“It kind of shows the effect my family has had on me,” he said. Thomas said it’s “pretty cool” being on the All-American list with his mother. “He’s swimming on two teams, working two different jobs, taking a class and cutting two lawns in our neighborhood,” she said. Kelly said she has barely seen her son this summer. “The four of us pretty much swim together year round,” he said. Not only did they swim together at FR, but they also have been on the same club teams in the offseason. Thomas, 17, said the four swimmers were closer this past season than they’ve been before as a team. “He’s been swimming ever since, pretty much all year round.” “Both Holden and I started swimming when we were around 5 years old, as part of the summer swim program at Meadowink (Swim Club),” Kelly said. Thomas’ mother Kelly was a Panther swimmer before graduating in 1992. “That’s something they’ll take with them the rest of their lives.”įor Thomas and his family, it’s part of an even larger moment - the first mother-and-son duo from Franklin Regional to both make NISCA’s All-American list. “It’s a big accomplishment,” Santoro said. After the quartet finished third in the 200-meter relay at the WPIALs, they posted a time of 1:32.18, beating the school record they set in preliminaries and earning gold medals at the state championships. Incoming seniors Holden Thomas and Ben Holm, and 2023 graduates Aiden Bunker and Jason Tosh, all were designated as NISCA All-Americans. That’s the best we’ve done at state relays in the 32 years I’ve coached.” “Our medley relay were state champions, and our 200 freestyle relay were runners-up. “We had a very good season,” said FR swim coach Vic Santoro. Four Franklin Regional swimmers have been named to the 2022-23 National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s high-school All-American list, placing them among the top 100 in the nation in four categories.
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