Wave Dominates at JV Swimming FCIACs

By Rebecca Liu

Last Friday, (11/4), some of DHS’s varsity swim team headed over to Norwalk High School to compete in JV FCIACS.  The name JV FCIACS is often misleading. In swimming, only top four in each event on a team is able to compete in FCIACs. Thus, often talented varsity swimmers swim in JV FCIACs.

The group of Blue Wave swimmers, consisting of seniors, sophomores, and freshman rose to the occasion at their final championship meet. Many had swims of a lifetime. Notable swims include sophomore Jessica Selensky’s 5 minutes and 58 seconds in the 500 yard freestyle. In this difficult event, the swimmer swims 20 laps in a 25 yd. pool. Breaking the 6 minutes mark is a big milestone.

Senior Monica O’Brien went a 2.14 minutes in her 200 yd. freestyle. Fellow teammate senior Chapin Tricarico had lifetime best swims. Tricarico went 26.58 seconds in her 50 freestyle as well as a 1:11.87 in her 100 breastroke, placing third overall in the 50 free and winning the 100 breastroke event.

For these seniors, the meet was bittersweet. They left the pool with amazing results, even best times, but sadly, it was the last swims of their high school career. “I was really excited going into the meet because all of the girls had worked so hard.  It was their moment to shine and everyone stepped up and showed what they could do. When I looked up and saw my own times, my heart stopped. It was one of the best moments in my high school career and I’m glad I could go out with a bang” says Tricarico.

Congratulations to these swimmers on their final swims of the season!

Photo caption: Senior Chapin Tricarico is all smiles after her swim.