Lynn swimmers look back at memorable year

SAUGUS – The three Lynn public schools united last night at Prince Restaurant in Saugus for their annual swimming banquet and awards dinner.Click here for a photo gallery.Classical’s Katelyn Kidney received the award as girls swimmer of the year while Langston Toxey of English was her male counterpart. Tom Schumann of Classical was the diver of the year.Tyler Bacon of English won the Tom Cahill Award and Peter Rondeau of Classical won the award named after Michael J. Conlon, a former English swimmer who died in an automobile accident. Conlon’s sister, Marianne Duncan, is the English head coach and her sister, Michelle Conlon, is an assistant for the Bulldogs.Kidney and Schumann also received record-breaking plaques for their performances during the season. Kidney broke her own 200 freestyle mark in the Tech pool – where all the meets are held – on Feb. 13 with a time of 1:56.07; and Schumann broke the pool diving record on Jan. 21 with a score of 223.10 points.Award winners for the three individual schools are as follows:TECHWilfredo Garcia, student athlete; Andrew Guy, most valuable; Wendy Oliveres, most improved; Victor Vasquez and Robert Miele, coaches awards; Douglas Alas Sermeno, diving; Oceania Bare, Peter A. Sawin unsung hero; Mike Zlatin, team spirit; Matt Noonan, boosters; John Hines, Tiger (signifying working athlete); Wendy Oliveres, the Scarpello Scholarship (donated this year by Raffael Construction); Alex Quinton, John Hines, Matt Noonan, Oceania Bare, Wilfredo Garcia and Wendy Oliveres, senior plaques; Alex Quinton, John Hines, Matt Noonan, captains plaques; Jarrad Zorzy, Victor Vasquez, Andrew Guy and Josh Rockwood, captains pins.CLASSICALAbby Field, student athlete; Katelyn Kidney, most valuable; Vladimir Genao and Mac St. Ives, most improved; Krista Hogan and Joseph Field, coaches awards; Tom Schumann, diving coaches award; Rachel Tomerlin, Peter A. Sawin Unsung Hero; Jonathan Dorson and Eric Rondeau, team spirit; Victor Maldonado, boosters; Louis Diaz, Ram Award; Paul Strakus and Jenny Garrity, Monogram Club Award.Senior dedication cap plaques went to Abby Field, Peter Rondeau, Katelyn Kidney, Krista Hogan and Jenny Garrity. Senior plaques (not four-year) went to Alex Brito, Louis Diaz, Conor Donovan, Vladimir Genao, Norah Gomez, Victor Maldonado, Will Marnik, Hembly Rivas, Tom Schumann and Paul Starkuis.Captains plaques went to Peter Rondeau, Abby Field and Katelyn Kidney.Students earning varsity letters were Alex Brito, Joseph Field, Norah Gomez, Matt Ierardi, Victor Maldonado, Will Marnik, Mac St. Ives and Paul Strakus.Students who earned point bars were Dean Albert, Conor Donovan, Abby Field, Jenny Garrity, Vladimir Genao, Krista Hogan, Chris Hyde, Katelyn Kidney, Amanda Luongo, Marissa Maillet, Erinne McCarthy, Mary Orlando, Peter Rondeau, Tom Schumann, Rachel Tomerlin, Kylie Trainor and Alicia Worthylake.Peter Rondeau and Penny Tzortzis won “Fun Day” Awards.Classical also won the MIAA Academic Team Excellence Award for having a team GPA of 3.48.Northeastern Conference all-stars were Rondeau, Schumann and Kidney (who was also the league’s MVP).ENGLISHConnor O’Keefe, student athlete; Langston Toxey, MVP; Nick Newhall and Jen Cave, most improved; Kelly Doran and Geanpaul Mora, coaches awards; Eddie Holland, diving coaches’ award; Kordel Latimer, unsung hero; Peter Rodriguez, team spirit; Cody Turks Farris, boosters; Taylor Schultz, Bulldog Award.Senior four-year pins went to Taylor Schultz and Allison Langlois. Non four-year senior pins went to Andrew Samanka, Kordel Ladimer, Nelson Reyes, Nick Newhall, Eddie Holland, Geanpaul Mora.Captains plaques went to Taylor Schultz and Kelly Doran. Next year’s captains are Kelly Doran and Shannon Richard.