The Staples Wreckers Swim Team placed fourth overall at the FCIAC Championship Thursday night at Greenwich High School.
Senior North Woods swims to third place in the 100-yard breaststroke at Greenwich Thursday night. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Greenwich took the overall team title for the 44th time in the past 45 years. Despite the dominance of the Greenwich team, there were multiple strong performances by the Wreckers’ swimmers.
Team co-captain Daniel Williams dominated the field in the 500-yard freestyle winning by over seven seconds in a time of 4:37.29.
Joining Williams on the podium for the 500 race were brothers Sebastian and Nico Ortega who finished fourth (4:51.68) and sixth (4:57.79), respectively. Williams also picked up a second place finish in the 200 IM (1:55.48).
Co-captain North Woods swam a very fast 100-yard freestyle ,taking second place in a time of 48.36. Woods also finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 58.86. Freshman Dash Hunter placed 10th in the breaststroke with a time of 1:03.4.
Other notable performances included a fourth place finish in the 200-yard freestyle by Sebastian Ortega (1.47.21), a sixth place finish in the 100-yard butterfly by Mark Schacter, an eighth place finish by Ethan Hunter in the 50-yard freestyle, and a tenth place finish in the 100-yard backstroke by Harrison Knapp.
Max Wimer placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.93) and eighth in the 100 butterfly (56.29).
The teams relays also had great performances, taking second in the 400 freestyle relay, and third in the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays.
The boys next compete at the LL Championship meet on March 17.
