DWest v. Henderson Meet Recap

It was nice to see the Whippets back in action!  Our strong girls team won against Henderson HS last night.  Our boys team lost, but they put up quite a fight.

In addition, we held our Teacher Impact event last night in which our seniors recognized a teacher who has had a positive impact on their life.  It was great listening to why these teachers mean so much to our athletes (including Coach Shane and his wife, Amanda), and there were many smiles shared by all. 

New District Times

Congratulations to the boys 200 medley relay for getting a District consideration time last night – senior Shane Martin (backstroke), senior Cole Cichewicz (breaststroke), senior Sean Borkowski (butterfly), and freshman Collin Byrne (freestyle)!

In addition, congratulations to junior Keira Carmella for a new District consideration time in the 200 IM and to freshman Lily Kirk for a new District consideration time in the 100 butterfly! 

Girls Team

The girls had many 1st place performances, including senior Ellie McNamara (200 freestyle and 500 freestyle), junior Keira Carmella (200 IM and 100 breaststroke), senior Morgan Harlan (100 backstroke), freshman Lily Kirk (100 butterfly), and freshman Eden Russell (100 freestyle).  The girls also swept the 500 Freestyle (senior Ellie McNamara 1st, senior Morgan Harlan 2nd, and freshman Lily Kirk 3rd).  In addition, junior Aubrey Lydon had a break-out night with 3rd place finishes in both the 200 IM and 100 backstroke – congratulations to Aubrey!

In the 50 freestyle, seniors Allie Leamy and Miranda Marino placed 3rd and 4th, respectively.

For the juniors, Addie Campbell finished 3rd and Elle Whitton placed 5th in the 100 butterfly, Charlotte Campbell placed 4th in the 200 freestyle, and Riley Surak placed 5th in the 100 freestyle.  In addition, shout out to junior CC Bailey for getting her best time in the 50 freestyle!  

Our sophomore girls also scored many points for the team!  Lexi Furlong placed 3rd and Elle Oldham placed 4th in the 100 breaststroke, Brynn Laverty placed 5th in the 200 IM, and Lillian Roberts placed 4th in the 100 freestyle.

The freshman girls also contributed to the victory with Kelly Dunn finishing 4th in the 100 backstroke and Tara Bice finishing 5th in the 200 freestyle.

Finally, the girls dominated the relays:

• The 200 medley relays placed 1st (Morgan Harlan, Keira Carmella, Ellie McNamara, and Eden Russell) and 3rd (Lily Kirk, Brynn Laverty, Charlotte Campbell, and Lillian Roberts). 
• The 200 freestyle relays placed 2nd (Riley Surak, Charlotte Campbell, Lillian Roberts, and Eden Russell – Eden with a 25.67 split!) and 3rd (Lexi Furlong, Allie Leamy, Miranda Marino, and Tara Bice).
• The 400 freestyle relays placed 1st (Keira Carmella, Morgan Harlan, Lily Kirk, and Ellie McNamara) and 2nd (Aubrey Lydon, Brynn Laverty, Addie Campbell, and Riley Surak).    

Boys Team

As for the boys, a highlight last night was the 50 freestyle where the senior boys dominated –Cole Cichewicz (1st), Jake Lennon (2nd), and Alexander Sheldon (5th)!  Senior Cole Cichewicz had a great night, also placing 2nd in the 100 breaststroke.  In addition, the boys had a number of first place finishes by senior Sean Borkowski in the 100 butterfly, junior Austin Verlinghieri in the 100 freestyle, and senior Shane Martin in the100 backstroke.

The freshman boys are proving to be a consistent source of points!  Congratulations to the following:   

• Collin Byrne – 3rd 100 butterfly and 5th 200 IM
• Lukas Bako – 5th 100 freestyle and 5th 200 freestyle
• Chris Toth – 2nd 500 freestyle
• Brewer Ciancuilli – 3rd 200 freestyle
• Marcus Sevi – 4th 100 backstroke

As for our sophomores, Gavin Riley placed 5th in the 500 freestyle, Henry Lennon placed 5th in the 100 breaststroke, and Jason Bernard dropped over 5.5 seconds in his 200 freestyle!

Finally, both freestyle relays took 2nd place – the 200 freestyle relay (Sean Borkowski, Austin Verlinghieri, Brewer Cianciulli, and Jake Lennon) and the 400 freestyle relay (Brewer Cianciulli, Chris Toth, Jake Lennon, and Shane Martin). 

Diving

The West Dive team has a reputation for keeping meets fun and having unwavering support for each other.  This held true yesterday as well.  Junior Kaylie Thompson (3rd), freshman Kelly Dunn (5th), and senior Mia Enterline (6th) competed for the girls.  Senior Jack Enterline (2nd) and junior Liam Dennin (3rd) competed for the boys.  All five of our divers went 6 for 6 with their lists and threw tons of beautiful dives.  It was Liam’s first meet back after his injury last winter and those feet first entries were fantastic!  Coach Kelsey and Coach Ryann could not be prouder of the efforts and positive attitude shown by all of our divers yesterday.  Great job team!

Next up is the meet against Bishop Shanahan on Wednesday at 3:30 pm.  Go Whippets!