COUGARS CAPTURE FIRST-EVER SCT AND NJSIAA SECTIONAL TITLES By Eric Braun

By Eric Braun

 

COLTS NECK – Colts Neck’s girls swimming team capped off their best season with a 14-1 record, Shore Conference Tournament champions, NJSIAA Central Jersey Group B champions, Monmouth County finalists and NJSIAA Public B finalists.

 

The Cougars dominated all season long and made a great run at defending Monmouth County and Shore Conference 2018 champion Middletown South. The Eagles knew after defending their Monmouth County championship this year with a narrow 351-309 win over the Cougars that Colts Neck was going to be in their way going forward.

 

Colts Neck proved just that when the two battled once again, this time in the Shore Conference Tournament championships at the Toms River YMCA.  The Cougars captured four of the 11 events with wins in the 200 Medley Relay (Shannon Judge, Emma Shaughnessy, Arabella Lee, Megan Judge) 1:48.28 a meet record, 100 Yard Butterfly (Arabella Lee) 57.04, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (Ashleigh Anzevino, Shannon Judge, Emma Shaughnessy, Megan Judge) 1:39.82 and 100 Yard Freestyle (Megan Judge) 52.05.  This would be enough for Colts Neck to take the Shore Conference Tournament title with a 287-250.5 win and split the first two tournaments of the season with Middletown South. 

 

The two teams would meet again, this time in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group B championships with the Cougars topping the Eagles one more time with a 93-77 win.  This time however, Colts Neck would take seven of the 11 events en route to the win.  Julia Nappi took the 200 IM with a time of 2:14.10.  Megan Judge captured the 50 Freestyle with a time of 24.20.  Lee added to the Cougars’ win totals taking the 100 Butterfly with a time of 56.58.  Megan Judge added to her win total taking the 100 Freestyle with a time of 52.60.  Colts Neck captured the 200 Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:41.39 (Shaughnessy, Fiana Frukhtman, Anzevino and Megan Judge).  Lee captured the 100 Backstroke with a time of 58.10.  The teamwork of Shannon Judge, Shaughnessy, Lee and Anzevino took home the win in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:47.80.

 

Colts Neck, the third seed, would ride an undefeated record into the NJSIAA Public final at The College of New Jersey against the top-seeded Moorestown Quakers and come up just short, losing 97.5-72.5.  Megan Judge took the win in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 23.70, and the win in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 51.32.  Lee took home the win in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 56.21 and the win in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 56.85.  Shaughnessy captured the win in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:05.99. Colts Neck closed out their 2019 season with a win in the 200 Medley Relay (Shannon Judge, Shaughnessy, Lee and Anzevino) with a time of 1:47.45.