Page 16 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 9, 2024 Mystic Valley Boys Swimming Team cruises to 17th straight CAC Championship By Emily Brennan T he Mystic Valley Regional Charter School’s Boys Varsity Swimming Team wrapped up a phenomenal regular season last Thursday at the Commonwealth Athletic Conference (CAC) Championship meet held at Lynn Tech. The team, which had already gone undefeated in League meets, beating all eight CAC teams in the dual meet season, capped it off by winning the League Championship – scoring more than double the second-place team, Shawsheen Tech. The team got off to a great start in the 200 Yard Medley Relay when Senior Captain Jason Yan led off in the backstroke in a blistering pace, giving the team a three second lead over Shawsheen, in the first of four legs. The team never looked back, with Yan followed by sophomores Christian Antonucci in breaststroke, Thomas Sodeyama-Cardosa in butterfly and Jaden Anthony in the anchor leg swimming freestyle. Their time of 1:45.72 was six seconds better than second-place Shawsheen. The team would win all but one of the eight individual events over the course of the two day meet. Jayden Anthony would lead the way as the only boys meet participant to win two individual events, with wins in the 100 yard freestyle and 500 freestyle. In the 100 freestyle he hit the wall at 51.31, touching out his opponent from the coop team of Lowell/Innovation Academy/Nashoba by fourtenths of a second – one of the closest races of the day. Following the Medley relay, Kevin Sodeyama-Cardosa won the 200 yard freestyle, and immediately following, brother Thomas Sodeyama-Cardosa splashed to victory in the 200 CHARGES | FROM PAGE 7 da was also held responsible for a seventh shooting that took place in Lynn – during the course of the drug conspiracy – on July 4, 2020, that was committed by fellow TRG members. This seventh shooting resulted in the death of one victim and injuries to four others. Minier-Tejeda is the 18th federal defendant to be sentenced CHAMPIONS: Shown from left to right: Back row: Aris Catic, Jason Yan, Lucas Santos, Kevin Capa and Christian Antonucci; middle row: Lucas Freitas, Adrian Chang, Jaden Anthony, George George and Brady Capa; front row: Thomas Sodeyama-Cardoso, Ryan Catic, Brandon Wamala, and Dylan Phan. yard individual medley, where the swimmer swims two lengths of each stroke: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. Thomas, hitting the wall at 2:05.14, touched just ahead of teammate Jason Yan, who recorded a time of 2:06.5. In what was the closest and maybe most exciting race of the day, sophomore Lucas Freitas was in a photo finish – recording a time of 24.11 seconds, finishing in second place by four one-hundredths of a second to Shawsheen sprinter Harrison Kinsella, who touched at 24.07. Freitas, despite the heartbreak loss, was not to be denied, winning the next event, the 100 200 Medley Relay 200 Yard Freestyle 200 Individual Medley 50 Yard Freestyle 100 Yard Butterfly 100 Yard Freestyle 500 Yard Freestyle 200 Yard Free Relay 100 Yard Backstroke 100 Yard Breaststroke Top Four Teams Team Score Mystic Valley (MV) K. Sodeyama-Cardosa T. Sodeyama-Cardosa Shawsheen Lucas Freitas MV Jaden Anthony MV Jaden Anthony MV Mystic Valley Jason Yan MV Christian Antonucci MV 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Mystic Valley Mystic Valley (MV) 610 2nd Place Shawsheen yard butterfly, reversing roles and just touching out teammate Lucas Santos by two-tenths of a second for the Gold. Shortly after, Mystic Valley with the team of sophomores Freitas, Kevin Sodeyama-Cardosa, Santos and freshman Brady Capa finished first in the 200 Freestyle Relay with a time Commonwealth Athletic Conference Boys Swim Championship Top Three 2023 1st Place Lucas Santos MV Jason Yan MV Lucas Freitas MV Lucas Santos MV Lowell/Innovation/Nshba K. Sodeyama-Cardosa Blue Hills Dylan Phan MV T. Sodeyama-Cardosa Shawsheen Shawsheen Tech 253.5 3rd Place Blue Hills Henry Cao MV Christian Antonucci MV Blue Hills Minuteman Shawsheen Dylan Phan MV Lowell/Innovation/Nshba George George MV Aris Catic MV Blue Hills Blue Hills 233 of 1:39.47. Although the time is nearly a full 10 seconds off the League Record set by Mystic Valley eight years ago, it is perhaps the best time ever recorded by such a young group at the school. Finishing out the individual events, Captain Yan won the 100 yard backstroke and sophomore Christian Antonucci swam to victory in the 100 breaststroke. In the final event of the meet, the 400 yard freestyle relay, Jaden Anthony, Christian Antonucci, Jason Yan and Thomas Sodeyama-Cardosa finished first in 3:26.69 – one of the best times ever at the CAC Championship for the event. With an average split of 51.7 seconds per hundred and three of the four being sophomores, the future is very bright. Mystic Valley is right back in action on Saturday, February 3, for a last chance meet in Malden at 7 p.m. The Eagles then travel to WPI on Sunday, February 11, for the MIAA Sectional Tournament. For the latest on Mystic Valley Athletics, follow the Eagles via social media on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Winning Time 1:45.72 1:56.23 2:05.14 24.07 1:00.57 51.31 5:09.92 1:39.47 57.83 1:05.43 3:26.69 Greater Lowell 192.5 in this case. Over the past three years, the investigation has resulted in the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of multiple drug traffickers and violent offenders in the Greater Boston area, including Vincent Caruso, a/k/a “Fatz,” who was sentenced to 250 months in federal prison; his mother Laurie Caruso and coconspirator Ernest Johnson, a/k/a “Yo Pesci,” who were sentenced to 108 and 78 months in federal prison, respectively. Malden-based drug trafficker and participant in a shooting of a vehicle that contained a young child, Phillips Charles, a/k/a “Phon C,” was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison; TRG leader David Oth, a/k/a “Baby Bouncer,” was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison; and Ahsan Arty, a/k/a “Hass,” a member of a violent drug and gun conspiracy, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison. Coleman, also of Malden, pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy in February 2022 and was scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday (February 8). Valuable assistance in the investigation was provided by Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Salem, Mass., and Somerville Police, as well as the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine; Maine State Police; Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk County District Attorney’s Offices; Essex and Hancock (Maine) County Sheriff’s Department; and Portland (Maine) and Westbrook (Maine) Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Philip A. Mallard and Kaitlin R. O’Donnell of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit prosecuted the case.
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