|
The Water Wizards 8 year
old teams took home first place in the Nutmeg League championship
meet held on Sunday February 10th. The boys team won
first place against all of the other teams of boys and when
the splashing stopped and all of the points were totalled, Weston
won the combined championship as well with 478 total
points. The Shelton Monroe Swim team was only 31 points
behind Weston with 447 points overall. In addition
teams from Amity Regional Aquatic (250 points), Sharks
Swim team of Stamford (212), Branford Rec Stingrays (136), Trumbull
Pisces (134) and the Wildcat swim club competed against the Wizards
in the season ending championship meet for all of the teams
swimmers 8 years old and younger.
Swimming for the Wizards, Samantha
McStocker, 8, took home two third place trophies. In
the 25 yard freestyle her time was16.79 and in the 25 yard
backstroke she finished in 21.82 seconds. Carolyn
Morikawa,8, also won two trophies - first place in the 25 yard
breaststroke (20.16) and second place in the 100 yard individual
medley (1:33.78). Allison Pocsik, 8, finished with a
fourth place trophy in the 25 yard butterfly with her time of
21.78.
The girls did equally well in the
relays. In the 100 yard freestyle relay Weston
won third place touching out the Sharks. Weston was
1:14.32. The Sharks were 1:14.99. In
the 100 yard medley relay Weston secured second place once again
touching out the Sharks. Weston was
1:22.47. The Sharks were
1:23.04. Swimming on both of the Wizard
relay teams were Morikawa, Olivia Ferdinand, Pocsik and
McStocker.
The Water Wizard boys dominated all
of their events by winning nearly every one. The boys
led off the meet with a first and third place in the 25 yard
freestyle. Griffin Levi, 7, was first with 17.91 while
Mateusz Babinski, 7 finished third in 18.93 seconds.
Sean-Paul Stolarski, 8, swam his way to a first place trophy with
his winning time of 33.44 seconds in the 50 yard
freestyle. The 25 yard backstroke race could not have
been closer with Mitchell Levi, 7 in first place
(21.53), and Babinski right behind him in second (21.59), a
difference of .06 seconds. Jack Goldberg, 8, took
home the sixth place trophy in the event (25.55). In
the 25 yard breaststroke, it was Kenneth Gosnell, 8, in second
(22.66), Charlie Palsho, 7, in third (23.09), Connor Morikawa,6, in
fourth (24.97) and Peter Achar, 8, in fifth (27.18).
The 25 yard butterfly ended with Stolarski winning his second
trophy with his first place finish (18.19). Mitchell
Levi was second (20.88) and John Smith, 6, was fifth with 36.78
seconds. In the 100 yard individual medley Griffin Levi
captured fourth place (1:48.10).
To end the meet the Wizard boys won first
place in both of the relays. What a finale!
The 100 yard freestyle time was 1:11.75 with Weston swimmers
Babinski, Griffin Levi, Mitchell Levi and Stolarski. In
the 100 yard medley the swimmers were Babinski, Palsho, Mitchel
Levi & once again Stolarski anchoring the squad
(1:21.69).
|
