Canton High School swim teams thrive against
Stoughton
By Jeffrey
Pickette
Citizen Staff
The CHS girls’
and boys’ varsity swim teams kept their recent hot streaks going
last Friday against Stoughton, with both squads downing the
rival Black Knights.
 The girls won
88-73, improving to 4-5 on the season, and have won two of their
last three meets.
The boys, now
winners of three in a row, beat Stoughton 89-69 to improve to
4-5 as well.
“Overall [it
was] a very successful meet,” coach Lori Mooney wrote in an
e-mail to the Citizen.
“They showed some great endurance, technique and perseverance in
their races. Being able to finish out races strong is something
we’ve worked on all season, and they showed just how to do it
[against Stoughton].”
“It was very
exciting and very rewarding for the kids to see how little
things can make a big difference,” she continued.
On the girls’
side, Canton swimmers Andrea Salive, Brianna Duserick and Isobel
Heck came in first, second and third, respectively, in the
200-yard freestyle. Emily Breviligia shaved eight seconds off
her personal best time in the 100-yard freestyle.
And the
400-yard freestyle team of Eleni Papadopoulos, Sara Civian,
Elena Kilduff and Heck came in second place with a time of
5:12.41.
For the boys,
Chris LeDonne registered four first-place finishes, two in
individual races and two as part of a relay team. James Frazier,
John Whittemore and Matt Potts placed first, second and fourth,
respectively, in the 100-yard breaststroke.
The boys’ meet
went back-and-forth, according to Mooney, but Evan Leibovitz,
Eduoard El Massih and Scott Rosenblatt helped to secure the win
toward the end of the meet. Leibovitz came in first in the
100-yard backstroke, with El Massih and Rosenblatt not far
behind, finishing third and fourth, respectively.
Heading into
this week, Mooney said many swimmers are “on the cusp of making
sectionals,” which is held later this month.
Both teams
faced Dover-Sherborn on Wednesday and will take on Franklin
today (Thursday). The Hockomock League Championships are this
Saturday.
February 4, 2010
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