River Wright Dominates, Crimson Aquatics Win New England Senior Championships

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By Natalia Kaczor, Swimming World College Intern

The New England Senior Championships were held this past weekend, December 15-18, 2016, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. The four day trials/finals meet included the following teams: Amherst Tritons Swim Team, Andover-North Andover YMCA, Apex Aquatics Association, Badger Swim Club Inc., Bayside YMCA Stingrays, Bluefish Swim Club, Bulldog Aquatic Club, Burbank Y Bluefins Swim Team, Cape Cod Swim Club, Commonwealth Swimming, Crimson Aquatics, Envious Swimming, Evolution Aquatics, Executive Swim Club, Exeter Swim Team, Gator Swim Club, Greater Holyoke YMCA Vikings, Green Mountain Aquatics, Greenwood Swimming, Hampshire Regional YMCA, Hockomock Area YMCA Lightning, Kingfish Swimming, Liquid Space Swim Club, Malden Crocs, Manchester Swim Team, Mei’s Typhoons Swimming Club, New Bedford YMCA Hurricanes, North Shore Swim Club, Patriot Swim Club, Phoenix Swimming, Pioneer Valley Aquatic Avenger, Purple Valley Aquatics, Regional YMCA of Western Conne, Seacoast Swimming Association, Shawmut Aquatic Club, Solo Aquatics, South Shore YMCA Strypers, Southern New Hampshire Fins, Upper Valley Aquatic Club, Vermont Aquatic Swimming, Webbs Tornadoes Swim Team, West/Nantucket Swimming, Westfield YMCA Wave, YMCA of Greater Nashua Storm, and YMCA of the North Shore.

The meet featured many multiple individual winners, including Anna Feng of Crimson Aquatics (200 breast, 200 back), Quinn Scannell of Badger Aquatics (200 free, 200 back), Madeline Wallis of Gator Swim Club (100 back, 50 free, 100 free), Carly Cummings of Badger Swim Club (200 IM, 100 breast), Nathalie Eid of Badger Swim Club (1650 free, 500 free, 1000 free) and Ryan Feeley of Badger Swim Club (200 free, 50 free, 100 free). Standout swimmer River Wright of Bluefish Swim Club won four of his individual races (100 fly, 100 back, 200 IM, 100 breast) as well as all the relays he was a part of.

Swimming World’s Natalia Kaczor caught up with Wright after the meet to talk to him about the meet and his personal results, as well as a prominent issue faced by many swimmers this weekend:

Watch the two-part interview with River Wright:

Day 1 Finals

Women 1650 Free: Nathalie Eid, 16:41.67

Men 1000 Free: Harrison Homans, 9:14.93

Women 200 Free Relay: Gator Swim Club, 1:34.34

Men 200 Free Relay: Bluefish Swim Club, 1:22.91

Day 2 Finals

Women 100 Fly: Kasja Dymek, 54.24

Men 100 Fly: River Wright, 48.26

Women 200 Free: Quinn Scannell, 1:48.46

Men 200 Free: Ryan Feeley, 1:38.75

Women 100 Back: Madeline Wallis, 55.01

Men 100 Back: River Wright, 49.12

Women’s 400 IM: Julia Donahue, 4:19.96

Men’s 400 IM: Maxwell Seidel, 3:58.06

Women 800 Free Relay: Shawmut Aquatic Club, 7:31.15

Men 800 Free Relay: Bluefish Swim Club, 6:48.10

Day 3 Finals

Women 200 Medley Relay: Gator Swim Club, 1:44.73

Men 200 Medley Relay: Bluefish Swim Club, 1:32.75

Women 200 IM: Carly Cummings, 2:01.40

Men 200 IM: River Wright, 1:49.06

Women 50 Free: Madeline Wallis, 23.24

Men 50 Free: Ryan Feeley, 20.39

Women 100 Breast: Carly Cummings, 1:01.91

Men 100 Breast: River Wright, 55.97

Women 500 Free: Nathalie Eid, 4:52.83

Men 500 Free: Andrew Babyak, 4:27.56

Women 400 Free Relay: Gator Swim Club, 3:24.85

Men 400 Free Relay: Bluefish Swim Club, 3:05.47

Day 4 Finals

Women 1000 Free: Nathalie Eid, 9:59.41

Men 1650 Free: William Barao, 15:23.24

Women 200 Back: Quinn Scannell, 1:58.05

Men 200 Back: Andrew Carbone, 1:48.55

Women 100 Free: TIE: Madeline Wallis, Belinda Donohoe, 50.48

Men 100 Free: Ryan Feeley, 44.90

Women 200 Breast: Anna Feng, 2:19.28

Men 200 Breast: Andrew Bornstein, 2:00.56

Women 200 Fly: Anna Feng, 2:02.21

Men 200 Fly: William Knaul, 1:50.73

Women 400 Medley Relay: Gator Swim Club, 3:47.00

Men 400 Medley Relay: Crimson Aquatics, 3:25.36

A full list on the results can be found here.

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400IM

7 years ago

Natalie, can you add the results for the 400IM?

400IM

7 years ago

Reply to 400IM

Natalia, apologies for the typo.

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Natalia Kaczor

7 years ago

Reply to 400IM

I updated the resutls to include the 400 IM. Thanks for letting me know.

Nswim

7 years ago

Under the team names the South Shore YMCA team is the Strypers, not the stripers.

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Natalia Kaczor

7 years ago

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I fixed this typo, thank you for pointing it out!