The Lincoln Academy Eagles traveled to the Wiscasset Community Center on Jan. 9 for a meet with three other teams, the Wiscasset High Wolverines, Hyde-Bath Phoenix and the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks.

Out of 20 events, the Eagles took six first places. Noah Jordan took first in the 200 yard IM, qualifying for states with a time of 2:19.84. Camden Gulden also qualifying for states with a time of 25.51 in the 50 yard freestyle, earning him a first place.

Four relay teams from Lincoln Academy took first places as well. Anna Sirois, Sammy Ober, Elise Dumont and Essie Martin in the 200 yard medley relay, and Essie, Elizabeth Gilbert, Kristyna Skyvova, and Samantha Aho in the 400 yard freestyle relay.

The boys came in first in the 400 yard freestyle, with the team of Tommy Thelander, Alejandro Ramos, Nicholas Miaoulis, and Anton Kalmysh; and in the 200 yard medley relay with the team of Camden Reiss, Jordan, Thelander and Gulden.

Second places went to Dumont in the 200 yard freestyle, Kate Laemmle in the 200 yard IM, Sirois in the 100 yard butterfly, Jordan in the 100 yard freestyle (qualifying for states with a time of 56.67 seconds), Sammy Ober in the 100 yard backstroke, Gulden in the 100 yard backstroke (qualifying for states with a time of 1:08.12), and Dumont and Kalmysh in the 100 yard breaststroke.

One relay teams took second: Gulden, Kalmysh, Reiss and Jordan took second in the 200 yard freestyle relay.

Third places went to Aho in the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly, Annie Farnsworth in the 200 yard IM, Martin and Kalmysh in the 50 yard freestyle, and Laemmle in the 100 yard backstroke.

The relay team of Laemmle, Ober, Cassie Leeman and Rowan Carroll-Christopher took third in the 200 yard freestyle relay, and the team of Farnsworth, Sirois, Thalia Eddyblouin, and Erin Kelly took third in the 400 yard freestyle relay.

Home meet on Jan. 16

The Eagles had a home swim meet on Jan. 16. They competed against Mt. Ararat and Boothbay Region High Schools. They took three first places, eight seconds and seven thirds.

First places went to Elise Dumont in the 100 yard butterfly, Camden Gulden in the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke, and the relay team of Camden Gulden, Tommy Thelander, Anton Kalmysh and Whitman Vaughn in the 200 yard freestyle relay.

Second places went to Whitman Vaughn in the 200 yard freestyle, Elise Dumont in the 200 yard IM, Essie Martin in the 50 yard freestyle, Anton Kalmysh in the 100 yard butterfly and 100 yard breaststroke, Anna Sirois in the 100 yard backstroke, the relay teams of Anna Sirois, Samantha Aho, Elise Dumont and Essie Martin in the 200 yard medley relay and Alejandro Ramos, Camden Gulden, Anton Kalmysh and Whitman Vaughn in the 200 yard medley relay.

Thirds went to Anna Sirois in the 100 yard butterfly, Tommy Thelander in the 100 yard freestyle, Essie Martin in the 500 yard freestyle, Abe Steinberger in the 500 yard freestyle, Tommy Thelander in the 100 yard breaststroke, the team of Nathan Osborne, Abe Steinberger, Tommy Thelander and Alejandro Ramos in the 400 yard freestyle relay, and the team of Annie Farnsworth, Jordan Farrin, Kristyna Skyvova and Essie Martin in the 200 yard freestyle relay.

Elise Dumont made a state qualifying time in the 200 yard IM, as did Essie Martin in the 500 yard freestyle. Martin came very close to a qualifying time on the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 29.22 seconds (qualifying time is 29.10 seconds).

The Eagles have two more home meets on Jan. 23 and Jan. 30 before the KVAC championships held at the Bath YMCA on Feb. 6.