ONONDAGA COUNTY – When two area undefeated girls swim teams clashed last Tuesday night Jamesville-DeWitt got the best of it against Fayetteville-Manlius.
The duo of Thearyn Wales and Evelyn Jones each took part in four winning efforts for the Red Rams as it turned back the visiting Hornets by a score of 100-83.
Wales would beat the field in the 200-yard individual medley in two minute 25.75 seconds as teammate Helena Sofinski (2:29 flat) beat out F-M’s Emme Prendergast (2:30.90) for second place. Moving to her specialty, the 100 backstroke, Wales would go 1:03.52, nearly five seconds ahead of the 1:08.42 from the Hornets’ Gabby Dardis.
Jones, in her sprint sweep, took the 50 freestyle in 26.94 seconds as Lila Schroth got second in 27.92. Then, in the 100 freestyle Jones won in 58.22 in another 1-2 Rams sweep with Nora Barnello, who went 1:00.10 to beat Kelly Liu’s 1:00.88.
All three relays went in J-D’s favor, starting with the 200 medley it claimed in exactly 1:58 to F-M’s 2:01.36. Then it won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:50.69, beating the Hornets’ 1:53.27, and closed out the meet with a 4:05.34 in the 400 freestyle relay, F-M posting 4:07.66.
Another big factor in the outcome was J-D earning all 13 points handed out in diving. Kayla McQuaid roared to 259.80 points, with Kaia Eutale second (189.25), Zoe McCarthy third (166.50) and Abigail Gorczynski fourth with 162.40.
Maria Fisher added another title for the Rams when she swam the 100 butterfly in 1:07.55 to get away from F-M’s Audrey Fetterman (1:10.83) in second place, while Maggie Lister claimed the 100 breaststroke in 1:14.53, with Prendergast second in 1:18.25.
Standing out for F-M, freshman Meghan Groshans took the 200 freestyle in 2:10.14, edging the 2:10.31 from J-D’s Cora Bright and 2:11.43 from Nora Barnello as Elise Wratney (2:11.70) was fourth. Wratney won, too, going exactly 5:50 to win a close 500 freestyle over Groshans’ 5:52.01.
F-M recovered from this in a big way on Friday night, facing Liverpool and, with a late surge of points, knocking off the previously unbeaten Warriors 99.5-86.5.
Everything was close until the 100 backstroke, where Dardis won in 1:08.59 and Avery Howe was second in 1:11.86. Right after, in the 100 breaststroke it was Wratney winning in 1:11.68 and Prendergast (1:16.16) in second place.
Prior to that was a steady accumulating of points despite Liverpool winning most of the individual events. Wratney rolled to first in the 200 IM in 2:24.51 and Groshans, a close second (2:10.77) in the 200 freestyle, held off Izzy Akley, 5:51.56 to 5:55.60, in the 500 freestyle. Audrey Fetterman got second in the 100 butterfly in 1:11.25.
Before this, Christian Brothers Academy had its own meet with Liverpool, the Brothers unable to match the Warriors’ depth in a 97-88 defeat.
Sophia Ciereck did win two individual events for CBA, going 2:08.30 to get away from Elizabeth Manley (2:11.35) in the 200 freestyle and also taking the 500 freestyle, her 5:54.61 just ahead of Akley’s 5:57.51.
Elsewhere, Anna Fuller in 1:09.03 and Madison Ceclia in 1:11.08 went 1-2 for CBA in the 100 backstroke, Ceclia adding a 200 IM victory when she edged Akley, 2:29.64 to 2:29.98.
Together, Fuller, Ceclia, Anna Snyder and Alison Sullivan claimed the 200 medley relay in 2:04.76, though Ceclia lost a close 100 butterfly (1:04.60) to Natalie Thompson’s 1:04.36. Snyder got second in the 100 breaststroke, her 1:17.58 less than a second behind Ruby Brown’s 1:16.71 for the Warriors.
