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Virginia Run Riptide Faces High Point in First Meet of 2021
The NVSL summer season is in full swing with teams across the league heading back to the pools.
The Virginia Run Riptide was finally back in the water this past Saturday after COVID canceled the 2020 summer season. They competed against High Point Pool and it was the first swim in Division 3 for the Riptide, which ended their 2019 season in Division 4.
The final score of 244-176 was not in the Riptide’s favor but the enthusiasm and energy the team put into their races was on full display.
Three new team records were set during the meet: Charis Roundtree broke the 11/12 50-meter freestyle record from 2003 with a time of 28.70 and she broke the 11/12 50-meter butterfly record from 1995 with a time of 31.21. Also breaking a record set in 1994 was the 11/12 girls medley relay team of Carson Coughlin, Anna Kelliher, Charis Roundtree, and Caroline Friess with a time of 1:05.43.
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The Riptide had several first, second, and third place finishes throughout the meet. First places wins in freestyle included Tyler Garcia (7), Dara Anyalebechi (8), Charis Roundtree (12), Bryan Kim (14), and Montse Garduno Estrada (14).
Finishing first in the backstroke round were Nathan Tonthat (10), Nicholas Harris (11), and Anna Kelliher (12). First in breaststroke were Anna Kelliher (12), Davis Collinsworth (14), and Michael Hart (17). In the butterfly round, first place finishes came from Dara Anyalebechi (8), Caitlin Do (10), Charis Roundtree (12), and Jackson Blansett (16).
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Virginia Run won the Boys 8 and Under medley relay with Henry Diggs, Noah Bange, Stone Stevens and Robert Thomson with a time of 1:31.48. The 8 and Under girls also won their medley relay with the team of Della Snitselaar, Ella Wall, and Dara Anyalebechi and a time of 1:45.90.
Medley relay wins were also brought home by the 9-10 boys team of Nathan Tonthat, Ernesto Guarduno, Tyler Harris, and Matthew Kelliher; the 11-12 girls team of Carson Coughlin, Anna Kelliher, Charis Roundtree, and Caroline Freiss; and the 15-18 boys team of Samuel Roundtree, Michael Hart, Jackson Blansett, and William Whitton.
The Riptide won the final race of the meet, the girls 18 and under mixed age relay, with the team of Charis Roundtree, Caitlin Do, Angela Thompson, and Maddie Whitton. Next, the Riptide heads to Hunt Valley for what will be another great match up.