Coach Sullivan gives last minute advice Saturday afternoon proved to be a very exciting day for the GC boys swim team. Missing one of their top swimmers, the team knew it would be a struggle to place in the top three. Each athlete stepped up to the challenge and did their best. The excitement started Thursday evening when Mike Abatemarco finished in the top eight in the diving competition. Mike has done a great job diving for the team this season. Throughout the season Mike's dives grew stronger and his scores got higher. Each member of the team, swimming in the division championship swam their best times. The 200 freestyle was one of the closest races in the meet. Captain Sean Lane touched out a Great Neck South swimmer to place 1st in the event. Adding to the points, in the 200 hundred freestyle was Tim Logan in 4th place with a best time by two sec-onds, Garrett Imbrenda finishing in 11th, and Brendan Logan in 15th place dropping his time by seven seconds. James Crafa swam his best time by three seconds coming in 2nd in the 200 IM followed closely by Zack Dorkings placing 3rd dropping six seconds in his time. Also adding to the points for the 200IM was Dan Finnegan in 16th place and Dennis Crilly in 19th place. The 50 free was won by Captain Chris Finnegan in a time of 22.39. Chris set a new record for GC in this event. Also scoring for GC in the 50 free 14th place Andrew Ajemian, 15th Emmett Johnson and in 18th Steven Joskowski. Sean Lane placed 1st in the 100 butterfly, coming in 3rd with a best time by two seconds was Tim McTiernan. Also scoring for GC was Brendan Logan in 13th place, and Nick Teri in 21st place. Zack Dorkings led the team coming in 3rd place in the 100 free, followed by Emmett Johnson in 10th place, who dropped over three seconds for a new best time, 15th place Andrew Ajemian and 16th place Chris Ajemian. Chris Finnegan finished 1st in the 500 free, followed closely behind by teammates Tim Logan in 5th place, a new best time by 5 seconds, Tim McTiernan in 6th place, a new best time by 12 seconds and Matt Finnegan finishing 13th taking 12 seconds off his best time this season. The 100 backstroke saw James Crafa finishing in 3rd place, Steven Joskowski in 5th place with a new best time by 2 seconds, Chris Ajeminian in 13th place dropping his time by 5 seconds, and in 18th place Dan Finnegan dropping his time by 3 seconds. The final individual event of the day was the 100 breaststroke. Finishing in 9th place was Tom Fiala with a best time by three seconds, Garrett Imbrenda in 13th place dropping his time by almost 2 seconds, and Dennis Crilly in 18th place with a new best time by 4 seconds. Not only did the boys swim great in their individual events their relays were also outstanding. The 200 Medley relay (Zack Dorkings, James Crafa, Tim McTiernan, Andrew Ajemian) finished in 4th place. The 200 Free relay (Chris Finnegan, Sean Lane, Zack Dorkings, Tim Logan) finished in 1st place. The final relay of the day the 400 Free Relay (Chris Finnegan, Sean Lane, Tim Logan and James Crafa) finished in 1st place. Never before in the history of Garden City swimming have we seen so many best times swam in one meet. The boys have set themselves up with great seed times for the upcoming county championships. Good luck to all in County Champs.

Tim Logan prepares for 200 Free

Chris Finnegan Swim record breaking 50 Free