One great feature of the Skaneateles girls swim team schedule is its numerous array of meets against large-school competition, which motivates all of the swimmers to reach for maximum efforts.
In another one of these battles, the Lakers hosted West Genesee Wednesday night, and were competitive in every single event, even winning three of them, though the Wildcats prevailed 103-83 on the team side.
Lily Buchholz would swim the 200-yard freestyle in two minutes 8.48 seconds to pull away from WG’s Hannah Murdoch (2:14.26) by more than five seconds, also finishing second (58.21 seconds) to Murdoch (57.86) in the 100 freestyle.
Grace King’s victory came in the 100 butterfly, where she posted 1:06.27, beating out the Wildcats’ Anna Ivery (1:08.12) as King also grabbed runner-up honors in the 100 backstroke in 1:11.59.
Skaneateles also went 1-2 in the diving competition thanks to Lexis Cottrill and Carlee Pitman. With a total of 185.70 points, Cottrill was ahead of Pitman’s total of 150.20 points.
Elizabeth Springer was second in the 50 freestyle in 26.79 seconds, with Alice Spaulding second in the 500 freestyle in 6:06.81 and Rory Comer getting second place in the 100 breaststroke in 1:17.76.
On the relay side, Buchholz, King, Springer and Rory Comer went 2:02.34, just behind WG’s 2:01.70 in the 200 medley, while Spaulding, Springer, Rory Comer and Emily Comer went 1:51.27 in the 200 freestyle relay. Finally, the quartet of King, Spaulding, Buchholz and Lili Winkelman swam the 400 freestyle relay in 4:07.81.
From there, Skaneateles moved on to Friday’s Onondaga High School League championships, where it finished third in the team standings with 346 points, just behind runner-up Mexico (386 points) as CBA won with 482 points.
Buchholz was victorious in the 50 freestyle, going 25.67 seconds to dominate the field as CBA’s Kailtyn Bushnell was second in 26.60 seconds, nearly a full second behind. Also, Buchholz was third in the 200 freestyle in 2:05.64
Also, Buchholz, King, Springer and Rory Comer were second in the 200 freestyle relay in 2:03.78. Spaulding, Caitlin Comer, Rory Comer and Lexis Cottrill were fourth in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:56.17, with King, Spaulding, Buchholz and Springer fourth in the 400 freestyle relay in 4:07.94.
Rory Comer, in 1:17.66, got third place in the 100 breaststroke as Winkelman was fifth (1:20.18) and Lilly Marquardt sixth (1:24.57). Spaulding took sixth place in the 200 IM in 2:32.66.
Springer got fourth place in the 50 freestyle (27.39 seconds) behind Buchholz and was fifth in the 100 freestyle in 1:00.45, while King was fifth in the 100 butterfly in 1:10.66 and fifth in the 500 freestyle in 6:03.37, just ahead of Emily Comer (6:07.60).
Skaneateles would finish the regular season Tuesday, hosting Auburn.
