Harvard Meet Report
Well, what a weekend it was! 44 Great Bay Masters brought their A game to Harvard this year.
(I have it on good authority the 5 no-shows will be hunted down – you know who you are. Beware!)
We saw everything from high fashion and live musical entertainment, to loads of personal best times
and even a New England LMSC record breaking swim! (Yay Ed!)
We saw new faces, returning faces (never old, of course!) and most of all we saw happy faces.
Representing GBM in the distance events were Elizabeth Kegode, Julia Malloy, Gail Pentheny,
Crystie McGrail, Steve Parsons, Steve Miller and Bob Fernald putting Great Bay in second
place at the end of the day!!! There were notable swims throughout the following weekend
by everyone. While it's easy to recognize the flash of the fastest swimmers, Great Bay
has a number of swimmers who quietly contribute with their steady, consistent efforts
year after year and some who show up for a day or two (or three!) just for the fun &
love of the sport. It is the depth of our team that makes us great and these swimmers
must be recognized. Included in this group are Diane Gravel, Ann Richard, Pat Campbell,
Susan Barbary, Deb Hart, Phil Read, John Lewis, Tom Newkirk & Bob Mair to name just a few.
The Great Bay tradition of combining competitive zeal with lightness and fun was carried
on with vigor this year. Relays are always a high point of any meet and this year was no
exception. In the Men's 400 Free Relay the 18+ and 35+ teams were separated by less than
a half second - because of Matt Denneen's long reach & determination the 'old guys' won it!
Although the 'youngsters' did redeem themselves later that day in the 200 Medley Relay with a
decisive win over their elders. In addition to the ultra-competitive relays, there were relays
that included Father/Son duos (John & Mike Lewis), and relays based solely on fashion.
And speaking of fashion – Darwin won the Most Nattily Clad by sporting not 1, not 2, but 3
different sizes of GBM shirts over the course of the weekend. And we would be amiss if we
failed to mention the Bravest Man in Fashion award, going to Dan Duvall for his bold use of
pink, particularly the pink cheetah print drag suit. Brilliant!
And as always, and maybe most importantly, we saw tons of support for each other's efforts.
There seemed to be an especially large, awesome contingent of non-swimming friends, family
members on deck and in the stands to cheer GBM on.
Ann Fredette even made a guest appearance on Saturday to show her support! And if I'm not mistaken
we're seeing an increase in the number of good looking swimming couples. Ahhh, nothing like the
smell of chlorine to keep the romance alive!
For everyone who made the time and effort to be at the meet this year – you're awesome, thank you!
Whether you had top 3 finishes or simply swam an event or two for the love of swimming, your presence
was felt and appreciated by everyone. As always, the whole was truly much greater than the sum of its parts.
And if you weren't able to join us this year, we hope to see you soon. All efforts big and small combined
to bring us a 3rd place finish in the USMS category this year. Imagine what we could do with just a few more swimmers!
And of course we cannot forget the dedication and tireless efforts of our very own Coach Crystie.
Between getting splits, analyzing strokes, pep talks, herding cats for relays and, oh yes, let's
not forget putting in some pretty impressive swims herself, her job is not a small one. The epitome
of a velvet hammer, she uses her skills and deep knowledge of her swimmers to push us beyond our
comfort zones so we can all feel a little bit of victory in all of our swims. Thank you, Coach! You're the best!
And now for some fun statistics:
* Fastest time off the block goes to Tara Mack (-0.09) with Mike Lewis a close
second (-0.04)
* Fastest (legal) relay exchange time – Guy Davis +0.12 with a close second to Jana Slezak with +0.14
and third to Steve Miller with +0.15 * The most leisurely start time goes to Dick Arnold +1.42 with a
close second to Jacqui Redmond: +1.10. We think Jacqui must've been pondering where we should go for dinner.
* Most exuberant start – Ellen Garvey who was so excited to start her backstroke she jumped in a little bit ahead of time.
* Bravest start – Manya who overcame a longtime fear of going off the blocks and contributed to a 1st place relay finish!
* Boldest splits – Travis Harker who, on his way to winning the 500 free, despite having only recently
returned to the pool, swam 1:56 in the first 200, beating his overall time in the 200 free at Exeter!
* The Professor award goes to Jerry Bailey who schooled us all, new young recruits included, the right way to swim a 100 IM: 57.55 – now that was something to watch!
* The Natural Athlete award goes to Matt Clement who dropped some of our fastest times in relays on roughly one practice a week.
* Best race to the finish - Steve Parsons - beating his distant relative in the 200 IM.
* Best Times Throwdown – Kasia Connors with 4 personal bests (for around 18 seconds of dropped time)
and Bart Westgeest with who keeps reeling in the fast times every time he hits the water!
* First Time Champs: Sam Powell, Kaitlin Sylvester, Matt Clement, Dan Duvall, Jane Farrell, Travis Harker,
Michael Lewis * Returning Champs: Carol Prescott, Tracy Phillips
* Women scored 48 points in 200 fly thanks to Carol Prescott, Tracy Phillips, Aagje Caron - Men got 29 points
(Guy Davis and Brett Games!)
* Lots of points gathered in the Women's 400 IM, too – Crystie McGrail, Carol Prescott,
Gail Pentheny, Aagje Caron - 54 points
* High on the list of most stylish strokes would be none other than Coach
Crystie herself with Tom Mack & Bob Fernald vying for the men's title.
* And of course the biggest sandbaggers (average percentage that their seed times were off swim times)
goes to: Jane Farrell- 7.36%, Sarah Baker- 7.54% and Diane G with 11.19%!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!!!!
Full Meet Results Here
GBM Recrods set at 2013 Harvard Meet
GREAT BAY MASTERS TEAM RECORDS
EVENT NAME TIME AGE GROUP
100 Breast Sarah Baker 1:20.61 38 35-39
50 Free Tracy Phillips 27.93 47 45-49
100 Fly Tracy Phillips 1:11.48 47 45-49
200 Fly Tracy Phillips 2:46.20 47 45-49
100 IM Tracy Phillips 1:10.94 47 45-49
100 Free Gail Pentheny 1:08.17 50 50-54
500 Free Gail Pentheny 6:56.49 50 50-54
1650 Free Julia Malloy 23:12.19 52 50-54
50 Fly Gail Pentheny 36.60 50 50-54
100 Fly Gail Pentheny 1:26.69 50 50-54
200 IM Gail Pentheny 3:08.62 50 50-54
400 IM Gail Pentheny 6:29.14 50 50-54
200 Breast Ellen Garvey 3:54.59 56 55-59
50 Fly Patricia Campbell 45.78 59 55-59
50 Fly Susan Barbary 48.99 63 60-64
50 Fly Manya Hult 1:00.19 67 65-69
100 Free Aagje Caron 1:24.82 71 70-74
500 Free Aagje Caron 7:55.28 71 70-74
200 Fly Aagje Caron 4:49.41 71 70-74
400 IM Aagje Caron 7:36.82 71 70-74
500 Free Matthew Clement 5:34.00 24 18-24
500 Free Travis Harker 5:06.68 39 35-39
100 Back Jerry Bailey 56.62 43 40-44
100 IM Jerry Bailey 57.55 43 40-44
200 IM Jerry Bailey 2:05.33 43 40-44
50 Back Peter Sczupak 30.55 47 45-49
200 Back Brett Games 2:27.98 47 45-49
200 Back Guy Davis 2:20.13 54 50-54
200 Breast Edmund Gendreau 2:27.24 50 50-54**
200 Fly Guy Davis 2:17.88 54 50-54
500 Free Steve Miller 6:09.53 58 55-59
1650 Free Steve Miller 21:00.98 58 55-59
100 Free Thomas Newkirk 1:04.51 64 60-64
500 Free Robert Mair 6:48.60 62 60-64
50 Fly Thomas Newkirk 33.78 64 60-64
200 Free John Lewis 2:47.56 66 65-69
100 Breast John Lewis 1:27.28 66 65-69
50 Fly John Lewis 38.94 66 65-69
100 IM John Lewis 1:27.06 66 65-69
200 Back Phil Read 3:55.47 70 70-74
50 Breast Phil Read 50.17 70 70-74
50 Free Richard Arnold 47.13 80 80-84
50 Back Richard Arnold 1:06.53 80 80-84
50 Breast Richard Arnold 1:05.25 80 80-84
100 Breast Richard Arnold 2:32.90 80 80-84
50 Fly Richard Arnold 1:04.79 80 80-84
100 IM Richard Arnold 2:12.68 80 80-84
200 IM Richard Arnold 5:00.72 80 80-84
50 Back Jerry Bailey 26.42 43 40-44***
50 Back Phil Read 46.75 70 70-74***
Number of INDIVIDUAL records set at this meet: 50
** Also a New England record!
*** Relay lead-off swim
GREAT BAY MASTERS TEAM RECORDS (Relay Events)
Women 200 Medley 25-34 2:08.45 2013
Crystie McGrail, 28 Kaitlin Sylvester, 29
Tracy Phillips, 47 Tara Mack, 41
Women 400 Free 25-34 4:37.70 2013
Crystie McGrail, 28 Sam Powell, 26
Kasia Connors, 29 Kaitlin Sylvester, 29
Women 400 Medley 25-34 4:55.21 2013
Crystie McGrail, 28 Sarah Baker, 38
Carol Prescott, 43 Gail Pentheny, 50
Women 200 Free 55-64 2:43.40 2013
Ellen Garvey, 56 Deborah Hart, 61
Susan Barbary, 63 Patricia Campbell, 59
Men 200 Medley 18-24 1:46.60 2013
Bart Westgeest, 33 Daniel Duvall, 20
Matthew Clement, 24 Travis Harker, 39
Men 400 Free 18-24 3:33.70 2013
Bart Westgeest, 33 Travis Harker, 39
Matthew Clement, 24 Daniel Duvall, 20
Men 400 Medley 45-54 4:38.16 2013
Guy Davis, 54 John Lewis, 66
Darwin White, 48 Brett Games, 47
Men 200 Medley 55-64 2:29.91 2013
Phil Read, 70 Thomas Newkirk, 64
Robert Mair, 62 Steve Miller, 58
Men 400 Free 55-64 4:43.50 2013
Thomas Newkirk, 64 Steve Miller, 58
Robert Mair, 62 Phil Read, 70
Mixed 200 Free 45-54 2:00.95 2013
Brett Games, 47 Jana Slezak, 47
Diane Gravel, 46 Steve Miller, 58
Mixed 200 Medley 45-54 3:11.51 2013
Diane Gravel, 46 Aagje Caron, 71
Richard Arnold, 80 John Lewis, 66
Mixed 200 Free 65-74 2:49.59 2013
Richard Arnold, 80 Aagje Caron, 71
John Lewis, 66 Manya Hult, 67
Number of RELAY records set at this meet: 12
AND.... A chance to recognize the GBM Team Records set at the Exter Meet in February:
RECORDS SET AT MEET: 130203-Exeter; Course = SCY
EVENT NAME TIME AGE GROUP
100 Free Tara Mack 1:01.37 40 40-44
100 IM Tara Mack 1:11.95 40 40-44
1650 Free Patty Rupp Hodge 21:50.01 47 45-49
200 IM Patty Rupp Hodge 2:42.29 47 45-49
50 Free Aagje Caron 35.70 71 70-74
50 Back Aagje Caron 54.67 71 70-74
1650 Free Edmund Gendreau 19:41.33 50 50-54
50 Free Phil Read 35.62 70 70-74
100 Free Phil Read 1:24.73 70 70-74
200 Free Phil Read 3:17.54 70 70-74
100 IM Phil Read 1:47.27 70 70-74
200 IM Phil Read 3:58.75 70 70-74
Number of records set at this meet: 12
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