Highlights 2003-04

• Sports Banquet
• States
• Regions
• Districts
• Dual Meet Schedule
• PhotoGallery 2003-04 — an assortment of photos from '03-'04

2004 in Review

2004 was a VERY good year! Back-to-back State championships for the boys and a very strong showing for the girls! Highlights of the spring banquet and states are provided below for links to highlight of the season from the dual meets to districts, regions, and states, visit the team Scrapbook.

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Baker, Scheren, Finelli, Jacoby & Papageorge named All-Met, Plus 2 Rams Boys Relay Teams!!! While it was expected for the Sarah, Steve, Drew, Lauren, and Mike to be named All-Met, the surprise of the evening was that relay teams were honored this year as well. The Robinson boys teams dominated the All-Met relays. The 200 Free and the 200 Medley relay were honored as the best in the region. Steve Scheren and Sarah Baker were named All-Met first team and are photographed in the Post. Drew Finelli was named second team, and Lauren Jacoby and Mike Papageorge made honorable mention. Congrats to these top performers. Congrats to relay team members Pat Laiti, Will Trainor, Zach Holmes, RJ Hess, Daniel Davison, and Steve Scheren. Click here for a link to the All-Met boys teams and the All-Met girls teams.

In addition the Northern Virginia Journal honored its All-Journal selections in a special edition Monday, April 12. Steve Scheren was named Performer of the year, Tracey Blaine was named coach of the year, and team members Sarah Baker, Drew Finelli, and Lauren Jacoby are among the All-Journal honorees. They were all photographed in the Robinson field house -- along with other members of the All-Journal team -- Monday, March 29th. Click here for a pdf of the article.

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Drew Finelli Joins Fellow Team Mates Baker, Scheren, and Jacoby, as U.S. Open Qualifiers

Congrats to Drew Finelli for qualifying for the U.S. Open in his last event at Junior National -- the mile! Looks like his taper kicked in real well, and he went for it! We'll see you at the U.S. Open in December. Fellow team mates Sarah Baker, Steve Scheren, and Lauren Jacoby had previously qualified for the U.S. Open. Scheren and Jacoby both have U.S. Open cuts in the 100 Free. Baker qualified for the 200 Free and 500 Free at the Virginia state meet and added the 1650 at Junior Nationals. Who will be next? The U.S. Open will be held in San Antonio, Texas, December 2-4, 2004.

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Baker, Scheren, Finelli, Jacoby & Papageorge named All-Met, Plus 2 Rams Boys Relay Teams!!! While it was expected for the Sarah, Steve, Drew, Lauren, and Mike to be named All-Met, the surprise of the evening was that relay teams were honored this year as well. The Robinson boys teams dominated the Alll-Met relays. The 200 Free and the 200 Medley relay were honored as the best in the region. Steve Scheren and Sarah Baker were named All-Met first team and are photographed in the Post. Drew Finelli was named second team, and Lauren Jacoby adn Mike Papageorge made honorable mention. Congrats to these top performers. Congrats to relay team members Pat Laiti, Will Trainor, Zach Holmes, RJ Hess, Daniel Davison, and Steve Scheren. Click here for a link to the All-Met boys teams and the All-Met girls teams.

In addition the Northern Virginia Journal will honor its All-Journal selections in a special edition Monday, April 12. Steve Scheren was named Performer of the year, Tracey Blaine was named coach of the year, and team members Sarah Baker, Drew Finelli, and Lauren Jacoby are among the All-Journal honorees. They were all photographed in the Robinson field house -- along with other members of the All-Journal team -- Monday, March 29th. Click here for a pdf of the published page.

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Drew Finelli Joins Fellow Team Mates Baker, Scheren, and Jacoby, as U.S. Open Qualifiers

Congrats to Drew Finelli for qualifying for the U.S. Open in his last event at Junior National -- the mile! Looks like his taper kicked in real well, and he went for it! We'll see you at the U.S. Open in December. Fellow team mates Sarah Baker, Steve Scheren, and Lauren Jacoby had previously qualified for the U.S. Open. Scheren and Jacoby both have U.S. Open cuts in the 100 Free. Baker qualified for the 200 Free and 500 Free at the Virginia state meet and added the 1650 at Junior Nationals. Who will be next? The U.S. Open will be held in San Antonio, Texas, December 2-4, 2004.

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Rings and Watches for Back to Back State Champs!

Members of the boys' team ordered rings and watches to commemorate their 2004 State Championship victory.

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Robinson Swim & Dive Shines at 2004 Winter Sports Banquet

How do you top that? Principal Dan Meier introduced Coach Tracey Blaine and swim/dive by saying that if you get lucky your team might win a State Championship once in its history, but you have to be very lucky and very talented to win two in a row. Tracey covered highlights from the season that clearly detailed the depth and strength of the team: 8 Gold Medals, 4 States Records, and numerous All American swims! The celebration continued in the Recital Hall with recognition for district, region, and state teams, and 37 team members being presented with the prestigious scholar-athlete award—by far the largest number of any team!

Tracey's prognosis for 2005? The potential to do it again, but this time with both girls and boys taking top honors in the state. Work hard off season and get ready for another exciting year in 2005!

Boys' Team Highlights from banquet program

• The 200 Medley Relay (Davison, Laiti, Hess, Scheren) — School, District, Region, & State Record Holders, Automatic All-Americans, State Champions
• The 200 Free relay (Trainor, Laiti, Holmes, Scheren) — School record, All-American Consideration (AAC) times, State Champions
• The 400 Free Relay (Davison, Finelli, Trainor, Hess) — School record, All-American Consideration (AAC) times, State Champions
• Steve Scheren — First Team All District, First Team All Regions, State Champion and AAA in 50 & 100 Free events, State record holder in 100 Free, school and District record in 50 & 100 Free
• Drew Finelli — First Team All District, First Team All Regions,State Champion in 200 Free, AAC in 200 & 500 Free events, State and school record holder in 200 Free, District and school record holder in 500 Free
• Mike Papageorge— Third Place in Northern Region and State diving
• Daniel Davison — First Team All-District, State Medalist in 200 IM and 100 Back, school record in 100 Back
• Will Trainor — Second Team All District, State Medalist in 100 Free
• R.J. Hess — Second Team All District, State Finalist in 100 Fly and 200 IM
• Patrick Laiti — Second Team All District, State Finalist in 100 Breast and 50 Free.
  
  

  Girls' Team Highlights from banquet program

• The 200 Medley Relay (Baker, Mealy, Patterson, Jacoby/Weems) — Region and State Medalists, AAC time.
• The 400 Free Relay (Henderson, Patterson, Jacoby/Weems, Baker) — Region and State Medalists, school record holders, AAC time.
• Sarah Baker — First Team All District, First Team All Regions, State Champion, State record holder, and AAA in 200 & 500 Free events, District record in 500 Free, AAC in 200 IM.
• Lauren Jacoby — First Team All District, First Team All Regions,District and school record holder in 100 Free, Regional Champion in 200 Free, AAA in 100 Fly, 100 Free, and 200 Free
• Mary Agness Patterson— Second Team All District, Regional Finalist in 100 Fly
  
  
  Special Honors
  
  

  	Boys	Girls
  Rookie of the Year	Zach Holmes	Lauren Jacoby
  Will to Win	RJ Hess	Mary Agness Patterson
  MVP	Steve Scheren Drew Finelli	Sarah Baker

Coach Blaine also had a special award of recognition for Will Eaton who has used his special talents out of the pool to bring recognition to the team on Good Morning Robinson through his slides and video presentations! He has contributed greatly to raising the visibility of the team within the school. Thanks, Will!

 

The State Team Steve Scheren Drew Finelli Daniel Davison RJ Hess Pat Laiti Will Trainor Stephen Vu Mike Papageorge Zach Holmes Sarah Baker Erin Mealy Claire Weems Kelly Henderson Mary Agness Patterson Allision Bourne Kate Rice Note: Listed in order of individual points taken at Regions. Lauren Jacoby also qualified for states but will not be present to attend. We wish her great swims and lots of fun at Nationals!

For information about States, visit the About High School Swim or About High School Dive page on this Web site.

Good-Bye Seniors, Good Luck!

The team said good-bye to its largest class of graduating seniors in memory.

Robert Campione Matt Clark   Daniel Davison   Doug Kraemer  Patrick Laiti   WooJin Lee    Kyle Makinen (dive)  Tyler Marriott  Patrick Sanders   Peter Weems

McKenzie Dodd Stephanie Hobart  Lauren MacIntosh    Erin Mealy Lizzy Morgan  Jessie Mueller  Catherine Ruckstuhl  Virginia Ward

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States Photos Ready to View on SportsPhotosInc.com—Sports Photos.com has posted their photos from States on the Web. Click here for a link to view, select, and purchase photos from States.

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VHSL Makes It Official!

Rams Have Four State Recordholders

The VHSL web site has now posted official results to it's site at http://www.vhsl.org/04aaaswmrslts.htm. Among the great results you can clearly see for Robinson, are the listings of the four state records the teams individual swimmers and 200 Medley relay team took. Of interest, the 200 Medley relay's time has been officially posted as 1:37.34, making it a new team record as well! Congrats to all for many fine swims this season!

Event 1  Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
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       State: * 1:37.34  2/14/2004 Robinson High School, Robinson HS
                         D Davison, P Laiti, R Hess, S Scheren     
National: N 1:31.22  2000      , St. Xavier,Cinna
                         Cramer, Burns, Ransenberg, Leassner

School                                            Prelims     Finals Points 
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A - Final
  1 Robinson High School                              1:38.28    1:37.34*  40  
     1) Davison, Daniel 04              2) Laiti, Patrick 04
     3) Hess, RJ 05                     4) Scheren, Steve 05    

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Event 4  Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
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       State: * 1:50.92  2/14/2004 Sarah Baker, Robinson HS
    National: N 1:45.98  1982      Cynthia Woodhead, Mission Viejo,CA

    Name                    Year School               Prelims     Finals Points
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A - Final
  1 Baker, Sarah              05 Robinson HS          1:53.35    1:50.92*  20   

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Event 13  Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
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       State: * 46.09  2/14/2004 Steve Scheren, Robinson HS
    National: N 43.43  1992      Joe Hudepohl, St.Xavier,Cinci              

    Name                    Year School               Prelims     Finals Points
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A - Final
  1 Scheren, Steve            05 Robinson HS            47.19      46.09*  20   

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Event 16  Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
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       State: * 4:54.31  2/14/2004 Sarah Baker, Robinson HS
    National: N 4:37.30  1988      Janet Evans, Placentia,CA                   

    Name                    Year School               Prelims     Finals Points 
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A - Final
  1 Baker, Sarah              05 Robinson HS          4:58.07    4:54.31*  20  

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8 Gold Medals + 4 State Records!
Rams Boys Team Wins Second Straight State Title with 274 Points,
Girls Team Takes 7th

With perhaps the largest number of points scored ever in the boys' VHSL AAA State Championships, the Rams took the State title for the second year in a row with 274 points. The Lady Rams also had a very good night, taking 7th.

A 3-foot version of the banner has been hung in the window of 12th grade pricincpal's office opposite the front doors. The full 8-foot version has been hung in the cafeteria. Whiile we couldn't get them back in time to be displayed for school on Monday, they are in position now and will be visible when students come to school on Tuesday!

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Rams Swim & Dive Tops Banner Year with Record-Setting Year in 2004!!!

 How do you top that? This was the question on the minds of Rams Swim & Dive team members and coaches as they contemplated the impressive wins from the 2003 season—including the team’s first Boys’ State Championship and its first All Americans. The answer became clear at the conclusion of the State meet this year as the combined girls and boys team walked away with 8 gold medals, 4 state records, and 7 automatic All Americans—plus 4 All-American consideration swims. In addition the boys team took its second straight State title, dominating the meet with 274 points—82 points ahead of its nearest competitor. Even short a member, the girls’ team took 7th—an amazing feat for participating in only four events!

    

Boys’ Team

Boys' Results

• All three boys' relays took gold — bringing in 120 points among them.
• All swimmers in individual events either maintained or improved their seeds -- adding 9 points over what they were expected to take!
• The Boys 200 Medley Relay (Davison, Laiti, Hess, Scheren) struck gold, re-braking the State record they set the night before and achieved Automatic All American (AAA) status at 1:37.34 and breaking the team record they set at Regions -- coming in about 1 1/2 seconds ahead of the second-place Lake Braddock team.

L to R: Steve Scheren, Pat Laiti, RJ Hess, Daniel Davison

• The boys stuck gold again in the 200 Free event as Drew Finelli dropped .50 to retain his first place seed — swimming 1:44.55.
• Both Daniel Davison and RJ Hess moved up from their seeds in the 200 IM -- finishing 6th and 11th.
• Steve Scheren swim a 21.14 in the 50 free taking gold and AAA. Pat Laiti moved up from 10th seed to 9th place swimming 22.39 — a career best.
• RJ Hess move up two spots in the the 100 Fly to finish 14th
• In the 100 Free, Robinson had two medalists. Steve Scheren swam 46.09 to take the gold, State Record, AAA, and a new team record. Will Trainor dropped his time from 49.05 to 48.62 to take 6th!
• Drew Finelli swam the race of his life in the 500 free — for a considerable time it looked like he was going to take top seed Alex Anderson — dropping more than 2 seconds from his seed time to finish in 4:38.24.
• The 200 Free relay (Trainor, Laiti, Holmes, Scheren) dropped 1.17 seconds to retain their top seed and take gold and set a team record. This swim was just .11 short of AAA — and 1.24 faster that last year's relay team who achieved All American status from their consideration time. While all team members had great swims, Zach Holmes dropped over a second from his previous best split to swim as 22.3. Great contribution, Zach!

L to R: Pat Laiti, Steve Scheren, Will Trainor, Zach Holmes

• Daniel Davison had perhaps his best swim of the night in the 100 Back -- dropping .29 to achieve 53.96 and break the team record he had just set. He held his 4th place seed.
• Pat Laiti looked like he was going to take his heat in the 100 breast standing out in the first 75 yards. Pat finished holding his seed. His explosive start and quick turns were standouts in this event.
• The 400 Free Relay (Davison, Finelli, Trainor, Hess) easily took gold and set a new team record at 3:16.07. Way to put some distance on the competition.

L to R: Drew Finelli, RJ Hess, Daniel Davison, Will Trainor

• Mike Papageorge took 3rd in Diving with a score of 418.26 — adding 16 points to the team's total!
• Also, congrats to Stephen Vu, who debuted at States this year in the 200 free, taking 17th in prelims.
  
  

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  Girls’ Team

  While the boys had to replace the backstroke leg on the medley relay and get teammates to step up and take the points scored by last year’s graduating seniors, the girls had larger flippers to fill. Their three top performers from the 2003 season were gone—two graduated and one moved. Fortunately, junior standout Sarah Baker just happened to move to Robinson from Washington State and freshman powerhouse Lauren Jacoby joined the team. These two new players—along with the continued development of other key teammates—made for a strong season in 2004. While the girls had only four events in finals at States—those were four strong events, earning the team 100 points and a 7th place finish! With Lauren Jacoby out of town at Senior National in Florida, Sarah Baker drove the Lady Rams success at States, winning both of her events with Automatic All American times and State records in each.

  Baker also served to anchor the 400 Free Relay (Weems, Patterson, Henderson, Baker), which took a third place finish, and served as the backstroke leg of the 200 Medley relay (Baker, Mealy, Patterson, Weems), which took 5th. Unfortunately, due to a pulled muscle, breaststroker Erin Mealy was not able to repeat her career best swim from Regions during the State meet. In total the girls’ team took two State records and 4 Automatic All Americans. Members of the girls’ team for States were Sarah Baker, Erin Mealy, Claire Weems, Kelly Henderson, Mary Agnes Patterson, Allison Bourne, and Kate Rice. The girls were also the District champions and 3rd place finishers at Regions this year.

Girls Results

• Most asked question: WHERE did Sarah Baker come from? It wasn't out of thin air! She was clearly a surprise and excellent addition to the team this year! Sarah took two golds — and two State records and contributed to both relay teams! Congrats to Sarah for an outstanding meet.
• The 200 Medley relay (Baker, Mealy, Patterson, Weems) dropped .63 to move up from 6th to 5th!
• Sarah Baker had an upset victory in the 200 Free dropping 2.43 seconds to take gold and a State Record! This is also a team record.
• Sarah scored a second victory taking gold and the State Record in the 500 Free dropping 3.76 seconds. This is also a team record.
• The 400 Free relay (Weems, Patterson, Henderson, Baker) dropped 2.9 seconds to 3:39.94 to move up two places to 3rd! A truly exciting race -- and a new team record.
• Also congrats to Claire Weens, Kate Rice, Alisson Bourne, and Kelly Henderson, who swam in the 200 Free relay, which took 19th in prelims.

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Epilogue

While the 2004 season is completed, the honors the Rams will achieve are not. Team members will be notified of the selection as members of All District, All Region, and All Met teams. Most exciting for the team this year is that four team members—Steve Scheren, Sarah Baker, Drew Finelli, and Lauren Jacoby—are likely to be selected as First Team All-Met. As far as we can tell from the All-Met archives, it would be a first for four members of the same team to be honored as All-Met First Team during the same year.

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Meet results (as published in the Washington Post)

Diving

• Girls 1 Meter: Lara Beth Elder, Appomattox Governors School, 421.86; Natalie West, Lake Braddock, 410.34; Catlin High, Maggie Walker Governors School, 392.40
• Boys 1 Meter:1. Mike McDonald, W.T. Woodson, 476.70; 2. Scott Hudson, Lake Braddock, 442.26; Mike Papageorge, Robinson, 418.26

Boys Swimming

• 200 Yard Medley Relay: Robinson, 1:37:68, Lake Braddock, 1:39:14 E.C. Glass, 1:40:37
• 200 Yard Freestyle: Drew Finelli, Robinson, 1:44:55; Peter Volosin, Patrick Henry, 1:44:67; Reid Madden, E.C. Glass, 1:44:73
• 200 Yard IM: John Hutchinson, West Springfield, 1:55:95; Russell Smyth, Culpeper, 1:56:53; Brian Freitag, Culpeper, 1:56:74
• 50 Yard Freestyle: Steve Scheren, Robinson, 21:14; T.J. Cowling, Mechanicville, 21:45; John Krietler, Fairfax, 21:66
• 100 Yard Butterfly: J.B. Walsh, Ocean Lakes, Ian DeToll, Culpeper 51:66; Camden Long, Kecoughtan, 52:10
• 100 Yard Freestyle: Steven Scheren, Robinson, 46:09; T.J. Cowling, Mechanicville, 46:91; Jared Adler, Washington-Lee, 47:72
• 500 Yard Freestyle: Alex Anderson, Madison, 4:37:85; Drew Finelli, Robinson, 4:38:54; Ben Miller Herndon, 4:41:10
• 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: Robinson, 1:27:57; Marshall, 1:28:84; Great Bridge, 1:28:87
• 100 Yard Backstroke: John Lyles, Lake Braddock, 52:42; Preston Mihalko, Great Bridge, 53:46; Danny Mizelle, Patrick Henry, 53:78
• 100 Yard Breaststroke: Russell Smyth, Culpeper, 58:75; Ari Molina, Yorktown, 59:42; Zachry Hayden, Stonewall Jackson, 59:51
• 400 Yard Freestyle: Robinson, 3:16:07;

West Springfield, 3:19:06; Jefferson, 3:19:50

Girls Swimming

• 200 Yard Medley Relay: Jefferson, 1:49:50; First Colonial, 1:49:87; Yorktown, 1:51:08
• 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: First Colonial, 1:39:51; South Lakes, 1:39:64; Chantilly, 1:40:02
• 200 Yard Freestyle: Sarah Baker, Robinson, 1:50:92; Caroline Bellis, South Lakes, 1:53:14; Michelle Parkhurst, Marshall, 1:54:36
• 200 Yard IM: Emily Verdin, Jefferson, 2:04:19; Yeng Lan Beller, Westfield, 2:06:00; Nicole Pederson, South Lakes, 2:07:20
• 50 Yard Freestyle: Amber Bialas, Tallwood, 23:96; Andrea Balint, Langley, 24:06; Katy Hinkle, Yorktown, 24:10
• 100 Yard Butterfly: Yeng Lang Beller, Westfield, 55:63; Christine Marshal, Mechanicville, 55:64; Abby Barney, First Colonial, 57:40
• 100 Yard Freestyle: Christine Marshall, Mechanicville, 51:78; Amber Bialas, Tallwood, 51:93; Andrea Balint, Langley, 52:74
• 500 Yard Freestyle: Sarah Baker, Robinson, 4:54:31; Kim Case, West Sprinfield, 5:07:75; Laura Neely, Lee-Davis, 5:09:16
• 100 Yard Backstroke: Emily Verdin, Jefferson, 56:16; Michelle Parkhurst, Marshal, 56:94; Mei Christensen, South Lakes, 57:19
• 100 Yard Breakstroke: Kim Case, West Springfield, 1:06:76; Ellen Flader, Yorktown, 1:06:93; Rebecca Brofft, Jefferson, 1:07:66
• 400 Yard Freestyle: South Lakes, 3:34:37; Jefferson, 3:36:63; Robinson, 3:39:94

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The State Team Steve Scheren Drew Finelli Daniel Davison RJ Hess Pat Laiti Will Trainor Stephen Vu Mike Papageorge Zach Holmes Sarah Baker Erin Mealy Claire Weems Kelly Henderson Mary Agness Patterson Allision Bourne Kate Rice Note: Listed in order of individual points taken at Regions. Lauren Jacoby also qualified for states but will not be present to attend. We wish her great swims and lots of fun at Nationals!

For information about States, visit the About High School Swim or About High School Dive page on this Web site.

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Boys Take Region Title, Girls Take 3rd

RAMS Score BIG at Regions

Coach Tracey Blaine was nearly speechless when talking to reporters last night after Regions. What else was there to say — the results said it all! Boys took first with a score of 360.5 nearly 120 points ahead of second-place Lake Braddock (244.5 points). Lady Rams took 3rd with 196 points.

Boys Results

• 200 Medley Relay — 1st Place, AAA time
• 200 Free — Drew Finelli took 1st with an AAC time; Stephen Vu dropped a second to make states
• 200 IM — Daniel Davison took 4th; RJ Hess finished 7th and got a state cut
• 50 Free — Steve Scheren took 1st with an AAC time; Pat Laiti took 7th and moves on to states
• 100 Fly — RJ Hess pulled off an impressive time drop to get a state cut and 5th Place overall
• 100 Free — Steve Scheren took 1st with an AAA time; Will Trainor took 5th and moves on to states
• 500 Free — Drew Finelli took 2nd with a four second time drop and an AAC time
• 200 Free Relay — 1st Place with an AAC time
• 100 Back — Daniel Davison took 4th and broke the school record
• 100 Breast — Pat Laiti took 7th and moves on to states
• 400 Free Relay — 1st place, AAC time
• Diving — Mike Papageorge took 3rd and moves on to states
  
  
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• 200 Medley Relay — 2nd Place with an AAC time
• 200 Free — Lauren Jacoby took 1st with an AAA time
• 200 IM — Sara Baker took 2nd with an AAC time
• 100 Fly — Lauren Jacoby took 2nd with an AAA time
• 500 Free — Sara Baker took 1st with an AAC time
• 100 Breast — Erin Mealy took 6th and got her state cut
• 400 Free Relay — 3rd place, AAC time

Click here for link to meet results posted on the PVS Web site.

Click here for a link to the article in the Sunday, Feb. 8, Washington Post.

Click here for a link to the pdf of article in the Monday, Feb. 9., Northern VA Journal.

The District writeup has been moved to the Championship Meet page. Click here for the link.

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Rams’ 2004 Region Team

	Men's Team	Women's Team
200 Yard Medley Relay	200 Yard Medley Relay Team	200 Yard Medley Relay Team
200 Yard Freestyle	Drew Finelli Stephen Vu Matt Bell	Lauren Jacoby Kelly Henderson Mary Agnes Patterson
200 Yard Individual Medley	Daniel Davison RJ Hess Tyler Marriott Matt Jennings	Sarah Baker Lizzy Morgan Erin Mealy
50 Yard Freestyle	Steve Scheren Will Trainor Pat Laiti Zach Holmes	Claire Weems
Diving	Mike Papageorge	Paige Salas
100 Yard Butterfly	RJ Hess	Lauren Jacoby Mary Agnes Patterson Sarah Binder Stephanie Hobart
100 Yard Freestyle	Steve Scheren Will Trainor Matt Bell	Claire Weems
500 Yard Freestyle	Drew Finelli Stephen Vu	Sarah Baker Kelly Henderson
200 Yard Freestyle Relay	200 Yard Free Relay Team	200 Yard Free Relay Team
100 Yard Backstroke	Daniel Davison Matt Jennings	Lizzy Morgan
100 Yard Breaststroke	Tyler Marriott Pat Laiti Zach Holmes	Erin Mealy
400 Yard Freestyle Relay	400 Yard Free Relay Team	400 Yard Free Relay Team

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Rams Boys and Girls Take District Champs AND Eight District Records at Finals!

Districts was a great meet for both genders on the Rams team, with the boys and girls teams winning by a comfortable margin — and taking a total of 8 district records between them! Rams also achieved All-American Consideration in 9 events. Every member of 2004 District team — 23 girls and 22 boys — made it back to finals. Click here for a roster of District team members and their events.

Further, it looks like 13 boys (for a total of 22 events) and 11 girls (for a total of 20 events) will be continuing on to Regions! Click here for a roster of the Region team members and their events. Congrats to everyone for a great meet. See below for a look at District and team records set by event and by individual:

District Records Set by the Rams in 2004:

Boys	Girls
50 Free* 100 Free* 500 Free* 400 Free Relay*	200 Medley Relay* 200 Free* 100 Free* 500 Free*

* indicates All-American Consideration time as well as District Record. Several of these were very close to Automatic All-American Times

The Details — 8 District Records and 9 All-American Consideration Times:

Boys 200 Medley Relay (Davison, Laiti, Hess, Trainor) — Swam a time that took a new high school record as well as broke the old district record time. Unfortunately, this outstanding performance was eclipsed by less than .16 by the Lake Braddock team. This is an All-American Consideration time — and set up for a great rematch at Regions.

Girls 200 Medley Relay (Baker, Mealy, Patterson, Jacoby) — Set a District record by more than a second. This is an All-American Consideration time.

Boys 400 Free Relay (Davison, Finelli, Trainor, Scheren) — Broke the District record — held by last year's Rams team — by 3 seconds, also setting a new team record. This is an All-American Consideration time.

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Sarah Baker — Set a District record in the 500 free — and re-broke the team record she set earlier in the season. This is an All-American Consideration time.

Drew Finelli — Set a new school record in the 200 free. Drew also took the District record in the 500 free again at finals— this time beating the record he set just the night before by nearly 8 seconds. Drew's 500 free swim is an All-American Consideration time.

Lauren Jacoby — Set a new District record in the 200 free by three seconds — which also broke a 10-year old Rams record. She also took a District record in the 100 free by a second as well as eking out a new school record. Both are All-American Consideration times.

Steve Scheren — Set a District record in the 50 free and 100 free, and re-broke his Rams record in the 100 free. Both are All-American Consideration times.

Other Exciting Events, Great Performances:

The energy spewed by the cheering teams almost raised the roof during the Girls 400 Free Relay. While Lake Braddock fans were heard singing "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole" early on, their voices fell mute as West Springfield briefly took the lead. Then the Lady Rams made their move in the final lap of the event to take District Gold. What a way to finish the evening!

Pat Laiti came out blazing in his 50 free event. Having had an off race in prelims, he turned it all on in the Console Finals to get his Region cut and move on to the next round of competition. Congrats Pat, you not only secured your spot in Regions, you were only hundredths off the State cut! We knew you could do it! He also made regions in the breast.

Congrats to Tyler Marriott, who came back from swimming with Strep Friday to solid performances in finals in the 200 IM and 100 Breast.

"Point Conversions": Congrats to Zach Holmes in 50 free for moving up from 7th to stake out his spot in Regions — and to Allison Bourne for moving into 6th (and Regions) from her 8th place seed.

Congrats to all the Rams who had best times in so many events! We will recognize all of you on this web site just as soon we are able to get a print out of results to study more carefully.

First Timers, Newcomers:

Several seasoned Rams swimmers will be making their debuts at Regions this year: Tyler Marriott, Matt Bell, Sarah Binder, and Stephanie Hobart. Three newcomers to the team Sarah Baker, Lauren Jacoby (FR), and Zach Holmes (FR) are also welcome additions to the Regions team.

Swimmers of the Meet:

In addition to the great swims listed above there were a number of swimmers/swims worthy of mention for great time drops alone. Among these are:

Will Trainor — who stepped up in all his events for great performances

Kelly Henderson — dropped lots of time in her 200 Free race

Lizzy Morgan — had great drops in both events

Daniel Davison — best times in both events -- just short of two very competitive school records

Virginia Ward — swam her heart out in 100 Back to drop a full second

Great swimming Rams! Rest up and stay healthy for Regions next week!

This recap was written using the Finals results posted at Districts. While care was taken in constructing it, please let the web master know of any missing or incorrect information.

District Records Set in Prelims — District Records were set in prelims Friday night by Lauren Jacoby (FR) and Drew Finelli (SO)! Congrats to both for their accomplishments! The strength of our underclassmen bode well for future Ram swimming success.

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Rams’ 2004 District Team

	Men's Team	Women's Team
200 Yard Medley Relay	Daniel Davison Pat Laiti RJ Hess Will Trainor	Sarah Baker Erin Mealy Mary Agnes Patterson Lauren Jacoby
200 Yard Freestyle	Drew Finelli Stephen Vu Matt Bell Paul Finelli	Lauren Jacoby Kelly Henderson Mary Agnes Patterson Catherine Ruckstuhl
200 Yard Individual Medley	Daniel Davison RJ Hess Tyler Marriott Matt Jennings	Lizzy Morgan Erin Mealy Sarah Binder Stephanie Hobart
50 Yard Freestyle	Steve Scheren Will Trainor Pat Laiti Zach Holmes	Claire Weems Kate Rice Allison Bourne Brittney Cox
Diving	Sam Iqab Kyle Makinen Mike Papageorge Dan Wilder	Katherine Arnold Jackie Fisher Paige Salas Samantha Salas
100 Yard Butterfly	RJ Hess Bradford Patterson Patrick Sanders Robert Campione	Mary Agnes Patterson Allison Bourne Sarah Binder Stephanie Hobart
100 Yard Freestyle	Steve Scheren Will Trainor Matt Bell Patrick Sanders	Lauren Jacoby Claire Weems Catherine Ruckstuhl Brittney Cox
500 Yard Freestyle	Drew Finelli Stephen Vu Paul Finelli Dan Gavarkavich	Sarah Baker Kelly Henderson Amy Pritchyk McKenzie Dodd
200 Yard Freestyle Relay	RJ Hess Pat Laiti Zach Holmes Steve Scheren	Lauren Jacoby Kelly Henderson Claire Weems Kate Rice
100 Yard Backstroke	Daniel Davison Bradford Patterson Matt Jennings Matt Clark	Sarah Baker Lizzy Morgan Virginia Ward Kate Rice
100 Yard Breaststroke	Tyler Marriott Pat Laiti Zach Holmes Mike Root	Erin Mealy Lauren Neiswander Katie Robinson Megan Cipperly
400 Yard Freestyle Relay	Daniel Davison Drew Finelli Will Trainor Steve Scheren	Sarah Baker Kelly Henderson Mary Agnes Patterson Claire Weems

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Rams Plan All-American Plaque Great swims deserve some perpetual recognition. As a results, the team received funding from the RAMS Athletic Boosters to create a perpetual All-American plaque to honor those who achieve this highest recognition in high school swimming. Look for the plaque in the hall for the 2004-05 school year.

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Records Broken for 2004 — The Rams virtually rewrote the record board this year. There are now too many records broken and re-broken to continue to write up in this section of the Web site. What a year! Congrats to Daniel Davison for taking his first individual record at Regions this week! Please visit the links below to see the many records set by the team in 2004. Check back after states to see the final tally of records broken for the season!

Click here for a link to the men’s team records page.
Click here for a link to the women's team records page.

 

 

2003-2004 Meet Schedule

The high school swim season is composed of seven dual meets and three championship meets. Robinson's schedule is listed below. For more information on the high school swim season and meets, visit the "About High School Swim" page of this Web site.

Date	Time	Event	Location
Fri, December 5*	6:30 p.m.	Rams vs. West Potomac	Mt. Vernon
Fri, December 12	6:00 p.m.	Lake Braddock vs. Rams	Audrey Moore (Wakefield)
Sat, December 13	6:30 p.m.	Chantilly vs. Rams**	South Run
Fri, December 19	6:30 p.m.	Rams vs. T.C. Williams	Mt. Vernon
Fri, January 9	6:30 p.m.	West Springfield vs. Rams	South Run
Sat, January 10*	6:30 p.m.	Rams vs. West Potomac	Mt. Vernon
Fri, January 16	6:30 p.m.	Rams vs. Hayfield	South Run
Fri, January 23	6:30 p.m.	Annandale vs. Rams	South Run
Fri, January 30	5:00 p.m.	DISTRICTS -- Prelims	Lee District
Sat, January 31	5:00 p.m.	DISTRICTS -- Finals	Lee District
Wed, February 4	5:30 p.m.	REGIONS -- Girls' Diving	Oak Marr
Thur, February 5	5:30 p.m.	REGIONS -- Boys' Diving	Oak Marr
Fri, February 6	5:30 p.m.	REGIONS -- Swim Prelims	Oak Marr
Sat, February 7	5:30 p.m.	REGIONS -- Swim Finals	Oak Marr
Fri, February 13	4:00 p.m.	STATES -- Swim Prelims	GMU
Sat, February 14	9:00 a.m.	STATES -- Girls' Diving	GMU
Sat, February 14	12:00 Noon	STATES -- Boys' Diving	GMU
Sat, February 14	4:00 p.m.	STATES -- Swim Finals	GMU

 

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