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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 GradeCarmody, 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