Helping itself stay sharp during the long holiday break, the West Genesee boys swim team joined other top large schools for last Friday’s Gary Griffin Sprint Invitational.
And it included the Wildcats’ Ryan McMahon victorious in the 50-yard breaststroke, an event unique to the Griffin meet. In 29.11 seconds, McMahon was more than a second ahead of Fulton’s Tyler LaDue (30.20) in the second spot.
Moving to the 100 breaststroke, McMahon posted 1:03.84, beating everyone except Baldwinsville’s Nick Schultz, who qualified for the state meet by winning in 57.68 seconds.
Keegan Scharoun, Ryan McMahon, Alex Shuron and Chase Foresti went 1:45.13 in the 200 medley relay, second only to Baldwinsville’s winning 1:44.01.
On his own, Shuron went 25.61 seconds in the 50 freestyle putting him second behind Liverpool’s Curtis Merrick (24.72), also taking seventh in the 100 butterfly in 59.81 seconds as Matt Barrington was 10th in 1:02.31.
Meanwhile, Scharoun finished third in the 100 backstroke in 57.67 seconds and also took third in the 50 backstroke in 27.34 seconds while getting to third place in the 100 individual medley in 1:00.99.
WG will challenge defending league and sectional Class A champion Liverpool next Tuesday night in Camillus.
