Meet Two, Too Close for Comfort

​The second meet of the dual meet season did not disappoint. There was fast swimming, loud cheering, close races, and meets that came down to the wire.


The Fayvourites used a group effort to shut down the Ferris Wheel. Senior Captains Tyler Pawlowski and Sophia Karras carried the team with two wins a piece. Alvin Tsai was spectacular all night as well, showing some range as he won both the 100 fly and 100 breast (and a 22.9 fly split!). Sophia Zhao remains undefeated in the 50 free and added on a first in the 100 to sweep the sprints. The trio of Meron, Zeng, and Chan completed a huge 1-2-3 in the 100 free, while the trio of Chu-Silver-Siegel did the same in the 500. Seven swimmers threw down best times in the big team win to help the Fayvourites to 2-0. 

The Ferris Wheel had great efforts across the board in the loss. Kiara Kennedy and Billy Swartwout each won the 100 back, with Kennedy adding a W in the fly as well. Ellie Wu and Jacob Kogan both went TWO lifetime bests as the Ferris Wheel didn't go down without a fight.

In the meet of the night between Cap'N Keith and Lennon Lemons, it all came down to the 400 free relay. Senior Captains Nick Shopis (46.88) and Calvin Ye (49.90) anchored the CRUNCH relays to a 1-2 finish to win the meet by 3 points! In a meet filled with exciting and impressive swims, perhaps none were more impressive than Jenna Nus. Nus won the 50 free in 24.98, her first time under 25, then five minutes later placed second in the 100 fly with another best time and first time under a minute. Makayla Pearce and Ashley Zhang finished 2-3 behind Nus in the 50 free for a 1-2-3 finish for Cap'N Keith. Shopis and Castrillon swept the freestyle events once again, and Howley, swimming two events this time, won the 200 free and 100 fly. Thirteen (THIRTEEN!) members of the Crunch went best times in a great combined effort to stay undefeated.

The Lemons put up a great fight wire to wire. They were led once again by Dylan Lee who remained undefeated! Briana Raconello, Cadence O'Donnell, and Joline Fong went 1-2-3 in the 200 IM. The Lemons had twelve swimmers go best times as they fell to 1-1.

The late meet was a fast paced and spirited race of two teams looking to avoid going 0-2. In the end, it was Bababooey winning the meet 406-385. Matt Giardanelli won the 200 and 500 free, and Riley Fried added two victories in the 200 IM and 100 back to lead the Booey's to victory. Madi Connor and Catherine Dean showed their sprint powers going 1-2 in the 50 free, while Lily Gormsen touched the wall first in the 100 free. Eleven swimmers went best times on the way to the win including two from Kiera Ulzheimer. 

Cavan Gormsen remained undefeated in the 200 and 500 free for the Slim Gins. Kathryn Montefusco and Connor Libassi won the breaststroke events, with Connor finally cracking the minute barrier! While the Slims Gins fell to 0-2, they swam hard and lost two close meets.