Lady Panther Swimmers Fall Short Against Fairport

The Lady Panther Swimmers, despite a great meet, came up short against Fairport last Tuesday (Oct.16), 83 to 102. The Lady Panthers started out the meet by winning the 200 medley relay, as the team of Susan Allen, Katie Harris, Hailey Weniger, and Kate Wilson placed 1^st, and the team of Liz Forbes, Katie House, Courtney Brayman, and Lindsay Richardson earned 3^rd place points. The team of Pamela Hancock, Kim Curry, Libby Brush, and Alison Rouzer touched in at 6^th place. Harris swam a season best time, along with teammates Liz Forbes ,Courtney Brayman, Kim Curry, and Alison Rouzer. Pittsford scored in depth in all the individual events, placing 1^st in only 1 relay event and 1 individual event.

Hailey Weniger placed 3^rd in the 200 free, with Katie Harris touching in at 4^th, and Kelly Vaughan 5^th with a season best time. Katie House earned 2^nd place points in the 200 IM with a season best time swim. Susan Allen earned 5^th place points. Pitsford placed 2^nd in the 50 free by Kate Wilson, with a season best time, and Stephie House added 4t^h place points with a season best time swim. Lindsay Richardson placed 6^th with a season best time swim. Fairport won the diving event, and the Lady Panthers placed 2^nd by Meredith Bircher, 3^rd by Jesse Ambrogi-Yanson, and 4^th by Nikki Rencis.

After the diving competition, the Lady Panthers came back strong in the 100 fly, with Brayman earning 2^nd place with a season best time, and Stephie House placing 3^rd, and Libby Brush adding to the Panther points with a fourth place finish. The Panthers were behind by 3 points as they entered the 100 free. The Fairport Swimmers dominated the event, leaving Pittsford with second place points by Kate Wilson with a season best time swim, and Monica Jaferian earning 5^th place points with a season best time swim. Richardson placed 6^th. Pittsford trailed by 9 points at the end of the 100 free, and never closed the gap, despite great performances by the Lady Panthers. In the 500 free, Hailey Weniger placed 3^rd, Emily Freitag 5th, and Jen Hazen 6^th. The 200 free relay team of Sephie House, Allen, Weniger, and Wilson placed 2^nd, with Hazen, Brayman, Harris, and Jaferian placing 4^th. The team of Kelly Rowe, Libby Brush, Alison Rouzer, and Kelly Vaughan placed sixth. The 100 backstroke was the second event the Panthers placed 1^st in, and dominated, with Susan Allen touching in at 1^st, Jaferian 2^nd, and Forbes 3^rd place. The 100 breaststroke was a strong event for the Panthers, with Harris earning 2^nd place points, Katie House, 3^rd, and Kim Curry 5^th place points.

The 400 free relay was the concluding event for the meet, and the team of Stephie House, Katie House, Kelly Vaughan, and Monica Jaferian placed 2^nd, with the team of Jen Hazen, Libby Brush, Lindsay Richardson, and Emily Freitag placing 4^th, and Kelly Rowe, Kim Curry, Alison Rouzer, and Pam Hancock placing 6^th. The Lady Panthers have concluded their dual meet season, and will continue to train for their sectional meet set for November 8^th .