STAMFORD, Conn. Westhill High School diver Sean Burston won the State Open championship Thursday and teammate Robbie Katz finished ninth at the event at Hamden High School.
Burston, a sophomore, finished with 494.5 points to become only the third Westhill diver to win a State Open title and the first Vikings diver to win the event since 1985. Katz finished with 382.65 points. Burston and Katz dive for the co-op Westhill/Stamford swim team and are coached by Jim Bowser.
Hamdens Peter Cyr finished second, followed by Fairfield Preps Jake Bowtell, a sophomore from Darien. New Canaan sophomore Robert Ross finished fourth. Darien freshman Robert Christensen took sixth while another Blue Wave freshman, Jackson McGoldrick, took eighth.
Cyr won the Class LL championship while Burston finished second. Ross won the Class M championship. Complete results are available online.
The boys high school swim season concludes Saturday with the State Open at Yale University beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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