Summer Swim League Ends Season With Medal Meets

Local swimmers wrapped up the summer season with the Greater Annapolis Swim League (GASL) medal meets in mid-July.

This year’s gold medal meet, which has the most stringent qualifications, saw multiple record-breaking swims.

Nate Decker, representing Chase Creek Swim Team in Arnold, set a new GASL record in the men’s 15-18 50-yard backstroke at 25.37, taking home gold for that event.

Harting Farm Swim Team’s Dean Doubek now holds the GASL record for the men’s 15-18 50-yard freestyle, winning the event with a time of 22.00.

Also winning gold for Harting Farm was Maggie Liscinsky, who placed first in the girls 9-10 25-yard butterfly with a time of 15.51.

“We pride ourselves on trying to make swimming fun and develop kindness and technique and skills,” said Laura Ainsworth, Harting Farm head coach. “And then whatever comes out of it is fantastic.”

Indian Hills Swim Club had four gold medalists, including 10-year-old Tugg Gendell, who won three events: the boys 9-10 50-yard freestyle with a time of 31.03, the boys 10 and under 100-yard individual medley, clocking in at 1:22.56 and the boys 9-10 25-yard backstroke with 17.34.

Chance Scovel edged out a teammate for first in the boys 7-8 25-yard backstroke, finishing in 19.47.

On the girls’ side, Izzy Bialy had her own hat trick, taking home gold in the girls 10-and-under individual medley with her time of 1:16.78, the 9-10 25-yard backstroke with a 16.60 and the 25-yard breaststroke in 17.94. Kennedy Lyon won the girls 11-12 50-yard freestyle in 28.43, and 50-yard backstroke in 31.94.

Severn River Swim Club had three gold medalists. Addison Betley won the girls 13-14 50-yard freestyle (26.62) and 50-yard butterfly (29.65). Chloe Smith placed first in the girls 6-and-under 25-yard backstroke (25.07), and Lawton Bloomfield finished first in the boys 9-10 25-yard breaststroke (19.50).

“The whole point of summer swimming is to have fun, enjoy it and figure out if it’s what you want to do, or not,” Ainsworth said.

Here are some other notable finishes from Severna Park and Arnold swimmers at the GASL gold medal meet.

Men Open 100-yard Medley Relay

Second – Indian Hills Swim Club – 1:00.25 (Beau Gendell, Marcus Cembrano, Cash Gendell, Tugg Gendell)

Women Open 100-yard Medley Relay

Second – Indian Hills Swim Club – 1:02.00 (Kennedy Lyon, Izzy Bialy, Aubrey Whalen, Hannah Raspet)

Boys 10 and under 100-yard Individual Medley

First – Tugg Gendell, Indian Hills Swim Club, 1:22.56

Girls 10 and under 100-yard Individual Medley

First - Izzy Bialy, Indian Hills Swim Club, 1:16.78

Boys 11-12 100-yard Individual Medley

Third – Beau Gendell, Indian Hills Swim Club, 1:10.18

Boys 13-14 100-yard Individual Medley

Third - Aidan Noordhoorn, 1:01.54

Men 15-18 100-yard Individual Medley

Second - Nate Decker, Chase Creek Swim Team, 54.75

Third - Kohl Hanes, Indian Hills Swim Club, 55.37

Girls Six and under 25-yard Freestyle

Third - Nora Cosgrove, Ulmstead, 21.60

Boys 7-8 25-yard Freestyle

Third - Chance Scovel, Indian Hills Swim Club, 16.13

Boys 9-10 50-yard Freestyle

First - Tugg Gendell, Indian Hills Swim Club, 31.03

Girls 9-10 50-yard Freestyle

Second - Maggie Liscinsky, Harting Farm Swim Team, 31.41

Third - Lilly Emery, 32.16

Girls 11-12 50-yard Freestyle

First - Kennedy Lyon, Indian Hills Swim Club, 28.43

Third - Hannah Raspet, 29.40

Girls 13-14 50-yard Freestyle

First - Addison Betley, Severn River Swim Club, 26.62

Men 15-18 50-yard Freestyle

First - Dean Doubek, Harting Farm Swim Team, 22.00

Men 15-18 50-yard Freestyle

Second - Katie Mentasana, Indian Hills Swim Club, 26.71

Girls 6 and under 25-yard Backstroke

First - Chloe Smith, Severn River Swim Club, 25.07

Boys 7-8 25-yard Backstroke

First - Chance Scovel, Indian Hills Swim Club, 19.47

Second - Braden Dunlap, Indian Hills Swim Club, 21.03

Third - George Barron, Ulmstead, 21.37

Boys 9-10 25-yard Backstroke

First - Tugg Gendell, Indian Hills Swim Club, 17.34

Girls 9-10 25-yard Backstroke

First - Izzy Bialy, Indian Hills Swim Club, 16.60

Third - Scarlett Piggrem, Severn River Swim Club, 18.00

Boys 11-12 5-yard Backstroke

Third - Beau Gendell, Indian Hills Swim Club, 32.59

Girls 11-12 5-yard Backstroke

First - Kennedy Lyon, Indian Hills Swim Club, 31.94

Girls 13-14 50-yard Backstroke

Second - Lo Ward, Evergreen, 31.13

Men 15-18 50-yard Backstroke

First - Nate Decker, Chase Creek Swim Team, 25.37

Third - Dean Doubek, Harting Farm Swim Team, 25.75

Boys 9-10 25-yard Breaststroke

First - Lawton Bloomfield, Severn River Swim Club, 19.50

Third - Stone Gendell, Indian Hills Swim Club, 20.73

Girls 9-10 25-yard Breaststroke

First - Izzy Bialy, Indian Hills Swim Club, 17.94

Third - Laken Alexander, Severn River Swim Club, 19.18

Boys 13-14 50-yard Breaststroke

Third - Aidan Noordhoorn, Harting Farm Swim Team, 32.21

Girls 13-14 50-yard Breaststroke

Third - Lo Ward, Evergreen, 35.78

Men 15-18 50-yard Breaststroke

Second - Marcus Cembrano, Indian Hills Swim Club, 28.32

Third - Jack Hamilton, Chase Creek Swim Team, 29.06

Boys 9-10 25-yard Butterfly

Second - Tucker Wendell, Evergreen, 15.68

Girls 9-10 25-yard Butterfly

First - Maggie Liscinisky, Harting Farm Swim Team, 15.51

Boys 11-12 50-yard Butterfly

Third - Kevin Yang, Harting Farm Swim Team, 31.14

Girls 11-12 50-yard Butterfly

Second - Kennedy Lyon, Indian Hills Swim Club, 30.09

Boys 13-14 50-yard Butterfly

Second - Aidan Noordhoorn, Harting Farm Swim Team, 26.78

Girls 13-14 50-yard Butterfly

Second - Addison Betley, Severn River Swim Club, 29.65

Men 15-18 50-yard Butterfly

Second - Dean Doubek, Harting Farm Swim Team, 24.26

Third - Nate Decker, Chase Creek Swim Team, 24.78

Women 15-18 50-yard Butterfly

Third - Aubrey Whalen, Indian Hills Swim Club, 28.85

Women Open 150-yard Freestyle Relay

Third - Indian Hills Swim Club, 1:27.90 (Lilly Emery, Cassidy Lewis, Kennedi Benjamin, Katie Mentesana)