CBA, Manasquan girls win Monmouth County team swim titles, several others perform well

NEPTUNE – Boys swimmers from Holmdel, Red Bank Catholic, Manasquan, Freehold and Christian Brothers Academy each had the spotlight in the winning lane at the 2022 Monmouth County Championships on Saturday.

While CBA secured its 31st straight Monmouth County team title with 375 points, Holmdel with a duo of Hunter Kuenzel and Gregory Lin leading the way came in second with 295 points. Manasquan, which has been a strong program for years, came in third with 243 points and Marlboro (193 points) and Manalapan (175 points) rounded out the top five.

There were several key moments during the meet.

Holmdel has a solid day

Holmdel’s Hunter Kuenzel got the Hornets buzzing in the right direction by winning the first individual event, the 200 freestyle, in 1:45.22.

“It means a lot actually…(because we) didn’t have the opportunity to do it (…compete in the Monmouth County Championships) last year,” Kuenzel said. “I know a lot of the swimmers from my club team events. So, just having the opportunity to race and have fun is all you can really ask for.”

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Kuenzel finished in a three-way tie for second place in the individual point scorer competition on the boys side with Red Bank Catholic’s Charlie Rennard and Freehold’s Daniel Listor as they each had 37 points. Meanwhile, Holmdel placed two swimmers, Gregory Lin being the other with 34 points, in the top six spots for individual scoring cementing a solid day for the Hornets.

Kuenzel also came in second in the 500 freestyle (4:56.14) while Lin had the banner moment for the Hornets. Lin, not only won the 200 individual medley but did it in a meet record time of 1:55.19. It was the only meet record broken. Lin supplanted the 2014 record of former CBA standout Robert Whitacre (1:55.46).

CBA's Condon shines in individual point scorer competition

CBA’s Luke Condon won the top individual point scorer competition with 40 points and led the Colts to another trophy-worthy performance in the team competition.

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“For a lot of these kids, it has been two years since they have been in an environment where fans are in the stands and there is a lot of pressure. They are still kind of learning how to handle swimming well under pressure. We have a lot of younger guys that are mature and have helped bring the other guys along,” CBA coach Alex Fitton said. “I’m glad we were able to do this meet (this year). We don’t take any of these meets lightly. It is something that is always on the calendar, we take a lot of pride in come in and win this.”

Condon did his part with his winning performances in the 50 free (21.63) and in the 100 free (46.99) and he was a part of two of CBA’s relay wins (the 200 medley relay in 1:39.74 and the 400 freestyle relay in 3:17.46).

Upset of the meet

The upset of the meet came in the 200 freestyle relay when second-seeded Holmdel overtook top-seeded CBA, via times of 1:31.03 to 1:31.36. The Hornets quartet of Andrew Wang, Andrew Heyt, Lin and Kuenzel) were seeded about four seconds slower than their CBA counterparts in that event. The time was also a new school record for the Hornets.

Other top performances

Red Bank Catholic’s Charlie Rennard snapped the streak of either CBA or Holmdel winning an event with his winning performance in the 100 butterfly (53.65).

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“Since I transferred to Red Bank Catholic, I have been only able to swim in three dual meets. So, it felt good to be out there today,” Rennard said. “I like it a lot more (not being in lane four). I don’t like being in lane four because of the pressure (to win). I feel I swim a lot better when I’m not expected to win.”

And Rennard wasn’t expected to win since he was seeded in lane three with the third best seeded time in that event.

Manasquan’s Jack Nowak (53.63 in the 100 backstroke) and Freehold’s Daniel Listor (58.43 in the 100 breaststroke) were the other individual winners during the meet.

Nowak broke his own school record in the event while also successfully defending his Monmouth County title as well.

Manasquan shows early dominance in the girls meet, Middletown South's Figueroa, Colts Neck's Lee make individual statements too

The Manasquan girls swim team got off to a rousing start in the Monmouth County girls swimming championship on the way to winning the team title with 356 points over Middletown South, which finished with 311 points. Trinity Hall secured third place with 239 points and Rumson-Fair Haven (186 points) and Colts Neck (177 points) rounded out the top 5 places.

The Warriors won three of the first four events on Saturday at the Neptune Aquatic Center. It started with the quartet of Summer Sakowicz, Sarah Eldridge, Caroline Ireland, Dylann Eldridge winning the 200 medley relay in 1:59.86.

Then it was Sarah Eldridge and Sakowicz taking over from there. Eldridge won the 200 freestyle in 1:53.52 and Sakowicz powered her way to a winning time in the 200 individual medley (2:09.16).

Eldridge was the top point-scorer of the meet after the Warriors won the 400 freestyle relay (3:39.57), which was the final event of the meet and that event broke the individual race tie with fellow double-event winners (Colts Neck's Arabella Lee and Middletown South's Marcella Figueroa).

"I would say the 500 freestyle probably after the 200 freestyle (stood out to me)," Manasquan's Sarah Eldridge said. "It was such a good race (the 200 freestyle) and it really pumped me up for the 500 freestyle."

Eldridge was present in the winning lane four times. She swept the distance races (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle in 5:02.80) and was on the victorious 200 medley relay and anchored the the triumphant 400 freestyle relay.

Figueroa, Lee have double-gold medal performances

Middletown South's Marcella Figueroa snapped the Warriors' early winning streak with her performance in the 50 freestyle. She edged her teammate, Amelia Obszarny, 24.43 to 24.75 to win the event. Later, Figueroa became the first two event winner of the day on the girls side with her performance in the 100 freestyle. Figueroa edged St. John Vianney's Tessa Bendokas, 52.60 to 52.92, to earn her second gold medal of the day.

Colts Neck's Arabella Lee, the reigning All-Shore first team selection in the 100 butterfly, proved once again why she's one of the best in the Shore Conference in this event. She won the event in 56.79 snagging the first win of the day for the Cougars. Lee would follow that performance up by winning the 100 backstroke (58.92) and became the third two-event winner of the girls meets.

Rumson-Fair Haven's Quinn Rinkus and Colts Neck's Lauren Zeni had a tight race in the 100 breaststroke but Rinkus edged Zeni, 1:08.37 to 1:08.94 to give the Bulldogs their first win of the meet.

Middletown South cemented its second-place showing in the team race by finishing in the top four in all three relays to go along with several noteworthy individual performances. The Eagles prevented Manasquan from sweeping the relays when Middletown South's quartet of Amelia Obszarny, Katie Fahey, Sira Celentano and Marcella Figueroa powered their way to a winning time of 1:40.02 in the 200 freestyle relay.

2022 Monmouth County results

BOYS

Team Scores: 1. CBA 375; 2. Holmdel 295; 3. Manasquan 243; 4. Marlboro 193; 5. Manalapan 175; 6. Saint Rose 140; 7. Colts Neck 128; 8. Freehold 104; 9. Rumson-Fair Haven 102; 10. Freehold Township 78; 11. Middletown South 67; 12. Red Bank Catholic 63; 13. Ocean 53; 14. Howell 41; 15. Red Bank 35; 16. Wall 32; 17. Monmouth 19; 18. Middletown North 17; 19. Shore 8.

Event Results - *=meet record

200 Medley Relay: 1. CBA (Nicholas Volkov, Kiernan Leary, Luke Condon, John Donnelly) 1:39.74; 2. Manalapan 1:41.06; 3. Manasquan 1:41.27; 4. Marlboro 1:42.04; 5. Holmdel 1:45.33; 6. Freehold 1:46.49; 7. Colts Neck 1:46.74; 8. Rumson-Fair Haven 1:49.89; 9. Freehold Township 1:50.02; 10. Red Bank Catholic 1:53.77.

200 Freestyle: 1. Hunter Kuenzel (Holmdel), 1:45.22; 2. Charlie Rennard (RBC) 1:46.14; 3. Bryce Wilkens (CBA) 1:47.83; 4. Mitchell Cullen (St. Rose) 1:47.86; 5. Matt Pasola (Manasquan) 1:50.49; 6. Ethan Wan (Holmdel) 1:53.28; 7. Chase Adams (Freehold Township) 1:55.03; 8. Patrick Dolan (CBA) 1:55.26; 9. Cole DiPietro (RFH) 1:58.19; 10. Junho Jeong (Colts Neck) 1:58.83.

200 Individual Medley: 1. Gregory Lin (Holmdel) 1:55.19 *-meet record; 2. Daniel Listor (Freehold) 1:58.40; 3. Kiernan Leary (CBA) 2:01.87; 4. Cade LaGrassa (RFH) 2:01.90; 5. James Hackett (Manasquan) 2:03.37; 6. Matt Dettlinger (Manasquan) 2:06.15; 7. Andrew Wang (Holmdel) 2:07.72; 8. Raymond Leung (Marlboro) 2:09.40; 9. Conor Doogan (CBA) 2:09.40; 10. Salvatore Campece (Manalapan) 2:10.98.

50 Freestyle: 1. Luke Condon (CBA) 21.63; 2. Dmitry Halaburda (Marlboro) 22.46; 3. Nicholas Scarturo (CBA) 22.86; 4. Jimmy Kundratz (Wall) 22.87; 5. Graham Smith (Middletown South) 22.88; 6. James Lombardi (Marlboro) 23.02; 7. Marcelo Vazquez (Manalapan) 23.21; 8. Andrew Heyt (Holmdel) 23.53; TIE=9. Brian Young (Freehold), Logan Maypother (St. Rose) 23.69.

100 Butterfly: 1. Charlie Rennard (RBC) 53.65; 2. Aaron Lee (Manalapan) 54.06; 3. Brandon Cheng (Holmdel) 55.69; 4. Nicholas Scaturo (CBA) 56.32; 5. Aaron Lee (Marlboro) 56.80; 6. Marcelo Vazquez (Manalapan) 56.99; 7. Kellen Drawbaugh (Manasquan) 57.13; 8. Jaxon Sevilla (CBA) 57.55; 9. Tyler Lambert (Holmdel) 58.30; 10. Dennis Tai (Colts Neck) 58.80.

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100 Freestyle: 1. Luke Condon (CBA) 46.99; 2. Matt Pasola (Manasquan) 48.69; 3. Jack Nowak (Manasquan) 48.97; 4. Dante Dentino (St. Rose) 49.28; 5. Dmitry Halaburda (Marlboro) 49.54; 6. Maxim Giller (Manalapan) 50.18; 7. John Donnelly (CBA) 51.84; 8. Gabriel Oliveria (Ocean) 52.26; 9. Andrew Heyt (Holmdel) 52.29; 10. Salvatore Campece (Manalapan) 52.71.

500 Freestyle: 1. Nicholas Volkov (CBA) 4:49.29; 2. Hunter Kuenzel (Holmdel) 4:56.14; 3. Mitchell Cullen (St. Rose) 4:56.34; 4. James Hackett (Manasquan) 5:05.10; 5. Kellen Drawbaugh (Manasquan) 5:13.21; 6. Cole DiPietro (Rumson-Fair Haven) 5:13.64; 7. Chase Adams (Freehold Township) 5:16.96; 8. Aaron Lee (Marlboro) 5:18.10; 9. AJ Vicidomini (Howell) 5:21.09; 10. Mark Milgram (Holmdel) 5:35.19.

200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Holmdel (Andrew Wang, Andrew Heyt, Gregory Lin, Hunter Kuenzel) 1:31.03; 2. CBA 1:31.36; 3. Manalapan 1:33.45; 4. St. Rose 1:33.64; 5. Marlboro 1:36.16; 6. Colts Neck 1:36.55; 7. Manasquan 1:37.25; 8. Red Bank Catholic 1:39.18; 9. Ocean 1:42.04; 10. Howell 1:42.37.

100 Backstroke: 1. Jack Nowark (Manasquan) 53.63; 2. Maxim Giller (Manalapan) 54.97; 3. Graham Smith (Middletown South) 55.04; 4. Bryce Wilkens (CBA) 55.37; 5. Ethan Wan (Holmdel) 57.22; 6. Brandon Hulse (CBA) 58.20; 7. Brandon Cheng (Holmdel) 58.28; 8. Thomas Antonucci (CBA) 1:00.30; 9. Evan Whitaker (CBA) 1:00.44; 10. Jonathan Lalli (Colts Neck) 1:02.02.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Daniel Listor (Freehold) 58.43; 2. Jimmy Kundratz (Wall) 59.56; 3. James Lombardi (59.98); 4. Aaron Lee (Manalapan) 1:00.34; 5. Gregory Lin (Holmdel) 1:00.36; 6. Matt Dettlinger (Manasquan) 1:01.67; 7. Dante Dentino (St. Rose) 1:02.24; 8. Cade LaGrassa (Rumson-Fair Haven) 1:02.54; 9. Andrew Wang (Holmdel) 1:02.81; 10. Kiernan Leary (CBA) 1:02.91.

400 Freestyle Relay: 1. CBA (Luke Condon, Nicholas Volkov, Nicholas Scaturo, Bryce Wilkens) 3:17.46; 2. Manasquan 3:23.46; 3. Holmdel 3:25.26; 4. St. Rose 3:27.68; 5. Rumson-Fair Haven 3:32.09; 6. Marlboro 3:32.41; 7. Freehold 3:38.06; 8. Colts Neck 3:43.93; 9. Freehold Township 3:47.53; 10. Middletown South 3:47.84.

GIRLS

Team Scores: 1. Manasquan 356; 2. Middletown South 311; 3. Trinity Hall 239; 4. Rumson-Fair Haven 186; 5. Colts Neck 177; 6. Shore 127; 7. Holmdel 114; 8. Red Bank Catholic 112.5; 9. Red Bank 93; 10. St. John Vianney 92; 11. Wall 83.5; 12. St. Rose 83.5; 13. Marlboro 69; 14. Monmouth 31; 15. Freehold Township 23; 16. Middletown North 22; 17. Ranney School 20; 18. Manalapan 17; 19. Ocean 12; 20. Neptune 4; 21, Freehold 2.

Event Results - *=meet record

200 Medley Relay: 1. Manasquan (Summer Sakowicz, Sarah Eldridge, Caroline Ireland, Dylann Eldridge) 1:59.86; 2. Trinity Hall 1:53.07; 3. Colts Neck 1:53.68; 4. Middletown South 1:55.72; 5. Wall 1:56.13; 6. Red Bank 1:59.03; 7. Shore 1:59.88; 8. Red Bank Catholic 2:00.25; 9. Holmdel 2:02.41; 10. St. Rose 2:04.61.

200 Freestyle: 1. Sarah Eldridge (Manasquan) 1:53.52; 2. Annie Mee (RFH) 1:54.53; 3. McLane Gmelich (Trinity Hall) 1:56.04; 4. Annie Wang (Holmdel) 1:59.70; 5. Katie Mazzaco (Shore) 2:01.36; 6. Morgan Marjamaa (Middletown South) 2:02.59; 7. Kylie Spalt (Manasquan) 2:02.78; 8. Catherine Vota (Colts Neck) 2:05.49; 9. Elizabeth Wright (RFH) 2:05.53; 10. Zoe Petrella (Manasquan) 2:05.58.

200 Individual Medley: 1. Summer Sakowicz (Manasquan) 2:09.16; 2. Mia Smith (Trinity Hall), 2:12.13; 3. Dylann Eldridge (Manasquan) 2:13.47; 4. Charlotte Trentalage (Red Bank Catholic) 2:14.61; 5. Quinn Rinkus (RFH) 2:14.68; 6. Eve McGuinness (Middletown South) 2:16.84; 7. Jillian Basile (Trinity Hall) 2:17.74; 8. Jenna Ger (Shore) 2:19.24; 9. Maeve Richter (Middletown South) 2:19.26; 10. Lauren Zeni (Colts Neck) 2:21.55.

50 Freestyle: 1. Marcella Figueroa (Middletown South) 24.43; 2. Amelia Obszarny (Middletown South) 24.75); 3. Vienna Eckerstrom (Red Bank) 25.38; 4. Caroline Ireland (Manasquan) 25.43; 5. Christine Vill (St. John Vianney) 25.82; 6. Jane Sirotic (Holmdel) 25.90; 7. Olivia Wheeler (RBC) 25.98; 8. Abigail Michaelson (Middletown South) 26.07; 9. Kindra Pellittiere (RFH) 26.09; 10. Lauren Stone (Middletown North) 26.35.

100 Butterfly: 1. Arabella Lee (Colts Neck), 56.79; 2. Annie Mee (RFH) 58.78; 3. Caroline Ireland (1:01.27); 4. Kindra Pellittiere (RFH) 1:02.77; TIE: 5. Megan Lovasz (Wall), Olivia Wheeler (RBC) 1:03.26; 7. Jenna Ger (Shore) 1:03.40; 8. Maxine Camillone (Trinity Hall) 1:03.53; 9. Bennett DeVincens (Manasquan) 1:03.68; 10. Michaela D'Arcy (Ranney School).

100 Freestyle: 1. Marcella Figueroa (Middletown South) 52.60; 2. Tessa Bendokas (SJV) 52.92; 3. Amelia Obszarny (Middletown South) 55.72; 4. Vienna Eckerstrom (Red Bank) 56.04; 5. Katie Fahey (Middletown South) 56.16; 6. Dylann Eldridge (Manasquan) 56.20; 7. Molly Cullen (St. Rose) 56.52; 8. Katie Mazzaco (Shore) 56.67; 9. Jane Sirotic (Holmdel) 56.73; 10. Maddie Ireland (Manasquan) 57.44.

500 Freestyle: 1. Sarah Eldridge (Manasquan) 5:02.00; 2. Annie Wang (Holmdel) 5:11.44; 3. McLane Gmelich (Trinity Hall) 5:15.45; 4. Morgan Marjamaa (Middletown South) 5:20.42; 5. Quinn Hoagland (Colts Neck), 5:21.01; 6. Kylie Spalt (Manasquan) 5:27.44; 7. Siara Celentano (Middletown South) 5:30.72; 8. Maxine Camillone (Trinity Hall) 5:32.62; 9. Zoe Petrella (Manasquan) 5:32.66; 10. Trisha Lau (Marlboro) 5:34.15.

200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Middletown South (Amelia Obszarny, Katie Fahey, Sira Celentano, Marcella Figueroa) 1:40.02; 2. Rumson-Fair Haven 1:40.17; 3. Manasquan 1:45.30; 4. Shore 1:46.75; 5. Trinity Hall 1:47.16; 6. Wall 1:47.82; 7. St. Rose 1:48.73; 8. St. John Vianney 1:49.38; 9. Marlboro 1:49.61; 10. Colts Neck 1:52.03.

100 Backstroke: 1. Arabella Lee (Colts Neck) 58.92; 2. Tessa Bendokas (SJV) 59.24; 3. Summer Sakowicz (Manasquan) 59.93; 4. Mia Smith (Trinity Hall) 1:00.07; 5. Siara Celentano (Middletown South) 1:02.67; 6. Molly Collen (St. Rose) 1:03.14; 7. Charlotte Trentalage (RBC) 1:03.70; 8. Trisha Lau (Marlboro) 1:03.91; 9. Quinn Hoagland (Colts Neck) 1:04.56; 10. Lily Meulener (Trinity Hall) 1:05.08.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Quinn Rinkus (RFH) 1:08.37; 2. Lauren Zeni (Colts Neck) 1:08.94; 3. Bennett DeVincens (Manasquan) 1:09.65; 4. Eve McGuinness (Middletown South) 1:10.02; 5. Jillian Basile (Trinity Hall) 1:10.22; 6. Michaela D'Arcy (Ranney School) 1:11.96; 7. Bella Montanari (Shore) 1:14.58; 8. Sarah Weber (Middletown South) 1:14.75; 9. Samantha Ross (Manalapan) 1:15.16; 10. Lauren Stone (Middletown North) 1:17.07.

400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Manasquan (Maddie Ireland, Dylann Eldridge, Summer Sakowicz, Sarah Eldridge) 3:39.57; 2. Trinity Hall 3:41.55; 3. Rumson-Fair Haven 3:42.87; 4. Middletown South 3:44.86; 5. Colts Neck 3:50.69; 6. Red Bank Catholic 3:53.64; 7. Holmdel 3:54.50; 8. Red Bank 3:55.52; 9. St. John Vianney 3:59.68; 10. Marlboro 4:00.69.

Southern Regional boys win team title at Ocean County Swimming Championships

The Southern Regional boys swim team won three events on the way to capturing this year's team title at the Ocean County Championships on Saturday with 391 points.

Central Regional was second with 217 points, Donovan Catholic was third with 216 points and Toms River South (208 points) and Barnegat (165 points) rounded out the top 5.

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The Rams won the 200 medley relay (Kristian Werner, Sean White, Jack Matthews, Cole Nemes) in 1:42.50, the 100 freestyle via Kristian Werner in 49.35 and the 200 free relay (White, Sean Kahl, Nemes, Werner) in 1:33.26 to secure the team title.

Toms River North's DeBiasi wins top honor

Toms River North's Aidan DeBiasi was named the swimmer of the meet after he vaulted the Mariners to 155 points and an eighth place finish at the meet.

Individually, DeBiasi won the 50 free (22.01) and the 100 butterfly in a meet-record time of 50.87. DeBiasi shattered the record of 51.53, previously held by Jackson Memorial's Patrick Idank from the 2019 Ocean County Championships. DeBiasi was also on Toms River North's sixth-place 200 medley relay (1:51.70) with teammates Adam Mekrami, Steven Myslinski-Benetiz and Andreas Psillos and was also on the Mariners' third-place 200 freestyle relay with the aforementioned trio of teammates.

Overall, the Mariners won three events as Mekrami finished first in the 500 freestyle (5:01.16).

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Central boys take top spot in four events

The Golden Eagles had a banner day at the meet on the boys side as Drew Westhoven, Joseph Busic and the team's 400 freestyle relay secured those winning moments. Westhoven snagged the 200 freestyle title in 1:51.87 while Busic was the team's double-event winner. Busic won the 200 individual medley in 1:58.28 and followed that up with a dazzling performance in the 100 backstroke (53.86). Busic came close to breaking Idank's 2019 record in the event (53.25). In the 400 freestyle relay, Busic, Westhoven, Brandon McMahon and Thomas Donachy (3:27.06) teamed up for the win. In addition, the same quartet came in second in the 200 medley relay (1:43.51) and they were just hundredths off the school record.

Cruz to victory

Donovan Catholic's Christian Dela Cruz had a highlight moment for the Griffins when he won the tightest race of the afternoon at the Ocean County YMCA. Dela Cruz edged event favorite, Southern's White, 59.34 to 59.35 to bolster the Griffins' third-place finish in the team scoring.

Dela Cruz shaved about three seconds off his seeded time of 1:02.66 in the upset of White, who had a seeded time of 1:01.29.

Donovan Catholic girls win team title at Ocean County Swimming Championships

It came down to the 400 freestyle relay.

The Donovan Catholic girls (Sophia Markatos, Kaylee McDermott, Ella Cohn and Isabella Aquanno) sped to a winning performance in the final event (3:52.82) to hold off Southern Regional, 315-303, in the team scoring competition on Saturday.

Overall, the Griffins won three events, including two relays to secure the team title. The Griffins' aforementioned quartet also won the 200 medley relay 1:52.71 and Aguanno won the 100 butterfly (59.28).

Toms River East came in third (280.5 points), Toms River South was fourth (215 points) and Central Regional finished fifth (207 points) in the girls team scoring.

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Point Boro's Cleveland gets recognized for success

Bridget Cleveland not only propelled the Panthers to a sixth-place finish at the meet (179 points) but she also was a double individual event winner.

Cleveland won the 200 freestyle in 1:59.25 and the 100 freestyle in 54.25. She also participated on her team's third-place 200 medley relay (1:57.71) with Sarah Santos, Olivia Zulla and Riley Minnig and on the team's fifth-place 400 freestyle relay (3:59.36) with Olivia Bruno, Zulla and Santos.

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Centanni, Nork, lift Southern in showdown for the team title

Shae Centanni had one of the best individual performances for the Rams, who just missed out on claiming the team title. Centanni recorded a third-place finish in the 100 freestyle (56.68). Payton Nork grabbed fourth place in the 500 freestyle (6:00.81). Francesca Fields finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.03). The Rams were the runner-ups in two of the three relays. In the 200 freestyle relay, Brooke Boyd, Haley Skimmons, Isabella Wyckoff and Centanni finished second in 1:48.03 and in the 400 freestyle relay, Centanni, Jessica Paulillo, Chloe Furlong and Fields finished second in 3:57.52.

Other top performances

Toms River South's Sam Dugan was in the winning lane in the 200 individual medley (2:14.88) and the 100 backstroke (1:01.30). Brick Memorial's Kasey Sles showed off her speed by winning the 50 free (25.71). Toms River North's Hailey Poulos topped the competition in the 500 freestyle (5:32.00). Toms River East's Venisse Mandanas, Erin Beaudry, Olivia Casella and Aliya Nagaria combined to win the 200 freestyle relay (1:46.45). Point Boro's Sarah Santos earned the gold medal in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.18)

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