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SJM_WinterAthletes_1223FINAL_Reg4 . qxp_Feature 12 / 18 / 23 5 : 20 PM Page 8 TC : I have always been a swimmer , since I was 6 . I did baseball for a while , but probably around eighth grade I switched Tre Cottrell over to swimming full time . Haddonfield swimming SJM : What connected with you about the sport ? TC : I like having a routine , and practice is every day . I also Cottrell had quite a few accomplishments during a had a ton of early success , so it kind of carried through . fantastic sophomore season , as he swam on both the 200 free and 400 free relays that took home SJM : It seems like a sport that creates a lot of state crowns at the Meet of Champions ( MOC ) . Indi - camaraderie with your teammates and the people vidually , he placed fourth in the 200 free and sixth you’re training with every day . in the 100 free at the MOC , and he also helped Had - TC : Yeah , I love that . Practice is going to be hard but donfield go 11 - 2 with a team state championship . you can make it fun as long as you have a good group of guys . South Jersey Magazine : What are your goals for this year after an amazing sophomore season ? SJM : Swimming is a demanding sport . Tre Cottrell : I’m really trying to get first in the 200 free at the Do you ever have days where you Meet of Champions . Top three would be good too , but a really big don’t feel like going to the pool ? goal of mine is to get first . TC : All the time . You kind of just have to dive in . You can’t look at the water or SJM : What was it like to be part of those relays last year think about how cold it is . that won state titles ? TC : It was incredible . I never thought we would win it . The year SJM : What else do you do for fun ? before , I was just hoping we’d get top three , but we crushed it . It TC : I like to cook . Fried chicken is al - was amazing winning that with the other guys . ways a favorite of mine . I’ll cook up a bunch for myself and stick it in SJM : What did you learn from being around Henry McFad - the fridge . den , your former teammate who is now at Stanford ? TC : I learned how to be a fast swimmer myself and how to control SJM : Do you like growing up my emotions . He helped me develop as a swimmer and reach for in Haddonfield ? something bigger . He had a ton of accomplishments and I’m nev - TC : I do . It’s a great place to live . er going to fill his shoes , but I’m going to really try to get there . There’s a lot of high - achieving peo - He’s amazing . ple and it pushes you to live up to those goals . It’s a smart school so I can’t slack off . SJM : Have you always been a swimmer ? SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 9 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 33

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SJM_WinterAthletes_1223FINAL_Reg4 . qxp_Feature 12 / 18 / 23 5 : 20 PM Page 9 way . Bretones , a senior guard , Cole Hagerty , Washing - champion last year at 114 GIRLS SWIMMING averaged 11.9 points last sea - ton Township : The Minute - pounds , this junior went on to Maddy Cassidy , son and is committed to men were fortunate to have place fourth at states to cap a Star Watch Kingsway : Cassidy’s terrific UMass . an outstanding freshman 30 - win season . rookie season featured a sec - class last season , and Hagerty Analyse Intenzo , Isabella Prem , Lenape : More athletes we’re keeping our eye on . ond - place finish in the 50 free was at the head of it . He com - Moorestown : Intenzo led With her high school career and a sixth in the 100 free at piled a 37 - 4 record with dis - the Quakers in scoring last only halfway over , Prem has ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? the Meet of Champions . She trict and region champi - year as a freshman , as she av - already made history as the also swam on the medley and onships and is looking to re - Billy Richmond , Camden : eraged 10.6 per game for a first region champion from BOYS BASKETBALL 200 free relays , which placed turn to states this winter . The DJ Wagner era is over , as team that went 22 - 8 . the district . It will be exciting fifth and sixth , respectively . Elijah Crispin , Pitman : Af - he and Camden teammate Michael Lamb , Haddon - to see what she can accom - Ana Pellecchia , ter his dad , Joe , took an assis - Camryn Tilger , Shawnee : Aaron Bradshaw are now at field : Lamb’s impressive plish in her final two seasons . Clearview : A four - year tant coaching job at Penn Another super sophomore , Kentucky . But don’t feel too rookie season included 31 starter in the Pioneer back - Reagan Roxas , State and his family moved to Tilger placed fifth in the state sorry for the Panthers , who wins and a district title at 106 court , this senior joined the Kingsway : Roxas is looking Pennsylvania , it was undecid - in the 200 individual medley still have this guard / forward , pounds as he helped the Bull - 1,000 - point club last season . to build on a promising ed whether Crispin would as a freshman . She also com - one of the top recruits in the dawgs capture the South Jer - The Jefferson University com - freshman season in which stay at Pitman and play an - peted in the B finals in the country . He could follow sey , Group 2 championship . mit averaged 14.3 points , 5.3 she collected 31 wins , other season with the friends butterfly and 200 free relay . Wagner and Bradshaw to rebounds , 3.5 assists and 2.9 Drew Roskos , Delran : An reached the region final at he grew up with . But he Lexington . steals . outstanding soccer player 120 pounds and placed moved in with his grandpar - who will compete on the Divi - fourth at states . ents and is back to help the BOYS INDOOR TRACK Olivia Selverian , Chero - sion I level at Bucknell , Panthers contend for section - GIRLS BASKETBALL kee : The Chiefs are coming Yashahya Brown , Wash - Roskos is looking to go out on al and state titles . off a memorable season in BOYS SWIMMING Eva Andrews , Paul VI : For - ington Township : Brown , a a high note in his final which they claimed a section - Judd Holt , Cherokee : This mer Eagles star Hannah Hi - senior , won the 55 - meter hur - J.D . Moyer , Cherry Hill wrestling season . He was a al title and lost in the state fi - junior sharpshooter has been dalgo is now a freshman phe - dles at last year’s indoor Meet East : Moyer took seventh in district champ , region runner - nal by a point . Seleverian , a a contributor for the Chiefs nom at Notre Dame , but there of Champions in a blistering the state in two individual up and placed seventh at junior guard , hopes to help since he was a freshman and is still plenty of talent left at 7.22 seconds . He also picked events last year , the back - states last year at 150 pounds . them stay in contention . emerged as a standout last Paul VI . Andrews , a senior up sectional and state crowns stroke and the butterfly . He Jacob Zearfoss , Glouces - year , when he knocked down guard , will look to step up in in the event . also helped the Cougars ’ ter : Zearfoss has been a state 51 3 - pointers and averaged a Hidalgo’s absence after aver - 400 free relay place second WRESTLING placewinner in both Georgia team - high 12.1 points per aging close to 10 points as a and the 200 medley relay and New Jersey during his GIRLS INDOOR TRACK Austin Craft , Camden game . junior . finish third . stellar career , and he is look - Catholic : Craft , a senior , Sianni Wynn , Ben Manns , Cherry Hill Kasey Bretones , Main - Riley Smith , Eastern : ing to go out as a state cham - transferred from Rancocas Pennsauken : Wynn’s fabu - West : A 6 - foot - 5 forward / cen - land : This program has been Smith , a junior , placed 14th in pion in his senior season . Valley last season and helped lous freshman season includ - ter , Manns forms a potent duo one of the best in South Jer - the state in the 500 free as a the Irish claim the Non - Public ed two titles at the Meet of with junior guard / forward sey in recent years , and that sophomore and contributes B state title . He also earned Champions — in the 55 - meter Quinn Gibson for a team that should stay the same with GIRLS WRESTLING in multiple events for the district and region crowns at dash and the 200 — as she be - looks to be much improved Bretones and twin sisters Ava Vikings . Jada Pichardo , 157 pounds before placing came the first rookie to ac - from a year ago . and Bella Mazur leading the Pennsauken : A region seventh at states . ? complish the feat . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 9 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 34 |

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