Swim & Dive Results
2/21/2009
Metro Swim and Dive Championships
Titans Compete in Prestigious Championship
Senior Michael Bowrin represented Einstein High School well in the morning preliminary heats of the 43rd Annual Metro Swim and Dive Championship, one of the fastest high school meets on the East Coast that includes private, parochial and public schools. Bowrin lowered his best time another .03 seconds to place 22nd in the 50-yard freestyle event and qualify as second alternate for the evening finals.
In his 100-yard freestyle event, Bowrin did not fare as well, adding time to his preliminary seed time.
The boys 200-yard freestyle relay comprised of Bowrin, senior Nate Schrier, junior Glenn Pastel and sophomore Sam Kaiser also lowered their best seed time by .85 seconds, finishing in 26th place.
The Metro Team Combined trophy went to Winston Churchill High School. Georgetown Prep took the boys team prize, and the Churchill girls defeated a strong Good Counsel team to earn their first girls team championship.
Overall, the MCPS teams were solid, and the combined team top 20 place finished included Churchill (1), Walter Johnson (3), Walt Whitman (5), Sherwood (7), Northwest (11), Wootton (13), Blair (15), Quince Orchard (17), Richard Montgomery (18), B-CC (19), and Blake (20).
Four records fell at the finals competition. Georgetown Prep's Brady Fox broke his own 100-yard butterfly record, Bishop O'Connell's Michael Flach smashed the 500-yard freestyle event, Gonzaga took the 400-yard freestyle relay, and Poolesville junior Cara Chuang broke her own 100-yard backstroke record.
2/14/2009
County Swim Championships at MLK Swim Center
Titan Boys Carry the Team
The Montgomery County High School Swim Championship is a showcase for some of the best young talent on the East Coast, and on Feb. 14, Titan swimmers entered the pool with stars nurtured by established swim clubs, including RMSC, CurlBurke, Hydrosonic Tiburones, AquaHoya, Sea Devils, Joe Flaherty Dolphins and Flying Gull.
No records were broken at the meet, but a dynasty ended as Winston Churchill High School topped long-dominant Walter Johnson as the undefeated county swim champions.
The Titan boys netted 21 points through a series of events to place 17th in the county. The girls struggled, unable to achieve any top 16 finishes, producing no points throughout the meet.
Highlights of the daylong event include:
*Senior Michael Bowrin captured an eighth-place finish in the 50-yard sprint freestyle, and lowered his personal best time in the event by .01 seconds. He qualified for the upcoming Metro championship on Feb. 21 in this event.
*Bowrin also dropped two seconds in his 100-yard freestyle event to post a time of 52.84, a 16th-place finish that was good enough to qualify for the Metro championship.
*The boys 200-yard freestyle relay team -- Bowrin, senior Nate Schrier, junior Glenn Pastel and sophomore Sam Kaiser -- qualified for the Metro championship with a 15th-place finish.
*Titan freshman Franklin Ruiz, who just began swimming this year, lowered his 100-yard freestyle time by two seconds.
*Schrier swam a personal best of 23.89 in the 50-yard sprint freestyle event, placing 12th overall and missing the Metro qualifying cut by .10 seconds.
*Standout swimmers at the meet included Olympic time qualifier Cara Chuang of Poolesville in the girls 100-yard backstroke. She blew out the field with a time of 55.96, while the Titans' best girl backstroker placed 28th.
*Einstein's former swim coach, Brendan Lees, now the swim coach at Sherwood High School, led his boys 4 x 100 relay team to a first place finish over Churchill and Walter Johnson.
The upcoming Metro championship on Feb. 21 will have public and private schools going head to head in the pool. Bowrin is entered in the 50-and 100-yard freestyle individual events. The Titan boys 200-yard freestyle relay team also is entered.
2/7/2009
Division III Championship Meet
Titan Boys Display a Racy Freestyle at Meet
Combined Team Scores: (1) Northwest 1026 (2) Damascus 804 (3) Gaithersburg 579 (4) Kennedy 498 (5) Watkins Mill 496 (6) Einstein 469
Girls: (1) Northwest 532 (2) Damascus 429 (3) Gaithersburg 332 (4) Einstein 238 (5) Watkins Mill 234 (6) Kennedy 182
Boys: (1) Northwest 494 (2) Damascus 375 (3) Kennedy 262 (4) Watkins Mill 262 (5) Gaithersburg 247 (6) Einstein 231
The Titans closed their swimming and diving season with an outstanding race in the boys' 200-yard freestyle relay, an event that is swum only at the Relay Carnival and at championship meets.
Coach Raleigh Jaynes-Culver put her best 50-yard freestylers into the relay at the championships to stun the other five teams with a third-place finish and secure a Metro qualifying time.
Initial meet entries had the Titan boys 200-yard freestyle relay seeded last. However, the quad of swimmers comprised of senior Nate Schrier, sophomore Sam Kaiser, junior Glenn Pastel and senior Michael Bowrin drew a standing ovation for their performance from the team and their parents. Schrier attempted to secure a 50-yard Metro qualifying time by leading off, but missed the mark by .72 seconds.
Bowrin lowered his best time by .01 in the individual 50-yard freestyle event, and brought home a first place finish for the Titans. He finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle. Bowrin has two more chances to break the school record in the 50-yard freestyle event at the upcoming county championships and the final Metro meet.
Schrier finished third in the 50-yard freestyle event and fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke race. Pastel had an eighth place finish in the 100-yard freestyle and fourth in the 100-yard breastroke. Freshman Zeke Gonzales lowered his 500-yard freestyle time by four seconds and finished seventh.
The top eight finishers for the girls included junior Meredith Giblin, who was fourth in the 200-yard freestyle. Junior Stephanie Pratt was sixth in the 200-yard individual medley, and junior Natalie Daronco was eighth in the 500-yard freestyle. In the 100-yard backstroke, top Titan finishers were Pratt in fourth place, Giblin in sixth place and Daronco in eighth. Those three also swam with freshman Jordan Coyne in the final 4 x 100 freestyle relay to secure a fourth place finish. Sophomore Zoe Goozner swam a beautiful 100-yard butterfly to finish seventh.
County Championship weekend begins on Thurs., Feb. 12 at the MLK Aquatic Center with the 500-yard freestyle events, diving on Fri., Feb. 13 and swim events on Sat., Feb. 14.
Metro (Washington Metropolitan Swimming and Diving) holds a championship that pits the best of private and public schools for a USS-sanctioned meet from Feb. 21 to Feb. 23.
1/31/2009
Einstein vs Magruder
Titan Boys Outpace Magruder
In the final dual meet of the season, the Titan boys edged past Magruder High School to claim a win at the Olney Indoor Aquatic Center. The boys team garnered 68 points to Magruder's 66. The girls team for Magruder made a strong showing, compiling 87 points to 50 for the Einstein girls. The combined team score had Magruder's total at 153, and Einstein's at 118.
The Titan boys 200-yard medley team of sophomore Ryan Keating, junior Glenn Pastel, senior Michael Bowrin and sophomore Sam Kaiser opened the meet with a big win. Freshman Zeke Gonzalez won his 200-yard freestyle, followed by a fast first-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley by Keating. Sophomore Conor Jackman placed second behind Keating in the individual medley.
Returning after a three-week layoff due to injury, Bowrin finished his dual meet career with another win in the 50-yard freestyle. Senior Nate Schrier came in second for the one-two punch. Keating added another first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, as did Schrier in the 100-yard breaststroke. Pastel finished second to Schrier in the breaststroke event.
Junior Stephanie Pratt grabbed a win in the 200-yard individual medley for the Titan girls against the tough Magruder team. Pratt also put points on the board for the Titans with a first place in the 100-yard backstroke.
Sophomore Zoe Goozner added a first place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, and senior Gemma Tripodi finished second in her 50-yard freestyle event.
Magruder's stronger relay teams won both the boys and girls 4 x 100 freestyle events, and the Colonels' diving team excelled as well.
The Titan team's senior members -- Bowrin, Schrier, Josh Zastrow, Seth Weil, Brenna Durkin, Tripodi, Devon Rinkel, Jessie Wolfe, Emily Menase and Tracey Gearhart -- were recognized at the dual meet.
The Division III swim and dive championship will be held Sat., Feb. 7 at the Martin Luther King Swim Center. County championships follow on Feb. 14.
1/24/2009
Einstein vs Northwest
Titans Can't Keep Up With Jaguars
The Titan swim team couldn't challenge Division III leader Northwest Saturday at the Montgomery College Takoma Park pool. The big Jaguar team had the maximum number of swimmers allowed for each event, while the Titans fielded one or two swimmers in an event, automatically dropping behind in point totals. The combined team score had Northwest racking up 253 points to Einstein's 81. In the girls division, Titan swimmers compiled 42 points to Northwest's 127. In the boys division, Einstein boys had 39 points to Northwest's 126.
The meet opened with diving, and in the girls division, Titan senior Devon Rinkel finished second, and junior Phoebe McDermott finished third. The Jags scooped up a sweep for their boys diving team as the Titan boys did not compete.
In boys swimming events, senior Nate Schrier finished second in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke. Junior Glenn Pastel claimed third place for the Titans in the 100-yard freestyle. Sophomore Ryan Keating finished second in the 200-yard individual medley, and fourth in the 100-yard butterfly event.
Sophomore Will Ferrin had the percussion section of the Titan spirit team keep tempo for him as he fought for the finish in the grueling 500-yard freestyle. Both teams were standing and cheering their swimmers on as they swam the last leg of the event's 20 pool lengths neck and neck. It came down to the times on the watches of the three lane timers -- Ferrin finished fourth, but his teammate freshman Zeke Gonzales placed third in the event. Gonzales also placed second in the 200-yard freestyle.
The girls 200-yard medley race opened with a second-place finish fielded by junior Stephanie Pratt (backstroke), freshman Jordan Coyne (breaststroke), sophomore Zoe Goozner (butterfly) and freshman Alicia Lamkin (freestyle). Pratt and Giblin added a second place finish (Pratt) and third place finish (Giblin) in the 100-yard backstroke.
Senior team leader Michael Bowrin continues to watch and cheer the team from the deck while he recovers from a shoulder injury. Bowrin hopes to return to swimming in the divisional championship on Feb. 7. Bowrin is currently ranked in the top 16 swimmers for the 50-yard freestyle, and is the only Titan swimmer to have a Metro time cut.
On Sat., Jan. 31, the Titans take on Magruder for an out-of-conference meet at Olney Indoor Aquatic Center at 11 a.m. Bring on the band!
1/17/2009
Einstein vs Kennedy
Titans Top Kennedy With Season's Best Showing
The Titan Swim and Dive Team had its first combined win for the season against Kennedy High School on Saturday, Jan. 17, wtih the Lady Titans' dominant performance securing their mid-level standing in Division III.
The final tally for the meet at the Germantown Indoor Aquatic Center was Einstein 156 to Kennedy's 141. The Titan girls racked up 101 points over the Kennedy girls, who scored 52. The Titan boys earned 55 points to 99 points posted by the Kennedy boys.
The Lady Titans had a strong showing from start to finish at the meet. Junior Stephanie Pratt won the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard backstroke events. Junior Meredith Giblin owned the 200-yard freestyle competition, easily winning her race by 15 yards. Sophomore Zoe Goozner lowered her 100-yard butterfly time by two seconds to win her race. The strategy by Coach Raleigh Jaynes-Culver to place freshman Jordan Coyne in the 100-yard freestyle, instead of the 100-yard breaststroke netted another first-place finish.
The ladies placed first in the meet's opening 200-yard medley relay (Pratt, Coyne, Goozner and freshman Alicia Lamkin) and the closing 4 x 100 freestyle relay (junior Caroline Jackman, Giblin, senior Brenna Durkin and junior Phoebe McDermott). Senior Jessie Wolfe placed first in the diving competition.
In boys events, senior Michael Bowrin was injured and unable to compete in his top event, the 50-yard freestyle. But fellow senior Nate Schrier stepped up and won the event for the Titans. Schrier also placed first in men's diving.
Junior Glenn Pastel provided the most exciting race of the morning in the 200-yard individual medley, where a swimmer must perform a total of four strokes -- butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. Kennedy's Andrew Garrad led the race until the final turn of the freestyle leg (150 yards), where Pastel blew past him with a fast turn to win by two seconds.
Strong third-place finishes came from freshman Zeke Gonzales in the 200-yard freestyle, sophomore Ryan Keating in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly, and sophomore Sam Kaiser in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke.
On Sat., Jan. 24, the Titans compete against Division III's top team, Northwest High School, at Montgomery College - Takoma Park at 2:30 p.m.
1/10/2009
Division III Relay Carnival
Titans Outpaced in Relay Carnival
On Jan. 10, the six teams in Division III met at the Germantown Indoor Aquatic Center for Relay Carnivals, a combination of team relays that are both gender-mixed and gender-only.
In the combined team scores, the Einstein team finished in 6th place with a point total of 24. Scores for the other schools had Northwest finishing first with a point total of 87, followed by Gaithersburg in second with 55. Damascus was third with a combined team score of 52, Kennedy was fourth with a point total of 35, and Watkins Mill finished fifth with 32 points in the combined team score.
Of 13 events, Titan relay teams secured two third-place finishes and three fourth-place finishes. Northwest took 10 of 13 first-place finishes, followed by Gaithersburg and Damascus.
The Titan spirit was high at the meet opening, with the help of the Einstein percussion drumline, and the cheers of alumni and team members. In the 200-yard mixed medley relay, the Titans placed third with Stephanie Pratt (backstroke), Glenn Pastel (breaststroke), Zoe Goozner (butterfly), and Nate Schrier (freestyle).
The stronger teams in the division outpaced the Titans in the next four events. In the girls 200-yard backstroke relay, juniors Natalie Daronco, Caroline Jackman, Meredith Giblin and Pratt missed a second-place finish by only .86 seconds.
The girls team finished in fourth place, and the boys finished in sixth.
On Fri., Jan. 16, the Einstein divers participate in the county diving relay carnival at the Germantown Indoor Aquatic Center. Then the Titan swim team takes on Kennedy on Sat., Jan. 17 at Germantown. The girls have a chance for another win, and the boys will have a close meet with the return of speedster Michael Bowrin. Bowrin sustained a shoulder injury and was unable to swim at the relay carnival.
12/20/2008
Einstein vs Gaithersburg
Titans Swim Strong Against Gaithersburg
Einstein had high hopes for a meet win against Gaithersburg High School on Dec. 20, with a host of first-place finishes by Titan swimmers. But Gaithersburg's surprisingly tough freshman swimmers dominated the second half of the meet and scooped up points, building the lead to pull out a win with a combined team score of 185 to Einstein's 156.
The Titan boys earned a total of 78 points to Gaithersburg's 92. The Titan girls also earned 78 points against the Gaithersburg girls, who tallied 93 points.
Titan girls swept the 200-yard individual medley events led by junior Stephanie Pratt, freshman Jordan Coyne and junior Natalie Daronco. Junior Meredith Giblin finished first in the girls 200-yard freestyle event.
Einstein freshman Zeke Gonzalez finished first in the boys 200-yard freestyle. In the 500-yard freestyle, Gonzalez swam a perfect race, letting the Gaithersburg swimmer set the pace, and then blasting the Trojan swimmer at the final 150 yards.
Senior Michael Bowrin, swimming with a sprained elbow, placed first in the 50-yard freestyle competition and is 1.12 seconds off the school record in the event. He finished second in the 100-yard freestyle.
The Einstein boys were able to capture a one-two finish in the 100-yard breaststroke by senior Nate Schrier and junior Glenn Pastel due to the disqualification of the Gaithersburg swimmer.
In diving, Schrier and junior Andrew Turow scored for the Titan boys in second and third. For the girls, freshman Bea O'Connor and junior Isabel Smith placed third and fourth.
Titan swimmers continue to drop time and swim faster, and are now preparing for the Division III Relay Carnival on Jan. 10 at the Germantown Indoor Aquatic Center.
12/13/2008
Einstein vs Watkins Mill
Lady Titan Swimmers Beat Watkins Mill
Double first-place finisher Stephanie Pratt helped lead the Einstein women swimmers to their first team win of the season on Sat., Dec. 13 against Watkins Mill.
The Titan women's team point total was 89.5, to Watkins Mill's 76.5. The men's team for Einstein scored 55 points to Watkins Mill's 105. The combined team score for the meet had Watkins Mill edging out Einstein with a point total of 181.5, to Einstein's 144.5.
First place finishers for the women were Pratt in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke. Junior Natalie Daronco finished first in the 500-yard freestyle event by 40 seconds, and had to wait at the wall for the other swimmers to finish. Junior Meredith Giblin easily won her race in the 200-yard freestyle event, and also finished second in the 100-yard backstroke. Sophomore Zoe Goozner has developed into a butterflier and placed first for the Titans in the 100-yard butterfly event.
The women's medley relay came down to the last five yards of the race, with the Watkins Mill swimmer putting her head down and punching the wall in Michael Phelps-like fashion to win for the Wolverines.
Einstein's men swimmers made a strong showing despite the fact that the county jazz band competition thinned the ranks of their team.
Senior Michael Bowrin was a double first-place finisher in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events, and sophomore Ryan Keating placed first for the Titans in the 200-yard individual medley. Junior Glenn Pastel and Titan musician sent his mother home from the jazz band competition for his swim suit, and made it to the pool in time to compete in and win the 100-yard breaststroke event, posting points that the Titans thought they would not receive. Pastel received the unsung hero award of the day!
In the diving event, junior Phoebe McDermott placed first for the women, followed by senior Devon Rinkel. Junior Andrew Turow placed third for the men.
12/6/2008
Einstein vs Damascus
Titans Play On Against Damascus
Freshman Zeke Gonzalez was among several Titan swimmers who posted first place finishes in Einstein's second meet of the swim and dive season on Saturday against Damascus. Although Damascus dominated overall, Einstein swimmers also garnered several second and third place finishes. The Titans even swam to the accompaniment of their own pep band, with Glenn Pastel on trumpet and Dan Toretsky on trombone!
The combined team score was Damascus 226 and Einstein 114. In the men's division, Damascus led 106 to Einstein's point total of 63. The women's score was Damascus 120 and Einstein 51.
Gonzalez took first place in the 200-yard freestyle swim and in the grueling 500-yard freestyle. Senior Michael Bowrin lowered his 50-yard freestyle time a couple of notches and placed first in the event as he chases the school record. Bowrin also finished third in the 100-yard butterfly swim.
Senior Nate Schrier finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke and second in the diving competition. Junior Stephanie Pratt finished first in her specialty, the 100-yard backstroke.
Both Titan men's and women's teams placed second in the medley relay races. More second place finishes came from junior Meredith Giblin in the 200-yard freestyle, freshman Jordan Coyne in the 200-yard individual medley and freshman Bea O'Connor in diving.
Third place finished for the men and women included junior Glenn Pastel in the 200-yard individual medley, junior Isabel Smith in diving, junior Natalie Daronco in the 500-yard freestyle and junior Meredith Giblin in the 100-yard backstroke. Freshman Jordan Coyne grabbed third place in the 100-yard butterfly, as did sophomore Will Ferrin in the 500-yard freestyle. Sophomore Conor Jackman, a newcomer to the team but not to competitive swimming, continues to improve his 100-yard freestyle in both the individual and relay events.
The mighty Titans take on Watkins Mill on Sat., Dec. 13 at the Martin Luther Kind Indoor Swim Center.
11/29/2008
Einstein vs Walt Whitman
Titans Left in the Wake Against Whitman
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The Division III Titans had a tough time riding the wake of Division 1 powerhouse Walt Whitman in a Nov. 29 meet at the Rockville Municipal Pool. The Whitman Viking swimmers placed first, second and third in several of the 22 swim and dive events.
For the combined team scores, Whitman racked up 207 points to Einstein's 84. In the men's division, Whitman scored 105, and Einstein scored 37. In the women's division, Whitman earned 102 points, to Einstein's 47.
Despite the lopsided final tallies, there were stand-out performances by Titan swimmers. Senior Michael Bowrin placed first in both the 50-yard freestyle event and 100-yard butterfly race. Bowrin is chasing the 50-yard freestyle school record at Einstein (22.33 seconds) set by Mark Schopmeyer in the 1980s. Bowrin's time of 23.82 seconds qualifies him for the Metro Championships at the end of February.
Senior Nate Schrier ralled to a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle event (55.88 seconds) and third place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.57). Schrier also swam the breaststroke leg of the 200--yard medley relay for the men's team, which finished third.
Sophomore Will Ferrin continues to show improvement and provided points for the men in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke.
Junior Stephanie Pratt helped Titans make a strong showing in the 100-yard women's backstroke with a second-place finish. To the surprise of Whitman swimmers, Titans Natalie Daronco placed fourth in the same event, and Meredith Giblin came in fifth.
In the 100-yard breastroke for the women, freshman Jordan Coyne finished third, followed by senior Emily Menase in fourth place and freshman Alicia Lamkin in fifth place.
In the 200-yard individual medley for women, Pratt took third place, Coyne placed fourth and Daronco took fifth place.
In women's 1-meter diving event, senior Jessie Wolfe was second, senior Devon Rinkel was third, and junior Isabel Smith placed fourth.