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In a Boys Class A Championship meet that several veteran referees and meet officials described as "electric", and the "fastest meet we've ever seen", the Windham Eagles once again rose to the occasion and had a fantastic meet finishing 7th as a team. The meet held at Bowdoin College on Monday, February 18, 2013 was won by Cheverus and featured four meet record-breaking swims. Windham's Nick Sundquist had one of those record-breaking swims, winning the 100 Free in a time of 47.00 and in the process breaking Olympian/world record holder Ian Crocker's meet record.

Sundquist won two individual State Championships and broke three Windham records at the meet. In addition to the 100 Free, he also won the 200 Free. Sundquist's 200 Free time of 1:41.37, is the second fastest in Maine history. Also, Nick's lead 50 Free leg in the 200 Free Relay was a blistering 21.81, setting another Windham record.

Joseph Paluso had another excellent evening with personal best swims in both the 500 Free and the 100 Breast. He had a terrific 500 Free time of 4:58.63 and a 3rd Place finish. In the 100 Breast, Joseph tied for 5th and his time of 1:03.57 was just fractions off the team record held by his brother, Nathan. Joseph had two excellent swims in his two relay events, the 200 Medley and the 400 Free Relays.

Lyle Webster continued his run of fantastic swimming with Finals swims in both the 200 IM and the 500 Free. His 200 IM time of 2:17.76 placed him in 14th and was a personal best by several seconds. Lyle then turned around and followed his 200 IM up with a great swim in the 500 Free finishing with a 5:33.14 and another personal best with multi-second time drop. Lyle also had excellent swims in two relays, the 200 Free and 400 Free Relays.

Garret Fraysier finished his high school swimming career on high notes with Finals swims in both the 100 Fly and the 100 Back. He swam in the Consolation Finals in both events and recorded personal bests in both events. He also swam, and had very strong legs, in both the 200 Free and 200 Medley Relays.

Cole Moran, with a gutty performance fighting through an injury, swam through the pain and made it to the evening Finals in the 100 Breast. Cole also swam an excellent leg in the 200 Medley Relay helping that quartet to a Consolation Finals finish.

Among the other great swims of the day, Josh Labrecque, John Giberti, and Asa Reed jump out. Josh Labrecque dropped an eye-popping 5 seconds in his 100 Back. That makes a drop in the range of 10 seconds over the last few weeks for Josh in that event and bodes very well for his future. Giberti had best-times in both his 50 Free and 100 Free swims and also swam excellent legs in his relay events. Again, his time drops and improvements during the course of his Frosh season bode well for an excellent high school career. Asa Reed swam superbly and went out in style. Asa had personal bests in his 50 Free and also swam a key relay leg on a Finals relay.

Josh Blake, who swam a strong Fly leg in the 200 Medley Relay, also swam in the 100 Fly. Sam Shoberg swam in both the 200 IM and the 100 Back. Rounding out the Eagle competitors was Joe Mycock who swam in the 200 Free and the 500 Free. This was an extraordinary group of Eagle Boys who competed at the States. Well done to all and congrats for the efforts to get to the states!

Here are the results:
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