CENTRAL NEW YORK – Continuing to make its own case as league title contender, the Cicero-North Syracuse girls swim team earned a pair of impressive victories last week.
It was capped by last Thursday’s 98-88 victory over the combined Oswego-Mexico squad, where the Northstars again displayed its depth and versatility.
Kaitlyn Carroll not only won the diving competition, but her 290.55 points set a Mexico pool record as Sophia Sugrue was impressive, too, finishing second with 232.85 points.
Wins were also earned by Rose Coleman, Kate Gucciardi and Cassidy Svoboda as Coleman swam the 50-yard freestyle in 27.72 seconds to edge Oswego/Mexico’s McKenzie Partlow’s 27.83.
Gucciardi went 58.30 seconds in the 100 freestyle to hold off Evie Fontana (59.04), while Svoboda finished first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:16.69.
C-NS was also second and third in every relay to withstand all the wins from Oswego/Mexico, including Alexa von Holtz going 2:11 flat in the 200 individual medley and 59.62 seconds in the 100 backstroke.
For the Northstars, Molly Gucciardi was second in the 200 freestyle, Leah Benedict second in the 100 butterfly and Ella Lawrence second in the 100 backstroke.
Two days earlier,, C-NS faced Jamesville-DeWitt and, led by Carroll and Kate Gucciardi, got a 96-87 victory over the Red Rams.
Gucciardi was first in both the 50 freestyle in 27.23 seconds and the 100 butterfly in 1:04.44, also pairing with Cassidy Svoboda, Leah Benedict and Rose Coleman to take the 200 freestyle relay in 1:52.64.
Again putting up big numbers on the diving board, Carroll won with 246.40 points to the 218.75 from J-D’s Kayla McQuaid.
Abigail Bouziden won the 500 freestyle (6:25.99), with Coleman second. Cassidy Payrot went 1:09.86 to edge Lawrence (1:10.57) in the 100 backstroke. Payrot, Svoboda, Benedict and Coleman went 2:02.77 to win the 200 medley relay.
