Congratulations to the Proviso West Swim Team for hosting their 1st Annual Swim Invitational and placing third in this exciting event! Proviso West hadn't hosted such a large scale swim event since 1970.

The Proviso West Swim Team earned 3rd place with 233 points, Deerfield was 1st with 400 points, Hinsdale South won 2nd with 294 points and Morton came in 4th with 177 points.

"The boys were extremely happy during and after the meet," said Proviso West swim coach Katie Maksimuk. "I think they were literally glowing! This meet really gave the boys a confidence boost. We had never had anybody medal in an event prior to this meet. So this helped the team experience medaling as well as allowed those who did not medal to realize that it is POSSIBLE for them to medal too."

The swim team medaled in 5 events. Also, Tim Hunter of Proviso West won 3rd in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:14.53. Mike Morrison won 1st in the 50 Free with a time of 25.01. Ignacio Marchan got 2nd in the 50 Fly with a time of 30.91 and 3rd in the 100 Individual Medley Relay with a time of 1:06.81.

The Swim Invitational was covered by Pioneer Press and The Chicago Tribune. To see featured articles click on the links below.

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/maywood/sports/highschools/1402157,ma-pwswm-012909-s1.article

This is the link to the Tribune photos:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/cs-prepswimgallery,0,6229896.photogallery?index=chi-swim1

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