Strong Week for Swimmers

The Boys and Girls Swim teams enjoyed a solid week in their first action since the return from break. On Wednesday at the Beckerman Center, they defeated Canterbury School and Westover 182-177-86 in an exciting meet. The Boys battled to a 90-90 tie with the New England champs. The Saints took their share of first place finishes, but the Hornets' depth enabled them to match Canterbury throughout the meet. The Girls squad edged Westover 97-96, with Canterbury coming in 3rd with 67 points. Middle Schoolers Bella Ferneini and Ila Suindstrom earned key points for the Hornets.

Boys Scoring Highlights:
200 Medley Relay: 1st - Duncan Farquharson, Michael Ferneini, Steven Zhang, Joe Tenedine
200 Free: 1st Sam Lovejoy; 4th Demir Uslu
200 IM - 2nd Ferneini, 4th John Bazaar; 5th Josh Tenedine
50 Free: 2nd Joe T.; 3rd Ronnie Khanuja; 4th Spencer McCleery
100 Fly: 2nd Farquharson; 3rd Zhang; 4th Liam Kohler 
100 Free: 2nd Joe T.; 4th McCleery; 5th Khanuja
500 Free: 1st Lovejoy; 3rd Uslu; 5th Bazaar
200 Free Relay 2nd Khanuja, Zhang, Lovejoy, Joe T.  4th Nathan Thomas, McCleery, Josh T., Uslu   
                         5th Connor Blackwood, Leon Huang, Josh Mukherjee, Dan DeGirolomo
100 Back: 1st Farquharson, 3rd Evan Huang, 5th Kohler
100 Breast: 1st Ferneini, 2nd Zhang, 5th Josh T.
400 Free Relay: 2nd Lovejoy, Uslu, Farquharson, Ferneini   4th Khanuja, Bazaar, McCleery, Josh T.

Girls Scoring Highlights:
200 Medley Relay: 2nd Maddy Malin, Sinead Masterson, Ila Sundstrom, Liv Caldarella
200 Free: 1st Bella Ferneini, 2nd Julia Pandolfi
200 IM: 2nd Sundstrom, 4th Masterson
50 Free: 3rd Caldarella
100 Fly: 3rd Sundstrom
100 Free: 1st Caldarella, 2nd Malin
500 Free: 1st Ferneini
200 Free Relay: 2nd Malin, Pandolfi, Gaileen Andal, Ferneini
100 Back: 3rd Pandolfi; 4th Malin
100 Breast: 2nd Masterson
400 Free Relay: 2nd Caldarella, Masterson, Sundstrom, Ferneini

             On Saturday, the Hornets hosted another overall victory, with the Boys defeating Christian Heritage 82-46, while Westover won the Girls meet 128.5-61-47.5.
First Place Finishers:
Boys 200 Medley Relay; Girls 200 Medley Relay
200 Free: Michael Ferneini
200 IM Sam Lovejoy
50 Free Duncan Farquharson
100 Fly Ferneini
100 Free Lovejoy
500 Free Bella Ferneini; Farquharson

        Congrats to Coach Ken Pierson and all the swimmers.