The Syosset squad has gone completely over the top.
North Shore’s swimming and diving crew has racked up an astonishing 90 straight dual‑meet victories—starting in early 2015—and shattered Plainview Old‑Bethpage’s 88‑win streak from the 1970s.
“The win streak and our accomplishments are really impressive, but I think the friendships and the memories that come out of varsity are more important to me,” junior Max Yao told The Post.
“I feel like the team has just made me grow to become a better person,” he added after clinching No. 90, a win over Garden City in early December.
The connection among Syosset teammates runs deeper than the swim caps they wear, and tradition is woven right into the program’s fabric, said senior captain Lucas Avni.
“We have some memorabilia that gets passed down from person to person to try and keep the team spirit alive,” he noted.
Yao received an heirloom swimsuit in eighth grade after being named varsity rookie of the year—an early sign that the crew’s “family” vibe already had him on board.
The all‑for‑one mentality shined when a neck‑and‑neck bout with Hewlett could have ended the streak long before it did, Yao recalled.
“The captain just gave us a hype‑up speech, talking about how we can win this and that we have what it takes to win,” Yao remembered.
“It really helped us pull through in the end. … It was super exciting, I remember that really clearly.”
Moments like those supplied all the drive teammates like Avni needed to sustain the streak.
“I knew [my freshman year] that we wanted to have this going as long as possible,” Avni said.
“Every day, I just worked as hard as I could to keep it going for the people who started it before me.”
Avni—who clutches the cap of a 1990s‑era record‑setter—now looks ahead to the program’s future once he heads to college next year.
“Everyone wants to try and hit that 100 mark,” he said about next season’s target. “I’d be thrilled to see it. In fact, if I’m free the day of that dual meet, I’m going to come back from college, if I can, to watch it.”
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