Congratulations to the varsity swim team for sweeping the CISAC league meet at the Beckerman Center last Wednesday. The Boys were dominant throughout and cruised to victory: 1. HH 383  2. Westover 370  3. Williams 297  4. MacDuffie 63.
The Girls relied on a total team effort to edge their way to first:  1. HH 383  2. Westover 370  3. Williams 297  4. MacDuffie 63. Both squads relied on their depth to garner plenty of points in each event, even if they did not finish first. Stephen Zhang, Ronnie Khanuja, Sam Lovejoy, and Duncan Farquharson all took home individual gold medals for the boys, as did Julia Pandolfi and Sinead Masterson for the girls. Lovejoy won the 500 Free with a time of 5:14.54 - a full 12 seconds faster than his nearest competitor! Sage Giacomini was part of the first place 200 Free Relay, and scored two silvers and a bronze. Freshman Joe Tenedine was looking strong as the anchor of the second place 200 Medley Relay; however, he jammed and dislocated his shoulder at the finish and had to go to the hospital. Michael Ferneini, Demir Uslu, Liam Kohler, Nate Thomas, John Bazaar, and the Ostapenko twins, Jacob and Dan all enjoyed strong showings. Maddy Malin, Shaw Mettler, Liv Caldarella, Eva Boyce, Maria Mack, and Natalie Pinela all scored key points for the girls. Masterson, only an 8th grader, also won a gold and a silver in relays as well as an individual silver, while 7th grader Bella Ferneini scored bronze in two events.

HH Girls Highlights:
200 Medley Relay  2nd: Malin, Masterson, Caldarella, Pinela;  5th: Autumn Boyce, Ferneini, Aly Cooper-Ghee, Mack
                           7th: Rebecca McChesney, Gaileen Andal, Julia Moore-Aiello, Gabby Cervone
200 Free: 1st Pandolfi, 2nd Mettler, 3rd Eva Boyce
200 IM:  1st Masterson, 3rd Ferneini, 4th Malin
50 Free:  3rd Caldarella, 5th Mack, 7th Eve Brannin
100 Fly:  2nd Masterson
100 Free: 2nd Caldarella, 4th Cervone, 6th Moore-Aiello
500 Free:  5th Pandolfi, 6th Mettler
200 Free Relay:  3rd: Mack, Pinela, Pandolfi, Mettler;   5th: Brannin, Cervone, Andal, Boyce
                         7th: McChesney, Hannah Flamm, Kataline Baehring, Cooper-Ghee
100 Back:  3rd Malin, 6th Moore-Aiello
100 Breast:  3rd Ferneini, 4th Boyce, Cooper-Ghee
400 Free Relay:  1st: Caldarella, Malin, Pandolfi, Masterson;   2nd: Mettler, McChesney, Cervone, E. Boyce
                         8th: A. Boyce, Moore-Aiello, Baehring, Andal


Boys Highlights:
200 Medley Relay:  2nd: Farquharson, Ferneini, Zhang, Tenedine;   3rd: Kohler, Thomas, Bazaar, Giacomini
                             5th: Aidan Armstrong, Josh Mukherjee, D. Ostapenko, Dan DiGirolomo
200 Free:  1st Lovejoy, 4th Uslu, 5th J. Ostapenko
200 IM:  2nd Ferneini, 3rd Zhang, 6th Bazaar
50 Free:  1st Khanjura, 2nd Giacomini, 3rd Thomas
100 Fly:  1st Farquharson, 5th D. Ostapenko, 6th J. Ostapenko
100 Free:  1st Khanjura, 2nd Giacomini
500 Free:  1st Lovejoy, 4th Uslu, 5th Bazaar
200 Free Relay:  1st: Khanjura, Giacomini, Uslu, Lovejoy;  2nd Thomas, Dan O., Jacob O., Bazaar
100 Back:  2nd Farquharson, 3rd Kohler
100 Breast:  1st Zhang, 3rd Ferneini, 4th Thomas
400 Free Relay:  2nd Lovejoy, Zhang, Farquharson, Ferneini;  3rd Jacob O., Dan O., Khanjura, Uslu
                        4th Armstrong, DiGirolomo, Kohler, Mukherjee

Great job by the team and Coaches Ken Pierson, Ann Kohler, and Carlos Pinela. Good luck in the annual Bud Ehrich State Meet this weekend at Hopkins.