A pair of Westhill/Corcoran girls swimming standouts, Imani Williams and Lauren Perry, both posted high finishes during last weekend’s state championship meet at Erie Community College’s Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo.
Williams, in the diving competition, actually led through Friday’s preliminary rounds, with 354.80 points, just ahead of Nicole Honey (Herricks), who was second with 353.70 points.
However, in the finals on Saturday, both Williams and Honey got passed as Victor’s Ashley Broderick rose to the top with 503.80 points. Meanwhile, Williams had to settle for third place, earning 493.00 points as Honey (501.10 points) took second.
Meanwhile, Perry gained fourth place in the 100-yard freestyle. She qualified for the finals with a time of 52.84 seconds then improved to 52.80 second in the finals and earned her medal as Niskayuna’a Kina Zhou won in 51.31 seconds.
Perry also gained 10th place in the 50 freestyle in 24.40 seconds, exactly a second behind the winner, Connetquot’s Mikaila Gaffey. West Genesee’s Kim Pedrotti was 24th in the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.46.
