Cape swimming strokes past Milford
The Cape boys’ swim team made it three in a row with a 90-72 victory over Milford on Dec. 13 at the Sussex Family YMCA pool. The girls posted a 125-44 win over the Lady Bucs.
The Vikings team of Thomas Weeks, Josh Toback, Ryan Bixler and Marcus Gromofsky won the medley relay in 1:50. Weeks followed with a 1:57 victory in the 200 freestyle. Bixler continued the winning ways with a 2:18 finish in the 200 individual medley. Dylan Kaplan took first in the 50 free with a time of 23:89. Gromofsky swam to a 5:47 finish in the 500 free. The 200 free relay was taken by Cape’s Bixler, Kaplan, Gromofsky and Toback in 1:35.
Milford’s Ryan Mackesey won the 100 butterfly with a 1:08, while his teammate Mason Sauers took first in the 100 free with a 53.44. Mackesey also won the 100 backstroke in 1:05. Stone Davis took top honors in the 100 breaststroke in 1:11, and the team of Jacob Muir, Bryce Thompson, Chris Lankford and Mackesey won the 400 free relay.
The Lady Vikings swam to first-place finishes in all 11 events.
Cape’s Maddie McGreevy, Amaya Daisey, Aya Daisey and Erin Morrissey won the medley relay with a time of 2:04. Gabriella Robertson won the 200 freestyle in 2:20. Amaya Daisey took the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:32. McGreevy finished first in the 50 free in 27:36. Lindsey Reynolds took the top finish in the 100 butterfly with a 1:14, while Aya Daisey won the 100 free with a 59:73. Heidi Simmons followed with a 6:11 first place in the 500 free. The Daiseys, McGreevy and Morrissey won the 200 free relay in 1:49. Gianna Vayda followed with a 1:12 finish in the 100 backstroke. Simmons followed with a 1:22 finish in the 100 breaststroke. The Daiseys, Simmons and Robertson took first in the 400 free relay with a time of 4:19.
Cape coach Bill Geppert had praise for the visiting Milford team.
“I was impressed with the Milford team,” he said. “Although they had a small number of athletes, they swam really well and posted some good times. Hats off to their coaches for preparing them for the meet. They will be a team to be reckoned with at conferences this year.
“Our kids continue to improve,” he continued. ”We are concerned about the flu bug hitting our team, but so far they have remained healthy. We just have to keep working hard over the holidays. Our coaches [Tina Nigh, Rick Brokaw, Pete Olson and Kristina Lingo] have done a super job working on technique. They make my job easy.”
The Vikings travel to Seaford on Tuesday, Dec. 18, for a matchup with the Blue Jays.
