The Virginia Run Riptide claimed two victories during this fourth week of the NVSL summer swim season with an exciting win at Wednesday’s Divisional Relay Carnival and a convincing win of 279-140 over Popular Heights at Saturday’s home A meet.
Not only did the Riptide bring home the Division 6 Relay Trophy, but they will send 8 teams to the NVSL All-Star Relays on July 16th. Three relay teams set new Riptide records at the Relay Carnival. The Boys 200M Freestyle Mixed Age team of Anthony Arcomona (11-12), Jason Cheifetz (9-10), Geoffrey Eisenhart (13-14), and Joey Castro (15-18) broke a seven year old record with a blazing swim of 1:57.46. The 15-18 Girls team of Chloe Hicks, Skyla Davidson, Mia Newkirk, and Serena Emanuel broke their own 200 M Medley record with 2:07.24 and shattered the six year old 200 M Free Relay record with a 1:54.71. Five additional teams will represent the Riptide at All-Stars: Girls 18&Under Mixed Age Free Relay of Chelsea Nguyen, Maddie Whitton, Didi Pace, and Chloe Hicks; Boys 11-12 100 M Medley Relay of Anthony Tonthat, William Beamon, Anthony Arcomona and Noah Schettini; Boys 13-14 200 M Medley Relay of Geoffrey Eisenhart, Leo Wang, Thomas Beamon, and Jordan Banzon; Boys 8&Under 100 M Free Relay of William Whitton, Davis Collinsworth, Jack Kelly, and Charles Beamon, and Girls 13-14 200 M Free Relay of Sarah Boyle, Lauren Stovall, Chanel Cogan, and Didi Pace.
Still undefeated, the Riptide hosted their first home meet of the season last Saturday and saw outstanding individual efforts with 49 swimmers posting 60 personal best times. Three new team records were set by Olivia Masterson (11-12 Breast) at 38.31, Leo Wang (13-14 Breast) at 32.62, and Anthony Arcomona (11-12 Fly) at 31.06.
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The freestylers started strong with 3 race sweeps by the Riptide boys. Charles Beamon won first, Davis Collinsworth second and Jack Kelly third for the 8&Unders; Jason Cheifetz took first, Michael Hart second and Owen Thomas third for the 9-10s and Geffrey Eisenhart claimed first, Jordon Banzon second and Charlie Gunn third for the 13-14s. Three girls won their races: Neha Srinivasan (8&Under), Did Pace (13-14) and Chloe Hicks (15-18). Five swimmers captured second place: Natalie Orwat (8&Under), Maddie Whitton (9-10), Noah Schettini (11-12), Chelsea Nguyen (11-12) and Lauren Stovall (13-14).
With a comfortable 58 to 32 lead, the Riptide backstrokers pushed off. Seven of the events were won by the Tide: William Whitton (8&Under), Ella Thomas (8&Under), William Beamon (11-12), Chelsea Nguyen (11-12), Geoffrey Eisenhart (13-14), Lauren Stovall (13-14), and Chloe Hicks (15-18). Six swimmers claimed second place: Logan Dahm (8&Under), Natalie Orwat ( 8&Under), Andrew Boyle (9-10), Caitlin Kelliher (9-10), Anthony Tonthat (11-12), and Chanel Cogan (13-14). Three swimmers won thirds: Charlie Gunn (13-14), Joey Castro (15-18), and Maggie Blondin (15-18).
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When the breaststrokers started their events the Riptide lead had expanded to 104 to 66. The 8&Under Boys swept their race with Griffin Osterhout in first, William Whitton in second, and Logan Dahm in third. The 9-10 Boys followed with their own sweep: Michael Hart won first, Connor Gary second, and Tommy Vu third. The next six races were won by Virginia Run swimmers: Anthony Arcomona (11-12), Olivia Masterson (11-12), Thomas Beamon (13-14), Sarah Boyle (13-14), Leo Wang (15-18), and Mia Newkirk (15-18). Gabriela Borsato (9-10) swam for second with a new personal best, while third place swims were achieved by Laney Zimmerman (8&Under), Jack Liskey (11-12), Joel Cheifetz (13-14), Abby Borsato (13-14), Andrew Meredith (15-18) and Skyla Davidson (15-18).
The Riptide butterfly squad turned in an amazing performance winning 9 of 10 races. A three way tie for first for the 9-10 boys was an improbable occurrence as three swimmers (and three sets of timers) recorded identical 20.05 times, with Andrew Boyle and Jason Cheifetz of the Riptide and Dan Kinsella of Poplar Heights sharing the win. Neha Srinivasan was all alone winning the 8&Under fly by four seconds with a new personal best 22.75. Maddie Whitton (9-10), Anthony Arcomona (11-12), Olivia Masterson (11-12), Leo Wang (13-14), Didi Pace (13-14), Joey Castro (15-18), and Mia Newkirk (15-18) all followed with first place finishes. Jack Kelly (8&Under), William Beamon (11-12), and Sarah Boyle (13-14) secured seconds, while Chanel Cogan(13-14), Andrew Meredith (15-18), and Allison Meredith (15-18) swam for thirds.
Enjoying the benefit of swimming at home for the first time this year, a dominant performance was the order of the day for the Riptide relay teams as 10 of 12 races were won by Virginia Run.
The coming week is full of fun and competitions for the Riptide as they host a meet Monday evening with Pleasant Valley, an ice cream social on Tuesday, race at the All-Star Relays on Wednesday, run a lap-a-thon fundraiser for Special Olympics Thursday, stage a Lip Sync Spirit night Friday, and host their final A meet of the season at home against Fair Oaks on Saturday.