Viking swimmers force a tie with with Warwick

By Mike Zummo
Posted 1/26/22

The Valley Central boys’ swimming and diving team scored 10 points in the final event on Jan. 18 and forced a 90-90 tie with the Warwick Wildcats at Valley central High School.

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Viking swimmers force a tie with with Warwick

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The Valley Central boys’ swimming and diving team scored 10 points in the final event on Jan. 18 and forced a 90-90 tie with the Warwick Wildcats at Valley central High School.

The Vikings trailed the Wildcats by six points after the 200-yard freestyle relay and tied the Wildcats in the 100-yard breaststroke and then outscored them 10-4 in the 400-yard freestyle relay to force the tie.

The meet was previously tied after the 100-yard freestyle and the 50-yard freestyle. They trailed by 10 points after the diving event and closed the gap to four points after the 100-yard butterfly.

The Vikings got two wins from Nathaniel Storaska (100-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke), and one win each from Timothy Grabinski (50-yard freestyle), Kellen Dickman (100-yard butterfly). The Vikings also won the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The Vikings finished the week with a 91-87 home loss to the Cornwall Dragons.

Dickman (200-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly) and Storaska (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) each won two events. Grabinski (200-yard individual medley) won one event.

The Vikings also won the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Valley Central 90, Warwick 90
200-yard medley relay: 1. Grabinski, Dickman, Storaska, Grabinski - 1:50.38; 4. Storaska, Nasser, Elkashef, Sahlstrom - 2:09.65.

200-yard freestyle: 2. Thomas Grabinski - 2:05.76; 3. Thomas Geiselhart - 2:10.95; 5. Patrick Primavera - 2:18.90.
200-yard individual: 2. Kellen Dickman 2:05.94; 4. Noah Storaska - 2:38.13; 6. Dardan Cenalina - 2:45.06.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Timothy Grabinski - 24.22; 3. Gabriel Nasser - 26.00; 6. Caleb Sahlstrom - 29.00.
Diving: No local competitors
100-yard butterfly: 1. Kellen Dickman - 56.15; 2. Gabriel Nasser - 1:05.80; 5. Adam Elkashef - 1:21.65.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Nathaniel Storaska - 54.45; 3. Caleb Sahlstrom - 1:06.81; 5. Alfred Ronaldson - 1:08.98.
500-yard freestyle: 2. Timothy Grabinski - 5:12.53; 3. Noah Storaska - 5:42.10; 6. Patrick Primavera - 6:43.43.
200-yard freestyle relay: 2. Storaska, Geiselhart, Primavera, Grabinski - 1:01.14; 4. Cenalina, Elkashef, Ronaldson, Geiger - 1:57.53.
100-yard backstroke: 2. Thomas Grabinski - 1:01.14; 3. Thomas Geiselhart - 1:12.59; 4. Alfred Ronaldson - 1:27.83.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Nathaniel Storaska - 1:08.31; 4. Adam Elkashef - 1:21.91; 6. Darden Cenalina - 1:27.07
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Grabinski, Nasser, Dickman, Storaska- 3:41.13; 3. Primavera, Sahlstrom, Geiselhart, Cenalina - 4:16.01; 5. Gourdet, Geiger, Ronaldson, Mendez-Duran - 5:18.65.


Cornwall 91, Valley Central 87
200-yard medley relay: 3. Geiselhart, Storaska, Nasser, Primavera - 2:03.58; 4. Ronaldson, Cenalina, Elkashef, Dattore - 2:14.91.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Kellen Dickman - 1:53.02; 4. Gabriel Nasser - 2:13.71; 5. Caleb Sahlstrom - 2:23.69.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Timothy Grabinski - 2:12.48; 4. Noah Storaska - 2:33.28; 6. Adam Elkashef - 2:44.70.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Nathaniel Storaska - 23.71; 3. Thomas Grabinski - 24.89; 5. Patrick Primavera - 26.71.
Diving: No local competitors
100-yard butterfly: 1. Kellen Dickman - 55.43; Timothy Grabinski - 1:00.20.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Nathaniel Storaska - 52.70; 2. Thomas Grabinski - 55.07; 4. Patrick Primavera - 59.87.
500-yard freestyle: 2. Jose Mendez-Duran - 5:49.06; 4. Thomas Geiselhart - 6:08.04; 5. Caleb Sahlstrom - 6:51.04.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Grabinski, Storaska, Grabinski, Dickman - 1:34.97; 4. Berti, Sahlstrom, Dattore, Primavera - 1:54.13; 5. Geiger, Cenalina, Mendez-Duran, Gourdet - 2:06.75.
100-yard backstroke: 2. Noah Storaska - 1:08.57; 3. Thomas Geiselhart - 1:12.70; 6. Alfred Ronaldson - 1:21.51.
100-yard breaststroke: 4. Adam Elkashef - 1:20.27; 5. Sebastian Berti - 1:22.08; 6. Dardan Cenalina - 1:24.89.
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Grabinski, Grabinski, Storaska, Dickman - 3:33.51; 2. Nasser, Storaska, Geiselhart, Sahlstrom - 4:03.21; 3. Dattore, Cenalina, Elkashef, Berti - 4:36.87.