To top off the Wizards’ undefeated season, they were crowned Yankee League Champions after scoring more than1000 total points during trials and championships. The final meet of the season will be the All-Star Pentathlon.
From championships, the top three swimmers in each event qualify for the pentathlon. The pentathlon is a unique meet, in that all the swimmers compete in the same five events: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and a 100-yard individual medley. The times from all events are added up and the swimmer from each age group with the fastest cumulative time wins.
This year 45 Wizards advanced to All-Stars, and five others qualified at alternates:
Katherine Ayala, Lauren Blake, Carli Cassone, Anya Celmer, Collin Charron, Nathan Charron, Eliezer Chulco, Jacob Collete, Sophia DeLauri, Madysen Elias, Emily Eschweiler, Leonarkis Espronceda, Kaelyn Falanga, Morgan Falanga, Sean Fitzpatrick, Sophie Fonck, Jillian Goldbeck, Aryanna Gorske, Gabriel Gyurkovics, Madison Hobart, Lauren Hoeppner, Raymond Listori, Andrew McLarty, Leahn Mendoza, Linnette Mendoza, Erin Morton, Kaleigh Morton, Aarya Mulmi, Cam Nash, Anna Piskura, Evan Piskura, Camila Procino, Hannah Rascoll, Jaxson Ryan, London Ryan, Sophia Shubin, Ella Sutton, Kaylee Taulty, Emma Tirollo, Winter Valdivieso, Kaya Vital, Lucas Vital, Carly Weber, Molly Wilson and Lucas Yavagnilio. The alternates are; Christian Ayala, Aubrey Holthaus, Jacob Ilama, Dylan Morrissey and CJ Sutton.
During Championships, three team records were broken. Collin Charron set a new record for the boys’ 11/12 50-yard backstroke record, and Anya Celmer set the mark for the girls’ 15 and over record for the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke.
For more information on the West Haven Wizards, visit www.westhavenwizards.org The spring season is just around the corner Registration will be opening in March 2019 through the West Haven Parks and Recreation. The spring team is an eight-week stroke clinic, it is a great opportunity for new swimmers to learn all four strokes and the fundamentals of swimming, or to refine their skills.