Greenwich wins again; Prep finishes fifth
NEW HAVEN — Prior to Thursday’s State Open Swimming Championships, Greenwich coach Terry Lowe said his team had to produce a perfect meet in order to win another title.
Well, the Cardinals captured yet another State Open championship and they were just about as perfect as they could be in their coach’s eyes.
Seeing a number of its athletes swim faster than their seeded times and showscasing its trademark depth, Greenwich continued its reign of supremacy, winning its seventh straight State Open title and unprecedented 35th overall Thursday night at Yale University’s historic Kiphuth Pool.
Behind three-first place finishes and a wealth of top-10 finishes, Greenwich amassed 600 team points. Runner-up New Canaan, which entered the meet with 77 diving points, compared to 16 for Greenwich, posted 480.5 points, followed by Ridgefield (378.5) and Pomperaug (297). Fairfield Prep placed fifth in the team standings (293.5).
Greenwich entered the meet knowing it needed a supreme effort to keep its hold on the championship that its owned for years.
“We swam a great meet, the kids really finished it off with class,” said Lowe, who has guided GHS to all of its titles. “They just went after it and they got better and better.”
STATE OPEN AT YALE
Team scores: 1. Greenwich 600, 2. New Canaan 480.5, 3. Ridgefield 378.5, 4. Pomperaug 297, 5. Fairfield Prep 293.5, 6. Glastonbury 246, 7. Holy Cross 233, 8. Darien 219.5, 9. Cheshire 207, 10. Seymour 161, 11. Staples 158, 12. Haddam-Killingworth 154, 13. Norwalk/McMahon 149.5, 14. Xavier 148, 15. Westhill/Stamford 132, 16. Northwest Catholic 113, 17. Newtown 107, 18. Ludlowe/Warde 95.5, 19. Fitch 93, 20. Amity 73, 21. Hall 70,
22. Sheehan 68, 23. Avon 66, 24. Conard 57, 25. (tie) Hand and Farmington 55, 27. Northwestern 53, 28. New Fairfield 52, 29. Wethersfield 49, 30. South Windsor 43, 31. Barlow/Bethel 38, 32. Branford/Guilford 37,
33. Masuk 33, 34. (tie) Granby Memorial and Trumbull 31, 36. Foran/Law 27, 37. Berlin 26,
38. Manchester 25, 39. (tie) Southington and Brookfield 20, 41. E.O. Smith/Tolland 18, 42. Middletown 17, 43. New Milford 15, 44. Bristol co-op 14, 45. Weston 8, 46. (tie) Suffield co-op and East Hartford 5, 48. Shepaug Valley 3.
Individual results: 200 medley relay: 1. Pomperaug (Colin MacKellar, Billy Regan, John Moran, Sai Quesenberry) 1:34.44; 2. Greenwich (Justin Jacob, Thomas Lewis, Stephan Todorovic, Nicolas de la Sierra) 1:34.88; 3. (tie) Ridgefield (Andrew Yu, Luke Hruska, Linney O’Malley, William Bryant) and Fairfield Prep (Ethan Keyes, Alec Keblish, Jack Rogers, Richard Nolan) 1:36.61; 5. Xavier (Mitchell Wollen, Andrew MItchill, Yavier Carbo-Colon, Donald Frost) 1:37.25; 6. Glastonbury (Kevin Tierney, Christopher Davis, Evan Fuller, Brant Barbera-Hwang) 1:37.70; 200 freestyle: 1. Connor Hunt (Ridgefield) 1:41.40; 2. McAllistar Milne (Glastonbury) 1:41.55; 3. Charles Clark (Greenwich) 1:41.92; 4. Jake Ritz (New Canaan) 1:42.80; 5. Zach Houlton (HaddamKillingworth) 1:43.02; 6. Spencer Erickson (Darien) 1:43.16; 200 IM: 1. Billy Regan (Pomperaug) 1:50.70; 2. Stephan Todorovic (Greenwich) 1:53.10; 3. Thomas Lewis (Greenwich) 1:53.69; 4. Michael Baldini (Northwest Catholic) 1:54.15; 5. Richard Nolan (Fairfield Prep) 1:54.26; 6. Patrick Colwell (New Canaan) 1:54.51; 50 freestyle: 1. William Bryant (Ridgefield) 21.25; 2. John Marcolina (Fitch co-op) 21.34; 3. Jack Crocamo (Seymour) 21.46; 4. Nicholas Malchow (Greenwich) 21.62; 5. Michael Kotlyar (New Canaan) 21.70;
6. Benjamin Arky (Conard) 21.81; 100 butter
fly: 1. Ben Feldman (Westhill/Stamford) 49.72; 2. Patrick Colwell (New Canaan) 50.49;
3. Connor Martin (Darien) 50.89; 4. Colin Zorger (Manchester) 51.09; 5. Colin MacKellar (Pomperaug) 51.45; 6. Kevin Tierney (Glastonbury) 52.00; 100 freestyle: 1. Charles Clark (Greenwich) 45.88; 2. Billy Regan (Pomperaug) 46.56; 3. Jack Crocamo (Seymour) 47.08; 4. Nicholas Malchow (Greenwich) 47.15; 5. John McNab (Staples) 47.38; 6. Alex Beauchene (Northwestern) 47.58; 500 freestyle: 1. Connor Hunt (Ridgefield) 4:32.24; 2. McAllistar Milne (Glastonbury) 4:33.91; 3. Stephan Todorovic (Greenwich) 4:35.20; 4. Aidan Henry (Branford/Guilford) 4:38.34; 5. Jake Ritz (New Canaan) 4:38.85; 6. Zach Houlton (HaddamKillingworth) 4:39.27; 200 freestyle relay: 1. Greenwich (Thomas Lewis, Nicholas Malchow, Nicolas de la Sierra, Charles Clark) 1:24.98; 2. New Canaan (Patrick Colwell, Brian Harrell, Michael Kotlyar, Jake Ritz) 1:25.69; 3. Cheshire (Sam Hanke, Andrew Lou, Shane Wynne, Joseph Cannata) 1:27.52; 4. Newtown (Colby Delia, Mason Suba, Xavier Williams, Rick Irving) 1:28.00; 5. Ridgefield (Connor Hunt, Ethan Murray, Luke Hruska, William Bryant) 1:28.01; 6. Fairfield Prep (Kristoffer Davis, Lucas Hoin, Jan Krepsztul, Alec Keblish) 1:28.08; 100 backstroke: 1. Colin MacKellar (Pomperaug) 51.10; 2. Sam Hanke (Cheshire) 51.33; 3. Andrew Yu (Ridgefield) 52.59; 4. Gianfranco Pozzolini (New Canaan) 52.62; 5. Christopher Weber (Granby Memorial) 52.70; 6. Ethan Keyes (Fairfield Prep) 52.84; 100
breaststroke: 1. Ben Feldman (Westhill/ Stamford) 57.26; 2. Thomas Lewis (Greenwich) 58.02; 3. Joseph Cannata (Cheshire) 58.39; 4. Michael Baldini (Northwest Catholic) 58.56; 5. Alec Keblish (Fairfield Prep) 58.91; 6. Michael Kotlyar (New Canaan) 58.97; 400 freestyle
relay: 1. Greenwich (Nicholas Malchow, Mark Merson, Stephan Todorovic, Charles Clark) 3:08.05; 2. Pomperaug (John Moran, Sai Quesenberry, Billy Regan, Colin MacKellar) 3:09.14; 3. New Canaan (Patrick Colwell, Richard Ettinger, Michael Kotlyar, Jake Ritz) 3:11.51; 4. Fairfield Prep (Brody Biebel, Jack Rogers, Ethan Keyes, Richard Nolan) 3:13.43;
5. Holy Cross (John Tucker, Derek Fantano, Chris Ford, Sam Mason) 3:14.08; 6. Ridgefield (Ethan Murray, Andrew Yu, Gavin