Kaiserian, Tutunjian Rule the Pool at 2012 AYF Olympics

From AYF Olympics 2012 Special Issue

BOSTON, Mass.—Age is no cause for recline, especially not when you’re Mike Kaiserian and Lynne Tutunjian. They’re like a good bottle of champagne. They ferment with the years.

The two paid little heed to their younger counterparts inside the pool and came away with three gold medals apiece.

Kaiserian, who belongs to an elite swim family, stroked his way to victories in the 50 fly, 50 free, and 100 free for Philly. The 15 points give him 84 in all, trailing only Stephen Tutunjian (Providence) by a single point in the overall active standings.

Tutunjian handled the women’s side with gold medals in the 25 free, 50 breast, and 25 fly. She was pushed in spots by Worcester newcomer Maggy Bablouzian, but handled the surge. She now has 110 points atop the active scoring column.

Boston’s Eric Movsesian had the home crowd cheering for his victory in the 50 back. Toronto’s Garo Arslanian gave the Canadians some comfort by winning the 50 breast.

The Philly women were on top of matters, thanks to a double victory by Molly Mamourian in the 50 and 100 freestyles. The “Sebouhs” also took the 4×25 relay.

Kudos to Detroit’s Meline Topouzian for capturing the 50 back rather handily.

The pool at Newton North was packed to the hilt in what proved an encouraging facet to these games.

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Tom Vartabedian is a retired journalist with the Haverhill Gazette, where he spent 40 years as an award-winning writer and photographer. He has volunteered his services for the past 46 years as a columnist and correspondent with the Armenian Weekly, where his pet project was the publication of a special issue of the AYF Olympics each September.

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