Boys' swimming
(Jay Connor / Globe Photo)
Andover's Nick D''Innocenzo waves from the platform after winning the 100 breaststroke at the Division 1 championships.
Swimmers of the Year
division 1 / senior / 200 IM
Nick D'Innocenzo, Andover
The University of Texas-bound senior
set a national high school record with
a time of 1:45.52 in the 200 IM and
broke his own state record with a
time of 53.81 in the 100 breaststroke.
D’Innocenzo is a three-time swimmer
of the year.
divisioni 2 / senior / 50 freestyle
Paul Bimmler, Austin Prep
Bimmler finished his stellar career
with first-place finishes in the 50
(21.14) and 100 freestyle (46.59) at
the Division 2 state meet. The twotime
USA Academic All-American
leaves Austin Prep having set 12
Catholic Central League records.
Coaches of the Year
division 1
Paul Devincentis, Malden
A 1995 Malden High graduate, he led
his alma mater to a 10-1 record and a
second consecutive Greater Boston
League title. DeVincentis is 98-9 in
his 10-year career and is a former
GBL (2008) and EMass Coaches
Association (2004) coach of the year.
Division 2
Brad Tilley, Lynn Tech
Already inducted as an Eastern Massachusetts
Swimming Hall of Fame
Coach in 2001, his 32d season might
have been his most impressive. Tilley
coached Lynn Tech to its first Commonwealth
Conference title and its
first Lynn city crown since 1976.
All-Scholastics
senior / 500 freestyle
Brendan Fortin, St. John's Prep
Fortin had a strong showing at the
Division 1 state championships,
finishing first in the 500 freestyle
with a time of 4:43.50 and second,
with a school-record 1:56.07, in the
200 IM. He plans to attend Wesleyan
this fall.
junior / 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke
Paul Hunter, Andover
Hunter has qualified as an All-American
in five events and placed first at
the Division 1 state meet in the 50
freestyle (21.15) and 100 backstroke
(51.92). The junior also swam on
Andover’s state championship 200
medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.
senior / 100, 200 freestyle
Brian Keane, BC High
Keane placed first in every event he
participated in at the Division 1 state
championships. The Catholic Conference
all-star won the 100 (47.76) and
200 (1:43.88) freestyles and was a
member of BC High’s first-place 200
freestyle relay team.
senior / 200 IM
Ted Millet, Marblehead
Millet capped a solid career by winning
the 200 IM in 1:57.90 at the
Division 2 state championships. The
Ohio State-bound senior owns seven
school records and New England
Conference marks in the 100 breaststroke,
500 free, and 200 IM.
sophomore / 100 fly, 100 backstroke
Patrick Myers, King Philip
In his first season as a high school
swimmer, Myers proved to be in a
league of his own. The sophomore
won Division 2 state championships
in the 100 butterfly (52.19) and 100
backstroke (53.74). He was also
undefeated in the conference.
sophomore / 100 breaststroke
Mike Ren, Wayland
Ren is already a two-time Dual County
League all-star and a Division 2
state champion in the 100 breaststroke
(59.86). His breaststroke time
is a Wayland record, and he also
participated on the Warriors’ runnerup
200 medley relay team.
sopohomore / diving
Ryan Shelley, Lincoln-Sudbury
Shelley was consistently dominant
this year for the Warriors. He had an
undefeated regular season, he was
named a Dual County League all-star
and diving champ, and then posted a
score of 501 at the state meet to claim
the Division 1 crown.
junior / 200, 500 freestyle
Jeff Thomas, Bishop Feehan
Thomas did a bit of everything this
season for the Shamrocks. He finished
first in the 200 and 500 freestyle
races at the Division 2 state
meet and was also a member of
Feehan’s state champion 200 medley
and 400 freestyle relay teams.
sophomore / 100 butterfly
Brian Walcker, North Andover
A national qualifier in five events,
Walcker has garnered All-American
consideration for his 100 backstroke.
This year, he finished first at the
north sectionals in the 100 backstroke
(52.96) and first at the state
championships in the 100 fly (52.03).
Relays
200 medley
St. John's Prep
Led by seniors Brendan Fortin, Phil Brady, and
Tyler Lareau, St. John’s Prep managed to take home
the North sectional crown in the 200 medley relay
with a time of 1:39.74 and finished a close second at
the Division 1 state meet in 1:38.57. Each senior also
posted individual first-place finishes this year;
Lareau and Brady finished first in the North in the
100 free and 200 IM, respectively, and Fortin was
the state champion in the 500 freestyle. The group’s
fourth member, freshman Ryan Fortin, Brendan’s
brother, will be the only returnee. (Photo: The members of St. John’s 4x200 medley relay
team include, from L-R, Tyler Lareau, Phil
Brady, Ryan Fortin, and Brendan Fortin.)
200 freestyle
BC High
After finishing first in the 200-meter freestyle by
a full 3 seconds at the South sectional meet, BC
High needed every hundredth of a second it could
get to knock off three-time defending champion St.
John’s Prep at this year’s Division 1 state meet. The
team of Ian Sliwinski, Brian Keane, Tyler Lueck,
and Peter Skipper touched first in 1:28.75, barely
edging Prep’s 1:28.92, for first. Senior Brian Keane
swam the last lap for the group and in the process
collected his third first-place finish of the day. (Photo: The members of BC High’s 4x200 free relay
team include, from L-R, Ian Sliwinski, Brian
Keane, Tyler Lueck, and Peter Skipper.)
200 medley, 400 freestyle
Andover
This decorated group of swimmers, including
three-time Swimmer of the Year Nick D’Innocenzo,
dominated in both events at the Division 1 meet.
Their 1:35.30 time in the 200 medley earned them
All-American honors, and their 3:10.84 in the 400
free broke Andover’s own meet record. Paul Hunter
took home two individual titles, senior Michael Bakies
was All-American in three events, and freshman
John Belanger joined brother and junior Peter
as high honor roll students and state champions. (Photo: The members of Andover’s 200 medley and
400 free relay teams include, from L-R,
Michael Bakies, Paul Hunter, John Belanger,
Peter Belanger, and Nick D’Innocenzo.)
All-Stars
- Bay State: Sam Rolfe, John Heilbron, Dong-Yeop Shin, Nick Blenis, and Adrian Breen, Newton North; Ed Timmerman, Mike Ricci, Alex Treil, Brian Keeler, and James Coclin, Needham; Ben Lehnert, Collin Shippee, Scott Savran, and Keith Savran, Framingham; Chris Tingley, Sam Thurston, and Billy Thalheimer, Natick; Kurt Coleman, Mike Levin, Max Hoffee, and Pat Corrigan, Brookline; Rick Sykes, Rohan Bhatt, and Stefan Castelucci, Wellesley.
- Big Three: Keith Lafleur, Tony Costa, Ericson DePina, Aaron Dern, Brandon Winn, Brandon Parowski, Ben Demeule, and Ethan Rancour, Durfee; Michael Gryss, Tim Gregoire, Tim Haggerty, Matt Cabral, Cameron Ramos, Brian Doyon, Roger Hart, Nate King, and Charles London, New Bedford; Eddie Houseworth, Danny Littan, Steve Wyman, Zach Dolan, and James McAvoy, Brockton.
- Boston City: Sean Devlin and Andres Payne, Boston Latin; Cameron LeMoure, Ayoub Ouabira, Juan Velez, and Sergio Vergara, East Boston; Elly Escalera and Jeff Jean- Philippe, Madison Park; Corrado Addonisio, O’Bryant; Troy Sanderson, Fatmir Shkurti, and George Xoxi, West Roxbury.
- Cape Ann: Bryan Walcker, Jack Dolan, Griffen Hanley, and Kieran Dunbar, North Andover; Devin Whear, Hamilton- Wenham; Tim Bouvier, Thom Josephson, and Alexander Beauvais, Ipswich; Steven Sinclair, Joey Chan, Tim Ragan, Sam Kruger, and Jacob Gillespie, Masconomet; Alex Walder, Manchester Essex; Jeff Cook and Harry Van- Dusen, Lynnfield.
- Catholic Central: Luke Fey and Derek Liberti, Arlington Catholic; Paul Bimmler, Scott Sutherland, and Steve Massaro, Austin Prep; James Black, Bishop Fenwick; Josh Potcner, Tim Bernazzini, Kyle Tofteroo, and Matt O’Brien, Cardinal Spellman; Josh Chambers and Brendan Donovan, St. Mary’s.
- Commonwealth: Shawn Willet, Gabe Pavadore, Dylan Polin, and Sean Rice, Blue Hills; Brian Comeau, Patrick Comeau, and Kevin Cuartas, Northeast; Shane Kinnon, Robby DeSantis, Patrick Kinnon, Zack Kelso, Giuseppe Iacovone, Ian Kinnon, and Colin Kinnon, Mystic Valley; Marcos Castellano and Andrew Guy, Lynn Tech; Mike Breen, Minuteman; Matthew Bickford, Kevin Taft, Greater Lowell; Adam Oliver, Shawsheen; Elvis Flete, Greater Lawrence.
- Dual County: Chris Batson, Niko Kerkantis, and Dan Ladd, Acton-Boxboro; Max O’Brien, Bedford; Luka Grujic and David Yazbeck, Boston Latin; Stewart Bird and Sean O’Brien, Concord-Carlisle; Jimmy Butler, Dover-Sherborn/ Medfield; Matt Flynn, Holliston; Anthony DeBenedetto and Will Olson, Hopkinton/Ashland; Graham Boyd, Jack Harris, Matin Kafina, Charlie Maier, Matt Newton, Luke Schultz, Ryan Shelley, Tim Storer, Matt Wurm, and Ian Wetherbee, Lincoln-Sudbury; Jielin Yu, Newton South; Steve Durkin, Tyngsboro; Stephen O’Dowd, Waltham; Travis Downs, Bobby Dresser, Nick Karlson, Brendan Place, Mike Ren, Ian Stack, and Mike Surjaputra, Wayland; Jimmy Boretti, Devin McNeil, and Matt Tynan, Westford Academy; Taylor Clough, Jake Lichter, Matt Sanda, Niko Svensson, and CJ Valle, Weston.
- Greater Boston: Mustafa Abbas, Bekhri Ahmed, Josiah Bonsey, Nelson Dow and Jake Harris, Cambridge; Michael- Erik Ronlund, Medford; Hao Luong, Matthew Zunitch, Wen Zhu, Ramilo Santana, Jeff Almonacid, Gregory DeAngleis, Anthony Gabriella, Sam McNary and Oscar Rojas, Malden; Tom Watson, Carlos DeLeon, Jeff Cruz and Roberto Dourado; Somerville.
- Hockomock: Chris Ledonne and Joe Cattel, Canton; Aaron Gustafson, Pat Myers, Ryan Palmer, Cullen Yarworth, and Kylr Viera, King Philip; Chris Fredrickson, Evyn Grimes, Ryan Lawlor, and Matt Souza, Mansfield; Ryan Bowan, Peter Chang, and Steve Hausmann, North Attleboro; Chris Kuntz, Adam McSherry, Tim O’Neil, Doug Reardon, and Connor Tarpey, Oliver Ames; Will Raich and Ben Solomon, Sharon.
- Merrimack Valley: Nick D'Innocenzo, Mike Bakies, John Belanger, Colin Trepicchio, Paul Hunter, and Pete Belanger, Andover; Andrew Eckhoff, Gordy Guay, Alex Kinney, Nicko March, Matt Hendry, and Mark Tracy, Chelmsford; Chris Polsi, Max Meehan, and Kirk Czelewicz, Lowell; Thomas Franklin, Haverhill.
- Middlesex: Colin Hunsberger, Ben Kennedy, Josh Brostoff, Belmont; Alex Meier, Burlington; Apoorv Kumar, Taylor Patch, Mike Woodbury, Michael Lin, Danial Mock, Keegan Go, Lexington; Zack Brown, Pat Carroll, Mark Nuytkins, Melrose; Gib Stevens, Connor Daly, Jack Nally, Parker Traugot, Reading; William McCarthy, Winchester.
- Northeastern: Ted Millett, Rony McCarthy, and Zach Romanousky, Marblehead; Peter Rondeau and Jeremy Dorson, Lynn Classical; Graham Beck, Ethan Collins, and Robert Chapruet, Danvers; Bernard Christie, Revere; Langston Toxey, Lynn English; Stepan Gevorgyan, Swampscott; Mike Diaz, Scott Aulson, and Steve Maruzzi, Peabody; Connor Dooley and Tom Regan, Salem; Kevin Ranta and Connor Flynn, Beverly.
- Patriot: Mike Happ, Sam Spall, Colin Mulcahy, Andy Cole, Spenser Bogle, Hingham; Hunter Chiasson, Bernardo Neves, Ian White, Lucas Wojcie, Barry Su, and Andrew Sommer, Duxbury; Tommy Wong, Quincy/North Quincy; Justin Flock and Cameron Schoeffield, Middleboro; Jake Kissick, Ryan McCarthy, Mike Fassnacht, and Sean Crowley, Scituate/Cohasset.