Cambridge Sweeps Holiday Splash Invitational
Boys Team Scores
Cambridge - 386.33
South Forsyth - 335
Denmark - 328
Forsyth Central - 293
Rivers - 210
West Forsyth - 202
Pinecrest - 164
Columbus - 129
North Forsyth - 108.33
Galloway - 94
East Forsyth - 90
Northgate - 43
Walnut Grove - 14
Girls Team Scores
Cambridge - 362
South Forsyth - 343
Denmark - 330
West Forsyth - 305
Forsyth Central - 259.5
Northgate - 230
Columbus - 173
North Forsyth - 168
East Forsyth - 145.5
Walnut Grove - 113
Pinecrest - 65
Galloway - 55
Rivers - 44
Diving
On Friday, the divers took to the boards at Cumming Aquatic Center. The Bears had six divers: Emilija Ragaine, Brooklyn Petit, Addy Woods, Lilah Versluis, Karsyn Warden and Hana El-Gazairly. The meet had 35 divers so it was long and mentally taxing as the meet wore on. The girls persevered and at the end of the night Brooklyn Petit took second place, Addy Woods took third, Emilija Ragaine took fifth, Hana El-Gazairly took seventh, Lilah Versluis took 10th, and Karsyn Warden took 11th. El-Gazairly was returning from a broken hand injury and still managed to make her state qualification! That makes SIX state dive qualifiers for the Bears! We are so proud of our dive program!
Swimming
Cambridge started off with a strong performance in the boys medley relay. The boys B-relay (Zach Andersen, Aaron Grann, Matthew Harper, Dylan Brousseau) won their heat with a time of 1:56.19 and they will take 6th place overall. The C-relay (Ryan Robertson, Yan Berezitsky, Elijah Edison, Raj Malik) took fourth in the heat and 15th overall. The boys A-relay (Alex O'Connor, Oleg Kolesnikov, Gavin Schoeling, Gavin Grann) swam a great race and touched in first place with a time of 1:47.94, but due to an early take-off, they were DQed. It was still a great race!
For the girls event, the C-relay (Molly Thompson, Taylor Minnich-Trapino, Amelia Duffner) took second in their heat. The B-relay (Paige Jaeger, Sydney Forbes, Emma Solomon, Samantha Hamilton) won their heat which earned them 9th overall. The A-relay (Olivia Skinner, Jamie Walsh, Ana-Clare Grann, Abby Harber) took sixth in their heat and held that position overall.
In the boys 200-yard freestyle event, Elijah Edison took 7th in his heat. In the top heat, Alex O'Connor took first in his heat and overall with a time of 2:00.00. Zach Andersen took fourth, and Gavin Schoeling took sixth.
In the girls 200-yard freestyle event, all four Cambridge swimmers competed in the fastest heat. Jamie Walsh came out with the win with a time of 2:08.62, which was just off the state qualifying time for the event. Olivia Skinner took fourth, Samantha Hamilton took 6th and Paige Jaeger took 8th.
In the boys 200-individual medley, Matthew Harper took second in the first heat. In the top heat, Jack O'Connor took third overall with a time of 2:13.30, just off the state qualifying time. Dylan Brousseau took eighth.
In the girls 200-individual medley, Amelia Duffner took fifth overall.
In the boys 50-freestyle, Raj Malik took eighth in his heat. Gavin Grann took 7th place in the top heat with an improved individual time of 24.62.
In the girls 50-freestyle, Sela Guy took eighth in her heat and Abigail Marzullo took ninth. Molly Thompson took third in her heat with an improved individual time. Taylor Minnich-Trapino took sixth in her heat. Ana-Clare Grann took fourth in her heat. In the top heat, the Bears had Abby Harber and Sydney Forbes. Harber took fourth overall and Forbes took eighth.
At the halfway point of the meet, the girls team was leading over second place South Forsyth and third place Denmark. The boys were in third with South Forsyth in first and Denmark in second above them.
In the 100-butterfly event for the boys team, Oleg Kolesnikov took on the event for the first time and took second in his event and 12th overall. Matthew Harper dropped two-seconds to take third in his heat and 15th overall along with Elijah Edison in his heat who took seventh in the heat and 19th overall. In the top heat, the Bears had three swimmers. Jack O'Connor took third in the event, followed by Dylan Brousseau in sixth, and Gavin Schoeling in ninth.
In the girls event, Sela Guy took 19th overall and Emma Solomon took ninth in her heat and 10th overall.
In the boys 100-freestyle, Raj Malik took 5th in his heat and took 41st overall. Ryan Robertson dropped time to take third in his heat and 24th overall. In the top heat of the event, the Bears once again had three in the top ten. Michael O'Connor took fourth in the heat with a time of 53.74, which earned him 5th overall. Gavin Grann took sixth in the heat and seventh overall. Zach Andersen took eighth in the heat and tenth overall.
In the girls 100-freestyle, Ana-Clare Grann took second in her heat and 24th overall. In the final heat, the Bears had three swimmers. Sydney Forbes was the first to touch with a third place finish in 59.71. Paige Jaeger touched in fifth in the heat and sixth overall. Abby Harber took seventh in the heat and tenth overall.
In the boys 500-freestyle, Yan Berezitsky dropped two-seconds to finish in third overall with a time of 5:46.85. Aaron Grann took fifth.
In the girls 500-freestyle, Olivia Skinner took fourth overall.
In the boys 200-freestyle relay, the A-relay (Zach Andersen, Dylan Brousseau, Michael O'Connor, Jack O'Connor) took fourth with a time of 1:40.32. The B-relay (Elijah Edison, Matthew Harper, Raj Malik, Ryan Robertson) took fourth in their heat and 13th overall.
In the girls event, The A-relay (Paige Jaeger, Abby Harber, Samantha Hamilton, Amelia Duffner) took fourth place with a time of 1:53.51. The B-relay (Molly Thompson, Taylor Minnich-Trapino, Sela Guy, Abigail Marzullo) took second in their heat and 19th overall.
Going into the last three events, the boys AND the girls team had taken the lead!
The boys had three swimmers in the top heat of the 100-backstroke event. Michael O'Connor was the first Bear to finish with a second place touch and a time of 59.02. Alex O'Connor finished in sixth and Aaron Grann took ninth.
In the girls event, Samantha Hamilton represented the Bears in the top heat. She touched in sixth with a time of 1:10.41. Emma Solomon took eighth and Molly Thompson took ninth in the heat just before Hamilton.
In the boys breaststroke event, Oleg Kolesnikov took first place in the top heat with a time of 1:03.16. Yan Berezitsky dropped two seconds and won his heat and took eighth place overall.
In the girls event, Jamie Walsh took third with a state qualifying time of 1:14.22! In the heat before Walsh, Amelia Duffner won her heat with a new best time and took ninth overall. Taylor Minnich-Trapino took third in her heat and 12th place overall. Abigail Marzullo took ninth in her heat and 23rd place overall.
In the final event of the day, the boys wanted to seal the deal for the invitational win and they came out hard. The boys A-relay (Jack O'Connor, Michael O'Connor, Gavin Grann, Oleg Kolesnikov) took third place overall and the B-relay came in right behind them in fourth place (Alex O'Connor, Aaron Grann, Yan Berezitsky, Gavin Schoeling). Their performance ensured a team win by 50 points!
In the girls event, the A-relay (Olivia Skinner, Jamie Walsh, Sydney Forbes, Ana-Clare Grann) took third overall, which was enough for them to secure the win in the meet overall by 20 points. The girls continue their undefeated season!
Preview
Cambridge will travel Saturday, Dec. 11th to West Gwinnett Aquatic Center to take on North Gwinnett School and Lanier High School! Meet starts at 7:30 PM!
Come and support your Bears!
