Over the years, it has been the depth of the Pittsford S’Women that has made them the perennial team to beat in NY state. This year has been no exception as the S’Women won the Empire Invitational Meet held at Hamilton College on Saturday, October 6th with 1341 points, charging past a very strong Ithaca team scoring 1248 points. Ithaca won all but 3 events, set numerous pool records and a NY state record, but they could not overcome the S’Women’s depth as Pittsford led in total points from start to finish of the meet.Jenny Lewis won the 100 yard backstroke and Morgan Neal won the diving for the S’Women, but it was the combined effort of all 4 entries in every event that led to Pittsford’s success in this meet which featured many of the best high school swimmers in NY state. The 200 yard medley relay team of Lewis, Danielle Phillips, Aly Criscuolo and Kelley Groves finished 2nd to last year’s state champions, Ithaca, who broke the Hamilton College pool record. The team of Olivia Tylutki, Stephanie Ross, Jennifer Conklin and Emma Miller finished 4th, Maddy Ashworth, Rachel House, Kelsey McManus and Lindsay Matthews finished 9th and Jennifer Proper, Amanda House, Danielle Proper and Emily DiPaulo finished 11th. Another pool record was set in the 200 yard freestyle as Miller finished 4th, Conklin 5th, Alex Trobe 6th and Erica Bryson 12th. Sarah Dempsey was Pittsford’s top finisher in the 200 yard individual medley, finishing in 5th place, Meghan Green touched in 8th, R. House 9th and Criscuolo in 14th.Groves finished 3rd in the 50 yard freestyle. Katie Dobler finished 6th, Matthews 15th and DiPaulo 16th. Neal won the diving with Rachel Delahunta finished 3rd and Carrie DeMoulin in 8th. Conklin finished 3rd in the 100 yard butterfly with Dempsey right behind her in 4th. Criscuolo finished 7th and Kelly Geary 8th in another event that saw the pool record fall. In the 100 yard freestyle, Lewis finished 4th, Groves 5th, Dobler 6th and Matthews 14th in a very strong field. Miller finished 2nd in the 500 yard freestyle behind another Ithaca record setter. Green touched in 4th, Trobe in 5th and Bryson in 9th. Dempsey, Dobler, Conklin and Trobe sprinted to a 3rd place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay. Geary, Matthews, Green and Criscuolo were 6th, Grace Encherman, Tylutki, DiPaulo and Ashworth 9th and Shannon Dempsey, D. Proper, J. Proper and Bryson were 11th. Lewis won 100 yard backstroke. Tylutki finished 6th, Ashworth 11th, and McManus 14th. Another pool record fell in the 100 yard breaststroke. Phillips was the S’Women’s top finisher touching in 5th place, R. House finished 7th, Ross 8th and Encherman 10th behind 2 All-Americans from Ithaca. The NY state record fell in the 400 yard freestyle, but Pittsford finished a strong 2nd with the team of Dober, Sarah Dempsey, Groves and Lewis. Green, Geary, Miller and Trobe were 5th, McManus, R. House, Encherman and Bryson were 11th and DiPaulo, D. Proper, J. Proper and Shannon Dempsey were 12th.On October 9th, the S’Women hosted the Greece Athena/Odssey Thunder handily beating them 111-70. Lewis was a double winner in the 100 yard butterfly and the 100 yard breaststroke. The 200 yard medley relay team of Lewis, Phillips, Conklin and Groves took first place with teammates Ashworth, Ross, McManus and Matthews in 2nd. Groves, McManus and Phillips took 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the 200 yard freestyle. Dobler, Geary and Encherman swam to a 1-2-4 finish in the 200 yard individual medley. In the 50 yard freestyle, Green, Ashworth and Ross sprinted to 2nd, 3rd and 5th place finishes. Delahunta, and Neal finished in the top two places in diving. Lewis, R. House and Groves swept the 100 yard butterfly. Green won the 100 yard freestyle with Criscuolo in 3rd and Ashworth in 4th. Matthews, Phillips and Encherman swam to 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finishes in the 500 yard freestyle. Trobe, Geary, R. House and Tylukti finished 2nd in the 200 yard freestyle relay. Crisculo, Phillips, Ashworth and Encherman were 3rd. In the 100 yard backstroke, Matthews, Geary and Ross touched in 2nd, 3rd and 5th places. Lewis and Dobler took the top two spots in the 100 yard breaststroke. The remainder of the meet was swam as exhibition.The JV S’Women beat the Thunder 96-36. Jennifer Proper was a double winner in the 200 and 500 yard freestyles. Danielle Proper, Mallory Ward, Erica Bryson and Emily DiPaulo won the 200 yard medley relay. Jenny Riley, Amanda House, Kala Wilkins and Erin Connolly finished 2nd and Lydia Hunt, Deniz Harland, Sydney Ryan and Helaina Hummel were 3rd. J. Proper, DiPaulo and Kaelan Fennell swept the 200 yard freestyle. Bryson, A. House and Emily Himes swept the 200 yard individual medley. Riley, D. Proper and Julie DeMaria did the same in the 50 yard freestyle. DeMoulin won diving. Shannon Dempsey, Wilkins and Hunt swept the 100 yard butterfly. D. Proper, Harland and Catherine Tuttle continued the streak in the 100 yard freestyle. J. Proper, Connolly and Hummel did the same in the 500 yard freestyle. The remainder of the meet was swum as exhibition.The S’Women finished the week with a 104-74 win over Brockport. Conklin was a double winner in the 50 and 500 yard freestyles. The JV S’Women also won 98-71. Bryson was a double winner in the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly.The S’Women will finish their dual meets this week with their final home meet against Penfield on Tuesday and an away meet against Rush-Henrietta.