These Eagles are training to swim fast.
Coach Jim Goodman’s Ellsworth boys team dominates the early season performances in Class B interscholastic swimming. Three swimmers — Sam Alvarado, Talor Hamilton and Cooper Holmes — combine to lead the field in seven events.
Hamilton, a senior, who set a record in the 100 backstroke (52.2 seconds) at last year’s state meet, continues to excel posting the top swims in Class B in the 200 free (1:51.9), 50 free (21.7) and 100 free (47.3). Classmate Holmes heads the butterflyers (55.2) and backstrokers (53.7).
Alvarado’s 500 free of 4:57.7 is the standard and the only sub-five minute swim.
As an indicator of the team’s skill and depth, the Eagles also have the second fastest times in the 200 free, 100 free, 100 back and 500 free, according to Maine Swim League statistician Ritchie Palmer.
Fast times in Brunswick
In Class A, Brunswick’s Caitlin Tycz and Nate Samson have established themselves as the premier swimmers during the first half of the dual-meet season, combining to record the fastest performances in 11 events.
Tycz, a junior for coach David Bright’s team, has recorded the league’s speediest swims in the 200 free (1:53.7), the 200 individual medley (2:10.7), 50 free (24.5), 100 butterfly (54.7), 100 free (54.8) and 100 back (57.6).
Samson established a state record in the 100 free earlier this month with a 46.5, a 10th of a second faster than former Morse High swimmer James Wells, who set the previous record of 46.5 in 2009. The Brunswick senior also leads the Class A field in the 100 butterfly (50.1), 50 free (21.4), 100 back (50.2), 100 breaststroke (58.6) and 200 individual medley (1:54.7).
Bangor’s Kyle Adams’ six-dive point total of 283.15 tops the 1-meter totals.
SWIM NOTEBOOK: Ann Tolan, a junior at Morse High, leads the Class B racers in the 200 free (1:55.1), 50 free (24.5), 100 butterfly (59.4) and 100 free (54.1). Class A championships will be swum as timed finals at the University of Maine. The girls meet is scheduled for Feb. 13 and the boys for Feb. 15. Bowdoin College will host the Class B championships on Feb. 16. Princeton University swimmer Isabel Reis, daughter of Channing and Ann Reis, has recorded the fastest 2015-16 Ivy League 200 yard butterfly time (1:57.9) in first semester of racing. Ann Farrington Reis was a champion swimmer for Bangor High School. The Tiger freshman competed in the 2012 Olympic Trials .