The Manhasset Boys Swimming team came in fourth place out of 30 teams at the Nassau County Championships on Friday, Feb. 6, and Saturday, Feb. 7.
Three swimmers from the 20-member team will compete in the New York State Federation and Public School Championships in Ithaca — Andrew Koek, Theodore Shum, and Warren Peng.
“The majority of our athletes did their season best times,” Coach Matthew McGrane said about the county championships.
At Friday’s preliminary swimming session, swimmers Darim Mirza, Conor Stanton, Tony Tan and Aidan Wu all hit personal records.
And at Saturday’s finals, eight swimmers advanced to the finals and “placed in the top 20 scoring round.”
“Andrew was one of our highlights of the weekend,” McGrane said.
Andrew Koek placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke, earning All-American Consideration and qualifying for the state championships.He also placed second in the 200-yard individual medley, setting a new school record.
“My parents put me in lessons to learn how to swim just so I wouldn’t drown,” Koek said, but he said he enjoyed swimming and joined the team at his swim school.
He said he started swimming competitively when he was eight years old.Koek said he played other sports, but stuck with swimming because it was his best, and would go on to join the high school swimming team when he was only in eighth grade.
This season is his fifth and last year on the team as he is set to graduate in June.
Source: LI Press
