Bolles School Sharks Defend Junior Nationals-East Title
Bolles School Sharks Earn Back to Back Championships - Junior Nationals-East
With 781 points, the Sharks dominated the team competition - winning by 319 points - one of the largest margins in recent history. The Men's team continued the 5 year winning streak with a total of 598 points and the women finished 8th with 183 points! This was truly a full team effort with 17 A finalists, 12 B finalists & 6 C finalists. Almost every A & B relay scored and everyone was on deck with big cheers and enthusiasm.
Each night the team gave two teammates a mojo monkey for the standout performer of the day.
Wednesday - William Shoesmith earned the blue monkey for a 2nd place finish in the 1000 free & Leah Chin earned her pink monkey for and amazing 50 free closing leg on the 200 MR
Thursday - George Dovellos earned the blue monkey for a blistering, hypoxic 100 fly on the championships 400 MR & Lucero Mejia Arce earned the pink monkey for both her 100 back individually as well as leading on the 400 MR.
Friday - Liam Carrington earned the blue monkey for his championship 200 Freestyle won in dominating fashion (decimating the team record by 2 seconds!) & Ainsley Stephan earned the pink monkey for her B-final 100 fly with a team record swim and then doubling down on the sprint relay!
Saturday - Michael Gumino earned the final blue monkey for his A-Final swim in the 200 Fly after years of incredibly consistent work & Emmie Lewis earned the final pink monkey for her first Juniors and stepping up on every relay with enthusiasm and killer racing!
Other fun stats:
10 new qualifiers for Nationals in Irvine next summer.
Ethan Bathala (200 Bk), Liam Carrington (100 Fr/200 Fr), George Dovellos (200 Free/100 Fly), Krish Jain (100 Back), Clay Magyar (1650 Free), Lucy Mejia Arce (100 Back), Ainsley Stephan (200 Fly) Thi Rai (100 Brst/200 Brst), William Shoesmith (500 Free/1000 Free/1650 Free), Lucas Young (200 Brst)
15 new team records & 2 state records
17-18 boys 800 free relay (B) - Carter Wright, Nic Kwan, Charlie Zuhoski, Dillon Brigman, 7:33.64 (also state record)
- formerly Colin Hamilton, Matheus Martini, Teo D'Alessandro, George Frank, 7:36.96, 2011
15-18 girls 800 free relay (A) - Allison Kelly, Ainsley Stephan, Heidi Stoute, Ella Gotham, 7:16.61
-Formerly Simany Lee, Olivia Moore, Neala Klein, Lucero Mejia Arce, 7:20.93, 2023
15-18 200 MR Boys 15-18 & 17-18 (A) - Krish Jain, Lucas Young, George Dovellos, Liam Carrington, 1:27.29
-Formerly Liam Carrington, Eldad Zamir, Antoine Destang, Andy Kravchenko, 1:27.33, 2024
15-18 Girls 400 MR - Lucy Mejia Arce, Victoria Edgar, Ainsley Stephan, Allison Kelly, 3:39.57
-Formerly Lila Higgo, Victoria Edgar, Julia Murphy, Simany Lee, 3:39.84, 2023
15-18 Boys 400 MR - Krish Jain, Thi Rai, George Dovellos, Liam Carrington, 3:09.79
-Formerly Carter Wright, Eldad Zamir, Antoine Destang, Andy Kravchenko, 3:12.10, 2024
15-16 1000 Free - William Shoesmith, 8:57.36, Formerly Clay Magyar, 9:07.62, 2024
17-18 1000 Free - Clay Magyar, 9:14.19, Formerly Chris George, 9:14.51, 2003
15-16 500 Free - William Shoesmith, 4:22.17, Formerly George Dovellos, 4:24.50, 2024
17-18 Boys 2fr - Liam Carrington, 1:32.88, Formerly Xavier Sohovich, 1:34.66, 2013
17-18 Girls 2fly - Ainsley Stephan, 1:59.15, Formerly Ashley Whitney, 1:59.85, 1996
17-18 Girls 2 Back - Lucero Mejia Arce, 1:55.87, Formerly Abi Wilder, 1:56.49, 2016
17-18 Girls 1 fly - Ainsley Stephan, 53.33, Formerly Sherridan Dressel, 53.92, 2015
15-16 boys 2 Brst - Thi Rai, 1:55.38, Formerly Luke Zardavets 1:56.96 (also state record), 2025
15-16 1 Brst - Thi Rai, 53.51, Formerly Wyatt Porch 53,88, 2022
17-18 1 Fr - Liam Carrington, 42.32, Formerly Caeleb Dressel, 42.85, 2013
15-16 1650 - William Shoesmith, 15:12.08, Formerly Clay Magyar, 15:18.95, 2024
