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Section 5 wins the state meet on Long Island Section 5 took first place honors last weekend in the NYSPHAA Championships meet at the Nassau Community Aquatic Center in Westbury, Long Island with 579.5points. Six athletes from Fairport qualified to swim in the meet by swimming a state cut time at some point during the season. Two Fairport relay teams placed as did several swimmers in individual events. The 200 medley relay team of Peter Koenig, Connor Harrington, Dylan Scheemaker, and Jim Beaudry finished tied for sixth place with Lansing (Section 4) in a time of 1 minute, 38.94 seconds. The 400 free relay of Beaudry, Scheemaker, Koenig, and Jake Robbins placed 12th out of 35 teams in 3:18.51. Koenig, a senior, swam to a sixth place finish in the 100-yard back in a personal best time of 52.75 seconds, an All-American consideration time. He also swam a personal best time of 2:00.47 in the 200 individual medley to finish 24th out of 72. Sophomore diver Dhruv Tyagi took seventh place with 415.10 points for 11 dives out of 56 divers. In the 50 free, Scheemaker touched for30th out of 72 with a time of 22.54. Scheemaker’s second individual event was the 100 butterfly where he finished 25th out of 58, in 54.39. Beaudry swam the 100 free and posted a time of 49.73 to place 31st out of 58. Not only did the Fairport athletes perform well in the pool this year with a winning season of 10 -1, they also performed well in the classroom. The team earned the scholar/athlete award with a combined GPA of 93.365, which was the highest in Section 5 in Class A.
Originally published in the Fairport -ER Post.
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