The 2007 version of the Pittsford Girls’ Swimming and Diving team took to the pool in mid-August to begin their training for the upcoming season. Led by senior co-captains, Aly Criscuolo and Lindsay Matthews, the defending Class A Section V champions look forward to another successful season. Their season includes dual meets against other Section V teams, as well as travelling to compete in the New Hartford and the Empire State Invitationals where they will face the top teams in NY state.Members of this year’s S’Women include seniors Criscuolo, Grace Encherman, Kelly Geary, Kelley Groves, Jenny Lewis, Matthews, Stephanie Ross and Olivia Tylutki, juniors Kathryn Dobler, Meghan Green, Rachel House, Emma Miller, and Alex Trobe, sophomores Madeline Ashworth, Jennifer Conklin, Sarah Dempsey and Kelsey McManus, and freshman Danielle Phillips.The JV S’Women include juniors Deniz Harland, Catherine Tuttle, sophomores Emily DiPaulo, Katie Hart, and Gina Verni, freshmen Emily Carroll, Erin Connolly, Julia DeMaria, Kaelen Fennell, Paige Hasebe, Emily Himes, Helaina Hummel, Lydia Hunt, Jenna Mattina, Jamie Tyler, Katherine Valentine, Mallory Ward and Nicole Whyland, and eighth graders Erica Bryson, Shannon Dempsey, Amanda House, Danielle Proper, Jennifer Proper, Jenny Riley, Sydney Ryan and Kala Wilkins.Diving this year for the S’Women will be seniors Alana Biltucci, Rachel Delahunta and Morgan Neal and freshman Carrie DeMoulin. Delahunta and Neal had top 8 finishes in the diving sectionals last year.The team boasts its traditional depth with 15 returning swimmers who competed in the Sectional Championships last season. Of those, 13 had top 8 finishes in the championships (Conklin, Criscuolo, Dempsey, Dobler, Geary, Green, Groves, R. House, Lewis, Miller, Ross, Trobe and Tylutki), 9 qualified for the state championship meet (Conklin, Criscuolo, Dempsey, Green, Groves, Lewis, Miller, Trobe and Tylutki), 2 were on a sectional championship relay team (Groves and Lewis), 2 were individual sectional champions (Lewis in the 100 yard freestyle and backstroke and Miller in the 500 yard freestyle), 3 were named All-American (Lewis in the 100 yard backstroke, Groves and Lewis in the 200 yard medley relay, and Dempsey, Groves and Lewis in the 400 yard freestyle relay), 1 set a section V record (Lewis in the 100 yard backstroke) and 1 was a NY state champion (Lewis in the 100 yard backstroke).Under the tutelage of varsity coach Marty Keating, JV coach Beth Dobberstein and diving coaches Laura Price and Mark McMann, the team will open its season against Greece Olympia-Arcadia on September 18th, at the Mendon High School pool.