The Salamanca Girls Varsity swim team continues their winning ways with a 112-74 victory over Fredonia/Dunkirk/Forestville. Coach Laurie Lafferty John is very encouraged by her team’s effort… “The amount of growth and toughness this team is taking on has really been the highlight of our last 2 meets. We are giving the rookies some longer races and our veterans some tougher races and they are embracing them like a champ. This is the kind of culture we are really trying to build.”
One of the highlights was Sophomore Alexa Reed getting her 1st varsity win in the 200 free setting a new PR by 4 seconds. 7th grader, Makenna McCormick took 3rd by improving her personal record by over 13 seconds. Senior, Lauren John came up big with a 5th in the 200 free and 4th in the 500 free. Lily John also grabbed a 5th in the 100 breast (PR) and Rileigh Hutchison 4th diving. Said John “These are the places that add up and make a huge difference for us when we are trying to get the magic number of 94 points for a win.”
Senior captain, Mikaela Tennity continued her excellent season as she picked up a double win with a 1st in the 200 IM (PR) and the 100 breast. Kyleigh Wass was also a double winner in the sprint free events with wins in both the 50 and 100 free (PR). Charli Ross had a great night in the 100 fly with her best of the season grabbing 1st and then 2nd in the 100 breast. Julianna Smith set a (PR) in the 500 free with another first place and 2nd in the 200 IM. Addison Follman swam for 1st place in the 100 back and 3rd in the 100 free (PR) as she continues to improve each meet. Jayla Ground is adding tremendous depth to the program with her 4th in 100 free (PR) and 100 back. Ava Crist swam the 100 back (PR) tonight with a 2nd and added a 3rd for the team in the 50 free. Gabby Bly was 3rd in Diving and 5th in the 50 free (PR).
The warriors won the 200 free relay with Tennity, Ross, Wass, Chriss and the 400 Free Relay with Smith, Follman, Wass and Tennity. Other PRs tonight were: Arianna Acosta and Lori Pierce in the 200 free, Lillian Redeye and Gabriella Stahlman (50 free), and Vada Bucktooth in the 50 free and 100 free and Bethany Ferraro (100 free) who had the biggest improvement of 20 plus seconds.
