Swim
teams end regular season on a high note
By Jeffrey
Pickette
Citizen Staff
It was a busy
week for the CHS girls’ and boys’ varsity swim teams, with both
squads losing a meet at Dover-Sherborn last Wednesday, bouncing
back to beat Franklin last Thursday and then taking part in the
Hockomock League Championships last Saturday.
Both squads
came in sixth out of nine teams at the Hockomock Championships,
a result that head coach Lori Mooney considered “amazing.”
“Our kids did
fantastic,” Mooney wrote in an e-mail to the
Citizen. “It
was the individual times that made it even more successful. We
had kids smashing their times. The venue contributed to the hype
each kid felt when competing. Being around all those swimmers at
once gave them such a competitive edge, and boy did they
perform.”
On the girls’
side, Emma McHugh dropped seven seconds in the 200-yard
freestyle and Andrea Salive shed four seconds off her time in
the 200-yard individual medley. Fifteen additional swimmers on
the girls’ team were able to record “personal best” times in
their respective races.
For the boys,
the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Scott Buresh, Eric Newton,
James Frazier and Chris LeDonne shed six seconds off their time,
while five boys dropped significant time in the 100-yard
freestyle event.
Earlier in the
week, Evan Leibovitz came in first in the 100-yard backstroke
and Frazier came in first in the 100-yard breaststroke in a loss
at Dover-Sherborn. And against Franklin, Alison McHugh and
Catherine Hunter finished first and second, respectively, in the
100-yard freestyle event.
Both teams
ended the season with identical records of 5-6, a significant
improvement from the 3-6 and 2-7 records the girls and boys
posted last season. Mooney said assistant coach Chris Murtagh
deserves a “ton of credit” for both teams’ success this season.
While the
season comes to an end for most of the swimmers, five will move
on to the Sectional Swimming and Diving Championships at M.I.T
this Saturday.
For the girls,
the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Andrea Konopka, Alison
McHugh, Brianna Duserick and Misty King will compete, and
Konopka will also take part individually in the 100-yard fly.
LeDonne is the boys’ representative, racing in the 50-, 100-,
200- and 500-yard freestyle events and in the 100-yard fly.
February 11, 2010
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