Swimming at the Nick Whyte Invitational

2/20/2013

The EBS Swim Team hosted the Nicholas Whyte Invitational Swim Meet on Saturday, February 16. While some of the usual teams were unable to attend, a few new teams were able to come. This year we welcomed a seasoned team from Athol and the Bluefish of Montague. It was wonderful to have our reliable neighbor from down the hill, Bement, lining the bench on the west side of the pool. Mrs. Milne, as the senior Bement Coach, brings a calmness and sense of importance to each meet that we swim against her team.

Thanks to Bo Tanner's attention to every detail, along with the help of Matt Phillips and Shelley Dresser, the touch pads, computer, starter, and all mechanical equipment were in working and running order. We would also like to thank lifeguard Andre Chaput for his help and any EBS student volunteers as well as parent volunteers. The Schwab Family Pool at Eaglebrook is in many ways as nice as it was when it first opened in 1995 and this is a testament to Bo Tanner and those who maintain the building.

Getting to the action: Rylie Hager-Stone won the girls pentathlon (yes, even though we are in the pool we call it this) with a time of 3:30:81. A pentathlon consists of swimming five fifty-yard events. Everyone in the pentathlon has to swim fifty yards of every stroke plus a fifty free in a relay. Chloe Nunn, her teammate was awarded
second with a time of 3:38:75. A third Montague Bluefish female athlete came in third two seconds later.

Brandon Liao took first fro the males with a time of 2:49:75. He was the overall top swimmer of the meet. Tim Rungsrithong has improved greatly this year and he placed second: 3:02:89. Ernesto Brown hit at 3:11, Ben Janoschek flew to the finish at 3:13 and Egor Cherenkov and Matt Dulmaine each finished at 3:16. There were many swimmers with personal bests, including Pi Chaipromprasith.

We like to keep the memory of Eaglebrook alum Nicholas Whyte ’99 alive and plan to have this meet for many more years. He was an Eaglebrook student from Brooklyn who played football and swam. He was killed in action in Iraq a few years ago and this saddened a great many people, but his inspiration to us has outweighed the sadness.

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