Swimming

The Peddie varsity swimming team opened the season competing in the Hill Relays at The Hill School. Both the boys and the girls placed first. The girls won the event for the fifth consecutive season. The girls scored 102 points as a team out of five teams. The boys scored 108 points out of six teams.

Combined the teams won 12 of the 16 events held for the day.

First-place finishes:

Girls 400-yard medley relay: Anna Oushalkas, Isabella Chen, Annabelle Song, Lola Early (4:09.42)

Girls 400-yard freestyle relay (4×100 IM): Eva Edenbaum, Alice Churilova, Mary Bao, Sam Kent (4:18.22)

Girls 5×100-yard freestyle relay: Isabella Chen, Lola Early, Shea McGlynn, Zoe Tashjian, Hannah Bateman (4:46.19)

Girls 800-yard freestyle relay: Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Mic Gomez, Shea McGlynn (8:17.95)

Girls 200-yard backstroke relay: Bella Oushalkas, Claire Pang, Madeleine Marais, Patricia Koo (1:58.10)

Girls 200-yard breaststroke relay: Isabella Chen, Alice Churilova, Kylie Wriede, Mary Bao (2:13.70)

Boys 400-yard medley relay: Luke Luo, Benjamin Weihe, James Yan, Brady Li (3:34.05)

Boys 400-yard freestyle relay (4×100 IM): Jia Zhang, Oliver Kim, Aryan Cherukuri, Kevin Hu (3:54.65)

Boys 200-yard butterfly relay: Alex Giangone, Griffin Hayden, Victor Tse, James Yan (1:40.00)

Boys 200-yard backstroke relay: Luke Luo, Jia Zhang, Oliver Kim, Leo Xie (1:42.33)

Boys 200-yard breaststroke relay: Benjamin Weihe, Brady Li, Darron Wei, Kevin Hu (1:54.07)

Boys 200-yard freestyle relay: Jerry Wang, Joey Liang, Yixing Shi, Tyler Fu (1:30.19)

The Falcons next host the Peddie JV Swimming Invitational on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 4:30 p.m. at Peddie Aquatic Center. The varsity team will compete in the EEX Holiday Classic from Friday, Dec. 19 – Sunday, Dec. 21 at Rutgers University.