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November 21, 2024

Red Raider boys improve swim record to 3-0

By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff

OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider boys swim team is undefeated with wins over Atlantic City and Middle Township last week.

They opened the season with a victory against Mainland Regional.

On Feb. 23, the boys beat Atlantic City 122-48. The Ocean City High School boys won all but two events in the meet.

In the opening event, the 200-meter medley relay, Parker Lapsley, Dolan Grisbaum, Steve Gooden and Jackson Agnellini combined to win with a time of 1 minute, 56.80 seconds.

Atlantic City’s James Haney won the 200 freestyle in 2:03.18, but Ocean City won the next seven events.

Michael Kelly took the 200 individual medley in 2:31.30.

Gooden won back-to-back events, the 50 freestyle in 25.22 seconds and the 100 butterfly in 58.99 seconds.

Pat Armstrong won the 100 freestyle is 55.99 seconds and Grisbaum took the 500 freestyle in 4:03.13.

Armstrong, Dom DiPilato, Agnellini and Nick Bianchi won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:48.46. Grisbaum followed that with a winning time of 1:07.36 in the 100 backstroke.

Atlantic City’s Casey Nguyen won the 100 breaststroke in 1:18.86.

Armstrong, Matthew Woodside, Grisbaum and Gooden combined to win the final event of the day, the 400 freestyle relay, in a time of 3:55.95.

Ocean City 133

Middle Two. 36

The Red Raiders took first place in all but one event in their Feb. 27 victory over Middle Township.

Lapsley, Pat Agnellini, Gavin Neal and Matt Oves won the 200 medley relay in 1:53.59.

Woodside followed up with a win in the 200 freestyle. His winning time was 1:58.38.

Kelly won the 200 individual medley in 2:17.51.

Armstrong won the 50 freestyle in 23.51 seconds and the next event, the 100 butterfly, in 56.31 seconds.

Middle Township’s Travis McCray got his team’s only victory, winning the 500 freestyle in 5:26.26.

Armstrong, Lapsley, Bianchi and Neal won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:36.83.

Lapsley took the 100 backstroke in a time of 1:04.81.

Colin Abbott gave the Red Raiders a victory in the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.51.

Armstrong, Woodside, Kelly and DiPilato teamed up to win the closing event, the 400 freestyle relay, in 3:44.14.

Ocean City is now 3-0 on the season.

The Red Raiders were facing Egg Harbor Township on Monday and are at the Hess Complex Friday against Cedar Creek.

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