Pittsford Touched out by Fairport
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December 18, 2001 Fairport, NY - On Dec. 18, two of the very best high school swimming and diving teams in the state competed in an exciting, early season dual meet at Fairport High School. Pittsford reversed a 16-point deficit to tie the score at 70-70 with two individual events and one relay remaining. Fairport then captured 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 100 back, held on with a 1st and a 5th in the 100 breast, and a 2nd in the 400 free relay. Final score: Fairport 94, Pittsford 92. In the 200 medley relay opening event, Dave Dobrzynski, Brian Hunter, Zach Whitman and Matt Lazio finished 2nd. Luke Weniger and Paul Corsello then went 2, 3 in the 200 free with Hunter and Brian Possee following with 2nd and 4th places in the 200 IM. Chris Rapach, Dobrzynski and Lazio earned 2nd, 4th, and 5th places in the 50 free. Matt Joseph and Ben Vickers finished 3rd and 4th in diving. In the 100 fly, Weniger was 2nd with Whitman coming in 3rd and Nick Monu 4th. Rapach then won the 100 free with Dobrzynski 4th and Lazio 5th. Hunter won the 500 with Corsello coming in 3rd and Possee 4th. Pittsford's 200 free relay team of Whitman, Lazio, Dobrzynski and Weniger won with Rapach, Monu, Possee and Corsello coming in 3rd. Jeff Jozefski and Kyle Wilson finished 4th and 5th in the 100 back. In the 100 breast, Jon Arington, Mike Joseph and PJ Dunn all turned in personal best times to finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th. At this point in the meet, Fairport led 90-82. Pittsford needed to finish 1st and 2nd in the last event (400 free relay) in order to win. The line-ups of the Panther's top two entries were arranged with this strategy in mind. Despite great efforts by all of the Pittsford swimmers with four individual sub-50 second performances, the Panthers ended up 1st and 3rd, leading to the final score of Fairport 94, Pittsford 92 in the varsity meet. Several races were extremely close, Pittsford finished second in the 200 medley relay, the 200 free and 200 IM by less than .65 seconds in each of these events. Pittsford's JV swimmers dominated, defeating Fairport 116-54.
Originally published in the Brighton-Pittsford Post
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