Girls' swimming
(Matthew J. Lee / Globe Staff)
The Wayland girls dive into the pool after winning their fourth straight Division 2 crown at Harvard University.
Swimmers of the Year
division 1 / senior / 50 freestyle
Casey Ostrander, Barnstable
Ostrander finished first in the Division
1 state meet in the 50 freestyle
(24.31) and second in the 100 backstroke
(58.81) to end an outstanding
career in which she set three south
sectional records. She will move on to
Bryant University this fall.
division 2 / senior / 200 freestyle
Olivia Blahut, Wayland
When it comes to the 200 freestyle,
Blahut can’t be stopped. A two-time
Dual County League all-star in the
event, she won the individual 200
free at the Division 2 state meet and
was also a member of Wayland’s
championship 200 free relay team.
Coaches of the Year
division 1
Tim Kelly, North Attleboro
His Red Rocketeers finished the year
with an 8-1 record and a Hockomock
League title. Just more of the same
for Kelly, who in eight seasons at the
helm of his hometown team has led
North Attleboro to a 63-12-1 record
and five league championships.
division 2
Jay Craft, Duxbury
A former college All-American and
Olympic trials swimmer, Craft has
continued his success around the
pool as a coach. This season, he led
Duxbury to a 8-0 record and a Patriot
League championship, boosting his
career mark to 115-12.
All-Scholastics
sophomore / diving
Sloane Brazina, Concord-Carlisle
After finishing second at the North
sectional meet, Brazina took home
first place at the Division 1 state meet
with a score of 476. The sophomore is
also the 2008 AAU national champion
in 1-meter diving and a USA
Zone A champion in the 3-meter.
junior / 200 freestyle
Anna Cavanaugh, Barnstable
Cavanaugh set a Division 1 south
record in the 200 freestyle (1:53.89)
and followed that up at the state meet
with another first-place finish in the
event (1:54.86). She was also a member
of Barnstable’s second-place 200
medley relay team.
junior / diving
Katy Feng, Westford Academy
After three years of diving at the high
school level, Feng is already a threetime
North sectional champion and a
two-time Division 1 state champion.
This season, the junior finished first
at the North sectional (508.25) and
second at the state meet (450).
senior / 100 butterfly
Christina Hurley, Lincoln-Sudbury
Hurley was the North sectional
champion in the 100 butterfly in
58.01. A week later at the state meet,
she virtually duplicated the feat,
finishing second in 58.02. Hurley’s
efforts helped lead L-S to the Division
1 team title.
senior / 100 breaststroke
Katie Karlson, Wayland
Karlson, who holds the school record
in the 100 butterfly, broke her own
record this year in the 100 breaststroke
(1:09.50). Also a member of
Wayland’s state champ 200 medley
relay team, she will continue her
career at Connecticut College.
senior / 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke
Annie Lindland, Hamilton-Wenham
Call her the comeback kid. After a
two-year hiatus, Lindland capped her
return to the pool in memorable
fashion at this year’s Division 2 State
meet, finishing first in the 100 backstroke
(1:00.30) and second in the
100 butterfly (58.32).
junior / 500 freestyle
Colleen McCormack, Arlington Catholic
The Catholic Central League MVP
continued her hot streak at the Division
2 State championships, winning
the 500 freestyle in 5:12.74. McCormack
is the CCL record-holder in the
200 and 500 freestyle, and is also a
YMCA national All-American.
senior / 200 IM
Kelly O'Connor, Beverly
To say that she left her mark on the
Northeast Conference would be an
understatement. O’Connor was the
league MVP and NEC champion in
both the 200 IM and 100 backstroke,
and also ran cross country, where she
was a four-time league MVP.
junior / 100 freestyle
Caroline Santinelli
Santinelli is the Lincoln-Sudbury
record-holder and Division 1 state
champion in the 100 freestyle (52.92)
and was a member of Lincoln-Sudbury’s
state record-setting 200 freestyle
relay team. L-S won the Division
1 team title as well.
junior / 100 breaststroke
Michelle Walcker, North Andover
Walcker swept the North sectionals
and the Division 1 state meet with
nearly identical times in the 100
breaststroke, winning in 1:09.43 and
1:09.42, respectively. She’s also a
YMCA national and a US Zones
qualifier.
Relays
200 freestyle
Wayland
Wayland successfully defended its Division 2
state title in the event as Olivia Blahut stepped in
for the graduated Priscilla Wright to join Emily
Downs, Michelle Cunningham, and Emily Wright.
They won in a state-record 1:37.02. Each relay team
member had individual success as well: Blahut and
Downs had first-place finishes at the DCL meet, and
Cunningham and Wright were DCL all-stars. (Photo: The members of Wayland’s 200 free relay
team, from L-R, Michelle Cunningham, Olivia
Blahut, Emily Downs, and Emily Wright.)
200 medley
Wayland
This group will graduate only one senior from a
team that finished first (1:50.31) in the Division 2
state meet. While Katie Karlson will be tough to replace,
the Lady Warriors appear the team to beat
next season. Sophomores Valerie Eisenson and
Emily Downs are high honor roll students, and
Wright, a junior, is a three-time Dual County
League All-Star. The team received All-American
consideration for their times. (Photo: The members of Wayland’s 200 medley relay
team, from L-R, Katie Karlson, Emily Downs,
Emily Wright, and Valerie Eisenson.)
400 freestyle
Lincoln-Sudbury
This group of underclassmen completed the
Triple Crown in the 400 freestyle, placing first in the
Dual County League meet, the North sectionals,
and the Division 1 state meet. Their time of 3:35.13
at the Division 1 championships was 6 seconds faster
than the runner-up. The team holds both DCL
and North sectional records in the event. (Photo: The members of Lincoln-Sudbury’s 400 free
relay team include, from L-R, Kathrine
Wetherbee, Christina Hurley, Lauryn Brown,
and Caroline Santinelli.)
All-Stars
- Boston City: Justina Langone and Rachel McGrath, Boston Latin; Natasha Rivera and Ivette Santizo, Madison Park; Evelyn O’Toole and Beatrice Pasquali, O’Bryant.
- Cape Ann: Michelle Walcker, Kristen Kasper, Tori Frizelle, Desiree Deveaux, Danielle, Allison Limpert, Alyssa Limpert, North Andover. Danielle Carp, Robyn Mc- Carthy, Brianna Pomeroy, and Anne Lindland, Hamilton-Wenham; Whitney Adriane, Masconomet; Caroline Moore, Manchester Essex; Kelsey Duggan, Lynnfield.
- Catholic Central: Jill Connors and Sara Reardon, Archbishop Williams; Kelsey Goodwin, Collen McCormack, Annie Fothergill, and Corinne Lavasseur, Arlington Catholic; Leah Townsend, Nysa Casha, and Paige Christie, Austin Prep; Christine Law, Carling Audette, and Candace Perry, Bishop Fenwick; Meghan Horne, Cardinal Spellman; Emily Olson, St. Mary’s.
- Commonwealth: Erika Hanson, Joan Kinnon, Fallon Bushee, Sophia Elmoussaoui, Kelly Finn, Marisa Cagno, Maaya Alagappan, Mystic Valley; Jessica Frost, Molly Fitzpatrick, Sara Pietila, Shawsheen; Chelsea Burns, Jacko Young, Samantha Duprey, and Rhiannon Swyers, Blue Hills; Yulia Shebolina, Lynn Tech; Amanda Brooks, Minuteman; Kassandra Bevins and Nicole Pousland, Greater Lowell; Kristal Frometa and Natasha Lagasse, Greater Lawrence; Aida Pena, Northeast.
- Dual County: Holly Everett, Arlington; Suzanne Warner, Bedford; Samantha Adams, Sloane Brazina, Morgan Evans, Katie Vogel, and Amy Zuerndorfer, Concord- Carlisle; Carly Eckles, Dover-Sherborn; Kayla Lewkowicz, Kate Richardson, and Katie Zheng, Hopkinton/Ashland; Lauryn Brown, Christina Hurley, Julia McGrath, Caroline Santinelli, and Katherine Wetherbee, Lincoln-Sudbury; Julia Mandehr, Newton South; Kaitlyn Armstrong, Tyngsboro; Erin Lydon, Waltham; Josie Bazemore, Olivia Blahut, Michelle Cunningham, Emily Downs, Liz Doyon, Valerie Eisenson, Whitney Fletcher, Kristin Hehir, Leah Jacques, Katie Karlson, Emily Nuss, Jamie Reichlen, Meta Surjaputra, and Emily Wright, Wayland; Katie Feng, Westford Academy; Shelby Friel, Eve Jakubowski, Devin McCarron, Maddie Pierce, and Turney Skenderian, and Maddie Roth, Weston.
- Greater Boston: Nouran Abdelkader, Maddie Andres, Kalie Boyne, Violet Brooks-Doucette, Abbie Cohen, Maxine DeJounge, Lulu Emmons, Erika Kaiser and Abby Lindsay, Cambridge; Jacqui Poirier, Lisa Moirier, Jade McElroy, Tori Barry, Emily Galica, Sarah Mason, Sophie Karon and Christine Feeley, Medford; Tayla Damon, Malden; Kayla Rosa and Jen Humes, Somerville.
- Hockomock: Meri Louko and Caroline Oates, Oliver Ames; Michelle Allen and Andrea Konopka, Canton; Kerry Eaton, Kelsey Gray, Stephanie Nasson, and Hailey Nievergeit, King Philip; Taylor Briseno, Kaitlyn Cunniff, Erica Demumbrun, and Leah Drew, Mansfield; Jess Berkley, Marylou Hedberg, Nicky Nichols, Ashley Walnut, and Margaret Sullivan, North Attleboro; Tana Bao, Jordan Beberman, Sarah Izzo, and Ashley Libby, Sharon.
- Northeastern: Kelly O’Connor, Carolyn Hall, Kaitlyn O’Connor, and Abby Curran, Beverly; Julianna Hopkins, Maura Wilson, and Haley Dyer, Danvers; Julie Shea and Brittanni Atkinson, Peabody; Erin Guard and Maureen Regan, Salem; Katelyn Kidney, Lynn Classical; Megan Alexander, Katherine Foley, Katherine Kelloway, Toireasa Rafferty-Millett, Emily Rookwood, Hayley Robb, and Stephanie Brooks, Marblehead.
- Patriot: Janelle McDonald, Kendra Perry, Middleboro; Aniko Haber, Kaitlin Buckley, Emily Hutchinson, Samantha Tougas, Avery Riddle, Gaby Pipp, Sarah Goldberg, Katelyn Coughlan, and Drista Librett, Duxbury; Samantha Taylor and Paige Fleming, Hanover/Rockland; Betsy Crawford, Megan Little, and Torey Hart, Scituate/Cohasset.