Tresley making noise for Highland Park
by mark perlman Contributor January 17, 2012 8:38PM
Highland Park's Phillip Goldberg swims the 200 free in Friday's meet against Maine West. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
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Updated: February 20, 2012 8:16AM
Though quiet outside the pool, Highland Park High School swimmer Jack Tresley is certainly making noise with his performance in the pool.
The sophomore finished first in the 100-yard butterfly (59.67), and a close second in the 200 IM (2:16.90) behind teammate Zach Weiner (2:16.34) in helping the Giants post a 105-78 victory at Maine West on Friday.
“Jack had great swims in both the IM and 100 fly,” said Highland Park coach Tim Sirois. “He’s quiet — kind of a blue collar athlete. He does the work day in and day out.”
Tresley’s hard work in the weight room has certainly paid off.
“Jack’s strong,” Sirois said. “He’s got a lot of power when he races.”
Sirois is particularly pleased with the fact that Tresley continues to drop times in both the butterfly and IM.
“He keeps making improvements,” Sirois said.
With Tresley coming on strong, the Giants are building a deep team as the postseason approaches.
The Giants enjoyed several strong performances against Maine West. Winners included the 200 medley relay team of Ben Laedlein, Max Burson, Jacob Humerick and Scott Sonneborn; Zach Weiner in the 200 IM (2:16.34); and Jake Zuckerman in the 50 free (23.44). Laedlein posted another win in the 100 backstroke (58.05).
Sam Sosonkin had a strong swim in the 500 free, finishing second in 5:44.71.
“Sam has made huge improvements in his approach to training,” Sirois said. “I’m excited to see what he can do once we get to the end-of-season meets.”
Highland Park also finished third (284 points) at the five-team St. Charles East College Events Invite. The host school won with a 362 total. Metea Valley was the runner-up (327).
“This is a perfect meet for us to compete in at this point in the season,” Sirois said. “It offers excellent competition. I told the team that even the last-place team in this meet is an excellent team.”
In the 400 IM, Ben Laedlein and David Kane raced stroke for stroke to the finish, with Laedlein touching out his teammate in 4:36.42, while Kane came in at 4:36.76.
“They were side-by-side all race long,” Sirois said. “The St. Charles coach was laughing about how much pain those two put each other through in that race.”
Kane was quite busy at St. Charles. He swam the fly leg in the 400 medley relay, and finished fourth in the 200 fly (2:08.47) and 100 fly (57.13).
Sirois also pointed to the leadership provided by Zuckerman, Humerick and Weiner.
“They are giving us an edge in our training, both mentally and physically,” Sirois said.
On the schedule: The Giants host Maine East at 5 p.m. Friday, and will participate in the Bison Invitational, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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