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Swimmers Face Final Chance To Qualify

Panama/Chautauqua Lake/Maple Grove’s RJ Helt is the No. 1 seed in the 200-yard freestyle ahead of this afternoon’s Section VI Swimming & Diving state qualifier.

Helt’s time of 1:49.46 is nearly a second better than Hamburg’s Ben Kisker while Frewsburg/Southwestern’s Zachary Gifford is No. 4 at 1:51.55. The state-qualifying time is 1:47.60.

Frewsburg/Southwestern’s Gannon Moore is the No. 3 seed in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.37 seconds. Kisker is No. 1, having already qualified for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships with a time of 53.14 seconds. The state cut is 54.82 seconds.

Panama/Chautauqua Lake/Maple Grove’s David Marshall is the No. 4 seed in the 1-meter diving competition with a qualifying score of 424.60 while Frewsburg/Southwestern’s Nick Mason is No. 5 at 420.05. Lockport’s Jacob Minnick is No. 1 with a tally of 537.70. The state cut in the event is 450.0.

Helt is the No. 4 seed in the 100-yard freestyle with a qualifying time of 49.96 seconds while Frewsburg/Southwestern’s Cooper Thomas is the No. 6 seed (50.30). East Aurora’s Ezra Webster is the No. 1 seed and Lockport’s Mark Crocker is the No. 2 seed, both having already surpassed the state-qualifying time. The state cut in the event is 48.76 seconds.

Gifford is the No. 6 seed in the 500-yard freestyle with a qualifying time of 5:08.39. Orchard Park’s Luke Sapio is No. 1 with a time of 4:52.19, already better than the state cut of 4:52.52.

Moore is the No. 7 seed in the 200-yard individual medley with a qualifying time of 2:07.78. Lancaster’s Ian Hewett and Aaron Gasiewicz are the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in the event, having already surpassed state-qualifying times. The state cut is 2:00.63 in the event.

Three Section VI swimmers have already reached the state cut in the 100-yard breaststroke with Frontier’s Robert Burkett leading the way with a time of 59.56 seconds. The state cut is 1:01.20.

Orchard Park’s Andrew Descovich is the No. 1 seed in the 100-yard butterfly with a state-qualifying time of 53.25 seconds. The state cut is 53.95 in the event.

Jamestown is the No. 4 seed in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a qualifying time of 1:31.25.

No. 1 Orchard Park (1:28.71) and No. 2 East Aurora (1:29.34) have already reached the state cut, which is 1:30.12.

Frewsburg/Southwestern is the No. 5 seed in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:23.39) while Jamestown is No. 6 (3:24.71). Orchard Park is the No. 1 seed with a state-qualifying time of 3:16.40. The state cut in the event is 3:18.87.

Hamburg is the No. 1 seed and Orchard Park is the No. 2 seed in the 200-yard medley relay, having both already surpassed the state-qualifying time of 1:40.67.

Jamestown’s Kyle Dean has already qualified for the state championships in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle.

The University at Buffalo will be the host for today’s competition. Warmups for 1-meter diving will begin at 8:30 a.m. with finals beginning at 10 a.m. Swimming warmups will start at 4:30 p.m. with finals beginning at 5:30 p.m.

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