Sequoia Farms Stingrays Win Close Meet

Submitted by Gary Chapman

It was a tight meet throughout the individual events as the Sequoia Farms Stingrays met the Sugarland Run Dolphins at Saturday’s swim meet in Centreville.  

Both of these well established teams could sense that it would probably be a meet where the Independence Day weekend plans of many families would have a lot to do with the outcome. By the time the relay events had nearly ended, it was evident that Sequoia families had stayed closer to home and put a stronger team in the pool on that day. The Stingrays finished with a solid victory to improve their division record to 3-0.  

Next week Sequoia Farms will put its undefeated record on the line as they visit the division’s other undefeated team, Chinquapin. 

For the boys, individual first place winners were: 

Brian Chapman, Diego Cromwell, Blake Feichtl, Brice Harris, Samuel Kirkpatrick (double winner), Ryan Morris and Russ Steinhilber. 

The girls’ individual first place finishers were:  

Julia Barrett, Lucy Blazquez, Nadia Boggs, Kate Croxton (triple winner),  Lillianne Fish, Sydney Fish (double winner), Kelsey Hammer (triple winner), Bridget O’Malley and Ella Santilli. 

In the relay events Sequoia brought its third win home with first-place swims in:

Boys 8 - Under, Medley Relay: Daniel Zakula, Ryan Bechtol, Samuel Kirkpatrick and Pat Bartro.

Girls 8 - Under, Medley Relay: Lillianne Fish, Avery Gegg, Ella Santilli and Nadia Boggs.

Boys 9-10, Medley Relay: Andrew Watson, James Williams, Diego Cromwell and  Connor Croxton.

Girls 9-10, Medley Relay: Kristen Blee, Julia Barrett, Sydney Fish and Lucy Blazquez.

Girls 11-12, Medley Relay: Sydney Loper, Caroline Santilli, Kate Croxton and Molly Hammer.

Boys 13-14, Medley Relay: Ryan Morris, Russ Steinhilber, Brice Harris and Matthew Bentley.

Boys 15-18, Medley Relay: Blake Feichtl, Daniel Williams, Brian Chapman and Nick Nevarez.

Girls 5-18, Free Relay: Sydney Fish, Nicole Williams, Kelsey Hamer and Kate Croxton.