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BANGOR – They’d have to make up the points somehow. And, boy, did they ever.
Even with four Bangor divers sweeping the top spots in that event, the MDI boys managed to hold on for their fourth straight win in the Penobscot Valley Conference swimming and diving championships Friday night at the Husson College pool.
Senior Frank Carbone won two events to lead the Trojans to 313 points. That proved to be enough to hold off the Rams, who finished second with 283 points.
Ellsworth was third with 150, followed just behind by Brewer (149) and John Bapst of Bangor (148).
It was a much less decisive win than last year’s PVC championship, in which the Trojans had a 173.4-point victory over Bangor.
“The competition was great,” Carbone said of Friday’s meet. “We had some awesome races. Everyone went crazy on their times. It was just a great meet overall.”
Carbone took the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 backstroke for MDI’s only individual wins.
MDI swept the relays, however, which helped counter Bangor’s 52-point diving sweep. The Trojans don’t have a diver this year.
“We knew we were going into the meet in the hole,” Carbone said. “It just gives you the extra oomph. A lot of our lower guys moved up in seeding and we all did real well.”
Justin Gilmartin, Ty Onda, and Ian Carbone all had big efforts for MDI.
Gilmartin was second in both the 50 free and the 100 free and swam on the medley relay and 200 free relay.
Onda and Ian Carbone also took part in the medley relay and 400 free relay. Onda placed third in the 200 free and second in the 100 butterfly while Ian Carbone took fourth in the 200 free and third in the 100 breaststroke.
The Rams led by eight points after the 100 freestyle, which is the seventh event, but the Trojans made their move in the 500 free with Aaron Rourk, Nigel Storer, Cullen O’Brien, and Eric Beals finishing 7-8-9-10 to cut Bangor’s lead to three points.
Gilmartin, Patrick Breen, Ian Carbone, and Reid Swanson then edged Bangor in the 200 free relay to take the overall lead for good.
Frank Carbone had to come from behind against Ellsworth’s Brian Batson in the IM. The MDI standout was able to do so with a strong turn in the breaststroke leg.
“Brian’s a great racer,” Carbone said. “I was quite nervous before the race. We have a good, friendly rivalry going on.”
Batson went on to win the 500 free.
Brian Wardwell of Bangor captured the diving title for the second straight year. Teammate Brian Columbus was second, followed by Rams Peter Buck and Tom Amero.
Bangor freshman Joey Quinn had to come from behind to beat Ellsworth’s Zach Cravens in the 200 free. The last time Quinn swam the 200, he’d been edged by Frank Carbone.
This time, Quinn inched past Eagle standout Cravens in the final 15 yards or so.
“I just knew I had a chance to win and went for it,” Quinn said.
Quinn was in lane 3, one lane over from Brewer’s Andrew Meehan. Meehan, who is a talented but relatively inexperienced swimmer, stopped swimming with 50 yards to go.
Once Meehan realized he still had two lengths left, he started again and eventually finished fifth.
Quinn was thrown for a minute by Meehan’s stop.
“I did hesitate there for a second,” he said. “I wasn’t sure if I was actually done or not. I saw Zach turn on the other side of me so I just kept on going.”
Meehan recovered nicely later in the meet, however, with a runner-up finish and a 31/2-second time drop in the 500 free. Quinn was third in that event, in which he sliced 11 seconds off his previous best time.
Taylor Wicks and Brandon Frenette of Bangor were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the IM. The Rams placed four finishers in the 50 and 100 free as well as the 100 breaststroke. Tommy Wong was third in the 50 free, Frenette took fourth in the 100 free, and James Moreside finished fourth in the breaststroke.
Ellsworth’s John Hessler continued his domination in the sprints, winning both the 50 and 100 free for the second year in a row. Hessler also anchored the Eagles’ second-place 400 free relay team.
John Bapst got wins from Ryan Trafton in the fly and Drew Desrosiers in the breaststroke.
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