Brockport wins first swim crown
by Warren Kozireski
Nick Olson won two individual events and was part of a winning relay team to lead Brockport to a 97-87 victory over Spencerport and clinch the first boys swimming division title in school history.
After two Spencerport wins to begin the meet, the Blue Devils won the next seven events to take a commanding lead.
Adam Wilson easily won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.53—over 12 seconds faster than the next competitor—and Olson took top honors in the 50-yard freestyle in :22.47.
Josh Steifel followed by winning the diving competition with 183.40 points; senior Dean Mondy was first in the butterfly in :56.50; Olson won the 100-yard freestyle by almost four seconds and Nathan Bartalo hit the timing mat first in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:22.44.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Olson, Mondy, Wilson and Nathan Heitz won with a time of 1:32.42.
First place finishers for the Rangers were Derek Spath in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:54.81, Austin Nau in the 100-yard backstroke in :58.88 and Max Wersinger the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:05.03.
The Rangers 200-yard freestyle relay team of Alex Plummer, Wersinger, Spath and Nau began the meet winning in 1:45.17. Nau, Spath, Plummer and senior Trevor Benson were first in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:33.38.
The meet also marked senior night for Brockport honoring six seniors: Mondy, Tom Jenkins, Jesse Quirk, Josh Mayer, Jacob Manning and Ryan Joyce.