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Newtown High Swimming And Diving Team Posts Victories

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Sep 21, 2017 12:00 AM

Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team defeated visiting Joel Barlow of Redding 100-83 on September 15 and went on the road and defeated New Fairfield 99-80 on September 19.

Top Nighthawk results from the Barlow meet are as follows:

200 yard medley relay: 1. Caroline Mahoney, Lily van der Kroef, Olivia Renkert, and Emma Riebe 2:03.80.

200 free: 1. Mary Hufziger 1:59.43.

200 individual medley: 1. Renkert 2:26.89.

50 free: 1. Hufziger 25.73. 2. Maddie Carter 28.34.

Diving: 2. Hannah Weatherby 200.25.

100 butterfly: 2. Julia DiMartino 1:12.26.

100 free: 1. Carter 1:01.06.

200 free relay: 1. Carter, Lianna Perazzo, Renkert, Hufziger 1:51.74.

100 backstroke: 1. Riebe 1:09.75.

100 breaststroke: 1. Emmi DeSousa 1:17.67. 2. van der Kroef 1:20.34.

400 free relay: (NHS exhibitioned but had the best time.) DiMartino, Mahoney, Carter, Hufziger 4:02.76.

Top NHS results from the New Fairfield meet:

200 medley relay: 1. Hufziger, DeSousa, Renkert, Carter 2:02.36.

200 free: 1. Seaver 2:18.79.

200 IM: 2. Renkert 2:24.59.

50 free: 1. Mahoney 27.58.

Diving: 1. Kiera Sughrue 197.9.

100 butterfly: 1. Carter 1:06.33.

100 free: 1. Hufziger 56.31.

500 free: 2. Seaver 6:18.47.

200 free relay: 1. DiMartino, Renkert, Perazzo, Carter 1:55.81.

100 backstroke: 1. Hufziger 1:04.16.

400 free relay: 1. DiMartino, Mahoney, Perazzo, Hufziger 4:14.17.

Maddie Carter and the Nighthawks defeated Barlow on September 15 and New Fairfield on September 19. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Lily van der Kroef competes in the breaststroke event. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Emma Riebe competes in the backstroke event. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Julia DiMartino races in the win over Barlow. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

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