While the Fayetteville-Manlius girls swim team was off last week, Christian Brothers Academy and Jamesville-DeWitt both took their turns against West Genesee, and both prevailed.
Not dropping any race in last Tuesday’s meet against the Wildcats at Le Moyne College, the Brothers prevailed 94-74, with its usual stars each winning their fair share of events.
Kayla Newman went one minute, 58.60 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle and then roared to a time of 5:20.80 in the 500 freestyle as Kaitlyn Bushnell swept the sprints, going 25.54 seconds in the 50 freestyle and exactly 57 seconds in the 100 freestyle.
Lauren Kelly went from a time of 2:16.47 in the 200 individual medley to a quick 1:07.71 in the 100 breaststroke as Darien Tompkins claimed the 100 butterfly in 1:00.02.
In a unique 100 backstroke race, Ally Howard and Ella Zaryski finished in a dead heat, each posting 1:07.32. Sophie Menar had 194.55 points on the diving board.
Roaring in the relays, CBA had Tompkins, Bushnell, Newman and Kelly go 3:45.18 in the 400 freestyle after Bushnell, Tompkins, Howard and Kelly took the 200 medley in a season-best 1:52.67, just missing the state qualifying standard of 1:52.35. Sophia Silver and Kathryn Nardella joined Newman and Tompkins for a time of 1:48 flat in the 200 freestyle relay.
J-D had its own meet at West Genesee that it controlled from the outset, defeating the Wildcats 91-80 to move to 6-2 on the season.
The meet started with the Red Rams’ quartet of Sofia Bebla, Amelia Hesler, Josie Coyne and Audrey Norden going 2:02.71 to win the 200-yard medley relay.
Later in the meet, Bebla was victorious in the 100 backstroke in 1:09.97 to the 1:11.73 from WG’s Maggie Smith, with Hesler returning in the 200 freestyle relay to help Gwen Lister, Julia Antoine and Claire Huyck win in 1:47.67.
Emily Ninestein won a pair of races, from the short 50 freestyle in 27.15 seconds to the 27.62 from the Wildcats’ Anna Ivery to a 500 freestyle where Ninestein breezed to first place in 5:57.67. Abby McGuire earned 184.83 points in diving.
Huyck got a title of her own in the 200 freestyle in 2:12.46, just ahead of WG’s Taylor McFadden (2:13.84), while Coyne was second in the 100 butterfly in 1:14.06 and Lucy Heflin got second in the 200 individual medley in 2:40.12
J-D and F-M will both swim this weekend in the Salt City Athletic Conference championships at Nottingham, this after the Hornets met Syracuse City on Tuesday and the Red Rams travel to Auburn Wednesday.
