Wreckers toss Wilton overboard for the seventh straight time

The Staples boys swimming team raised its record to 3-5 with a 99-86 home victory over Wilton on Wednesday. Despite having seven straight wins over Wilton, Staples did not expect the meet to be an easy win. Knowing this, the Wreckers came in determined and with goals set.

"Today, the whole day, and especially before the meet started we were all in high spirits and ready for the meet. We knew what had to be done in order to win, so we took the meet very seriously starting with warm up," senior captain Trevor Lally said.

Lally's teammates were also fueled by their hunger to rebound from Monday's home loss to Weston.

"We were hoping to win, but by a much tighter margin, so the win was a pleasant surprise. We were disappointed after Monday's loss, so we really wanted to fight back and win this one," senior captain Cameron Bruce stated.

A highpoint of the meet for Staples was its relays. According to Wreckers Coach Jeffrey Schare, Staples was able to "seal the deal" by winning the 200meter freestyle relay and taking second place in it to turn a 63-62 deficit into a 74-65 lead. irst and second place in the 200 freestyle relay. Staples' A team of sophomore Kyle Bacon, junior Scott Feder, senior Mathew Mirkine and freshman Nathaniel Boley won and the B team of freshmen Mathew Wetmore and Marucs Russi, sophomore Kyle Mikesh and senior Larry Abel placed second.

Junior Corey Bacon said, "The most outstanding performance of the day was the first and second place of the 200 freestyle relay, that really helped us gain a lot of points and it really amped up everyone on the team to really finish strong at the end of the day."

Boley won the 200-meter individual medley (2:18:66) and 400-meter freestyle (4:20:47). Among many other wins, Staples boys placed second, third and fourth in the 100 fly, giving Staples several more points. Boyer, Wisher, Corey Bacon, and Kyle Bacon also swam to place second in the 200-meter medley relay.

In general, Schare believes that Staples was able to come up on top because "In the end the only events that we did not out point them in was the 200 free and 100 free. They won more first places (8) than we did (4). We won this meet because we were a deeper team."