BRUNSWICK

While the temperatures are below freezing and a new fresh coat of snow is on the ground, the Morse and Mt. Ararat High School swim teams took to the pool Tuesday evening.

In a meet that showcased swimmers from the area, both boys and girls teams from Morse took the meet at LeRoy Greason Pool at Bowdoin College.

A lot of the athletes swim together in the Long Reach Swim Club, so there was a lot of cheering for both sides at the meet.

“It’s always fun swimming with these guys,” said Olivia Harper.

The Shipbuilder boys scored 115 points to Mt. Ararat’s 43, while the Morse girls won by the score of 99- 71.

“This was a good meet for us to go out and work on things,” said Mt. Ararat co-coach Steve Butts.

Both teams have had some success thus far in the early going, each competing in a couple of events, including a school record at Mt. Ararat that fell twice. Freshman Cora Spelke (5:54.55) broke the school record in the girls 500 freestyle in the team’s first meet, only to have senior Anna Harbo break it a week later with a time of 5:48.96.

There were no school records set Tuesday, but each team got some important work in heading into the holiday break.

“This was a good meet for us. We were able to work on some of our times and get ready for the Morse Invitational next week,” said Morse coach Todd Marco.

The Eagles got the meet started with an exciting win in the first event of the evening. The girls 200-yard medley relay team of Harbo, Gabrielle Rowe, Madelin Svetin and Abigail Anderson edged out a Morse team by nine one-hundredths of a second, 2:17.47-2:17.56.

Individually, the Morse swimmers were practically unbeatable. Taking a pair of events each were Ella Martin (200 freestyle and 100 butterfly) and Olivia Harper (200 individual medley and 100 freestyle).

“I just go out and do my best,” said Harper. “I’ve been working hard to get to this point.”

Delaney Young captured the 100 backstroke (1:15.24), while teammate Haily Harper took the 100 breaststroke (1:11.46), beating the second-place finisher by nearly 15 seconds. Emma Warner was tops in the 50 freestyle, edging Anderson.

Harbo was the lone individual event winner for Mt. Ararat, taking the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:52.21, a full 41 seconds better than Young.

The two teams split the final two relay races. The Eagles took the 400 freestyle relay, while the Morse girls took the 200 freestyle. Mt. Ararat’s 400 relay team of Madigan Saunders, Svetin, Harbo and Spelke won the event with a time of 4:11.18, over 11 seconds better than the Morse “A” team.

Olivia Harper, Warner, Anastasia Alaboudi and Haily Harper finished the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:52.82 for Morse.

“I can’t say enough about my relay team,” said Olivia Harper. “They have all improved this year and I think we’ll do well.”

Boys

The boys side was not as close as the girls, but still managed to have some competitive events.

In the team relays, the 200 medley squad from Morse of Evan Willertz, Dom Marco, Brandon Johnson and Braden Olsen finished first, besting the team from Mt. Ararat, Sam Wright, Devin Hoskins, Robert Hyde and Max Bickford by five seconds.

In the 200 freestyle, Olsen, Alex Gurney, and Evan and Ben Willertz placed first with a time of 1:43.04. And in the 400 freestyle relay, Ben Willertz, Brandon Johnson, Gurney and Marco completed the relay sweep with the top time of 3:43.84.

Marco, Johnson, and Evan and Ben Willertz each took home first in a couple of events. Marco was tops in the 200 individual medley (2:19.45) and the 100 freestyle (53.01).

“I’m feeling good right now,” said Dom Marco. “ Two practices a day, except for Saturday and Sundays and work hard every day.”

Johnson captured the 200 freestyle (2:09.41) and the 100 butterfly (1:05.20). Evan Willertz placed first in both the 500 freestyle ( 5: 23.45) and 100 breaststroke ( 1: 08.94). Ben Willertz took the 50 freestyle ( 24.24) and 100

backstroke (1:00.29).

Mt. Ararat ’ s Wright, Hoskins and Hyde all had strong showings for the home team. Wright placed second in the 200 individual medley, Hoskins was second in the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke, while Hyde was runner-up in both the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle.

“These kids work really hard. This was a good tune-up for us before the break,” added Butts.

Morse vs. Mt. Ararat — Swim Meet

At Bowdoin College

GIRLS — Morse 99, Mt. Ararat 71.
200-yard medley relay — 1. Mt. Ararat A
(Anna Harbo, Gabrielle Rowe, Madelin
Svetin), 2. Morse B (Delaney Young, Anastasia Alaboudi, Jac Ribota, Zenaide
McCarthy), 3. Mt. Ararat B (Jorja Hooper,
Ryley Leech, Emily Galen, Cecelia Greenleaf). T — 2:17.47.
200 freestyle — 1. Ella Martin (Mo), 2.
Haily Harper (Mo), 3. Cora Spelke (MtA), 4.
Riley Robertson (MtA) 2:39.22, 5. Kaitlyn
Doughty (MtA). T — 2:08.32.
200 IM — 1. Olivia Harper (Mo), 2. Madigan Saunders (MtA), 3. Leah Totman
(Mo), 4. Anastasia Alaboudi, 5. Grace Trebilcock (MtA). T — 2:15.84.
50 freestyle — 1. Emma Warner (Mo), 2.
Abigail Anderson (MtA), 3. Aubrey Martin
(Mo), 4. Gwendolyn Martin (MtA), 5.
Cecelia Greenleaf (MtA). T — 28.72.
100 butterfly — 1. Ella Martin (Mo), 2. Jac
Ribota (Mo), 3. Leah Totman (MtA), 4.
Madigan Saunders (MtA), 5. Riley Robertson (MtA). T — 1:11.60.
100 freestyle — 1. Olivia Harper (Mo), 2.
Cora Spelke (MtA), 3. Emma Warner (Mo),
4. Grace Trebilcock (MtA), 5. Gwendolyn
Martin (MtA). T — 54.95.
500 freestyle — 1. Anna Harbo (MtA), 2.
Delaney Young (Mo), 3. Zenaide McCarthy
(Mo), 4. Gabrielle Rowe (MtA), 5. Kaitlyn
Doughty (MtA). T — 5:52.21.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Morse A (Olivia
Harper, Emma Warner, Anastasia Alaboudi,
Haily Harper), 2. Mt. Ararat A (Cora Spelke,
Grace Trebilcock, Gwendolyn Martin, Madigan Saunders), 3. Mt. Ararat B (Kaitlyn
Doughty, Cecelia Greenleaf, Mikaila Babb,
Riley Robertson). T — 1:52.82.
100 backstroke — 1. Delaney Young
(Mo), 2. Zenaide McCarthy (Mo), 3. Jac
Ribota (Mo), 4. Emily Galen (MtA), 5. Jorja
Hooper (MtA). T — 1:15.24.
100 breaststroke — 1. Haily Harper (Mo),
2. Anastasia Alaboudi (Mo), 3. Gabrielle
Rowe (MtA), 3. Ryley Leech (MtA), 5.
Molly Cashman (Mo). T — 1:11.46.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Mt. Ararat A
(Madigan Saunders, Madelin Svetin, Anna
Harbo, Cora Spelke), 2. Morse A (Delaney
Young, Leah Totman, Emma Warner, Ella
Martin), 3. Mt. Ararat B (Grace Trebilcock,
Riley Robertson, Kaitlyn Doughty, Abigail
Anderson). T — 4:11.18.

At Bowdoin College

BOYS — Morse 115, Mt. Ararat 43
200-yard medley relay — 1. Morse A
(Evan Willertz, Dom Marco, Brandon

Johnson, Braden Olsen), 2. Mt. Ararat A
(Sam Wright, Devin Hoskins, Robert
Hyde, Max Bickford), 3. Morse B
(Nicholas Hennin, Ethan Pascuzzo,
Angus Brown, Alex Martin). T —
1:50.67.
200 freestyle — 1. Brandon Johnson
(Mo), 2. Alex Gurney (Mo), 3. Andrew
Chamberland (MtA), 4. Owen Barter
(Mo). T — 2:09.41.
200 IM — 1. Dom Marco (Mo), 2. Sam
Wright (MtA), 3. Angus Brown (Mo). T
— 2:19.45.
50 freestyle — 1. Ben Willertz (Mo), 2.
Devin Hoskins (MtA), 3. Max Bickford
(MtA), 4. Braden Olsen (Mo), 5. Elias
Linkel (MtA). T — 24.24.
100 butterfly — 1. Brandon Johnson
(Mo), 2. Nicholas Hennin (Mo), 3.
Angus Brown (Mo). T — 1:05.20.
100 freestyle — 1. Dom Marco (Mo), 2.
Robert Hyde (MtA), 3. Braden Olsen
(Mo), 4. Alex Martin (Mo), 5. Andrew
Chamberland (MtA). T — 53.01.
500 freestyle — 1. Evan Willertz (Mo),
2. Alex Gurney (Mo), 3. Max Bickford
(MtA), 4. Ethan Pascuzzo (Mo). T —
5:23.45.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Morse A
(Braden Olsen, Alex Gurney, Evan
Willertz, Ben Willertz), 2. Mt. Ararat A
(Andrew Chamberland, Sterling Kloberdans, Elias Linkel, Sam Wright), 3.
Morse B (Angus Brown, Ethan Gagnon,
Owen Barter, Alex Martin). T — 1:43.04.
100 backstroke — 1. Ben Willertz (Mo),
2. Robert Hyde (MtA), 3. Nicholas Hennin (Mo), 4. Owen Barter (Mo). T —
1:00.29
100 breaststroke — 1. Evan Willertz
(Mo), 2. Devin Hoskins (MtA), 3. Alex
Martin. T — 1:08.94.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Morse A (Ben
Willertz, Brandon Johnson, Alex Gurney,
Dom Marco), 2. Mt. Ararat A (Max Bickford, Andrew Chamberland, Robert
Hyde, Devin Hoskins), 3. Morse B
(Nicholas Hennin, Ethan Pascuzzo,
Owen Barter, Oscar Hennin). T —
3:43.84
Up next for the Shipbuilders— Tuesday
Dec. 26, Morse Invitational at Bath
YMCA at 4 p.m.
Up next for the Eagles — Friday Dec.
29 at Messalonskee at 7 p.m.