Swimming Roundup: Marblehead defeats Beverly in battle of unbeatens

With the Northeastern Conference championship virtually on the line Tuesday at the Lynch/Van Otterloo YMCA, Marblehead coach Sue Guertin unleashed a lineup on which she had been working for a couple of weeks leading up to the meet.
The Magicians? depth and talent was on full display as they swept the relays and added six individual event wins to overwhelm Beverly, 101-80.
?I really didn?t think that we would pull this off because (Beverly) has such great swimmers,” Guertin said. “But the kids were able to do it.”
Marblehead (6-0) had a double winner in Charlie Seltzer, who won the 100-yard backstroke in 57.26 seconds and 500-yard freestyle (4:56.50). Also recording individual wins for Marblehead were Zach Michaels in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.86), Kylie Cronin in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.54), Ellie Ronan in the 200-yard individual medley (2:09.98), Tom Gabel in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.59) and Tom Rockett in the 50-yard freestyle (25.04). Jake Driscoll won the diving competition with 227.10 points.
The Magicians really rolled up points in the relays. Seltzer, Gabel, Cronin and Michaels won the 200-yard medley relay (1:47.07). Hill, Driscoll, Rockett and Gabel took the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:45.25). Cronin, Ronan, Seltzer and Michaels won the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:37.73).
?This was awesome,” Guertin said. “When it?s an easy meet, you can?t get good times so you?re not sure they are going to do it. But they found a way to get it done.”
Lynn Classical 104, Peabody 72
The Rams came together with a great team effort to pull out a solid win over the Tanners. Classical was especially effective in the relays, taking first in the 200-yard medley, the 200-yard freestyle and the 400-yard freestyle.
The team of Alysha Dunnigan, Cameron Marcinko, Kevin Chasse and Alex Pedro won the 200-yard medley. Marcinko, Chasse and Pedro teamed up with Craig Mordaunt to win the 200-yard freestyle. For the 400-yard freestyle, the team of Dunnigan, Eric Macorri, Dhimo Bitri and Simon Kaziemierczyk took first for Classical.
In the individual events, Bitri took first in both the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle races. Mordaunt won the 50-yard freestyle. Chasse took first in the 200-yard individual medley. Kaziemierczyk won the 100-yard backstroke.
The Rams? Sarah Sirois claimed first in the diving competition and Mehdi Bakhouch finished first in the 100-yard butterfly.
Classical coach Denise Silva was pleased with her team?s performance.
?We did a really nice job today,” she said. “It was a real team effort.”
Lynn English 98, Gloucester 68
The Bulldogs (3-3) had a pair of double winners in Matt Bruno and Jesse Freeman. Bruno won the 100-yard butterfly (1:05.38) and 200-yard individual medley (2:23.75) while Freeman took the 100-yard freestyle (1:01.75) and 100-yard backstroke (1:11.25).
Bruno and Freeman teamed with Marina Broufas and Shanel Turransky to win both the 200-yard medley (2:15.44) and 400-yard freestyle (4;23.10) relays. Broufas also won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:25.58).Emma Trahant added a win in the 50-yard freestyle (29.30) and Danielle Carney claimed the 500-yard freestyle (6:07.16) for the Bulldogs.