Mo leads Great Neck South to title
Sam Mo of Great Neck South High School surfaces during the breaststroke portion of the 200 yard individual medley event in varsity boys' swimming competition vs. Long Beach at Long Beach High School. (Jan. 16, 2009) Credit: Newsday/James A. Escher
Sam Mo led the way in Great Neck South's Nassau Division A boys swimming championship Saturday with wins in the 200-yard individual medley (1:53.80) and the 100 butterfly (50.81).
He also was part of the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:28.88) and 400 freestyle relay (3:17.72) as Great Neck South had 678 points.
The Great Neck South team of Sean Kim, Ben Ching, Marko Miocic and Noah Cheng won the 200 medley relay in 1:42.70. Junior Dan Mo, Sam's brother, won the 100 backstroke in 54.98.
Jericho took Division B with 703 points and was led by juniors Jasper Du, Alexander Popescu, and Anthony Istomin. Du won the 200 IM (2:03.38) and the 100 breaststroke (1:00.47), Popescu won the 200 freestyle (1:50.20) and Istomin won the 100 backstroke (56.11). All three were part of the winning 400 freestyle relay (3:25.85). Du and Istomin were part of the winning 200 medley relay (1:42.95).
Garden City, which took Division C with 641 points, had a swimmer or relay team finish in first place in seven of 12 events. Freshman Connor Brown won the 500 freestyle in 4:56.27 and also swam the lead leg in the winning 400 freestyle relay (3:25.89). Sophomore Joseph Lozano won the 200 IM in 1:57.93 and junior Matthew Finnegan won the 50 freestyle (22.90) and 100 freestyle (50.73).
The county championships will be at Nassau Aquatic Center, with the trials at 7 p.m. Friday and the finals at 1 p.m. Saturday. The diving championship will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the aquatic center at Eisenhower Park.
