Week of February 23rd Congratulations to Gustas Meiliulis for an outstanding swim season and placing 17th in the 50 Yard Freestyle Event at the IHSA State Finals over the weekend. The coaching staff and his fellow simmers are very proud of Gustas for his accomplishments and are all looking for to next swim season for even bigger and better swims from him. Great work Gustas!
Week of February 16th The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team finished 5th in the IHSA Sectional Meet on Saturday. Congratulations to Gustas Meilliulis (50 and 100 Freestyle Events), Michael Govostis, Nick Marrella (100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke Events) and Caleb Alonso for receiving medals in the 200 Medley and 400 Freestyle Relays. We are very proud of the team for their fast swims and “Personal Best Times” by : Alec Holton, Dax Hofbauer and Eric Roh. Our Divers; David Strahanoski and John Strahanoski, finished off their senior year with a tied score at the meet. A happy and proud congratulations goes to Gustas Meilliulis for his stepping up at the meet and swimming a qualifying time which advanced him to the IHSA State Swim Meet next weekend! Amazing job well done Gustas and good luck next week!
Week of February 2nd The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team placed third in the West Suburban Gold Conference Meet on Friday evening. We are very proud of the swimmers for stepping up and performing many personal best times as needed. Medalists and “All Conference” swimmers included: Gustas Meiliulis (including 2 gold medals in the 50 and 100 Freestyle Events), Alec Holton, Michael Govostis, Caleb Alonso, Dax Hofbauer and David Strahanoski (in Diving). Great Job Team! In two weeks, we will compete at Lions Township for the sectional meet and advancing to the State Finals.
Week of January 26th The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team lost to Downers Grove North on Tuesday evening, however, they came home with a win against Proviso on Friday. Top performances for the week included: Alec Holton, Eric Roh, Dax Hofbauer, Michael Govostis and Caleb Alonso for their top time performances. Congratulations to our divers for their first place finishes against Downers North. This goes to: Patrick Thomas on the JV level and David Strahanoski on the Varsity level. On Saturday, the team competed in an Invitational hosted by Lyons Township. Medalists included: Nicholas Marrella and Gustas Meiliulis. We are excited to participate and achieve some fast swims at the West Suburban Gold Conference meet on Friday evening at Downers Grove South.
Week of January 19th The Boy’s Swim and Dive team finished 9th over the weekend in an Invitational hosted by Lockport High School. Medalists for the meet were: Nick Marrella, Gustas Meiliulis and Diver, Carter Christenson. Some best times included: Caleb Alonso in the 200 Freestyle, Michael Govostis in the 200 I.M., Antonio Bosiljanov and Elias Varesis both in the 50 Freestyle. We have a busy week ahead starting on Tuesday evening hosting Downers Grove North, on Friday, we are making up a meet at Proviso West (due to cold last Friday) and on Saturday, we will be at an Invitational at Lions Township High School.
Week of January 12th The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team lost to University High School on Wednesday evening and to Leyden on Friday evening. Despite many illness’s going through the team, we are very proud of the boy’s for hanging in there and giving it there 100%. Top performance's for the week included: Alec Holton in the 500 Freestyle, Eric Roh in the 200 Freestyle, Dax Hofbauer in the 200 I.M., Caleb Alonso in the 100 Freestyle, Mike Govastis in the 100 Breaststroke and Carter Christiansen in Diving. Follow us this week as we travel to Proviso West on Friday evening and Lockport Township on Saturday morning for a 14 team Invitational!
Week of January 5th The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team celebrated their Seniors on Friday evening with a win against Addison Trail/Willowbrook on “Senior Night” wishing: Antonio Bosiljavon, Rojas Mortkevicius, David Strahanoski and John Strahanoski the best of luck after High School. Top Performances included: Gustas Meiliulis, Nick Marrella, Alec Holton in the 500 Yard freestyle, Mike Govostis and Caleb Alonso contributing in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay. On Saturday, the Team hosted an Invitational consisting of a “College Events” swim meet. It was a great experience for our swimmers to compete at a tougher level. Medalists was Gustas Meiliulis in the 50 Yard Freestyle. We are home against University High on Wednesday and will travel to Leyden on Friday.
Week of December 29th The Boy’s Swim and Dive team has been training exceptionally hard over break. We are very proud of the improvements shown at Lincoln Way Central on Tuesday as they placed 5th in an Invitational. First place medalists included Gustas Meiliulis in the 100 yard Freestyle and Nicholas Marrella in the 100 Yard Backstroke events. We had many personal bests swum with: Antonio Bosiljanov, Michael Govostis, Dax Hofbauer, Caleb Alonso, Elias Varesis and Alec Holton all dropping times throughout the meet. Our Divers: David Strahanoski, John Strahanoski and Patrick Thomas also demonstrated much improvement in an 11 dive meet. We will be competing at home on Friday Evening against Addison Trail/Willowbrook and will be hosting our own “College Events” Invitational on Saturday, beginning with diving at 8:00 in the morning and swimming starting at 1:00. Keep up the good work team!
Week of December 15th The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team finished 10th at a 16 team Invitational at Bloomington High School on Saturday afternoon. Top performances included: Gustas Meiliulis finishing first in the 50 yard Freestyle and second in the 100 yard Freestyle events. Nick Marrella finished 3rd in the 100 yard Butterfly and 4th in the 100 yard Backstroke events. We were excited to see Alec Holton drop seven seconds off of his 500 yard Freestyle best time! A job well done Team! Our next meet will be on Tuesday December 30 with an Invitational at Lincoln Way Central High School.
Week of December 8th The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team lost to Downers Grove South on Friday evening, however, they defeated Morton High School during a triangular meet. First place goes to Gustas Meiliulis in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events. We are excited to have a young team this year as our underclassmen are all stepping up and competing on the varsity level. Our next meet is next Saturday as we travel to Bloomington High School for an invitational.
Week of December 1st The Boy’s Swim and Dive Team started their season with a win over Lake Park High School on Friday evening. We are excited to be back in the pool for another fun filled season of hard work and competition. The team (led by Senior Captains: Antonio Bosiljanov, David Strahanoski and John Strahanoski), is happy to welcome five new athletes to our program this season which includes: Michael Govostis, Dax Hofbauer, Caleb Alonso, Erik Roh and Diver Carter Christensen. They are a great addition to the team and are appreciated greatly! Returning from last year are: Rokus Morktevicius, Bartu Ural, Gustas Meiliulis, Elias Varesis, Nick Marrella and Alec Holton. We will host our second meet this coming Friday (December 12) with a Triangular meet between our Hornets, JSMorton and Downers Grove South High Schools.