Swim teams get
back on track
By Jeffrey Pickette
Citizen Staff
For the last
few weeks, members of the CHS girls’ and boys’ varsity swim
teams have made plenty of individual progress, consistently
improving their respective times in the pool. But these personal
achievements did not always translate to team-wide success.
It did last
Friday, however, as both teams faced Norton and Foxboro at
Wheaton College. The girls beat Norton 60-34, but lost against
Foxboro 54-40 in a meet that was decided by the last relay,
according to head coach Lori Mooney. The boys were victorious in
both of their match-ups, topping Norton 53-41 and Foxboro
57-27.
Entering this
week, both teams shared identical 3-5 records.
“It’s
thrilling for the kids,” Mooney said. “They came out of there
really feeling like their hard work has paid off. Their
individual successes amount to a team success, which really
makes them jell together and makes them feel like a full-fledged
team — even in an individualized kind of sport.”
On the girls’
side, Alison McHugh came in first place in the 50-yard freestyle
with a time of 28.90 seconds and Andrea Salive returned from an
injury to turn in a personal best time of 6:39.87 in the
500-yard freestyle.
On the boys’
side, James Frazier registered first place finishes in both the
50-yard freestyle with a time of 27.08 seconds and in the
100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:11.33. Scott Buresh swam in
the 500-yard freestyle for the first time and came in first
place with a time of 6:47.08
The 200-yard
individual medley relay team of Evan Leibovitz, John Whittemore,
Mike Vartanian and Eduoard El Massih swam for the first time
together and came in third place.
Both teams
will face Stoughton in a meet on Friday. Mooney said Canton
matches up well with its final three opponents — Stoughton,
Dover-Sherborn and Franklin — before competing in the Hockomock
League Championships on February 6.
“We should be
very competitive against all three teams,” she said.
January 28, 2010
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