Boston Herald boys swimming All-Scholastics and league All-Stars

Dan Backlund (Duxbury)

Grant Beebe (Nantucket)

Theo Bodet (Weston)

Tyler Bosma (St. John’s Prep)

Henry Brien (Pentucket/Triton)

Brian Coleman (Marblehead)

Samuel Granger (Westford Academy)

Nicola Hensch (Newton South)

Daniel McLaughlin (Haverhill)

Charlie Reichle (Concord-Carlisle)

Nicholas Toepfer (Cardinal Spellman) – all set

Jiming Xu (Wayland) – all set

Kai Zola (St. John’s Prep) – all set

200 medley relay: Lucas Pralle, Jiming Xu, Jason Shu, Armen Abrahamian (Wayland) – all set

200 freestyle relay: Kai Zola, Luke Magnuson, Logan Greenwalt, Andrew Coady (St. John’s Prep) – all set

400 freestyle relay: Tyler Williamson, Elliot Morse, Theo Morse and Dan Backlund (Duxbury) – all set

 

DAN BACKLUND

DUXBURY

The EMISCA state champion in the 100-free and 400-free relay, Backlund helped his school set records in the 200- and 400-free relays while being named Patriot League MVP. The four-time league All-Star owns school records in the 200-medley relay, 200-free relay and 400-free relay. The National Honor Society member will go to Penn State where he hopes to be a member of their swim team.

GRANT BEEBE

NANTUCKET

The Cape & Islands League MVP and All-Star placed second in the 100-butterfly and fourth in the 50-freestyle. The senior is the Cape & Islands record holder in the 100-butterfly. Beebe trains at Nantucket Swimming. An honor roll student, Beebe will attend UMass in the fall.

THEO BODET

WESTON

The Dual County League champion set a meet record in the 200-IM. The junior also is part of the Gator Swim Club and is working on his college plans while also participating in scuba diving, free diving and coding. He will be a swimmer to watch next year.

TYLER BOSMA

ST. JOHN’S PREP

The sophomore took home the EMISCA state title in the 500-freestyle, while placing fourth in the 200-freestyle. He also took home first place in the 500-freestyle in the Catholic Conference meet and placed second in the 200-freestyle in the same meet. Ranked among the top-five in his age group in New England, Bosma was undefeated in the 500-freestyle. He is a member of the National Honor Society.

HENRY BRIEN

PENTUCKET/TRITON

The co-Swimmer of the Year in the Cape Ann League, Brien placed first in the league with a 58.87 in the 100-butterfly. His 100-freestyle time of 54.60 was first in the CAL meet and his 50-freestyle (23.90) also earned him top honors. The sophomore is planning to have a future in physical therapy/sports medicine.

BRIAN COLEMAN

MARBLEHEAD

The Northeastern Conference MVP, Coleman had the fastest 100-butterfly (49.04) and 50-freestyle (21.62) in the state. The three-time Northeastern Conference All Star has the school records in the 50-freestyle. 100-freestyle, 100-backstroke, 400-freestyle relay, 200-IM relay and the 200-freestyle relay. A high honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society, Brian will swim for Williams College while studying economics.

SAMUEL GRANGER

WESTFORD ACADEMY

The EMISCA state runner-up in the 200-freestyle, Granger was the Dual County League champion in that event, winning in a time of 1:44.91 this season. The senior’s career-best in the 100-freestyle was 48.10. The National Honor Society member is undecided about his future plans, but plans to study biochemistry.

NICOLA HENSCH

NEWTON SOUTH

The Dual County League champion in the 100-backstroke, the junior also placed second in the 200-freestyle and was part of a 200-medley relay team that broke a school record. The EMISCA state champion in the 100-backstroke, Hensch holds three school records and is a three-time Dual County League All-Star.

DANIEL MCLAUGHLIN

HAVERHILL

The EMISCA state champion in the 200-freestyle, McLaughlin set school and Merrimack Valley Conference records in the 100- and 200-freestyle races. The junior also took a top-3 finish in the 100-backstroke in states his sophomore year. An honor roll student, McLaughlin plans to attend a four-year college while also swimming

CHARLIE REICHLE

CONCORD-CARLISLE

The three-time Div. 1 state diving champion had an undefeated season while winning the Dual County League diving title for the third straight season. A member of the Herald All-Decade team, Reichle helped his team to the 2020 North sectional championship. The National Honor Society member will continue his athletic career at Georgetown University.

NICHOLAS TOEPFER

CARDINAL SPELLMAN

The three-time All-American and Catholic Central League All-Star set a league record in the 100-freestyle and 100-backstroke to take home first place in both events. The senior is a high honor roll student who has a scholarship to swim at LSU in the fall.

JIMING XU

WAYLAND

The four-time Dual County League champion and three-time state/sectional champion is third in all-time points for Wayland. The Dual County League All-Star swam the 100 breaststroke and set a Dual County League record with All-American consideration this season. The high honor roll student is undecided about his future plans.

KAI ZOLA

ST. JOHN’S PREP

The Catholic Conference MVP set a school record in the 50- and 200-freestyle events. The senior had a 21.27 in the 50 freestyle in his career. He will be attending the College of New Jersey in the fall.

WAYLAND

200-MEDLEY RELAY

Juniors Lucas Pralle and Jason Shu along with seniors Jiming Xu and Armen Abrahamian won the Dual County League 200 medley relay with a 1:35.42. Xu and Abrahamian are both undecided about their futures. Pralle and Shu are high honor roll students.

ST. JOHN’S PREP

200-FREESTYLE RELAY

Seniors Kai Zola, Luke Magnuson, Logan Greenwalt and Andrew Coady led the way to a 200-freestyle relay school record. Zola was the Catholic Conference MVP and will be going to the College of New Jersey. Magnuson is a National Honor Society member and is undecided about his college plans. Coady swam the third leg in the record-setting relay, while Greenwalt plays water polo.

DUXBURY

400-FREESTYLE RELAY

Seniors Tyler Williamson and Dan Backlund swam in tandem with sophomore Elliot Morse and freshman Theo Morse to set a school record in the 400-freestyle relay. Williamson is a two-time Patriot League All Star and Backlund won that honor four times as well as Patriot League MVP. Morse is a two-time Patriot League All Star and has a Summa Award. Morse was also a league champ in the 100-butterfly.

 

LEAGUE ALL-STARS

 

CAPE ANN LEAGUE

ALL-LEAGUE: Owen Brosch, Josh Burrell, Henry Brien, Austin Hyer (Triton); Ethan Ryan (North Reading / Wilmington); Ryan Luo, Micah Katz (Hamilton-Wenham); Robert Brown, Nick Jacobs, Ben Syles, Adam Ho, Evan Chan (Lynnfield)

BOYS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Ethan Ryan and Henry Brien

BOYS DIVER OF THE YEAR: Micah Katz

CAPE AND ISLANDS

(CO-ED): Ava Bullock, Sherri Danforth, Eva Cotreau (Barnstable); Jermaine Pina, Rachel Medeiros (Bishop Connolly); Ruairi Mullin, Christian Flanders, Nathan Cuthbert, Gabby Carr, Olympia Hall (Martha’s Vineyard); Grant Beebe, Kevin Johnson, Jake Johnson, Justin Roethke, Jahime Peters, Emma Davis, Sophie Gerardi, Emily Dussault, Macy Crowell, Hannah Gerardi, Sarah Hanlon, Sam Wisentaner, Eliza Brown (Nantucket); Delaney Smith, Nina Mako, Brynn Morris, Kaitlin Bohannon, John Szucs, Will Crowell (Nauset); Sophie Bailey, Kaitlyn Bresnahan, Alex Stanphal, Thomas Williamson (St. John Paul II); Jack Burgess, Dawson Milligan, Jacob Sullivan, Emma Jakubicka, Trinity Poon (Sandwich).

MVP: Emma Davis, Grant Beebe

DUAL COUNTY LEAGUE

Eddie Wang (Acton-Boxboro); Andy McKiernan, George Rackey (Bedford); Zach Barneson, Charlie Mazzei (Cambridge); Charlie Reichle, Cyrus Tavakol, Henry Lease (Concord-Carlisle); Nicola Hensch, Zach Greenberg (Newton South); Zach Halsey, Nolan Schlessman (Lincoln-Sudbury); Armen Abrahamian, Billy Burke, Max Nelson, Calvin Neprud, Lucas Pralle, Jason Shu, Jiming Xu (Wayland); Samuel Granger, Ryan Pillion, Quinn Schwab, Jeremiah Small Jr., Nate Bott (Westford Academy); Theo Bodet, Nyle Linnard, Evan Hoaglund, Paul Shen (Weston)

HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE

Bleddyn Titmuss, Brendan Lapuma, Luke Cashin (Franklin); Martin Dafov, Tim Luc, Brady Callahan (Taunton); Cameron Stringfellow, Derek Whyte (King Philip); Rico Palanza, Owen Lasbury-Casey (Mansfield); Ryan Connors, Ben Connors (Attleboro); Josh Kravets, Josh Aderson (Milford); David Bai, Nicholas Wang, Michael Wang, Jack Maron, Theo Tran (Sharon); Ben Turner, Brian Wang, Evan Foltz, Ryan Moore (Oliver Ames); Bennett Franciosi, Abraham Souaiden (Foxboro); Javier Frestler, Austin Lee (Canton)

MVP: Timmy Luc, Jack Maron

MERRIMACK VALLEY CONFERENCE

Henry Campbell, Eric Xu (Andover); Victor Saldanha, Andrew Kelley (Central Catholic); Connor Quirbach, Nathaniel Murray (Chelmsford); Daniel McLaughlin, Casey Connors (Haverhill); Jonathan Santos, Xavier Freitas (Lowell)

PATRIOT LEAGUE

Dan Backlund, Matthew Christofaro, Win Davenport, Theo Morse, Elliot Morse, Calvin Shepler, Thomas White, Tyler Williamson (Duxbury); Jake Bednarski, Nolan Doherty (Hingham); Niko Duarte (Plymouth North/South); Brian Hixson (Scituate)

MVP: Dan Backlund, Brian Hixson

TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE

Danny Tran (Norton); Joseph Jerome, Christopher McGary (Dedham); Anthony Taslakov, Will Quinn, Nate Randa, Tim Ketryk-Simon, John Hoffmann (Dover-Sherborn); Victor Greene, Jake Wilkinson, Michael Flynn (Norwood); Declan MacDonald, Jason Guo (Westwood); Quinn Borchers, Jayden Clayton, Tristan Marble, Lee Ferris (Medfield)

BOYS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Anthony Taslakov, Quinn Borchers

BOYS DIVER OF THE YEAR: Lee Ferris

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