ManorGate Marlins Summer Season Recap

Hard to believe that summer swim team is over - but it was a great year
for the ManorGate Marlins! Our team of over 165 swimmers from ManorGate
and the surrounding communities did a fabulous job at the meets, ending
with a 2-3 season that saw two of the meets decided by just one or two
relays.

We are particularly proud of the 8&U Girls and the 11-12 Girls, who
earned the first place trophies in their age group for the Blue Division!

Our swimmers strive to better themselves and earned 798 personal bests
throughout the meets - wow! We reward the swimmers with a special
program called Green is Gold, where each 'green' personal best ribbon
earns them a 'gold' ticket in the end of the season lottery. It's a
great way for swimmers to strive for better times and earn a little
extra reward.

We have some swimmers we would like to recognize for their special achievements. Congratulations to the following Marlins who went to the All-Star meet in August. Those who finished in the top six are noted.

• Peter Ahn
• Olivia Collar
• Thalia Costanza
• Zoe Costanza
• Kylie Cuomo
• Lexi Cuomo (2nd overall in 50 Free, 3rd overall in 50 Back, and 2nd overall in 50 Fly)
• Morgan DiPippa
• Tony DiPippa
• Janice Guo
• Albert Kang
• Maxwell Leitch (4th overall in 50 Fly)
• Sahil Mehta
• Madison Nowakowski (3rd overall in 25 Fly)
• Hailey Purohit (4th overall in 25 Back)
• Daniel Shin
• Ian Stewart (6th overall in 50 Breast)
• Sarah Yoon

And congratulations to the following swimmers who broke team records this year - the oldest record on our board, from 1996, fell this year!

• Olivia Collar - Girls 11-12 50 Breast - 42.11 (broke record set 6/22/13)
• Thalia Costanza - Girls 11-12 50 Breast - 42.21 (broke record set in 2012)
• Lexi Cuomo - Girls 11-12 50 Free - 30.08 (broke records she set last year)
  Girls 11-12 50 Back - 35.14
  Girls 11-12 100 IM -1:19.71
• Maxwell Leitch - Boys 11-12 50 Fly - 34.33 (broke record set in 2006)
• Madison Nowakowski - Girls 8 & Under 25 Fly - 19.79 (broke record set in 1996!)
• Boys 11-12 200 Medley Relay - Steven Yoon, Ian Stewart, Maxwell Leitch, Paul Lee - 2:39.50 (broke record set in 2006)
• Girls 18 & Under 200 Free Relay - Sarah Yoon, Thalia Costanza, Lexi Cuomo, Kylie Cuomo -2:12.37 (broke record set last year)
• *Girls 11-12 200 Medley Relay (broke the record from last year, three different times with three different combinations of girls!)  - Thalia Costanza, Olivia Collar, Lexi Cuomo, Brianna Nelson, Elizabeth Brazier and Elina Nelson - 2:26.83

We would like to recognize our age group high points winners, as well.
These swimmers earned the most points in the dual meets during the season:

• Overall high points - girl - Lexi Cuomo
• Overall high points - boy - Maxwell Leitch

Age groups high points:

• 8&U girls - Madison Nowakowski
• 8&U boys - Albert Kang
• 9-10 girls - Sarah Yoon
• 9-10 boys - Ethan Jastrzembski
• 11-12 girls - Lexi Cuomo
• 11-12 boys - Maxwell Leitch
• 13-14 girls - Morgan DiPippa
• 13-14 boys - Daniel Shin
• 15-18 girls - Kylie Cuomo
• 15-18 boys - Mark Mahoney

Water runoff

A few homes on Palisades have reported issues with water runoff.  GTHOA contracted Drainage Solutions Inc. to dig and sod a trench to divert the water to the nearest drain.  This proposal was selected from three competing bids.  It was the least expensive and simplest solution.  Additionally, Drainage Solutions had excellent references related specifically to water runoff issues.  The work is completed and is expected to solve the runoff issues. 

Unfortunately, the hot weather is taking a toll on the sod.  One resident was kind enough to water the sod.  If your home backs up to the new sod, It would be great if you would adopt the sod by watering it until it is fully established.