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2004 Somerset County Swimming & Diving Championships

2004 Skyland Conference Swimming Championships

2003-2004 Watchung Hills Girls' Swim Team

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Sarah Albert

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Kristen Chapman

Stephanie Chen

Jessie Desnoyers

Lauren DeVivio

Molly Felenbaum

Allison Fischer

Danielle Gaeta

Jackie Gaeta

Marielle Hampton

Sarah Heath

Michelle Jablons

Alex Kinney

Lauren Lavoriero

Catherin Mascia

Brooke Miller

Nicole Negri

Stefanie Paroulek

Allison Retotar

Caitlin Rowe

Melissa Schneiderman

Steph Stambough

Malloree Tarnowski

Kelley Mak

Liz Trenk

Josh Morris

Jeffrey Ritter

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Retotar splashes to gold in Skyland championships

Published in Echoes-Sentinal - February 19, 2004

Watchung Hills’ Allison Retotar turned in a gold medal performance in the 2004 Skyland Conference swimming championships contested at the Somerset Valley YMCA on Monday. Retotar was fastest to the finish wall in the 200-meter individual medley, touching in 2:32.56. In the 500-meter freestyle event, Retotar raced to a bronze medal finish with a clocking of 6:04.12.

2004 Skyland Conference Swimming Championships

Girls Team Scores: 1. Montgomery 319.50; 2T. Bridgewater-Raritan 201; 2T. Hillsborough 201; 4. Hunterdon Central 147 5. North Hunterdon 117; 6. Warren Hills 104; 7. Watchung Hills 98; 8. Franklin 27.50; 9. Phillipsburg 26; 10. Voorhees 25; 11. Somerville 23; 12. Belvidere 3
200-Meter Medley Relay: 5. Watchung Hills (Lauren DeVivio, Stephanie Chen, Allison Retotar, Michelle Jablons) 2:22.55
200-Meter Freestyle: 10. Jessie Desnoyers (Watchung Hills) 2:27.98; 14. Stephanie Stambaugh (Watchung Hills) 2:30.29; 21. Stefanie Paroulek (Watchung Hills) 2:43.32
200-Meter Individual Medley: 1. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 2:32.56; 8. Stephanie Chen (Watchung Hills) 2:50.27; 18. Lauren Lavorerio (Watchung Hills) 3:03.16
50-Meter Freestyle: 21. Catherine Mascia (Watchung Hills) 33.39; 22. Alex Kinney (Watchung Hills) 33.53; 24. Stefanie Paroulek (Watchung Hills) 34.55
100-Meter Butterfly: 11. Caitlin Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:21.13; 15. Brooke Miller (Watchung Hills) 1:25.72
100-Meter Freestyle: 14. Michelle Jablons (Watchung Hills) 1:10.56; 17T. Sarah Heath (Watchung Hills) 1:12.35; 20. Catherine Mascia (Watchung Hills) 1:13.91
500-Meter Freestyle: 3. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 6:04.12; 10. Jessie Desnoyers (Watchung Hills) 6:38.57; 16. Stephanie Stambaugh (Watchung Hills) 6:58.06
200-Meter Freestyle Relay: 8. Watchung Hills (Sarah Heath, Jessie Desnoyers, Alex Kinney, Stefanie Paroulek) 2:12.21
100-Meter Backstroke: 21. Caitlin Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:24.30; 25. Lauren DeVivio (Watchung Hills) 1:31.00; 26. Jackie Gaeta (Watchung Hills) 1:35.71
100-Meter Breaststroke: 8. Stephanie Chen (Watchung Hills) 1:26.33; 15. Sarah Heath (Watchung Hills) 1:29.87; 18. Lauren Lavorerio (Watchung Hills) 1:32.94
400-Meter Freestyle Relay: 4. Watchung Hills (Allison Retotar, Stephanie Stambaugh, Jessie Desnoyers, Michelle Jablons) 4:32.57

Raymar picks up 2 medals in county championships

Published in Echoes-Sentinal - February 12, 2004

Watchung Hills Rebecca Zeitels repeated as the Somerset County Diving Champion during 2004 Somerset County Swimming Championships contested at the Somerset Valley YMCA pool in Bridgewater on January 31. Zeitels accumulated a score of 207.45 for six dives and that is the fifth highest mark recorded in the Garden State this season.
Allison Retotar picked up the bronze medal in the 200-meter individual medley when she was clocked in 2:33.69.

2004 Somerset County Swimming Championships

Girls Team Scores: 9. Watchung Hills 56
200-Meter Medley Relay: 9. Watchung Hills (Allison Retotar, Stephanie Chen, Catherine Mascia, Stefanie Paroulek) 2:24.69
200-Meter Freestyle: 14. Jessie Dessnoyers (Watchung Hills) 2:26.77; 19. Stephanie Stambaugh (Watchung Hills) 2:34.06; 24. Liz Trenk (Watchung Hills) 2:44.03
200-Meter Individual Medley: 3. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 2:33.69; 13. Stephanie Chen (Watchung Hills) 2:49.51; 26. Lauren Lavorerio (Watchung Hills) 3:08.89
50-Meter Freestyle: 13T. Michelle Jablons (Watchung Hills) 31.63; 21. Catherine Mascia (Watchung Hills) 32.18; 23. Stefanie Paroulek (Watchung Hills) 33.69
100-Meter Butterfly: 13. Caitlin Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:21.15; 20. Brooke Miller (Watchung Hills) 1:29.60; 25. Alex Kinney (Watchung Hills) 1:34.54
100-Meter Freestyle: 20. Michelle Jablons (Watchung Hills) 1:11.97; 21. Colleen Niedzwicki (Somerville) 1:12.43; 23. Stefanie Paroulek (Watchung Hills) 1:13.72; 24. Sarah Heath (Watchung Hills) 1:13.89
500-Meter Freestyle: 6. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 6:07.68; 15. Jessie Dessnoyers (Watchung Hills) 6:32.44; 18. Stephan Stambaugh (Watchung Hills) 6:49.40
200-Meter Freestyle Relay: 8. Watchung Hills (Catherine Mascia, Melissa Schneidermann, Stefanie Paroulek, Jessie Dessnoyers) 2:11.51
100-Meter Backstroke: 28. Lauren DeVivo (Watchung Hills) 1:26.54; 29. Caitlin Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:28.19; 30. Jackie Gaeta (Watchung Hills) 1:32.25
100-Meter Breaststroke: 10. Stephanie Chen (Watchung Hills) 1:26.76; 18. Sarah Heath (Watchung Hills) 1:30.59; 22. Lauren Lavoverio (Watchung Hills) 1:36.03
400-Meter Freestyle Relay: 7. Watchung Hills (Allison Retotar, Stephanie Stambaugh, Jessie Dessnoyers, Michelle Jablons) 4:35.21

Lady Warriors lose to Warren Hills, Bridgewater-Raritan

Published in Echoes-Sentinal - January 29, 2004

On Tuesday at Centenary College, the Lady Warriors dropped a 53-41 verdict to Warren Hills. Jessie Desnoyers won the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle races while Allison Retotar was fastest to the finish in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events. Stehanie Chen touched first in the 200-yard individual medley as well as the 100-yard breaststroke but the Lady Warriors failed to place first in any of the three relay races.
"The meet against Warren Hills was tough because it was a four-lane pool and that always changes things," stated head coach Elissa Lavorerio.
The Lady Warriors lost a 102-68 verdict to the Lady Panthers. Retotar won the 200-yard individual medal in 2:20.20 amd the 500-yard freestyle with a clocking of 5:32.10 while Chen placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:16.70.
"Bridgewater-Raritan is a good team and we knew that going in, so we just wanted to have fun and swim some fast times," continued Lavorerio. "The girls all made a lot of noise cheering for each other and had a great time doing so. I was so happy and impressed with the commradery of the team. Everyone supports everyone else... it's like our own little swimming family!"

Bridgewater-Raritan (7-2) 102 - Watchung Hills (4-5) 68

200-Yard Medley Relay:

Warren Hills 53 - Watchung Hills 41

200-Yard Medley Relay: 2. Watchung Hills (Lauren DeVivo, Sarah Heath, Catherine Mascia, Michelle Jablons) 2:09.44; 3. Watchung Hills (Caitlyn Rowe, Lauren Lavorerio, Alex Kinney, Stef Paroulek) 3:27.81
200-Yard Freestyle: 1. Jessie Desnoyers (Watchung Hills) 2:11.48; 4. Liz Trenk (Watchung Hills) 2:32.36
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1. Stephanie Chen (Watchung Hills) 2:29.98; 4. Michelle Jablons (Watchung Hills) 2:47.88
50-Yard Freestyle: 1. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 27.03; 4. Catherine Mascia (Watchung Hills) 29.84
100-Yard Butterfly: 2. Caitlyn Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:12.66; 4. Brooke Miller (Watchung Hills) 1:17.43
100-Yard Freestyle: 1. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 58.46; 4. Steph Stambough (Watchung Hills) 1:05.95
500-Yard Freestyle: 1. Jessie Desnoyers (Watchung Hills) 6:00.55; 4. Steph Paroulek (Watchung Hills) 6:40.48
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: 2. Watchung Hills (Alex Kinney, Allison Retotar, Caitlin Mascia, Jessioe Desnoyers) 1:55.35; 3. Watchung Hills (Melissa Schneiderman, Steph Stambough, Liz Trenk, Danielle Gaeta) 2:04.00
100-Yard Backstroke: 3. Lauren DeVivo (Watchung Hills) 1:16.07; 4. Caitlin Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:16.13
100-Yard Breaststroke: 1. Stephanie Chen (Watchung Hills) 1:16.44; 4. Sarah Heath (Watchung Hills) 1:21.33
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: 2. Watchung Hills (Allison Retotar, Jessie Desnoyers, Steph Stambough, Caitlin Rowe) 4:11.50; 3. Watchung Hills (Steph Paroulek, Brooke Miller, Sarah Heath, Steph Chen) 4:32.27

Desnoyers splashes to pair of first place finishes

Published in Echoes-Sentinal - January 22, 2004

Watchung Hills splashed to a sweep of Phillipsburg in Skyland Conference swimming competitions contested in the Stateliners’ home pool at the Phillipsburg Middle School in Warren County on Tuesday, January 13. Eddie Chen sparked the Warriors to a 108-59 victory while Allison Retotar doubled in the Lady Warriors 116-50 romp over Phillipsburg.
Retotar won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:12.01 and the 100-yard freestyle with a clocking of 59.52 seconds.

Watchung Hills (4-3) 116 - Phillipsburg (1-6) 50

200-Yard Medley Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Stephanie Stanbaugh, Stephanie Chen, Brooke Miller, Catherine Mascia) 2:14.33; 3. Watchung Hills (Lauren DeVivo, Sarah Heath, Alex Kinney, Melissa Schneiderman) 2:17.97
200-Yard Freestyle: 1. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 2:12.01; 2. Steph Stambaugh (Watchung Hills) 2:17.88; 4. Steph Paroulak (Watchung Hills) 2:29.58
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1. Stephanie Chen (Watchung Hills) 2:32.97: 2. Michelle Jablons (Watchung Hills) 2:44.67; 4. Lauren Lavoreiro (Watchung Hills) 2:48.54
50-Yard Freestyle: 2. Catherine Mascia (Watchung Hills) 29.48; 3. Sarah Heath (Watchung Hills) 30.34; 4. Liz Trenk (Watchung Hills) 30.90
100-Yard Butterfly: 1. Caitlin Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:13.60; 2. Alex Kinney (Watchung Hills) 1:22.69
100-Yard Freestyle: 1. Allison Retotar (Watchung Hills) 59.52; 2. Michelle Jablons (Watchung Hills) 1:06.42; 5. Danielle Gaeta (Watchung Hills) 1:10.54
500-Yard Freestyle: 1. Jessie Desnoyers (Watchung Hills) 6:00.68; 2. Stef Paroulek (Watchung Hills) 6:39.98; 3. Liz Trenk (Watchung Hills) 6:45.08
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Catherine Mascia, Alex Kinney, Jessie Desnoyers, Allison Retotar) 1:58.17; 3. Watchung Hills (Melissa Schneiderman, Sarah Heath, Brooke Miller, Caitlin Rowe) 2:04.58; 5. Watchung Hills (Kristen Chapman, Tiffany Chamberlain, Jackie Gaeta, Molly Felenbaum) 2:14.53
100-Yard Backstroke: 2. Steph Stambough (Watchung Hills) 1:15.49; 3. Caitlin Rowe (Watchung Hills) 1:15.52; 4. Lauren DeVivo (Watchung Hills) 1:18.29
100-Yard Breaststroke: 1. Sara Heath (Watchung Hills) 1:22.05; 3. Lauren Lavoreiro (Watchung Hills) 1:26.72; 5. Danielle Gaeta (Watchung Hills) 1:36.36
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Brook Miller, Stefanie Paroulek, Stephanie Chen, Alex Kinney) 4:36.07

Desnoyers splashes to pair of first place finishes

Published in Echoes-Sentinal - January 15, 2004

Jessie Desnoyers splashed to a pair of first place finishes as Watchung Hills swamped the Vikings from Voorhees by a score of 116-54 at Raritan Valley Community College on Thursday. The win upped the Lady Warriors' record to 2-3.
Desnoyers was fastest to the finish wall in the 200-yard freestyle, touching in 2:12.85 as she won the first individual event of the competition. She came back four races later to finish first in the 100-yard freestyle, posting a clocking of 1:01.92.
Stephanie Chen, Sarah Heath, Allison Retotar, Caitlin Rowe and Stephanie Stambough chipped in with first place efforts
"We had amazing swims in the Franklin meet," said Elissa Lavorerio, the Lady Warriors' head coach. "In the coed format, every event except for the 50 free had one boy and one girl in the races from both teams."

Watchung Hills 116 - Voorhees 64

200-Yard Medley Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Stephanie Stambaugh, Stephanie Chen, Catherine Mascia, Stefanie Paroulek) 2:11.70; 2. Watchung Hills (Lauren Lavorerio, Sarah Heath, Michelle Jablons, Melissa Schneiderman) 2:12.12; 4. Watchung Hills (Jackie Gaeta, Danielle Gaeta, Sarah Albert, Tiffany Chamberlain) 2:27.25
200-Yard Freestyle: 1. Jessie Desnoyers (WH) 2:12.85; 4. Liz Trenk (WH) 2:29.86; 5. Sarah Heath (WH) 2:31.77
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1. Stephanie Chen (WH) 2:32.25; 2. Caitlin Rowe (WH) 2:43.70; 3. Lauren Lavorerio (WH) 2:48.35
50-Yard Freestyle: 3. Alex Kinney (WH) 29.98; 4. Melissa Schneiderman (WH) 30.21; 5. Sarah Albert (WH) 31.75
100-Yard Butterfly: 1. Allison Retotar (WH) 1:06.84; 2. Michelle Jablons (WH) 1:14.87; 3. Brooke Miller (WH) 1:19.92
100-Yard Freestyle: 1. Jessie Desnoyers (WH) 1:01.92; 4. Liz Trenk (WH) 1:10.23; 5. Danielle Gaeta (WH) 1:11.58
500-Yard Freestyle: 1. Stephanie Stambaugh (WH) 6:05.69; 2. Stephanie Chen (WH) 6:11.95; 3. Stafanie Paroulek (WH) 6:34.14
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Jessie Dessnoyers, Alex Kinney, Catherine Mascia, Michelle Jablons) 1:57.32; 3. Watchung Hills (Melissa Schneiderman, Brooke Miller, Liz Trenk, Danielle Gaeta) 2:05.00; 5. Watchung Hills (Lauren Lavorerio, Tiffany Chamberlain, Nicole Negri, Sarah Albert) 2:14.30
100-Yard Backstroke: 1. Caitlin Rowe (WH) 1:13.57; 2. Lauren DeVivo (WH) 1:17.69; 5. Jackie Gaeta (WH) N/T
100-Yard Breaststroke: 1. Sarah Heath (WH) 1:22.13; 3. Lauren Lavorerio (WH) 1:25.15; 5. Kristen Chapman (WH) N/T
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Allison Retotar, Stephanie Stambaugh, Stephanie Chen, Michelle Jablons) 4:18.95; 3. Watchung Hills (Alex Kinney, Brooke Miller, Stefanie Paroulek, Lauren DeVivo) 4:52.01; 5. Watchung Hills (Nicole Negri, Liz Trenk, Sarah Albert, Jackie Gaeta) 5:06.97

Watchung Hills Coed 70 - Franklin Coed 24

200-Yard Medley Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Ashley Mak, Eddie Chen, Arron Raymar, Mark Gillen) 1:55:08; 3. Watchung Hills (Caitlin Rowe, Sarah Heath, Alex Kinney, Stefanie Paroulek) 2:17.97
200-Yard Freestyle: 1. Ashley Mak (WH) 2:02.34; 2. Allison Retotar (WH) 2:04.94
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1. Eddie Chen (WH) 2:17.52; 3. Stephanie Chen (WH) 2:31.52
50-Yard Freestyle: 1. Mark Gillen (WH) 25.83; 2. Matt Rowe (WH) 27.19
100-Yard Butterfly: 2. David Parziale (WH) 1:07.32; 3. Brooke Miller (WH) 1:17.33
100-Yard Freestyle: 2. Jessie Desnoyers (WH) 1:00.45; 4. Nick Keyasko (WH) 1:19.39
500-Yard Freestyle: 1. Aaron Rayman (WH) 5:21.33; 2. Stephanie Stambough (WH) 6:19.45
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Kelley Mak, Jessie Desnoyers, Sarah Heath, Jason Ku) 1:54.63; 3. Watchung Hills (Alex Kinney, Brooke Miller, Nick Keyasko, Adam Roth) 2:08.42
100-Yard Backstroke: 1. Allison Retotar (WH) 1:08.17; 2. Kelley Mak (WH) 1:10.61
100-Yard Breaststroke: 1. Ilia Gorelov (WH) 1:14.11; 2. Stephanie Chen (WH) 1:17.44
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Watchung Hills (Stefanie Paroulek, Jessie Desnoyers, Caitlin Rowe, Stephanie Stambaugh) 4:39.80; 2. Jason Ku, Adam Roth, Matt Rowe, David Parziale) 4:53.76

2003-2004 Varsity Schedule

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12/09

Somerville

110-44

1-0

12/11

North Hunterdon

80-90

1-1

12/16

Hillsborough Raiders

60-110

1-2

12/18

At Pingry Big Blue

66-104

1-3

01/06

Voorhees Vikings

116-64

2-3

01/08

Franklin Warriors

70-24

3-3

01/13

at Phillipsburg Stateliners

116-50

4-3

01/15

at Warren Hills Blue Streaks

41-53

4-4

01/20

Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers

68-102

4-5


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