Page 10 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 13, 2023 SWIM | FROM PAGE 1 start the New Year beat Somerville at the Barry Fitzpatrick Pool at MHS, 87-70. “We have a group of hard-working swimmers who have stepped it up this season,” said fifth-year Malden High Head Coach Jess Bisson. “Our experienced kids are providing good examples and our less experienced swimmers are improving week-to-week.” Malden knocked off Revere on the road Tuesday Against Revere on the road, Malden earned first-place finishes in the 200-yard medley relay, 50-yard freestyle, 100yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100yard breaststroke and 400-yard freestyle relay. Sophomore Xiaode “David” Xu won three events for Malden, a personal best and first time for a Tornado this season with three individual wins, and he also swam a leg in the winning 200 medley relay. Malden tri-captain Nathan Nguyen, David Xu, Kyle Lee and tri-captain Liam Bloom combined to win the 200 -yard medley relay at 1:55.84. Taking third was Malden’s tri-captain Wara Ramirez Morales, Hailey Tran, Sophie Tran and Tiffany Pham at 2:11.31. Taking second-place was Revere’s Juan Cano, Alem Cesic, Gavin Rua and Harrison Rua at 1:59.97. Revere’s Nathaniel Hill won the 200-yard freestyle event (2:21.25); Malden’s Nimon Jusufi was second (2:21.78); Revere’s Matthew Terrell, third (2:25.19), Revere’s Jannet Sehli, fourth (2:27.60); Malden’s Joyce Zhou, fifth (2:41.66); and Malden’s Ryan Li, sixth (2:46.17). Malden went ahead, 24-21, in team scoring on the 200-yard individual medley and never looked back, as the Tornados went 2-3-4 with Nathan Nguyen second (2:29.60), Hailey Tran third (2:30.13) and Tiffany Pahm fourth (2:59.55). Revere’s Cesic won the event at 2:26.03, and Patriot Harrison Rua was fourth at 2:30.12. Malden’s Xu won his second event of the day in the 50-yard freestyle, with a time of 25.19 seconds. Malden also took third and fourth: Joao Victor Santos (29.31) and Stanley Yip (30.26). Revere’s Gavin Rua was second (28.19); Jean Builes-Uribe, fifth (32.72); and Rayan Sarhrani, sixth (33.67). Malden went 1-2 in the 100 butterfly with seventh-grader Sophie Tran the winner at 1:07.35, senior Kyle Lee second (1:09.75) and James Zhou fifth (1:18.41). For Revere, Gavin Rua was third (1:13.94) and Matthew Terrell fourth (1:13.97). David Xu made it a trifecta for Malden with a win in the 100 freestyle at 56.28 seconds. Hailey Tran was fourth (1:03.50) and Tiffany Pham fifth (1:08.33). Revere’s Cano was second (56.38) in the closest finish of the day, Wilson Lipa, fifth (1:10.06) and Melanie Rodriguez, sixth (1:42.50). Revere’s Cesic won the 500yard freestyle (6:00.25). Sehli was fifth (6:42.50) and Kathy Trihn sixth (8:24.00). Malden took 2-34 in the event: Bloom (6:21.62), Steven Leung (6:45.99) and Sophie Tran (6:55.53). Revere won the 200-yard freestyle relay with Harrison Rua, Hill, Gavin Rua and Terrell (1:55.47). The Patriots were sixth at 2:58.97 with Samantha Stevens, Adam Ashour, Isabella Cintro and Denis Quyoda. Malden went 2-3-4 in the 200 free relay with Nguyen, Stanley Yip, Nimon Jusufi and Joyce Zhou (1:57.00); James Zhou, Kyle Lee, Hailey Tran, Steven Leung (1:57.50); and Leo Chen, Aya Atazizi, Justina Lim and Ryan Li Terrell, Hill and Cano were second (4:10.59), and Patriots Lipa, Sarhrani, Builes, Uribe and Sehli were third (5:19.65). Malden cruises past Lynn English at home David Xu won two events – 50 freestyle (25.87 seconds) and 100 butterfly (1:10.07) – and swam a leg of a winning relay to lead a GBL win at home over Lynn English. Malden went 1-2 and 4th Senior Allen Xiao is “thumbs up” ready for his event, the 100 backstroke, in a home meet against Lynn English. (Advocate Photo) (2:37.95). Nathan Nguyen won the 100-yard backstroke for Malden. Teammate Allen Xiao was fourth, with a personal best time of 1:18.47. Wara Ramirez Morales was fifth (1:21.01). Revere went 2-3 and also took sixth with Cano (1:03.68), Lipa (1:15.95) and Trihn (1:31.06). Malden went 1-2 and 6thplace in the 100-yard breaststroke with senior Kyle Lee’s season-best 1:15.72 winning the event; Jusufi, second (1:19.10) and sophomore Gordon Zeng, sixth (1:54.16). Revere went 3-4-5: Hill (1:26.75), Harrison Rua (1:26.88) and Rodriguez (1:46.13). Malden’s Bloom, Sophie Tran, Pham and Xu were first in the 400 free relay. The Tornados were also third at 4:45.90: Leung, Santos, Morales and Joyce Zhou. Fifth-place (5:45.33) went to Xaio, Christina Mui, Kevin Lin and James Joyce. Revere’s Cesic, place in the 200 medley relay to start the meet. Tri-captain Nathan Nguyen, Nimon Jusufi, Xu and Kyle Lee swam a 1:59.28 to win it. Second was Joslyn Nguyen, Hailey Tran, Sophie Tran and Tiffany Pham (2:06.88). Fourth was Tri-captain Wara Ramirez Morales, Christina Mui, James Zhou and Aya Alazizi (2:35.14). Malden swept the 200 free, 1-2-3: Joslyn Nguyen (2:30.15), Joyce Zhou (2:44.37) and Ryan Li (2:53.91). It was another 1-23 sweep in the next event, 200 individual medley. Winning was Hailey Tran (2:31.03); Jusufi, second (2:52.29) and freshman Danielle Harrington, third (2:59.39). It was 1-2-3 for Malden also in the 50 free: David Xu (25.87), Nathan Nguyen (26.03) and Kyle Lee (27.9). Nathan Nguyen won the 100 free for Malden at 1:05.97 followed by teammates at 2-3: David Xu (1:10.07) and Joao Victor Santos 1:31.56. Malden won the 100-yard freestyle: first for Hailey Tran (1:03.94), second for Pham (1:08.73), third for Stanley Yip (1:13.19). The remainder of the events were swum unofficially by Malden due to an insurmountable lead. Tri-captain Liam Boom was first in the 500 free (6:22.14), Sophie Tran second (6:33.59). In the 200 free relay, Kyle Lee, Stanley Yip, Santos, and David Xu were first (1:55.51); Joslyn Nguyen, Hailey Tran, Pham and Sophie Tran, second (1:58.39); and third were Stephanie Wong, Justina Lim, Sophia Hunyh and Leo Chen (2:32.65). Joslyn Nguyen was first in the 100-yard backstroke (1:14.61). Senior Allen Xaio was second (1:20.17) and Joyce Zhou third (1:21.77). Kyle Lee was first in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.91). Jusufi was second (1:16.88) and Kevin Lin fifth (1:41.75). Malden was 1-2-3 in the 400 free relay: Bloom, Santos, Allen Xiao, Stanley Yip, first (4:49.97); Nathan Nguyen, Harrington, Joyce Zhou and Leo Chen, second (4:51.91); James Zhou, Lanyu Liang, Ryan Li and Stephanie Wong, third (5:09.69). Malden splashes past Somerville in first meet of New Year Senior tri-captain Nathan Nguyen won two individual events and was part of two winning relay races for Malden in a win over Somerville. Nguyen won the 100 butterfly (1:06.33) and 500 freestyle (6:15.97) and was on the 200 medley relay with David Xu, Kyle Lee and Liam Bloom (2:00.99). He also won the 200 freestyle relay along with Xu, Jusufi and Kyle Lee (1:51.93). In the 200 medley relay, Malden was third, with Joslyn Nguyen, Hailey Tran, Sophie Tran and Pham (2:86.88) – and fourth: Mui, Lin, James Zhou and Leung (2:91.83). Joslyn Nguyen (2:26.60), Santos (3:00.64) and Wong (3:08.84) were 2-3-4 in the 200 free. Bloom won the 200 IM (2:36.26) for Malden. Jusufi was second (2:49.71) and Joyce Zhou, third (2:57.69). Sophomore David Xu was second in the 50 free (25.56 seconds). Kyle Lee was third (26.75) and Stanley Yip fifth (31.33). David Xu won the 100 free (58:17); James Zhou, second (1:12.24) and Lanyu Liang, fifth at 1:23.88. Nathan Nguyen won the 100 butterfly (1:06.33); Sophie Tran, second (1:06.98), Liam Bloom, third (1:09.93). Nguyen also won the 500 free, followed by Kyle Lee, third (7:04.62) and Tiffany Pham, fourth (7:16.40). Malden won the 200 free relay (1:51.93) with Xu, Jusufi, N. Nguyen and Lee. Second were Hailey Tran, Stanley Yip, Santos and Sophie Tran (1:56.36). Malden was 2-3-4 in the 400 free relay: Bloom, Pham, Allen Xiao and Jusufi, second (4:41.56); Santos, Joyce Zhou, James Zhou and Joslyn Nguyen, third (4:53.69); and Justina Lim, Stephanie Wong, Lanyu Liang and Kevin Lin, fourth (5:54.93). Hailey Tran (1:20.36) won the 100 breaststroke and Jusufi was second (1:21.88). Joslyn Nguyen (1:12.41) was first in the 100 backstroke; Xiao, second (1:20.25) and Ruan Li, third (1:43.89). **** Malden faces Melrose next, at home on Jan. 18 Malden is now off until Wednesday, January 18 when the Tornados host non-leaguer Melrose for a 4:00 p.m. meet at the Fitzpatrick Pool. The Tornados will then compete in the Greater Boston League Championship Meet on Thursday, January 26 at the Medford High Pool at 4:00 p.m. Malden then concludes the regular season with a 7:00 p.m. meet on Saturday, February 4 on the road at crosstown nonleague opponent Mystic Valley Regional Charter School.
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