Every meet, the West Genesee boys swim team expects the best effort from the opposition – and every time, it’s ready to respond and keep on winning.
Now the Wildcats’ win streak sits at 26 consecutive meets in the wake of Wednesday night’s 101-83 victory over Liverpool, which was a battle for first place in the CNY Counties League.
The Warriors came into the meet with a 5-0 record and were at home, normally advantageous conditions. WG changed that in a hurry, though.
In a close opening race, Brendan Marks, Pat Guy, Richard Maroney and Ben Seketa got together in the 200 medley relay and prevailed in a time of 1:44.35, just 1.27 seconds ahead of Liverpool.
Minutes later, the Bucknell Universty-bound Seketa made an even bigger statement in the 200 individual medley. With a time of 1:58.05, Seketa broke the Warriors’ pool record and, for good measure, he also dominated the 100 freestyle, winning in a swift 48.12 seconds.
Marks would return in the 100 backstroke and win that event in a clocking of 58.41 seconds. Meanwhile, Carson Elias earned two victories, starting with the 200 freestyle (1:52.31), and in an exciting 100 butterfly Elias beat Liverpool’s Cory Spado, 54.31 seconds to 55.01.
Josh Byrne won again on the diving board, picking up 233.90 points to beat the Warriors’ Dan Roche (211.25 points) as WG’s Jamal Holmes (195.15 points) was third. Collin Zapisek took his turn in the 500 freestyle, prevailing in 5:14.25, while Jake Mullet needed 1:06.55 for first place in the 100 breaststroke.
As an exclamation point, WG brought home a victory in the 200 medley relay, where Seketa, Elias, Zapisek and Guy finished in a time of 1:34.53. The Wildcats return home next Thursday night to face Baldwinsville.
