Swimming: AV Boys Take Six of 12 First-Place Finishes at EBAL Meet

As submitted by the Amador swimming representatives 

The Amador Valley varsity boys swimming and diving team took six of the 12 first place finishes and narrowly missed a seventh at the EBAL Championship meet. The top finishes allowed the Dons to finish fourth overall at the meet.

Kyle Surber led the way for Amador with a pair of firsts, taking the top spot in the 50 and 100 free events. Bryan Hughes nearly matched Surber taking first in the 500 free and finishing only .01 seconds behind in the 200 free.

Andrew Seitz also came close to a pair of firsts. He won the IM, and then finished only .52 seconds in second place in the fly. The final first place finish for Amador was by Tyler Pullen who handily won the diving competition.

The Dons, who took five of nine individual firsts, capped the meet with by taking the 400 free relay. Seitz, Krish Rajagopalan, Hughes and Surber did the honors in the event.

The 500 free was a good event for Amador. Nick Johnston finished sixth, behind Hughes and Tim McLauglin took eighth. Eight was McLauglin's number for the day as he also took eighth in the IM.  Johnston took a second top eight finish by taking fourth in the backstroke.

Amador's 200 free relay team, composed of Rajagopalan, Jack Payan, Seitz, and Surber, also turned in a good performance, taking third.

Despite losing several of its best swimmers to the Varsity, the Amador Valley JV boys swim team still posted a stellar performance, finishing third in the EBAL League meet. Joey Silva and Chris Iniguez led the way in the individual events both collecting a third and a sixth. Silva also anchored the 200 and 400 free relay teams which placed third.

Silva and Iniquez had the free events covered as Silva took third in the 50 and sixth in the 100 while Iniquez grabbed third in the 500 and sixth in the 200. Joining Silva on the successful relay teams were Matt Sun, Alec Grotegut, and Steven Cox in the 200, and Mike Pasquale, Cameron Kurotori, and Chris Mowry in the 400.

Mowry also had a good individual day with two top 10 finishes, taking fourth in the IM and ninth in the 500. The Dons placed three in the top six in the IM with Pasquale and Andrew Song finishing fifth and sixth behind Mowry.

Also finishing third was Kurotori who in the fly. Sun was only two spots back in the event, good for fifth.

The medley relay started the meet off well for the Dons, finishing third, with Pasquale, Song, Kurotori and Sun doing the honors.

Other top eight finishers in the league meet were a pair of sevenths, Song in the breaststroke and Michael Chew in the backstroke.

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