding the Pride to just 39 points.

The Viking boys held the high-scoring Pride to just nine points in the first half.  Josh Mallory had 16 points and eight rebounds and Cody Swain had 13 points and seven rebounds for LV, while DJango DeGree added 10 points.

Perrin Raudabaugh and Jessica Mullen each scored 14 for the LV girls with Dijana Haracic added 12 points. Necole Sterling had a game-high 21 for Heritage.

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Leesburg (Jan. 17, 2008) – Loudoun County High School junior Timmy McLister made two free throws with 13.2 seconds left Wednesday to give the Raiders a thrilling 76-75 win at Heritage and create a four-way tie for first place at the midway mark in the AA Dulles District boys basketball season.

Donne Lucas scored a game-high 28 points for the Raiders as they ended a seven-game losing streak against their Leesburg neighbors and won for the first time against Heritage since the 2003-04 season. Loudoun County (5-2, 12-3), Heritage (5-2, 7-6), Park View (5-2, 9-4) and Potomac Falls (5-2, 8-5) are all tied for first in the Dulles District.

“He’s a gamer and he’s tough as nails and that is who you want on the line at the end of the game,” said Loudoun County coach Brian Blubaugh of McLister.

Heritage, which led by eight points early in the third quarter, called time out just prior to McLister shooting his 1-and-1 opportunity. With both student sections packed Wednesday, the noise in the Pride gym was deafening.

“I couldn’t hear myself … I couldn’t hear coach,” said McLister, who had the first shot rattle around before dropping in. “I almost fell to my knees.”

The second shot hit nothing but net and LC was ahead by a point.

“This is the biggest moment I’ve ever had in basketball,” said McLister.

Unfortunately for Heritage, Pride point guard Chris Broderick, who had a team-high 18 and probably accounted for another 18 on his great passing and penetration, fouled out of the game on the play that sent McLister to the line. Heritage got off a rushed shot in the corner and LC grabbed the rebound near the baseline and the clocked counted down to 0:00 … setting off a wild celebration of Raider players and coaches, not to mention part of the “Raider Riot” student section stormed the floor.

Only the officiating crew said that the LC player had stepped out of bounds and they put half a second (0:00.5) back on the clock and the Pride had a final chance and it was a good chance considering the time they had to work with as Preston Findley was able to catch and shoot a shot just outside of the block but it didn’t go in at the “final” buzzer.

“I thought 1972 Olympics,” said Blubaugh after the game when asked of his opinion of the extra time being put back on the clock.

The game was intense from the start with both squads applying nearly full court pressure. Both Broderick and LC point guard Joe Bushrod were “marked men” as they dribbled up the court.

Heritage was hot from the floor in the first half, sinking six 3-pointers including three from junior Steven Shockley off the bench and three more from Findley. Both players finished with 13, but only two points each after the break.

Lucas, meanwhile, was a force inside, either posting up or cleaning up the boards, scoring 14 in each half. The Raiders had a scary moment when Lucas tweaked something on his leg and he came out briefly in the fourth quarter.

“I just knew I had to get back in the game, somehow, someway,” said Lucas.

It was second and event third efforts by Lucas and Raider junior Rick Cottom (11 points, eight rebounds) that helped the Raiders erase the 8-point deficit in the third quarter (they trailed 48-40 at one point) and take a six-point lead at 72-66  with 2:35 remaining.

“They killed us on the boards,” said Heritage coach Mark Mallisham.

Mallisham was impressed that his team fought back from the six-point hole in the final two minutes.

“I’m proud of the kids and the way they scrapped back. They didn’t give up,” said Mallisham. ‘They was a great high school basketball environment tonight. Both teams played with passion and class.”

Broderick, almost wiling his team back, drove in to cut the lead to four and then after a Raider turnover, Shockley hit a floater over Lucas to make it 72-70 with 1:48 still left.

Raider junior Brett Tagg, who had 15 points in the game, came right back and hit a floater by the free throw line to make it 74-70 with 1:37 left.

On the other end, Heritage was hit with an illegal screen and turned the ball over on the foul call, but Bushrod on the other end, fouled out on a charge call that didn’t look any different than about a dozen other trips down the floor in the game with a lot of contact and multiple loose ball scrambles.

Heritage missed an opportunity to tie with two free throws off the mark with 1:07 to play but with Bushrod on the bench, the Pride swarmed LC and forced a turnover and Broderick pulled up and hit a deep 3-pointer to make it 74-73 with 30 seconds left. Broderick’s clutch shot, sent the Pride’s “Chaos Crew” student section into … well, chaos!

LC dodged a turnover with a time out call while a player fell out of bounds but after the time out, the Pride forced yet another turnover and Broderick drove it all the way to the basket for an easy layin and a 75-74 Heritage lead with just 19.2 seconds left.

McLister was driving up the court to answer when Broderick reach around and poked the ball away. It was identical to a turnover he had created on the previous play, only this time he was whistled for his fifth and final foul and McLister was sent to the line for his game-tying and game-winning attempts.

The shot from McLister bounced around and kicked in.

“That first one scared me to death,” said Lucas. “This is our first time beating Heritage in the battle of Leesburg.”

When it was all said and done, after the second final buzzer, LC assistant coach Mark Alexander put Blubaugh into a near headlock in celebration and the “Raider Riot” chanted “This is Our House” as they left the gym.

LC 76, Heritage 75
LC (5-2, 12-3): Tagg 15, Bushrod 4, McLister 10, Lucas 28, Cottom 11, Fletcher 3, Lane 5. Totals 30 9-14 76.

H (5-2, 7-6): Broderick 18, Massey 15, Findley 13, Shockley 13, Rustin 7, Nelson 4, Peters 3, Tibbs 2. Totals 30 7-13 75.

Halftime: Heritage, 40-38.

3-Point Goals: LC 7 (Tagg 3, McLister 2, Bushrod, Lane). Heritage 8 (Findley 3, Shockley 3, Broderick, Peters).

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Dominion Reports

Over at Dominion, we’re proud of Callum Lawson for his two second place finishes in the 100 and 200 free.  Additionally, Callum anchored our boys 200 free relay team which also included Robby Carmack, Adam Rizzo, and Jared Damare. The relay team placed 9th.  The efforts of these young men led our Dominion boys team to an 18th place finish in the state.

Loudoun County Reports

At the State Meet this past weekend, the Raider Swim team had three Top
16 finishes to conclude a great season!  Senior Suzanne Nelson placed 9th in the 100 Free with a 55.10, her best time of the year and more importantly took 6th in her 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:09.07. 

Junior Jeremy Begun who has been stellar this past year in the 100 Backstroke took 5th in the State with a personal best 54.96 in the event. 

Junior Justin Zeidman was 2nd alternate for the Top 16 in the 100 Fly and Jeremy Begun also was 2nd alternate for the Top 16 in the 200 Free.

In the preliminaries on Friday, all of the Raiders Relays showed that they were there to swim hard.  The boys 200 Medley Relay made up of Jeremy Begun, Nick Cechak (So.), Justin Zeidman, and Kempsey Clark (Sr.) went 1:50.95, besting their seed time of 1:51.88 while the boys 200 Free Relay made up of Nick Cechak, EJ Poell (Fr.), Justin Zeidman, and Jeremy Begun annihilated their seed time of 1:40.17 by going 1:37.79.  The Lady Raiders 200 Free Relay made up of Rachel Wigfield (Jr.), Emily Voreas (Sr.), Julie Strange (So.), and Suzanne Nelson entered the meet with a 1:51.35 and bested that time by going a 1:50.73. 

“Although these relays were unable to make Top 16 at the meet, these swimmers did a phenomenal job ensuring that they were prepared for the meet and put everything they had and more into their swims.  I am truly
proud of this group of individuals,” said Head Coach Nick Grzeda.   

Potomac Falls Reports

Both the boys and girls swim teams competed at states this past weekend. Both teams had much success. Several individuals placed in the top ten and broke school records. Below are the highlights. 

The Girls team finished 5^th and the Boys finished 8^th. They did better than any team in the county at states.

School Records Broken at states:

Caylyn Tate- 500 free

Bridget Werner- 100 Free and 100 Back

Girls- 200 Medley relay- Bridget Werner, Caylyn Tate,

Carla Harvy, Kirby Shook

State Top 16 finishes

Caylyn Tate- 3rd 200 free, 1st in 500 free 

Kirby Shook- 4th 50 free 

Carla Harvey- 14th 100 fly 

Bridget Werner- 4th 100 free, 2nd 100 back 

200 Medley Relay- 5th- Werner, Tate,Harvey, Shook

200 free relay- 3rd- Carla Harvy, Caylyn Tate, Kirby

Shook, Bridget Werner 

Devin Bowers- 10th 200 free, 13th 500 free 

Travis Clawson- 12th 50 free 

Cole Jamison- 6th 100 fly, 13th 100 back 

Kevin Thompson- 14th 100 ****** 

200 free relay- 4th- Wyatt Endres, Nick Swinimer, Cole

Jamison, Devin Bowers 

400 free relay- 7th- Swinimer, Thompson, Jamison, Bowers

Senior Focus: Heritage Pride Swimmers
Success – Swimming – Seniors

photo courtesy Gemma Rosenburg

Nicole Wright is one of the Captains of the Swim Team. Nicole has participated with the Heritage High School Swim team since she was a freshman. Nicole has also qualified each year for the Virginia High School State Championship, and this year has achieved state cuts in the following events: 100 free, 200 free, and the 500 free. Nicole began to swim when she was 8 years old, and also swims club with Snowbird Aquatics.

Nicole has applied to (9) nine schools, and recently was accepted to ASU. She plans on majoring in Pre-Med, and a 2nd major of Psychology. Nicole holds a GPA 4.26, and is a National Achievement Semi-Finalist. Nicole plans on continuing her swimming career at a club level, and looking forward to making her college selection soon.

Nicole is daughter of Suzette and Dr. Ken Wright. Mrs. Wright is also the Assistant Coach of the Heritage Pride Swim Team.

Dustin Skyler is also one of the Captains of the Pride Swim Team. Dusty has been on the Heritage High Swim Team since his sophomore year, and qualified for districts and States both his sophomore, and junior year. During the summer months he has competed with the Exeter Summer Swim Team for the past 10 years, and is also a Junior Coach. Currently, Dusty loves to swim butterfly, and is a member of the Curl-Burke Swim Club.

Dusty has been accepted to both Catawba and Wingate Colleges in North Carolina, and he is considering continuing his swimming career at the College level. Both schools are Division II, and he will be visiting both schools in the next coming months.

Dusty plans on majoring in “Music Business”, and plans to follow his dream of a career in the music industry.

Dusty is the son of Rob and MaryAnn Skyler.

Megan Pratz , 17 years old and also a Captain with Heritage Pride Swim Team. Megan started swimming when she was 7 years old with the local recreation league. Megan has been swimming with Pride since she was a freshman, and has lettered all four years.

Megan is undecided on her school choice for the fall. One of her favorite classes at Heritage is “Sign Language”. Megan participates in the church band as a vocalist.

Megan is the daughter of Anne and Tom Pratz, and her grandparents, Don & Betty travel every week from Shepherdstown, West Virginia to watch Megan swim with the Heritage Pride!

Korey Flinton, 17 years old and a Captain with the Heritage Pride Swim Team. Korey plans on attending West Virginia University on a scholarship through ROTC, and is planning on majoring in Forensics/Science.

Korey has participated with the Heritage Pride High School Swim Team all four years. He also started to swim in the 7th grade.

Korey is the son of Karen and Robert Flinton.

Heritage Swim Team

 
photo courtesy Gemma Rosenburg

Heritage High School Swim Team coached by Katy Touve, Head Coach, and Sue Wright, Assistant Coach with a roster of 45 swimmers have one last dual meet against Loudoun County High School at Ida Lee on Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. Currently, Heritage Girls have five wins and one loss to Potomac Falls, and the Heritage boys have three wins and three losses (the losses were to Potomac Falls, Dominion, and Broad Run High School).

On Friday, Jan 11th, Heritage Girls beat the previously undefeated Briar Woods girls with a score of 154 to 132, and Heritage boys beat Briar Woods with a score of 160 to 122.

photo courtesy Gemma Rosenburg

Heritage has eight swimmers who have qualified in individual events for the State Meet scheduled for Feb 8-9th at the Freedom Aquatic Center, Manassas, Virginia.

Pride Boys:

Geoffrey Wright: 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, and 100 Fly

Danny Durazo: 200 Free, 100 back, and 100 fly

Ian Frye: 500 Free

Korey Flinton – Senior/Captain Relay Alternate

Dusty Skyler – Senior/Captain Relay Alternate

Randy Mitchell – Relay swimmer

The boys have also qualified in the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Pride Girls:

*Nicole Wright (Captain/Senior): 100 Free, 200 Free, and 500 Free

Jordan Gold: 500 Free

Bailey Rember: 500 Free, 100 ******, 100 Fly, and 200 IM

Valerie McMullan: 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, and 100 ******

Kaitlin Pawlowicz: 50 Free, 200 Free, 500 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly, and 200 IM

The Girls have qualified 200 Medley Relay, and 400 Free Relay

Bailey Rember, Kaitlin Pawlowicz, and Jordan Gold are all freshman at Heritage.

*There are (4) captains all seniors: Nicole Wright, Korey Flinton, Megan Pratz, and Dusty Skyler.

Stone Bridge coach Jen House reports:

Highlights from Friday January 11th meet.

We had a bunch of region qualifications but all were already qualified except Emily Winland who qualified for regions in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:19.10

The swimmer of the meet was Nick Darr.

In general we had amazing improvements though with individual time drops of up to 14 seconds in some events, the kids same amazing.

Our boys and girls lost to Langley. The score for the boys was 54/225 and for the girls was 105/181.

BRHS boys remain undefeated with a victory over Loudoun County at CMRC

First place finishers for boys:

200 M.R.: Tom Casey, Andrew Tram, Cameron Lucas, Brendan Lewis

200 IM: Cameron Lucas

50 Free: Brendan Lewis

100 FLy: Cameron Lucas

500 Free: Tom Casey

100 back: Tom Casey

100 ******: Brendan Lewis

400 F.R.: Greg Tashjian, Zac Wohjan, Cameron Lucas, Tom Casey

BRHS Girls team swam well to overtake County by 3 points:

First place finishers for girls:

200 M.R. Taryn Johnston, Kacey Kelley, Chelsie Adams, Brittany Dunay

50 free: Brittany Dunay

100 fly: Abby Pasztor

500 free: Courtney Lofgren

200 F.R. : Brittany Dunay, Laura Finney, Taryn Johnston, Chelsie Adams

100 back: Taryn Johnston

Click here for full results from the meet

Loudoun County vs. Dominion
Saturday January 5th, 2008

Score:
Boys – LCHS 92 vs. DHS 193
Girls – LCHS 132 vs. DHS 154

Jeremy Begun’s (Jr.) individual winning streak finally came to an end in the Raider’s fourth meet of the season; having taken second place in the 200 Yard Free (1:51.12) to Dominion’s Callum Lawson (1:48.69). Begun, however, did take first in the 100 Yard Backstroke (1:02.53) in addition to helping EJ Poell (Fr.), Nick Cechak (So.), and Justin Zeidman (Jr.) earn the boy’s Raiders second relay state qualifying time in the 200 Yard Free Relay (1:39.35). Zeidman (Jr.) would take third in the 200 IM
(2:25.48) and first place in the 100 Yard Fly (1:01.03), while Kempsey Clark (Sr.)

Suzanne Nelson (Sr.) claimed two more individual victories in her 50 Yard Freestyle (26.23) and 100 Yard Breaststroke (1:12.49) and helped the lady Raiders win their 400 Yard Free Relay. Sophomore Julie Strange, Junior Rachel Wigfield, and Hannah Nelson (Sr.) along with Nelson took the 400 Yard Free Relay (4:11.10). Strange (So.) took first place in both of her individual events for the evening – the 200 IM
(2:37.11) and the 500 Yard Free (6:09.88) while Hannah Nelson would take first place in the 200 Free (2:27.26).

Other noteworthy swims came from Rachel Wigfield’s (So.) 50 Yard Free
(28.62) and 100 Yard Backstroke (1:17.08), Emily Voreas’s 100 Yard Free
(1:05.15) and 100 Yard Backstroke (1:19.03), Margaret Skipp’s 100 Yard Free (1:08.84), Danny Ford’s 500 Yard Free (6:55.52), and Mackenzie Graham’s 100 Yard Breaststroke (1:21.37).

Next Saturday, January 12th, LCHS takes on Broad Run High School at Claude Moore Recreation Center at 6:00 PM.

Broad Run vs. Park View
Meet Results
January 4, 2008

Stone Bridge vs. Woodson

Friday January 4th

Boys-SB 61 – Woodson 246
Girls-SB 139 – Woodson 170

Suzanne Schwee qualified for regions in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.11

Emily Winland qualified for regions in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:02.29

Our girls team also qualified for regions and broke the school record in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:43.64 and those girls were Shannon Landers, Emily Winland, Suzanne Schwee, and Emily McDaniel.

The swimmers of the meet were Jane Richards and Rachael Padgett.

1st Place PFHS Finishes (PFHS vs BRHS)

Boys:
Devin Bowers – 200 Free; 500 Free
Kevin Thompason – 200 IM; 100 ******
Cole Jamison – 100 Fly
200 Free Relay (Nick Swinimer; Cole Jamison; Travis Clawson; Devin Bowers)
400 Free Relay (Nick Swinimer; Cole Jamison; Travis Clawson; Devin Bowers)

Girls:
Caylyn Tate – 200 Free
Carla Harvey – 200 IM; 100 Fly
Kriby Shook – 100 Free
Lorin Hoisington – 100 Free
200 Free Relay (Kriby Shook; Carla Harvey; Bridget Werner; Caylyn Tate)
Brider Werner – 100 Back
Taylor Ayers – 100 ******
400 Free Relay (Kirby Shook; Carley Harvey; Bridget Werner; Caylyn Tate)

Final Scores

Combined Team Scores – Through Event 22
1. Potomac Falls High School 314
2. Broad Run High School 258

Women – Team Rankings – Through Event 22
1. Potomac Falls High School 186
2. Broad Run High School 100

Men – Team Rankings – Through Event 22
1. Broad Run High School 158
2. Potomac Falls High School 128

Stone Bridge Splits with Marshall Prior to Break

Jennifer House updates:

The Bulldogs had a bunch region qualifications in a meet Dec. 21 with Marshall, but none of the swimmers swam better than they had in the past. SB girls won 199-74, but the boys lost 119-28.

Ayers and Simmons Pick up PFHS Athltes of the Month Honors

Sterling (Dec. 24, 2007) — Taylor Ayers and Andy Simmons have been selected as the Potomac Falls High School swim Athletes of the Month.

The Panthers, like all the high school swim teams in Loudoun, took a picture for “Red Friday” and sent it to the troops in Iraq. Briar Woods organized this great event!

Taylor Ayers	Andy Simmons

Do you have pictures and news for the LPS swim notebook?

Email it to us here… Happy Holidays … Dan “Dolphin” Sousa

Update from Briar Woods after Dec. 15 meet:

FREEDOM MEET SHOWS IMPROVED DEPTH OF BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS

BOYS: Freedom – 130 Briar Woods – 128 (12/15)

The Boys’ Team came heartbreakingly close to winning their first meet ever against Freedom High School this past Saturday. The meet came down to the last event, the 400 Freestyle Relay. Although Nick Mason did a fantastic job overtaking Freedom in the anchor leg to help his team capture first place, Briar Woods also needed a third-place finish to win the meet, and its “B” relay came up just short with a fourth-place finish.

The Boys’ Team swam incredibly well, however, placing first in 8 of the 11 events. Special congratulations to Chris Farley, who qualified for states in the 200 Freestyle, and to Nick Mason, who qualified for states in the 200 Individual Medley.

GIRLS: Briar Woods – 158 Freedom – 120 (12/15)

The Girls’ Swim Team continued to overpower their competition, and maintained their undefeated season (3-0) with an impressive meet on Saturday. For the second time this season, the team showed its incredible depth by placing first in EVERY single event. Several swimmers also qualified for states in new events. Diana Farris and Lauren Hancox qualified in the 200 IM Relay, Kelsey Atkinson qualified in the 200 Individual Medley, and Team Captain Elise Guessford qualified in the 50 Freestyle.

Valley Victorious over Stonewall in Cedar Run District Meet

Both Boys and Girls of the Loudoun Valley Swim Team were both victorious in Friday’s meet against Stonewall Jackson. The final score for the boys was Valley 178 to Stonewall 106 and the final score for the girls was Valley 171 to Stonewall 115.

The following swimmers captured first place:

Nicholas Lamana in both the 200 Individual Medley and the 500 Free
Cody Solberg in both the 200 Free and 100 Back
Tim Teague in the 100 ******
The 200 Free Relay comprised of Tim Teague, Christian Reinerston, Jack Parker and Cody Solberg
The 200 Medley Relay comprised of Nicholas Lamana, Christian Reinerston, Cody Solberg and Tim Teague

Julia Crowley in the 100 Fly
Margaret Leonard in the 50 Free
Carleigh Charmo in the 100 Free
Jessi Robic in the 100 Back
The 400 Free Relay comprised of Julia Crowley, Jessi Robic, Chelsea Verdin and Lillian Liu

Stone Bridge Swim Records Fall

Meet Friday December 14th versus South Lake:

Jeremy Freedman broke the school record for the 100 Free with a time of 52.25.

Suzanne Schwee qualified for regions and states in the 100 butterfly (again) with a better time of 57.07 and the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:08.70

Emily Winland qualified for regions and states in the 500 free with a time of 5:19.24 and the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.73. The 100 breaststroke time is also a school record. Shannon Landers qualified for regions in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:03.11

SB girls team also qualified for regions and states in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:53.77 and those girls were Brittany Boone, Emily Winland, Suzanne Schwee, and Shannon Landers. SB girls team also qualified for regions in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:48.09 and those girls were Shannon Landers, Emily Winland, Sara Marron, and Suzanne Schwee. The swimmer of the meet was Andre Gigena.

SB boys lost to South Lake but the girls won. The score for the boys was 90/193 and for the girls was 170/116!

Meet on Friday December 7th versus Thomas Jefferson:

Jeremy Freedman broke the school record for the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2:08.47 and broke the school record and qualified for regions with the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:05.51. Suzanne Schwee qualified for regions and states in the 100 butterfly with a time of 57.52 and the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.52.

Emily Winland qualified for regions and states in the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2:11.77 and the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.50. The 100 breaststroke time is also a school record. Sara Marron qualified for regions in the 100 breastroke with a time of 1:11.12.

SB girls team also qualified for regions in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:54.71 and those girls were Suzanne Schwee, Emily Winland, Sara Marron, and Emily McDaniel. The swimmer of the meet was Colleen Traylor.

SB lost to Thomas Jefferson though, but the girls only lost by 7 points so if SB had diving, they would have won.

Meet on Friday November 30th versus McLean:

Jeremy Freedman broke the school record for the 200 free with a time of 1:54.91 and broke the school record and qualified for regions with the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.39. Shannon Landers qualified for regions in the 100 free with a time of 55.94 and the 100 breastroke with a time of 1:10.38. SB girls team also qualified for regions in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:56.38 and those girls were Brittany Boone, Shannon Landers, Lauryn Pack, and Emily McDaniel.

The swimmer of the meet was Cas Kowalewski. SB lost to McLean in the team scoring.

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Potomac Falls Swimming Thru 3 meets:

The Panther swim teams are undefeated thru 3 meets this season. Leading the boys team are swimmers Devin Bowers, Cole Jamison, Nick Swinimer, Kevin Thompson, and Travis Clausen.

Other Notables: Wyatt Endres, Adam Wise, Andy Simmons

State Qualifiers: Devin Bowers, Cole Jamison, Kevin Thompson, Nick Swinimer, and all 3 relays.

The Panther girls haven’t let an opponent within 90 points of them. The depth, experience, and pool of talented freshman have proved to be a great combination. Leading the girls are Caylin Tate, Kirby Shook, Bridget Werner, and Carla Harvey.

Other Notables: Taylor Ayers, Alex Endres, Hope Fraser, Tabby Hardman, and Lorin Hoisington.

Records: The girls 200 medley relay of Werner, Tate, Harvey, and Shook shattered the school record by more than 2 seconds. Also, Caylin Tate broke her own School record in the 500 free.

State Qualifiers: Caylin Tate, Bridget Werner, Carla Harvey, Kirby Shook, Taylor Ayers, and all 3 relays.

Update from Freedom

The Freedom Eagles have stormed in this season making sure that the division takes note of their successes and their accomplishments. The girls team came out strong starting the season with their first win ever over Dominion HS, and continued that streak with a strong win over Broad Run HS. The boys’ team earned their first win against Briar Woods HS all the while team and individual records were broken all over the place.

Not only are records being set for the school, but also almost every swimmer has improved on at least one of their events. This achievement is most important due to the individualistic nature of swimming. However, after stating the importance of improvement on behalf of the individual, our team spirit and ability to pull together as a unit is steadfast. We already have a relay team who has made State Qualifying times, and several others who are extremely close. We have 5 swimmers just over the mark for State’s, and it’s still early in the season.

Freedom might be a young team, this being it’s 3rd season, but some of our youngest swimmers are stepping up and taking on the challenge of scoring points. Out of our top 6-point leaders, half are underclassmen, with the seniors and juniors pushing them to their full potential. The leadership of the captains this year is extremely important, as we are a young team, but with 5 seniors to help lead this team, there is no limit to the successes we can accomplish.

FHS Team Records that have been broken:
Women 50 Free
27.41 Amanda Smith at Dulles District Swim Meet 1/29/2007
27.02 ** Amanda L. Smith at Broad Run 12/7/2007

Women 100 Free
1:05.96 Erica Denfeld Briar Woods 1/7/2006
1:01.41 ** Rachel V. Moffitt at Briar Woods 12/15/2007

Women 200 Free
2:16.24 Erika Grezeszak BRHS/BWHS 1/14/2006
2:12.72 ** Aubrey E. Mignone at Dominion 11/30/2007

Women 500 Free
6:01.48 Aubrey Mignone at Freedom vs. Heritage 1/12/2006
5:58.31 ** Aubrey E. Mignone at Briar Woods 12/15/2007

Women 100 ******
1:19.78 Amanda Smith at Dulles District Swim Meet 1/29/2007
1:16.90 ** Amanda L. Smith at Briar Woods 12/15/2007

Men 50 Free
24.54 Brendan Slezak at Tri-Meet versus George Mason and Dominion 1/6/2007
24.12 ** Josh Freda at Briar Woods 12/15/2007

Men 200 Free
2:09.57 Andrew Tran at Dulles District Swim Meet 1/29/2007
2:07.85 ** Josh Freda at Dominion 11/30/2007

Men 100 Back
1:03.86 Joshua Freda at Briar Woods 12/16/2006
1:03.76 ** Josh Freda at Briar Woods 12/15/2007

Update from Park View

PVHS vs PF

Girls: PF 194.5 PVHS 90.5
Boys: PF 155 PVHS 113

PVHS vs Heritage

Girls: HH 175 PVHS 109
Boys: HH 213 PVHS 56

PVHS vs LVHS

Girls: LV 175 PVHS 104
Boys: LV 196 PVHS 74

Currently PV has one swimmer with state cuts. Amber Kerico has acheive a state cut in the 200 IM, 100 Breastroke, and the 50 Free.

The Pats have two girls relays, the 200 Medely and the 200 Free that are very close to state cuts also.

Update from Heritage

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have qualified in individual events for the State Meet during the first two meets: Geoffrey Wright, Bailey Rember, Valerie McMullen, Nicole Wright, Jordan Gold.

Also the following Relays have also qualified for the State Meet: Boys 200 and 400 free relays.

Update from Briar Woods

BOYS: Dominion – 160 Briar Woods – 126 (12/8)
 
The Briar Woods Boys’ Team swam well yet again, but came up just short against a larger team from Dominion High School. BW placed first in 5 of the 11 events, and took 2nd through 5th places in the 100 Butterfly.

Congratulations are in order for several swimmers who made States. The 200 Medley Relay team of Chris Farley, Tim Mittan, Nick Mason, and Michael Fowler qualified for the event, Team Captain Mittan qualified in the 200 Individual Medley, Farley made States in the 500 Freestyle, and both Farley and Mason made States in the 100 Breaststroke.

GIRLS: Briar Woods – 177 Dominion – 109 (12/8)
 
The Briar Woods’ Girls Team continued their dominating ways, swimming to a decisive victory over Dominion to improve their record to 2-0. The girls placed first in every single event, and took the top three spots in the 200 Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley.

Several girls also qualified for States. The Girls’ 200 Medley Relay (Elise Guessford, Simone Woodward, Kelsey Atkinson, and Ally Chase) made States, and Woodward made States in the 50 Freestyle. Atkinson qualified for States in the 100 Backstroke, and a different Girls 400 Freestyle Relay qualified as well, featuring Guessford, Atkinson, Woodward and Kate Fowler.

BOYS: Broad Run – 174 Briar Woods – 105 (11/30)
 
Despite being significantly outnumbered, the Briar Woods Boys’ Team reached triple digits in its first meet of the year, showing how much it has improved over the past two seasons. With more able bodies in the pool, the team was able to place highly in more events, and entered more relays than in the past, which helped greatly. The future looks bright for the Falcons!

Special congratulations to Team Captain Tim Mittan, who qualified for States in the 100 Breaststroke, and to Chris Farley, who qualified for States in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke.

GIRLS: Briar Woods – 171 Broad Run – 113 (11/30)
 
The powerhouse that is the Briar Woods’ Girls Team continued to impress with a solid victory over Broad Run to start the season. The team recorded first place finishes in six of the eight individual events, and in all three of the relays. The team also recorded the top four finishes in the 200 Individual Medley (Kelsey Atkinson, Diana Farris, Simone Woodward, Kate Fowler).

Special congratulations to those who qualified for States. Team Captain Elise Guessford qualified in the 200 Freestyle, while Atkinson qualified in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly. Farris also qualified in the two events she swam: the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Freestyle. The Girls’ 200 Freestyle “A” Relay (Farris, Atkinson, Guessford, Lauren Hancox) and 400 Freestyle “A” Relay (Farris, Atkinson, Tracey Atkinson, Guessford) also qualified for the State Meet.

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By: Dan Sousa

Boys
AA Dulles District
Heritage 69, Freedom 55: The short-handed Eagles, with only eight in uniform Friday, fell to the Pride that used an 18-2 to take over the contest. Heritage improves to 4-1 in district, Freedom falls to 2-3.

Girls
AA Dulles District
Freedom 46, Heritage 18: Kelsey Buchanan had a double-double of 15 points and 15 rebounds to go with four blocks. The Eagles led 31-5 at the half and limited Heritage to 7 of 44 from the field. Dionna Scott scored eight with nine rebounds and two steals for Freedom while Meixandra Porter added eight points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals. Freedom 4-1 in districtl; Heritage 1-4.

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By: Dan Sousa

Leesburg (Jan. 10, 2008) –  Katy Bauer, Libby Messina and Jessie Sheehan swept the top three all around spots Wednesday to help Loudoun County capture a gymnastics meet at Heritage High School that featured five AA Dulles District teams.

The Raiders scored 133.650 with host Heritage at 119.375 and Freedom in third (112.375). Park View (102.4) and Dominion (60.575) rounded out the meet.

Bauer set a school record while winning the bars with an 8.8 and her winning 9.1 vault tied a school record. She finished with 35.050 to win the all around.

Messina scored personal beset 9.0 to win the beam and Heritage’s Bria Nunley set a school record by winning the floor with a 9.1.

Loudoun County Notes

Bauer tied a school record in the vault and set a school record on the bars. Messina had a PR on the beam to win and she finished second on the bars.

Sheehan and Liz Asai were tied for fourth on the bars. Asai finished sixth in the all around. Sheehan was also third on the beam with Bauer third.

Sheehan, Asai and Messina went 5-6-7 on the floor.

The Raiders push their record to 14-6 and will compete next Tuesday at Freedom

Heritage Notes

Cora Dodson and Bria Nunley both set school records in the meet Wednesday with Dodson posting an 8.9 vault which placed her fourth and Nunley taking first in the floor with a 9.1.

In the vault, Nunley was also fifth and Anita DiPietro met the qualifying standard for the regionals.

Dodson took sixth on the beam and she tied for third with teammate Brittany Moyer in the floor with Moyer now qualified for regionals.

Dodson finished fifth in all around.

Also for the Pride some “personal bests” were registered before their home fans, including: Kelsea Frueh (beam), DiPietro (beam, floor, vault), Ariane Chretien (all around, floor), Natasha Gloger (floor) and Moyer (floor).

The Pride will compete next Tuesday at Freedom.

Freedom Notes

The Eagles were led by Miranda Roman (sixth vault, third bars) and Lilly Nguyen (sixth vault) and Abby Heimann (fifth beam).

Park View Notes

Linda Poplawski led the Patriots with a second on the vault.

Dominion Notes

Brigitte Thieme-Burdette took fourth place in the all around to lead the Titans. She built her all around showing on a third in the vault, sixth in the bars, and fourth on the beam.  

 Team scores

1st Loudoun County 133.650

2nd Heritage 119.450

3rd Freedom 112.375

4th Park View 102.4

5th Dominion 60.575

Vault:

1st Katy Bauer LC 9.1

2nd Linda Poplawski PV 9.0

3rd Brigitte Thieme-Burdette D 8.950

4th Cora Dodson H 8.9

5th Bria Nunley H 8.8

6th Lilly Nguyen F 8.7

6th Miranda Romano F 8.7

Bars:

1st Katy Bauer LC 8.8

2nd Libby Messina LC 8.450

3rd Miranda Romano F 8.0

4th Liz Asai LC 7.550

4th Jessie Sheehan LC 7.550

6th Brigitte Thieme-Burdette D 7.30

Beam:

1st Libby Messina LC 9.0

2nd Jessie Sheehan LC 8.6

3rd Katy Bauer LC 8.450

4th Brigitte Thieme-Burdette D 8.3

5th Abby Heimann F 8.2

6th Corad Dodson H 7.950

Floor:

1st Bria Nunley H 9.1

2nd Katy Bauer LC 8.7

3rd Brittany Moyer H 8.150

3rd Cora Dodson H 8.150

5th Jessie Sheehan LC 8.10

6th Liz Asai LC 8.050

All Around:

1st Katy Bauer LC 35.050

2nd Libby Messina LC 34.00

3rd Jessie Sheehan LC 32.750

4th Brigitte Thieme-Burdette D 32.50

5th Cora Dodson H 32.150

6th Liz Asai LC 31.850

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LC’s Samantha Akers (#50) goes to the basket for two of her game-high 20 points Tuesday against Broad Run’s Alexis Campbell (#32), who finished with a a team-high 12. The Raiders won the game, 59-54
Photo by Alysia Deem

(Jan. 9, 2008) – The Loudoun County High School girls won their eighth straight game and took control of first place in the AA Dulles District with a 59-54 win over Broad Run Tuesday.

Boys Basketball 
AA Dulles District
Broad Run 82, County 71: BR didn’t have top scorer R. J. Jasper (out with injury) but the Spartans got 21 from soph Kevin McGaughey and 20 from Scott Hiatt. Donne Lucas paced LC with 24 with the Raiders shooting 34 of 39 from the foul line! BR 3-1 in district, LC 2-2.

Girls basketball
AA Dulles District
Loudoun County 59, Broad Run 54: Samathan Akers scored a game-high 20 points with  six steals and four rebounds as LC came back from a 7-point deficit. Freshman Brittany Batts scored 17 for LC with five rebounds, three steals and three assists. Kerry Sarver scored nine points in 14 minutes of action before fouling out in the third quarter and Kendra Holmes had a big fourth quarter with eight points for LC and she grabbed eight rebounds. Alexis Campbell led the Spartans with 12 and Morgan Roehling added 11. LC 4-0 in district, BR 3-1. 

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By: Dan Sousa

(Jan. 5, 2008) – The new year got going Friday night with both of the AA Dulles District boys basketball leaders, Broad Run and Park View, falling on the road to create a 5-way tie at the top of the standings.

Broad Run, Freedom, Heritage, Loudoun County  and Park View are all 2-1 in district with Dominion and Potomac Falls just a game behind.

Heritage 68, Broad Run 66: Chris Broderick scored 22 points and dished out six assists as the Pride knocked off the Spartans. Martin Thomas scored a season-high 25 points for BR.

Broad Run 43, Heritage 35: With Alex Campbell in foul trouble, Chelsea Gantt led BR with 10 points, including 6 of 6 from the foul line. Pride didn’t get any field goals in final period.

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