Burroughs Swim Groups Sink Visiting Burbank

By Rick Assad

It was a clear sweep in any respect ranges for the Burroughs High swim groups because the girls and boys varsity and girls and boys junior varsity emerged victorious versus metropolis rival Burbank at a latest Pacific League swimming meet on the Bears’ pool.

The Bears’ varsity boys got here away with a 126-44 thumping of the Bulldogs whereas the women took out the Bulldogs 102-60.

At the junior varsity stage, the boys collected a 108-45 victory over Burbank and the women picked up a 115-38 determination.

In the 100 meter freestyle, Burroughs’ Matthew Rodriguez was first and was adopted by teammate Lincoln Morrow for second place. Lucas Spratt took third for the Bears.

In the 200 freestyle, Burbank’s Michael Bakrgyan positioned first whereas Burroughs’ August Burkhardt was second. Teammate Owen Morris completed third.

In the 50 freestyle, the Bears’ Roy Yuzna garnered first place and Burbank’s Arman Yegshatov was second. Daniel Menchaca positioned third for the Bears.

In the five hundred freestyle, it was one other sweep for Burroughs as Esai Chatalyan grabbed first place, Landon Quiambao took second and Morris was third.

In the 100 butterfly, the Bears took the highest three spots as Jack St. Pierre was first, Clyde Jordan took second place and Liam Wamester was third.

In the 100 backstroke, Burbank’s Lawrence Canestrelli positioned first, whereas the Bears’ Rodriguez was second and teammate Caleb Faris garnered third.

In the 100 breaststroke, Burroughs reigned supreme as Yuzna was first, Logan Vescio was second and Eric Rodriguez took third place.

In the 200 medley relay, Burroughs, with Yuzna, Vescio, Wamester and St. Pierre, comprising the group, was first.

The Burbank foursome of Canestrelli, Matthew Van Peteghan, Jack Babelyan and Arman Yegshatov took second.

Burroughs positioned third and the group included Evan Keller, Quiambao, Morrow and Spratt.

In the 200-freestyle medley, Burroughs (Wamester, Spratt, Morrow, St. Pierre) have been victorious.

The Burroughs group of Menchaca, Vescio, Matthew Rodriguez and Quiambao grabbed second place. Burbank’s squad of Canestrelli, Van Peteghem, Babelyan and Yegshatov was third.

In the 400-freestyle relay (Yuzna, Wamester, Morrow and St. Pierre) have been first, (Matthew Rodriguez, Jordan, Menchaca and Spratt) positioned second and (Chatalyan, Morris, Vescio and Keller) completed third.

Nate Benton runs the Burbank swimming program and even along with his groups falling brief in opposition to its largest foe, he’s happy with what the women varsity achieved.

“We are very proud of our girls varsity for earning their first winning season they’ve had in some time,” he mentioned. “We are looking forward to finding a way to fill the holes left by the seniors who will graduate on that team at the end of this year.”

Benton added: “We have at least one varsity swimmer that will return next year, and we expect her to do big things with the team,” he famous.

Benton additionally had good phrases concerning the boys varsity squad.

“Our boys varsity swam quite well but unfortunately it simply wasn’t in the cards for us against Burroughs this year,” he defined. “With 17 graduating seniors, we are happy that we have such a large and robust junior varsity team that are extremely talented.”

Benton additionally talked about Burbank hopefully getting its pool prepared to be used.

“We are excited beyond measure to remove the biggest obstacle that our team has had in their progress: a home pool,” he acknowledged. “With our pool opening as soon as next month, we hope our team will continue to grow in size and talent the way it has the last couple of years.”

In varsity women motion, within the 100 freestyle, the Bears’ Lauren Chaparro took first and Burbank’s Sophia Aldana nabbed second. Anna Henri of Burroughs completed third.

In the 100 butterfly, Burbank’s Marianna Maltseva positioned first, Burroughs’ Sonia Donnell snared second place and Burbank’s Melanie Hayrapetian was third.

In the 200 freestyle, the Bears’ Leah Hess positioned first whereas teammate Jazzy Woods grabbed second. Burbank’s Anna Avetisyan completed third.

In the 50 freestyle, the Bears’ Bella Matossian nabbed first place and Maltseva took second. Hess grabbed third place.

In the 200 particular person medley, it was 1-2-3 for the Bears as Julienne Beil was first, Henri positioned second and Donnell took third.

In the five hundred freestyle, Burbank’s Iliana Brio was first and Burroughs’ Madison Stakely was second whereas Hayrapetian positioned third.

In the 100 backstroke, Beil was first, Aldana was second and her teammate, Areni Aghajani completed in third place.

In the 100 breaststroke, Brio was first, the Bears’ Tyler Timman was second and Bonnie Kretzmann took third place for Burroughs.

In the 200 medley relay, the Bears group of Beil, Timman, Chaparro and Matossian was first.

Burbank’s foursome of Aghajani, Brio, Maltseva and Aldana was second and the group of Trinity Hager, Kretzmann, Gwen Hager and Gio Martinez nabbed third place.

In the 200-freestyle medley, the Bears’ group of Chaparro, Henri, Derika Berenguer and Matossian positioned first. Second place went to Burbank’s Aldana, Ahgajani, Brio and Maltseva.

The Bears took third place and included Donnell, Hess. Gwen Hager and Abby Wasilauski.

In the 400-freestyle relay, Chaparro, Henri, Matossian and Beil have been first. The second-place group consisted of Berenguer, Gwen Hager, Wasilauski and Hess. Woods, Trinity Hager, Aniana Advincula and Martinez grabbed third.