Last Saturday the ladies and I traveled over to the eastern shore of Maryland for our first dual meet of the year, which was actually a quad meet. Washington College, Bryn Mawr, and Sweet Briar were the three teams we squared off against. It was an unusually warm and sunny day for November 1st, which meant there were a lot of people heading east for the weekend. The heavy volume of traffic no doubt played a role in an unfortunate accident on the Bay Bridge just before we passed over, backing up traffic for miles. This hour-long delay made things dicey for us, and our swimmers didn't get in the water to warm up until 30 minutes before the start of the meet.
This had no affect on our performances for the day, however. Our girls came to swim, and they wasted no time in showing that they are a team to be taken seriously. Our medley relays took 1st and 3rd, with the "A" relay of Hallie Stewart, Kellianne Mullin, Shafer Busch, and Lizzy Buckley hitting the wall just .36 off the SCHOOL RECORD! In the 1st meet of the year! I knew it would be a good day after that. Other highlights included Hallie and Marlene Graf going 1-2 in the 100 back, and our 200 freestyle relay taking the W in 1:44.79. All in all, R-MC put up 10 personal best times/splits throughout the day, including 2 swimmers cutting 10 seconds from their previous bests in the 1000 (Lara O'Brien and Tracy Spurrier), and Kellianne dropping 4 seconds from her previous best in the 2IM. A great way to start off the season.
Team scores went like this:
R-MC 169 - Bryn Mawr 28
R-MC 160.5 - Sweet Briar 44.5
Washington College 116 - R-MC 89
