East Brunswick girls swim team won the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament for a second year in a row. The Final score was – East Brunswick 578, Bishop Ahr 450 and Metuchen 446. East Brunswick took advantage of the depth of their team with multiple swimmers scoring points in each race.
The following is from NJ.COM:
“The strength of our team is our depth from top to bottom,” said East Brunswick coach Jeffrey Sundberg. “We don’t have a ton of superstars, so we do it with a whole team effort. This team was really motivated coming in this year and to repeat as champions tonight was great.”
The highest individual finish that East Brunswick recorded all night was in the 50-yard freestyle as Sara Park came in second (25.72). Teammate Kristen Capiral added to East Brunswick’s performance in the 50 free with a fifth-place result (26.72).
Park tacked on a fourth-place finish later in the meet for East Brunswick in the 100 free (57.83), while teammate Sabrina May finished in sixth (58.93). Amaya Renzuli recorded a fifth-place result in the 100 backstroke (1:05.16).
East Brunswick had two separate 200 free relay teams finish in the top six with one coming in second (1:45.64) and the other finishing in fifth (1:51.64). The Middlesex County school also finished third in the 400 free relay (3:52.93) and fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:59.77).
“It’s a great feeling,” said East Brunswick senior Shelby Mikulak. “It’s our second year in a row and even though we didn’t have the first-place or second-place finishes, we knew that we had the depth to get us to where we needed to be.”
The East Brunswick girls have been seeded 2nd in the State Tournament – This season isn’t over yet!
Greater Middlesex Conference Champions!
East Brunswick girls proudly show off their awards
We are the champions!
Final score announced – East Brunswick 578, Bishop Ahr 450, Metuchen 446.
Shelby, Laura and Kristen posing for the paparazzi
Very excited by the 400 Free relay edging out North Brunswick for 3rd place
Amaya Renzulli swimming in the 400 Free Relay
Dulani Kankanamgi swimming the 100 Breaststroke
Rachel Blackin swimming the 100 Breaststroke
Lori Mohs swimming the 100 Breaststroke
Amaya Renzulli swimming the 100 Back
Claire Zhu swimming the 100 Back
Bhoomika Jain swimming the 100 Back
Claire Watson swimming the 500 Free
Bethany Mikulak swimming the 500 Free
Sarika Malhotra swimming in the 500 Free
Shelby Mikulak swimming in the 500 Free
Kristen Capiral and Megan Tang got 1st and 2nd in their heat of the 100 Free
Darby VanDeVeen swimming in the 100 Fly
Megan Lee swimming the 100 Fly
Bhoomika Jain swimming the 100 Butterfly
Lucas Espada wonders if Laura Ruffner and Shelby Mikulak are insane
Aaron Wang is tired of Laura’s screaming
Dulani Kankanamgi swimming the 200 IM
Darby VanDeVeen swimming in the 200 IM
Claire Zhu happy with her 200 IM result
Claire Zhu swimming back in the 200 IM
Claire Zhu swimming the 200 IM
Sabrina May swimming the 200 Free
Shelby Mikulak swimming in the 200 Free
Bears cheering on their teammates
Photo Shoot with the ‘Hula’ Dancers
Claire Zhu swimming back in the 200 Medley Relay
Amaya Renzulli leads off the 200 Medley Relay
Bears start off the meet with a loud cheer
Laura Ruffner is full of enthusiasm
East Brunswick Swim Team showing spirit before the big tournament