BHS Swim Teams Place 2nd and 3rd at Regionals

Finishing behind Severna Park by just three-tenths of a second in the final relay event of the meet, the Broadneck High School boys swam to a second place finish at the North Region Swim Championships this past weekend.

The Falcons finished the meet with 344 points to Broadneck’s 327. Each of the three relays that both girls and boys teams swim is worth 40 points for the winner. The Falcons won all three of the girls’ relays and two of those in the boys’ competition to seal the win.

It was a hard-fought battle to take the top spot from among the 12 high schools competing. It does mean, however, that the Broadneck boys will be considered one of the top teams this Saturday when they compete at the Maryland High School Swim Championships at University of Maryland, College Park.

Broadneck girls will also be considered one of the tougher teams at the state championships. They finished third at the regional meet behind Severna Park and C. Milton Wright high schools.

Taking top honors on the Bruin boys’ side was senior James Robichaud who won both the 200-yard free in 1:49.08, and the 500-yard free in 4:53.56. Close behind on both races was freshman Vadim Jacobsen who placed fourth in the 200-yard free in 1:54.05 and second in the 500-yard free in 5:02.01. Junior Cody Edwards placed third in both the 100-yard free (51.60) and the 100-yard back (56.51).

With a nod to the future strength of the Broadneck boys, freshman Noah Yanchulis swam to a fourth place in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.42. He also placed sixth in the 100-yard free in 53.75. Freshman David Thornton took fourth-place honors in both the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.53 and in the 100-yard breast in 1:08.35. His brother Brian, a senior, finished fifth in both the 100-yard breast in 1:11.53 and on the 50-yard free in 24.38. Continuing the youth movement, freshman Max Madden followed with a 6th place in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:15.29.

The Broadneck girls’ team has an equally talented freshman contingent. Freshman Rachel Armstrong touched the wall second in both the 200-yard individual medley (2:11.93) and in the 100-yard breast (1:11.26). Freshman Savanah McGrath swam to second in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.09 and third in the 50-yard free in 26.28; while freshman Alden Bauman took third in the 200-yard free (2:05.15) and fifth in the 400-yard free in 5:38.69. Also scoring points for the Bruins were seniors Jackie Shrader who placed fourth in both the 200-yard free (and 500-yard free (5:26.37) and Nikki Brandemarte who finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:04.56 and eighth in the 100-yard free in 1:00.69.

Final team scores:

Boys: 1. Severna Park, 344; 2. Broadneck, 327; 3. South River, 266; 4. Annapolis, 238; 5. C. Milton Wright, 217; 6. Old Mill, 209; 7. Cheaspeake, 164; 8. Meade, 98; 9. Arundel, 87; 10. Aberdeen, 66; 11. North County, 59 and 12. Glen Burnie, 35.

Girls: 1. Severna Park, 375; 2. C. Milton Wright, 321; 3. Broadneck, 302; 4. Annapolis, 264; 5. South River, 237; 6. Arundel, 135; 7. Glen Burnie, 108; 8. North County, 94; 9. Old Mill, 93; 10. Meade, 74; 11. Chesapeake, 44; and 12. Aberdeen, 33.