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250 swimmers participate in Annual Greenwich Town Swimming Meet
The 18th Annual Greenwich Town Swimming Championships concluded with 60 events being contested in age groups from 8-and-under to 15-and-over
YWCA Greenwich: Over 250 swimmers from the Greenwich YWCA Dolphins, Greenwich YMCA Marlins, Greenwich Boys and Girls Club and Sharks Swim teams took to the pool at Greenwich High School Saturday for what has developed into a wet holiday tradition.
The 18th Annual Greenwich Town Swimming Championships concluded with 60 events being contested in age groups from 8-and-under to 15-and-over over three days of friendly; yet, fierce competition among the area teams.
For many who share the same hallways in school this is one of the few times all year they see each other in the same pool. “That is what makes this meet so special. The fact that everyone knows each other, makes the competition that more intense,” commented Dolphins Coach Nick Cavataro, who acted as the meet director.
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Two of the Dolphins 15-year old’s stole the spot light with a combined 10 victories and six meet records.
Meghan Lynch, took the 15-and-over 100-yard Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke races along with the 13/overs 200-Backstroke and 400-Indivdiual Medley events. Lynch’s 58.76 in the 100-Back; 1:06.26 in the 100-Breast; 4:25.06, were all meet records.
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Alexander Hazlett, took gold in the 15-and-over 100-Free, Back, Fly as well as in the 13-over 500-Free and 200-Breast events. Hazlett, posted new meet records in the 100-Back at 56.25; 500-Free at 4:53.06 and 200-Breast at 2:19.93.
Other multiple event winners included 8-year old Kate Boutry and 7-year old Julian Reiff. Boutry, of the Dolphins, posted a new meet mark of 17.34 in the 25-yard backstroke as well capturing wins in the 8-and-under division’s 25-Free and Fly events at 14.26 and 16.09. Reiff - also of the Dolphins - took gold in the 25-Free, Back and Fly races with respective times of 16.97, 19.83 and 19.31. The Dolphins Siena Pierson, 8, and Jackson Waters, 7, took the groups Breaststroke gold with respective times of 20.68 and 25.13.
The 9-10-year old class saw Ainsley Sahrbeck and Jonathan Packard, of the Dolphins, each claimed four golds. Sahrbeck won the groups 50-Free, Back and Fly events with respective tikes of 30.32, 36.08 and 33.53 as well as taking the 100-Butterfly at 1:18.69.
Packard won the class’ 50-Free, Back, Fly races at 30.59, 35.87 and 34.34 as well as the 100-Back at 1:14.45, The YMCA Marlins’ Lauren McCauley, 10, took the 50 and 100-Breast titles at 42.86 and 1:28.59, respectively. The Dolphins’ Colin Bucaria, 10, won the 50-Breast at 45.27.
The 11-12 class saw the Dolphins Penny Lazar, 12, post wins in the 50-Free, Back and Fly races with times of 26.46, 30.38 and 29.22, as well as taking the 9-and-over 500-Free at 5:17.26. The Dolphins’ Luke Mendelsohn, 11, took a pair of gold medals winning the 50-Free and Fly races at 28.51 and 32,59, respectively. Other winners in the 11-12 group included Sydney Jee, 12, of the Dolphins who won the 50-Breast; Nicolas Kopczewski, 12, of the Sharks in the 50-Back at 33.45 and William Schuhmacher, 11, of the Dolphins who won the 50-Breast at 37.80.
The 13-14 class had the YMCA Marlins Sabrina Hobert, 13, take gold I n the 100-free and Butterfly races at 57.07 and 1:03.93. The Dolphins Olivia Knapp, 14, and Abby Bleil, 13m too the group’s 100-Back and Breast events at 1:08.88 and 1:10.09, respectively.
The 13-14 Boys group saw Ryan Jee, 14, swimming unattached, claim wins in the 100-free, Back and Fly events at 52.47, 1:03.76 and 1:00.54, respectively. The Dolphins Aiden Bucaria, 13, took gold in the 100-Breastat 1:08.77.
The Dolphins Brendan O’Brien, 15, claimed the 200-Butterfly at 2:16.44 and the 400-IM races at 4:54.77.
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