Jesuit Swimming and Diving opened up their season in an incredible fashion, sweeping out the relays at the Bishop Lynch’s KayCee pool for the first swim meet of the season. The Ranger’s performance at the meet was nothing short of spectacular with a myriad of individual and team victories and placements.
The team’s victory in the relays demonstrate the hard work that the team has been putting into practice.
Samuel Carley ’25 thought that “it was a great first meet to show off Jesuit’s new freshmen, and displayed the strength of the team in a decisive victory. [He’s] proud of the team’s performance and [he’s] adamant that [we’ll] see more of it this season.”
The team managed to successfully achieve a 1-2-3 win in the 200 Medley relay. The relay team of senior Leonardo Pelaez, junior Jaden Giunta, freshman Luke Lary and freshman Sebastian Suwanda placed first with an impressive time of 1:48.56.
Placing in second was the relay team of sophomore Nash Feighny, junior Jake Follett, sophomore Michael Hasenfratz, and junior Alexander McSorley who finished with a time of 1:56.33. The relay team was closely followed behind by junior Liam Weaver, junior Charlie Fent, freshman Jihaad Houston and senior Adam Chamblee coming in at 1:59.41. The Rangers also won in the 200 metre freestyle relay, and the 400 metre freestyle relay.
The Rangers did not cease to excel in individual events. Earning the Ranger’s first event win of the season freshman Sebastian Suwanada finished first in the 200 free with a time of 1:56.44. Senior Pelaez won in the 200 metre individual medley with a 2:02.87 swim, and a time of 4:49.81 in the 500 free. Freshman Luke Lary at 1:00.32 won the 100 metre fly, following his prior victory with a 1:03.23 in the 100 metre backstroke. Junior Jaden Gunta won the team’s final individual victory of the competition with first place in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:08.23 swim.
Sophomore Michael Hasenfratz said he “believes that our performance at BL shows off the speed of the freshman, and the team’s extensive practice and cohesion was crucial in our win. Our strong brotherhood is unique to our team, and something you don’t see in our opposition, and helps bring us together and win in these team events.”
With this myriad of impressive performances the Jesuit Swim team won the Bishop Lynch Swim Meet 120-32. This provides a great outlook on the future of the team throughout this season, which appears to be setting out on a strong foot. Continuing off of this great start to the season will set the team off for some great victories and wins this year.