Jamie Mannion, St. John’s Prep  DIVISION 1
		Leading the ‘‘dream team’’ in St. John’s Prep’s dream season was Mannion, who captured two individual swimming titles to help lead his team to a Division 1 state championship. And he did it in style, racking up two school records just less than a year after suffering a torn ACL. To go along with his state championships in the 200 (1:45.90) and 500 free (4:42.96), Mannion also captured the 200 and 500 free titles in the North sectional and Catholic Conference championships. An honor roll student, Mannion is also a YMCA-All American who swims with the North Shore Sharks and also plays water polo. Only a junior, he hopes to attend an Ivy League school.

Tucker Wetmore, Weston  DIVISION 2
		If Weston is a Division 2 state championship title machine, then Tucker Wetmore is the one turning the wheel to make it go. The senior captain won two individual events, the 50 free (21.49) and the 100 free (46.87) and was part of the winning 200 medley relay (1:37.57) and 200 free relay (1:27.41). The Dual County League All-Star has varsity and sectional records in both those events. Led by Wetmore, Weston won its eighth straight state championship. He is a nine-time All-American and has made the honor roll every quarter. His free time is occupied by coaching swimming, nutrition, and video production. Next fall he will attend Brown University.

Tony Paduaiskas, St. John’s Prep  DIVISION 1
		Five years after his last coach of the year honor, Paduaiskas led St. John’s Prep to its first undefeated season (9-0), a Catholic Conference championship, a North sectional championship, and a Division 1 state championship. In this season Paduaiskas himself describes as an ‘‘incredible year,’’ the nine-year coach also saw his Eagle swimmers break four school records and have 19 swimmers qualify for states. His team also placed first in four events at states: the 200 meter medley, 200 free, 100 free, and 500 free. The 1990 Methuen High graduate attended the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Paduaiskas’s hobbies including swimming, landscaping, and real estate.

Pete Foley, Weston  DIVISION 2
		As a retired captain of the US Naval Reserves, Foley knew how to get his ‘‘troops’’ to respond in the pool. A 15-0 record took the Wildcats to their eighth consecutive Dual County League championship and a Division 2 state championship. ‘‘This year’s team was a pleasure to coach,’’ said Foley. ‘‘They brought their ‘A’ game to practice every day.’’ Foley has a career record of 479-36-1 and is a National High School Coach of the Year (1996). With the two swimming state championships and two coach of the year wins in the family (his son, Mike, coached Wayland to the girls’ championship), the Foleys have established themselves as the premier clan of Massachusetts swimming.

Aaron Brosnan, St. John’s Prep  100 FREESTYLE
		Brosnan was part of a record-breaking year for the St. John’s Prep Eagles — and broke some records himself along the way. The state champion in the 100 freestyle (48.65 seconds) and the fourth-place finisher in the 50 freestyle (22.50), Brosnan led the Eagles to a Division 1 state championship and the first undefeated season in school history. The senior owns the records for the 200 and 400 free relays. A National Honor Society member, Brosnan also is a member of the water polo team. In his spare time he enjoys reading, lacrosse, and ultimate Frisbee. Next year, he will attend the College of the Holy Cross.

Nicholas D’Innocenzo, Andover  200 IM
		There was nothing innocent about D’Innocenzo in the pool for Andover. This freshman phenom scored a first-place finish of 1 minute 56.64 seconds in the 200 IM at the Division 1 state championship. That’s not all: D’Innocenzo also won the 100 breastroke, finishing almost two seconds ahead of his closest competitor (1:00.89). Undefeated in individual events this season, he hones his swimming skills with the ANA Hurricanes. In his free time he likes to play the guitar, draw, and participate in his church youth group. College is a long way away, but D’Innocenzo hopes to attend the University of Texas.

Graham Frankel, Weston  200 FREESTYLE
		After posting his fastest time in the North sectionals (1 minute 46.23 seconds), Frankel proved you don’t always have to be at your best to win a championship. With a time of 1:46.96, Frankel captured the Division 2 crown in the 200 free, helping his team win the state championship. He also placed second in the 100 free. A B’nai Brith student-athlete, Frankel earned four gold, three silver, and three bronze medals at the 2004 Maccabi games. The 6-foot-2-inch sophomore has also achieved high honor roll in every quarter to date. In his free time, Frankel enjoys reading, singing, and the piano.

Ray Grant, Seekonk  100 BREASTSTROKE
		Take a minute sometime and watch Ray Grant swim his favorite event. When you’re the fastest 100 breaststroker in the state, a minute is all it takes. At the Division 2 state meet, the Seekonk senior took first place in 1:00.70. Grant holds the school and conference record in the 100 breast and 200 IM and was conference champion in both the 100 free and 100 breast. He is a four-time Southern Conference All-Star and a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. As for the classroom, he has won the Harvard Book Award, and is a member of the French and National Honor Societies. He will attend Brown in the fall.

Luke Henesy, Concord-Carlisle  DIVING
		Henesy’s parents might want to invest in a bigger trophy case. An undefeated season was capped by a Division 2 state championship in diving, but that doesn’t even scratch the surface of Henesy’s accomplishments. His 339 points is a school six-dive record. He is a DCL and North sectional champion. Henesy won the Eastern State Long Island Invitational and set a meet record, defeating nearly 60 other divers. His non-swimming accomplishments are many — he is a high honor student, a National Merit Commended Scholar and vice president of his class. The Red Sox fan will head to Stanford, top-ranked in Division 1, next fall, where he expects to study political science.

Richard McDonald, BC High  50 FREE
		McDonald likes things to be free, whether the race is 50 meters, or 100, or 200, or 400. The 6-foot-1-inch senior capped a spectacular season in style, winning the state championship in the 50 free (22.28), in the 200 free relay (1:28.37) and the 400 free relay (3:14.77) and finishing second in the 100 freestyle. He rocked South sectionals, winning the 100 free as well as the 200 and 400 free relays. The Vermont state swimming champion in the 50 free is a member of the YMCA’s South Shore Strypers. Other sports McDonald enjoys are snowboarding and mountain biking. His hobbies include playing guitar, hiking, deep sea fishing, and traveling.

Mike Sullivan, Bishop Feehan  200 IM, 500 FREE
		You probably didn’t like the result if you faced Sullivan in dual meet competition this season. Why? Because you lost. Undefeated for the season, Sullivan went on to become the state champion in the 200 IM (1:57.07) and the 500 freestyle (4:43.86). He was the conference champion in the 100 back and the 200 IM as well as the sectional champion in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle. The 5-foot-10-inch junior is the school record-holder in the 500 free and the 100 back and participates in the Bluefish swim club. The National Honor Society member likes to play cards and watch baseball and football in his free time.

Matthew O’Brien, Lexington  100 BACKSTROKE
		After qualifying for seven events in the state championships, it might be too easy to classify O’Brien as a ‘‘butterflyer’’ and a ‘‘backstroker,’’ but the senior does so. His list of accomplishments for this season include victories in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly at the Middlesex League championships and in the 100 backstroke and 100 fly at the North sectionals. At states, he captured the 100 back (54.05) and finished second in the 100 fly. O’Brien holds school records in the 100 fly, 100 back, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay. He plans to major in criminal justice in college.

Stuart Butts, Weston  100 BACKSTROKE
		Stuart isn’t ready to let Eliza monopolize the honors for the Butts family name in Massachussetts swimming. Although his sister nabbed another Swimmer of the Year award, her brother scored a first-place finish in the 100 backstroke at the Division 2 state championship. The four-time Dual County League All-star is part of two state championship relay teams, which helped take his Weston team to its eighth straight Division 2 state championship. Those relay team victories also qualified Butts as an All-American. The 6-foot-2-inch sophomore is an honor roll student. Butts also enjoys golf, lacrosse, music, and Rambo. Don’t ask.

200 free — Weston
		Comparing the two Weston All-Scholastic relay teams might give you double vision, but we’ll make it easy: Senior Daniel Helfer replaces Mason White, and the rest stay the same on this state championship relay team. Making their third appearances in this section, Tucker Wetmore, Stuart Butts, and Graham Frankel joined with Helfer to give Weston a commanding win in both the state championship (1:27.41) and the North sectional (1:28.91) and qualify the team for All-American honors. The wins capped off another Division 2 state championship for the Weston team. Interests of the foursome include singing (Helfer and Graham), video production (Wetmore), and golf and music (Butts).

200 medley — Weston
		What more can be said about this Weston team? Sophomore Stuart Butts, senior Swimmer of the Year Tucker Wetmore, junior Mason White, and sophomore Graham Frankel proved lightning could strike twice, winning both the 200 medley and 200 freestyle at the state meet. In the 200 medley, the boys finished comfortably with a time of 1 minute 37.57 seconds to lead their team to a state title. In the North sectional, the time was slightly slower, 1:38.79, but the competition wasn’t nearly as close — second-place Wayland finished in 1:42.39. The team’s state championship performance qualified the team for All-American honors. Departing from the squad is Wetmore, who will attend Brown.

400 free — BC High
		Some people think there is no such thing as an ‘‘easy’’ win, but maybe those people haven’t considered the ease with which the BC High 400 free team plowed through the competition this season. After winning by more than five seconds in the South sectional, the BC High squad of senior Richard McDonald, sophomore Sean Reams, junior Jonathan Palmer, and junior Chris Sullivan dominated again at the Division 1 meet, capturing first in 3:14.77 (Lexington was next in at 3:18.59). The foursome’s strong performance helped lead the Eagles to a second-place finish in the Division 1 state championship. With the exception of McDonald, who is heading to the University of New Hampshire, all will return to the Eagles.