Briar Woods Girls Win Swim Title

The Briar Woods Girls Swim Team captured a 3rd Dulles District Regular Season title in 4 years, and both the boys and girls finished 2nd at the Dulles District Championships Monday for the second year running.

During the regular, season the girls maintained a perfect record, going 11-0 and bringing their dual meet win streak to 36-0 dating back to the 2008-2009 season. The boys went 10-1 with their only loss coming to District Champion Potomac Falls.

Both the boys and girls had some outstanding swims at the championship meet. Among them were the following top 3 finishes:

• Lizzie Mittan Dulles District Champ in 500 Free and 2nd in 200 Free
• Erica Comm Dulles District Champ in 100 Free and 3rd in 50 Free
• Brennan Maxwell Dulles District Champ in 100 Fly and 2nd in 100 Back
• Annika Saloka 2nd in 500 Free and 2nd in 100 Back
• Veronica Smith 3rd in 200 Free
• Derek Rothrock 3rd in 200 Free
• Annika, Veronica, Lizzie, and Erica 3rd in 200 Free Relay
• Annika, Nathalie, Lizzie, and Erica 2nd in 400 Free Relay

A special congratulation to the following swimmers who will move on to the Region II and A/AA State Tourament:

Girls:

• Lizzie Mittan
• Nathalie Moore
• Veronica Smith
• Erica Comm
• Annika Saloka
• Oriana Molland
• Tori Webb

Boys:

• Brennan Maxwell
• Michael Humphrise
• Derek Rothrock
• Kyle Albers
• Remi Zein
• Kevin Lu
• Matt McDermott

Thanks to Chuck Moore and Random Snaps Photography for the pictures.