We should have known the MLWGS boys’ swimming team would have a killer season when they beat Collegiate by seven points earlier this season, a miniscule amount in the sport.
“It’s like the difference between first and second place in a relay,” Will Weber (’09) said.
At the Kecoughtan Invitational on January 10, the boys’ team placed first having 56 points more points than the second place team, Lafayette. Seven school records were broken including one that was set fourteen years ago.
“We had already had two swim meets that week. [The team] was tired but went down and did really good, fast swims in the preliminaries,” said Coach Robb Sultzer. “It was pretty special – out two captains, Sam Rairden and JH Vivadelli, really set the tone coming back in to finals that evening. They just got the team motivated with their swims.”
Rairden (’09) won first place and set a new meet record in the 100 Back with a time of 51.73 seconds. He also tied for first in the 100 Fly with a time of 50.91 seconds. Vivadelli won the 500 Free with a time of 4:44:52.
Kecoughtan also accomplished something never before seen in our swimming program –Hunter Knight (’10) and Rairden had All-American times in their swims.
“The difference between last year and this year was that we brought back all our swimmers, except for Johnnie Hermes, and most everyone got better,” Weber said.
Regionals are this weekend, and the boys’ team expects to repeat as champs.
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