Contributed by RSTA
Lake Newport pool hosted the July 27 All-Star meet with swimmers from all eight Reston teams, each celebrating a different country, as they embraced this year’s Olympic theme. Commemorative All Star T-shirts honored that theme as well.
Top left: Rose Steiner (left) hugs her sister Grace who came in 2nd in butterfly and 3rd in backstroke in the 8U group and came in 3rd for North Hills 100m Freestyle Relay with Amelia Xia (right), who was also on the winning relay team (not pictured: Emi Rideout and Emma Scott). Top right: The Lake Anne Stingrays 15-18 boys set a team record in the 200m medley relay. From left to right: Alex Hejmo, Matthew Kauffman, Ryan Leaman, Nathan Vikhman. Bottom left: Hunters Woods 8U girls came in 6th place: left to right: Kaira Anyaoku, Ella May, Sloka Gangidi, and Arabella Qi. Bottom right: 8U Lake Audubon boys relay team won first place. From left to right: Liam Thongtavee, Dylan Baker, Bode Lake, Alborz Hosseini Soreshjani.
The league’s top swimmers in each dual meet event competed in the All Stars, but participation is limited to a maximum of two individual events and two relays. All the swimmers showed off the results of their hard work during practices by beating their personal bests. In addition to the usual events, an exhibition swim at the end of the meet allowed each team to showcase their coaches’ talents and unique team spirit.
The South Lakes High School band ran the concession booth and kept friends, families, and fans well hydrated, caffeinated, and sugared so they could keep the cheers coming for all the great performances in the pool. The competition was tough, with many photo finishes and, of course, some more records falling:
Team | Name(s) | Event whose team record was broken | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Glade | Caroline Swartzbaugh (8), Charlotte Freedman (7), Emily Nistler (7), Scarlett Livesay (8) | Girls 8 & Under 100m Freestyle Relay | 1:30.45 |
Lake Anne | Alex Hejmo (16), Matthew Kauffman (16), Nathan Vikhman (18), Ryan Leaman (16) | Boys 15-18 200m Medley Relay | 1:56.85 |
Lake Anne | Ryan Leaman (16) | Boys 15-18 50m Freestyle | 25.06 |
Lake Audubon | Andrew Fritz (17) | Boys 15-18 50m Breaststroke | 31.87 |
This year, Autumnwood Piranhas swim manager Karen Hawley was awarded the Kim Klarman Award. Klarman was a manager for the Autumnwood Piranhas, who served on the RSTA Board of Directors for 12 years, chaired many of the most important Reston Swim Team Association committees, and was RSTA president from 2008 until her passing in February of 2012 from cancer. For 18 years, Klarman was associated in some way with RSTA. In honor of her devotion to RSTA, the Board of Directors established "The Kim Klarman Award.”
As part of the award, the league will donate $250 to a charity of the recipient’s choice. It honors a member of the RSTA family who truly makes a difference to the league and to the community at large with a commitment to long-term service. The award is presented each summer at the end-of-season RSTA All Star meet, where all eight of the swim teams in the RSTA league are represented.
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