Pittsford S’Women win Hilton Invitational

 

Pittsford, September 13, 2010:

Last Saturday, teams from the Rochester area and New York’s Southern Tier convened at the Merton Williams Middle School for the Hilton Invitational.  Representing the eastside suburbs were Pittsford, Victor, Penfield and Brighton while Churchville, Spencerport, West Irondequoit, Greece Athena, and of course Hilton, represented school districts on the westside of the county.  Corning made the trip north while Frewsburg, a community located in Chautauqua County won the prize for the longest drive that day.

 

In the end, Pittsford’s depth and numerous top place finishes proved too much for the competition as the S’Women won the invitational with a total of 549 points.  Finishing second was Victor with 400 points and Penfield, who placed third, with a total of 336.

 

Leading things off for Pittsford was the 200 Yard medley relay team of Jennifer Proper, Mallory Ward, Erica Bryson and Kala Wilkins.  Their time of 1:56.48 was not only enough for a first place finish but it proved to be fast enough for a new meet record.  In third place was the foursome of Danielle Proper, Danielle Phillips, Sydney Ryan and Elizabeth Maier who finished with a time of 2:01.89.  For those unfamiliar with the scoring of an invitational, that first and third finish was enough to earn 72 points towards the team’s ultimate victory.

 

Also swimming in the event was the relay of Julia Cavanagh, Meagan Branch, Alyssa Likly and Olivia Waldman who finished seventeenth with a time of 2:12.55.  The combination of Lydia Hunt, Mackenzie Ward, Olivia Roche and Emily Carroll finished eighteenth (2:13.35) while Caroline Curran, Linda Fan, Genevieve Yaeger and Erin Gaffney finished twenty-fifth (2:19.63).  Olivia Gallagher, Caroline Tuttle, Leslie Davidoff and Megan Mayall were Pittsford’s final entry.  They finished thirtieth (2:21.98) out of a field of forty-three relays competing in the event.

 

Shannon Dempsey finished eighth (2:08.34) in the 200 yard freestyle event while Stephanie Andrews finished tenth (2:09.83). Others competing in the event were Olivia Holodnik (11th - 2:10.23), Danielle Proper (12th – 2:10.97), Mallory Ward (13th – 2:12.40) and Olivia Roche (15th – 2:13.21).  Audrey Hunt placed nineteenth (2:14.75), Jenna Mattina finished twentieth (2:15.37) while Lainy Hummel finished in twenty-fourth place (2:17.54).  Kaelan Fennell and Caroline Curran finished twenty-ninth (2:22.01) and thirty-second finish (2:22.97) respectively.  Nina Daniels finished in forty-third place (2:29.38) and Erin Gaffney rounded out Pittsford entries placing forty-seventh with a time of 2:34.76. In total, there were fifty-eight different swimmers competing in this event.

 

Danielle Phillips (2:22.66), Jennifer Proper (2:24.00) and Amanda House (2:26.41) finished fourth, seventh and tenth in the 200 IM.  Sydney Ryan (2:36.31) and Mackenzie Ward (2:40.87) finished twenty-first and twenty-eighth overall while Genevieve Yaeger (38th – 2:55.67), Linda Fan (39th – 2:58.39), Audrey Higgins (41st – 3:02.79) and Leslie Davidoff (42nd – 3:03.85) also competed.  

 

Jenny Riley (26.07) and Elizabeth Maier (26.11) finished first and second in the 50 freestyle; while Kala Wilkins and Anna Grazulis finished fourth and fifth with times of 26.48 and 26.80.  Others competing in this sprint event were Katie McPherson (17th – 28.04), Izzy Joynt (27th – 28.43) , Olivia Waldman (39th place- 29.44), Caroline Tuttle (41st – 29.54), Alyssa Likly (47th – 29.98), Emily Carroll (50th – 30.31), Julia Cavanagh (57th – 30.69), Megan Mayall (69th – 32.35), Katie Slebodnik (70th – 32.36).   Olivia Gallagher (80th – 33.27) and Iman Farid (111th – 40.28) also participated in the event.  

 

The diving competition took place earlier in the day.  Out of a field of fourteen, Pittsford’s Carrie Demoulin took 4th place with a final score of 202.80.

 

Erica Bryson won the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:02.60 while teammate Jennifer Proper (1:05.58) finished sixth.  Meagan Branch (14th - 1:10.61), Sydney Ryan (18th – 1:13.12), Lydia Hunt (20th – 1:15.74), and Allyssa Likly (24th – 1:17.08) also competed in the event.

 

In the 100 freestyle, Pittsford took second and third place with Elizabeth Maier finishing the event in a time of 57.32 and Kala Wilkins going a 57.67. Others scoring points were Anna Grazulis who finished sixth (58.97) and Stephanie Andrews whose time of 59.14 was enough for seventh place.  Eleven other competed in the 100 free.  They included Shannon Dempsey (12th – 1:00.08), Jenna Mattina (19th – 1:02.41), Kaelan Fennell (22nd – 1:03.23), Izzy Joynt (33rd – 1:04.90), Olivia Waldman (36th – 1:05.96), Laura Petishnok (41st – 1:07. 07), Erin Gaffney (49th – 1:09.33), Katie Slebodnik (61st – 1:12. 52), Becca Warner (64th – 1:13.59), Megan Mayall (79th – 1:17.31) and , Iman Farid (94th – 1:30.31).

 

Danielle Proper (7th – 5:44.04), Olivia Holodnik (9th – 5:48.28), Olivia Roche (11th – 5:53.26) and Audrey Hunt (16th – 6:07.76) all scored team points in the 500 free.  Lainy Hummel (18th – 6:12.07) and Nina Daniels (30th – 6:41.37) also swam the event.

 

Pittsford’s 200 free “A” relay foursome of Shannon Dempsey, Elizabeth Maier, Jenny Riley and Kala Wilkins scored 40 points in their first place finish (1:44.53).  Anna Grazulis, Mackenzie Ward, Amanda House and Olivia Holodnik finished seventh (1:50.77) for 24 points while the relay of Olivia Roche , Stephanie Andrews, Lainy Hummel and Lydia Hunt finished tenth (1:52.78). Others swimming the event were Izzy Joynt, Olivia Waldman, Meagan Branch, and Audrey Hunt (17th – 1:57.81). In nineteenth was Alyssa Likly, Caroline Curran, Laura Petishnok, Katie McPherson (1:58.49) and in thirty-first (2:08.84) was the combination of Nina Daniels, Becca Warner, Katie Slebodnik and Leslie Davidoff.

 

Scoring 17 points was Erica Bryson who placed second (1:04.76) in the 100 backstroke.  Teammate Jenny Riley’s sixth place (1:07.03) contributed 13 points towards the team’s victory.  Also swimming in the event were Lydia Hunt (17th – 1:11.83), Caroline Curran (23rd – 1:12.98), Katie McPherson (26th – 1:13.48), Julia Cavanagh (30th – 1:15.19), Emily Carroll (31st – 1:15.39), Laura Petishnok (41st – 1:19.56), Olivia Gallagher (42nd – 1:19.96), and Becca Warner (49th – 1:29.75).

 

Mallory Ward (1:12.15), Danielle Phillips (1:12.55) and Amanda House (1:13.12) finished first, second and fourth in the 100 breaststroke.  Mallory’s time was fast enough to break a meet record. Also scoring points was Mackenzie Ward whose 10th place finish (1:17.50) contributed to the overall victory. Caroline Tuttle (26th – 1:25.88), Meagan Branch (27th – 1:26.28), Genevieve Yaeger (29th – 1:27.12), Linda Fan (31st – 1:29.09), Audrey Higgins (34th – 1:33.50) and Leslie Davidoff (47th – 1:38.76) also swam in the event.

 

In an exciting finale, the 400 free relay comprised of Jennifer Proper, Erica Bryson, Jenny Riley and Shannon Dempsey just missed a first place finish to Penfield (3:49.36), settling instead for second (3:49.83).  The relay unit of Olivia Holodnik, Danielle Phillips, Danielle Proper and Anna Grazulis finished sixth (4:02.20).  In thirteenth, was Jenna Mattina, Lainy Hummel, Emily Carroll and Kaelan Fennell (4:17.14).  Sixteenth place went to Izzy Joynt, Julia Cavanagh, Laura Petishnok and Audrey Hunt (4:27.35).  Twenty-first place went to Katie McPherson, Genevieve Yager, Caroline Tuttle and Erin Gaffney (4:37.85).  Twenty-sixth place went to Nina Daniels, Katie Slebodnik, Linda Fan and Olivia Gallagher (4:54.40) and finally, in thirty-third place was the combination of Megan Mayall,  Iman Farid, Audrey Higgins and Becca Warner (5:20.77).