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BRHS Swimming Looks to Continue Winning Ways

Boys' and girls' teams set to compete following championship season.

It’s cold outside, but the high school swimming season is just starting to heat up. , whose boys and girls swim teams will look to defend their conference and county championships, is ready for the season to begin.

OVERVIEW

The boys’ team returns a wealth of experience from last year’s team, which won the New Jersey Public A State Championship in addition to Skylands Conference and Somerset County championships last year under the direction of head boys’ coach Sean Foley. Foley also coached the girls last year, but they will now be coached by Christopher Levin after the district created a separate coaching position for the girls’ squad. The girls lost a lot of seniors, but look to remain competitive, and expect some younger swimmers to step up.

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LAST SEASON'S RESULTS

Both Panthers squads had a successful season. In addition to the aforementioned championships, the boys went 13-1 in the 2010-2011 season, while the girls finished with a record of 11-2.

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KEEP YOUR EYE ON

  • Victor Luo, Boys’ 200 IM/Breaststroke (Sr.)—The senior captain brings plenty of varsity experience to the Panthers, and provides leadership alongside fellow captains Justin Liu and Kyle Surette
  • Dana Yu, Girls’ 200 IM, 100 Fly (Sr.)—Yu will look to lead an inexperienced girls’ team to success with fellow captain Lauren Saperstein.
  • Jason Tan, Boys’ Distance Freestyle (So.)—Only a sophomore, Tan looks to step up in a big way on the varsity level this year.

THEY'LL MISS

  • Mara Valenzuela, Bryant University—Valenzuela and teammate Ashley Atherton both graduated and are swimming at Bryant University this year.
  • Paige Agrello, University of Scranton—Like Valenzuela, Agrello also had a teammate, Katie Maloney, join her at Scranton.
  • Matt Kendall, NYU—Kendall’s breaststroke ability will be missed at BRHS as he embarks on a college career at NYU.

COACH'S TAKE

"We want to keep our tradition alive and keep building on what we’ve done. We try to get better every year. We’re looking to compete for the county, conference and state titles, and go deep into the playoffs. We’re looking to compete.” —Foley

THEY SAID IT

“We want to keep up with our traditions. Doing these things make them motivated so they love the team and want to win every meet.” —Saperstein, on providing leadership to the program’s younger swimmers.

“I’m excited to see the underclassmen to see who steps up. They’ve got some big shoes to fill.” –Luo

2011 BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN BOYS’ SWIMMING ROSTER

Name

Grade

Alex Polyukov

12

Jordan Coe

12

Kevin Chu

12

Kyle Surette

12

Robert Paul

12

Steve Wan

12

Victor Luo

12

Bora Sebuktein

11

Brandon O'Brien

11

Dylan Sali

11

Eddy Klitenick

11

George Fischer

11

Jacob Herman

11

Jesse Novak

11

Justin Liu

11

Kyle Ruiterman

11

William lathrop

11

Andrew Tzeng

10

Eric Barr

10

Jason Tan

10

Josh Chan

10

Nick Agnello

10

Sean Sali

10

Shrenik Jain

10

Andrew Qi

9

Ben Dettelback

9

Brendan Blood

9

Chris Wan

9

Matt Wong

9

Michall Usewick

9

Perry Huang

9

Scott Kirshner

9

Dylan Santos

9

 2011 BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN GIRLS’ SWIMMING ROSTER

Name Grade

Carmody, Emma

9

Chu, Jen

9

Glenn, Sandy

9

Kopman, Shelby

9

Ma, Emily

9

Pearce, Kelly

9

Pestorius, Taylor

9

Sharkey, Brooke

9

Silverman, Kerry

9

Blood, Eileen

10

Buckley, Noelle

10

Egan, Christine

10

Hall, Lauren

10

He, Emily

10

Yili, Kirsten

10

Alaimo, Gabby

11

Chen, Jen

11

Knolmajer, Jessie

11

Lathrop, Molly

11

Lisk, Rachel

11

Maglione, Reid

11

Manalo, Kimi

11

Pearce, Lindsay

11

Pestorius, Morgan

11

Schwab, Kayla

11

Sommers, Emma

11

Lisk, Bonnie

12

Narasimhan, Megna

12

Noe, Alycia

12

Saperstein, Lauren**

12

Yu, Dana**

12

**Captains

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