Swimming news not all good
It was a crazy postseason for the MIAA girls’ swimming community. The news that Don Lemieux was removed as Gardner’s coach not only meant the man behind the Wildcats’ 16 state titles was gone, but when most of his team boycotted the Division 1 meet in a show of support, so too were many of the state’s top swimmers. But the show went on and Westford won the Division 1 title behind sophomore Jen Marrkand. And in Division 2, Wayland didn’t win a single event, but had the depth to win the state title. ‘‘It was a total team effort,’’ said coach Mike Foley. A cliche? But in this case, it was the truth.