Boys swimming and diving has started, so it’s time for our annual look at how the teams will do, through their coach’s eyes. Not seeing your school, contact Michael Wojtychiw (mmwojtychiw@cps.edu)
*All coaches were contacted for this exercise. Their responses are below.
School: Hubbard High School
Key swimmers returning (Name, class, stroke(s), honors):
Angel Lara, senior, IM, Butterfly
Aaron Torres, sophomore, Back & 100 Free
Patrick Riley, freshman, 200 Free
Jhulian Aldrete, senior, 500
Newcomers to watch (Name, class, stroke(s)):
Patrick Riley, freshman, 200 Free
Coach’s season outlook: We can finally once again swim every event in our meet. Plan to place top 3 in conference
School: Kenwood Academy
Social media handle: KAHSaquatics
Key swimmers returning (Name, class, stroke(s) honors):
Jordan Sangoleye, Junior, Butterfly
Joel Brown, Junior, Breaststroke
Eli Garner, Junior, Backstroke
Newcomers to watch (Name, class, stroke(s)):
Ahmad Brown, Junior, Freestyle
Adriel Owens, Senior, Freestyle
Coach’s season outlook:
Last season we accomplished our 3 major goals. Taking 1st in the Red Conference for the second year in a row, placing top 5 at CPL City Championships, and then moving up to Silver Conference! Although we are in a rebuilding year, we are looking forward to developing new swimmers into competitive swimmers as we take on this new conference.
School: Lake View High School
Key swimmers returning (Name, class, stroke(s) honors):
Andrej Milenovic, 12th, 50 free
Gabriel Anama, 12th, 100 Butterfly, 100 Free
Marlon Castaneda 10th, 500 Freestyle, 100 Breast, 200 Free
Huunam Le, 12th, (Captain) 100 Backstroke
Newcomers to watch (Name, class, stroke(s)):
Dylan Lopez, 12th, Breast & Freestyle
Alexander Sosa, 9th, Breast
Leonardo Ramirez 9th, Individual Medley, Freestyle
Coach’s season outlook: The Lake View High School Boys Swim team is excited to return for their 2nd year after not having a team for many years. We’re excited to compete for our conference championship improving on our 2nd place finish from last year.
School: Lane Tech
Key swimmers returning (Name, class, stroke(s) honors):
Owen Lee – Senior, Diver. Took 23rd last year at the state competition. Two-time Sectional champion, two-time Conference Champion. Broke both School records for diving.
George Ivascu – Senior, Distance Free. Took 13th last year at the state competition in the 500 free. Two-time sectional champion in the 500. Broke the 200 free and 500 free school records
Alek Arsic – Junior, Sprint Free. Took 9th in the 50 free and 13th in the 100 Free at the State competition last year. Broke the 50 and 100 free school records, a part of the school record-breaking medley and 200 free relays.
Aidan Kaplan- Junior, Free/Butterfly. Took 31st in the 50 free and 38 in the 100 Fly at the State competition last year. Broke the 100 fly school record, and a part of the school record-breaking medley and 200 free relays.
Owen Huynh – Junior, Back/Fly. Took 29th in the 100 Back at the state competition. Was a part of the school record breaking medley relay.
Newcomers to watch (Name, class):
Ashton Boeke – Soph
Alex Ivascu – Soph
Ivan Goncharko – Soph
Alexander Keil – Soph
Jack Foos – Soph
Oren Galster – Soph
Brian Zweifel – Frosh
Oskar Marendic – Frosh
Dimitar Bratovanov – Frosh
Coach’s season outlook:
We are looking to build upon the successes we had last year. On the Frosh/Soph team, we have 9 returning Sophomores, 9 new Freshmen, and a new Sophomore. We are really excited to see them all continue to develop their competition skills and maximize their potential. On Varsity, we only graduated 3 seniors so our team is much the same as last year with the exciting addition of a few sophomores and juniors. Our coaches have been reading up on new coaching techniques and strategies and we’re looking forward to implementing our new program! Our diving team, Owen Lee, is coming off of finishing 23rd in the State last year and we are hoping to see him in the Sweet 16 for his final year!
School: Northside College Prep
Key swimmers returning (Name, class, stroke(s) honors):
Jay Huang, Junior, IM, Backstroke Freestyle
Chris Naglestad, Sophomore, IM, Butterfly, Freestyle
Nolan Lujan: Sophomore, Breastroke, Freestyle
Grant Anderson, Senior, Freestyle
Finn Dreghorn, Sophomore, Backstroke, Freestyle
Newcomers to watch (Name, class, stroke(s)):
Henry Everett, Freshman, Butterfly, Freestyle
Coach’s season outlook:
The Mustangs are looking to improve upon their 4th place overall ranking in the CPL this season. With only two Senior-class swimmers on the Varsity team, the group is hoping to use this season and next to make key adjustments to lineups and team composition to enhance our overall ranking in the city and the state.
