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2011-2012
is the 24th season for BHS Swim Team (71-72-1 Co-Ed Team, 59-30 Boys
Team, 87-45-2 Girls Team)
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Girls are
named Skyland Conference Raritan
Division Champions for 2012
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Boys are
named Skyland Conference Raritan Division Champions for
2009-2011
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Girls
finished 9th at the 2011 Somerset County meet; Boys finished
3rd
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Boys are
semi-finalists in the 2011 North II, Division B State Playoffs
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Jose
Agnese, Mitch Colby, Robert Crane, John Lawson and Brendan McCrossan
all achieve All-State recognition at the 2011 Meet of Champions!
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Seventh
season with both boys and girls teams
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What's New!!
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| 1/23/12 |
Bernards split
coed meets and lose to Mendham |
| 1/18/12 |
Bernards girls
and boys lose to Watchung.
Girls are 7-2 and boys 5-4. |
| 1/13/12 |
Bernards girls and
boys beat Somerville. Girls at 7-1; boys 5-3
Girls
finish 7-0 in Skyland Conference Raritan Division! |
| 1/12/12 |
Bernards
girls
and boys beat North Hunterdon. Girls are 6-1; boys 4-3.
Watchung added to the schedule: January 18 at Somerset Hills YMCA
8:15pm |
| 1/10/12 |
Coed
Tri-Meet v JFK and South Plainfield added to the schedule: January 19
at Woodbridge YMCA (4pm) |
| 1/6/12 |
Bernards girls
and boys beat Belvidere. Girls are 5-1; boys 3-3. |
| 1/5/12 |
Team
photos will be taken on 1/31 right before Ridge meet (7:15pm)
Somerville meet on 1/13 changed to a home meet (at Somerset Hills YMCA
8:15pm) |
| 1/4/12 |
Bernards
girls and boys both beat Franklin. Girls are
4-1; boys 2-3 |
| 11/25/11 |
Bernards
alums beat Ridge alums at the 3rd Annual Alumni Meet |
| 11/15/11 |
Bernards
kicks off its 24th season with a roster of 38! Alexa Rubin and
Julianna St.Onge named co-captains of the girls team and Ford Atwater
and Will Sisto named co-captains of the boys team. |
| 3/8/11 |
Mitch Colby breaks
boys team career scoring record!
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| 3/7/11 |
Bernards boys named
Skyland Conference - Raritan Division champions!
Bernards has 2 girls named to Skyland Conference Raritan Division 1st
team; 7 boys and 3 boys relays named to 1st team, 1 boy named to 2nd
team
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| 3/6/11 |
Bernards breaks 6 team
records at Meet of Champions! All 5 Bernards swimmers make
All-State!
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Bernards
Splits Pair of Coed Meets; Swims Fast at Cougar Invitational; Loses
to Mendham
The Bernards girls and boys
beat South Plainfield (105-92) and lost to JFK (105-111) in a rare coed
tri-meet at the Woodbridge YMCA on January 19, 2012. In a rare
"triangular" meet format, points were awarded for 1st through 6th place
with 7-5-4-3-2-1 points and double that for relays. Ben Hunt was
a double winner (IM and 500) and also helped Bernards sweep the 200
free relay as he combined with Tatiana Prendella, Will Sisto and Nick
Patyk for the win followed 0.14 seconds later by Isabella St.Onge,
Jared Lanzi, Justin Schwed, and Ford Atwater. Tatiana also
finished second in the back while Alexa Rubin (IM), Kathryn Cummings
(fly) and Kelly O'Neill (breast) all posted third place finishes.
Bernards is now 71-72-1 in coed meets over the last 24 years.
Bernards then ventured down to Skilllman, New Jersey on January 20,
2012 to swim in the poorly lit Montgomery High School natatorium for
the Cougar Invitational. Despite the lack of lumens, the Bernards
team had no shortage of speed as the girls won a pair of relays and had
two individual champions - Lucy Grey in the 50 free and Annie Ray in
the 100 breast and the boys brought home the gold medal in the 200 free
relay. Kathryn Cummings, Alexa Rubin, Lauren Cannan and Maddie
Grey opened the meet with a victory in the medley relay and Shannon
Phillips, Kathryn, Maddie and Tatiana Prendella closed the meet by
winning the 400 free relay. Other "top 6" finishers for Bernards
were Alexa in the IM (5th), Maddie (2nd) and Lauren Crane (6th) in the
50 free, Isabella St.Onge in the fly (3rd), Fiona Dunn in the 500
(3rd), Lauren Cannan in the back (2nd), and Lucy in the breast (5th).
On the boys side, the winning 200 free relay team consisted of
Jared Lanzi, Will Sisto, Ben Hunt, and Nick Patyk. Ben, Jared, Justin
Schwed, and Ford Atwater were 2nd in the medley relay and Nick, Will,
Ben and Justin finished 4th in the 400 free relay. Jared also
finished 5th in the IM and 6th in the backstroke. The Bernards
swim team set 36 new personal records which included swims by Grace
Lobo, Emma McMasters, Tess Mistretta, Madigan Petrie, and Dillon
DeSimone.
On January 23, 2012, Bernards lost to Mendham at the Somerset Hills
YMCA. The girls (7-3) lost by a score of 62-108 and the boys
(5-5) lost 60-105. Tatiana Prendella won the IM and also led off
the winning 200 free relay along with Lucy Grey, Shannon Phillips, and
Julianna St.Onge. Runner up spots were scored by Julianna (50 and
100 free), Fiona Dunn (500), Tatiana (back), and Alexa Rubin (breast).
Tatiana, Kelly O'Neill, Lauren Cannan and Julianna also took
second in the medley relay. For the boys, Jared Lanzi swam neck
and neck with his opposing Mendham swimmer for 450 yards and then
gutted out a hard 50 to snatch the victory in the 500. He then
climbed out of the pool and on to the blocks to lead off the 200 free
relay, and with Will Sisto, Nick Patyk, and Ford Atwater, touched first
for the only other victory of the contest. With only the backstroke
event to catch his breath, Jared then raced to a second place finish in
ithe breast. Ford also placed second in the 100 and 200 free as
did Wesley Lui (IM) and Will (50 free).
Bernards closes out its
regular dual meet season against cross-town rival Ridge
on Tuesday, January 31 at the Somerset Hills
YMCA at 8:15pm.
Bernards
Loses to Watchung Hills
The Bernards girls and boys
both evened their career record against Watchung Hills as they both
lost at the Somerset Hills YMCA on January 18, 2012. The girls
evened their record at 2-2 against Watchung with a 64-106 loss and now
stand at 7-2 for this season. Tatiana Prendella won the 200 IM
and the 500 free and also swam on the second place medley and 400 free
relays. Kathryn Cummings had the only other first place finish
for Bernards in the fly and also swam on the same 2 runner up relays.
Joining Tatiana and Kathryn on the medley relay were Kelly
O'Neill and Julianna St.Onge and on the closing free relay were Maddie
Grey and Isabella St.Onge. Isabella was also second in the 100
free and Kathryn was second in the back.
The boys are now at 1-1 overall against Watchung and lost by the
identical score of 64-106. The boys are 5-4 overall this season.
Ben Hunt (fly and 500) and Jared Lanzi (IM and breast) each won
both of their individual events, while Ford Atwater (200 and 100 free)
finished second and Justin Schwed (back) third in their events.
All three relays placed second as Ben, Jared, Justin and Will
Sisto swam the medley, Jared, Will, Ford and Nick Patyk swam the 200
free, and Ford, Justin, Nick and Ben closed the evening out with the
400 free relay.
Bernards
Girls and Boys Win 4 in a Row
Bernards Girls Clinch Skyland Conference Raritan Division Title
The Bernards girls beat
Somerville 107-63 to complete an undefeated 7-0 season
in the Skyland Conference Raritan Division (7-1 overall with other
non-Conference Division opponents remaining). This is the first
time the Bernards girls have claimed a conference title since 2003.
The team was mentally and physically prepared to come out on top
as virtually every swimmer on the team posted best times against a
talented and well coached Somerville squad. The girls showcased
their depth in winning all 3 relays and securing 32 out of a maximum
possible 36 points. They also demonstrated the importance of the
runner up swims as Bernards only won 3 individual events (Julianna St.
Onge in the 50, Tatiana Prendella in the back and Alexa Rubin in the
breast). Bernards opened up with a 1-3 finish in the medley relay
as Tatiana, Alexa, Kathryn Cummings, and Julianna finished first and
Grace Lobo, Kelly O'Neill, Lauren Cannan and Lauren Crane finished
third. Then, Somerville turned up the heat and won every event
except the 50 up to the 200 free relay. Bernards was second in
the 200 (Isabella St.Onge), the IM (Tatiana), the fly (Kathryn) and the
500 (Fiona) and third in the IM (Annie Ray), 50 (Lucy Grey), fly
(Lauren Cannan), 100 (Maddie Grey), and 500 (Alexa). Bernards had
a 10 point lead after the 500 when the Bernards 200 free relay teams of
Lauren Crane, Maddie, Lucy and Julianna and Annie, Isabella, Emma
McMasters and Emma Grey went 1-2. Bernards followed with a 1-2-4
backstroke (Tatiana, Kathryn, Lauren Cannan) and a 1-2-3 breaststroke
(Alexa, Kelly, Annie) and broke the lead wide open to 38 points.
Bernards then slammed the door shut as Maddie, Kathryn, Isabella
and Tatiana won the 400 free relay and Fiona, Emma Grey, Grace, and
Lauren Cannan took third.
The 10 Bernards boys won by a score of 104-51 as an injured Somerville
squad showed up with a roster of only 7 boys. 4 boys took all the
individual events by taking 2 each. Ford Atwater (200 and 500),
Will Sisto (50 and 100) Ben Hunt (fly and back) and Jared Lanzi (IM and
breast) each won their respective events and along with Justin Schwed
(medley and 400 free) and Nick Patyk (200 and 400 free) won all 3
relays as well. Nick was also second in the 200, Ben Ferrara was
second in the IM and Justin was second in the fly. The boys ended
their run in the Skyland Conference at 5-2 and are now 5-3 overall.
Bernards
Wins Again - Girls Remain Undefeated in Conference Division
The Bernards girls are now 6-0
in the Skyland Conference Raritan Division with a 96-74 win over
previously unbeated North Hunterdon at the Raritan Valley Community
College pool on January 11, 2012. Bernards has one conference
division opponent left - Somerville - whom they will swim in 2 days.
The Bernards girls made a statement by sweeping the opening
medley relay as Tatiana Prendella, Alexa Rubin, Kathryn Cummings and
Julianna St.Onge came in first and Fiona Dunn, Kelly O'Neill, Lauren
Cannan and Lauren Crane touched out North's relay by 0.3 seconds.
Bernards never relinquished the lead and displayed excellent
depth by winning 5 of the 8 individual events and in each of them,
placing 1-3-4 or 1-3-5. Julianna, Lauren Crane, and Lucy Grey
finished 1-3-4 in the 50 and Kathryn, Lauren Cannan, and Julianna did
the same in the fly. The girls continued to display their
all-around versatility with 1-3-5 finishes in the individual medley
(Tatiana, Annie Ray, Emma Grey), the backstroke (Tatiana, Kathryn,
Lauren Cannan) and the breaststroke (Alexa, Kelly O'Neill, Annie).
Shannon Phillips grabbed two second place finishes in the 100 and
200 free and Fiona Dunn secured two third place swims in the 200 and
500 Free. Bernards was second in both freestyle relays as Lauren
Crane, Maddie Grey, Julianna, and Lucy Grey swam the 200 and Lucy,
Maddie, Kathryn and Tatiana swam a very exciting 400 free relay to seal
the victory.
The boys improved to 4-3 with an impressive 95-73 showing with a 10 man
squad. While North took the medley relay, Bernards came back and
won every other event except the 100 free and even managed to sweep the
200 free with a 1-2-3 finish by Ford Atwater, Nick Patyk, and Wes Lui.
Ford also won the 500 free and swam on the winning 200 and 400
free relays. Jared Lanzi won the IM and breaststroke, Ben
Hunt won the fly and backstroke and Will Sisto took the 50 free.
Ford swam with Jared, Nick, and Will on the winning 200 free
relay and with Nick, Justin Schwed and Ben on the victorious 400 free
relay. Justin was also second in the back and Dillon DeSimone
finished second in the breast. Dillon, Wes, Sina Gounili and Ben
Ferrara also scored points on the third place 400 free relay.
Bernards
Beats Belvidere
The Bernards girls and boys
continued their winning ways in 2012 with convincing wins over
Belvidere at the Somerset Hills YMCA on January 6, 2012. The
girls won every event as 8 different girls took the 8 individual events
in a 128-36 outcome. Isabella St.Onge won the 200 free, Tatiana
Prendella the IM, Lauren Crane the 50, Lauren Cannan the fly, Maddie
Grey the 100, Fiona Dunn the 500, Kathryn Cummings the back, and Alexa
Rubin the breast. Kathryn, Alexa, Lauren Cannan and Maddie
touched first in the medley relay while Lauren Cannan, Alexa, Lucy Grey
and Tatiana won the 200 free relay and Ariana Fazelat, Katie
Hildebrandt, Allison Lukascko, and Shannon Phillips sealed the meet
with a victory in the 400 free relay. The girls swept 5 events.
Completing the sweeps were Leigha Banks and Emma McMasters in the
200 free, Julianna St.Onge and Katie in the 50 free, Lucy and
Shannon in the 100 free, Grace Lobo and Madigan Petrie in the back and
Kelly O'Neill and Annie Ray in the breast. The girls are now 5-1.
The boys evened their record at 3-3 with a 104-47 victory. Ben
Hunt won the IM and the fly and Ford Atwater (200), Jared Lanzi (50),
Will Sisto (100 free), and Jonathan Bacci (back) each took their
events. All 3 relays also grabbed the top spot as Jonathan,
Jared, Ben and Will won the medley, Jared, Will, Nick Patyk and Ford
the 200 free relay and Ford, Nick, Wes Lui, and Ben the 400 free relay.
The boys also swept the IM behind Ben with Wes taking 2nd and
Austin Mistretta finishing 3rd.
Bernards
Sinks Franklin
The Bernards girls and boys
began the new year by defeating Franklin in the Rutgers College Avenue
4-lane pool on January 4. The girls won every event except the
100 free as they posted a score of 68-26 while the boys won 57-37 and
captured all but 3 events.
The girls improved their season record to 4-1 as Kathryn Cummings won
the IM and the fly and also swam on the winning medley and 400 free
relays. Bernards had five other individual winners as Leigha
Banks (200 free), Isabella St. Onge (50 free), Alexa Rubin (500 free),
Grace Lobo (back) and Kelly O'Neill (breast) each touched the wall
first in their events. Tatiana Prendella swam on all 3 winning
relays - the medley relay with Kathryn, Alexa and Lauren Cannan; the
200 free relay with Maddie Grey, Leigha, and Emma McMasters and the 400
free relay with Kathryn, Isabella, and Allison Lukacsko.
The boys posted their second win of the season behind the quadruple
gold medal performance of Ford Atwater, who took both freestyle sprints
and swam on the first place medley and 200 free relays. Ben Hunt also
won two events (IM and 500) and swam the fly leg on the medley relay.
Justin Schwed posted a couple of gutsy, come-from-behind swims
including a winning 100 fly race and Jared Lanzi completed the
individual victories in the breaststroke. Jonathan Bacci and
Jared joined Ben and Ford on the winning medley relay and Jared, Nick
Patyk and Will Sisto teamed up with Ford on the 200 free relay.
Bernards
Girls and Boys Split Again
The Bernards girls team posted
another convincing win with a 110.5 to 59.5 score against Warren Hills
on December 21 at the Somerset Hills YMCA. The girls improved
their record to 3-1 while the boys dropped to 1-3 with a 65.5 to 100.5
loss. Tatiana Prendella was a quadruple winner as she won the 200
free and the 100 fly and also led off the winning medley relay and
anchored the closing 400 free relay. Tatiana was joined by triple
winner Kathryn Cummings, double winner Julianna St.Onge and
Alexa Rubin on the medley relay and by triple winner Isabella St.Onge,
Kathryn and Julianna on the 400 free relay. Isabella, Maddie
Grey, Lucy Grey and Lauren Crane won the 200 free relay. Second
place finishes were recorded by Alexa (breast), Fiona Dunn (500) and
Annie
Ray (200 IM). The girls swept two events as Isabella,
Lucy and Maddie went 1-2-3 in the 100 free and Kathryn, Lauren Cannan
and Grace Lobo did the same in the backstroke.
The boys, with a partial roster due to illnesses, fell for the first
time to Warren Hills but Ben Hunt managed to grab two first place swims
in the 200 and 500 free. Jared Lanzi finished second in the IM
and breast, Ford Atwater was second in the 100 free and Austin
Mistretta grabbed the runner spot in the backstroke.
Bernards
Girls and Boys Split Against Phillipsburg
The girls remained undefeated
against Phillipsburg with a convincing 132-29 score while the boys
dropped a close one (73-92) for their first ever loss against the
Skyland Conference foe on December 14 at the Somerset Hills YMCA.
Bernards faced a very strong Somerset County team in Pingry on
December 15 as both teams lost. The girls are now 2-1 while the
boys are 1-2.
Bernards
Opens Season With Win Over Voorhees
The Bernards boys and girls
both won their first dual meets of the season against Voorhees at the
Somerset Hills YMCA on December 7, 2011. The girls improved their
record to 4-2 against Voorhees with a 103-34 victory while the boys
continued their unbeaten streak at 4-0 (Voorhees has had a boys team
only since 2008) with a score of 73-61. Tatiana Prendella
continued her winning ways by taking her two individual events (100
free and 100 back) and also led off the winning 200 medley relay with
Alexa Rubin, Kathryn Cummings and Julianna St.Onge. Kathryn also
won the 100 fly and Julianna took the 50 free while Alexa (IM), Kathryn
(back) and Julianna (100 free) also recorded 2nd place points.
Isabella St. Onge won the 200 free and Fiona Dunn was first in
the 500 free. Lauren Crane, Grace Lobo, Lucy Grey and Maddie Grey also
posted a convincing victory in the 200 free relay and the team of Annie
Ray, Shannon Phillips, Emma Grey and Katie Hildebrandt were 3rd.
Other 2nd place finishes were recorded by Maddie (50 free),
Lauren Cannan (fly), Leigha Banks (500) and the medley relay squad of
Fiona, Kelly O'Neill, Lauren Cannan and Maddie.
The boys were led by Ben Hunt who won the 200 and 500 and also swam fly
on the opening medley relay with Jonathan Bacci (back), Jared Lanzi
(breast) and Nick Patyk (free). Jonathan was the only other first
place finisher, taking the back, as Bernards placed 2nd in almost every
event swum. Ford Atwater was 2nd in the 100 and 200 free, and
Justin Schwed scored runner points in the fly and the 500. Jared
(IM) and Nick (50) were 2nd in their individual events and
combined forces with Ford and Will Sisto to come in 2nd the 200 free
relay. Just as the last individual event was about to step up on
the blocks, the power went out in the Y and everyone had to clear the
pool. The coaches stuck around long enough to agree that the
scores, as they stood with only the 100 breast and 400 free relays
remaining, would represent the final scores for the season opening
Skyland Conference duel in the pool.
Bernards
Finishes in 4th place at the Big Blue Invitational
The Bernards boys and girls
both finished in 4th place at the Big Blue Invitational
meet on December 3 at the Pingry School. Bernards finished behind
Pingry, Summit and Hunterdon Central but managed to post several
outstanding swims as nearly every Bernards swimmers scored points.
Leading the way for Bernards was freshman Tatiana Prendella who
finished in first place in both of her individual events - the 100 free
and 100 back. Tatiana also led off the 3rd place medley relay and
also anchored the 7th place 400 free relay. Joining Tatiana on
the medley relay were Alexa Rubin, Lauren Cannan and Julianna St.Onge
and on the 400 free relay were Fiona Dunn, Maddie Grey and Kathryn
Cummings. Alexa posted a 4th place finish in the 100 breast and a
12th place in the 200 IM. The breaststroke was a big event for
the girls team as Kelly O'Neill placed 7th, Leigha Banks was 9th, Annie
Ray 10th, and Lucy Grey 12th. Leigha also placed 5th in the 400
free, ahead of Ariana Fazelat who finished 8th and Lucy also snuck in
another 12th place finish in the 50 free. Several other girls
scored in 2 individual events as Isabella St.Onge was 9th in the 200
and 6th in the 100, Kathryn was 10th in the fly and 4th in
the back, and Lauren was 12th in the fly and 9th in the back.
Finishing the individual scoring for Bernards was Fiona in the
200 (12th) and Julianna in the 50 (8th). Madigan Petrie, Allison
Lukacsko, Katie Hildebrandt, Emma Grey, Grace Lobo, Shannon Phillips,
Nicole Friend, Emma McMasters, and Katie Byrnes all scored in the relay
events.
The boys were led by Jared Lanzi who finished 9th in the breast and
Ford Atwater (50 free) and Justin Schwed (fly) - each with an 11th
place in their individual events. The boys' highest relay finish
was an 8th place in the 200 free relay (Ford, Nick Patyk, Jared Lanzi
and Will Sisto). Will was joined by Wesley Lui, Dillon DeSimone and
Sina Gounili on the 9th place 400 free relay and more 9th place relay
points came from the 200 free relay team of Dillon, Justin, Sina and
Austin Mistretta. The remaining points for the boys team came
from the medley relay as Jonathan Bacci, Jared, Wesley and Ford
finished in 10th place and Austin, Dillon, Ben Ferrara and Sina came in
11th.
Bernards
Retains the Turkey Trophy at the 3rd Annual Alumni Meet!
The Bernards and
Ridge swim teams and guest alumni faced off at the 3rd Annual Alumni
meet on November 25 at the Somerset Hills YMCA. The Bernards
alums gave the Mountaineers the boost they needed to retain their
Thanksgiving bragging rights. 15 alums appeared for Bernards and
all but 3 of them suited up and swam on some fiercely competitive
relays. Almost the entire boys class of 2011 (Chris Banks, Mitch
Colby, Robert Crane, Thomas Kostelak, Joe Kubeck, John Lawson, Brendan
McCrossan) swam, as did Matt Sisto and Justin Meyers ('10), Jenna
Meyers ('08), and Russel Kostelak and Brendan Lawson ('07). It
was reported that Yvette Gong ('10), Mary deMarrais ('09) and Eric
English ('07) made an appearance, but were not seen in the pool!
Bernards
Swim Team to Work With Special Olympics Athletes
The Bernards swim team will
be working with the local Special Olympics swim team at the Somerset
Hills YMCA throughout the season. The Bernards swimmers will
assist in coaching the swim team, helping them with their stroke
technique and participating in fun, yet competitive relay races.
This will be a great opportunity for the Bernards swimmers to serve
their community while sharing their talents with a great group of local
athletes.
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