Page 12 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 2, 2021 HOME COOKIN’! Malden High coed swim still unbeaten in Greater Boston League Tornadoes led by Giech, Tang, Nguyen and Luu; could clinch GBL crown with win on Monday By Steve Freker T he Malden High varsity coed swim team has enjoyed lots of “home cooking” this season – in fact, all of its meets have been at the Barry Fitzpatrick pool at MHS. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Malden has competed solo, team-wise, in all of its meets at home. Their opponents compete in their home pools as well, and then the results are matched After a first meet stumble to non-leaguer Hopkinton, the Golden Tornados have rolled to four straight victories, including a perfect mark in wins over Greater Boston League (GBL) opponents Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Revere and Medford. Ramping up some late season drama, Malden could clinch the 2020-21 GBL Championship with a victory in its season finale on Monday, April 5, when it competes against Somerville at 4:00 p.m. Malden has been led by a team-wide effort, according to head coach Jessica Bisson. Individual standouts have included junior captain Tony Giech, senior captain David Lombardi, junior Nathan Nguyen, junior Abby Tang, Samantha Tang and seniors Kenny Nguyen, Tony Luu and Jacob Pettigrew. Malden's most recent meet was a 93-72 win over Waltham last Friday. Malden started off with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, with Giech, Luu, Vasili and Nathan Nguyen turning in a time of 1:59.14. The relay unit of Abby Tang, Samantha Tang, Kenny Nguyen and Pettigrew finished third with a time of 2:15.45. Giech had a big day with two more first-place finishes in individual events and also as a member of another winning relay team. He won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.47 seconds and also won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:03.66. Giech also took part in the winning 200 free relay with Kenny Nguyen, Makayla Preston and Tony Luu at 1:59.14. Malden’s Nathan Nguyen won the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:10.72. The Tornados took second and third with times of 2:52.51 for Kenny Nguyen and 2:59.82 for Samantha Tang. Malden’s Kenny Nguyen competes in the 400 freestyle relay. (Advocate photos by Henry Huang) Malden senior Tony Luu swims in the 100 breaststroke. tigrew, W. Ramirez Morales and Nathan Nguyen. Second in that event at 5:50.40 were Kenny Nguyen, Molly Sewell, Gelila Lemma and Tony Luu. Giech swam in the winning 200 medley relay (2:02.03) with Nathan Nguyen, Jacob Pettigrew and Kenny Nguyen. Finishing second in that event Ryan Vasili competes in the 100 butterfly for Malden. Ryan Vasili won the 50 freestyle at 27.16 seconds and Pettigrew was third at 28.06 seconds. Malden’s Abby Tang won the 100 butterfly at 1:08.72, and Tony Luu was second at 1:09.22. Preston took third in the 100 freestyle at 1:08.23. In the 200 free relay, Malden’s foursome of Samantha Tang, Moamel Al-Azzawi, Ayman Ali and Igor Souza placed third with a time of 2:09.78. Nathan Nguyen was third in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:03.75. **** Malden swim rolls past Lynn English, 83-68, to go to 4-0 in the GBL Junior captain Tony Giech won two more events and competed in two winning relay events, leading Malden to an 83-68 league victory over Lynn English. Giech won the 100 freestyle with a time of 55.13 seconds and started a 1-2-3 sweep, with Kenny Nguyen second at 1:05.93 and Abby Tang third at 1:06.53. Giech also had a firstplace finish in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:20.34. It was another 1-2-3 sweep for Malden with Abby Tang second (2:37.06) and Vasili third (2:49.70). Giech also was in the winning 400 free relay (4:15.67) with Petwas the foursome of David Lombardi, Souza, Luu and Vasili at 2:06.08. Samantha Tang won the 200 free event at 2:43.91. Second was Luu at 2:45.16, and Lemma completed the sweep at 2:53.25. Luu won the 100 breaststroke (1:15.73), Souza was second (1:27.74) and Samantha Tang third (1:30.16) for the Tornados’ sweep. Senior captain David Lombardi also had a big day as he won the 100 breaststroke at 1:03.06. W. Ramirez Morales was third at 1:23.87. Lombardi won the 100 butterfly at 59.15 seconds and also swam in the winning 200 free relay at 1:57.24 with Igor Souza, Gelila Lemma and Ryan Vasili. Nathan Nguyen won the 500 free with a time of 6:08.28. Morales was second at 6:57.53. Vasili was third in the 100 butterfly at 1:17.59. Golden Tornadoes Girls’ Varsity Basketball congratulates seniors By Tara Vocino T he Malden High School Golden Tornadoes Girls’ Varsity Basketball program honored their lone senior, Kaitlyn Mini, with a present at Revere High School last Friday night. The lone senior on the team, Kaitlyn Mini, plans to major in biblical studies and nursing at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., to become an overseas Christian missionary. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Shown last Friday, from left to right, are Head Coach Scott Marino, Asst. Coach Robert Pizzi, Forward Kaitlyn Mini and Asst. Coach Michael Innocenti.
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