VICTORY

It has been a longtime, but we finally took home a win, beating St. Bernard’s 252-180. Not only did we take home the victory, but many of our swimmers put in their best times of the year, so their hard work in practice continues to pay off.

Congratulations to the following, who placed 1st in their respective races.

Girls
Mycaela Reilly – 8U 25 yd Freestyle & Backstroke
Anjolina Testa – 8U 25 yd Freestyle, Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay
Maggie McNamara – 8U 25 yd Backstroke
Kaylin Anest – 8U 25 yd Breaststroke, Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
Olivia McNicholas – 8U Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay
Valentina Petruso – 10U 25 yd Freestyle
Emily Jonas – 10U 25 yd Freestyle, Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay
Emily Alfonso – 10U 25 yd Backstroke
Raeann Dong – 10U 25 yd Backstroke, Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay
Miranda Gonzalez – 10U Medley relay
Gabriella Vidad – 10U Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay
Erica Farsang – 10U Freestyle Relay
Libbie Sudweeks – 12U 50 yd Backstroke & Medley Relay
Caitlin Benedetto – 12U 50 yd Breaststroke & Medley Relay
Jessica Giuliani – 12U Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay
Cassandra Gharnit – 12 U Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay
Brianna Donlon – 12U Freestyle Relay
Sarah Crespo – 12U Freestyle Relay
Kiley Ferreri – 17U 50 yd Backstroke

Boys
Eric Aguilar – 8U 25yd Freestyle
Christopher Smith – 8U 25yd Backstroke
Frankie Wawrzynski – 8U 25yd Backstroke, Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
James Morrisey – 8U 25yd Breaststroke & Medley Relay
Ethan Dong – 8U Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
Cesar Adames – 8U Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
Michael O’Grady – 8U Freestyle Relay
JD Sterbens – 10U 25yd Freestyle, Medley Relay & 12U Freestyle Relay
Eamonn McNicholas – 10U 25yd Backstroke, Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
Steven Girasi – 10U Medley Relay
Andrew Catinella – 10U Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
Tyler Robertaccio – 10U Freestyle Relay
Daniel Nicosia – 10U Freestyle Relay
Kyle Carroll – 12U 50 yd Freestyle, Backstroke & Freestyle Relay
Jake Barrett – 12U 50 yd Breaststroke, Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
Jordan Robertaccio – 12U 50 yd Butterfly & Medley Relay
John Morrisey – 12U Medley Relay & Freestyle Relay
Christian Adames – 12U Medley Relay
Michael Themistocleous – 17U 50 yd Breaststroke

Special mention to Anjolina Testa, Kaylin Anest, Emily Jonas, Raeann Dong, Frankie Wawrzynski, JD Sterbens, Eamonn McNicholas, Kyle Carroll and Jake Barrett – each of whom took 1st place in all 3 of their events.

Additionally, the 8U girls swept all 7 of their events and the 12U boys swept all 6 of their events.

Our coaches and I were extremely proud of all our swimmers, not only for their performance in the pool, but for the “raising the roof” as they cheered on their teammates.

And finally, congratulations to our Captains, Yasmeen Gharnit, Michael Themistocleous, Kelly Carroll, David Vidad, Brianna Donlon and Kyle Carroll for a great win. You team leadership during practice and at the meets has given us the first of many wins to come.

We’ll see you at practice on Monday.