Sports
Top Summer Swimmers From Township Compete in Meet of Champions
Townhip residents among swimmers from 19 towns that raced each other in New Providence Thursday.
The top swimmers from 19 towns, including Morris Township, converged on New Providence Thursday for the New Jersey Summer Swim League Meet of Champions.
These 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.
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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.
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This year, Morris Township ranked third overall, with the girls' team placing third and the boys' team sixth.
The highlights for Morris Township were multiple top-three finishes:
- Emily Ashton was 1st in the Girls 13 & Over 100 SC Meter IM
- Sophie Thomsen was 1st in the Girls 11-12 50 SC Meter Freestyle
- Michael Lopinto was 1st in the Boys 15-18 50 SC Meter Breaststroke
- Michael Lopinto was 2nd in the Boys 13 & Over 100 SC Meter IM
- Emily Ashton was 2nd in the Girls 15-18 50 SC Meter Breaststroke
- Hans Thomsen was 2nd in the Boys 11-12 50 SC Meter Breaststroke
- Sophie Thomsen was 2nd in the Girls 11-12 50 SC Meter Backstroke
- Alexis Gihorski was 3rd in the Girls 12 & Under 100 SC Meter IM
- Alexis Gihorski was 3rd in the Girls 11-12 50 SC Meter Breaststroke
- Tommy Cromie was 3rd in the Boys 11-12 50 SC Meter Butterfly
- Steven Cheng was 3rd in the Boys 13-14 50 SC Meter Freestyle
- Ryan Miller was 3rd in the Boys 13-14 50 SC Meter Butterfly
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
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