Maine Endwell 200m Freestyle Relay Team – 12 Sports Athletes of the Week

ENDWELL, NY (WBNG) — > “When we saw that time up there it was just pure excitement and joy,” said Sophomore swimmer Strati Anastos when asked about his team.

One minute, twenty-nine point six five seconds. The Maine-Endwell 200 meter free relay team set a new pool record in their event at this year’s annual Blizzard invitational. The time is the sixteenth faster in the state this year, locking up a spot in State’s for the relay team.

“It’s really exciting. It’s happy to hit that benchmark just so you ensure that you have a spot in states, and it’s a good feeling to know that my season is not ending on my Senior year so quick,” said Carter Czebiniak. The team’s lone Senior.

Junior Cole Medina would add “We’ve been working for this all year. We were just grinding with everybody. So, we deserve it.”

The group is used to breaking records. It’s the third time they have broken their own mark. The group holds the 4 fastest times recorded inside the STAC Metro Division. The relay team’s Coach Andrew Krise said the four swimmers help pace the program, setting a standard for the rest of the team. “Guys like this are what’s made this possible. They truly are the reason why Maine-Endwell is so relevant in the section, and in the state. And they deserve that recognition.”

While the boys time was red hot at the Blizzard Invitational, they still have unfinished business. Setting the school’s all-time mark, “That’s the goal, it’d mean everything. To leave my mark on the pool, and to just have something up there to have people remember us. That would be pretty amazing,” said Anastos.

When you ask Billy Underwood, the fourth member of the relay team, he says quote “It’s all a lot of hard work being paid off.” The Maine-Endwell 200 Meter Freestyle Relay Team. This week’s 12 Sports Athlete’s of the Week.

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