2011+New+England+Championship

Windham Shines at the 2011 New England High School Swimming Championships!
Windham High School and the State of Maine were very well represented by the Eagles' Boys and Girls Swimmers at the 2011 New England Championships on Saturday, 3/5 at the University of New Hampshire. The Eagles took home three New England Championship 1st Place finishes. Nathan Paluso won Windham's first ever New England individual event championship by finishing 1st in the 200 IM. Also, the Boys won two relays. The quartet of Alexander Gilvey, Nathan Paluso, Nick Sundquist, and Lance Webster won the 200 Medley Relay. Then, in a thrilling showdown with Maine rival Greely High School, the Eagles out-dualed the Rangers to win the 400 Free Relay. The 400 Free Relay win by the same foursome of Sundquist, Gilvey, Paluso, and Webster gives the Windham Boys back-to-back New England Championships in that event.

Windham had some excellent swims from everyone, and had "podium finishes" (top 6 getting medals) in many events.

Here are the New England Championship finishes:

1st Place (New England Champs!):
 * Alexander Gilvey, Nathan Paluso, Nick Sundquist, Lance Webster - 200 Medley Relay, led start to finish
 * Nathan Paluso - 200 IM; Windham's first ever individual event winner at the New Englands, pulled away in breaststroke leg and never looked back
 * Nick Sundquist, Alexander Gilvey, Nathan Paluso, Lance Webster - 400 Free Relay; that's back-to-back New England Champs in the 4x100 Free Relay

2nd Place:
 * Lance Webster - 200 Free
 * Lance Webster - 500 Free; a great dual with fellow Maine swimmer Arthur Conover from Messalonskee

3rd Place:
 * Nick Sundquist - 50 Free
 * Nick Sundquist - 100 Free; 3-way photo finish
 * Alexander Gilvey - 100 Back

5th Place:
 * Alexander Gilvey - 200 Free
 * Nathan Paluso - 100 Breast

7th Place:
 * Elaine Miller - 200 Free; highest New England finish ever for a Windham Girl

8th Place
 * Elaine Miller, Bronte Sone, McKayla Eskilson, Ashley Crocker - 400 Free Relay

9th Place
 * Elaine Miller - 100 Free

10 Place
 * Elaine Miller, Bronte Sone, McKayla Eskilson, Ashley Crocker - 200 Free Relay

11 Place
 * Alexandra Farinella - 500 Free; excellent finish to an excellent first season for the "Frosh Flyer"

12 Place:
 * McKayla Eskilson - 200 IM

13th Place:
 * Cole Moran - 200 IM; another swimmer with terrific improvement during the season

14th Place
 * McKayla Eskilson - 100 Breast

16th Place:
 * Daniel Sepulveda, Cole Moran, Hunter Adams, Sage Difillipo - 200 Free Relay

__A job well done to all the Windham swimmers__! It was a day of more great swimming from all of these swimmers.

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