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2012-2013
is the 25th season for BHS
Swim Team and Head Coach Ed Tsuzuki (71-72-1 Co-Ed Team, 63-38
Boys
Team, 93-52-3 Girls Team)
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Girls are
named Skyland Conference Raritan
Division Co-Champions for 2013
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Boys are
named Skyland Conference Raritan Division Champions for
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
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Girls
finished 8th at the 2013 Somerset County meet; Boys finished
6th
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Girls are
quarter-finalists in the 2013 North II, Division B State Playoffs
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Ben Baxter,
Andrew lawson and Tatiana Prendella qualify for NJ State Meet of
Champions; Andrew swims to All-State finish in 100 back
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Tenth
season with both boys and girls teams
Andrew
Lawson Lowers School Record at Meet of Champions
Ben Baxter, Andrew
Lawson, and Tatiana Prendella competed in the 91st Annual New Jersey
State Meet
of Champions at the Gloucester Institute of Technology on March 2 and
3, 2013. All three Bernards swimmers posted best times for the
season and Andrew Lawson qualified for the finals lowering his own
school record in the 100 back to 53.80 (16th place). His top 16
finish names him to the NJ All-State team. Both Ben and Tatiana
posted season bests in the 100 back as Ben swam a 55.39, placing him #2
on the Bernards all-time Top 5 listing and Tatiana touched in 59.98,
lowering her own #3 Top 5 time. Ben finished 31st and Tatiana
26th. Ben also finished 47th in the 100 free and Tatiana 29th in
the 50 free.
Bernards
Girls Compete in State Quarterfinals Against Mendham
The Bernards girls finished
their 2013 season with a quarterfinal loss to 2nd seeded Mendham at
Morristown High School on February 7, 2013. Bernards was seeded
7th and lost by a score of 62-108. While the boys had already
concluded their season, 60% of the boys team showed up, in full
headdress and war paint to chant and cheer the girls on. Tatiana
Prendella and Kathryn Cummings swam to a 1-2 finish in the backstroke
and each also recorded a second place swim in the 50 free and fly
respectively. They both teamed up with Natasha Lukacsko and Isabella
St.Onge on the medley and 400 free relays for another second place
finish. Natasha also swam to two more runner up finishes in the
200 and 500 races. Posting third place finishes were Isabella (50
and 100), Fiona Dunn (500), Shannon Phillips (200), Kelly O'Neill
(breast) and the 200 free relay (Lucy Grey, Maddie Grey, Shannon and
Natasha). The girls concluded their season witha 6-5-1 record and
a Skyland Conference Raritan Division co-championship title.
Tatiana
Prendella and Andrew Lawson Set New School Records at Somerset County
Championships
Andrew Lawson lowered his one
month old 100 backstroke school record with a 53.81 at the 49th
Somerset County Championship meet on February 2, 2013 at Montgomery
High School. Andrew placed 2nd in the back and also placed 6th in
the 100 fly. Teammate Ben Baxter placed 6th in the 50 free and
5th in the 100 free with a time that places him on the Bernards Top 5
list with a 50.15. The two freshman stars also swam on the 7th
place medley relay with George Wadsworth and Ford Atwater and on the
6th place 400 free relay with Ford and Justin Schwed. The 200
free relay foursome of George, Wesley Lui, Max Guglietta, and Justin
finished in 9th place.
Tatiana Prendella broke Kelly deMarrais' 10 year old mark in the 50
free with a 24.84 - good enough for 2nd place. Tatiana recorded
another 2nd place finish with a 1:00.06 in the 100 back and led off two
of the 8th place relays for Bernards. In the medley relay,
Tatiana was followed by Kelly O'Neill, Kathryn Cummings, and Isabella
St.Onge and in the 400 free relay by Lucy Grey, Kathryn and Isabella.
The 200 free relay squad of Lucy, Maddie Grey, Shannon Phillips,
and Isabella also finished in the 8th place spot. Kathryn also
put points on the scoreboard with a very fast 10th place finish in the
100 fly.
Bernards
Girls Raritan Division Co-Champions with Win Over Voorhees
The Bernards girls secured the
title of Raritan Division co-champions in the Skyland Conference (a
title they held alone in 2012) with a convincing 122-48 win over
Voorhees at Raritan Valley Community College at 3:30pm on January 30,
2013. The girls finished their conference competitions with an
unbeaten 6-0-1 record tying North Hunterdon to share the conference
title. The girls won every event except the final relay and swept
5 of them with first place finishes being recorded by 11 different
swimmers. Natasha Lukacsko led two of the individual event sweeps
as Natasha, Isabella St.Onge and Fiona Dunn and Natasha, Maddie Grey
and Ariana Fazelat went 1-2-3 in the IM and the 100 free respectively.
Natasha also swam with Tatiana Prendella, Leigha Banks and Maddie Grey
on the winning medley relay, in which Kathryn Cummings, Kelly O'Neill,
Lauren Cannan and Lucy finished in second place. The other
individual event sweep was completed by Shannon Phillips, Grace Lobo
and Silvie Coheleach in the 200 free. The 200 free relay teams of
Katie Hildebrandt, Leigha, Morgan Cohan, and Lucy and Shannon, Allison
Lukacsko, Silvie and Maddie grabbed the two top spots. Other
individual winners were Lucy (50), Kathryn (fly), Tatiana (500), Lauren
(back) and Isabella (breast). The girls are now 6-3-1 overall.
The boys lost an extremely tight contest, 78-88 to Voorhees, despite
winning two relays and 6 of the 8 individual events. Andrew
Lawson (50 and fly) and Ben Baxter (100 and breast) each won two
individual events and combined with Justin Schwed and Max Guglietta to
take the 200 medley relay. Andrew, Justin, Ford Atwater and Max
also won the 400 free relay. Ford also took the 200 free and Wes
Lui swam his heart out to come from behind and then hold off a charging
Voorhees swimmer to grab the 500 free. Wes then climbed out of
the pool and immediately anchored the 200 free relay behind Justin,
Ford, and Ben Baxter - a gutsy performance indeed.
Bernards
Swims Past Somerville
The Bernards girls remained
unbeaten in the Skyland Conference's Raritan Division as they swam past
Somerville 110-60 on January 23 at the Somerset Hills YMCA. The
girls improved their overall record to 5-3-1 and their conference
record to 5-0-1. They have one more meet in their division
against Voorhees on January 30. The girls dominated the meet, finishing
1-2 in 6 of the events, including the opening medley relay where
Tatiana Prendella, Kelly O'Neill, Kathryn Cummings and Natasha Lukacsko
took first and Tess Mistretta, Leigha Banks, Lauren Cannan and Maddie
Grey swam to a tie for second place. Tatiana and Isabella St.
Onge finished 1-2 in the IM and then Natasha, Lucy, and Morgan Cohan
swept the 50 free to give Bernards a 44-18 lead heading in to the
break. The girls continued their sprinting dominance by also
sweeping the 100 free with Tatiana, Shannon Phillips and Maddie and
then winning the 200 free relay with Tatiana, Natasha, Isabella and
Lucy. The final 1-2-3 finish in the back (Kathryn, Lauren, Tess)
and a 1-2 finish in the breast (Kelly, Leigha) sealed the deal for
Bernards.
The boys completed a come-from-behind victory 86-81 by winning the
closing relay against Somerville and improved their record to 4-5.
The boys won 9 of the events and featured three triple winners.
Andrew Lawson took the 50 (leading a 1-2-3 sweep with Ben Baxter
and Ford Atwater) and 100 breast and also swam on the winning medley
relay
(with Ben, George Wadsworth and Justin Schwed). George Wadsworth
also won the IM, leading a 1-2 finish with Ben Ferrara and the 100
fly. Ben Baxter's additional two victories were in the 500 free
and as a member of the meet clinching 400 free relay along with Justin,
Max Guglietta and Ford. Ford
also took the 200 free. The other victory for the evening
belonged to Max's solo effort in the backstroke which brought Bernards
to
within a point of Somerville, but Bernards still needed the closing
relay to secure the victory. A 1-3 finish (George, Manny Vazquez,
Sina Gounili and Ben Ferrara finished third) put Bernards ahead by 5
points to take the meet.
Bernards
Swims Fast at Cougar Invitational
Lucy Grey Grabs Four Gold Medals
Lucy Grey won the 50 free and
swam on all three gold medal relays at the Cougar Invitational on
January 18, 2013 at Montgomery High School. Shannon Phillips won
the 200 free and along with Lucy, teamed up with Natasha Lukacsko and
Katie Hildebrandt on both winning free relays. Lucy also swam the
anchor leg behind Tess Mistretta, Kelly O'Neill, and Lauren Cannan on
the first place medley relay. Kelly (100 breast) and Lauren (100
fly and 100 back) finished with silver medals in their individual
events and Tess grabbed a bronze in hers (100 back). Also
finishing in third place was Fiona Dunn in the 500 free. Natasha
was fourth in the 100 fly. Ford Atwater led the boys with a third
place in the 100 free and a fourth in the 200 free. Justin Schwed
was 5th in the 50 free. Ford and Justin teamed up with Max
Guglietta and Wesley Lui to place 5th in the 400 free relay.
Bernards
Boys Beat North Hunterdon
Girls Swim to a Tie
The Bernards girls swam in a
nail biter against their toughest Skyland Conference Raritan Division
opponent - North Hunterdon - at the Somerset Hills YMCA on January 16.
2013. Both teams have been unbeaten in conference competition and
swam to an 85-85 tie in a meet where the score was tied 3 times during
the meet and rarely had more than a 2 point difference between the two
teams. After taking only second place in the medley relay,
Bernards showed tremendous heart by bouncing right back with Natasha
Lukacsko, Shannon Phillips and Fiona Dunn swimming to a 1-2-5 punch in
the 200 free to tie the score. Tatiana Prendella and Annie Ray
went 1-3 in the IM, Lucy and Maddie Grey finished 2-3 in the 50 and
Kathryn Cummings won the fly. The meet was tied again before the
200 free relay, which Bernards won with Maddie, Shannon, Lucy and
Natasha. North followed that with a victory in the back to tie
the meet for the third time. After Kelly O'Neill took second in the
breaststroke, North had a 2 point lead going in to the last relay.
Bernards needed to win that relay to preserve a tie and
that is exactly what Kathryn, Natasha, Shannon and Tatiana did.
Bernards has two remaining conference division opponents to face
- Somerville and Voorhees. The girls are now 4-3-1 overall.
The 10 boys on the Bernards roster combined to take down the 25 boys on
the North Hunterdon team, 87-78. The medley relay of Andrew
Lawson, Ben Baxter, George Wadsworth and Ford Atwater won the medley
relay and then went 3-4-5 with Max Guglietta, Ben Ferrara, and Sina
Gounili. Ben Baxter and Wesley followed that with a 1-3 finish to
put Bernards in front, where they would stay until the 200 free relay,
which North placed 1st and 3rd on to give them a 4 point lead.
The Bernards boys closed the meet with three 1-3 finishes in the
back (Andrew and Max), breast (Ben B and Ben F) and the 400 free relay
teams of Andrew, Justin Schwed, Ford, Ben B and Wesley, George, Max and
Manny Vazquez to seal the victory. Ford and Justin also swept the
two sprint freestyle individual events and Wesley also finished second
in the 500. The boys record has now improved to 3-5.
Tatiana
Prendella Skyland Conference Champion in the Backstroke
It has been 5 years since a
Bernards girl claimed a Skyland Conference individual gold medal (Mary
deMarrais won the 500 free in 2008), but sophomore Tatiana Prendella
broke that drought by winning the 100 backstroke at Montgomery High
School on January 5, 2013. Tatiana touched the wall in 1:01.05, a
time good enough for the number 3 spot on the Bernards
all-time Top 5 listing. It should be noted that this Skyland
Conference meet includes both the Delaware (large school) and Raritan
Divisions (Bernards competes in the Raritan Division for the dual meet
season). While the meet is non-scoring, medals are awarded to the
top 6 finishers in each event. Tatiana also placed third in the
200 free. Other top finishers for Bernards were Kathryn Cummings,
who finished 7th in the fly and 13th in the back and all three relays,
which finished in the top 10. The medley (Tatiana, Kelly O'Neill,
Kathryn, Lucy Grey) and 200 free relay (Lucy, Katie Hildebrandt,
Shannon Phillips, Natasha Lukacsko) teams finished 9th and the 400 free
relay (Tatiana, Lucy, Natasha, Kathryn) placed 7th (ahead of Watchung
Hills and Bridgewater!)
Andrew
Lawson Lowers Backstroke Record Again
Freshmen Ben Baxter and Andrew
Lawson made quite the statement for Bernards as they combined
for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th place finishes in their individual
events and also joined forces with Ford Atwater, Justin Schwed and
George Wadsworth on 7th and 8th place relay team at the Skyland
Conference championship meet on January 5, 2013. Andrew's 2nd
place finish in the 100 backstroke lowered his 2 day old school record
to a 54.43, almost a full second and a half ahead of the #2 time, held
by John Lawson. Ben blazed to a 23.03 in the 50 free, which was
good enough for 3rd place. Ben and Andrew finished 4th and 6th
respectively in the 100 free. Both of them swam on the 8th place
medley relay with Ford and George and on the 400 free relay with Ford
and Justin. The 200 free relay of George, Wesley Lui, Max
Guglietta and Justin finished in 15th place.
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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