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Carter Center Aquatics of Roanoke rolled out of Blacksburg last week with over 60 first place finishes to take 2nd place at the H2Okie Aquatics Thanksgiving Invitational swimming meet on the campus of Virginia Tech November 12-14.

Kali Edsall, 12, won all 9 of her events, set a new meet record and was the top scorer for the Marlins.  Olivia Stanley won 7 out of 9 events and Kelsey Holmgaard won 5 out of 6 events in nearly all life-best times.  Sal Russo won 5 out of 7 events and set a new meet record in the 13-14 boys 200-yard backstroke in a best time of 2 minutes .48 seconds.  His younger brother Angelo, 9, won 4 individual events and set 3 new meet records (200-yd free, 50-yd fly and 100-yd IM).

“We were the dominant team throughout the meet,” said Head Coach Greg Johnson.  “Our youngest swimmers up to our oldest swimmers performed beyond expectations.”

Although the Marlins won the majority of the events and filled in with many second and third place finishes, the hosts, H2Okie Aquatics team of Blacksburg, won the meet through depth and numbers, especially throughout the younger age groups.

“We couldn’t keep up with their numbers,” said Eva Steib, who has served as the Age Group coach with the Marlins for eleven years.  “They had so many younger swimmers who placed through the 16th spot.”

Other event winners for the Marlins were Kacy Edsall, Kyle Ewoldt, Christina McLemore, Katherine Moles, Lucas Otruba, Kylie Patrick, Maddie Robinson, Dominic Russo and Virginia Thornhill.

The Marlins will be in Fairfax, Va for the Sport Fair Winter Classic Invitational December 11-14 for the last swim meet of 2008.

To check out more photos from the meet check out our gallery here.

-Article, results, and photos submitted by Joe Russo, Sr.

For complete results, see below:

2008 H2OKIE November Invitational Results

Our Team set 5 Meet Records:

Angelo Russo-9 (200 free, 50 fly and 100 IM); Kali Edsall-12 (100 free)

Sal Russo-14 (200 back) and 200 Medley Relay 11-12 years old Girls: Kali Edsall, Kelsey Jones, Virginia Thornhill and Kylie Patrick.

Our Team won 61 first places, 33 second places, 35 third places, and   78 top 8 places. (Senior Team 24-8-12-25 and Junior Elite Group 36-24-21-50 including relays. To be mentioned that the 12 and under placed and scored as single age groups )

First place achievers: Kali Edsall-12 (9), Olivia Stanley-11 (7),  Kelsey Holmgaard-17 (5), Sal Russo-14 (5)Kylie Patrick-12 ( 4), Angelo Russo-9 (4), Christina McLemore-11 (3), Katherine Moles-15 (2),Kacy Edsall-14 (2), Kyle Ewoldt-12 (2), Lucas Otruba-14 (2), Maddie Robinson-10 (1),Dominic Russo-12 (1) and Virginia Thornhill-12 (1)

Relays: 11-12 Girls 200 Free: (Kylie Patrick, Virginia Thornhill, Kelsey Jones and Kali Edsall)

10 & under Boys 200 Free: (Max Motmans, Jacob Bowery, AJ Vail and Trey Lowe III)

11-12 Boys 200 Free: (Drew Vipperman, Angelo Russo, Dominic Russo and Kyle Ewoldt)

Senior Female 200 Medley: (Katherine Moles, Kelsey Holmgaard, Kacy Edsall and Drew Dillon)

11-12 Girls 200 Medley: (Kali Edsall, Kelsey Jones, Virginia Thornhill and Kylie Patrick)

Second place achievers: Kyle Ewoldt-12 (7), Angelo Russo-9 (3), Martha Kakouras-12 (2), Christina McLemore-11 ( 2).Max Motmans-10 (2), Drew Vipperman-12 (2),Kacy Edsall-14 (2), Sal Russo-14, (2)Matt Harris -10, (1), Kelsey Jones-12 (1), Trey Lowe III-9 (1), Bailey Roberts-10 (1), Olivia Stanley-11 (1), Virginia Thornhill-12 (1), Mark Adams-15 (1), Nathan Ewoldt-16 (1),Kelsey Holmgaard-17 (1), Luke Munson-16 (1),Dylan Otruba-15 (1), Lucas Otruba-14 (1), Alex Vance-15 (1).

Relays: 200 Senior Female Free (Katie Campbell, Katherine Moles, Kacy Edsall, Kelsey Holmgaard)

12& under Girls 200 Medley B relay (Olivia Stanley, Martha Kakouras, Christina McLemore, Lindsei Hamilton),

12& under Boys 200 Medley A relay (Dominic Russo, Drew Vipperman., Kyle Ewoldt, Angelo Russo).

Third place achievers: Trey Lowe III-9 (5), Lucas Otruba-14 (3), Christina McLemore-11 (2), Bailey Roberts-10 (2), Angelo Russo-9 (2), Drew Vipperman-12 (2), Drew Dillon-16 (2), Luke Munson-16 (2), Alex Vance-15 (2), Matt Harris-10 (1), Kelsey Jones-12 (1), Martha Kakouras-12 (1),Max Motmans-10 (1), Katie Munson-10 (1), Kylie Patrick-12 (1), Maddie Robbinson-10 (1), Olivia Stanley-11 (1), Dominic Russo-12 (1),A. J. Vail-10 (1), Mark Adams-15 (1), Kacy Edsall-14 (1), Dylan Otruba-15 (1).

Relays: 200 Senior Male Free relay (Alex Vance, Shane Tudor, Nathan Ewoldt, Luke Munson)

Top eight swimmers beside the names above were: Katie Campbell-15 (4), Jacob Bowery-9 (3), Lindsei Hamilton-12 (3), Nelson Helm-13 (3), Jordan Leipzig-16 (1), Joseph McDaniel-14 (1),Ben Schmidt-13 (1), Shane Tudor-15 (1).

Relays: 200 11-12 girls free relay (Christina McLemore, Lindsei Hamilton, Martha Kakouras, Olivia Stanley),

200 Senior Male Medley  relay (Sal Russo, Ben Schmidt, Mark Adams, Shane Tudor),

200 Senior Female Medley relay (Katherine Moles, Kelsey Holmgaard, Kacy Edsall),

200 Senior Male Free relay (Mark Adams, Sal Russo, Lucas Otruba, Dylan Otruba)