Breaking four school records, the Boys Swimming and Diving Team placed fourth overall at Sectionals on Saturday, Feb. 19, and advanced five swimmers and one diver to State.
The swimmers who qualified for State are: senior Konner Scott in the 100 free, 200 free (new school record), 200 free medley (new school record), and the 400 free relay; senior Elliott Kerbel in the 100 fly, 200 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; senior Tim Binkley in the 200 free relay, and the 400 free relay; senior Sam Stein in the 200 free relay; junior Ryan Miller in the 400 free relay; and senior Zach Rothstein, in diving.
The team also set school records in the 200 and 400 free relays.
Co-captain Scott, who went to State last year, said he is excited to go to State with his team this year.
“It’s a big deal; it always is,” he said. “I’m just glad we have a team going this year. I love everybody on the team and the fact that I get to accomplish this along with many of them makes it all the more special.”
Diver Rothstein agreed with Scott, saying State was a “really big deal.”
“We have so many qualifiers, so it’s really exciting,” he said.
Rothstein added and that he hopes this “power-house” senior-heavy team does well and that he makes it to the diving final on Saturday.
The Swim Team will compete at prelims, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25 at New Trier High School.
To see more pictures from the team’s season, visit our gallery.
crossover • Feb 26, 2011 at 3:28 PM
why does girls basketball get like 50 articles about them and ever sport gets one or no articles about them. on top of that the niles west news room can even spell the name of the people right. they work there butts off and they don’t even get there name spelled right. not only that boys swimming only gets one article and they have had the best season and send a lot of people to state not only that they send more people to state then any other sport but yet the sport director doesn’t care boys swimming and only cares about girls basketball which they didn’t make state. people have ask him to come to one of are meets and he doesn’t come but yet always goes to the basket ball game. all i am saying is that next year i thing nwn team should write more about sports teams that is going on in niles west not just about girls basketball or have (like i said earlier in this comment) ten articles about them. let the record show that i have nothing against the sports director or the girls basketball team
Lauer • Feb 26, 2011 at 10:41 PM
Dear “crossover,” Thanks for your feedback. We have one sports editor/writer. Tim’s name was spelled wrong (but corrected) because it is spelled wrong on the Swimming and Diving homepage. Nick is working on a long profile on Konner. He is also writing a results story for early next week. Congrats to the team for all their success. I hope we have more sports writers next year to cover all sports more equally. And I encourage students to take journalism and write for the newspaper, so we can cover more. Last semester, we had 5 people in the class; we make mistakes. Remember the staff is made up of students.
crossover • Mar 4, 2011 at 12:45 AM
dear “Lauer” thank you for typing back i now know that the NWN team is not as good as i thought i think the school should at least tell people about you guys. speaking of the news your team should be working faster. signed crossover
ps don’t mess up with the water polo article with peoples names
Overcross • Mar 6, 2011 at 10:31 PM
Crossover, please stop embarrassing swimming and water polo. I understand that you’re upset about the lack of recognition but there’s only so much you can do, and ranting about it in very poorly-worded comments won’t change anything. If you really want to do something, contact the athletic director, or (here’s a crazy thought) sign up for journalism and write the articles yourself.
2012 xD • Mar 6, 2011 at 11:29 PM
hey relax……….Lauer is right, the NWN is all students. There is no way everything is going to be 100% right; they are trying their hardest. Nick did a great job, and the NWN is a class. Everyone who is in it has I don’t know about 8 other classes, so I say if you want faster news, join the NWN, and Jewell Loyed is the best; she works for those articles.
crossover • Mar 7, 2011 at 10:13 PM
at overcross i not trying to embarrass the swimming or water polo team i just trying to make a point that one team shouldn’t get like five articles about them and all the other teams just get one maybe two articles about them if they are lucky. I have nothing against nick.
crossover • Mar 7, 2011 at 10:15 PM
at 2012 xD other teams work hard for those articles too it is just not her you know.
Crossunder • Mar 16, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Crossover, stop being a hypocrite about comments. It is only making swim team and yourself look bad
swimlover • Feb 25, 2011 at 10:30 PM
konner is 3rd in the 200 free and 2nd in the 100 free going in too finals tomorrow! everyone should tell him good luck
Uhm • Feb 25, 2011 at 12:23 PM
“Tim Binkley in the 200 free relay, and the 200 free relay” … that’s redundant.
Lauer • Feb 25, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Got it. 400.
Rebecca Yun • Feb 25, 2011 at 12:40 AM
Not trying to sound like a stickler, but Tim’s last name is “Binkley”, not Brinkley.
Great job, guys! Way to show Niles West that swimming is something that matters!
Lauer • Feb 25, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Thanks, Rebecca. That error is now corrected.
Loren & Laura • Feb 24, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Wow, the boys swim team is soooooo dreamy!!!