The Northampton swim team welcomed East Stroudsburg North High School February 1st. At this final home meet of the season, Northampton honored their six senior swimmers and claimed a win for the boys and girls by scores of 97-66 and 128-38, respectively.

Always an exciting and emotional night, Senior’s Night included future plans and memories shared by each swimmer.

Senior Olivia Szerencsits will attend Providence College this fall to study genetics. She notes her qualification for states in 2020 as one of her best personal memories from her 4 years on the team and memories with swimmers from past graduating classes as some of her favorite experiences. In Tuesday’s meet, Szerencsits claimed first in the 500 freestyle event (5:22:56) and first in the 100 backstroke (1:05.63).

Senior Hannah Nolan will attend NACC in the fall and noted that the best part of her high school swimming career were the friends she met and the memories she made outside of the pool. Nolan placed second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 7:13.84.

Senior Reia Sanchez will go on to attend the Cook Honors College at Indiana University of PA in the fall. Reia concurred that her favorite memories from her years on the team included team gatherings like pasta parties and movie nights. Sanchez placed second in the 200 IM (2:49.59) and second in the 100 freestyle (1:08.17) at Tuesday’s meet.

Senior Michael Melnichenko, who also plans to attend college in the fall, underscores the impact of the team on his memorable moments. He notes that his favorite memory was, “when I saw my teammates cheer me on during my first 100 breast.” Melnichenko placed third in the 100 freestyle (1:05.83) and third in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:21.65.

Senior Ellie Spencer a hopeful biology major next fall debates if the best memories from, “cheering on my teammates in meets or playing water polo.” Spencer placed second in the 50 freestyle event with a time of 31.72.

Finally, Senior Lauren Schuch provides an answer to Spencer’s debate as she declared her favorite memories include water polo games with the team. Schuch also plans to attend college in the fall. She placed 5th in the 50 freestyle and 6th for Northampton in the 100 freestyle event.

Szerencsits, Spencer, Sanchez and Nolan combined for an all-senior relay team for the 200 freestyle relay event in which they claimed a memorable first place.