The West Haven Wizards swim team, which includes members from Milford and Orange, won its second competition Dec. 7 against the Watertown Warriors. Photo courtesy of the West Haven Wizards.
The West Haven Wizards swim team, which includes members from Milford and Orange, won their second meet of the season on Dec. 7 in West Haven against the Watertown Warriors convincingly by a score of 471-201, placing them 2-0 for the season so far.
The Wizards are a co-educational, multi-age swim team that is one of 11 teams in the Yankee League. There are about 150 swimmers on the team and approximately one third of the swimmers live in Milford and Orange.
The Wizards started out strong by winning first place in nearly all age groups in the Medley relays. However, it was in the individual events that the Wizard swimmers showed their strength. They swept first, second and third place in 11 events: For the 9/10 boys 100-yard freestyle, CJ Sutton, Daniel Orozco of Milford and Ethan Burgard of Milford took the top three spots.
In the very next event, the 11/12 boys trio of Lucas Vital, Marco Ayala of Milford and AJ Meglio of Milford beat out the Warriors for the top spots in their 100-yard freestyle.
Next, the 15 and over girls took the top spots in two consecutive events: the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard freestyle, which was led by Kaelyn Falanga, Jillian Goldbeck of Milford and Hannah Rascoll of Milford. The 9/10 boys came back to the blocks for the 50-yard backstroke where CJ Sutton, Aiden Giannettino of Milford and Xander Wight of Milford won the event, followed by the 13/14 girl’s trio of Kaleigh Morton of Milford, Lauren Blake and Adriana Giachino of Milford doing the same in the 100-yard backstroke.
Next up were the individual medley events. For the 9/10 boys, Daniel Orozco of Milford, Ray Listorti and Xander Wight of Milford led the field in the 100-yard individual medley, while the 13/14 girls Kaleigh Morton of Milford, Christina Ayala and Adriana Giachino of Milford finished as the top three in their 200-yard individual medley. The 15 and over girls finished strong, taking all three top spots.
Closing out the individual events, the 9/10 boy’s trio of CJ Sutton, Ethan Burgard of Milford and Sean Fitzpatrick of Milford finished on top in the 50 yard-freestyle followed by Aarya Mulmi of Orange, Carli Cassone of Milford and Lia Hey sprinting to finish on top in the 11/12 girls 50-yard freestyle.
For more information on the West Haven Wizards swim team, visit westhavenwizards.org.