Swim Team Defeats Bunnell, Falls To Masuk, Prepares For SWC Championships
Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team concluded the regular season with a pair of home meets this past week. The host Nighthawks defeated Bunnell of Stratford 98-54 on October 21 and dropped a 98-86 decision to visiting Masuk of Monroe on Senior Night, October 25.
The Nighthawks will begin the postseason with the South-West Conference championships; the diving competition is set for Wednesday, November 2, at Weston High, beginning at 5:30 pm, with the swimming events to take place at Masuk on Saturday, November 5, starting at 4 pm.
Against Bunnell, Newtown sealed the win after the 200 yard freestyle relay event and exhibitioned the final three races. Results from the Bunnell meet are as follows:
200 yard medley relay: 1. Mary Hufziger, Maddie Carter, Julia DiMartino, and Lianna Perazzo 2:04.67. 200 freestyle: 1. Emma Riebe 2:18.99. 2. Elsie Johnson 2:23.95. 200 individual medley: 1. Olivia Renkert 2:27.88. 2. Carter 2:28.14. 50 free: 1. Hufziger 25.74. 2. Keeley Baumann 31.59.
Diving: 1. Sarah MacMullan 221.7. 2. Kiera Sughrue 186.08.
100 butterfly: 1. DiMartino 1:10.76. 2. Amanda Berry 1:14.78. 100 free: 1. Hufziger 55.80. 2. Perazzo 1:02.40. 500 free: Carter 5:52.56. 2. Grace Bertsche 6:04.96. 200 free relay: 1. DiMartino, Perazzo, Berry, and Renkert 1:56.34. 100 backstroke: 1. Riebe 1:11.20 (exhibition). 100 breaststroke: 1. Lily van der Kroef 1:20.10 (exhibition). 400 free relay: 1. Riebe, DiMartino, Carter, and Hufziger 4:18.39 (exhibition).
In the Masuk meet, the final event was exhibitioned. Newtown's top results from each event are as follows:
200 medley relay: 2. Hufziger, Carter, Renkert, and DiMartino 2:00.83. 200 free: 3. Johnson 2:21.06. 200 IM: 2. Renkert 2:29.03. 50 free: 1. Hufziger 25.08.
Diving: 1. Sughrue 202.95.
100 butterfly: 2. Carter 1:05.33. 100 free: 1. Hufziger 56.23. 500 free: 3. Bertsche 6:02.92. 200 free relay: 2. Perazzo, Carter, Berry, and Renkert 1:53.96. 100 backstroke: 2. Riebe 1:11.10. 100 breaststroke: 2. Carter 1:16.25. 400 relay: 2. Riebe, DiMartino, Perazzo, and Hufziger 4:06.48 (exhibition).