Latin Academy continues dominance in the water

MATTAPAN — With a run of dominance stretching three decades, Boston Latin Academy was the overwhelming favorite at the Boston City League Co-ed Swimming Championships on Friday.

And Latin Academy remained the status quo, as in the pool, it’s always the year of the Dragons.

Latin Academy reigned supreme by capturing its 13th consecutive BCL title and 29th crown out of the last 30 years by compiling 141 points to top O’Bryant (70) and East Boston (61) once again.

“You can’t win it just on paper, you got to go in there (and do it),” said Latin Academy coach Richard Mojica. “Everybody stepped up, which was great.”

With star swimmer Naomi Bethune out with the flu, junior Vincent Tran served as the key catalyst for Latin Academy.

Tran set the tone by swimming the first leg of the winning 200-yard medley and 200 freestyle relays while also claiming two individual titles in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke with times of 2:01.02 and 1:02.09, respectively. In both events, Tran’s teammates followed his lead as the Dragons took the top three spots in each race.

For his stellar effort, Tran along with East Boston’s Ramy Laribi, who took first in the 50 and 100 freestyle, and O’Bryant’s Paul Ho, who won the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke, shared the meet’s Most Outstanding Swimmer honors.

“It’s a great honor because I don’t want to be the year that we lose,” Tran said.

The Dragons also won all three relays to aid in their decisive victory, while Simon Chernow earned a resounding win in the 100 butterfly (57.21 seconds) and Diego Alzamora took first in the 500 freestyle (5:40.97).

“Everybody swimming for everybody,” said Mojica of the key to victory. “Swimming is a tough sport because it’s individual, but it takes a team to really keep everyone together.”

East Boston’s Jace Wai was named the Most Outstanding Girl Swimmer of the meet.

 

TEAMS: 1. Latin Academy 141, 2. O’Bryant 70, 3. East Boston 61

INDIVIDUAL
200-yard Medley Relay: 1. Latin Academy, 1:58.13; 2. O’Bryant,
2:15.37; 3. East Boston, 2:26.88

200 Freestyle: 1. Vincent Tran, Latin Academy, 2:01.02; 2. Jeylin
Hamilton, Latin Academy, 2:08.72; 3. Theodore Miselis, Latin Academy,
2:14.03.

200 Individual Medley: 1. Paul Ho, O’Bryant, 2:09.64; 2. Diego
Alzamora, Latin Academy, 2:22.21; 3. Jason Casey, Latin Academy,
2:26.19.

50 Freestyle: 1. Ramy Laribi, East Boston, 22.72; 2. Chrismin Charlot,
O’Bryant, 23.72; 3. Amiri Sulker, Latin Academy, 25.19.

100 Butterfly: 1. Simon Chernow, Latin Academy, 57.21; 2. Diana
Sosa-Martinez, Latin Academy, 1:10.34; 3. Jason Baez, O’Bryant,
1:14.64.

100 Freestyle: 1. Ramy Laribi, East Boston, 51.40; 2. Chrismin
Charlot, O’Bryant, 56.40; 3. Jason Casey, Latin Academy, 56.94.

500 Freestyle: 1. Diego Alzamora, Latin Academy, 5:40.97; 2. Theodore
Miselis, Latin Academy, 6:17.41; 3. Mike Forbes, East Boston, 6:40.58.

200 Freestyle relay: 1. Latin Academy, 1:45.96; 2. O’Bryant, 1:51.19;
3. East Boston, 2:24.96.

100 Backstroke: 1. Vincent Tran, Latin Academy, 1:02.09: 2. Katie
McNair, Latin Academy, 1:10.00; 3. Adriana Cepeda, Latin Academy,
1:16.65.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Paul Ho, O’Bryant, 1:04.84; 2. Simon Chernow,
Latin Academy, 1:08.34; 3. Amiri Sulker, Latin Academy, 1:10.95.

400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Latin Academy, 4:01.83; 2. East Boston,
4:35.69; 3. O’Bryant, 4:59.02.

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