Christian Brothers Academy, Trinity Hall Win Shore Conference Team Swim Titles

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  • The Christian Brothers Academy swim team won the Shore Conference championship for a remarkable 32nd straight year.
  • The Trinity Hall Monarchs won the Shore Conference team championship with two relay wins and an individual title for Maxine Camillone in the 100 butterfly.
  • The Red Bank Regional girls were a perfect 9-0 to capture the Shore Conference’s “B” North championship and finished second overall in the Shore Conference championships.
  • The Holmdel boys finished second in the team competition, led by Hunter Kuenzel’s win in the 200 freestyle.
  • Saint John Vianney’s Teresa Bendokas is a two-time gold medalist with wins in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

By Rich Chrampanis

TOMS RIVER – The song remains the same for one of the most dominant swim programs in New Jersey: Christian Brothers Academy won the Shore Conference boys swim championship for a remarkable 32nd consecutive time. The Colts won all three relay races along with three more individual titles. Luke Condon won the 50 and 100 free and was on two of the three champion relay teams. Kiernan Leary rounded out CBA’s dominance as the 500 free champion.

Holmdel was the runner-up with Hunter Kuenzel winning the 200 freestyle. Ranney’s Daren Chen set the record in the 200 individual medley, giving the Two River area eight of the 11 individual champions.

On the girls’ side, Trinity Hall was paced by wins in the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay, along with Maxine Camillone’s individual win in the 100 butterfly. The Red Bank Regional girls had an outstanding effort to finish as the runner-up, with school records set in the 400 freestyle relay – Amira Washington, Maya Freeman, Sogia Schweers and Anna Haggerty – and the 200 freestyle relay.

Here are the team scores and the individual champions from the Two River area:

Girls Shore Conference Team Scores

Trinity Hall315
Red Bank Regional275
Manasquan220
Red Bank Catholic208
Shore Regional119
Central Regional111
Middletown South110.5
Southern Regional106
Rumson-Fair Haven93
Toms River East80

Girls Shore Conference Individual Champions

50 freestyle: Amelia Obszarny, Middletown South
100 butterfly: Maxine Camillone, Trinity Hall
100 freestyle: Teresa Bendokas, Saint John Vianney 100 backstroke: Teresa Bendokas, Saint John Vianney 100 breastroke: Lauren Zeni, Colts Neck

200 freestyle relay: Red Bank Catholic
(Olivia Wheeler, Natalie Dapra, Caitlyn Evans, Charlotte Trentalange)
400 freestyle relay: Trinity Hall
(Gianna Cofone, Smith, Camillone, Gmelich)
200 medley relay: Trinity Hall
(Mia Smith, Maxine Camillone, McLane Gmelich, Jillian Basile)

Boys Shore Conference Team Scores

Christian Brothers Academy391.5
Holmdel283
Marlboro248
Central Regional138
Ranney135
Saint Rose111
Rumson-Fair Haven104
Donovan Catholic86
Toms River South77
Freehold Township69

Boys Shore Conference Individual Champions

50 freestyle: Luke Condon, Christian Brothers Academy

100 freestyle: Luke Condon, Christian Brothers Academy

200 freestyle: Hunter Kuenzel, Holmdel
500 freestyle: Kiernan Leary, Christian Brothers Academy

200 individual medley: Darren Chen, Ranney

200 freestyle relay: Christian Brothers Academy (Condon, Max Maycher,
Leary, Donnelly)
400 freestyle relay: Christian Brothers Academy (Jack Butler, Leary, Maycher, Wilkens)

200 medley relay: Christian Brothers Academy (Luke Condon, Conor Doogan, Bryce Wilkens, John Donnelly)