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Fairport 92, Pittsford 88
The theme leading up to the biggest meet of the season for the undefeated
Fairport varsity girls swim and dive team was "Pulverize Pittsford." And
that they did.
On Thursday afternoon, Sept. 28, at Pittsford Mendon High School, the
meet began with the 200 medley relay. Fairport relays of Devina Tyagi,
Andrea Hageman, Stephanie Gross and Katelin Webster (1:55.12); Katelin
Holden, Esther Shin, Staci Woytash and Meghan Ingerick (2:01.68); and Brenna
O'Neill, April Miller, Kelly O'Keefe and Susan Yang (2:06.78) placed third,
fourth and sixth respectively.
In the second event, the 200 free, Lauren Default embraced the theme of the
day by pulverizing Pittsford with a winning time of 1:57.70. Lauren's
teammates, Tiffany Chiang and Nicole Stuver finished the 200 free with times
of 2:11.26 and 2:14.32.
The 200 individual medley had Fairport She-Sharks Jenna Wood finishing in
second place with a time of 2:14.76, Emily Gardner in third with a time of
2:14.85 and Carrie Ostrom in fifth with a time of 2:19.19.
Fairport's Erin McGraw (24.27) and Devina Tyagi (25.10) pulverized Pittsford
in their own way by finishing first and second in the 50 free. Teammate
Morgan Reisch contributed to Fairport's scoring with a time of 26.58.
The Fairport - Pittsford swim and dive rivalry took an unusual turn in the
next event, diving. The officials representing Section 5 swimming and diving
determined that the Pittsford Mendon High School diving board didn't meet
New York State standards. The result - Pittsford had to forfeit the diving
competition. Fairport was credited with 10 points and Pittsford with zero.
Unfortunately, Fairport's Jenny Chiang and Jennifer Juncosa were unable to
dive, but they continued to support their colleagues with cheers of
encouragement.
The second half of the meet began with the 100 butterfly. Lauren Default
again contributed with her second win of the afternoon with a winning time
of 1:00.27. Fairport juniors, Stephanie Gross (1:03.13) and Staci Woytash
(1:04.74) finished fourth and sixth.
In the 100 free, McGraw was the second double winner of the afternoon.
McGraw finished with a winning time of 52.62 while E. Gardner (56.04) was
third and K. Webster (57.86) was fifth. Fairport's S. Woytash, N. Stuver and
K. O'Keefe continued to put the pressure on Pittsford with times of 5:32.82,
6:01.28 and 6:05.90 in the 500 free.
In one of the most exciting and memorable races of the season, the She-Shark
relays of Reisch, Ostrom, Woods, McGraw and Tyagi, Gardner, Webster, Dufault
continued their domination over Pittsford by tying for first place in the
200 free relay with a winning time of 1:42.02.
She-Sharks Carlyn Robby, Tiffany Chiang, Susan Yang and Esther Shin finished
with a time of 1:52.05.
The team continued to add to the score in the 100 back with the trio of D.
Tyagi, M. Ingerick and K. Holden finishing with times of 1:00.89, 1:05.85
and 1:07.40, respectively.
Swimming the 100 breast, J. Wood placed first (1:09.84), A. Hageman third
(1:12.00) and C. Ostrom fifth (1:13.20).
The Fairport Swim and Dive Team capped off the exciting meet in the final
event, 400 freestyle relay. Pulverizing Pittsford with a first place finish
was the relay of Dufault, McGraw, Wood and Gardner (3:35.72). Fairport
relays of Shin, Reisch, Webster, Ostrom (3:50.97) and Chiang. Woytash,
Holden, Hageman (4:03.30) continued to add to the celebration of Fairport's
first victory over Pittsford in four years.
Fairport She-Shark's sweet victory continued on the pool deck with numerous
rounds of cheers. Fairport Principal, Dave Paddock, came dressed for the
celebration in a Fairport sweat suit complete with flips. The perfect ending
for this great win was the She- Sharks tossing not only Dave Paddock, but
coach Mike Kennedy into the pool.
Final Score: Fairport 92, Pittsford 88.
The Fairport girls celebrate their victory
over Pittsford
More pictures
from Jen Juncosa
September 28, 2006 - Lauren Dufault and Erin McGraw each won two
events as Fairport defeated host Pittsford for the first time in four years,
92-88, Thursday in Monroe County swimming.
"It's very satisfying," said Fairport coach Mike Kennedy. "I'm very happy
for our student-athletes. They're great kids and a win like this will
certainly stick in their minds."
Pittsford had to forfeit the diving competition after its diving board
didn't meet the state standards. Fairport was credited with 10 points in the
event and Pittsford with zero.
"The rules are there for the integrity of the sport and the safety of the
athletes and it wasn't safe for the athletes," Kennedy said. "You're talking
about two of the top teams in the state going back and forth. We're very
respective of the program they have there."
Dufault won the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.70) and 100 butterfly (1:00.27)
and McGraw placed first in the 50 (24:27) and 100 freestyles (52:62) for
Fairport (5-0).
Jenny Lewis won the 100 backstroke in 57.32 to give her the automatic
All-America honors for Pittsford (4-1).
"I think we took it well, the problem is that I had some of my seniors
that have never lost to Fairport," said Pittsford coach Marty Keating. "So,
there were some tears, but they got over it and we'll get over it.
"They're a good team, they won and that's that."
Originally published in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
On Sept. 28, the JV girls met up with the Pittsford team at Pittsford.
Although the girls were defeated by Pittsford, the Fairport JV team gave it
their all. The final score of the meet was Pittsford 125, Fairport 51.
The Fairport relay teams placed third in the 200 medley, swimming was Shruti
Prasad, Stephanie Symonds, Gina God and Lindsey Haun. The other two teams
were Nadia Keenan, Liz Aman, Chelsey Barker, Jessica Nemeth and Sarah Field,
Stephanie Kahn, Hannah Huff and Courtney Pearsall. In the 200 free relay,
coming in second was Maia Root, Nemeth, Symonds and Jamie Swieringa. In
fourth was Haun, Michelle Mula, Pearsall and Rachael Misch. In sixth was
Danna Hogg, Melissa Hofer, Meghan George, and Katie Bonaccorso.
In the 400 free relay, second place went to the team of God, Root, Mula and
Swieringa, in fourth place the team of Prasad, Misch, Kahn and Ashley
Whitney. In sixth place was Hofer, George, Bonaccorso, and Hogg. For the
individual events in the 200 Freestyle, Mula was third, Swieringa was fourth
and Root was sixth. The 200 IM, Symonds was third, Keenan was fourth and
Barker was sixth. The 50 free, God was third, Haun was fifth and Misch was
sixth.
In the 100 butterfly, Root was third, Mula was fourth and Keenan was fifth.
In the 100 free Haun was fourth, God was fifth and Nemeth was sixth. In the
500 free, Swieringa was fourth, Whitney was fifth and Barker was sixth. In
the 100 back, Prasad placed third, Huff in fifth and Field in sixth. In the
100 breast, Symonds took third, Aman was fourth and Nemeth was sixth.
Originally published in the Perinton-Fairport Post.
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