Divers Place at All-Stars; Washington Golf Extends Streak A Staff Report
Overlee’s Hannah Karlin in senior girls and teammate Michayla Eisenberg in freshman girls finished in their age groups at the DIVING second Northern Virginia Swimming League’s individual diving all-star meet on Aug. 7. Also from Overlee at all-stars, Annika Creedon was fifth in senior girls, Chris Cobey was fifth in freshman boys, Sophia Bailey placed sixth in junior girls, Laine Stoker took ninth in intermediate girls, Jonathan Teitelbaum was ninth in senior boys and Matthew Kress ninth in junior boys. From Dominion Hills at all-stars, Luke Di Benigno was sixth in junior boys, Luke Dangel seventh in intermediate boys and Ellie Joyce seventh in freshman girls. From Arlington Forest, Ava Smialowicz was seventh in junior girls. From Donaldson Run, Ellie Simmons was ninth in junior girls. At the NVSL’s Division 2 dive meet prior to allstars, Overlee earned the team championship award. For Overlee in freshman girls, Eisenberg finished first, Abbey Shumsky was second and Avery Stoker sixth. In freshman boys, Cobey was second. In junior girls, Bailey was third and Kress was second in junior boys. In intermediate girls, Laine Stoker was second and
Michayla Eisenberg dives in recent action for Overlee.
Ava Smialowicz dives for Arlington Forest.
Lara Sunter eighth. In senior girls, Karlin won, Creedon was second and Emily Hay sixth. In senior boys, Teitelbaum was third and Thomas Hassett fifth. n The Washington Golf & Country Club dive team won the Country Club Swimming and Division Association championship for a 19th straight season this summer, doing so under long-time head coach Amy Kress. Some of the top divers for Washington Golf were
Ginger McClure, Kate Coper, Kyle Peterson, Elice Lebedev, Olivia Hays, Pamela Grace von Seelen, Erin Keegan, Harper Thornett, Peter Bratti, Meredith Peterson, Nicole Garibaldi, Charlie Beall, Julia Hays, Olivia Egge and Daniel Green. Dual-meet victories for Washington Golf included wins over Arlington rival Army Navy, Manor and Congressional. No other information about Washington Golf’s season was submitted by the team.
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Sports Briefs WAKEFIELD GRAD TO PLAY IN AUSTRALIA: Former Wakefield High school
quarterback and Arlington Sun Gazette Player of the Year Drew Powell recently signed a professional football contract to play quarterback in the National Gridiron League in Australia for the Sydney Express. Similar to the Canadian Football League in pay, the NGL use NFL rules. Powell reports to Sydney Aug. 28. The season begins Oct. 9. Powell was the starting quarterback for multiple years in college at Division II Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. ARLINGTON RESIDENT IN 2017 NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES: Arlington res-
ident Mary Schade has qualified in five
swimming events in the age 70-74 division to represent Virginia in the 2017 National Senior Games in Birmingham, Ala. These games will take place next summer. Schade will swim in the 50-meter 100, 200 500 freestyle races and in the 50 backstroke. SENIOR SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: The
Northern Virginia Senior Softball spring and summer playoffs recently concluded. Vienna Green was the champion of the National Conference with the Springfield Maroon second, the Leesburg Navy Blue third and the Fairfax Royal Blue fourth. In the American Conference, the
Haymarket Royal Blue were the champs with the Lansdown Maroon second, the Arlington Gold third and the Springfield Silver fourth. In the Continental Conference, Vienna Gold won the crown. Lake Ridge Green was second, followed by the Great Falls Red and Arlington Navy Blue. The fall season resumes in September and continues into October. Visit www. nvss.org or call (703) 524-5576 for more information. ARLINGTON SAGE SOFTBALL TRYOUTS: The Arlington Sage girls fast-
pitch softball program will hold upcoming tryouts for the 2016-2017 season, which runs September through July. Tryouts are free. The Sage will field teams at the 10-under through 16-under
All-Stars Continued from Page 15 third in the 11-12 boys breast. From Dominion Hills, Bridget Morris-Larkin was second in the 11-12 breast and Nathaniel LeNard was third in the 9-10 butterfly. Some swimmers did not compete in the NVSL all-star meet because of other commitments. n The Fort Myer Squids had individual winners Charleston Couture and Cyrus Beauvais at the Colonial Swimming League’s all-star competition. Couture won the girls age 11-12 breaststroke in 38.13. Beauvais won the 9-10 boys breast in 41.44. Beauvais had 16
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Overlee’s Alexis Lee had a top-three finish at the NVSL all-star meet.
a third in the meet. Second were Ana Beauvais and Kathryn Moore. Claire Mowery had a third and a fourth. At the league’s divisional meet, Fort
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Myer records were broken by Erin Bell in 15-18 girls backstroke (32.32), Katie Moore in 15-18 breast (35.83) and Couture in 11-12 girls breast (36.59). n For the Knights of Columbus Holy
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levels. All tryouts are at Greenbrier Park near Yorktown High School. For more information and to register, visit www. agsafastpitch.com. ARLINGTON SENIOR GOLF: The Arling-
ton Senior Golf Club’s traveling league is recruiting new players. For information, contact Terry Townshead at artistic_dimensions@msn.com or call Jennifer Collins at (703) 228-4745.
GAME OFFICIALS NEEDED: Northern Virginia Baseball Umpires is in need of officials for baseball, softball and volleyball. Experience is helpful but not required. Formal classroom and on-thejob training will be provided. Visit www. umpires.org or call John Porter at (703) 978-3601 for more information.
Mackerels at the Colonial Swimming League’s all-star competition, Mac Marsh and Jane Markowicz won races. Marsh won the boys age 11-12 freestyle in 28.05. He placed second in the butterfly and breaststroke. Markowicz won the girls 8-under fly in 20.72. Zach Rosenthal had a second and a fourth. n Donaldson Run swimmer Gracie Jansen, 11, won two freestyle races in the age 11-12 girls category in recent regular-season meets for the Thunderbolts. Then, Jansen had a top-20 finish in the girls 11-12 backstroke race at the Northern Virginia Swimming League’s individual all-star competition on Aug. 6.