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Fairport swimmers place at state meet |
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November 23, 2002 Erie, NY - The Fairport She-Sharks placed in two relays and four individual events at the New York State High School Swimming and Diving Championships held last weekend at Erie Community College's Flickinger Pool in Buffalo. Seven was the team's lucky number as Marlys Fuqua, Erin Legg and the 400 freestyle relay all placed seventh at the states. The efforts of the Fairport swimmers helped Section 5 place third with 441 points behind Section 1 with 488 points and Section 9 with 447 points. |
![]() Marlys Fuqua of Fairport swims in the finals of the 200 freestyle at the state meet. (Staff photo by Jack Haley) |
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Fuqua got Fairport on the scoreboard first with a seventh-place finish in the 200 freestyle in 1:55.97. She was the fastest Section 5 finisher. Teammate Erin Legg followed that with a 10th-place finish in the 200 individual medley in 2:13.36. |
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![]() Fairport's Erin Legg swims the backstroke leg of the 200 individual medley Saturday at the state meet in Buffalo. (Staff photo by Jack Haley) |
Legg earned her seventh-place finish three events later in the 100 butterfly
in 59:99. Fuqua splashed home to an 11th-place finish in the longest event
of the meet, the 500 freestyle in 5:08.39. |
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