The Mount Desert Island girls’ swim team claimed the title in the recent Penobscot Valley Conference championships. MDI earned 357 points to soar past second-place Ellsworth (267 points) in the meet. The result gave the Trojans PVC titles in back-to-back seasons.
The Mount Desert Island swim team is playing an unusual waiting game. The Trojans, with only a few exceptions, have completed their Penobscot Valley Conference championship swim meet and, thus, their 2021 season.
The Mount Desert Island swim team closed out the 2021 regular season last week with a dual meet sweep of Ellsworth. Competing in its tightest meet of the year, the MDI girls’ team claimed a 95-91 win over the Eagles. The MDI boys’ team racked up 125 points to Ellsworth’s 42 to finish a perfect regular season.
The Mount Desert Island swim team earned yet another sweep last Thursday as it defeated Old Town/Orono in its latest virtual meet.
The Mount Desert Island swim team began the 2021 season in winning fashion Friday with victories over Cony in the first virtual meet of the season.
BAR HARBOR — Even after saying goodbye to a legendary coach, the Mount Desert Island swim team didn’t skip a beat in 2020. MDI claimed both boys’ and girls’ state titles last winter under first-year head coach David Blaney. The championship wins capped off perfect seasons for the Trojans, whose former coach, Tony DeMuro, stepped …
BAR HARBOR— With a dozen more miles to go in order to finish her goal of 44 miles around Mount Desert Island, Purajot Kaur is determined to finish by the end of this month. As of Sept. 23, Kaur had completed 32 miles of the swim she began on Aug. 28 from Hadley Point in Bar Harbor. On that day, …
SWAN’S ISLAND—A common question visitors ask about living on an island is, ‘well, if you miss the ferry, do you swim home?’ That question was, in part, Sage Dentremont’s inspiration to swim the 6 miles from Swan’s Island to Bass Harbor on the first day of September. “I’ve worked at the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station for four summers now,” said Dentremont in …
BAR HARBOR — The muscles you use are the muscles you build. The same goes for strength, focus, determination and commitment — athletes need these to train and perform and, in a positive feedback loop, they build more as they go. On Friday, local open water marathon swimmer Puranjot Kaur swam about 16 miles from Hadley Point to Little Hunters’ Beach. Her plan was to …
BAR HARBOR — Puranjot Kaur is set to begin the never-before-attempted marathon swim around Mount Desert Island Friday morning Aug. 28 at 7 a.m. at Hadley Point. The swim will be approximately 44 statute miles and will take roughly 24 hours to complete. It’s a fundraiser for Open Table MDI, an island nonprofit run by Kaur and her husband that focuses on …
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