Greeley’s Alex Smith winning the 100 Butterfly at the Tappan Zee meet
Monday, January 23, 2012
by Jared Krosser
The Greeley “Aquamen” have had an extremely successful season thus far. Since their swimming and diving meet against Tappan Zee High School on December 20, the swim team has also had meets against Westlake High School on December 22, which Greeley won 95 to 83; against North Rockland on January 3, which Greeley won 97 to 84; against Ossining High School on January 6, which they won 97 to 67; and against Fox Lane High School on January 10, which they won 95 to 86.
Suffern, 2009 Section 1 champs, took on the Aquamen on Jan. 12
The last time the Greeley Boys’ Swimming and Diving Team lost a meet, it was to Suffern High School two years ago, so the team knew they would need to swim fast to beat this recent Section 1 champ. Before the meet began, Coach Meg Kaplan stressed to the swimmers that this meet could be tough mainly because all of Suffern’s relay teams were ranked with faster times than Greeley’s. However, the boys did not let this scare them.
The Greeley Aquamen won many of their events. The first event was the 200 Medley Relay, and with a photo finish the Greeley relay touched out Suffern’s relay by less than .2 seconds. The next event was the 200 Freestyle where Greeley’s Risten Clarke took the win. Next came the 200 Individual Medley, where Greeley’s Ian Cooper and Daniel DiGiacomo tied for first place!
Greeley’s Aaron Wald won the next event, Diving. Risten Clarke triumphed again, this time in the 100 Freestyle. The Greeley 200 Freestyle Relay team won their event as well. Greeley’s Chris Koster won the next event, the 100 Backstroke. Lastly, the Aquamen out-swam Suffern in the 400 Freestyle Relay. The overall score of the meet was 102 to 84, with Greeley coming out on top.
So far the Greeley Boys’ Swimming and Diving Team is undefeated with a 7-0 record for the season.
by Jared Krosser
After a huge win against Tappan Zee on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, the Greeley Boys’ Swim Team was at it again on Thursday, December 22, 2011, this time against Westlake High School. The Aquamen won in many of the events, including the 200 Medley Relay; 200 Freestyle; 50 Freestyle, Diving; 100 Butterfly; 100 Freestyle; 500 Freestyle; 200 Freestyle Relay; and the 100 Backstroke. By the end of the meet, the Greeley Aquamen had achieved a winning score of 95 to 83. Nick Scaglione, a first-year swimmer, raced in the 500 Freestyle and survived!
by Jared Krosser
The Horace Greeley boys’ swimming and diving team was very pumped for their second meet of the season on Tuesday, December 20 against Tappan Zee High School. After coming in second at Sectionals last year to Tappan Zee, the Aquamen were ready to “give it all they got” in Tuesday’s competition. Greeley had the heart to win, but did they have the times?
In the first event, the 200 Medley Relay, Tappan Zee got off to a quick head start by taking first place. However, the Greeley boys were able to keep the score close by taking second and third places. The next event was the 200 freestyle, where Greeley had a 1-2-3 finish by Risten Clarke, Aaron Saccurato and Aaron Blacker, respectively. In the 200 Individual Medley, Greeley’s Ian Cooper took second place. In the 50 freestyle, Greeley’s Henry Simon took another second place, finishing right behind Tappan Zee’s swimmer. By this time in the meet, Greeley was barely beating Tappan Zee, 30 to 32.
In an extremely close race, Greeley’s Alex Smith finished first in the 100 Butterfly with an awesome performance. Following the 100 Butterfly was the 100 Freestyle, where Greeley’s Risten Clarke took second place. At this point in the meet Greeley’s lead had crept from two points to six points, 44 to 50.
Greeley’s Aaron Saccurato finished first in the next event, the 500 Freestyle. The 200 Freestyle Relay followed, and Greeley took both first and second places. In the next event, Greeley’s Jared Krosser won the 100 Breaststroke. By the end of the meet, Greeley had a total of 92 points while Tappan Zee only racked up 76. The 2011-12 Greeley boys’ swimming and diving team had beaten last year’s Sectional winner by a substantial margin!
The team has had two winning meets and no losses this season. Special thanks to Greeley swimming and diving team members Sky Jarrett and Matt Re for keeping score and taking photos throughout the meet.
Jared Krosser is a senior member of the Greeley Boys’ Swimming and Diving Team.
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