CENTRAL NEW YORK – A two-week break for the Fayetteville-Manlius girls swim team concluded with a triumphant return early last week that reinforced all of the notions of the Hornets’ general dominance.
When it defeated Cicero-North Syracuse 94-84 last Tuesday night at Cazenovia College, the Hornets ran its win streak to 56 consecutive meets and, by qualifying for multiple events in the state meet, made it a memorable Senior Night.
Emma Luttrell was one of those 10 seniors, and in the 200-yard individual medley she posted a time of two minutes, 12.63 seconds that beat the state qualifying standard.
Two of F-M’s relay sides are also bound for the state meet. Three seniors – Luttrell, Morgan Kingsley, Hali Seidberg – and sophomore Georgia Langan went 1:53.86 in the 200 medley relay.
Then, in the 200 freestyle relay, Seidberg, Luttrell, Kingsley and Langan tore to a time of 1:41.40, the third-fastest time in New York State this season.
F-M’s 400 freestyle relay quartet of Luttrell, Kingsley, Langan and Seidberg finished in 3:45.73, putting the Hornets eighth in the state standings so far.
Individually, senior Addie Antshel swam the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.21, with Langan, in 25.55 seconds, edging Kingsley (25.93) in the 50 freestyle as Elise Wratney won the 100 freestyle in 57.21 seconds.
Kirsten Iles went 5:54.03 in the 500 freestyle and Kelly Liu won the 200 freestyle in 2:20.44 and Cecilia Cao went 1:05.78 to beat the field in the 100 butterfly.
In all, 10 seniors were honored prior to the meet, with Antshel, Kingsley, Luttrell and Seidberg joined by Megan Elliott, Gwen Iles, Libby Reed, Catrina Roman, Grace VanBramer and Anna Wilson.
Jamesville-DeWitt carved out its own victory last Tuesday against West Genesee, doing enough to edge the Wildcats 95-89.
Claire Huyck led the Red Rams with a pair of race wins, going 2:10.97 in the 200 freestyle and then winning the 100 backstroke in 1:07.31. Lucy Heflin won the 200 IM in 2:33.46 and then claimed the 100 freestyle in 1:01.65.
Gwen Lister, second in the 50 freestyle, took the 100 butterfly in 1:05.44 and, along with Heflin, Sofia Bebla and Olivia Ogata, was victorious in the 200 medley relay in 2:03.93.
Bebla claimed her own title in the 100 breaststroke in 1:18.64 to Margaret Lister’s 1:19.94, with Abby McGuire second in diving with 190.60 points ahead of Grace Evans’ third-place 182.65.
At Oswego two nights later, J-D prevailed again, topping the Buccaneers 100-86, led again by Gwen Lister, who took 200 IM in 2:16.99 before she swam the 100 breaststroke in 1:10.68 ahead of Bebla’s 1:15.39.
In the 100 butterfly, Bebla, in 1:07.01, edged Oswego’s Joscelyn Coniski (1:07.13) as McGuire (228.35 points) and Evans (187.40) went 1-2 in diving. The 200 freestyle relay saw Bebla, Heflin and the Lister sisters win in 1;50.08, just ahead of the Bucs’ 1:50.08.
On Saturday, J-D won for the third time in five days in its own meet with C-NS, topping the Northstars 96-90.
Again, Gwen Lister earned two wins, going 2:21.84 in the 200 IM and 1:11.84 in the 100 breaststroke, while also swimming successful legs in the winning 200 medley (2:00.35) and 200 freestyle (1:49.90) relays.
Other wins went to Ogata (200 freestyle, 2:16.67), Bebla (100 butterfly, 1:08.70) and Heflin (500 freestyle, 6:03.56) as McGuire was second in diving with 208.15 points to Kaitlyn Carroll’s 247.95.
Christian Brothers Academy got a 93-92 win at West Genesee last Thursday, pulling it out when it won the last two races on the card.
Madison Cecilia was first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:20.20. Then, needing a victory in the 400 freestyle relay, the Brothers got it when Claire Krueger, Anna Fuller, Jenna Filhan and Kami Petrosillo prevailed in 4:13.69.
Otherwise, Krueger took the 100 freestyle in 1:01.91, Fuller was first in the 200 IM in 2;33.48 and the 200 medley relay team of Fuller, Krueger, Petrosillo and Josie Lachut got first place in 2:10.46.
