Jun Oh ’12 broke New England records in the 200 meter freestyle and 400 meter freestyle to propel the Boys Varsity Swim team to a commanding 116-65 victory over Choate. In the 200m freestyle, Oh’s first individual event of the meet and the season, Oh finished in an astonishing 1:54.45, besting the former New England record held by Choate’s David Guernsey. Jon Leung ’11 and Michael Camarda ’14 finished second and third, respectively, behind Oh. Later in the meet, Oh continued his superb performance with the 400 meter freestyle, putting up another New England record with a time of 4:03.84. Coach Jacques Hugon said, “[Oh] crushed the existing mark by more than three seconds.” Andover had started its domination before either of Oh’s events, as a medley relay of Rapheal Grandeau ’11, Matt Mahoney ’11, Alex Smachlo ’11 and Derrick Choi ’11 emerged victorious with a time of 1:55.18 in the first event of the meet. Andover swept the event, taking second and third behind the winning relay. In the 200 meter individual medley, Conor Deveney ’11 led the sweep of the event with a 2:16.59. Smachlo ’11 and Mahoney ’11 finished second and third respectively. Later, in the 50 meter freestyle, Joe Faller ‘14 and Choi ‘12, took 2nd and 3rd place respectively. After Faller’s second place finish in the 50, Tommy Kramer ’11 won the diving competition with a score of 222.90. Andover continued its dominance after diving, as Smachlo took a first place finish in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 1:01.15, just ahead of Co-Captain Ben Morris who took second. The 100 meter freestyle race showcased another Andover sweep with Alex Nanda winning the race in 55.05 after a strong finish in the back half of the race. Camarda placed second, while Didi Peng ’12 took third place. Next, the team of Peng, Mahoney, Leung and Andrew Xuan ’13 won the 200m freestyle relay event in 1:44.76, completing Andover’s fifth sweep of the meet. Deveney then won his second event of the day, easily taking the 100 meter backstroke in 1:00.31. Andover swept again as Faller ’14 and Choi ’12 took second and third. In the 100 meter breaststroke, Mahoney and Peng took second and third, respectively, and Andover’s relay of Grandeau, Leung, Nanda and Andrew Yang ’14 won the 400m freestyle event to cap off a truly impressive afternoon. This Saturday, Andover will face Loomis Chaffee at home at 3pm.
