Swimmers Excel at Championships

aquadroDSC_0385The girls swim and diving team finished off a great season with a strong showing at the NEPSAC Division II Championships on Saturday at Westminster School in Simsbury, CT. Natalie Aquadro ’17 set a meet record in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.34) taking first in the event for the second year in a row and followed up that swim with a second place finish in the 200 IM. Sally Alrutz ’19 set a Williston school record while taking second place in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.09 and in her other individual event swam to a second place finish in the 100 butterfly. Emily Yeager ’17 had a break out meet finishing fourth in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Maya Soley ’18 put together an impressive day with a third place finish in the 200 IM and a fourth place finish in the 500 freestyle. Ashley Fitch ’15 put together strong swims in the 200 and 500 freestyle finishing tenth and ninth respectively.  The girls relay team of Alrutz, Aquadro, Soley, and Yeager also swam to third place finishes in the 200 Medley and 400 Freestyle relays.

 

fitchDSC_0615The Williston boys swim team led by senior captains Matt Wagman and Wilder Denholmn, along with Calvin Frye ’16 and  David Fitch ’17 put together some excellent swims today to finish a great season in style. The four boys teamed up for two third place finishes in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays in closely contested races. Denholm finished sixth in the 50 and 100 freestyle. Fitch swam to an impressive second place in the 200 freestyle and finished eighth in the 100 freestyle. Frye finished 4th in the 200 freestyle and 11th in the 100 free. Alex Li ’15 finished an impressive fourth in the 100 backstroke and tenth in the 100 butterfly.

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