SOUTHERN I DIVISION

KINNELON

Coach: Brian Boardman, eighth season.

Last year: 7-4.

Returning letter-winners: Jon Bogda (Sr.), Tim DeFeo (Sr.), Kyle Evans (Sr.), Jacob Fairchild (Sr.), Ryan Griffin (Sr.), Ted O’Mara (Sr.), Dan Pileggi (Sr.), Danny Polomski (Sr.), Patrick Rzeszutko (Sr.), Nick Schrope (Sr.), Jimmy Armstrong (Jr.), Ryan Chien (Jr.), Augie Scorzo (Jr.), Stephen Jacobus (So.), Jake Stubbs (So.).

Newcomers: Michael Mullaney (Sr.), Martin Arguello (So.), Eric Moody (So.), Paul Cicioppo (Fr.), Jimmy Dougherty (Fr.), Stephen Pelliconi (Fr.)

Outlook: A solid core of returning swimmers should propel Kinnelon to success.

MONTVILLE

Coach: Ian Keyser, second season.

Last year: 5-11, 1-8 NJAC-South I.

Returning letter-winners: Damian Sjawin (Sr.), Tanner Grevesen (Sr.), Adam Adrignolo (Sr.), Zach Kaplan (Jr.), Greg Karback (So.).

Newcomers: Andrew Sun-Yan (So.), Anthony Adrignolo (Fr.).

Outlook: Keep an eye on Karback, a leader for young Montville.

MORRIS HILLS

Coach: Seana O’Connell, fourth season.

Returning letter-winners: Neil Dave (Sr.), Dinielle DeVeyra (Sr.), Sean Hamilton (Sr.), Thomas Harrigan (Sr.), Patrick Herrera (Sr.), Saikrishna Gaddam (Jr.), Michael Gencarelli (Jr.), Brian Gilfedder (Jr.), Jack Rickey (Jr.), Peter Stobinski (Jr.), Ethan Gupta (So.), Jake Maute (So.), Kevin Peer (So.).

Newcomers: Anthony Bogovic (So.), Colin Hamilton (Fr.), Bryce Merwin (Fr.), Daniel Russo (Fr.).

Outlook: With seven returning letter-winners, the Scarlet Knights plan to improve their record.

MORRIS KNOLLS

Coach: Tom Stief, sixth season.

Last year: 5-6.

Returning letter-winners: Michael Stiles (Sr.), Matt Dottinger (Sr.), Logan Huston (Sr.), Adam Van Buskirk (Sr.), Richie Bebb (Jr.), Anthony Principe (Jr.), Jacob Kolpa (Jr.), Matt Dixon (Jr.), Pierce Rankin (So.), Chris Willis (So.), Jon Monaco (So.).

Newcomers: Jack Pfeil (Fr.), Bryan Henager (Fr.), Danny Gavin (Fr.).

Outlook: The Golden Eagles hope to improve.

MOUNT OLIVE

Coach: Brian Devins, 14th season.

Returning letter-winners: Cooper Shira (Sr.), Eddie Guenzel (Sr.), Bobby Hammond (Sr.), George Rauh (Sr.), Zach Richard (Sr.), Mike Madano (Jr.).

Newcomers: Brennan Hammond (Fr.), Yohith Reddivari (Fr.), Chris Anton (Fr.), Steve Anton (Fr.).

Outlook: Brennan Hammond, an accomplished triathlete, joins his older brother Bobby on a small but experienced Marauders squad.

MOUNTAIN LAKES

Coach: David Leshnower, 22nd season.

Last year: 10-3, NJAC-South I champion.

Returning letter-winners: Quinn Rozanitis (Sr.), Spencer Pallaria (Jr.), Joe Scerbo (Jr.), Matt Luciano (Jr.), George Scherger (So.).

Newcomers: Sebastian Bickford (Fr.).

Outlook: After graduating half the roster, the Lakers will rebuild around a large freshman class.

RANDOLPH

Coach: Linda Poppy, 24th season.

Returning letter-winners: Evan Dziedzic (Sr.), David Miniovich (Sr.), Jonathon Kushler (Sr.), Tim Archer (Sr.), Theo Everett (Sr.), Henry Taibi (Sr.), Ben Lane (Sr.), Nick Ungar (Sr.), Sapan Gupta (Jr.), Brian Hermes (Jr.), Alex Biehler (Jr.), Kyle Faresich (Jr.), Shane Perlow (Jr.), Ajay Hariharan (So.), Luke Spingarn (So.), Charles Taibi (So.), Jake Wagener (So.).

Newcomers: Robbie Rieger (So.), Dylan Demuth (Fr.), George Kromides (Fr.), Vinny Marciano (Fr.), Josh Zitomer (Fr.).

Outlook: Deep Randolph will rely on a large, promising freshman class.

ROXBURY

Coach: Dan Montgomery, second season.

Last year: 6-3.

Returning letter-winners: Josh Decker (Sr.), Cole Kaufman (Sr.), Dan Lupo (Sr.), Eric Bang (Jr.), Christian Gonzales (Jr.), Kevin Pollison (Jr.), Jacob Dino (So.), Tyler McDonald (So.), Ryan Reimers (So.).

Newcomers: Shane Cummis (Fr.), Steven Randazzo (Fr.), Sam Remetz (Fr.), Travis Remshifski (Fr.), Paolo Teodorescu (Fr.), Ricky Vasconcellos (Fr.).

Outlook: Young, enthusiastic Roxbury hopes to build on last year’s success.

SOUTHERN II DIVISION

DELBARTON

Coach: John Romagna, 11th season.

Last year: Second, Morris County Championships.

Returning letter-winners: Jade Rice (Sr.), Tim Sienko (Sr.), Aidan Duffy (Sr.), Joe O’Reilly (Sr.), Chris Gubler (Sr.), Peter Shepanzyk (Jr.), Michael Tortorella (Jr.), Patrick Zhang (Jr.), Norm Chen (Jr.).

Outlook: Deep and veteran-heavy, Delbarton should be a contender again.

MADISON

Coach: Nancy Leib, second season.

Returning letter-winners: Matt Carey (Sr.), Will Henderson (Sr.), Eric Burrer (Jr.), Esteban Spadea (So.), Tyler McKinnon (So.), Max Haupt (So.).

Newcomers: Kevin Lu (Sr.), Grant Claytor (Sr.), Gabriel Peralta (Fr.), Michael Perino (Fr.), Morgen Bruhn (Fr.), Nathanael Erickson (Fr.), Brendan Fowler (Fr.).

Outlook: The Dodgers have grown from six to 13 swimmers for their second season, but will still have trouble filling all the lanes.

MENDHAM

Coach: Breanne Cullen, first season.

Last year: 6-4.

Returning letter-winners: Bryan Bishop (Sr.), Thomas Bolland (Sr.), Kyle Dew (Sr.), Evan Rapp (Sr.), Thomas Scasselatti-Sforzolini (Sr.), Quinn Cembrinski (Jr.), Brendan Reilly (Jr.), Ryan Carkhuff (So.), Nick D’Agostino (So.), Valentin Figuera (So.), Joe Sylvester (So.).

Newcomers: Lukas Scheidl (Fr.), Sterling Shieh (Fr.).

Outlook: Cullen, a former assistant, takes over a solid veteran squad from Karen McCourt, who founded the program six years ago.

MORRISTOWN

Coach: Donna Gelegonya, 24th season.

Last year: 15-2, NJAC Southern II dual-meet champion; Morris County champion.

Returning letter-winners: Matthew Critchley (Sr.), Derek He (Jr.), Mike Macchia (Jr.), Nick Bates (Jr.), Patrick Bauer (Jr.), Giancarlo Soriano (Jr.), Joe Bangiola (Jr.), Brian Winkelried (Jr.), Owen Breslin (So.), Tommy Cromie (So.), Patric Hyland (So.), Justin Viotto (So.).

Newcomers: Zack Crowe (Fr.), Tommy Morusiewicz (Fr.), Erik Vataker (Fr.).

Outlook: The Colonials had some significant graduation losses, but are hoping the sophomore class will step up and fill in.

MORRISTOWN-BEARD

Coach: Cori Eggert, ninth season.

Last year: 0-6, 4-3 coed.

Returning letter-winners: Ryan Waters (Jr.), Jack Hughes (Jr.), Connor Heffernan (So.).

Newcomers: Aidan Hughes (Fr.), Jack Armstrong (Fr.), Iain Jaeger (Fr.).

Outlook: Though the Crimson is small again, they hope to qualify for the NJSIAA Tournament as a team.

PARK REGIONAL

Coach: Catherine Mills, first season.

Returning letter-winners: Michael Colavito (Sr.), Michael Fehrenbacher (Sr.), Kyle Hong (Jr.), Damon Coffey (Jr.).

Outlook: Mills inherits a small, young team from Kristen Lohmann, the head coach for 13 years.

PARSIPPANY

Coach: Jemila Najjar-Keith, fourth season.

Last year: 2-8.

Returning letter-winners: Ryan Lo (Sr.), Lawrence Lin (Sr.), James Kinzer (Sr.), Mohit Pathak (Jr.), Spencer Huang (Jr.).

Outlook: Experienced, hardworking Parsippany hopes to improve.

PARSIPPANY HILLS

Coach: Bill Soden, 31st season.

Returning letter-winners: Diedrich Friedinger (Sr.), Mike Chang (Sr.), Kyle McDougal (Sr.), Shawn Berry (Jr.), Jacob Mueller (Jr.), Tristan Velicky (Jr.), Nick Caccavale (So.), Adam Giovanelli (So.), Matthew Kwan (So.), Mark Maddox (So.).

Newcomers: Pat DeBenedette (Jr.), Krutarth Patel (So.), Brandon Kim (Fr.), Chris Velicky (Fr.), Rodrigo Perez (Fr.), Brendan Mofatt (Fr.).

Outlook: Berry and Kwan will be key leaders for the young Vikings.

PEQUANNOCK

Coach: Rob Wenzel, third season.

Last year: 8-7.

Returning letter-winners: Tyler Schaub (Sr.), Jack Pownall (Jr.), Kevin Richard (Jr.).

Newcomers: Matt Fricker, Justin Oosterwyk.

Outlook: With Stefanides, the three-time All Daily Record Swimmer of the Year, off to UMass, Pequannock is young and inexperienced but deeper than in past years.

WEST MORRIS

Coach: Jim Beatrice, fourth season.

Last year: 4-3.

Returning letter-winners: Rob Ambrose (Sr.), Zach Baker (Sr.), Patrick Hughes (Sr.), Liam McLaughlin (Sr.), Cole Solsky (Sr.), Brandon Belen (Jr.), Rohan Bhargava (Jr.), Daniel DiLizia (Jr.), Matthew Fernandes (Jr.), Doug Krentz (Jr.), Jacob Baker (So.), Tyler Sansone (So.).

Newcomers: Mark Boiko (Fr.).

Outlook: Young but deep, West Morris hopes to rise to a challenging schedule.

NORTHERN DIVISION

HACKETTSTOWN

Coach: Kathleen Giovine, first season.

Returning letter-winners: Jason Castillo (Sr.), James Carkhuff (So.), Joseph Tagliarini (So.), Brandon Silva (So.), Collin Bailey (So.).

Newcomers: Sam Anzel (Fr.), Phillip Ruppel (Fr.).

Outlook: With only seven boys, Hackettstown will not be able to fill the lanes but still hopes to be competitive in individual events.

HIGH POINT

Coach: Kate Niemeira, second season.

Returning letter-winners: Mills Macken (Sr.), Vinnie Dellechiaie (Sr.), Honacy Beco (Jr.), Griffin Bennett (Jr.), Brandon Crouch (So.).

Newcomers: Vincent Fasino (Fr.), Zach Gardner (Fr.).

Outlook: Small and young, High Point hopes to improve.

JEFFERSON

Coach: April Sparling, third season.

Returning letter-winners: Tom McGuire (Sr.), Ani Bahl (Jr.), Kevin Cahill (Jr.), Tim DenBleyker (Jr.), Corey Helmstetter (Jr.), Anthony Kahwaty (Jr.), Jake Sobieski (Jr.), Matt Xenitelis (Jr.).

Newcomers: Steven Sawicki (Fr.).

Outlook: Young and flexible Jefferson is hoping to improve both individually and as a team.

KITTATINNY

Coach: George Soutter, 17th season.

Returning letter-winners: Ryan Doherty (Sr.), Cam McNeill (Sr.), James Santanastaso (Sr.), Thomas Mountford (Jr.), Garrett Hollar (Jr.), Logan Hollar (Jr.), Noah Maruska (Jr.), Sandro Mazzola (Jr.), Andrew Opitz (So.), Shasha Stolyarov (So.).

Outlook: The Cougars hope to improve.

NEWTON/LENAPE VALLEY

Coach: Jessica Guth, eighth season.

Last year: 9-1.

Returning letter-winners: Nick Adams (Sr.), Chris Dionne (Sr.), Antonio Justiano (Sr.), Brandon Robbins (Sr.), Chris Laite (Jr.), Hunter Klingener (Jr.), Luke Pawlak (Jr.),

Newcomers: Michael Rizzo (Fr.), Anthony Laite (Fr.), Jacob Napholz (Fr.), Drew Pickett (Fr.).

Outlook: Even with Anthony Rizzo off to UMass, deep and talented Newton/Lenape Valley hopes to repeat its perfect regular season.

POPE JOHN

Coach: Ed Wynne, 31st season.

Returning letter-winners: Greg Turiansky (Sr.), James Koppleman (Sr.), Jarod Schwesinger (Sr.), Nick Lehman (Jr.), Kyle Griffith (Jr.), Trevor Potts (So.), Chris Masciarelli (So.), Alex Rave (So.).

Newcomers: Shawn Rave (Fr.), Mike Turiansky (Fr.), John Lenyk (Fr.), Matt Rose (Fr.), Harrison Schon (Fr.), Bobby Bernarick (Fr.), Jonathan Condon (Fr.), Matt Glory (Fr.), Devin Molina (Fr.).

Outlook: The Lions expect to challenge for the NJAC-North and Sussex County titles.

SPARTA

Coach: Patrick Chodkiewicz, 10th season.

Last year: 6-2.

Returning letter-winners: Chris Rudel (Sr.), Peter Vallario (Sr.), Ben Lee (Jr.), Michael Tartaglia (Jr.).

Newcomers: Finn Holovacs (Fr.), Abraham LaBelle (Fr.).

Outlook: With a strong group returning, Sparta hopes to continue to improve.

VERNON

Coach: Doug Miller, 14th season.

Returning letter-winners: Eamon Logue (Sr.), Tyler Ruiz (Jr.).

Outlook: With only 10 swimmers, many of them new to the sport, Vernon will have a challenge to fill lanes.

WALLKILL VALLEY

Coach: Rebecca Fountaine, third season.

Returning letter-winners: Kyle McKenna (Sr.), John Nasisi (Jr.), Scott Mueller (Jr.), Tanner Kronski (So.)

Newcomers: Jesse Kermode (Fr.), John Mueller (Fr.).

Outlook: The small Rangers squad hopes to improve as individuals.