Good morning, families! 

We had an amazing meet on Saturday and witnessed some truly unbelievable results! More below, but first, some updates & reminders:

• If you joined NSD in January 2023 (last season), please double check with front desk pool staff on your swimmer's pool access card status as it may be time to renew. We surely don't want you to miss practice! 

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• USA Families - Register on SwimTopia for the following upcoming USA meets:
  • Last chance to register for the ages 9-11 SE District Finals meet! Entries due Monday, 2/5!
  • Registration open for 12 & Over SE District Finals on 2/23-2/25 (Richmond). Entries due Monday, 2/12!
• !! SAVE THE DATE(S) !! - We are near finalizing the date of our end of season celebration. Please block your calendars for the afternoon of Saturday, 3/23 or during practice Monday, 3/25 (6-8PM). More details to come! We will be presenting awards and certificates as well as food and CAKE! 

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Meet Results

Reminder: This is a youth sport and we all must remain committed to be positive and to learn based on the outcomes. Most importantly, events such as these are great opportunities to build our children up and cheer them on. Our swimming community grows stronger as we collectively strive to make these types of events a positive memory all around!

Linked are yesterday's meet results! Well done to all swimmers; many showed improvement from previous attempts at the same event! Some may notice their swimmer actually performed slower from previous attempts (seed time). This can be due to several factors, but please also take account on their practice attendance. Attending practice regularly and/or more frequently is critical for building a swimmer's skill and stamina in order to improve performance. 

IMPORTANT: Due to a delay in reviewing disqualifications (DQs), these results are not final; however, we may decide to bypass DQ entry into the system for parents to gain a reference time to see swimmer improvement or have a baseline for first-time events. As such, this may be treated as "unofficial" in our system. Ribbons will still be distributed with an asterisk that legality was not enforced. DQ slips will still be delivered to coaches to work with swimmers throughout the season. Reminder that ribbons are awarded for places 1 through 6 and will be available for pick up next week! 

Here's some highlights you should know:

• !! HISTORY MADE !! Everyone who attended yesterday and watched event 22: 13-18 200yd Freestyle Relay witnessed an historic result: a first place TIE (both finished at 2:08.00)! I have personally observed over a thousand swimming events in my time with NSD and this is the first tie I've ever seen. Truly special. For the interested, see more explanation at the end of this message. Congrats to the winners, who will share a first place ribbon!
  • Team A: Cy Paddock, Edwin Rivera Kulesza, Andrew Jones, and Byron Gordon
  • Team B: Norah Moffit, Spencer Stead, Max Nielsen, and Helen Kinnison
• Records Broken! Congrats to the following swimmers who broke an official NSD record; well done! 
  • Hope Geronilla - Girls 9-10 50 yd Freestyle - 34.88 (prev. 34.93 Feb 2020)
  • Nina Knizekewich - Girls 11-12 50yd Freestyle - 32.40 (prev. 32.54 Nov 2023)
• USA B or BB Times Achieved! Congrats to these swimmers who met or exceeded a USA B or BB standard time; way to go!
  • Hope Geronilla (50 Free (BB), 50 Fly, 100 IM)
  • Kai Cruz (50 Free, 50 Fly, 50 Back)
  • Nina Knizekewich (50 Free)
  • Journye Harris (50 Free)
  • Byron Gordon (50 Free)
  • Norah Moffit (50 Free, 100 Breast)
  • Helen Kinnison (50 Free)
  • Jack Kinnison (50 Breast)

Well done to all our athletes! Have a great rest of your weekend and week ahead!

-NSD Board

Tie Explanation: Hosting teams have the option in the system to choose either the fastest recorded time when an automatic system is used (e.g., touchpads) or an average of the times between all recording devices when a semi-automatic timing system (e.g., stopwatches or Time Drops buttons) is used (see section 102.23.4B(3) of USA Swimming Rulebook). This meet used two timers per lane with our semi-automatic Time Drops system and below is a screenshot of the times the system recorded for each lane:

So, while lane 4 (relay team B) was 4/100ths of a second faster by one timer's button press, the average overall, calculated by the system in accordance with USA rules, created the first place tie. Again, unprecedented!