Monday
and Tuesday of February vacation proved to be exciting and successful days for
the Windham Swim Team, led by Coach Pete Small, Coach Brett Turrenne and Coach
Kevin Roy.
On
Monday, the Windham boys kicked off the day with the 200 IM Relay, led by 3
seniors: Francis Watson, Ben Breton and James Mannette and freshman Evan
Desmond. During the day the boys had excellent events, with many personal
records achieved. James Mannette placed 15th overall in the 200 Free
and Evan Desmond had an outstanding 50 Free time of 25.33 seconds. Not only
does Ben Breton run fast, he also swims fast - anchoring the 200 Free Relay Team
and dropping time in the 100 breaststroke. The 2016-17 season ended with the
400 Free Relay Team of: James Mannette, Michael Ryan, Ben Breton and Evan
Desmond dropping 11 seconds to place 13th overall.
On
Tuesday, the Windham girls were ready to continue the boys’ momentum, with the
200 IM Relay Team comprised of: Sophie Simonson, Camilla Moltoni, Olivia Verrill
and Hannah Maurais. The distance swimmer - junior Elizabeth Lucas took
significant time off both the 200 Free and 500 Free races; freshman Katharyn
Lucas placed 13th overall, with an outstanding swim in the 200 IM,
while Senior Olivia Verrill had a tremendous performance, dropping 2 seconds in
the 100 Butterfly. The 200 Free Relay Team of: Freshman Chloe Wilcox, junior
Sophie Simonson, freshman Hannah Maurais and freshman Katharyn Lucas, broke the
2 minute mark finishing with a time of 1:59.66.
The 400 Free Relay Team of
Wilcox, Maurais, E. Lucas and K. Lucas ended the day with a 10 second time
drop.
When
asked about the performance of the team at States, Coach Small replied, “The
coaching staff was impressed with the demonstrated growth over the season that
came to a head at the States Meets. The team had impressive time drops. The
upperclassmen leadership coupled with the experience that the freshman and
sophomores had at the meet, has the coaches very excited about the next couple
of years.”
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