To say that the East Lyme boys swimming team has been dominating in the Eastern Connecticut Conference since Jack Stabach took over 12 years ago would be an understatement. Heading into Saturday's ECC Championship at UConn-Avery Point, the Vikings held seven of the last 11 tournament titles. So it was no surprise that they made it eight of 12 on Saturday, but something can be said about the way they did it. East Lyme broke a pair of school and ECC tournament records and beat its next closest opponent, Fitch, 546-430.
The team that was expected to do great things at the start of the year came through when it mattered.
"We had these (high) expectations and we talked about it," Stabach said. "We talked about these guys' goals and they just stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. They did it."
For senior Kyle Burke, Saturday's win was special. "It's the first time East Lyme has won ECC's four years in a row," Burke said. "It just feels great to be a part of history."
