Weston Swimming and Diving

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2019 - 2020

APRIL 2020

4/12/20: Boston Globe names winter All-Scholastic Teams:
six Weston Swimmers and Divers make the squad
and Martinkus is Division 2 Girls Athlete of the Year.

MARCH 2020

Head Coach Claude Valle announces retirement,
Assistant Jim McLaughlin named next leader of the program.

Long-time Weston Coach Claude Valle (above, right) announced his retirement
after 37 years of high school coaching, the last 32 at Weston.
(19 seasons as assistant to the legendary Pete Foley, and 13 as Head Coach.)
Valle is a 2015 NFHS National Boys High School Coach of the Year
and a 2004 Disney Corporation National Math Teacher of the Year.
McLaughlin (above, left) is the Weston High School Math Department Head
and has been the top Assistant in the Weston program for the last 12 years.
He has been recognized by Eastern Massachusetts Swim Coaches' Association
as an Assistant Coach of the Year on several occasions.

FEBRUARY 2020

2/15/20 & 2/16/20: Both girls' and boys' team
take Fourth-place at MIAA D2 State Championships

On Saturday, February 15 (girls), and Sunday, February 16 (boys),
Weston competed in the MIAA D2 State Championships at Boston University.
Both team had a series of impressive performances to finish fourth, overall.
It was the 23rd consecutive finish in the top five for The GLOWS at the event
while for the boys is was their 34th straight top-four placing at the State Meet.

2019 - 2020 Weston High School Boys Swimming and Diving Team - The GLOWS.

2019 - 2020 Weston High School Boys Swimming and Diving Team - The Red Tide.

2/8/20 & 2/9/20: Weston competes
in North Sectional Championships at MIT

On Saturday, February 8, (girls) and on Sunday, February 9, (boys)
both squads participated in the MIAA North Sectional Swimming and
Diving Championships. The GLOWS took 3rd, overall, while the boys
grabbed eighth. Both teams saw many personal best performances with the girls
winning four events and setting one new freshman, varsity, and meet record.

Weston's 2020 Girls North Sectional Team

WESTON SECTIONAL EVENT WINNERS
L to R, Lara Moukaddem, Katheryn Milligan,
Kate Handley, Ainsley Nalen, and Charlotte Martinkus.
Martinkus won the one-meter diving event while the
other four combined to win the 200-yard Free Relay.
In addition, Nalen won the 500 Free and
Handley struck gold in the 100 Breaststroke,
setting a North Sectional Meet Record, and
Weston's freshman and varsity records, in 1:04.46.

The 2020 Boys North Sectional Squad

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2/7/20: Boston Globe
highlights Martinkus-Thompson
relationship

In a February 7th article in
the Boston Globe Sports section,
Andrew Lin wrote about
the athlete/mentor relationship
between sophomore Charlotte Martinkus
and Diving Coach Mikaela Thompson,
in the wake of Martinkus breaking
a pair of Thompson's Weston records.

The 2020 Weston Girls' DCL Team

L to R, DCL Champions
Charlotte Martinkus (diving),
Ainsley Nalen (50 Free), and
Katheryn Milligan (100 Free).

2/2/20: Weston's
Girls and Boys compete at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
in the Dual County League
Championship Meet

On Sunday, February 2, the Weston High
Girls and Boys Swimming and Diving Teams
competed in the 2020 DCL Championships.
With the girls racing in the morning and
the boys in the afternoon, the two squads
combined for more than 100 best times.

Weston's 2020 DCL Boys' Team had a whopping 70 best times.

JANUARY 2020

1/28/20: Milligan becomes
GLOWS' all-time
leading scorer

After a win in the 50 Free
on 1/28, Katheryn Milligan
surpassed Steph Wake ('05)
to become Weston's all-time
leading female scorer.

Stephanie Wake

Katheryn Milligan and her mother, Tracey.

Front, L to R: Angad Jasuja, Ben Zeng, Aidan Chen, Drew Aggouras,
Josh Wecker, Ben Guzovsky, and Alex Ding. (Missing - Austin Gu.)
Rear, L to R: Grazi Vezza, Anissa Zhang, Leonie Schowtka,
Katheryn Milligan, and Sarah O'Sullivan.

1/24/20: Tide
bids farewell to
twelve seniors

On Friday, January 24,
the team recognized
their seniors prior to
the Medfield dual meet.

1/24/20: Martinkus
sets new Pool & Varsity mark
for six-dive format

In the Medfield dual meet on Friday, 1/24,
sophomore Charlotte Martinkus
set a new Pool and Varisty Record
for six dives off the one-meter board.
Her total of 361.25 points eclipsed
both marks (340.80 and 359.50)
that were previous held by
Mikaela Thompson (WHS '15),
who is now her high school coach.

The top two female divers in Weston history:
current sophomore Charlotte Martinkus
and current coach Mikaela Thompson.

1/21/20: Nalen impresses
in 500 Free

In the Newton South meet, sophomore
Ainsley Nalen raced to a 5:12.79
in the 500-yard Freestyle,
good for sixth on Weston's all-time list.

1/14/20: GLOWS Medley
blasts to a 1:50.65 clocking

In the Concord-Carlisle meet,
the combine of Ainsley Nalen,
Kate Handley, Katheryn Milligan,
and Lara Moukaddem raced to a
time of 1:50.65 - good for
seventh on the all-time Weston list.

Katheryn Milligan (left) and Kate Handley (right)
enjoy a moment after an impressive medley relay

DECEMBER 2019

12/18/19: Weston and Wayland
join forces to support Camp Casco

With admissions collected at their 12/18 match up, the Weston and Wayland teams
donated approx. $1,000 to Camp Casco in the name of Ellie Levine. Ellie is the
daughter of Weston HS Swimmer ('92) and current Wayland Selectman Doug Levine.

The Weston and Wayland teams gather as one, following their December 18 pairing.

Kate Handley

12/18/19: Handley sets
new Rookie Record

On Wednesday, December 18,
in the Weston-Wayland dual meet,
freshman Kate Handley established a
new Freshman Record in the
100-yard breaststroke. Her time of
1:06.18 broke the previous mark of
1:10.00 set by Jacey Hinton in 2017.

12/18/19: Martinkus
scores 330.83 for six dives

In the Weston-Wayland match up,
sophomore Charlotte Martinkus
totaled a new personal best of 330.83 points
in the one-meter diving.
The score moved her into second
on the all-time Weston list
behind her current high school coach,
Mikaela Thompson.
Thompson scored 359.50 points in 2015
to set the school record in the event.

NOVEMBER 2019

11/25/19: Nickerson qualifies for
NCAA Zone A at B.C.

Weston High School Alumni
Dale Nickerson (WHS Class of 2019)
qualified for the NCAA Zone A Meet.
Now a freshman at Boston College,
Nickerson earned the qualification
while performaing at the
2019 Terrier Invitational.

11/23/19: Schwallie
sets Pool Mark
for 3-meter event

With a total of 472.80 points,
Carnegie Mellon's Emilia Schwallie
(WHS 2019) set a new
Pool Record for
the 3-meter 11-dive format
at the CMU Diving Invitational.

11/23/19: Nardone takes 5th
at at USMMA Meet,
qualifies for regionals

2019 Weston grad Katherine Nardone
took fifth-place at the
US Merchant Marine Academy
Memorial Invitational Meet
in Kings Point, NY, on Nov. 23.
In the process, the NYU freshman
also qualified for women's regionals.