Hello again from your friendly Froggy Computer 🐸💦!

It was a steamy one on Saturday where the Frogs took on the Urbanna Sea Otters in our closes meet to date. The Sea Otters had entered almost the same number of swimmers as the Frogs with Urbanna coming in at 82 swimmers against the Frogs 95. With numbers that close, it was anyone’s meet, and the Frogs came out ahead for the third week in a row!!! Final score was Dale City Frogs 2441.5 to Urbanna’s 1833.5. If you are wondering about the .5 point, it is because there was a tie in one of the races, which is somewhat rare but cool to see happen 🐸💚😎!!!! Also happy to report, I got my weekly cheeseburger at approximately 8:22 AM. Please see attached meet results document for your use.

For those keeping track, our commitment percentage was not as good as it has been in prior meets, with the Frogs coming in at over 7%, with 22 individual no swims. We do recognize that things happen, so once you know you won’t be able to make a meet or need to leave early, please communicate so we can adjust. Additionally, for swimmers who are at meets, please encourage them to swim all of their entered events to keep the meet running smoothly and to keep our points up! 💚💚

Another great week of time improvements with the Frogs at 43% of their swims resulting in personal bests. The Frogs are growing stronger each week, with some dropping time consistently week to week. Keep telling your swimmers to do their hopping best 🏊♂️💦!!!

DQ’s were up this week, but that is normal as the coaches start putting our swimmers into events that they have never swam before. Overall, 12% of our swims resulted in DQ’s. If your swimmer disqualified, please see the coaches during the week at practice to review what they can improve. Please do not approach meet officials, stroke and turn officials, or computer representatives for details as the meet progresses, as it slows the timeline, and I know you all want to get our of the heat as much as I do. ☀️☀️☀️

Here are some ribbit-worthy highlights from the meet:

🌟 Top of the Pond Performers

These swimmers landed in the top 3 in all three of their individual events. That’s no small feat; they’re clearly at the top of the toad-em pole! Frogs with **’s by their names placed in FIRST place in all 3 of their events.

• Bussenger, Ryan
• Corrigan, Jasper **
• Corrigan, Jet
• Corrigan, Scarlet **
• Diaz, Jack
• Fanion, Jacoby **
• Forysiak, Adam
• George, Ashley
• Howard, Amare
• Linares Postillos, Stephanie
• Miroff, Allie
• Voith, Amy
• Wellington, London

⏱️ Leaping Ahead

These swimmers improved their time in every individual event, proof that hard work and dedication can really jumpstart progress. Talk about amphibious acceleration!

• Corrigan, Scarlett
• Mercado, Lucas
• Miroff, Allie
• Torres Claudio, Anna
• Voith, Amy
• Wellington, London
• Williams, Peter

🐸 Mega Time Droppers

Sometimes our Frogs make huge splashes, dropping more than 5 seconds on a single swim! That’s like going from tadpole to turbo in one meet.

• Williams, Peter (8) - Boys 8&U 25m Breast: Dropped 23.22 seconds
• Toke, Charley (6) - Girls 8&U 25m Back: Dropped 21.22 seconds
• Cuellar, Violette (11) - Girls 11-12 50m Free: Dropped 17.49 seconds
• Murray, Emmett (6) - Boys 8&U 25m Back: Dropped 17.09 seconds
• Linares Postillos, Nathan (8) - Boys 8&U 25m Fly: Dropped 13.36 seconds
• Ezzahiri, Sarah (10) - Girls 9-10 50m Back: Dropped 12.94 seconds
• Mercado, Lucas (13) - Boys 13-14 50m Back: Dropped 11.86 seconds
• Toke, Charley (6) - Girls 8&U 25m Free: Dropped 11.76 seconds
• Paul, Chloe (11) - Girls 11-12 50m Breast: Dropped 11.48 seconds
• Saulsbery, Johnny (15) - Men 15-18 50m Back: Dropped 11.32 seconds
• Beatty-Moy, Liam (8) - Boys 10&U 100m IM: Dropped 8.45 seconds
• Beck, Nik (11) - Boys 11-12 50m Back: Dropped 8.15 seconds
• Whitehurst, David (10) - Boys 9-10 50m Free: Dropped 7.44 seconds
• Troncoso Azocar, Catalina (7) - Girls 8&U 25m Back: Dropped 7.06 seconds
• Williams, Sophia (7) - Girls 8&U 25m Back: Dropped 7.04 seconds
• Linares Postillos, Nathan (8) - Boys 8&U 25m Breast: Dropped 6.85 seconds
• Ghafoerkhan, Zariah (10) - Girls 9-10 50m Free: Dropped 6.75 seconds
• Valdez, Andy (8) - Boys 8&U 25m Back: Dropped 6.67 seconds
• Mensah, Anai (6) - Girls 8&U 25m Free: Dropped 6.15 seconds
• Mercado, Lucas (13) - Boys 13-14 50m Breast: Dropped 6.14 seconds
• Samren, Mohammed (9) - Boys 10&U 100m IM: Dropped 5.75 seconds
• Wellington, London (13) - Boys 13-14 100m IM: Dropped 5.73 seconds
• Hensley, Drew (9) - Boys 9-10 50m Free: Dropped 5.63 seconds
• Gohel, Danielle (15) - Women 15-18 50m Back: Dropped 5.62 seconds
• Kulikowski, Meli (10) - Girls 9-10 50m Back: Dropped 5.50 seconds
• Hackett, Skylar (13) - Girls 13-14 50m Free: Dropped 5.18 seconds

Whether you hopped into the top 3, dove into faster times, or just gave it your all, we’re proud of every Frog in the pond. Keep practicing those strokes and remember, every great leap starts with a good kick! 🐾💦

Don’t forget to have your swimmer pick up their ribbons at practice this week! And of course, if you have any questions about our results, the new app, or something else please feel free to reach out to me. See you on deck!

Ribbetingly yours,
Stephanie Staats
Volunteer Computer Operator 🐸
Dale City Frogs