Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, December 29, 2023 SWIM | FROM PAGE 1 rington third (7:08.82) and Gordon Zeng fourth (8:55.34). Malden fi nished 1-2 in the 200 freestyle relay. Hailey Tran, Tiffany Pham, Joslyn Nguyen and Sophie Tran won it with a time of 1:54.16, and second-place – just three seconds later (1:54.19) – went to Joao Santos, James Zhou, Stanley Yip and David Xu. With Malden way out in front, the last three events were graciously competed unofficially by the hosts. The Tornados would have had 1-3-4 in the 100yard backstroke with Ian Ian Ho (1:19.70), Tiff any Pham (1:22.97) and Yinje Zhou (1:25.37). Malden would have gone 1-2-4 in the 100-yard breaststroke: Danielle Harrington (1:27.97), Kevin Lin (1:36.21) and Christina Mui (1:48.11). The Tornados would have fi nished 1-3-4 in the 400yard freestyle relay: Hailey Tran, Joslyn Nguyen, Danielle Harrington, Sophie Tran first at 4:23.35; Yingyan Wang, Gordon Zeng, Stanley Yip and Yinje Wang third (5:05.39); and Larissa Retamero, Sophia Huynh, Ian Ian Ho and Kevin Lin fourth with a time of 5:41.33. Malden opens season with 85-77 win over Medford The Tornado coed swim team opened the season with an 85James Zhou in the 100-yard butterfl y 77 win over GBL rival Medford on December 19 at the Malden High School Pool. Joslyn Nguyen, Xiaode “David” Xu and Sophie Tran led the way, each placing fi rst in two events. The key event came midway through the meet when Sophie Tran (1:15.30), Joyce Zhou (1:20.27) and James Zhou (1:21.09) pulled off a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100-yard butterfl y to push Malden to a commanding 49-29 lead in an eventual 85-77 win. Malden went 1-3 in the fi rst event, the 200-yard medley relay, with Joslyn Nguyen, Kevin Lin, Xiaode “David” Xu and Joao Santos winning it (2:06.11) and the foursome of Tiffany Pham, Hailey Tran, Sophie Tran and Danielle Harrington third (2:08.36). David Xu won his fi rst event, the 200-yard freestyle, at 2:11.68. Hailey Tran was second (2:13.85) and Yinje Wang fi fth (2:46.11). Malden followed that with a win by Sophie Tran in the 200yard individual medley (2:32.34) as well as a third-place fi nish by Danielle Harrington (2:55.70). Joao Santos was second in the 50-yard freestyle (27.20 seconds) and Stanley Yip (28.11) was fourth. Malden junior Joslyn Nguyen won the 100-yard freestyle (1:03.22) with Joao Santos third (1:08.83) and Sarahy Escobar fi fth (1:22.41). David Xu won his second event of the meet with a 6:20.97 in the 10-lap, 500yard freestyle. Tiff any Pham was third (7:25.22) and Gordon Zeng sixth (9:00.69). In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Joslyn Nguyen, Joyce Zhou, Stanley Yip and Sophie Tran fi nished first at 1:58.06; second were Hailey Tran, Ian Ian Ho, Tiff any Pham and Joao Santos. Malden also took third place as Weigi Du, Sofi a Evaras, Daisa Valentine and Jasmin Diaz Gomez swam a 2:34.88. Joslyn Nguyen won the 100Kevin Lin competes in the 100-yard breaststroke. Need a hall for your special event? The Schiavo Club, located at 71 Tileston Street, Everett is available for your Birthdays, Anniversaries, Sweet 16 parties and more? For more info, call (857) 249-7882 yard backstroke with a time of 1:12.31. Joyce Zhou was second (1:25.07) and Yinji Wang fourth (1:25.20). Hailey Tran placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:15.01. Kevin Lin and Ian Ian Ho fi nished in a dead heat for fourth and fi fth places with the exact fi nish of 1:37.08. Stanley Yip, Danielle Harrington, Yinje Wang and David Xu won the 400 freestyle relay at 4:39.14. Gordon Zeng, Sarahy Escobar, Joyce Zhou and James Zhou were third (5:05.05), and Sophia Huynh, Dasia Valentine, Christina Mui and Kevin Lin were fi fth (6:02.16). **** TORNADO POOLSIDE – Malden High Swimming now takes Joao Victor Santos in the 100-yard freestyle Tiff any Pham races in the 200-yard medley. Danielle Harrington in the 200-yard individual medley (Advocate Photos/Henry Huang) a week off from competition, until it takes on non-league opponent Melrose High on Friday, January 5 at 4:00 p.m.... After that it is on the road at Somerville High on Tuesday, January 9 at 4:00 p.m.; hosting Lynn English on Thursday, January 11 at 4:00 p.m.; and on the road to close out the regular season at 4:15 p.m. to take on Revere High at the Garfi eld School in Revere... Coincidentally, Malden’s meet with Revere will be a “double” home meet, since Melrose High uses the Malden HS Pool as its home venue... Malden had some Tornado swim “royalty” on hand for its meets last week when two former, highly successful MHS swimmers, David Lombardi and Tony Giech, were on hand and helping out with the meets.
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