Cicero-North Syracuse boys swimming took home first-place finishes in every event they competed in against Fayetteville-Manlius on Tuesday night in the Nottingham High School pool.

However, C-NS head coach Paul Gill said his squad's 100-85 victory over the Hornets was a complete team effort.

"I can't really single out one guy because everybody had to do something special to pull off that win," he said. "First place alone doesn't win a meet. If the other team goes 2, 3, 4, they outpoint you. So it takes every swimmer. I felt like every single one of my guys scored points today to help us out and I've got some great swimmers, but it was just fun to watch everybody pull together."  

"It just helps us build confidence," Gill said. "In swimming, you've got to repeat good, hard swims time after time. So when you're racing good people, you naturally up your level. So a meet like tonight helps some of my guys build some confidence. So hopefully we'll continue to improve. We still got a long way to go though. It's a long season."

A year ago, the Northstars fell to the Hornets 96-83 in their only meeting of the season.

"F-M's always been a quality program," Gill said. "They're coached well. F-M has great depth, so, they kept it really close and it feels good to come away with that win."

C-NS (1-1) gets back in the pool Friday to face Syracuse at 6 p.m. in the Nottingham High School pool.

"We're going to have to move some guys around because they've got some really talented swimmers in events where we're good too," Gill said. "So we're going to have to be smart with our lineup and execute because we've got a small team and we can't make mistakes. I'd like to beat them too. But, that'll be another fun meet for us. These close meats help us swim faster."