ONONDAGA COUNTY – Already with a big win over Jamesville-DeWitt/CBA in the books, the Fayetteville-Manlius boys swim team continued its strong start against Syracuse City Tuesday night at Nottingham High School.
The Hornets’ 88-56 victory included a host of close races, including the first two on the card.
F-M’s 200-yard medley relay team, composed of Conor Kelly, Neil Adamski, Ezra Kligerman and Cooper Frazee held on in one minute 59.25 seconds less than a second ahead of Syracuse’s 1:59.78.
Right after, in the 200 freestyle it was also decided by less than a second, but the Hornets went 1-2, Alex Kim winning in 2:04.64 just ahead of Zach Winans 2:04.93.
From there, Siras Kligerman grabbed a pair of titles. Kligerman’s 56.94 seconds in the 100 freestyle topped Branden LeRoy (59.46) and Alex Eastman (59.56) before he claimed the 100 backstroke going 1:05.71, less than a second ahead of Winans’ 1:06.53.
Jack Prendergast needed 2:12.32 to hold off Syracuse’s Badr Aly (2:15.98) in the 200 individual medley, with Ben Prendergast stepping in to win the 100 butterfly in 1:00.92 just clear of Vlad Roman’s 1:02.36 as he added a second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:10.02.
Kelly would get his title in the 50 freestyle in a solid 25.28 seconds, with Arthur Ferreira (26.63) and Caleb Nelson (27.28) part of a Hornets sweep at the top. David Park went 5:55.59 to beat Nolan Campagna (6:00.71) in the 500 freestyle.
In the 200 freestyle relay Kim, Roman, Eastman and Derick Wang posted 1:43.24 ahead of the 1:48.92 from Adamski, Ferreira, Anthony Bottar and Luca Voelik. Wang returned for the 400 freestyle relay to close the meet, helping Kim, Park and Jack Prendergast finish in 3:45.35.
J-D/CBA swam that same night against Auburn and earned a 101-84 victory over the Maroons at J-D Middle School.
Again Lesha and Misha Kabunov won two individual races apiece, Lesha able to go 1:52.86 in the 200 freestyle and then get first place in the 100 freestyle in 51.52 seconds.
As for Misha Kabunov he beat Auburn’s Quin Didio 2:14.63 to 2:19.30 in the 200 IM before he swam the 500 freestyle in 5:08.27 and, with Lesha Kabunov, Ryan Bannon and Garrett O’Haver took the 400 freestyle relay in 3:43.96.
Jonas Sarmast took first in the 50 freestyle, his 24.52 seconds beating the Maroons’ Brayden Wilson (25.04), and he added a 100 backstroke victory in 1:03.06 while Daniel Luo held off Ryan Bannon 1:04.54 to 1:06.53 in the 100 butterfly and was second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:14.07.
The meet started with Luo, Sarmast, O’Haver and Misha Kabunov beating Auburn 1:52.07 to 1:56.81 in the 200 medley relay, with Bannon and Lesha Kabunov joining Luo and Sarmast to swim the 200 freestyle relay in 1:40.04 edging the Maroons’ 1:42.03.
J-D/CBA and Manlius Pebble Hill went to a four-team meet Thursday at Oswego also involving Pulaski.
Lesha Kabunov tore to a time of 2:06.14 in the 200 IM and then was victorious in the 100 freestyle in 50.13 seconds to the 54.82 of Oswego’s Shane Bond.
Misha Kabunov went 5:10.56, more than half a minute ahead of the field, for another 500 freestyle victory, while Jonas Sarmast took the 100 backstroke in 1:01.46 to the 1:04.50 from the Buccaneers’ Dylan Danesco.
Cameron Corona picked up 292.30 points in diving, winning that competition as Garrett Fuller was second with 254 points.Matt Cappella took second in the 100 butterfly in 1:03.74 behind the 57.65 of the Buccaneers’ Cooper Dawson.
MPH’s Sun-Jin Shah roared to first place in the 50 freestyle in 22.42 seconds, well clear of Bond (23.55) in a race where Sarmast was third in 25.18 and Dean Bratslavsky fourth in 26.69. Later in the meet, Shah dominated the 100 breaststroke, his 1:01.96 ahead of Misha Kabunov’s 1:07.49.
J-D/CBA added a 400 freestyle relay title in 3:46.67 after a close second (1:47.53) to the Bucs (1:47.12) in the 200 medley relay and a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.72 to Oswego’s 1:35.91.
