Photos: Making a Splash
The Guilderville and Duanesburg-BKW swim teams showed off their skills during last weekend's Division 1 and Division 2 sectional championship at Shenendehowa High School in efforts to win sectional titles and qualify for state competition. Guilderville, a team made up of Guilderland and Voorheesville swimmers, tied for seventh place with 140 points. The team made up of Duanesburg and Berne-Knox-Westerlo swimmers finished in sixth place with 216.5 points.
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Focused: Guilderville’s Eliana Wallock starts her first-round dive on Thursday. Wallock finished sixth with 434.10 points.
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Splash down: Guilderville's Julia Cole shuts her eyes just before she enters the water. Cole finished 16th with 363 points.
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Winning dive: Guilderville's Evanna Peng touches her toes as she performs a dive in the finals where Peng won the sectional title with 517.75 points. Wallock and Peng will join the qualified swimmers at states on Nov. 16 and 17 at Ithaca College.
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Winning the sectional title in the 100-yard breaststroke was Guilderville’s Kasey Keaney on Saturday with a time of 1:05.48. Here, Keaney swims in the 200-yard individual medley on Friday afternoon in the preliminary heats where she finished first in her heat with a time of 2:07.60; finished second in Saturday’s “A” final with a time of 2:08.03. Keaney is qualified for states in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke and is part of the 200-yard medley relay.
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Resting comfortably: Guilderville’s Erin Wadsworth swims in Friday’s 500-yard freestyle preliminary heat. Wadsworth finished in sixth with a time of 5:35.11. Then, in the “B” final on Saturday, she finished 15th with a time of 5:34.61. Wadsworth is part of the 200-yard medley relay team that will compete at states.
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Head turning: Maris Mitchell swims for Duanesburg-BKW in the preliminary heat for the Division 2, 200-yard freestyle on Friday morning. Mitchell finished fourth in her heat with a time of 2:17.92. Then, on Saturday in the “B” final, she finished 10th with a time of 2:13.37.
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Ready to go: Abigail Nelson with the Duanesburg-BKW team, prepares to start the 200-yard medley relay on Friday in the preliminary heat. The relay team finished third with a time of 2:03.41 and then, in Saturday’s “A” final, finished fourth with a time of 2:02.25.
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Head over heels: Guilderville’s Maddy Altieri performs a dive in the semifinal round during last Thursday’s Section 2 diving championships. Alteri finished in 19th with a score of 263.95, failing to make the final-three diving round.
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All smiles: Guilderville’s Evanna Peng smiles as she extends her arms to dive into the water during last Thursday’s Section 2 diving championships at Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park. Peng won with 517.75 points.
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Water beard: Duanesburg-BKW’s Allison Mienaltowski swims the breaststroke portion of the 200-yard medley relay on Friday morning. The relay team finished third in the preliminary heat with a time of 2:03.41. Then, on Saturday in the “A” final, the team finished fourth in the section in Division 2 with a time of 2:02.25.
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Bobbing ahead: Duanesburg-BKW’s Emma Lindecke competes in the preliminary heat of the 200-yard individual medley on Friday morning at Shenendehowa High School. Lindecke won her heat with a time of 2:19.63 then competed in the sectional “A” final and finished third in the section with a time of 2:18.54.
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What are you looking at? Guilderville’s Olivia Farney competes in the 200-yard freestyle preliminary heat on Friday afternoon. Farney finished in eighth place with a time 2:18.80 and was 36th in the section.
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Surging through the water: Guilderville’s Brook Sommo races in the preliminary round of the 100-yard butterfly competition on Friday afternoon. Sommo finished fifth in her heat with a time of 1:01.14; the next day she finished 13th in the section with a time of 1:01.68.