MORRISTOWN — The Morristown boys swim team had a unified goal at the U&ME Invitational on Friday afternoon. Defend this pool. The Colonials were particularly determined to withstand much of the old Iron Hills Conference and claim the title at home. Though Randolph mounted a particularly tough challenge, Morristown emerged with 269 points and the boys team title. Anchored by junior Matt Linz’s pair of individual victories and a first-place medley relay, the Rams had 210 points – as both teams far outpaced the rest of the field. Morristown had topped Randolph by just two points in a dual meet on Thursday afternoon, spurring the rivalry even more.“We wanted to beat Morristown really badly (on Thursday),” Linz said. “We gave it our all, but we came up just a little bit short. We’re just exhausted … but (Thursday’s) loss is a lot of the fuel for winning (at the Invitational).”

Mendham easily defended its girls title with 275 points, winning seven of the 11 events. Seniors Celia Frick (200 free, breaststroke) and Isabelle Cecere (IM, butterfly) each won a pair of individual events, and were part of the Minutemen’s winning medley and 400 free relays – along with classmate Maya Scheidl, who was also first in the 400 free.“We’re switching it up,” Frick said. “We wanted to have some variety.” Morris Knolls senior Jessica Stiles claimed both freestyle sprints, and had a 26.88-second anchor to bring the 200 free relay up to first place. Amy Nemeth of Mount Olive was first in the backstroke, and had the fastest backstroke split – 31.93 seconds – to give the medley relay an early lead. Roxbury sophomore James Singewald won both the IM and backstroke.“The 100 isn’t my best event, but it shows I’m able to do something better than what I expected,” Stiles said. “It’s mostly just for fun, but there’s good competition here. I love it.”

Morristown coach Donna Gelegonya organized the U&ME Invitational as a replacement of sorts for the NJAC Championships, which were only held once. It brought together 11 Morris County schools, plus West Essex — the lone Essex County representative. Defending boys champ Summit, the lone Union County team a year ago, did not enter on Friday. That cleared the way for host Morristown, who had finished second at the invitational last winter.Though their only first-place finishes were the 200 and 400 free relays, the Colonials had at least two swimmers in the top six in six of the eight individual events. “We always want to be the best,” Morristown freshman Matthew Critchley said. “It gives us more incentive to keep going on, because we know how good we can be. We just have to finish hard.”

Medley relay: 1. Mendham (Maya Scheidl, Charlie Trinco, Isabelle Cecere, Celia Frick) 2:06.67; 2. Morristown (Emilie Breslin, Lindsey Giostra, Rachel Emodi, Casey Hasenbein) 2:12.37; 3. Morris Knolls (Christine Cicoria, Stephanie Harris, Julia Dottinger, Allie Kaufmann) 2:14.17; 4. Randolph (Gabriella Cecala, Lexi Gihorski, Ally Mitchell, Anne Zhang) 2:16.95; 5. Mount Olive (Amy Nemeth, Caroline Sullivan, Isabel Palacios, Bailey Adams) 2:17.09; 6. Park (Allison Romanski, Elizabeth D'Altrui, Sydney Lucas, Katie Gorman) 2:17.25.

200 freestyle: 1. Celia Frick (Mend) 2:08.27; 2. Ashley Singewald (Rox) 2:24.23; 3. Karianna Plum (Rand) 2:24.49; 4. Erin Hession (Mt) 2:25.28; 5. Kellyann Gangaware (MH) 2:27.31; 6. Julia Dottinger (MK) 2:27.92.

200 IM: 1. Isabelle Cecere (Mend) 2:29.79; 2. Sierra Castaneda (WMC) 2:36.87; 3. Olivia Rogus (Mend) 2:39.92; 4. Jennifer Colicchio (Mend) 2:41.5; 5. Ally Barth (WE) 2:43.61; 6. Sydney Lucas (Park) 2:47.89.

50 freestyle: 1. Jessica Stiles (MK) 27.08; 2. Maya Scheidl (Mend) 27.5; 3. Allyson Kleinsorgen (Rox) 28.14; 4. Katie Gorman (Park) 28.31; 5. Stephanie Harris (MK) 28.31; 6. Rachel Emodi (Mt) 29.53.

100 butterfly: 1. Isabelle Cecere (Mend) 1:07.11; 2. Sydney Lucas (Park) 1:10.78; 3. Lindsey Giostra (Mt) 1:10.86; 4. Elizabeth D'Altrui (Park) 1:12.67; 5. Sara Cecere (Mend) 1:13.01; 6. Janice Gu (Rand) 1:14.88.

100 freestyle: 1. Jessica Stiles (MK) 59.53; 2. Amy Nemeth (MO) 1:01.71; 3. Katie Gorman (Park) 1:02.19; 4. Emilie Breslin (Mt) 1:04.52; 5. Rachel Emodi (Mt) 1:04.94; 6. Faith Markey (Park)

400 freestyle: 1. Maya Scheidl (Mend) 4:39.51; 2. Sierra Castaneda (WMC) 4:49.02; 3. Ashley Singewald (Rox) 4:56.09; 4. Gabriella Cecala (Rand) 5:01.47; 5. Erin Hession (Mt) 5:04.97; 6. Kim Colicchio (Mend) 5:07.83.

200 free relay: 1. Morris Knolls (Allie Kaufmann, Devyn Somogyi, Stephanie Harris, Jessica Stiles) 1:55.7; 2. Park (Faith Markey, Amanda Wisolmerski, Elizabeth D'Altrui, Katie Gorman) 1:56.13; 3. Morristown (Emilie Breslin, Lindsey Giostra, Casey Hasenbein, Rachel Emodi) 1:57.91; 4. West Essex (Ally Barth, Monika Nemeth, Jackie Solitto, Meghan Trewhella) 2:01.77; 5. Randolph (Gabriella Cecala, Juliet Felsen, Karianna Plum, Anne Zhang) 2:01.79; 6. Mendham (Olivia Rogus, Kim Colicchio, Jennifer Colicchio, Sara Cecere) 2:02.7.

100 backstroke: 1. Amy Nemeth (MO) 1:07.77; 2. Allyson Kleinsorgen (Rox) 1:08.36; 3. Emilie Breslin (Mt) 1:14.55; 4. Allison Romanski (Park) 1:14.65; 5. Jennifer Colicchio (Mend) 1:14.85; 6. Charlie Trinco (Mend) 1:15.71.

100 breaststroke: 1. Celia Frick (Mend) 1:15.42; 2. Lindsey Giostra (Mt) 1:19.93; 3. Olivia Rogus (Mend) 1:24.23; 4. Elizabeth D'Altrui (Park) 1:24.34; 5. Lexi Gihorski (Rand) 1:25.68; 5. Christine Mountain (Mend) 1:25.75.

400 free relay: 1. Mendham (Celia Frick, Sara Cecere, Isabelle Cecere, Maya Scheidl) 4:06.47; 2. Morris Knolls (Allie Kaufmann, Devyn Somogyi, Julia Dottinger, Jessica Stiles) 4:23.87; 3. Park (Sydney Lucas, Allison Romanski, Laura Romanski, Faith Markey) 4:36.53; 4. Mount Olive (Bailey Adams, Katherine Bausch, Isabel Palacios, Amy Nemeth) 4:37.8; 5. Randolph (Michele Cheng, Lexi Gihorski, Karianna Plum, Sophie Stadler) 4:38.91; 6. Morristown (Shannon Crowley, Lauren Procanik, Julia Hall, Erin Hession) 4:39.56.

Site of meet: Morristown High School. Distances in meters.

Medley relay: 1. Randolph (Chris Vukas, Connor Timmerman, Zach Sanders, Matt Linz) 1:57.25; 2. West Essex (Tim Barth, RJ Carillo, Anthony Rubinich, John Alscher) 1:58.12; 3. Morristown (Matthew Ahlmeyer, Matthew Critchley, Will Ashton, Michael Crowley) 1:58.4; 4. Morris Hills (Anthony Taboadela, Thomas Cangelosi, Matthew Chan, Alexander Sancic) 1:58.9; 5. Mount Olive (Cesar Palacios, Colin Fitzgerald, Will Van Emburg, Cooper Shira) 2:006.9; 6. Morris Knolls (Matthew Dottinger, Michael Stiles, Jared Huston, Ryan Hanright) 2:04.05.
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200 freestyle: 1. Tim Barth (WE) 2:01.54; 2. Alin Kenworthy (Mend) 2:04.3; 3. Chris Vukas (Rand) 2:06.7; 4. Jamie Viotto (Mt) 2:08.68; 5. Karl Melchior (Park) 2:08.91; 6. Jared Huston (MK) 2:09.02.

200 IM: 1. James Singewald (Rox) 2:24.66; 2. Matthew Ahlmeyer (Mt) 2:26.39; 3. Ryan Miller (Mt) 2:29.64; 4. Connor Timmerman (Rand) 2:29.65; 5. Brian Volpe (PH) 2:30.63; 6. Chris Colasurdo (MO) 2:31.33.

50 freestyle: 1. Matt Linz (Rand) 25.71; 2. Michael Crowley (Mt) 25.96; 3. Aaron Vinh (WMC) 26.51; 4. Anthony Taboadela (WMC) 26.51; 5. Reid Petty (Mend) 26.83; 6. (tie) Josh Decker (Rox) and Connor Paul (Mt) 26.88.

100 butterfly: 1. Matt Chan (MH) 1:01.6; 2. Zach Sanders (Rand) 1:03.63; 3. Will Ashton (Mt) 1:04.24; 4. Colin Hastings (Mend) 1:04.63; 5. Matthew Critchley (Mt) 1:04.97; 6. Slade Reisner (Rand) 1:05.96.

100 freestyle: 1. Matt Linz (Rand) 57.41; 2. Joe Ciccarelli (PH) 57.76; 3. Michael Crowley (Mt) 58.39; 4. Brian Honicky (Mt) 59.26; 5. Will Ashton (Mt) 59.27; 6. Aaron Vinh (WMC) 59.31.

400 freestyle: 1. Tim Barth (WE) 4:18.7; 2. Colin Fitzgerald (MO) 4:26.08; 3. Alin Kenworthy (Mend) 4:33.38; 4. Karl Melchior (Park) 4:36.61; 5. Michael Schommer (WMC) 4:42.44; 6. Bobby Hammond (MO) 4:46.71.

200 free relay: 1. Morristown (Connor Paul, Brian Honicky, Jamie Viotto, Michael Crowley) 1:45.54; 2. Mendham (Alin Kenworthy, Tristan Cembrinski, Reid Petty, Jordan Rogus) 1:46.58; 3. Roxbury (Tom Fulton, Michael Brauer, James Singewald, Josh Decker) 1:47.13; 4. West Essex (RJ Carillo, Cameron Ruddy, John Alscher, Tim Barth) 1:47.8; 5. Morris Hills (Anthony Taboadela, Alexander Sancic, Thomas Cangelosi, Matt Chan) 1:48.52; 6. Parsippany Hills (Joe Ciccarelli, Brian Volpe, Mike Ginsberg, Mike Wu) 1:49.53.

100 backstroke: 1. James Singewald (Rox) 1:04.39; 2. Anthony Taboadela (MH) 1:04.64; 3. Chris Vukas (Rand) 1:04.65; 4. Matt Ahlmeyer (Mt) 1:05.79; 5. Matthew Dottinger (MK) 1:07.72; 6. Ryan Miller (Mt) 1:07.92.

100 breaststroke: 1. RJ Carillo (WE) 1:09.95; 2. Colin Fitzgerald (MO) 1:10.99; 3. Connor Timmerman (Rand) 1:11.08; 4. Matthew Critchley (Mt) 1:13.85; 5. Matt Chan (MH) 1:14.83; 6. Tyler Huhn (Mt) 1:16.12.

400 free relay: 1. Morristown (Jamie Viotto, Will Ashton, Alex Hedge, Brian Honicky) 3:54.93; 2. Randolph (Zach Sanders, Henry Taibi, Chris Vukas, Matt Linz) 3:56.18; 3. Mendham (Alin Kenworthy, Tristan Cembrinski, Tyler Morel, Jordan Rogus) 4:00.18; 4. Mount Olive (Chris Colasurdo, Bobby Hammond, Jeff Schafer, Will Van Emburg) 4:16.52; 5. Morris Knolls (Jonathon Engels, Matthew Dottinger, Tanner Kipp, Jared Huston) 4:19.82; 6. West Essex (Anthony Rubinich, Chris Plunkett, Greg Contaldi, Cameron Ruddy) 4:36.46.

Site of meet: Morristown High School. Distances in meters.