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December 19, 2002
Spencerport, NY - Fairport's state champion and All-American 200 medley
relay team from the 2001-2002 season is back for another year and helped set
the tone for the victorious Fairport swim team at the Spencerport Relays.
Jim Wood, Jon Roberts, Jeff Wood, and Andy Amyot got the Raiders off to a
fast start winning the 200 medley relay with a great mid-season time of
1:39.49. Fairport's time broke both the pool record, established just a few
weeks ago by Fairport, and the meet record previously held by Orchard Park.
The next event in the annual meet that features 10 relays and no individual
swimming was the 800 freestyle relay. Fairport once again turned in a gold
medal performance with Jerry Woytash, Cyrus Salehi, Jeff Kaemmerlen, and
Matt McGraw finishing in 7:51.75. The race featured a strong anchor leg by
McGraw, who swam his 200 freestyle split in 1:51.72.
Next up was the 200 butterfly relay where the team of Jim Wood, Cuyler
O'Brien, Adam Craghead, and Jeff Melvin finished with a solid time of
1:48.61, good enough for a third place finish.
In the final event prior to the diving break, Fairport showed its
traditional strength in the breast stroke with Vijay Parthasarathy, Hans
Feng, Tim Jacobs, and Chris Hamlin finishing first with a time of 2:11.02.
With only two divers on the squad this year, Andy Amyot was asked to move
from his normal role as a swimmer to help round out the three-person diving
"relay". Amyot and the Fairport divers of Ryan McLaughlin and Eric Hallimen
each performed well on their two dives and finished in third place overall.
Moving back into the pool, the Fairport team captured another gold in the
400 medley relay. The Raider team of Kaemmerlen, Kurt Schwarz, Melvin, and
Pete Letteney turned in the winning time of 4:07.63. Next up was the 400
freestyle relay where the Fairport team of Feng, Craghead, O'Brien, and
McGraw finished in third place with a time of 3:42.73.
Jim Wood, Hamlin, Schwarz, and Jeff Wood then turned in a fine performance
getting Fairport back on the winning track with a time of 1:45.74 in the 200
backstroke relay.
Making it two wins in a row for the Raiders was the team of McGraw,
Kaemmerlen, Roberts, and Amyot in the 400 individual medley relay with a
time of 3:50.66.
In the final event of the day, the Fairport team of Parthasarathy, Letteney,
Salehi, and Jacobs finished third in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of
1:36.90.
Fairport finished with six first places and four third places in the 10
relay events and scored a total of 116 points, good enough for an overall
first place finish over the five other teams from the Rochester area. This
was the final meet for the Red Raiders in 2002 and the team will now start
to prepare for several key meets coming up during the month of January.
Originally published in the Perinton-Fairport Post
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