Hello again from your friendly Froggy Computer 🐸💦!

You know what they say, better late than never, here is your weekly meet recap from Saturday’s away meet vs the Lake Ridge Lancers. Even though it was an away meet, it’s proximity to the Frog Pond was super convenient. With that, the overcast weather, and the onsite pupusa factory, it was a great meet, even if they didn’t serve cheeseburgers. We knew going in that the Lancers were a much larger team than the Frogs, so scoring would be an uphill battle, and ultimately the Lancers handed us our first loss of the season. Final score was Lake Ridge Lancers to Dale City Frogs . Please see attached meet results document for your use 🐸💚😎.

Meet commitments were holding steady around 7% this week. Surprisingly, we still have about 15 swimmers each week that fail to commit to the meets at all, which can cause additional work on deck if they intend to swim. For those that are consistently declaring your swimmers, communicating when things change, and encouraging swimmers to race, THANK YOU! 💚💚

As the season progresses, large time improvements are harder to achieve. But our Frogs are doing amazing clocking 47% of our swims resulting in personal bests. Keep telling your swimmers to do their hopping best 🏊💦!!!

Our DQ’s stayed consistent this we as well, hovering at 12%. 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. ☀️☀️☀️

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.

• Arias, Fernando (16)
• Bussenger, Ryan (17)
• Corrigan, Jasper (8) **
• Fanion, Jacoby (12)
• Fanion, Justis (14)
• Forysiak, Adam (18)
• George, Ashley (14) **
• Green, Ayden (17) **
• Kulikowski, Meli (10)
• Langerman, Emma (8)
• Linares Postillos, Stephanie (11)
• Voith, Amy (16)

⏱️ 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!

• Cordova, Chris
• Ghafoerkhan, Rhea
• Peterson, Anya

🐸 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.

• Bogan, Seph (10): 23.48 seconds in #30 Boys 9-10 50m Back

• Cox, Sebastian (9): 16.37 seconds in #12 Boys 9-10 50m Free
• Mensah, Anai (6): 16.89 seconds in #29 Girls 8&U 25m Back
• Samren, Mohammed (9): 16.27 seconds in #20 Boys 10&U 100m IM
• Reid, Zachary (9): 18.35 seconds in #30 Boys 9-10 50m Back
• Ghafoerkhan, Zariah (10): 18.37 seconds in #31 Girls 9-10 50m Back
• Beck, Naomi (8): 11.28 seconds in #11 Girls 8&U 25m Free
• Beatty-Moy, Chloe (12): 11.72 seconds in #23 Girls 11-12 100m IM
• Ezzahiri, Sarah (10): 10.45 seconds in #21 Girls 10&U 100m IM
• Joseph, Danny (9): 12.37 seconds in #30 Boys 9-10 50m Back
• Raynor, Zora (11): 7.11 seconds in #15 Girls 11-12 50m Free
• Alfaro, Henry (11): 7.37 seconds in #32 Boys 11-12 50m Back
• Hensley, Abby (11): 7.75 seconds in #33 Girls 11-12 50m Back
• Ghafoerkhan, Rhea (14): 6.84 seconds in #25 Girls 13-14 100m IM
• Carter, Mick (17): 5.84 seconds in #18 Men 15-18 50m Free
• Carter, Mick (17): 5.79 seconds in #26 Men 15-18 100m IM
• Ezzahiri, Sarah (10): 5.84 seconds in #41 Girls 9-10 50m Breast
• Stabler, Luke (16): 5.00 seconds in #56 Men 15-18 50m Fly

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! Enjoy the holiday and the weekend break from early morning meets! 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