After posting a season-opening win over the Marlboro Dukes to start their season, the Vikings were defeated on December 13, 12 days after their victory, 103-73 by the Warwick Wildcats at Valley Central High School.

Goshen and S.S. Seward also competed in the meet but did not take part in any scoring events.

Jesse Abramson (200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle) led the Wildcats with two wins, while Michael Kelly (200-yard individual medley), Youssef Moustafa (50-yard freestyle), Lucas Wensley (diving), Connor Holland (100-yard backstroke) and Benjamin Pitiger (100-yard breaststroke) all picked up victories for the Wildcats.

Warwick also won the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays.

Thomas Grabinski (100-yard butterfly) and Adam Elkashef (100-yard freestyle) each had a victory for the Vikings. The team of Noah Storaska, Elkashef, Daniel Osekavage and Dardan Cenalia won the 400-yard freestyle relay to end the night for the Vikings.

The Vikings are looking to build on last year’s team behind key returners Storaska, Elkashef, Cenalia, Grabinski and his brother, Timothy, as Thomas Plitsch takes over for longtime coach Scott Warner.

The Vikings are looking to build on last year’s seventh-place finish at the Section 9 tournament and hope to compete for a top 10 finish. The Vikings also are hopeful to send several individuals, and possibly a relay team, to the state championships at Ithaca College in March.

“As a first-year head coach of the team, I am excited to be coaching such a great group of young men,” Plitsch said. “I have excellent assistant coaches with me and I’m confident that the team will be successful this year.”

Warwick 103, Valley Central 73
200-yard medley relay: 1. Warwick (Kelly, Pitiger, Moustafa, Kamath) - 1:53.31; 2. Valley Central (Ronaldson, Frankl, Storaska, Dunn) - 2:13.50’ 3. Valley Central (Dattorre, Elkashef, Osekavage) - 2:13.50.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Jesse Abramson (W) - 1:45.21; 4. Thomas Lazatin (VC) - 2:30.18; 5. Liam Geiger (VC) - 2:41.60; 6. Nathanael Gourdet (VC) - 3:07.24
200-yard individual medley: 1. Michael Kelley (W) - 2:15.49; 3. Noah Storaska (VC) - 2:36.82; 5. Adam Elkashef (VC) - 2:42.16; 6. Daniel Osekavage (VC) - 2:44.57.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Youssef Moustafa (VC) - 24.20; 3. Dardan Cenalia (VC) - 26.97; 4. Caleb Sahlstrom (VC) - 27.69; 6. Michael Dattore (VC) - 28.76.
Diving: 1. Lucas Wensley (W) - 128.40
100-yard butterfly: 1. Thomas Grabinski (VC) - 1:00.80; 5. Erik Frankl (VC) - 1:25.31.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Adam Elkashef (VC) - 1:03.32; 2. Caleb Sahlstrom (VC) - 1:04.27; 3. Michael Dattorre (VC) - 1:06.26.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Jesse Abramson (W) - 4:50.33; 3. Noah Storaska (VC) - 6:14.63; 5. Thomas Lazatin (VC) - 6:43.35
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Warwick (Nigel, Gluckstein, Kamath, Nowakowski) - 1:54.71; 2. Valley Central (Dunn, Sahlstrom, Frankl, Dattorre) - 1:55.90; 3. Valley Central (Geiger, Ronaldson, Gourdet, Lazatin) - 2:02.30; 5. Valley Central (Robinson, Hernandez, Feller, Avallone) - 2:34.52.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Connor Holland (W) - 55.40; 3. Daniel Osekavage (VC) - 1:11.93; 4. Alfred Ronaldson (VC) - 1:21.39; 5. Aiden Suchy (VC) - 1:32.58.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Benjamin Pitiger (W) - 1:06.92; 2. Dardan Cenalia (VC) - 1:16.33; 3. Erik Frankl (VC) - 1:25.23; 4. Liam Geiger (VC) - 1:35.50.
400-yard freestyle: 1. Valley Central (Storaska, Elkashef, Osekavage, Cenalia) - 4:11.99; 3. Valley Central (Lazatin, Suchy, Daley, Geiger) - 5:15.18.