Boys swimming: Greeley senior Erik Nadecki is the Westchester/Putnam swimmer of the year
Westchester/Putnam Swimmer of the Year: Erik Nadecki
School: Horace Greeley
Year: Senior
Highlights: At the NYSPHSAA championships, Nadecki was a member of the 200-yard medley relay and helped Horace Greeley win the state and Federation title in the event. The time of 1:32.58 was an automatic All-American time and set the new state and Section 1 record. He also won the state and Federation titles in the 200 individual medley in an automatic All-American time of 1:48.55. He broke the Section 1 record that he set at the championships. He finished second in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 55.29, which was an automatic All-American time. The 400 freestyle relay he was part of won the state and Federation titles in a time of 3:03.68 which was an automatic All-American time. It set a new state and Federation record. At the Section 1 championships in February, Nadecki helped the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay to Section 1 titles, and won the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke individual titles. At the Conference 1 championships, Nadecki helped the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay to championships. He also won the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke titles.
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First team
200-yard medley relay: Horace Greeley (Oliver Engel, Sr., Erik Nadecki, Sr., Connor McHugh, Sr., LJ Gulotta, Sr.,)
200 freestyle: Bryan Manheimer, Sr., Scarsdale
200 individual medley: Erik Nadecki, Greeley
50 free: Kevin Jiang, Sr., Scarsdale
Diving: Jonas Belcetis, So., Greeley
100 butterfly: Connor McHugh, Sr., Greeley
100 free: Kevin Jiang, Scarsdale
500 free: Jack Cornish, Sr., Horace Greeley
200 free relay: Greeley (Gullota, Jayden Holmes, Sr.; Adam Kamal, So., Eric Engel, Sr.)
100 backstroke: Oliver Engel, Greeley
100 breaststroke: Erik Nadecki, Greeley
400 free relay: Greeley (O. Engel, E. Engel, Nadecki, McHugh)
Coach of the Year: Meg Kaplan, Horace Greeley
Second team
200-yard medley relay: Scarsdale (Kevin Jiang, Sr., Kieran Lee, So., Ethan Isak, So., Maximus Geo, Fr.,)
200 free: Finnian Franks, Sr., Irvington
200 individual medley: Oliver Engel, Sr., Horace Greeley
50 free: Connor McHugh, Sr., Greeley
Diving: Noam Tiomkin, Fr., Scarsdale
100 butterfly: Aidan Moy, So., Ardsley
100 free: Eric Engel, Sr., Greeley
500 free: Zack Arnold, Jr., Briarcliff
200 free relay: Ardsley/Hastings/Edgemont/Dobbs Ferry/Irvington (Moy, Phillip Thayer, Sr., Dobbs Ferry; Yuchen Wei, Fr., Edgemont; Franks)
100 backstroke: Dylan Winthal, So. Croton-Harmon
100 breaststroke: Jiang, Scarsdale
400 free relay: Scarsdale (Bryan Manheimer, Sr.; Avi Stahl, So.; Lee, Jiang)
Honorable mention
Dan Bellach, Fr., Eastchester; Matt Bellach, Sr., Eastchester; Thomas Brown, Jr., Fox Lane/John Jay-CR; Jack Dillane, Sr., Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla; James DuTremble, Jr., Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla; Will Fagan, Sr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Owen Gjertsen, Fr., Mount Vernon/Tuckahoe; Sam Koenisgsberg So., Mamaroneck; Ryan Loveless, So., Fox Lane/John Jay-CR; Elias Malionek, So., Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla; Charlie McMillan, Sr., Mamaroneck; Brendan Morgan, Sr., Fox Lane/John Jay-CR; Ronan White, Jr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley;
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Greeley senior Erik Nadecki is Westchester/Putnam swimmer of the year
