Cherry Hill East Boys Swimmers Beat EHT, Head to South Jersey Final

The Cherry Hill East boys swim team didn’t take long to assert itself against Egg Harbor Township in the South A semifinals at Camden County Tech Monday.

Just one minute, 53 seconds, in fact.

That’s all it took for the Cougars’ top three medley relay teams to touch and go one-two-three to open the meet and put up an immediate 10-point lead on the Eagles.

While Egg Harbor Township was able to close that gap to just four points one event later, the damage was done. East’s depth proved itself again and again as the afternoon wore on, with the Cougars pulling together 17 second- and third-place finishes to go along with six wins in the 100-70 victory.

East’s Mike Simunek (500 free, individual medley), David Rowe (100 butterfly, 200 medley relay), Duncan Brookover (100 freestyle, 200 medley relay) and Liam Mahoney (100 breaststroke, 200 medley relay) led the team as double winners.

The Cougars will face Shawnee, an 86-84 winner over Vineland, Thursday at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Deptford for the South A championship.

Cherry Hill East 100, Egg Harbor Township 70

• 200 medley relay: East—David Rowe, Liam Mahoney, Duncan Brookover, Joey Andalora—1:43.77
• 200 freestyle: EHT, Luke Filarski, 1:47.66
• 200 IM: East, Mike Simunek, 2:01.46
• 50 freestyle: EHT, Brendan Burkett, 22.55
• 100 butterfly: East, David Rowe, 54.47
• 100 freestyle: East, Duncan Brookover, 49.62
• 500 freestyle: East, Mike Simunek, 5:03.03
• 200 freestyle relay: EHT—Anthony Czar, Brendan Burkett, Andrew Schulz, Luke Filarski—1:33.59
• 100 backstroke: EHT, Anthony Czar, 56.59
• 100 breaststroke: East, Liam Mahoney, 1:07.55
• 400 freestyle relay: EHT—John Tepper, Andrew Schulz, Luke Filarski, Anthony Czar—3:28.36