Sports Roundup: Girls & Boys Swim Preparing For State Meet

This sports roundup consists of a complete list of all the results from last weekend's girls and boys sectional swim meets with an eye towards this coming weekend's state meets, as well as the girls hockey team.

Girls & Boys Swim Preparing For States

The Nantucket girls & boys swim teams competed in the MIAA sectional meet over the weekend. The girls swam on Saturday and placed 10^th while boys swam on Sunday and placed 24^th. While we touched on some of the scores in Monday’s Current, below are the full results of each swimmer that participated as well as a look ahead to the state meet this weekend.

The Whaler’s 200-yard medley relay featured Sara Dussault, Hannah Gerardi, Martina Savova, and Myah Johnson (best time going into sectionals: 2:01.71 – ranked 5th out of 22 teams). They finished in fourth place with a time of 1:55.72.

Their 200-yard freestyle relay featuring Evie Phelps, Hannah Harrington, Martina Savova, and Myah Johnson (best time going into sectionals: 1:53.33 – ranked 11th out of 21 relay teams). They finished in 14^th place and with a time of 1:49.54.

Nantucket’s 400-yard freestyle relay featuring Evie Phelps, Hannah Harrington, Hannah Gerardi, and Sara Dussault (best time going into sectionals: 4:06.38 – ranked 10th out of 20 teams). They finished in 12^th place with a time of 4:00.97.

Individually, Evie Phelps swam in the 200-yard freestyle (best time going into sectionals: 2:03.64 and ranked 6th out of 17 swimmers) and placed 9^th with a time of 2:05.47. She also swam in the 500-yard freestyle (best time going into sectionals: 5:31.14 and ranked 5th out of 27 swimmers). She placed 11^th and finished with a time of 5:37.89.

Hannah Harrington also competed in the 500-yard freestyle (best time going into sectionals: 5:53.66 and was ranked 25th out of 27 swimmers). She placed 21^st and finished with a time of 5:48.91.

Hannah Gerardi (best time going into sectionals: 2:21.64) and Sara Dussault (best time going into sectionals: 2:23.99) competed in the 200-yard individual medley. They were ranked 8th and 12th respectively in the event out of 20 swimmers. Gerardi placed 15^th and finished with a time of 2:24.12 while Dussault placed 14^th and finished with a time of 2:23.46.

Hannah Gerardi also competed in the 100-yard breaststroke (best time going into sectionals: 1:11.88) and was ranked 3rd out of 20 swimmers. She placed fourth and finished with a time of 1:10.40.

Sara Dussault also competed in the 100-yard backstroke (best time going into sectionals: 1:06.63) and was ranked 20th out of 23 swimmers. She placed 15^th and finished with a time of 1:06.24.

Myah Johnson competed in the 50-yard freestyle (best time going into sectionals: 25.91 and was ranked 6th out of 20 swimmers). She placed sixth and finished with a time of 25:37. Johnson also compete in the 100-yard freestyle (best time going into sectionals: 58.12 and was ranked 11th out of 20 swimmers). She placed seventh and finished with a time of 57:11.

As for the boys:

Their 200-yard freestyle relay featuring Jake Johnson, Eli MacIver, Pavlin Aleksiev, D’Marco Lewis (best time going into sectionals: 1:40.50 – ranked 26th out of 27 relay teams). They placed 23^rd and finished with a time of 1:38.36.

Jake Johnson swam in the 50-yard freestyle (best time going into sectionals: 22.63 and ranked 7th out of 28 swimmers). He placed fourth and finished with a time of 22:10, which is only approximately .60 seconds off of the school record set by former Whaler Tyler Roethke, who is currently swimming at UMass Amherst.

“I think the environment and anticipation of being around really fast swimmers pushed me to go fast,” Johnson said Sunday evening. “Definitely a big relief being able to see that the hard work that the boys are putting in is reflecting on the season bests they’ve been swimming.”

Johnson also competed in the 100-yard freestyle (best time going into sectionals: 50.19 - ranked 8th out of 23 swimmers). He placed fifth and finished with a time of 48:38.

Eli MacIver swam in the 200-yard individual medley (best time going into sectionals: 2:11.85 and ranked 14th on the psych sheet out of 22 swimmers). He placed 11^th and finished with a time of 2:10.52.

MacIver also competed in the 100-yard breaststroke (best time going into sectionals: 1:08.40 and ranked 28th out of 28 swimmers). He placed 23^rd and finished with a time of 1:06.17 – which also clinched MacIver a state time where he will compete over the weekend.

STATE PSYCH SHEETS RELEASED

As for states, they begin on Saturday (girls) and run through Sunday (boys). Below are all of the swimmers who will be competing and the events they are taking part in.

Girls:

The Whaler’s 200-yard medley relay team will feature Sara Dussault, Hannah Gerardi, Martina Savova, and Myah Johnson (best time going into states: 1:55.72 and they are ranked 8th out of 15 relay teams).

The Whaler’s 200-yard freestyle relay will feature Evie Phelps, Hannah Harrington, Martina Savova, and Myah Johnson (best time going into states: 1:49.54 and they are ranked 16^th out of 23 relay teams).

Freshman Evie Phelps will compete in the 200-yard freestyle relay (best time going into states: 2:03.64 and is ranked 11^th out of 19 swimmers) and in the 500-yard freestyle (best time going into states: 5:31.14 and is ranked 9^th out of 13 swimmers).

Senior Hannah Gerardi will compete in the 200-yard individual medley (best time going into states: 2:21.64 and is ranked 18^th out of 24 swimmers) and the 100-yard breaststroke (best time going into states: 1:10.40 and is ranked 8^th out of 27 swimmers

Sophomore Sara Dussault will compete in the 200-yard individual medley (best time going into states: 2:23.46 and is ranked 20^th out of 24 swimmers) and the 100-yard breaststroke (best time going into states: 1:13.52 and is ranked 15^th out of 27 swimmers).

Sophomore Myah Johnson will compete in the 50-yard freestyle (best time going into states: 25.37 and is ranked 10^th out of 31 swimmers) and in the 100-yard freestyle (best time going into states: 57.11 and is ranked 18^th out of 27 swimmers).

BOYS:

Junior Jake Johnson will be competing in the 50-yard freestyle (best time going into states: 22:10 and is ranked 5^th out of 30 swimmers) and the 100-yard freestyle (best time going into states: 48:38 and is ranked 4^th out of 35 swimmers).

Freshman Eli MacIver will be competing in the 200-yard individual medley (best time going into states: 2:10.52 and is ranked 18^th out of 24 swimmers) and the 100-yard breaststroke (best time going into states: 1:06.17 and is ranked 25^th out of 28 swimmers).

Girls Hockey Loses To Barnstable At Home

The girls hockey team lost to the Barnstable Red Hawks 8-2 Monday evening. Their two goals came from senior captains Claire Misurelli and Emerson Pekarcik. Senior assistant captain Bailey Lower had two assists.

Senior goalie Siena Monto got the start in net and head coach Andrew McNeilly was very pleased with how she performed.

“We had a very good first period. Siena Monto stood on her head,” McNeilly said. “There is nobody on this team who wants to play hockey more than she does. I would take 100 Siena Montos on my team. She wants it so bad. She loves it. Unfortunately in the second period, we didn’t support her enough.”

Nantucket has just two more games remaining as they search for that first win. Their next game is Friday, February 16^th on the road against the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins at 4 p.m. The Whalers hosted DY last week on February 7^th. Senior assistant captain scored four goals, but Nantucket ultimately lost 8-5.

SCHEDULE AHEAD:

Wednesday, February 14^th:

The boys hockey team travels to Nauset for a huge game against the Warriors at 4:10 p.m. These are two of the best teams in their respective state brackets. Nantucket is currently the #2 seed in the Div. 4 bracket with a 15-1 record and are closing in on Winthrop for the #1 spot. Meanwhile in Div. 3, Nauset is the #1 seed by a wide margin and boast a 14-1-1 this season. The Warriors only loss came to Nantucket on the island earlier this season December 13th 6-4. Nantucket has won 15 games in a row.

The girls basketball team will also be in action and travel to Sturgis West for a 5 p.m. game.

Thursday, February 15^th:

The boys basketball team travels to Monomoy for a 3:30 p.m. game and the girls basketball team hosts Mashpee at 5 p.m.

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