Norwich Boys’ Swim Competes At M-E Blizzard Invitational
Published: January 26th, 2026
By: Morgan Golliver

ENDWELL— The Norwich Purple Tornado boys’ swim team traveled to Maine-Endwell on Saturday, where they came in eighth place in the Maine-Endwell Blizzard Invitational.

Amon Oliver led Norwich with a fourth place finish in the 500 free. He picked up a new best time of 5:25.05.

Alexandru Beiu also swam in the 500, where he finished 23rd with a time of 7:06.01.

Oliver came in sixth place in the 200 free, where he earned a new personal best time of 2:00.97. Beiu finished 33rd with a time of 2:36.18.

As a team, Norwich took fifth in the 200 free relay with Nate Shtrauch, Tim Guezewich, Oliver, and Alex Moutarde.

The Purple Tornado came in eighth place in the 400 free relay with a team of Oliver, Shtrauch, Moutarde, and Sebastian Kenyon.

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Sharon Thinagaran swam to an 18th place finish in the 200 individual medley with a time of 3:10.73.

Alex Moutarde, Tim Guezewich, and Shalom Thinagaran all competed in the 50 free. Moutarde led the trio with a 12th place finish with a time of 25.12 seconds.

Guezewich came in 19th place with a time of 25.74 seconds.

Guezewich also swam in the 100 backstroke, where he finished 10th with a time of 1:04.23 with Nate Shtrauch behind him in 11th place (1:07.01).

Benjamin Collins came in 23rd in the 100 back with a new personal best of 1:24.21.

Thinagaran finished 38th out of 69 swimmers and earned a new personal best of 28.14 seconds.

Senior Nate Shtrauch earned a ninth place finish in the 100 butterfly, picking up a season-best time of 1:02.52.

Moutarde also achieved a top 10 finish, where he swam in the 100 free with a time of 56.26 seconds.

Shalom Thinagaran came in 31st with a new personal best of 1:04.41. Benjamin Collins also earned a new personal best with a time of 1:12.16 for 46th place.

Sharon Thinagaran achieved a new personal best in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:24.35.

Norwich heads to Chenango Valley on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.




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