Another season is underway for the Skaneateles girls swim team, and it didn’t take long for things to get exciting.
The Lakers led its season-opening meet against Oswego Thursday night until the final race, but could not hold on to that slim margin and fell to the Buccaneers by a score of 94-89.
Things had started with Skaneateles claiming first place in the 200-yard medley relay. Lily Buchholz, Grace King, Rory Comer and Alice Spaulding finished in two minutes, 2.54 seconds, just ahead of Oswego’s 2:03.24.
From there, Buchholz won twice more on her own, swimming the 50 freestyle in 27.65 seconds and then getting first place in the 100 backstroke in 1:06.58 to hold off the Bucs’ Sydney DeLapp (1:07.02).
King was second in the 100 butterfly in 1:10.17 behind Mallory Upcraft (1:09.55), and also got close in the 500 freestyle, her time of 5:59.13 less than a second behind Oswego’s Ciarrah Tynan (5:58.62).
Comer went 1:18.85 for second place in the 100 breaststroke. Spaulding was second in the 200 individual medley in 2:38.52 as Elizabeth Springer posted 1:02.54 in the 100 freestyle for yet another runner-up finish.
Carlee Pitman’s 157.25 points in diving put her in second place before Buchholz, Comer, King and Mary Vernak won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:53.63.
All of those high finishes meant that Skaneateles led 85-84 with one race left, but the Bucs rolled to a clinching victory in the 400 freestyle relay in 4:05.51. Tynan added a win in the 200 freestyle and Upcraft did the same in the 200 IM.
Skaneateles has another home meet on Tuesday against Syracuse City and welcomes Mexico two nights later.
