Windham High School’s swim team put forth a great effort against the defending state champions Cape Elizabeth during an early season meet at Saint Joseph’s College on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Windham girls lost 104-42 and Windham boys lost 106-18.
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| Windham senior Grace Theriault keeps pace and form during a prep swim meet at Saint Joseph's College against Cape Elizabeth on Wednesday, Dec.13. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA |
“I think we all did really good, we all definitely tried our best,” said Windham senior Grace Theriault. “We’ve been working on starts and turns this week and it really showed today – everyone’s starts and turns have been really good. What went well was that everyone pushed themselves and I pushed myself too. A lot of people got really good times and Cape definitely helped push us to go really fast and it showed.”
Windham’s team of sophomore Martina Jefferson, senior Riley Small and juniors Sarah Inman and Diletta Galloni finished third in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:32.42 minutes.
Windham junior Morgan Farley finished third in the 200 freestyle event in a time of 2:21.11. Theriault was right behind her with a 2:22.41 time.
Theriault finished third in the 100 breaststroke in a 1:26.09 time.
In the 50 freestyle Small finished fourth with a 34.70 second time. Galloni was fifth with a time of 37.87.
Farley finished third in the 100 butterfly in a time of 1:17.27.
Small finished second in the 500 freestyle with a 7:25.76 time.
Inman finished first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:13.73 and second in the 200-individual medley with a 2:34.72 time.
Boys
Junior Tanner Stresky finished third in the 200 freestyle with a time of 3:33.08.
“I think we did great, we set our goals before the meet, and we conquered them,” said senior Landon Buzulchuck. “We came in with the amount of confidence we had and did what we did. We ... didn’t focus on how good they were, we focused on what we could do as a team. As a whole team we need to work on getting our flip turns more constant, doing it every time and not every other time.”
Buzulchuck said flip turns cheering and confidence all went well. Competing against one of the top teams in the state shows them the competition they have in Maine; going against a top team early in the season can help out because they know who they’re going up against.
In the 50 freestyle event, Hammond finished fourth with a 26.90 time. Washburn was not far behind with a 30.64 time.
Senior Lukas Hammond also finished fourth in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:06.90.
Senior Joey Somma finished fourth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:38.51.
In the 400 relay, the team of Buzulchuck, freshman Mason Butterfield, freshman Sawyer Stone and sophomore Caden Valle came in second with a 5:39.30 time.
“In swimming, you can’t play defense against your opponent,” said Windham swim coach Peter Small. “All you can do is focus on what you do, so we try to instill that mindset. Across the board I’m hard pressed to think of somebody who didn’t achieve what we had hoped to achieve today for improvement and that’s all we can ask for. Some of the kids who don’t have as much experience we were looking for technique; body position – unbelievable. “It exceeded what I thought they’d be able to do while racing by keeping body position. We’ve come so far, and I couldn’t be more pleased with where we are.”
Small said technique needs work; everything from starts and turns to small twitches they’ve got to make in their arm positioning.
“Anytime that you elevate to the competition ... that drive and ability to compete is going to bring it out in you,” said Coach Small. <
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