Swimming: Four boys repeat as Section 9 champs, Monroe takes team title
MONTGOMERY - It’s probably a good thing that Tomek Oakes didn’t take names of the people who talked trash about him last year.
Oakes was coming off a bout of COVID when the Section 9 swimming championships came around in 2022. Naturally, he didn’t perform up to his desires or capabilities and failed to earn a spot at states – he managed a fourth-place finish and a fifth.
Maybe his detractors didn’t realize his health situation, or didn’t care.
“A lot of people were saying some stuff they shouldn’t have. (Maybe) they shouldn’t be underestimating someone who just struggled,’’ Oakes said.
The Pine Bush junior already had the state-meet standard but he came out fired up in Saturday’s 100-yard freestyle final. He led by one-third of a second after one full lap at the Valley Central pool and lowered his season best to 47.94, winning by more than a second.
Photo gallery:Section 9 boys swimming championship meet
“It means a lot,’’ Oakes said. “I came in here with a lot of revenge. I felt like I shut them up for good.’’
Four champs of a year ago repeated.
Rhinebeck senior Finn Quested won the 200 individual medley (1:54.48) and 100 backstroke, setting a meet and pool record at 50.10 seconds, missing the sectional mark by 3-100ths of a second.
“I think the times are fairly solid,’’ said Quested, who will compete for Brown University, “but it’s not what I was exactly hoping for. But I know we have the state meet coming up and I’ll be able to swim faster there.’’
Warwick senior Jesse Abramson, bound for Fordham, won the 200 freestyle (1:43.07) by more than three seconds and the 500 free (4:47.41) by more than six seconds – he actually swam both events slightly faster during Thursday’s preliminaries so he was a bit disappointed with Saturday’s finals. He’s also been racing with the New York Sharks club team this week, taking a bit out of him, he said.
Marlboro junior Josh Johnson repeated in the 100 butterfly (52.03) and added a win in the 50 free (with a personal-best 21.98), an impressive feat considering the events were run back-to-back (with only a ‘B’ final in between). “It went mostly perfect for me,’’ Johnson said of the 50.
Kingston senior Andrew Sammons won the 100 breaststroke (59.33) by one-tenth of a second over Ariel Koyfman of Monroe-Woodbury – he said headed into the final as the No. 2 seed gave him the motivation to repeat. Sammons was especially happy to improve his time in front of former record holder and 2015 grad Kaelan Quinn, his Godbrother.
Monroe-Woodbury claimed the meet title with 293 points, outdistancing Newburgh (258.3), Pine Bush (209) and Warwick (205.3). Monroe won the opening 200 medley relay, Warwick the 200- and 400 free relays (with Abramson)
The state Federation championships are March 3-4 at Ithaca College.
Notes: Johnson is the first repeat winner in the 100 back sine Pine Bush’s Nick Boncek (2009-10) and first Marlboro winner in the 50 free since at least 1998. … Abramson’s repeat in the 200 free is the first since Roosevelt’s Rhett Burns (2017-18) while his repeat in the 500 free is the 12th time it’s occurred since 1998. … Quested’s repeat in the 200 IM is first since Newburgh’s Aleksey Makarov (2018-19) and the repeat in the 100 back is the ninth time over the past 25 years.
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'A' final results
Team scores and key: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (MW) 293 points; 2. Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) 258.3; 3. Pine Bush (PB) 209; 4. Warwick (War) 205.3; 5. Washingtonville (Wash) 188.3; 6. Kingston (King) 165.5; 7. New Paltz (NP) 149.5; 8. Red Hook (RH) 149; 9. Marlboro (Marl) 95; 10. Cornwall (Cor) 92; 11. Minisink Valley (MV) 80; 12. Rhinebeck (Rhb) 76; 13. Rondout Valley (RV) and Valley Central (VC) 67; 15. Middletown (Mid) 59; 16. Goshen (Gosh) 52; 17. F.D. Roosevelt (FDR) 26; 18. Beacon (Bea) 24; 19. Onteora (Ont) 21; 20. Our Lady of Lourdes (OLL) 11; 21. S.S. Seward (Sew) 6
200-yard medley relay: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (Nicholas Bruno, Ariel Koyfman, Dylan Cobb, Anthony Kaminskiy) 1:38.06; 2. Pine Bush 1:40.10; 3. Red Hook 1:40.64; 4. Kingston 1:40.92; 5. Newburgh 1:42.30; 6. Washingtonville 1:43.37; 7. New Paltz 1:46.14; DQ. Rhinebeck
200 freestyle: 1. Jesse Abramson (War) 1:43.07; 2. Zachary Rothman (Cor) 1:46.69; 3. Jack Mummery (NFA) 1:47.93; 4. Timothy Grabinski (VC) 1:49.07; 5. Peter Brelesky (MW) 1:49.12; 6. Connor Holland (War) 1:49.23; 7. Campbell Heiz (NP) 1:49.71; 8. Cooper Wright (Wash) 1:51.87
200 IM: 1. Finn Quested (Rhb) 1:54.48; 2. Andrew Kassian (RV) 1:57.96; 3. Owen Daniels (RH) 1:59.09; 4. Tomek Oakes (PB) 1:59.90; 5. Andrew Sammons (King) 2:03.51; 6. Dylan Cobb (MW) 2:04.09; 7. Joshua Insdorf (MW) 2:06.11; 8. Luke Sanchez (Wash) 2:08.02
50 freestyle: 1. Josh Johnson (Marl) 21.98; 2. Jack Samko (RV) 22.26; 3. Edmund Wilson (RH) 22.28; 4. Anthony Kaminskiy (MW) 22.49; 5. Koby Wulfmeyer (NP) 22.56; 6. Mason Crowley (King) 22.76; 7. Bryce Sloley (PB) 22.79; 8. Jackson Gerbes (NFA) 23.01
1-meter diving (Friday): 1. Luke Albanese (Gosh) 566.00 points; 2. Grant Moore (Gosh) 524.60; 3. Lars Poutsma (MW) 522.45; 4. Kaeden Fisher (PB) 505.50; 5. Harold Lockowit (MV) 449.70; 6. Lucas Langone (War) 399.30
100 butterfly: 1. Josh Johnson (Marl) 52.03; 2. Andrew Kassian (RV) 52.37; 3. Jack Samko (RV) 53.79; 4. Bryce Sloley (PB) 53.82; 5. Jackson Hujus (MV) 54.90; 6. Aiden Domanico (NFA) 54.96; 7. Dylan Cobb (MW) 55.10; 8. Troy Speare (FDR) 55.84
100 freestyle: 1. Tomek Oakes (PB) 47.94; 2. Koby Wulfmeyer (NP) 49.10; 3. Mason Crowley (King) 49.10; 4. Jack Mummery (NFA) 49.21; 5. Peter Brelesky (MW) 49.89; 6. Anthony Kaminskiy (MW) 49.98; 7. Jackson Cooper (NFA) 50.55; 8. Cooper Wright (Wash) 50.92
500 freestyle: 1. Jesse Abramson (War) 4:47.41; 2. Zachary Rothman (Cor) 4:53.90; 3. Ayden Baxter (Marl) 4:56.06; 4. Timothy Grabinski (VC) 5:00.25; 5. Peyton Tuttle (NFA) 5:01.08; 6. Luke Sanchez (Wash) 5:01.68; 7. Henry Shannon (King) 5:01.72; 8. Campbell Heiz (NP) 5:02.89
200 freestyle relay: 1. Warwick (Jesse Abramson, Youssef Moustafa, Michael Kelly, Connor Holland) 1:30.01; 2. Pine Bush 1:30.10; 3. Newburgh 1:31.23; 4. New Paltz 1:31.90; 5. Monroe-Woodbury 1:32.10; 6. Washingtonville 1:33.48; 7. Minisink Valley 1:35.11; 8. Cornwall 1:35.75
100 backstroke: 1. Finn Quested (Rhb) 50.10, Section 9 meet and pool record; 2. Owen Daniels (RH) 52.93; 3. Edmund Wilson (RH) 53.39; 4. Nicholas Bruno (MW) 53.86; 5. Peyton Tuttle (NFA) 55.66; 6. Connor Holland (War) 55.92; 7. Liam Blackwell (PB) 56.97; 8. Jackson Hujus (MV) 57.78
100 breaststroke: 1. Andrew Sammons (King) 59.33; 2. Ariel Koyfman (MW) 59.43; 3. Brian Hitnariansin (Wash) 1:01.80; 4. Samuel Button (RH) 1:02.13; 5. Benjamin Pitiger (War) 1:04.62; 6. Caden Salamone (NP) 1:04.63; 7. Patrick Dineen (MW) 1:05.11; 8. Dominic Licardi (PB) 1:06.81
400 freestyle relay: 1. Warwick (Jesse Abramson, Youssef Moustafa, Michael Kelly, Connor Holland) 3:17.12; 2. Newburgh 3:18.94; 3. Monroe-Woodbury 3:21.08; 4. Red Hook 3:22.27; 5. Kingston 3:23.85; 6. New Paltz 3:28.35; 7. Washingtonville 3:31.09; 8. Pine Bush 3:33.84
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Section 9 boys swimming championships: Four repeat title winners
