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Litchfield captures Berkshire League swim crown |
Collin Dunn, above, swims the butterfly and Connor Dieck, below, the breaststroke for Litchfield during Friday's win over Shepaug. John McKenna photos
For the first time since 2001, the Berkshire League's regular-season swimming championship belongs to Litchfield High.
Coach Gordon Brown's team sealed the title with a 97-83 victory over archrival Shepaug on Friday and is 11-0 in the BL and 13-0 overall with one meet remaining (Wamogo on Wednesday) before the BL championship meet at Hotchkiss School March 3. "I'm really happy for our kids," Brown said. "They earned it and they certainly worked hard for it. This was our year to shine and we've taken advantage of it by having a great season." Henry Kavle and Eric Sandrib paced Litchfield with two first-place finishes apiece. Kavle won the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle and Sandrib captured the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke. Both swam on the winning 200 freestyle relay, joining Nick Rinaldi and Ryan Schoerner. Litchfield, which defeated Shepaug earlier in the season, an outcome that was much closer than Friday's meet, took control by opening with a victory in the 200 medley relay. Schoerner and Rinaldi formed the relay with Aidan Dyer and Connor Dieck. Kavle followed with a win in the 200 freestyle and Sandrib won the 200 IM to give their team a commanding lead. Other individual winners for Litchfield were Collin Dunn in the 100 butterfly and Makenna Stanley in diving. Dunn, one of the team's top swimmers, said the victory was the most satisfying of the season. "We worked really hard and finally took down Shepaug," Dunn said. "We knew Shepaug was out to get us, but we were confident we could beat them. It's a sweet victory." Below, Litchfield coach Gordon Brown shouts encouragement during Friday's victory over Shepaug. John McKenna photo
Below are the results from the meet: 200 Medley Relay 1st LHS A 1:50.91 Aidan Dyer Connor Dieck Nick Rinaldi Ryan Schoerner 2nd Shepaug A 1:54.10 3rd Litchfield B 2:05.24 LHS 10 - SHP 4 200 Freestyle 1st Henry Kavle LHS 1:57.17 2nd Zach Crane LHS 2:08.14 3rd Clara Wolfe SHP 2:08.41 LHS 20 - SHP 10 200 IM 1st Eric Sandrib LHS 2:11.79 2nd Collin Dunn LHS 2:16.09 3rd Ken Buell SHP 2:18.69 LHS 30 - SHP 16 50 Freestyle 1st Colin Reilly SHP 24.50 2nd Nick Rinaldi LHS 24.77 3rd Ryan Schoerner LHS 25.45 LHS 38 - SHP 24 Diving 1st Makenna Stanley LHS 149.00 2nd Mairead R. SHP 144.05 3rd Sinead Mckenna LHS 121.55 LHS 47 - SHP 28 100 Butterfly 1st Collin Dunn LHS 1:00.36 2nd Freddi Pitcher SHP 1:00.56 3rd Nick Rinaldi LHS 1:04.47 LHS 58 - SHP 33 100 Freestyle 1st Colin Reilly SHP 53.45 2nd Aidan Dyer LHS 55.19 3rd Ryan Schoerner LHS 57.44 LHS 67 - SHP 40 Henry Kavle swims the 500 freestyle for Litchfield in Friday's meet. John McKenna photo
500 Freestyle 1st Henry Kavle LHS 5:10.40 2nd Tommy Morse SHP 5:45.00 3rd Clara Wolfe SHP 5:45.23 LHS 75 - SHP 48 200 Freestyle Relay 1st LHS A 1:39. 95 Eric Sandrib Nick Rinaldi Ryan Schoerner Henry Kavle 2nd LHS B 1:43.62 3rd SHP A 1:44.08 LHS 87 - SHP 50 100 Backstroke 1st Freddie Pitcher SHP 1:01.92 2nd Ken Buell SHP 1:02.31 3rd Aidan Dyer LHS 1:02.55 LHS 91 - SHP 62 100 Breaststroke 1st Eric Sandrib LHS 1:04.79 2nd David Geyer SHP 1:15.01 3rd Dennis Buell SHP 1:18.20 (Unofficial: Connor Dieck LHS 1:06.11) LHS 97 - SHP 71 400 Freestyle Relay 1st SHP A 3:54.71 Ken Buell Clara Wolfe Freddie Pitcher Colin Reilly 2nd SHP B 4:06.64 3rd SHP C NT (Unofficial: LHS A 3:51.11 Henry Kavle, Collin Dunn, Aidan Dyer, Eric Sandrib) Below, Megan Sandrib swims the breaststroke for Litchfield in Friday's meet. John McKenna photo
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