A fair portion of the top boys swimmers were on hand Wednesday night in Camillus as West Genesee put its 23-meet win streak on the line against Auburn, with both sides coming into the meet with undefeated marks.
Only the Wildcats stayed perfect, though, making it 24 in a row as, led again by Ben Seketa’s versatility, WG beat the Maroons by a score of 96-77.
To open the meet, the Wildcats prevailed in the 200 medley relay as Seketa, Matt O’Donnell, Pat Guy and Mike Clark posted a time of 1:46.96, a full 6.6 seconds ahead of Auburn (1:53.56).
Then Seketa went out in the 200 freestyle and, in a scintillating duel with Auburn’s Lucas Zelehowsky, came out on top, 1:47.27 to Zelehowsky’s 1:47.60. They were the two fastest Section III times of the season in that event.
Already with the quickest 500 freestyle time this winter (4:50.78), Seketa made it three titles when he again held off Zelehowsky, Seketa’s clocking of 4:53.46 enough as Zelehowsky took second, just 1.95 seconds behind.
Offering the support, WG’s Tyler Zapisek won the 200 individual medley, going 1-2 with Jake Mullet as Zapisek won in 2:12.21, less than a second ahead of Mullet (2:13.01). Zapisek also was second (58.81 seconds) to Auburn’s Reid Swartz (56.14 seconds) in the 100 butterfly. Mullet returned later to win the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.13.
As for Carson Elias, he won the 100 freestyle in 49.21 seconds, just after he was a close second (22.90 seconds) to Swartz (22.73 seconds) in the other sprint, the 50 freestyle. Josh Byrne dominated on the diving board, accumulating 219.85 points, while Brendan Marks worked hard for first place in the 100 backstroke in 59.39 seconds.
Auburn lost despite getting victories in both the 200 freestyle (1:45.40) and 400 freestyle (3:41.22) relays, as WG looks ahead to its next meet on Jan. 14 against Cicero-North Syracuse at the LeMoyne College pool, which is the Northstars’ “home” facility.
