The Rose Valley Cup was established in 1929. This is awarded to the male and female swimmers with the greatest number of points scored for their age group. Currently, these swimmers’ names are engraved on a plaque which remains in our trophy case for most of the summer.
The Elenore Abbot Award was established in 1948. This award has a long history and represents recognition of swimmers who have maintained a long personal investment with our team. Ms. Abbot was a Rose Valley resident and instrumental to the founding of the Rose Valley Swim & Tennis Club.
The Grier (Williamson) Prezio Award is presented to the most improved swimmer(s). This is named in memory of a woman whose children swam on the team who contributed a lot to the team over several years. This is awarded to the swimmer(s) the coaches believe had the most improvement over the season.
The Ryan Smith Award was established in 2009. It is awarded to the most improved diver(s). It is named in memory of a long-time member of both our diving & swimming teams, who was later the captain of our diving team. Our diving team was founded and coached by his father, Mike Smith. The coaching baton was subsequently passed to Ryan, then to his sister, Emily, and finally his brother Colin.
The Sawyer Weir Award was established in 2012. It is awarded to the swimmer who displays the most team spirit during the season. This is named in memory of a long-time swimming team member, who was not the fastest in his age group, but who always had the most fun. Sawyer’s mother, Cheryl, was a long-time coach of the Rose Valley Swim Team. The award embodies a love of sport and team participation.
Award Winners
2022 Elenore Abbot Award – Brian Chieffo 2022 Grier Prezio Award – Andrew Rubin 2022 Sawyer Weir Award – Cecilia Lindsay 2022 Ryan Smith Award – James Ball
2021 Elenore Abbot Award – Nate Young 2021 Grier Prezio Award – Andy Waltman 2021 Sawyer Weir Award – Amira Jevicki 2021 Ryan Smith Award – Jazmine Campos and Dan Fabricatore
2020 Covid Season, no awards
2019 Elenore Abbot Award – Sasha Siomades 2019 Grier Prezio Award – Amelia Leggette 2019 Sawyer Weir Award – Georgia Gianopulos 2019 Ryan Smith Award – Faith Bucklin
2018 Sawyer Weir Award – Nathan Young 2018 Grier Prezio Award – Jacob Perdigon 2018 Elenore Abbot Trophy – Sunday Siomades 2018 Ryan Patrick Smith Trophy – Seda Pohlhaus
High Point Winners (previously known as the Heatherwold Cup)
Rose Valley Team Records
Riley Smith 13-14 girls 400 Free was 5:17.50 July 19th, 2021 at Ply-Mar
Riley Smith 13-14 girls 200 IM was 2:28.34 July 21st, 2021 at Hidden Hollow
Riley Smith 13-14 girls 100 IM was 1:11.86 August 3rd, 2021 at Tinicum
Riley Smith 12U girls 100 IM was 1:12.49 Elite meet on July 30th 2019 at Rose Tree Woods
Sasha Siomades had a great 2019 summer season. On 7/1, at the ACAC meet, he swam the 13-14 boys 50 breast in 32.72 (beating his record from the prior week). And then on 7/10, he swam the 13-14 boys 50 free in 25.25, beating the record set in 2005 by Nick Longworth! VIEW ALL 2019 TEAM RECORDS >>
Two new team records were set in 2018. Sasha Siomades broke the 13-14 50 Breast record and Isaac Lothrop broke the 9-10 50 Fly record. Annika McBath broke the pool record for the 15-18 100 Free. VIEW ALL 2018 TEAM RECORDS >>
Four new team records were made at A’s in 2017. Sasha and Brian both broke the 2004 50 Free record and the 2013 200 Free record, with Sasha being the current record holder, and the senior girls (Julia, Michelle, Phil Ann and Annika) broke their own record from earlier in the season in the 200 Medley Relay.
