Boys Break Three Sectional Records while Placing 1 st in Five Events
The Boardman Spartan Swim and Dive Teams qualified a record number of athletes to compete in the 2017 Northeast District Division I High School Swimming and Diving Championships in Cleveland. Seventeen swimmers and five divers will represent the Spartans at the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium on the campus of Cleveland State University. The divers will compete on Thursday and the swimmers will compete on Saturday at noon with the goal of qualifying to the state meet the following weekend in Canton. In the swimming events the top two place finishers from each of the four district meets will automatically qualify for the state meet. The additional 16 qualifiers for each event will be selected by the times swam at the district meets across the state. The divers will qualify 6 to the state meet from each district.
The boys broke 3 sectional meet records in both the 200 medley and 400 free relays and the 50 freestyle. Freshmen Matthew DunLany and Noah Basista were joined by Juniors Kyle Kimerer and Callen Aulizia on the record setting relays. In the 200 medley relay, the old sectional mark of 1:38.43 was set in 2005 by North Canton Hoover. Boardman’s posted the new record time of 1:37.10 in the winning effort. In the 400 freestyle relay the same four boys posted the winning record time of 3:13.49 breaking Hoover’s 2012 time of 3:15.04. Callen Aulizia won the 50 freestyle in the record time of 21.04 shattering the 2015 time of 21.46 by Wooster’s Daniel Ackerman. He also placed second by just 6 one-hundreths of second in the 100 freestyle with a personal best time of 45.99. Coach Terry O’Halloran “Both our girls and boy’s teams had an excellent meet. They swam fast even though they were not rested. We are looking forward to seeing how they swim at districts next week in Cleveland.” Kimerer and Basista were sectional champs in the 100 butterfly (51.79) and 100 breaststroke (59.54). Kimerer and Basista took second places in the 200 freestyle (1:47.00) and the 200 IM (1:57.35). Basista’s IM time is a new freshman record. Mathew DunLany placed second in both the 500 freestyle (5:02.07) the 100 butterfly (53.68). Both times are also freshman records. In the Canton diving sectional
Spartan senior Madison Rast placed first with a score of 307.60 points and junior Megan Janak placed second by scoring 298.20 points. Senior Dominic Mariano placed second in the Canton sectional with the score of 419.35 pts. The Spartan district qualifies and their events are as follows: Girl Divers; Gizzy Kelso and Madison Ricciuti, Swimmers; Senior Kelsey Calpin 200 free and 100 butterfly, Mikel Flatley 200 IM and 100 butterfly, Jennah Markovitch 50 and 100 freestyle, Alison Kuras 50 free and 100 breaststroke, Sidney Hull and Sarah Murray in the 500 freestyle. The girls qualified in the 200 and 400 free relays. Mikel Flatley, Ella Hare, Alison Kuras, and Jennah Markovitch are the swimmers in the 200 free relay. Flatley, Kelsey Calpin, Sarah Varga, and Markovitch will swim the 400 relay. Boys; Nick DiGiacomo 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, David Giancola 50 and 100 free, Will Linker 200 and 500 free, Mason Rassega 50 and 100 free, Aidan Cervello 500 freestyle. The boys 200 free relay of Mason Rassega, Will Linker, Nicholas DiGiacomo, and David Giancola also qualified to swim at the district championships in Cleveland.
Team Scores Girls: North Canton Hoover 434.5, Massillon Jackson 325, Green 304, Boardman 246, Copley 182.5, Wooster 150, Uniontown Lake 123, Glenoak 117, McKinley 115, Massillon Perry 75, Canfield 72, Louisville 48, Austintown Fitch 42, Barberton 36, Massillon Washington 19
Team Scores Boys: Massillon Jackson 420, North Canton Hoover 381, Boardman 371, Green 330, Wooster 201, Copley 138, Austintown Fitch 77, Glenoak 62, McKinley 55, Uniontown Lake 55 Massillon Washington 53, Massillon Perry 48, Barberton 10
Spartan 2017 Canton Sectional Results: PB=Personal Best, FR=Freshman Record, MR=Meet Record, SR= Boardman School Record
200 Medley Relays: Girls: Alyssa Dinapoli Ali Kuras Sarah Varga Ella Hare 7th 1:59.14 Boys: Matt DunLany
Noah Basista Kyle Kimerer Callen Aulizia 1 st 1:37.01 MR
200 Freestyle: Girls: Kelsey Calpin 9 th 2:06.75 PB, Sidney Hull 14 th 2:08.67, Hayley Marcus 27 th 2:16.13 PB, Rina
Andreatta 44 th 2:34.44 Boys: Kyle Kimerer 2 nd 1:47.00, Aidan Cervello 10 th 1:52.94 PB, Steven Vasko 27 th 2:13.40
PB
200 Individual Medley: Girls: Mikel Flatley 6 th 2:18.08, Alexis Stutz 19 th 2:30.29, Mia Bruno 28 th 2:39.48 PB, Cassie
Robbins 36 th 3:03.25 Boys: Noah Basista 2 nd 1:57.35 PB FR, Nicholas DiGiacomo 5 th 2:07.25 PB, Andy Beichner 23 rd
2:30.40 PB
50 Freestyle: Girls: Jennah Markovitch 8 th 25.32, Alison Kuras 17 th 26.22 PB, Ella Hare 21 st 26.64 PB, Sarah Varga
21 st 26.64 PB Boys: Callen Aulizia 1 st 21.04 PB MR, David Giancola 6 th 22.36 PB, Mason Rassega 8 th 22.73 PB, Jacob
Thomas 45 th 35.80
1 Meter Diving (11Dives): Girls: Madison Rast 1 st 307.60 pts., Megan Janak 2 nd 298.20 pts., Gizzy Kelso 5 th 288 pts.,
Madison Ricciuti 9 th 272.65 Boys: Dominic Mariano 2 nd 419.35 pts.
100 Butterfly: Girls: Mikel Flatley 4 th 1:01.73 PB, Kelsey Calpin 9 th 1:04.78 PB, Lindsay O’Nesti 20 th 1:08.61PB, Julia
Castellano 25 th 1:13.64 PB, Boys: Kyle Kimerer 1 st 51.79, Matthew DunLany 2 nd 53.68 PB FR, Steven Stanko 13 th
1:02.03 PB, Brendan Rutledge 21 st 1:09.53 PB
100 Freestyle: Girls: Jennah Markovitch 4 th 55.75, Sarah Varga 17 th 58.49 PB, Ella Hare 59.30, Alyssa Dinapoli 22 nd
59.76 PB Boys: Callen Aulizia 2 nd 45.99 PB, David Giancola 9 th 50.32, Mason Rassega 12 th 50.89 PB, Steven Vasko
34 th 1:03.05 PB
500 Freestyle: Girls: Sarah Murray 6 th 5:36.08 PB, Sidney Hull 9 th 5:42.19 PB, Lindsay O’Nesti 18 th 5:59.31 PB, Mia
Bruno 30 th 6:17.54 PB Boys: Matthew DunLany 2 nd 5:02.07 PB FR, Will Linker 7 th 5:07.27 PB, Aidan Cervello 12 th
5:14.91 PB, Dillon Cailor 17 th 5:28.28 PB
200 Freestyle Relays Girls: Mikel Flatley, Sarah Murray, Alison Kuras, Jennah Markovitch 2 nd 1:42.87
Boys: Mason Rassega, Will Linker, Nicholas DiGiacomo, David Giancola 3 rd 1:31.04
100 Backstroke: Girls: Sarah Murray 19 th 1:06.27, Alyssa Dinapoli 23 rd 1:08.82 PB, Hailey Marcus 32 nd 1:11.45 PB
Carly Amendola 36 th 1:15.72 PB Boys: Steven Stanko 18 th 1:0534 PB, Brendan Rutledge 24 th 1:12.07 PB
100 Breaststroke: Girls: Alison Kuras 16 th 1:15.20 PB, Abby Yocum 23 rd 1:18.20 PB, Alexis Stutz 31 st 1:21.36 PB,
MacKenzie Widrig 1:22.75 PB Boys: Noah Basista 1 st 59.54, Nicholas DiGiacomo 9 th 1:03.88 PB, Andy Beichner 24 th
1:14.27 PB, Dillon Cailor 25 th 1:14.39
400 Free Relays: Girls: Mikel Flatley, Sarah Varga, Kelsey Calpin, Jennah Markovitch, 4 th 3:49.41
Boys: Kyle Kimerer, Matthew DunLany, Noah Basista, Callen Aulizia 1 st 3:13.49 MR