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9/13/08
On Saturday the girls participated in their first swim meet of the season an annual relay meet held at Tonawanda High School. Holland competed against five other schools. The other schools participating where JFK, Cleveland Hill, Tonawanda, Depew, and Eden.
Meet Highlights (Top 3 finishers)
200 Medley Relay - Sam Gonter, Yvonne Isaacs, Laurel Mitchell, Louise Isaacs - 2nd place finish
150 Butterfly Relay - Alex Evans, Laurel Mitchell, Sam Gonter - 2nd place finish
200 Freestyle Relay - Kasey Jones, Chelsea Kline, Aimee Lindner, Louise Isaacs - 2nd place finish
400 Medley Relay - Sam Gonter, Aimee Lindner, Laurel Mitchell, Louise Isaacs - 3rd place finish
150 Backstroke Relay- Kasey Jones, Chelsea Kline, Sam Gonter - 2nd place finish
Mallory Sacher, and Rachel Petrell also did an outstanding job collecting points towards our victory !
At the meets end Holland came out at the top with a 3rd place meet trophy! With only 10 girls swimming and 4 who couldn't make it to the meet I would have to say that the Holland swim team is small but mighty!! So watch out because they are unstoppable!! Big dreams and big hearts will carry this team a long way.
Please consider coming out to support a hard working team. Our first home meet is Tuesday, September 16th. For most of you who are reading this that is tommorow. Attached is a schedule of the Girls Varsity Swim Team Meets.....please feel free to print and post. It also wouldn't hurt to encourage your students to attend as well.
9/16/08
You’re going to need to buckle your seat belts for this one because the ride has just begun. Competing in there first regular season dual meet of the season your Girls Varsity Swim Team defeated Pioneer last night with a final score of 101 to 69. Placing first in 9 out of the 11 events, having 6 swimmers qualify for ECIC’s and 5 swimmers qualify for sectionals you couldn’t ask for much more……..but there is more. Every swimmer on the team was able to place in the top three in at least one event and Mr. Parker and Mrs. DeMario were there supporting them the whole way. Go Team !!
First Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (3), Samantha Gonter (4), Louise Isaacs (4), Chelsea Kline (2), Aimee Lindner (1), Heather Marshall (1), Laurel Mitchell(3), Mallory Sacher (1)
Second Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (1), Alexandra Exans (1), Yvonne Isaacs(2), Rachel Petrell (2)
Third Place Finishers
Alexandra Evans (2), Kasey Jones(3), Chelsea Kline (2), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (1), Jamie Neil (1), Shayla Nowicki (1)
9/19/08
Your Girls Varsity Swim Team did another outstanding job against one tough team. In all Holland brought home 3 first place finishes, 5 second place finishes, 2 third place finishes and 5 personal best times. The final score of the meet was Holland 56 East Aurora 114.
First Place Finishers
Samantha Gonter (1), Louise Isaacs (1), Laurel Mitchell (1)
Second Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (2), Samantha Gonter (3), Louise Isaacs (2), Yvonne Isaacs (1), Chelsea Kline (3), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (2)
Third Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (2)
9/23/08
Sportsmanship can be defined as conduct and attitude considered as befitting participants in sports, especially fair play, courtesy, and striving spirit. Last night your Girls Varsity Swim Team redefined sportsmanship in their meet against Lackawanna. Swimming in three lanes and choosing to only have two lanes earning points the girls pulled out a sportsmanship award worthy win over Lackawanna with a final score Holland 103 and Lackawanna 49. Along with great sports we had many great times !! One new school record, two personal best times, two sectional qualifying times, seven ECIC qualifying times and every swimmer on the team placing in the top three in at least one or more of there events.
The New School Record goes to Samantha Gonter in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:12.82 which qualifies her for ECIC’s and Sectionals as well.
Samantha Gonter has also qualified for ECIC’s and Sectionals in the 100 fly with a time of 1:09.38.
ECIC Qualifiers
Louise Isaacs – 200 Individual Medley – 2:53.04
Meg DeMario – 50 freestyle – 29.41 / 100 backstroke – 1:14.55
Chelsea Kline – 500 freestyle – 6:49.96 / 200 Freestyle 2:27.26
First Place Finishers
Alexandra Evans (1), Louise Isaacs (2), Yvonne Isaacs (3), Kasey Jones (1), Chelsea Kline (3), Aimee Lindner (2), Laurel Mitchell (1), Shayla Nowicki (4), and Rachel Petrell (2).
Second Place Finishers
Meg Demario (2), Alexandra Evans (1), Samantha Gonter (2), Yvonne Isaacs (1), Kasey Jones (3), Aimee Lindner (2), Heather Marshall (2), Jamie Neil (3), and Rachel Petrell (1).
Third Place Finishers
Heather Marshall (2)
9/30/08
Last night your Girls Varsity Swim Team swam there hearts out achieving 12 personal best times and two sectional qualifying times against tough opponent Eden. The current team standings up to this point are 19 ECIC qualifying times with at least one qualifier in every event, Four qualifying times for Sectionals in addition to all three relays qualifying for the Sectional meet, one new school record and one swimmer – Samantha Gonter who is 0:00.64 away from qualifying for STATES in the 50 Freestyle. As a coach who could ask for anything more……..with only half the season under our belts there is plenty of time for much more excitement.
First Place Finishers
Samantha Gonter (1)
Second Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (4), Samantha Gonter (2), Louise Isaacs (2), Yvonne Isaacs (1), Chelsea Kline (2), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (3)
Third Place Finishers
Samantha Gonter (1), Louise Isaacs (2), Chelsea Kline (2)
Let‘s not forget the faculty staff that made an appearance. We had a record number of faculty staff attending our meet last night so with out further delay lets give them props for taking time out of the schedules to come see on of the best group of athletes here at Holland. Starting with the middle school we had Mr. Lawton, and Miss Gedraitis and from the high school we had Mr. Biryla, Mrs. Shean, and Mrs., Morris. The girls really notice this and really appreciate your support. Our next meet is Friday at JFK and or next home meet in on Tuesday, October 7th against Clevehill. Hope to see you there!!
10/4/08
On Friday your Girls Varsity Swim Team swam against JFK in another sportsmanship friendly meet. The final score was Holland 97 JFK 66. In order to prevent running up the score Holland decided to put some top swimmers in JV events and have every swimmer swim at least one event they haven’t swam yet this season. At the meets conclusion Holland was able to walk away with another win plus one new school record, two sectional qualifiers, three personal best times and six more ECIC qualifying times. This just goes to show Holland never walks away with nothing. Please consider coming out to support the girls at their next home swim meet against a tough opponent Cleveland Hill on Tuesday, October 7th at 4:30. Not only doesn’t the team do well in the water but they also make a difference out of the water as well. About half of the team was able to support and participate in the making strides breast cancer walk this past Sunday.
New School Record:
Samantha Gonter – 100 Freestyle – 57.79
First Place Finishers:
Meg DeMario (3), Louise Isaacs (2), Yvonne Isaacs (2), Kasey Jones (1), Chelsea Kline (2), Aimee Lindner (1), Heather Marshall (1)
Second Place Finishers:
Alexandra Evans (3), Samantha Gonter (1), Louise Isaacs (1), Kasey Jones (3), Chelsea Kline (1), Aimee Lindner(1), Jamie Neil (1), Shayla Nowicki (2), Rachel Petrell (1), Mallory Sacher (1)
Third Place Finishers:
Meg DeMario (1), Alexandra Evans(1), Samantha Gonter(1), Yvonne Isaacs (1), Aimee Lindner (2), Heather Marshall (1), Jamie Neil (1), Shayla Nowicki (1), Rachel Petrell (1)
10/7/08
Your Girls Varsity Swim Team pulled out ahead with the meet coming down to the last relay the girls won against Cleveland Hill; scoring 93 points to Cleveland Hill’s 77 points. This was a meet you shouldn’t have missed. The fans were at the edge of their seat to entire meet. Ten personal best times were achieved, one more sectional qualifying time and two more school records. That puts us at four new school records out of a total of eleven events. If you struggle with the thought that you missed yet another Girls Varsity Swim Meet….NO WORRIES….. we have just ONE more home swim meet. I will see everyone on Tuesday, October 21st at 4:30 be there or be left out of the excitement.
New School Records for this Season
200 Freestyle Samantha Gonter 2:12.82
50 Freestyle Samantha Gonter 26.04 * new last night
100 Freestyle Samantha Gonter 57.79
400 Freestyle Relay 4:08.87 * new last night
Louise Isaacs, Laurel Mitchell,
Chelsea Kline, Samantha Gonter
First Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (3), Alexandra Evans (1), Samantha Gonter (4), Louise Isaacs (3), Chelsea Kline (2), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (2)
Second Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (1), Louise Isaacs (1), Yvonne Isaacs (1), Chelsea Kline (1), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (1)
Third Place Finishers
Alexandra Evans (2), Yvonne Isaacs (1), Kasey Jones(1), Chelsea Kline (1), Aimee Lindner (1), Shayla Nowicki (1)
Attached are the results of the meet in more detail.
Have you congratulated a swimmer today!! You might want to……………
10/14/08
“Neck and Neck” wouldn’t even begin to explain what went on last night when your Girls Varsity Swim Team squeaked out another win. The score before diving was Holland 20 Tonawanda 14. Holland not having a diving board therefore not having divers was not able to hold that lead to Tonawanda at the conclusion of diving. Tonawanda gained 7 points from diving making the score Holland 20 Tonawanda 21. The second to last event Holland clinched a first and third making the score Holland 45 Tonawanda 46 .It was definitely nerve racking until the conclusion of the last event with Holland taking first and third and Tonawanda taking second making the final score of the meet Holland 52 Tonawanda 49. Once again the team concludes a meet with not only a win but nine new personal best times a time drop in the 200 Freestyle Relay and 8 out of the 12 events Holland was able to take first. But there is more the team captains Meg DeMario and Samantha Gonter were able to place first place in all four of their events they swam. The girls fought long and hard right down to the last event for this win and deserved every bit of it!
First Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (4), Samantha Gonter (4), Louise Isaacs (3), Chelsea Kline (2), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (3)
Second Place Finishers
Louise Isaacs (1), Laurel Mitchell (1)
Third Place Finishers
Alexandra (3), Yvonne Isaacs (3), Kasey Jones (1), Chelsea Kline (2), Aimee Lindner (2), Shayla Nowicki (3), Mallory Sacher (2)
10/17/08
Last night your Girls Varsity Swim Team had a tough pill to swallow after taking first place in seven out of eleven events, achieving ten personal best times, bettering the 200 freestyle relay’s sectional time, having two more swimmers qualify for ECIC’s along with one new school record; it seemed clear that Holland dominated for pretty much the entire meet.
Holland would have won by eleven if only the coach was able to throw in a red flag and challenge the call. For the final event, the ruling was that the lead swimmer of the first place relay false started. After the coach reviewed the tape, thanks to Mr. Gonter, the lead swimmer clearly did not false start. By not having the option to challenge the call, they ruled dual confirmation of officials and the final score was a disappointing Holland 84.5 Alden 85.5 despite the 19.26 second difference between Holland and Alden’s final relay time. Prior to the last event that brought Holland’s spirits down, Holland was still up by nine points. Clearly depicting one heck of a fight by your Girls Varsity Swim Team, they deserve a great deal of recognition. Our final home swim meet will be on Tuesday, October 21st against the tough team from Springville and our final regular season meet will be at Pioneer on Friday, October 24th. Both meets starts at 4:30. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
New School Record
Samantha Gonter 100 Free 57.76
First Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (3), Samantha Gonter (3), Louise Isaacs (2)
Chelsea Kline (1), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (3)
Second Place Finishers
Louise Isaacs (1), Chelsea Kline (2)
Third Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (1), Alexandra Evans (1), Yvonne Isaacs (1), Aimee Lindner (1), Shayla Nowicki (1), Mallory Sacher (1)
“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want”
-Randy Pausch
10/21/08
Last night the Girls Varsity Swim Team “put up their dukes” with a tough fight against Springville. Taking the lead in the sixth event and holding them off in the seventh event as well Holland unfortunately was not able to hold them off until the end. The final score of the meet was Holland 77 and Springville 93. With many close races the positive outcome was plenty of personal best times. Holland had at least one swimmer in every event better their time and in most cases it was multiple swimmers per event bettering their times. In total Holland was able to walk away with their heads high achieving 17 personal best times, four first place finishes, eight second place finishes, three third place finishes and another new school record. Let’s not forget that the 200 Medley Relay and the 200 Freestyle Relay both bettered their sectional qualifying times. Now wait just a second we have more. We also had a best in support with four faculty / staff members at the meet to support the team. Those dedicated individuals are Mrs. Tucker, Mrs, Orrange, Mr. Buckenmeyer and Mr. Bett. You still have just one more chance before post season to make it to one of the most exciting sports events around. The girls last swim meet will be this Friday at Pioneer. The meet starts at 4:30. Hope to see you there!
New School Record
Laurel Mitchell 100 Fly 1:07.28
First Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (1), Samantha Gonter (3), Chelsea Kline (1), Laurel Mitchell (2)
Second Place Finishers
Meg DeMario (2), Samantha Gonter (1), Louise Isaacs (3), Kasey Jones (1), Chelsea Kline (3), Aimee Lindner (1), Laurel Mitchell (2)
Third Place Finishers
Alexandra Evans (1), Louise Isaacs (1), Yvonne Isaacs (2), Kasey Jones (1), Aimee Lindner (1)
10/24/08
Friday night your Girls Varsity Swim Team once again swam with outstanding results. Being the last regular season meet for our seniors it was certainly one to remember. Holland out swam Pioneer with a final score Holland 55 Pioneer 43. Along with the win Holland brought home eight new personal best times, one more ECIC qualifier, and one new and improved school record. The team was able to have 8 out of 14 girls qualify for the ECIC meet in at least one individual event. That means this talented team will be representing Holland in every event at ECIC’s except for two the 500 free and diving. ECIC- prelims are Tuesday, October 28th and ECIC-finals are Thursday, October 30th both meets will be held at Sweet Home High School and both meets will start at 6:00 pm. Sectionals will be on Friday, November 14th (prelims) meet starts at 5:00 and Saturday, November 15th (finals) meet starts at 10:30 both will be held at the Flickinger Aquatic Center downtown.
ECIC Qualifiers
200 Medley Relay – Chelsea Kline, Meg DeMario, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
200 Freestyle – Aimee Lindner
200 Individual Medley – Meg Demario, Shayla Nowicki
50 Freestyle – Samantha Gonter, Louise Isaacs
100 Butterfly – Laurel Mitchell, Alex Evans
100 Freestyle – Samantha Gonter, Louise Isaacs, Chelsea Kline
200 Freestyle Relay – Laurel Mitchell, Aimee Lindner, Meg DeMario, Louise Isaacs
100 Backstroke – Chelsea Kline
100 Breaststroke – Meg DeMario
400 Freestyle Relay – Chelsea Kline, Louise Isaacs, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
10/28/08
Does anyone know what time it is? Every minute of sleep lost is completely worth it when you have a team like I do! Each and every one of these girls proved what being a true athlete really is all about. Not only did the Holland Girls Varsity Swim Team light up the night with outstanding performances last night at the ECIC meet, they were also able to completely shatter the one meet old 400 Freestyle Relay school record by 6.72 seconds. The 400 Freestyle Relay team which consists of Chelsea Kline, Louise Isaacs, Laurel Mitchell and Samantha Gonter has a new and improved time of 4:02.13 and was also able to clinch 3rd place and will be swimming in ECIC finals this Thursday. In other news the 200 Freestyle Relay of Laurel Mitchell, Aimee Lindner, Meg DeMario and Louise Issacs was also able to better their time and place 7th which puts them in ECIC finals on Thursday as well. On to our individual events Chelsea Kline was able to blaze through the water with a new personal best time in the 100 free. So in case you are wondering the way that the ECIC preliminary meet runs is that the top 16 of this meet will continue on to compete at the ECIC finals meet on Thursday. The following swimmers will be returning to the ECIC finals on Thursday at Sweet Home High School. Meet starts at 6:00 pm. Now I know it's not soccer but your support would be greatly appreciated!
200 Medley Relay Placed 4th in prelims
Chelsea Kline, Meg DeMario, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
200 Individual Medley Placed 12th in prelims
Meg DeMario
50 Free
Samantha Goner Placed 2nd in prelims
Louise Isaacs Placed 8th in prelims
100 Butterfly
Laurel Mitchell Placed 7th in prelims
100 Freestyle
Samantha Gonter Placed 1st in prelims
Louise Isaacs Placed 7th in prelims
Chelsea Kline Placed 11th in prelims
200 Freestyle Relay Placed 7th in prelims with a new improved time of 1:53.61
Laurel Mitchell, Aimee Lindner, Meg DeMario, Louise Isaacs
100 Breast Stroke
Meg DeMario Placed 13th in prelims
400 Freestyle Relay Placed 3rd in prelims
Chelsea Kline, Louise Isaacs, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
10/30/08
Here’s to another late night definitely worth staying up for. You’re Girls Varsity Swim Team did a phenomenal job last night as they took on the small schools in the ECIC-finals meet at Sweet Home High School. Over all Holland placed 5th out of the 12 schools participating; beating out Amherst, Springville, Tonawanda, Alden, Maryvale, Clevehill and JFK. The tougher competition came from East Aurora (1st), Starpoint (2nd), Eden (3rd) and Depew (4th). The Holland girls held their ground with two personals best times, two new school records and seven ECIC patches. Not only that the 400 Freestyle Relay was able to drop even more time totaling a drop of 8.24 seconds between Tuesday and Thursdays meet. As a coach I couldn’t be happier by the results of this meet. The girls have been putting in so much and putting out even more at the meets, resulting in great times, great records, and great fun! The Sectional Meet will be held on Friday, November 14th (prelims) and Saturday, November 15th (finals). This will be the same format as the ECIC meet except for the top 24 will go on to swim in finals. Listed below are the results of the ECIC finals meet along with the Sectional Meet Qualifiers.
ECIC Results
200 Medley Relay 4th place
Chelsea Kline, Meg DeMario, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
200 Individual Medley 11th place
Meg DeMario
50 Freestyle
Samantha Gonter 2nd Place
Louise Isaacs 6th Place
100 Butterfly
Laurel Mitchell 7th Place
100 Freestyle
Samantha Gonter 1st Place and new school record 57.58
Louise Isaacs 6th Place personal best and sectional time
Chelsea Kline 14th place
200 Freestyle Relay 7th place
Laurel Mitchell, Aimee Lindner, Meg DeMario, Louise Isaacs
100 Breaststroke
Meg DeMario 12th
400 Freestyle Relay 3rd and new school record 3:59.22
Chelsea Kline, Louise Isaacs, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
Overall Team Scores
East Aurora 382, Starpoint 259, Eden 233, Depew 217, Holland 175, Amherst 173, Springville 158, Tonawanda 94, Alden 71, Maryvale 69, Cleveland Hill 66, JFK 20
Sectional Qualifiers
200 Medley Relay
Chelsea Kline, Meg DeMario, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
200 Freestyle Relay
Laurel Mitchell, Aimee Lindner, Meg DeMario, Louise Isaacs
400 Freestyle Relay
Chelsea Kline, Louise Isaacs, Laurel Mitchell, Samantha Gonter
Meg DeMario – 200 Individual Medley
Samantha Gonter- 50 Free, 100 Free
Louise Isaacs – 50 Free, 100 Free
Laurel Mitchell – 100 Butterfly
Let us not forget our loyal fans in the stands! Cheering for your purple and gold was Mrs. DeMario (that’s a given), Mrs. Morris, and Mrs. Propis. Thanks for your support and hang on to your hats because there is still more to come.
