Chabot Swim Team Takes 2nd in Championships
East Bay Swim League Champions: The two record breaking relay teams and three high point swimmers from the meet on July 21 and 22.
The Chabot Swim Team had a fantastic showing at the East Bay Swim League Championships on July 21 and 22. Coaches Bill Kriskovich, Tommy Ryken, and Elma Sabanovic led the Marlins to a 2nd place finish, the highest the team has placed since 1998. In addition, Chabot was named Most Improved Team for the second consecutive year.
The Marlins’ depth was apparent in their relay success. Two medals were won by medley teams: the 8 & under boys (Judah Hemenway, Wesley Fernandez, Conor Fitzgerald, Leo Luccketta) won gold, and the 15-18 boys (Matthew Jewell, Caleb Raumann, Tyler Hummer, and Nathan Arakawa) took home both the silver and a new team record.
The freestyle relays were the last events and helped propel the Marlins to their second-place finish. The 8 & under boys won gold (Aidan Fitzgerald, Owen McCarthy, Hami Fernandez, Isaac Harrold), while the 8 & under girls (Eva Williams, Addy Lee, Lucy Crane, and Amelia Kastmiler) took silver. The 11-12 girls earned bronze (Zoe Hemenway, Anna Junginger, Madeline Zasa, Emily Wong), and the 11-12 boys’ team of James Raumann, Luke Enos, Jake Forsse, and Miles Moler won gold. 13-14 girls Natalia Jamal, Lilah Kinser, Riha Williams, and Caroline Kiely finished with a silver medal, while the 13-14 boys (Brock Forsse, Drew Hansen, Brayden Lima, Caleb Junginger) brought home the gold. The 15-18 girls also won gold (Corinne Arakawa, Lily Enos, Allison Mitchell, Ellie Miller) and did it with the second fastest time in team history. The electric 15-18 boys’ race earned Marlins Jeremy Francis, Edvin Sabanovic, Gavin Willits, and Nathan Arakawa a silver medal and another team record.
In individual events, the 6 & under Marlin boys swept the medal stand in the freestyle event. Hami Fernandez won gold, Aidan Fitzgerald silver, and Tyler Anderson bronze. 5-year-old Aidan also won the gold medal in the backstroke, swimming the second fastest time in team history.
The 8 & under division also put forth a dominant effort. Amelia Kastmiler placed third in the girls’ backstroke. Conor Fitzgerald won gold in backstroke, swimming the second fastest time ever for the Marlins, and silver in both freestyle and butterfly. Judah Hemenway took bronze in the freestyle, and Isaac Harrold finished second in backstroke and third in butterfly. Abby Lee brought home the gold in freestyle for the 9-10 girls.
Miles Moler was impressive in the 11-12 division. He won gold in both the breaststroke and the individual medley and took bronze in the butterfly. Teammate James Raumann swam right next to Miles in the breaststroke and finished with the bronze as the boys gave each other a big high five.
In the 13-14 age group, Caroline Kiely won silver in butterfly stroke for the girls. Drew Hansen took bronze in freestyle, and Caleb Junginger took bronze in backstroke.
15-18 Corinne Arakawa won the silver medal in both freestyle and butterfly (where she swam the third fastest time in team history), and a gold medal in breaststroke, setting a new team record. For the boys, Jeremy Francis took the bronze medal in freestyle with the third-fastest time in Marlins history. He also earned this honor in backstroke and butterfly. Gavin Willits won bronze in butterfly and is now the second-fastest Marlins flier on record.
