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From the singing of the National Anthem to the last heat of the 400 Free Relay, this was a night to remember for Windham Swimming and Diving. The Eagles successfully defended their 2011 South Southwestern Championship, winning the 2012 title by fighting off a strong challenge from Thornton Academy and Massabesic. That's back-to-back Conference titles for the 6 year-old program.

The quartet of Stephen Hoeprich, Alexender Gilvey, Daniel Sepulveda, and Joe Mycock started the evening off with an amazing a cappella rendition of the National Anthem that left the pool rocking and set the tone for the rest of the evening.

The Eagles then proceeded to win 4 individual events and one relay. The Boys ended the evening with 20 season-best swims!

Nick Sundquist was a triple event winner (200 Free, 100 Free, and 400 Free Relay) and was named the "Swimmer of the Meet." His 48.42 in the 100 Free broke the longest standing SSW meet record and he just missed the 200 Free meet record by 0.10 sec. Sundquist broke both the 200 Free and 100 Free WHS team records.

The Championship evening featured terrific swims from the Eagle Boys in every event. Alexander Gilvey won the 200 IM (2:07.02) with a great swim and personal best; he also finished a strong second with a personal best in the 100 Back (56.77) and swam the lead leg of the 1st Place 400 Free Relay. Joseph Paluso had another superb night of swims featuring an epic, come-from-behind 1st Place finish in the 100 Breast (a personal best 1:06.90), a strong 2nd in the 500 Free, and a key leg in the 400 Free Relay win.

Gilvey, Mycock, Paluso, and Sundquist combined to give Windham the 400 Free Relay win and the Eagles' fastest swim in this event this season. The foursome of Lyle Webster, Cole Moran, Sam Shoberg, and Daniel Sepulveda had an excellent 200 Medley Relay swim and improved several positions above their seed to finish a strong 2nd. The 200 Free Relay team of Kyle Gallant, Moran, Sepulveda, Asa Reed finished 5th Place and scored valuable points.

The Eagles had tremendous individual event point scoring swims from Stephen Hoeprich (a tremendous 8 sec drop in the 200 Free and a 9th Place!), Webster (200 IM and 500 Free), Mycock (200 IM and 100 Back), Shoberg (100 Fly and 500 Free), Moran (a stunning 3rd Place swim in the 100 Breast), and Sepulveda (100 Breast). Other Eagles that had eye-popping drops in time included Reed (1 sec. drop in the 50 Free and a state qualifier), Kyle Mandel, Josh Blake, Sam Brockelbank, Daniel Kilgallon, and Jacob Brown with excellent split times and drops in several relays.