Farmington High School Swimmer Captures Class M Title

NEW HAVEN-MIDDLETOWN, CT — It was some of the old and some of the new at the CIAC boys swimming championships, held Monday at the pools at Southern Connecticut State and Wesleyan universities.

Greenwich captured its 26th Class LL title in the past 27 years, while Holy Cross was victorious for the first time in school history in Class S. In Class L, New Canaan won for the third time in four years, while Pomperaug ended the two-year reign of Weston in Class M.

Three new meet records were established, all in Class S. Haddam-Killingworth set a new class standard in the 200 medley relay, Holy Cross broke the 400 freestyle relay record and Michael Baldini of Northwest Catholic shattered the previous mark in the 200 individual medley.

Baldini also won the 100 breaststroke; other two-time individual event winners were Connor Hunt of Ridgefield (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, LL), Ben Feldman of Westhill/Stamford (100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, LL), Michael Kotlyar of New Canaan (50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, L), Billy Regan of Pomperaug (200 individual medley, 100 freestyle, M), Colin MacKellar of Pomperaug (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, M) and Jack Crocamo of Seymour (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, S).

The State Open will be contested Thursday, March 14 at the Yale University pool.

Here are the top three teams and individual event champions for each class meet. Click the class headers for complete results.

CLASS LL (at SCSU)

Teams

1. Greenwich, 911
2. Ridgefield, 598
3. Fairfield Prep, 537

Events

• 200 medley relay - Greenwich (Jacob, Lewis, Todorovic, de la Sierra), 1:35.11
• 200 freestyle - Connor Hunt, Ridgefield, 1:41.02
• 200 individual medley - Stephan Todorovic, Greenwich, 1:51.08
• 50 freestyle - William Bryant, Ridgefield, 21.64
• 1-meter diving - Kevin Bradley, Norwalk/McMahon, 547.65
• 100 butterfly - Ben Feldman, Westhill/Stamford, 50.23
• 100 freestyle - Charles Clark, Greenwich, 46.57
• 500 freestyle - Connor Hunt, Ridgefield, 4:33.15
• 200 freestyle relay - Greenwich (Malchow, Merson, de la Sierra, Clark), 1:26.34
• 100 backstroke - Kevin Tierney, Glastonbury, 52.57
• 100 breaststroke - Ben Feldman, Westhill/Stamford, 57.09
• 400 freestyle relay - Greenwich (Malchow, Merson, Todorovic, Clark), 3:09.35

CLASS L (at SCSU)

Teams

1. New Canaan, 776
2. Darien, 620
3. Cheshire, 519.5

Events

• 200 medley relay - Xavier (Wollen, Mitchill, Carbo-Colon, Frost), 1:36.78
• 200 freestyle - Spencer Erickson, Darien, 1:42.41
• 200 individual medley - Joseph Cannata, Cheshire, 1:54.71
• 50 freestyle - Michael Kotlyar, New Canaan, 21.55
• 1-meter diving - James Ragusa, New Canaan. 483.50
• 100 butterfly - Patrick Colwell, New Canaan, 50.16
• 100 freestyle - John Marcolina, Fitch co-op, 47.58
• 500 freestyle - Andrew Mitchill, Xavier, 4:38.26
• 200 freestyle relay - New Canaan (Colwell, Harrell, Kotlyar, Ritz), 1:26.15
• 100 backstroke - Gianfranco Pozzolini, New Canaan, 51.53
• 100 breaststroke - Michael Kotlyar, New Canaan, 57.21
• 400 freestyle relay - New Canaan (Colwell, Ettinger, Kotlyar, Ritz), 3:10.57

CLASS M (at Wesleyan)

Teams

1. Pomperaug, 810
2. Daniel Hand, 435
3. Masuk, 420

Events

• 200 medley relay - Masuk (Briand, O'Shaughnessy, Aiello, Hull), 1:40.16
• 200 freestyle - Maksymilian Jaremko, Avon, 1:46.27
• 200 individual medley - Billy Regan, Pomperaug,1:51.66
• 50 freestyle - Joe-Micheal Harb, Farmington, 21.91
• 1-meter diving - Hadden Gaunt, Wethersfield, 435.95
• 100 butterfly - Colin MacKellar, Pomperaug, 51.26
• 100 freestyle - Billy Regan, Pomperaug, 46.99
• 500 freestyle - Joseph Nizzardo, Masuk, 4:44.86
• 200 freestyle relay - Avon (Arroyo, Chute, Kumar, Richard), 1:30.34
• 100 backstroke - Colin MacKellar, Pomperaug, 51.17
• 100 breaststroke - K.C. Green, Pomperaug, 1:00.06
• 400 freestyle relay - Pomperaug (Regan, Sullivan, Moran, Nee), 3:15.94

CLASS S (at Wesleyan)

Teams

1. Holy Cross, 709
2. Brookfield, 542.5
3. Haddam-Killingworth, 407

Events

• 200 medley relay - Haddam-Killingworth (Mazziotti, Revis, Houlton, Garrelts), 1:38.26*
• 200 freestyle - Alex Beauchene, Northwestern Regional, 1:42.69
• 200 individual medley - Michael Baldini, Northwest Catholic, 1:53.58*
• 50 freestyle - Jack Crocamo, Seymour, 21.52
• 1-meter diving - Marcas Racevicius, Holy Cross, 379.05
• 100 butterfly - John Tucker, Holy Cross, 51.75
• 100 freestyle - Jack Crocamo, Seymour, 47.12
• 500 freestyle - Zach Houlton, Haddam-Killingworth, 4:42.50
• 200 freestyle relay - Holy Cross (Tucker, Bowler, Ford, Mason), 1:28.95
• 100 backstroke - Christopher Weber, Granby, 52.36
• 100 breaststroke - Michael Baldini, Northwest Catholic, 57.99
• 400 freestyle relay - Holy Cross (Tucker, Fantano, Ford, Mason), 3:13.45*

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