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Lawton Medals In 50-Yard Freestyle

Southwestern’s Jillian Lawton swims the 50-yard freestyle at the NYSPHSAA Swimming & Diving Championships on Saturday at Ithaca College. Photo by Mike Reynolds

ITHACA — Southwestern’s Jillian Lawton capped her final high school season with a fourth-place showing in the 50-yard freestyle at the NYSPHSAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Ithaca College on Saturday.

Lawton received a medal for her 23.69-second effort in the event, which was won by sophomore Katherine Douglass of Section I’s Pelham with a time of  22.31 seconds. Douglass set the state record of 22.21 seconds in the preliminaries Friday.

Kristen Romano of Section VIII’s Long Beach and Douglass were named co-Outstanding Swimmers with Section I winning the sectional title and Pittsford of Section V claiming the team championship.

Romano, who previously attended Lancaster, won the 100-yard backstroke with a state record-setting 53.36 and the 100-yard butterfly with a record-shattering time of 53:13 seconds to break a 26-year-old state mark by more than a full second. Romano was also a member of the state record-setting 200-yard medley relay team that won in 1:43.21 and the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team. Other members of those squads were Margaret Aroesty, Caroline Farrell and Joan Cash.

Douglass also captured the 100-yard freestyle in a state-record time of 48.54 seconds.

Dunkirk/Fredonia/Silver Creek/Forestville 200-yard medley relay members, clockwise, from top left: Riley Drummond, backstroke; Katie Webster, breaststroke; Mikayla Reynolds, freestyle; and Deidra Osula, butterfly, swim to an 11th-place finish in the Consolation Finals on Saturday at Ithaca College. Photo by Mike Reynolds

Deidra Osula of Dunkirk/Fredonia/Silver Creek/Forestville placed 12th with a time of 24.32 in the 50-yard freestyle while Karianne Yuchnitz of Panama was 28th with a clocking of 24.93.

Dunkirk/Fredonia/Silver Creek/Forestville’s 200-yard medley relay finished 11th in 1:50.44. That foursome was Riley Drummond, Kathryn Webster, Osula and Mikayla Reynolds.

Southwestern was 14th in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:40.11. That team was made up of Natalie Fosberg, Megan Seeley, Maddy Nelson and Lawton.

Drummond was 14th in the 100-yard backstroke (57.71) and 29th in the 100-yard freestyle (54.00).

Fosberg, Seeley, Nelson and Lawton finished 14th in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a 1:40.11.

Southwestern’s Jillian Lawton is pictured on the podium after her fourth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Photo by Mike Reynolds

Dunkirk/Fredonia/Silver Creek/Forestville came in 21st in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a 3:43.40. That quartet was Osula, Webster, Mackenzie Quinn and Drummond.

Lindsay Stone of Pittsford claimed the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.30) and 500-yard freestyle (4:47.10) while Pittsford also captured the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:34.34).

For Long Beach, Aroesty won the 100-yard breaststroke (59.85) and the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.51).

Medals were handed out to the top 10 individuals and relays in each event. Ribbons went to individuals who finished 11-20.

200y medley relay: Long Beach (Kristen Romano, Margaret Aroesty, Caroline Farrell, Joan Cash), Orchard Park, Fox Lane, Bellmore-Merrick, Pittsford, Fairport, Manhasset, Garden City, Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvin, Horace Greeley. T — 1:43.21.

200y freestyle: Lindsay Stone (Pittsford), Chloe Stepanek (Northport), Alyssa Helak (Williamsville North), Madison Hartigan (Pelham), Emma Corby (Pittsford), Kate Amar (Ursuline), Briana Gellineau (St. Anthony’s), Alexandra Dixon (Mohonasen/Schalmont), Sydnie Sovinsky (Liverpool), Sarah Herbold (Albany Academy). T — 1:47.39.

200y individual medley: Margaret Aroesty (Long Beach), Olivia Sapio (Orchard Park), Josephine Panitz (Ursuline), Molly Craig (Notre Dame), Maggie Wyngowski (Niskayuna), Claire McNeary (Manhasset), Katrina Wardner (Orchard Park), Jessica Pryne (Cornwall), Emily Bardak (St. Anthony’s), Kelly Malyszka (Clarkstown). T — 1:59.51.

50y freestyle: Katherine Douglass (Pelham), Serafina Viola (Penfield), Becca Evans (Pittsford), Jillian Lawton (Southwestern), Bailey Klafehn (Hilton), Margaret Purcell (Southampton), Samantha Merino (Mary Louis Academy), Catherine Stanford (Oceanside), Alisa Fominykh (Bronxville/Tuckahoe), Toni Naccarella (Penfield). T — 22.31.

100y butterfly: Kristen Romano (Long Beach), Olivia Sapio (Orchard Park), Megan Deuel (Pittsford), Katrina Wardner (Orchard Park), Lauryn Johnson (Sacred Heart), Caitlin Gorton (Oswego), Mia Cote (Glens Falls), Emma Corby (Pittsford), Gabriella Meringol (Garden City), Sydnie Sovinsky (Liverpool). T — 53.13.

100y freestyle: Katherine Douglass (Pelham), Olivia Jack (Burnt Hills/Scotia/Glenville), Serafina Viola (Penfield), Becca Evans (Pittsford), Chloe Stepanek (Northport), Margaret Purcell (Southampton), Catherine Stanford (Oceanside), Emily Bardak (St. Anthony’s), Madison Sullivan (Honeoye Falls-Lima), Toni Naccarella (Penfield). T — 48.54.

500y freestyle: Lindsay Stone (Pittsford), Madison Hartigan (Pelham), Lauryn Johnson (Sacred Heart), Kate Amar (Ursuline), Kim Jogis (Mamaroneck), Kasia Malendowicz (Greeley), Molly Craig (Notre Dame), Molly Brennan (Pittsford), Joanna McNulty (Mary Louis Academy), Kelly Malyszka (Clarkstown). T — 4:47.10.

200y freestyle relay: Pittsford (Becca Evans, Emma Corby, Lindsay Stone, Megan Deuel), Pelham, Orchard Park, St. Anthony’s, Mary Louis Academy, Garden City, Ithaca, Penfield, Clarence, Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvin. T — 1:34.34.

100y backstroke: Kristen Romano (Long Beach), Alyssa Helak (Williamsville North), Elizabeth Walsh (Bellmore-Merrick), Colleen Quaglia (Albany Academy), Grace Chen (Fairport), Beth Caruana (St. Anthony’s), Erica Bachiller (Monroe-Woodbury), Maggie Wyngowski (Niskayuna), Jamie Lee (Fox Lane), Megan Deuel (Pittsford). T — 53.36.

100y breaststroke: Margaret Aroesty (Long Beach), Olivia Jack (Burnt Hills/Scotia/Gleville), Josephine Panitz (Ursuline), Jessica Whang (Great Neck South), Theresa Milio (Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvin), Georgeanne Zimmerman (Bellmore-Merrick), Angelina Harris (Miller Place), Olivia Nelson (Mohonasen/Schalmont), Amber Diehl (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Gillian Burch (Ravena/Coeyman/Selkirk). T — 59.85.

400y freestyle relay: Long Beach (Kristen Romano, Caroline Farrell, Joan Cash, Margaret Aroesty), Pittsford, Pelham, St. Anthony’s, Ithaca, Sacred Heart, Garden City, Mohonasen/Schalmont, Horace Greeley, Clarence. T — 3:25.92.

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