Millburn Pool Summer Swim Team

Congratulations to the Millburn Swimmers on a fabulous showing at the Division 2 Championships on Monday! Millburn kids really strutted their stuff in picking up 29 top-three finishes in this very competitive division!

Millburn was led at the top by two triple winners: Ben Lin and Allen Zhu. Ben picked up titles in the Boys 13& Over 100 Meter IM (1:04.01), the Boys 15-19 50 Meter Freestyle (25.55), and the Boys 15-19 50 Meter Butterfly (27.15), while Allen emerged victorious in the Boys 9-10 25 Meter Freestyle (14.84), Boys 9-10 25 Meter Breaststroke (21.38), and Boys 9-10 25 Meter Butterfly (21.38).

And don’t think that the boys had all the fun. Kate Madrawski and Zoe Segal were both double winners, and picked up 2^nd place in their third swims. Kate grabbed two individual blue ribbons in winning the Girls 9-10 25 Meter Freestyle (15.42) and  Girls 9-10 25 Meter Backstroke (18.75) and leading off the Girls 12 & Under  100 Meter Freestyle Relay on the way to their 2^nd place finish (1:15.79). Zoe secured titles in the Girls 8 & Under 25 Meter Freestyle (18.31) and the Girls 8 & Under 25 Meter Breaststroke (25.77) and finished a close 2^nd (only .16 behind the winner) in the Girls 8 & Under 25 Meter Backstroke (23.08).

Millburn’s final three first place efforts were turned in by a veteran, a rookie and a team effort.  Evie Schott won the first event of the day in out-swimming everyone in the Girls 12 & Under 100 Meter IM (1:22.69), before grabbing two second place ribbons in the Girls 11-12 50 Meter Freestyle (31.74) and Girls 11-12 50 Meter Breaststroke (41.13).

Eight year old Margaret Zhu snagged gold in the Girls 8 & Under 25 Meter Butterfly (22.71) and added a 2^nd as part of Coed 8 & Under 100 Meter Freestyle Relay (1:33.75) along with Sebastian Tham, Jeffrey Ho and Megan Bowen.

The Boys 12 & Under 100 Meter Freestyle Relay team of Kyle Yih, Mark Madrawski, Justin Mon, Sterling Kinsale nearly bookended Schott’s victory by nabbing the title in the second to last event of the day (1.06.79), while the Girls 12 & Under 100 Meter Freestyle Relay team of Kate Madrawski, Amy Madrawski, Essie Pasternak, Sarah Yih hung on for a 2^nd place finish (1:15.79).

In addition to Kyle Yih’s relay win, it was only teammate Allen Zhu that could keep Yih off the top step of the podium. Kyle finished 2^nd in the Boys 9-10 25 Meter Freestyle (14.91) and Boys 9-10 25 Meter Butterfly (17.95) before his relay win.

Emily Segal was not content to have little sister Zoe have all the fun, and picked up three podium finishes of her own.  Emily nabbed 2^nd in the Girls 9-10 25 Meter Freestyle (15.50), and 3^rd in the Girls 9-10 25 Meter Backstroke (20.10) and Girls 9-10 25 Meter Breaststroke (22.51).

Jeffrey Ho also placed in multiple events, taking 2^nd in the Boys 8 & Under 25 Meter Freestyle (20.39) and 3^rd in the Boys 8 & Under 25 Meter Backstroke (27.12), and also swimming the second leg of the 2^nd place Coed 8 & Under 100 Meter Freestyle Relay (1:06.79).

8-year old Maya Gurung finished behind only teammate Zoe Segal in taking 2^nd place in the Girls 8 & Under 25 Meter Breaststroke (27.63) finishing almost 3 seconds ahead of the 3^rd place swimmer.

Three Millburn boys representing the whole age span picked up individual 3^rd place finishes. 7-year old Anirudh Khandrika placed 3^rd in the  Boys 8 & Under 25 Meter Breaststroke (31.52), 12-year old Justin Mon was a convincing 3^rd in the Boys 12 & Under 100 Meter IM (1:27.19) and 17-year old Jonas Singer finished just .06 out of second place in picking up 3^rd in the Boys 15-19 50 Meter Backstroke (34.75).

Congratulations again on a terrific Millburn team and individual effort!!!