photo by Rebecca Holt
The boys’ swim team is hoping to bounce back against the Denver East Angles today at Manuel High School at 4:15 in their first DPL meet.
On Saturday the 10th, the Spartan divers of the TJ Swim Team competed at Manuel High School in the DPL dive meet with some stand-out performances. During the dive meet, an excellent performance came from Senior Demetrius Allen, who took first place with a score of 127.3 and performed a front dive and an excellent inward flip. “It was a great meet for us and I felt comfortable with my diving ability. As a team we did a great job, and we hope that this performance will continue throughout the rest of the season,” said Allen. Other great performances came from Sophomores Luke Fabian and Mateo Rocha, along with Freshman Daniel Webster.
The head coach of the dive team, Amiee Witulski was pleased with the performance from the boys. “It was a good meet, and everybody did well. We even tried new dives like reverses, back flips, and a back dive with a twist. What made the meet even better was having the great support from the swimmers on the swim team,” said Witulski, who is also the assistant coach for the swimming team.
On Tuesday the 13th, the boys swim team took on Arvada West High School, losing the tight competition with a score of 101-81. All the races were intense, with a five-point difference through the first eight events. The boys put on a great show with a lot of first place finishes, including back to back to back brother wins from Mike Mahoney, who won the 100M and 100 fly, and Tim Mahoney winning the 50M free style and the 100M free style. Other first place finishes came from Jackson Epstein, who competed in the 100M back stroke, and the sophomore/freshman 400M relay team taking first in the last event. That team includes Marcus Allen, Daniel Wakefield, and Mike Mahoney. Daniel Smith competed in a great race in the 500M free style, but unfortunately came in second place. “As a team we did great. The relay teams did great and everybody gave it their all and even though individuals won, as a team we still lost,” said Tim
“Even though we lost the meet, it was still an exciting event with all the highlights. Unfortunately Arvada was able to pull away in the eighth event. What made the event really exciting was that Arvada’s head coach used to teach at TJ. So it was good to see him,” said head coach Cindy Allen.
The boys next swim meet will be today against the Denver East Angles at Manuel High School at 4:15. This meet will be the boys’ first DPS meet.
