Greenwich boys swimming wins 52nd FCIAC title in 53 years
The Greenwich boys swimming and diving team won its 52nd FCIAC championship in 53 years with a dominating performance in the swim finals Friday at the Greenwich pool.
The Cardinals racked up 498 points to finish more than 200 ahead of runner-up Ridgefield, which scored 298.. Norwalk/McMahon (288), Staples (262) and New Canaan (206) rounded out the top five.
Staples’ senior Parker
Leonce was named the Most Outstanding Swimmer of the meet. He set a new FCIAC record with a time of 48.78 in the 100 backstroke, won the 200 freestyle (1:39.29) and led off the Wreckers’ winning 200 freestyle relay (1:26.19).
For Greenwich, senior Aiden Bucaria won two events, finishing first in the 100 freestyle (46.41) and 100 breaststroke (56.81). He was also part of the Cardinals’ 200 medley relay, which won in 1:33.89.
Greenwich received a 56-point boost from its divers on Thursday, with senior Whitaker Grover scoring 560.00 to win his fourth straight FCIAC title. 1 Nathaniel Taft (Fairfield) 21.59; 2 Mike Kvashchuk (Norwalk/McMahon) 21.52; 3 Noah Barrett (Greenwich) 21.74; 4 Matthew Weiner (Ridgefield) 22.04; 5 Michael Ivanov (Fairfield) 22.08; 6 Deacon Mascarinas (New Canaan) 22.14.100 1 Riley Twiss (Staples) 50.38; 2 Matthew Weiner (Ridgefield) 50.84; 3 Eric Huang (New Canaan) 51.72; 4 Justin Wu (St. Joseph) 52.54; 5 Kris Flores (Norwalk/McMahon) 52.94; 6 Evan Belmont (Greenwich) 53.06.100 1 Aiden Bucaria (Greenwich) 46.41; 2 Nathaniel Taft (Fairfield) 46.44; 3 Mike Kvashchuk (Norwalk/McMahon) 46.81; 4 Deacon Mascarnias (New Canaan) 47.05; 5 Kegan Clark (Greenwich) 47.71; 6 Andrew Berkowitz (Staples) 47.80.500
1 Jack Clancy (Ridgefield) 4:32.10; 2 Felix Flakstad (Greenwich) 4:41.58; 3 Conor Duggan (Fairfield) 4:55.94; 4 Alex Khilko (Greenwich) 4:56.64; 5 Jack Smith (Greenwich) 4:59.82; 6 Alex Yu (Greenwich) 5:05.28.
1 Staples (Parker Leonce, Joshua Tanksley, Andrew Berkowitz, Riley Twiss) 1:26.19; 2 Greenwich 1:26.67, 3 Norwalk/McMahon 1:26.70; 4 Fairfield 1:28.12; 5 Ridgefield 1:29.64; 6 New Canaan 1:29.81.100
1 Parker Leonce (Staples) 48.78, 2 Liam Flaherty (Greenwich) 51.81; 3 Eric Huang (New Canaan) 53.24; 4 Hudson Jang (Westhill/Stamford) 53.49; 5 Ryder Hagen (Darien) 54.29; 6 Derek Yin (Ridgefield) 54.79.100
1 Aiden Bucaria (Greenwich) 56.81; 2 Kalen Anbar (Norwalk/McMahon) 57.72; 3 Max Wolfenden (Ridgefield) 58.13; 4 Justin Wu (St. Joseph) 59.72; 5 Daniel Sichtnik (Greenwich) 59.97; 6 Michael Ivanov (Fairfield) 1:00.00.400 1 Ridgefield (Shaun Li, Max Wolfenden, Matthew Weiner, Jack Clancy) 3:07.33; 2 Greenwich 3:08.17; 3 Staples 3:22.48; 4 New Canaan 3:25.79; 5 Norwalk/McMahon 3:26.68; 6 Westhill/ Stamford 3:28.68.