January 30, 2009

Oak Marr Rec Center – The Chantilly Chargers hosted the Oakton Cougars in their last meet of the Concorde District dual meet season.  The evening started with a Senior Night program for Charger Swim & Diver Seniors.  Good luck to all!

Boys Competition

The Charger boys took first place in 6 of 12 events, but fell short against a very talented Cougar squad.  The final score of the boys’ competition was 172-142.  At the conclusion of the dual meet season, the Charger boys have an overall dual meet record of 4-3.

Matt Benecki delivered the first Charger win of the evening in the 200 free.  Mitch Phillips captured an impressive win in the 50 free.  Charger divers, Luke Leuterio and Brian O’Connell, helped keep the meet close with a 1-2 finish on the 1-meter board.  Mitch Phillips, in a close race, delivered his second victory of the evening with a win in the 100 free by out touching his Cougar opponent by just .04 of a second.  Matt Benecki easily won the 500 free for his second victory.  In another close race, Greg Borowski, Brian Rothschild, Benecki and Phillips took first place and earned a State cut in the 200 free relay. 

Girls Competition

The Charger girls took first place in 8 of 12 events and beat the Cougars with a final score of 151-164.  The Charger girls’ record for the dual meet season is 5-2.

The first victory was in the 200 medley relay with Shannon Silsby, Becca Yost, Elizabeth Hall and Samantha Reeves.  Maggie Shaw and Alexis Regan went 1-2 in the next event, the 200 free. Yost delivered her first individual win of the evening in the 200 IM.  Hall and Silsby took first and second place in the 50 free to help launch the girls into a solid lead after the first four events.  Hall then took first place in the 100 fly earning a state cut.  Sarah Graupp, Lauren Bachman, Leigh Siegfried and Regan delivered a big win in the 200 free relay.  Yost took first place in the 100 breast, holding off a very strong Oakton swimmer for the win.  The final victory of the evening was in the in the 400 free relay with Regan, Shaw, Yost and Hall delivering impressive swims.

Charger Individual Victory Summary

Matt Benecki (200 free and 500 free), Mitch Phillips (50 free and 100 free), Becca Yost (200 IM and 100 breast) and Elizabeth Hall (50 free and 100 fly) were double event winners.

Luke Leuterio (1M diving) and Maggie Shaw (200 free) were individual event winners.

• Next week will be the Concorde District competition from Thursday, February 5 through Saturday February 7.
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• 02/05/2009 - TBA (A)
• Concorde District Dive @ Audrey Moore
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• 02/06/2009 – 5:30pm (H)
• Concorde District Swim Prelims @ Cub Run
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• 02/07/2009 – 5:30pm (H)
• Concorde District Swim Finals @ Cub Run

Concorde District Championships

All seven teams in the district compete in the Concorde District Championship meet.  A team’s district dual meet win and loss record is not a factor in determining the District Champion. The team with the highest point total for swimming and diving at the conclusion of the championship meet is the Concorde District Champion.

Each of the seven teams sends four swimmers in each event to the Friday evening preliminaries. To be eligible to participate in Districts, a swimmer must have competed in four of the seven dual meets.  Finals are held on Saturday for the swimmers who qualify.  Each team is allowed to enter one relay team for each relay event at Districts which occur during Saturday Finals.  As in dual meets, individual swimmers may participate in a maximum of four events.  However, no more than two can be individual events.

Preliminaries – The top 16 swimmers from each individual event held at Friday Preliminaries advance to Saturday Finals - the top eight swimmers qualify for the A-Final heat; the next fastest eight swimmers qualify for Consolation Final (B-Final).

Finals - The top six swimmers from the A-Final, plus any other swimmers who have met the Region qualifying time standard advance to the Northern Virginia Region Championships held the following week.

Diving – The top six divers from Districts advance to Regionals, as well as any who made the Region qualifying standard.

Swimmers/Relays Achieving Automatic Post-Season Cuts

Bold Indicates New Addition this week

 Boys State Cuts

Matt Benecki 200 and 500 Free

Mitch Phillips 50, 100 Free and 200 Free

Boys 400 Free Relay

Boys 200 Free Relay

Boys Region Cuts

Kyle Ford 100 Back

Brian Rothschild 200 Individual Medley

Matt Benecki 200 Individual Medley & 100 Back

Mitch Phillips 100 Fly

Boys 200 Medley Relay

Girls State Cuts

Elizabeth Hall 50 and100 free, 100 fly

Girls 200 Free Relay

Girls 200 Medley Relay

Girls Region Cuts

Maggie Shaw 200 and 500 Free

Elizabeth Hall 100 Back

Becca Yost 100 Breast

Girls 400 Free Relay

Digital Images of the 2008-09 Charger Dual Meet Season can be found at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lane4imaging/collections/72157603921885635/