Photos: Guilderville Swimming with the Best
The Guilderville swim team — made up of girls from Guilderland and Voorheesville — competed last weekend at the state competition at Ithaca College in Ithaca. The Geese, as the girls call themselves, competed in the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard breaststroke, and 1-meter diving. The meet was delayed two hours due to a snowstorm that went through the area Thursday night into Friday morning.
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From underwater: Guilderville's Erin Wadsworth starts the backstroke portion in the 200-yard medley relay in the preliminary race on Friday afternoon. The relay team finished ninth in the heat with a time of 1:52.70 and finished 34th in the state overall.
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Kasey Keaney swam in two individual events on Friday. Here, Keaney does the backstroke portion in the 200-yard individual medley preliminary race. She finished fifth with a time of 2:08.00, and swam in Saturday’s consolation final, finishing 13th in the state with a time of 2:08.16. Keaney also competed in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing 12th in the state with a time of 1:05.38.
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Grazing the top of the water, Erin Wadsworth starts the backstroke portion in the 200-yard medley relay in the preliminary race on Friday afternoon
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Guilderville had two divers competing in Ithaca: Evanna Peng and Elianna Wallock. Peng dives in the final round of the 1-meter competition, where divers have a maximum of 11 dives; she finished 13th in the state with a total of 432.40 points.
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Wallock performs a dive in the preliminary round but wasn’t able to gain enough points to advance; she finished 30th in the state with 188.35 points.
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Flicking the water: Guilderville’s Brook Sommo swims the butterfly portion of the 200-yard medley relay preliminary race at Ithaca College for the New York State girls’ swimming and diving championships on Friday afternoon.
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Ready to go: Guilderville’s Ellie Lashway stands ready on the starting block as Brook Sommo finishes her leg during the 200-yard medley relay. Lashway swam the freestyle portion of the relay.
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Grazing the top: Guilderville’s Kasey Keaney swims in the 200-yard individual medley preliminary race on Friday afternoon.