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Boys Swimming and Diving Brings Home Championship
The Westminster Boys Swimming and Diving Team exploded in a flurry of great performances at the New England Prep School Swimming Championships, hosted by the Hotchkiss School on March 7. The nine Westminster boys who qualified for the meet swam some incredibly fast races and dove very well, earning the Martlets their first Small School Team Championship title. The boys finished ninth in the overall team standings, but were first among schools with 10 or fewer athletes entered in the meet, making them eligible for the Small School trophy.
Leading the way for the Martlets was co-captain Taylor Gould '09, who placed fourth in the 100 backstroke and lowered his own school record by 1.5 seconds to an astonishing 53.39. Gould also sprinted to a sixth place finish in the 50 freestyle (22.35), and, along with Colin McLaughlin '10, Connor O'Brien '10, and co-captain Foster Baker '09, established a new school record in the 200 medley relay, placing eighth with a time of 1:42.82. McLaughlin placed 15th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.79, and 12th in the 100 breast stroke with a time of 1:04.74. Also contributing to the team effort with lifetime best swims were Jake Cahill '10, Josh Kokulis '12 and Solt Kovacs '10.
In diving, Chris Eckerson '09 finished his illustrious Westminster career with a score of 398.00, good for a third-place finish, while teammate Mike Curran '09 placed 10th in the diving event (293.05). During the course of the season, Eckerson went undefeated in dual meets and won the Founders League Championship in diving.
At the end of the championship meet, the Westminster boys had taken revenge on five schools that had beaten them during the dual meet season — a testament to the grit, grace, and perseverance of this determined group of athletes.
Taylor Gould will continue to pursue his swimming goals at Connecticut College beginning in the fall, and Chris Eckerson is off to dive at the University of Maryland.
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Leading the way for the Martlets was co-captain Taylor Gould '09, who placed fourth in the 100 backstroke and lowered his own school record by 1.5 seconds to an astonishing 53.39. Gould also sprinted to a sixth place finish in the 50 freestyle (22.35), and, along with Colin McLaughlin '10, Connor O'Brien '10, and co-captain Foster Baker '09, established a new school record in the 200 medley relay, placing eighth with a time of 1:42.82. McLaughlin placed 15th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.79, and 12th in the 100 breast stroke with a time of 1:04.74. Also contributing to the team effort with lifetime best swims were Jake Cahill '10, Josh Kokulis '12 and Solt Kovacs '10.
In diving, Chris Eckerson '09 finished his illustrious Westminster career with a score of 398.00, good for a third-place finish, while teammate Mike Curran '09 placed 10th in the diving event (293.05). During the course of the season, Eckerson went undefeated in dual meets and won the Founders League Championship in diving.
At the end of the championship meet, the Westminster boys had taken revenge on five schools that had beaten them during the dual meet season — a testament to the grit, grace, and perseverance of this determined group of athletes.
Taylor Gould will continue to pursue his swimming goals at Connecticut College beginning in the fall, and Chris Eckerson is off to dive at the University of Maryland.
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