Cambridge Sweeps Quad Meet; Dive School Record Broken
On Monday, Cambridge hosted Riverwood, Rivers Academy and Milton at Cumming Aquatic Center. At the end of the day, the Bridge managed to take the boys, girls and team combined score win. For the girls team score, the meet came down to diving and the Lilah Versluis and Brooklyn Petit delivered the valuable points to put the girls over the top. There were 11 new best times and 12 state qualifying performances.
Combined Team Score
Cambridge - 1195
Riverwood - 990
Milton - 645
Rivers - 284
Girls Team Score
Cambridge - 588
Riverwood - 572
Milton - 280
Rivers - 88
Boys Team Score
Cambridge - 607
Riverwood - 418
Milton - 365
Rivers - 196
In the first event, the boys 200-medley relay (Jax Jackson, Yan Berezitsky, Oscar Ryzhkov, John Murphy) took third with a state qualifying time of 1:49.42. The B-relay (Ryan Robertson, Shane Merrille, Raj Malik, Pranav Kolathaya) took sixth.
For the girls, the A-relay (Caroline Gaines, Jamie Walsh, Kate Kerber, Jennifer Griner) took the gold with a state qualifying time of 1:54.68. The B-relay (Ana-Clare Grann, Alana Drevet, Audrey Lampa, Molly Thompson) took fourth.
In the boys 200-freestyle, Yan Berezitsky took first, followed by teammate Zach Andersen in second. Pranav Kolathaya took sixth.
The girls followed suit with Kate Kerber takes first with a state qualifying time of 1:58.50, a season best time. Alana Drevet took third and Audrey Lampa took fourth.
In the boys 200-individual medley, Ryan Robertson swam a new best time of 2:30.32 and third place overall, followed by brother Tate Robertson in fourth, Aneesh Ayyagari in fifth, Bryson Mynatt in sixth, and Shane Merrille in seventh.
Jennifer Griner kept the gold coming for the girls team with her win in the 200-individual medley and state qualifying time of 2:15.01. Teammate Jamie Walsh took second, also with a state qualifying time. Mihika Ayyagari took sixth with a new best time.
In the boys 50-freestyle, Oscar Ryzhkov took eighth, John Murphy took 10th with a new individual best time, and Pranav Kolathaya in 17th with a new best time.
Ana-Clare Grann took seventh in the 50-freestyle, followed by Molly Thompson in 10th, Christine McVicker in 20th with a new best time, and Gabby Edwards in 23rd.
In the boys 100-butterfly, Jax Jackson took second with a time of 1:01.94, followed by Shane Merrille in sixth.
Kate Kerber had another outstanding performance and took the gold again with a time of 59.79. Abby Harber took fourth, Molly Thompson took fifth with a new best time, and Alexis Walkenhorst took sixth.
In the boys 100-freestyle, Ryan Robertson took seventh by crushing his best time to finish in 58.41. Raj Malik took 13th.
Caroline Gaines had a great swim in the 100-freestyle by finishing with a state qualifying time of 57.91, which earned her fourth place. Jamie Walsh took seventh, and Alexis Walkenhorst took 16th.
In the boys 500-freestyle, John Murphy had a big finish to earn him second place with a time of 5:50.42, followed immediately by Elijah Edison who touched just enough to shave some time off of his best time and take third.
Jennifer Griner dominated the 500-freestyle to touch in 5:19.65, which is a state qualifying time and a new personal best time during the regular high school season. Audrey Lampa took fourth and Mihika Ayyagari took fifth.
In the boys 200-freestyle relay, the A-relay (John Murphy, Yan Berezitsky, Zach Andersen, Bryson Mynatt) took third with a state qualifying time of 1:38.67. The B-relay (Ryan Robertson, Shane Merrille, Aneesh Ayyagari, Pranav Kolathaya) took seventh.
In the girls event, the A-relay (Caroline Gaines, Kate Kerber, Abby Harber, Jennifer Griner) took the gold with a solid lead and a season best time of 1:45.54. Gaines missed the 50-free state cut by a narrow margin as the leadoff leg. The B-relay (Mihika Ayyagari, Gabby Edwards, Christine McVicker, Alexis Walkenhorst) took fifth.
The Bears swept the 100-backstroke event. Oscar Rhyzhkov took gold with a time of 1:02.32, followed by Yan Berezitsky in second, Aneesh Ayyagari in third with a new best time, and Raj Malik in fourth with a new best time.
Ana-Clare Grann took fourth in the 100-backstroke, followed by Christine McVicker in ninth, and Gabby Edwards in 10th.
In the boys 100-breaststroke, Zach Andersen chased down the leader from Milton, but came up just short to settle for second. Jax Jackson took third with a new personal best time, Elijah Edison took fifth, and Tate Robertson took eighth.
Caroline Gaines came up big in the 100-breast with critical first place points with a state qualifying time of 1:11.25. Alana Drevet also held up her end with a second place finish. Abby Harber took sixth.
The boys solidified their win with the 400-freestyle relay. The A-relay (Jax Jackson, Zach Andersen, John Murphy, Yan Berezitsky) took first with a state qualifying time of 3:40.16. The B-relay finished not far behind in 2nd (Oscar Ryzhkov, Ryan Robertson, Elijah Edison, Bryson Mynatt), and the C-relay (Aneesh Ayyagari, Pranav Kolathaya, Raj Malik, Tate Robertson) took fifth.
The girls ended the meet trailing Riverwood after finishing second to them in the 400-free relay (Abby Harber, Alana Drevet, Ana-Clare Grann, Jamie Walsh). The B-relay (Molly Thompson, Mihika Ayyagari, Alexis Walkenhorst, Audrey Lampa) tried to make up points by finishing in third.
The meet came down to the diving event for the girls. And lucky for them, the Bears have Brooklyn Petit and Lilah Versluis.
Lilah Versluis won the 6-dive competition with a score of 230.35 and Brooklyn Petit won the 11-dive competition with a score of 541.75. Petit CRUSHED the school record set in 2016 by Maddie Chaloux of 427.30. No one came close to touching it until Petit today broke routine to try the 11-dive routine. With an average score of 8 for each of her dives, Petit easily sailed through her routine to replace the record and take the win for the girls. These two finishers put the girls team over the top to sweep the meet.
For the boys, Brandon Norfleet took second place to Riverwood's top diver, but had his best performance of the season with a score of 139.65.
The Bears will next face-off against Westminster on November 28th at Westminster. The meet will begin at 5:00 PM. Come cheer on your Bears as they take on the state champions from last year!