Boys Swim to Strong Finish at Meet of Champions

The top swimmers from 19 towns converged in New Providence Thursday for the New Jersey Summer Swim League Meet of Champions.

Swimmers ages 7 to 18 were from four separate divisions and had competed in their own Divisional Meet on Monday to get here—those with the fastest times across all of those meets made it to the championship meet.

The Meet of Champions was hosted by the New Providence Piranhas at the team’s facility, which has two pools with lap lanes—one for warming up while other races are going on.

It's a meet for individual swimmers, not for teams. Swimmers compete against each other and against their own personal best times.

But, for fun—and something the teams love—officials tally up all the points scored by the individuals and rank the teams accordingly.

The Madison boys finished fifth in the unofficials team rankings, while the girls finished in 14th. The combined results place Madison 10th among the 19 competing teams.

Combined Team Rankings (Not official, just for fun). 

1          Westfield

2          New Providence

3          Morris Township

4          Livingston

5          West Orange

6          Springfield

7          South Orange

8          Florham Park

9          West Caldwell

10        Madison

11        Berkeley Heights

12        Summit

13        Cedar Grove

14        Mountainside

15        Millburn

16        Verona

17      West Essex

18      East Hanover

19      Maplewood

Girls Team Rankings

1       Westfield                             
2       New Providence                         
3       Morris Township                         
4       Livingston                             
5       West Caldwell                          
6       West Orange                            
7       Florham Park                           
8       South Orange                            
9       Cedar Grove                            
10      West Essex                              
11      Berkeley Heights                        
12      Verona                                  
13      Mountainside                           
14      Madison                                 
15      Springfield                             
16      Maplewood                              
17      Summit                                  
18      Millburn                                
19      East Hanover                            


Boys Team Rankings

1       Westfield                            
2       New Providence                        
3       Livingston                            
4       Springfield                          
5       Madison                              
6       Morris Township                       
7       West Orange                          
8       Summit                                
9       Millburn                              
10      South Orange                          
11      East Hanover                          
12      Florham Park                          
13      West Caldwell                        
14      Berkeley Heights                      
15      Mountainside                          
16      Maplewood                             
17      Verona                                 
18      Cedar Grove                             
19      West Essex