Nighthawk Swimmers Race In Class LL State Meet
Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team competed in the Class LL State Championships in mid-November. Swimming events were held at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, on November 14.
The Nighthawks, with 185.5 points, placed 12th among 20 teams; Greenwich, with 745, placed first.
Newtown's 200 yard medley relay team of Shayna Millard, Maddie Carter, Olivia Renkert, and Payton Bradley was tenth in a time of 1:56.16.
In the 200 yard individual medley race, Renkert was 19th in 2:17.54.
Caroline Mahoney placed 17th in the 50 free with a time of 25.89, and Bradley was 22nd in 26.22.
Carter took 13th in the 100 butterfly, making her final touch in 1:01.44.
In the 100 free, Millard and Mahoney placed 20th and 21st with times of 56.30 and 56.72.
The 200 free relay of Mahoney, Norah Kolb, Carter, and Bradley was 13th in 1:45.28.
Millard placed 21st in the 100 backstroke race, finishing in 1:03.43.
Carter was 14th in the 100 breaststroke event, completing the race in 1:10.66.
Newtown's 400 free relay of Mahoney, Kolb, Renkert, and Millard was 11th in 3:52.93.
The Class LL diving championships took place in Middletown on November 7. Madeline Muldoon, of Greenwich, came in first with a score of 476.85. Newtown's Kiera Sughrue was seventh with a score of 377.00. Teammate Hannah Weatherby tied for 15th with a score of 307.60. Kylie Giroux placed 26th with a score of 169.15.