New York Women’s State High School Championships

By Brian Savard

NASSAU, New York, December 10. ITHACA separated itself from the competition at the New York Women's State Championships by winning all three relays and totaling 337 points.

Sayville/Bayport/Blue Point won a battle for second place with 189 points. Pittsford fell just short of the runner-up spot by scoring 180 points and took third.

Ithaca, led by a blistering 28.58 breaststroke split, captured the 200 medley relay as Nicole Heise, Lauren Norberg, Logan Todhunter and Lindsey Norberg gathered up their individual stroke talents and won in 1:46.22. The 200 freestyle relay team of Caitlin Nicholson, Todhunter, Lauren Norberg and Emily Peck won in state-record time, clocking a 1:36.19. Fairport's 2006 relay held the former standard (1:37.04) before Ithaca broke it in prelims (1:36.72) and again in finals. Nicholson, Kailey Gardner, Todhunter and Peck held off the strong final two legs from Sayville/Bayport/Blue Point in the 400 freestyle relay and took the gold with a 3:32.08 time.

Emily Kelly of Sacred Heart obliterated the former state standard in the 200 freestyle, swimming a gold-medal worthy 1:47.90. Kiersten Koronowicz of Newburgh swam the former record time of 1:49.76 back in 2002. Kelly went on to win the 500 freestyle later in the meet, turning in a 4:48.48 standard.

Tottenville's Sara Giberson found herself on the winning end of two close battles as she took the top time in the 50 freestyle (23.82) and the 100 freestyle (51.18).

Casey Matthews of Williamsville North reset her former state meet record in the diving competition, scoring a 538.35. Her 2006 score, the former state meet record, was a 515.40. Jenny Chiang of Fairport took the second-place spot (520.75) while Valley Central's Kristen Meier placed third (468.30).

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