Ship Ahoy hangs on in showdown with Seashore First-place finishes anchor win against Sea Bright neighbor

Ship Ahoy hangs on in showdown with Seashore
First-place finishes anchor win against Sea Bright neighbor

CHRIS KELLY Ship Ahoy’s Felix Baguchinsky leads off for the winning boys’ 9/10 100-yard freestyle relay team during a July 31 meet against Surf Rider.

It came close in the end, but close doesn’t count when the score isn’t equal. Even though Ship Ahoy only finished with several more gold medals, it was their ability to round out the two-three consistently that gave them a 267-257 win over Surf Rider.

The victory set the stage for a make-up meet against Seashore Day Camp (rain delay), which will determine who will wear the North Shore Club League championship.

Anchoring the win was Lauren Kelly (girls’ 6/U freestyle); Jackie Bohanan (girls’ 10/U 25-meter backstroke); Alex Fitton and Kelsey Gutiormsen (boys’ and girls’ 10/U 25-meter butterfly); Matt Lamura and Caroline Dell (boys’ and girls’ 10/U 25-meter breaststroke); Charlie Rooney and Rebekah Weiner (boys’ and girls’ (11/12) 100-meter individual medley); Mary McCue (girls’ (13/17) 100-meter individual medley); Will Johnson, Lamura, Fitton and Mike Kelly; and Bohanan, Brianna Malone, Hannah Phillips and Kaitlin Balbo (boys’ and girls’ (9/10) 100-yards medley relay); Rooney, Zeke Miller, Felix Baguchinsky and Mike Verange; and Weiner, Caitlin Dorgan, Quinlan O’Grady and Lesley Pringle (boys’ and girls’ (11/12) 100-yards medley relay).

Boys’ (8) 25-yards freestyle: Colin Johnson; girls’ (11/12) 25-yards backstroke: Weiner; boys’ and girls’ (11/12) 25-yards butterfly: Baguchinsky and O’Grady; boys’ and girls’ (11/12) 25-yards breaststroke: Miller and Pringle; girls’ (13/17) 50-yards butterfly and girls’ (15/17) freestyle: Kim Baguchinsky; girls’ (11/12) 50-yards freestyle: Pringle.

Liam McCabe, Luke Byrnes, Amike Meade and Colin Johnson: and Anne Langley, Katie Boyle, Joanna Agin and Hannah Eckstein (boys’ and girls’ 8/U 100-yards freestyle relay); Lamura, Kelly, Will Johnson and Fitton; and Hillary Weston, Kelsie Johnson, Bohanan and Erin Connell (boys’ and girls’ 100-yards freestyle relay); Felix Baguchinsky, Veragne, Kelly and Rooney; and Weiner, Dorgan, Taylor Foxworth and Pringle (boys’ and girls’ (11/12) 200-yards freestyle relay).