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Maya Pereira stars for Wayland swimming at North sectional meet
Wayland sophomore Maya Pereira touched the wall first each time she hit the pool for the Warriors at Friday’s North Sectional championships.
WELLESLEY – Dover-Sherborn gained the ladies South Sectional swimming & diving championship for the primary time in its historical past as an unbiased program Friday.
The Raiders scored 235 factors, holding off Seekonk (194) on the Boston Sports Institute on Friday. They had been the runners up behind Franklin final yr and Duxbury in 2022.
“It was just so special. Last year we didn’t really think we were going to come in second. We didn’t have our minds set on anything,” D-S senior Nora Olson mentioned. “This year we had this anticipation of ‘now we’re in it.'”
D-S beforehand claimed the trophy as a member of a co-op with Medfield in 2004. That was the height of a run that featured 5 runner-up finishes between 2000 and 2005. That co-op ended within the 2010-2011 season. Raiders coach Carly Eckles is a Class of 2010 alumn from D-S.
“To be able to be part of the comeback of Dover-Sherborn swimming in a different capacity has been really fun,” mentioned Eckles, who took over in 2020. “There’s a couple of kids whose older siblings have been on the team. These families have been on the team ever since. I’ve been coaching. That’s been really fun to have that consistency in the community. “They had been an enormous a part of the tradition of hte workforce that we have constructed and an enormous a part of why we have been so profitable.”
Friday’s victory set a brand new customary. Sophomore Raina Wu led the way in which with a person win the 100-yard freestyle. She cruised away from the sphere in 53.31 seconds, greater than a second away from second place. She additionally positioned fourth within the 100 backstroke (1:00.72).
The Raiders moved into first for good with a dominant showing in the 200 freestyle relay. Clara Lombard, Dakota Callshan, Wu and Norah Olson took first in 1:42.7, more than a second before No. 2 Sharon.
“We knew we had the potential to win,” Wu said. “We knew it might be each single little race, all of the little particulars.”
Like clockwork
Ashland’s Molly Connors captured the 100 breaststroke title for the second consecutive year. The senior won in 1:07.03, dropping more than three seconds from her seed time.
“It’s rewarding as a result of I’ve put a lot work on this season, and it is paying off,” Connors said. “I used to be actually sick final week, so getting back from that with a bang is so superb.”
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